Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 57

              Granada P I O N E E R
Vol. I, No.57	Amache, Colorado       April 17, 1943
HANA  MATSURI  TO
BE  FETED  HERE
TODAY, TOMORROW
  To celebrate the birth
of Buddha at Kapilavasther,
India, in 250 BC, a Hana
Matsuri festival, sponsored
by the Buddhist church,
will present special enter-
tainment tonight and tomor-
row night at Terry hall
from 7 o'clock.
   Also honoring the day
will be special services at
Terry hall, 1:30 p.m. to-
morrow.   The Bussei choir
will present several selec-
tions.   Revs. Masachika Yo-
nemura and Takayu Shiraka-
wa will deliver sermons,
and Setsuo Ogawa will be
the chairman.
BOND  DRIVE
CONTINUED
   Gale Lee, president of
the First National bank at
Lamar, and H. E. McKeever,
president of the American
State bank at Granada, an-
nounced to the center the
Second Victory War drive
now being conducted through-
out the country.
   As part of the nation's
effort to raise $13,000,000,
000, Prowers county has been
given a quota of $243,800.
Although Amache has not
set quota, the center res-
idents are asked to help
Prowers county in surpass-
sing  the quota.
    SALVAGE FOR VICTORY
EVACUEES   ARE   ALLOWED
TO  RE-ENTER  CENTER
   Evacuees who leave
 the center on indefinite
leaves may be re-admitted
to the center  under certain
conditions, according  to
Leave Officer Willis  Hanson.
   Some of the conditions
mentioned were:
1.	 If the evacuee has
lost his job through no
fault of his (illness, etc.)
and can find no other opening.
2.	  If changing communi -
ty sentiment makes it in-
advisable for the evacuee
to remain outside.
   Hanson added that al-
though it is possible for
evacuees to return to the
center, they are being dis-
couraged from doing so.
AMACHE  STARTS  FIRST
CLEAN-UP  CAMPAIGN
   Beginning today, the entire center--administrative,
as well as block areas--will undergo a general renova-
tion in Amache's one-week clean-up campaign, with all
administrative   divisions  participating. 
   Sponsored jointly by the fire department and the
hospital,     the     program will be   directed by Nurse  Ruth
Hudson and Fire Chief Vern
Campbell.   They will b e
assisted by various organ-
izations that include the
Boy Scouts, Women's feder-
ation, schools, churches,
and block managers.
   Said Project Director 
James G. Lindley:
   "Tons of metal scrap,
rubber, paper, silks, and
other products should be
brought out of useless stor-
age and put to work for Vic-
tory.    It is unusually vital
that we intensify this fea-
ture of our campaign…your
supreme effort is needed.”
   The campaign will be
carried out in the follow-
ing manner:
   All private  dwellings
should be given a thorough
renovation, both inside and
out.  Particular attention
should be given to disposing
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Merced Center 
Donates $154
   A check for $154 was re-
cently presented to Project
Director James G. Lindley 
by Buddy Iwata in behalf
of the Merced assembly cen-
ter to be used "for the
welfare of the Granada cen-
ter residents."  Iwata is
the former president of the
Merced center Assembly.
   Said Iwata's letter in
part: "I desire that one-
half of the amount be de-
voted to the education de-
partment, and the balance
be directed for the welfare
of the center residents, in
a department or  project
where WRA funds are not a-
vailable or insufficient...
your appreciation will be
best conveyed to us by your
most effective use of the
…amount."
   In accordance with Iwa-
ta's request, one-half of
the amount has been turned
over to the education de-
partment, and will be used
for the purchase of a re-
cording machine.   The oth-
er half has been given to
recreation department.
JOHN  SPENCER IS 
AG CHIEF
   John Spencer, formerly
of the Soil Conservation
service in Washington, is
expected to arrive April
24, announced Donald E. Har-
bison, assistant project
director.   He will take over
the office of chief of ag-
riculture and industry, re-
placing Warren Dennison.
GILA  NEWS   FACES
PAPER   SHORTAGE
  GILA, Ariz., April 13--
Due  to the lack of mimeo-
graph paper, a possibility
of  suspension of the Gila
News-Courier was expressed
by  the editor.
   Said the News-Courier:
   “There is sufficient sup-
ply on hand to publish only
two more  editions."
KEEP  AMACHE  CLEAN