Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 77

              Granada   PIONEER
Vol.   I,   No. 77    Amache, Colorado        June 25, 1943 
OPEN  HOUSE
PRESS  INVITED
   This center will play
host on July 1 and 2 to a
group of representatives
of the press, radio and
newsreel who, under the
joint auspices of the WRA
and OWI, will be given an
opportunity to observe the
actual conditions existing
in Amache.
   The visitors , coming
from the Colorado and neigh-
boring state areas, will
not be taken on a conducted
tour of the project site,
but instead will be ac-
corded complete freedom to
roam the premises as they
please, thus enabling them
to     obtain a more   intimate
knowledge   of all phases   of
evacuee   life.
   A similar “open house”
conducted in the Tule Lake
relocation center for the
benefit of 16 Pacific coast
newspapermen resulted in
much favorable publicity
on the evacuees in the vari -
ous  bay area  papers.
    The residents of Amache
are asked by James G.Lind-
ley, project director to
extend all hospitality to
these people and to coop-
erate in furnishing infor-
mation which they may seek.
MYER  REFUTES  CHARGES
OVER ‘MARCH OF TIME’
   WRA Director Dillon S.
Myer, appearing on the
March of Time program Thurs-
day, on a nation-wide hook-
up,  said that the evacuee
problem “is not only of
concern to the WRA, but it
is vital to the entire nation."
   He stated that the basic
principle of Nazi oppress-
sion of racial minorities
must be avoided, and the
rights of citizens and a-
liens loyal to this country
must be protected.
   "Let's not do as Hitler
would do--let's do it in
the American way," Myer
declared.
   In reply to a statement
made by a member of the
Dies committee on the same
program a week earlier,
that no check was being made
on the loyalty of the Jap-
anese Americans being re-
leased from the centers,
Myer said evacuees who are
pro-Japan or who are con-
sidered dangerous are not
allowed to leave the cen-
ters.
   He stated  that 14,000
evacuees have been granted
leaves after being checked
as to loyalty, and not  one
case of sabotage or dis-
loyal activity on their
part has  been proved.
HIGH  SCHOOL  TO  BE
DEDICATED  JULY 2,3
   A pageant,"Better Amer-
icans Through Education,"
will be the theme of the
dedication ceremonies of
the new high School July
2 and 3.   The elementary
students will present a
play, "Young Americans
Learn' About Being Amer-
Icans;" the junior high
school, "Youth's Day in
Amache;”     senior    high,
"Youth's Role in America."
    The resume of the pro-
gram will be given in Japa-
nese for the benefit of the
issei.
   Tom Okamoto is in charge
of the posters, which will
be made by  the silk screen
project.
   Committee members are:
   Paul  J. Terry, S. Clay
Coy, Herbert Walther, Dr.
Enoch Dumas, Gerald V.
Griffith, Orin Hascall,
Robert Dierlam, Samuel J.
Gordon, Lucille Friedman,
Grace Lewis, Tom Okamoto,
Dr.Takashi  Terami, Frances
Shuck, Enola Kjeldgaard,
Stanley Tsuchiya, Mrs. Ta-
miko Muro, Harry Naka,
Goodwin Peterson, and Kate
Watanabe.
New Recruits
Are Sought
   A meeting of all per-
sons interested in signing
up for Camp Savage, Minn.,
will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in Terry hall, an-
nounced Walter J. Knode1,
local selective service of-
ficer.
   A representative from
Camp Savage, Mass,, will
be in Amache in the near
future to interview pros-
pective candidates for the
Army school there.    Kibei
are the ones whom the Army
is anxious to contact.    A
new class is scheduled to
begin in July.
DIPLOMAS
   One hundred and seventy-
four graduates of Amache
senior high school, the
girls dressed in white caps
and gowns and the boys in
navy blue, were presented
their diplomas by Paul J.
Terry, superintendent of
education, at commencement
exercises at the new high
school auditorium Thursday
evening.   
   Joe Kamiya,senior class
president, presented two
class gifts, a speaker's
stand and a yearbook, to
Akira  Sameshima, student
body president,who accept-
ed them  in behalf of the
school.
   Marion Konishi and Mi-
tsuye Oshita were the stu-
dent  speakers.
SR   HIGH   HEAD
RESIGNS   POST
   S. Clay Coy, principal
of the senior high school,
resigned his  position to
accept the principalship
of the junior and senior
high school at Grand Junc-
tion, Colo.