Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 17

              Page  10__________________PIONEER Christmas EDITION__________December 24, 1943
   Y’s  way
Considerable amount of
books, magazines and. other
reading material was col-
lected by the Girl Reserves
in their recent book drive
for the patients in the
center  hospital.
   The Pimpernels met at
Hospitality House Sunday
to sort and tie the books,
under the direction of
Fumi Sakaguchi, president.
-Y-
   Boxes of gifts and ma-
terial for club use were
sent to the Amache Y from
the National YWCA in New
York, the Evanston YWCA at
Northwestern University,
Ill.,  and  the  Denver  YWCA.
   Toys and gifts were given
to  the     church     office  for
distribution with the other
center  Christmas   gifts.
-Y-
   The Gamma Rhos received
a Christmas package from
the Monroe seventh grade
Girl Reserve club of in sen
City, Iowa. The Rhos made
and donated socks to the
Church office for distribution.
-Y-
    Various Girl Reserve
Clubs have been helping
the Church office wrap gifts
for the Sunday School chil-
dren.
-Y-
   A "Hard Time Dance" will
be held by the Meta Adel-
phons with the Las Ninas,
officer of the Spurs, and
boys  as  guests.
	-Y-
   Soldiers' calendars for
the Christmas week were
made by the Valaines. A
summary of local activities
is included  in the booklets.
	-Y-
   A monetary gift was re-
ceived     from    the  Business
 and Industrial secretary
of the Bay City, Michigan
YWCA.
-Y-
   Christmas cards were
made by the Meta Adelphons
under the direction of pres-
ident Toshiko Tahara  and
sent to the various  YWCA
and people who have helped
the Amache Y . The Tri Delts
designed and made similar
cards which were sent to
the servicemen who have
visited   Hospitality House.
	-Y-
TWO Y CLUBS
ELECT OFFICERS
   Fumi Sotomura was elected
president of the Wee Teeners
at a meeting Sunday. Others
on the cabinet are Julia
Yoshioka, vice-president;
Rumi Tonai,  secretary;
Shiz Terada,historian; and
Grace Yamaguchi,member-at-
large .
-Y-
   Cookie Takano was re-
elected president of the
Juniorettes. Other officers
are Louise Sasano, vice-
pres ident; Koharu Taketa,
secretary; Anna Sugiyama,
treasurer; Lorraine Miya-
hara, historian; and Rose
Morita,  member-at-large .
   Plans for a joint in-
stallation social with the
Wee  Teeners  were  made.
GR'S, BOYS'CLUB
TO GO CAROLING
   The Royal Spartans,for-
merly known as the Royal
Knights and first boys Y
club in the center, will
go caroling on Christmas
eve with the Girl Reserves,
according to Kenn Yonemura,
club reporter.
    An installation social
is being planned to be held
during the latter part of
the month.
YULETIDE GREETINGS
   The Blue Star Mothers'
organization, wishes a merry
Christmas to the adminis-
trative personnel, visiting,
soldiers, and the center
residents.
      	-0-
   The Amache Women's Fed-
eration extends Christmas
greetings  to the adminis-
trative  personnel and the
center residents.
DONATION
   The Amache Women's Fed-
erat ion received a Christmas
donation from Mrs. C.Kana-
zawa,founder of the center
organization, now residing
in Chicago,   Ill.
	VITAL
====STATISTICS===	
BIRTHS:
    To Mr. and Mrs. Kaname
Nakamura, 11G-1E, a girl,
Dec.   19.
    To Mr. and Mrs. Tsutomu
Watanabe, 7K-10C, a boy,
Dec.   19.
 ===TRANSFERS===	
   Mary Imamoto from Denson
Ark, ; Tenyo Yazaki and Waichi
Kubota from New Mexico;
Lloyd  Yamamoto  fromRohwer,
Ark.
   Rustlings
	FROM  OTHER  CENTERS
GILA, Ariz….   
   The block managers strong-
ly discouraged the exchange
of Christmas gifts among
the   center   residents.
   The coustruction of a
cannery, to be connected
with the present dehydra-
tion plant, was started
last week.
POSTON, Ariz….
   A three-day C hr i s t ma s
Bazarr with  concessions
and displays of arts,handi-
crafts, and agricultural
accomplishments was held.
A Christmas benefit dance
climaxed   the  festivities.
   The Army interviewing
team visited the center to
recruit qualified men for
the Camp Savage Military
Intelligence Service lang-
uage school.
Minidoka, Ida….
Over 1,000,000 pounds of
vegetables were produced
on the 270-acre project
farm.    1,000 acres are ex-
pected   to     be   planted  next
spring.	
   Due to the lack of ma-
terials, the construction
of the high school auditor-
ium-gym is progressing
very slowly.
DENSON, Ark....
   The first snow of the
winter fell on the morning
of Dec.   15.
   A center-wide Clean-up
Day was heldlast Saturday.
ROHWER,   Ark....
With "Jeep or Bust" their
slogan, the National Honor
Society of Rohwer high
school sponsored a three-
week center-wide War Bond
and Stamp drive. Selling
a grand total of $3505.95
worth of War Bonds and
Stamps, the campaign tripled
the goal which was set at
$1165, the cost  of one   jeep.
     A special bus transport-
tation from the center to
near-by McGehee was made
to offer the residents an
opportunity to do their
Christmas   shopping.