Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 49

              /Granada    P I O N E E R
Vol.   I,   No. 49     Amache, Colorado     March 20, 1943
DEDICATION
WEEK  BEGINS
   Week of Dedication, un-
der the sponsorship of the
Granada Christian church,
will begin Wednesday and
end Sunday.   Sermons for
Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday will be held at the
10H recreation hall at 7
p.m., while Saturday's and
Sunday's  meetings will be
at Terry hall.
   Speakers include Rev.
Curtis Westfall of the Lamar
Presbyterian church, Rev.
Harry Hashimoto, Rev. Gab-
riel Upton of the Lamar
M ethodist church, Dr.
Kirby Page, writer and
traveller, and Rev. Chiaki
Kuzuhara.
  Special music will be
provided by the church
choir and Dorothy McDougall,
   The public is cordially
invited to attend these
sermons.
FATHER   LAVERY   IS
HERE   ON   VISIT
   Father  Hugh Lavery of
the Los Angeles Maryknoll
mission will speak tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock at the
11K recreation hall.
   Father Lavery wishes to
meet all the Maryknoll
people during his stay here.
He is scheduled to leave
the  center  Sunday evening.
124 VOLUNTEERS ENLIST
IN NISEI COMBAT UNIT
    One hundred and forty-three Japanese-Americans from
this center have enlisted in the US Army, James G.
Lindley,   project  director, announced  today.
    Of these, 124 soon will begin training in a special
combat unit recently announced by the Army.   The other
19 enlisted last December and have been in training at
Camp  Savage,  Minn., since
that time.
   The regular enlistment
program for Americans of
Japanese extraction was
announced by Secretary of 
War Stimson on January 28,
and began at the center on
February 10, with an Army
recruiting team in charge.
The total enlistment is
about 11 per cent of the
male population of the
center between the ages of
17  and  38.
   Among the volunteers
are 15 married men,  8 of
whom have children.   Forty-
one of the enlistees have
attended college, including
12 graduates.   The average
age is 23 years.   There
are 76 Protestants, 6 Cath-
olics, and 17 Buddhists in
the   group.
   "We all are proud of
the men from this center
who have joined with other
American citizens to fight
for their country.   We
know they will do their
very best in the great
struggle for the Four Free-
doms," said Project Di-
rector  Lindley.
-----CALENDAR-----
   TODAY
12 noon--Co - op election,
   respective block infor-
   mation offices.
7:00 p.m.--Movies,  6H mess
   hall.
7:30 p.m.--Movies,  8K mess
  hall.
  TOMORROW
7:00 p.m.--Movies,  7F mess
  hall.
7:30 p.m.--Movies,  7G mess
  hall.
MONDAY
7:00 p.m.--Movies,  6E mess
  hall.
7:30 p.m.--Group meeting
   of Blocks 11 and 12, 12H
   recreation hall.
7:30 p.m.--Movies,  8E mess
   hall.
   TUESDAY
7:00 p.m.--Movies , 12E mess
   hall.
7:30 p.m.--Group meeting
   of Blocks 8, 9, and 10,
   10H recreation hall.
7:30 p.m.--Movies, 10E mess
   hall.
VOCATIONAL  TRAINING
COURSES TO BE GIVEN
   Adult vocational training
courses in production and
mechanics for residents 17
years of age and over not
attending school have been
approved for this center by
the Colorado Office of Vo-
cational Education and will
begin shortly with quail-
fied  instructors in charge.
   Production courses will
include the .study of poul-
try, swine, dairy, beef,
sheep, and vegetables.
   Mechanical training
courses will cover tractor
shop, machine repair,  main-
tenance, operation, and
service.   The minimum re-
quirement for these courses
is 120 hours;  and for the
production classes, 20 hours
each. 
   All interested persons
are asked to attend the fol-
lowing group meetings at
which the program will be
explained:   11 and 12
blocks, Monday, 7:30 p.m.,
12H rec hall; 8, 9, and 10
blocks, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.,
10H rec hall; and 6 and 7
blocks, Wednesday, 7:30
p.m.,   6H rec  hall.
Co-op   Holds
Election   Today
   Co-op members over 18
years of age will vote to-
day for nine members of the
board of directors, and for
three members for both the
membership and auditing
,committees at their respect-
tive block information of-
fices, 12 noon to 7 p.m.
WRA personnel co-op members
may vote in any block on
presentation of official
receipts.   Block council-
men and managers will serve
as election judges.