Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 97

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   Published Wednesdays  and  Saturdays by the WRA and
distributed     free    to   each apartment.    Editorial   of-
fice:     PIONEER building,   Amache,   Colorado.
Telephone:     63.                                Editor:     Khan Komai._______
Education    First
   School reopens Tuesday for the Amache children, and
it is of the upmost importance to the people of Japan-
ese ancestry to see that the youngsters return to
school.
   Many teen-aged school students have left the center
to do seasonal work on neighboring farms. The import-
ance of farm work and the part these youngsters are
playing cannot be minimized, but on a long run the ed-
ucation of our rising generation is more important than
any contribution they can make on the farm.
   The WRA has adopted a policy of excused absence for
students doing seasonal work in areas where the local
students are not returning to school yet.   It is only
fair that our boys do as much as other youngsters of
local communities, but excused absence should not be
prolonged. And the fact that the laws of the state, of
Colorado do not require attendance in school after the
age of 16 should be no reason for non-attendance by
our high-school-aged boys.
   Education and self-improvement of these youngsters
are necessary to build a more tolerant and a more in-
telligent generation. And a tolerant and intelligent
generation of our people will be needed for the sake
of the future in America for all people of  Japanese
ancestry.
APPARATUS   AIDS
COAL  LOADING
   The project received a
mechanic a l coal loader
Thursday,according to Don-
ald Harbison, assistant
project director. "This
machine will make the coal-
hauling job much easier,"
stated Harbison.
   All block managers have
been asked to help solve
the coal-hauling problem
by supplying at least one
person from their respective
blocks to haul coal.
SUZUKI ON VISIT
   Kee Ko Suzuki, senior
project steward from Heart
Mountain, is visiting the
center on business.
	VITAL
      STATISTICS
BIRTH:
   To Mr.and Mrs. Dick Ya-
mashita,  10E-9A, a girl,
Sept. 2.
     VISITING
   SOLDIERS
   Sgt. Roy Hiramatsu, Camp
Savage, Minn, T/5 Hiroshi
Mukaye,Fort Snelling,Minn.
Pvt. Tadaomi Okimoto and
Pvt. Hiromo Taniwa, Fort
Riley,   Kans.
AMACHE SENDS FARM
PRODUCE TO  TOPAZ
   Under the supervision of
Keich iro Daikai, 8,755-
pounds  of  table beets and
3,960 pounds of Swiss chard
were this week shipped to
Topaz, Utah.   Two hundred
and three orange crates of
cucumbers were also shipped
there, under the direction
of Jitsumi Abe and Kitsumi
Suzuki, according to the
farm  section.
   RELOCATION
   Joseph Kinnoshin Okida,
Cleveland,   Sept.   3.
   Katsumi Uyeda, Kansas
City, Mo., Sept. 8, to at-
tend Finlay Engineering
school.
   Kimiko Naruse, Chicago,
Sept.   8.
   George Saburo Yoshioka,
   Chicago,   Sept.   1.
   Grace Sumii with daugh-
ters, Cynthia, Ann, Denver,
Sept.,   12.
   Tomeo and Mae Teruko
Uyeda,   Chicago,   Sept.   8.
   Haruyo  and Ryolino, Cin -
cinnati.     Sept,   7.
   Norio Matsukawa,Dubuque,
Ia,Sept. 6, to attend Lor-
as   College.
   Josephine Yoneko Yoshino,
and Teresa ShizukoYoshino,
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 15,
to attend College of St.
Catherine.
   Teruo Yamashita, Rochest-
er,   Minn.,   Sept.   2.
   Mitsuye M. Yoshinaga,
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 2, to
attend American Academy of
Arts.
	Letters
		TO  THE  EDITOR
TO THE EDITOR:
   Elsewhere in this issue ,
Housing Superintendent
E.B. Eaklor makes a state-
ment concerning the housing
problem. I want further
to review the following
points in that connection.
   We have no choice about
receiving 1000 additional
people. We are acting under
orders from Washington.
Room for them must be found.
Any notice to move received
by an individual or family
may be looked upon as an
order from the office of
the director in Washington,
via     the     project  director
and  the    housing superin-
tendent.
   While these moves will
occasion some hardship now,
this situation is temporary.
As people go out it will
loosen up again and read-
justments   can  be made.
   The time of the first
arrivals has been set up
to September 16. We not
only need more space, but
all moves will have to be
completed   immediately.
   To date there has been
about 98% cooperation in
the necessary moves. The
spirit of the great major-
ity is splendid. A small
number of persons who
either do not understand
or who are more interested
in their own immediate com-
fort than in the welfare
of the community are caus-
ing some unpleasant ness
for  everybody.
   It is only by a lucky
accident that you are not
in their place (of those
coming from Tule Lake),
Let's treat them just as
you would like to be treat-
ed if you were from Tule
Lake .
               JOHN J.O. MOORE
COUNSELOR