Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 6

              .November 17, 1943______________PIONEER________________Page 5
NISEI
POTPOURRI
by Roy   Yoshida
AS I SEE IT.
   GIRLS are definitely in
the minority at any stag-
stagette shindig-from here
to Timbuctoo.   And dances
at such an affair are prac-
tically all "tags''. 
   And the stags will keep
crowding the floor once
the dance gets rolling.
No stag wants to get "aced
out"on some of the popular
femmes. That's the peren-
nial headache of any S-S
m.c.    He asks the boys to
step back, then he pleads
and finally is forced to
use stronger words.
   These stags will give
any m.c. a bad time but
that's "part of the game"
and a smart m.c. knows it
and good naturedly puts up
with it--like a good Joe.
   After all you can't
blame the guys, they want
to know what they're get-
ting into. Imagine a bozo
tagging a bub and then find
out that the lass in his
arms is his best g.f., who
is supposed to be sitting
up with a sick uncle. It's
dangerous!
   What I'm leading up to
is last Saturday nite's S-S
affair with. Roy Nikaido as
the master of ceremony that
our well meaning Mr. Turk
gave "sudden death" with
his edict that all stags
without dates--imagine stags
with dates--must go home
because they persisted in
crowding the floor.
   I'm not saying whether
Mr. Turk did right or wrong--
that's for him to decide
with his conscience.
After all the stag s
were the guests of the rec
dept and the invitation
stated stag-stagette so he
should have expected some-
thing like that to crop up.
Roy was handling the sit-
uation in his capable way,
tho perhaps his patience
was getting thin at times.
M.C.'s job would be dull
indeed if he didn't have
something to say over the
mike once in a while.
   What’s more, unfortunate -
ly,  Mr. Turk's rebuke of
the stags may also be taken
as lack of faith in Roy's
ability to cope with the
situation.
   I'm NOT glorifying the
stags and putting premium
on their antics because
crowding the floor is a
social evil, which, altho,
incurable, can be curved,
Neither am I taking the
rec dept to task for what
happened because outwardly
they seem to be doing all
they can to "push and pull."
   I don't start these
arguments.
   I just write as I see
it.
   But I think the incident
will lead to closer under-
standing of each other's
position, that the host's
overbearance is just as
bad as guests' disrespect
and that all of us are
prone to crabbing and knock-
ing.
FRIENDS  HOSTEL  INVITES   ALL
PROSPECTIVE  IOWA     RELOCATEES
   Evacuees interested in
seeking employment in the
state of Iowa  are urged by
Relocation Officer Frank
Gibbs of the Des Moines
WRA office to come out on
the Friends Hostel invita-
tion and make contact for
the various jobs personally
to dicker for better offers
and mutual understanding.
   Following the new trend
of men for jobs rather than
jobs for men, the reloca-
tion officials find the new
method much more satisfac-
tory because the individual
has an obligation to the
job he secures and the em-
ployer has the chance to
study his employee before
placing him.
   WRA contention is backed
by many instances whereby
the evacuees were able to
get better jobs and higher
rate of pay than the one
originally offered after
relocator-employer inter-
view brought out the merits
for better offer.
   According to Gibbs there
are three agencies besides
the WRA aiding in the pro-
gress of relocation and
giving every evacuee every
opportunity for successful
reasettlement;namely,Friends
Service Committee,U.S. Em-
ployment Service and the
YWCA employment service.
   Community acceptance of
nisei has been excellent
due to present relocatees'
good behavior and efficient
work, only very isolated
incidents have been brought
up by question of national-
ity,  but  only  in remote
cases.
COMMUNITY LIBRARIES  TO HOLD
RECEPTION  TOMORROW  EVENING
   Commemorating the annual
observance of Book week, a
reception will be held to-
morrow evening from 7 o'
clock at the high school
library.
   Featured on the enter-
tainment program will be
vocal numbers by the high
school trio, clarinet se-
lections by George Kubota
and Charles Hinman, and
dramatic reading by Robert
George of three plays from
Noel Coward's "Tonight at
Eight-thirty".Refreshments
will be served by the home-
making class, and the pub-
lic is cordially invited
to attend. This program
will begin a series of book
reviews to be held every
second Thursday hereafter.
	VITAL
===STATISTICS===
BIRTHS:
   To Mr.  and Mrs. Takeo
Tsukuda,  7E-9B,  a girl.
Nov. 5.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Toku-
yoshi Kawasaki, 11F-10E,
a girl, Nov. 5.
   To Pvt. and Mrs. James
Kirita,8K-4A, a girl, Nov.
6.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Mori,  9L-10F, a boy, Nov.
6.
   To Mr. and  Mrs. Juma
Befu, 8K-11E, a girl, Nov.
7.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Yoshi-
yuki Morimoto, 11H-11F, a
boy, Nov. 7.	
   To Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Odama, 9K-8B, a girl, Oct.
28.
   To Cpl. and Mrs. Shiyo
Doiuchi, 9K-10F, a girl,
Nov. 10.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Lou
Mincru Miyasaki, 8K-2C, a
boy, Nov. 11.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Satoru
Imatomi, 12G-4C, a boy,
Nov, 12.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Honji,11K-lC, a girl, Nov.
13.