Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 99

              Granada  PIONEER
Vol.   I       Amache,   Colorado     September  11,   1943
AGRICULTURAL  FAIR  OPENS  TODAY
   The first Amache Agricultural fair will fling wide
its gates this afternoon at 1 o'clock with varied dis-
plays of a farm and victory-garden products at the new
co-op  building at Block  9F, 
and will continue through
tomorrow.
   The purpose of the fair
is two-fold. First, it is
to demonstrate to the peo-
ple of the center and those
on the outside the variety
and quality of produce grown
on the farm,and second, to
emphasize the importance   of
quality production. Yoshi-
sada    Yamanaka     is   general
chairman of the affair.
   In addition to the truck
and field crops, livestock
and poultry will be on ex-
hibit, according, to Ed To-
kunaga, assistant manager.
He also stated that the FFA
will have a special booth
on     insect     identification
and  plant-disease   control.
   Approximately 20 farm
units will display products
and competition between the
units is expected to be 
keen.   Prizes for the best
farm display are 1st--$10,
2nd- $5, 3rd-$2.50.  Pri-
zes for individual farm dis-
plays, victory-garden dis-
plays, and floral displays
will also be  given.     There
will be  no  prizes     for the
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RESIDENTS  AID
IN  HARVEST
    Responding to the  urgent
plea of the Farm section for
resident aid to help harvest
the already-ripened, crops,
approximately 155 persons
recruited from the entire
center left on trucks for
the various fields yester-
day morning.
   This action resulted
following a joint meeting
of the council and block-
managers Thursday,at which
time, it was decided six
workers, five for harvest-
ing and one for coal haul-
ing, be drafted from each
block, with the block man-
agers having, the authority
to pick certain persons for
a particular day.
   The Farm section reports
that the response has been
gratifying and that with
further cooperation of the
residents the crops will be
saved, thus staving off a
possible food shortage this
winter.
   It was pointed out that
those residents who left
their regular  jobs to aid
on the farm will have their
work-time turned in to their
respective timekeepers. New
workers will automatically
be placed on the payroll.
SEASONAL  LEAVES
Issuance halted
   There will be no more
work-group or seasonal
passes given to residents
until the acute labor short-
age on the local farm is
alleviated,announces   James
G. Lindley, project direc-
tor.
   Those who have made pre-
vious arrangements for a
seasonal or work-group pass
will be allowed to leave 
the center,  he added. 
THIRD  WAR-BOND
DRIVE   UNDERWAY
   Evacuee residents, too,
will have an opportunity
to purchase War bonds and
stamps during the third
War-Bond drive to be held
throughout this month among
the center’s appointed per-
sonnel, according to W. Ray
Johnson, assistant project
director.  Johnson will
meet with the block managers
Monday to outline the drive 
and thereby reach residents 
wishing to buy bonds and 
stamps.
   Thus far,  four solici-
tors have been appointed
to sell bonds and stamps.
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Take  Precautionary  Steps
   As a precautionary mea-
sure, shopping passes to
Lamar, Granada, or other
nearby towns will not be
issued to persons under 21
years of age, was the new
order issued by Project
Director James G. Lindley.
   This order followed on
the heels, of reports stat-
ing that there are eight
or nine cases of poliomyel-
itis (infantile paralysis)
in Lamar, three breaking
out within the last few
days.
   Dr .William. Carstarphen,
Medical  director,  comment-
ed:    "Amache  has  been for-
tunate     thus,  far without a
single case,but more strict
measures must be observed
...Recently we received
two suspicious cases but
so far neither one of them
developed poliomyelitis .
One, however, did develop
meningitis..."
  He continued:  “Probably
the best precaution is to
keep barracks, mess halls,
latrines, and laundries
clean…destroy the breed-
ing place of flies…
FOOD , CANNING
STARTS   TUESDAY
   The center canning plant
will be in full operation
by Tuesday, according to
Roy Nakatani, who is in
charge of the  center’s  food-
preservation program.
   He stated that the proper
functioning of this enter-
prise will require a min-
imum of 20 workers for a
period of three weeks.   The
goal for the plant is the
preservation of at least
16,000 gallons of farm
produce,   principally toma-
toes  and beets,   said Naka-
tani.
   The  pickling  of cucum-
has     already  started
25     barrels   have  been
put  up,   he   stated.