Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 17

              Page 4__________________PIONEER  Christmas EDITION_________________December 24, 1943
RECEPTION   HELD
FOR 75 RELOCATEES
   MADISON, Wis.. Dec. 17--
Seventy-five American Japa -
nese who have relocated in
Madison were honored at a
YMCA reception attended by
150 civic and business lead-
ers .
   Cooperating in the pro-
gram were the Madison com-
mittee on relocation of
American citizens of Japa-
nese ancestry and the Mad-
son council of churches.
UNIVERSITY  OF  MINNESOTA
ACCEPTS  NISEI  STUDENTS
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-Ja-
panese Americans now may
enroll as students at the
University of Miinnesota or
be employed by the univer-
sity,according to new reg-
ulations service command,
it was announced on Dec. 8
by President Walter C.Cof-
fey.
   The university president
declared,however, that the
regulations specify that
Japanese Americans must
first obtain clearance from
the office of the provost
marshal general of the Uni-
ted States and a personal
security form must be ex-
ecuted and must he submit-
ted through official univ-
ersity channels to obtain
such clearance.
   Japanese-American eva-
cuee students were previ-
ously excluded from the
university at the wishes
of the army and navy depart-
ments ,because of important
war  research,  work being
conducted at the institu-
tion.
CENTER  POPULACE  TO  ENJOY
MOCHI  ON  NEW  YEAR’S  DAY
  The center residents,
Especially the issei, will
Be glad to hear that the
traditional New Year’s
mochi will be  available as
130  sacks of mochi-gome and
900 lbs. of mochi-ko were
purchased through the mess
division, according to Ted
Tanaka, assistant project
steward. This mochi-gome
and mochi-ko will be dis -
tributed to each block ac-
cording to its population.
HOSPITAL==========
============NOTES
   Miss Kate  Watanabe in
conjunction with the Amache
YWCA is making arrange-
ments to sing Christmas
Carols as well as to make
some gifts for the isola-
tion patients on Christmas
eve.    This effort is much
appreciated by the hospital
staff.
	-H-
   Guy Hanner, business
manager of the center hos-
pital, returned from his
temporary assignment in
Tule Lake Monday evening
to resume his duties here.
	-H-
   Ruth M. Cornman,  chief
dietician, and Shinichi
Furuya made the beautiful
decorations in the hospital
mess hall.
	-H-
   Visiting   hours   for the
isolation ward on Christmas
will    be 3 to 4 o’clock in
the    afternoon    and   7  to  8
o’clock in the evening.
	-H-
   Dr.  William Carstarphen,
chief medical officer, served
tea to the center hospital
doctors and their wives at
his quarters yesterday eve-
ning.
          VISITING
====SOLDIERS===
   Pvt. Frank Adachi, Camp
Shelby, Miss.; Sgt. George
Tominaga,Fort Custer,Mich.;
Cpl.    B.     Yamaguchi,   Camp
Crowder, Mo.
MOM  ASKS  HIS  PALS  TO  SHARE
DEAD  NISEI  YANK’S  GIFTS
   HILO, Hawaii-Pfc. Ar-
thur A. Morihara, a Japa-
nese-American soldier, was
fighting along side other
Japanese Americans from
Hawaii with the Fifth Army
in faraway Italy, so his
mother, four brothers and
four sisters at Honaunau
on the island of Hawaii
mailed his packages early
in October so he would get
them by Christmas. The
telegram from the War De-
partment came not long aft-
er. It announced the death
of Pfc. Morihara.
   The other day Brig.Gen.
Herbert D..Gibson, command-
ing general on Hawaii island,
received a letter signed
by Mrs. U. Morihara and
each member of the family.
    "Since he will not be
present to receive his
Christmas packages," it
read,  "we  would  like to
have     you    distribute them
to  his  wounded buddies.  We
know that this  would be his
request  if  he  could  say it
before  his life faded  away."
SILK  SCREEN
HOLDS PARTY
   A Christmas party was
held by the center Silk
Screen club at the Hospi-
tality House last night,
according to Masaji Murai,
president.
   Guests for the evening
included Mr .arid Mrs. James
Lindiey,Mr.and Mrs. Joseph
McClelland, Mr. and Mrs.
W.Ray dehneen, Hr.and Hrs.
Harvey Turk, Donald Harb-
son,   and   Teresa Pirrone.
CHRISTMAS RUNS
POSTMAN  DIZZY
     Life  of a post office
employee is far from lovely
these busy Yuletide days
writh greeting cards,letters
and packages coming and
going like nobody’s business
but postman's.  It's no
holiday for him.
   According to H.R.Smith,
local postal superintendent,
15,000 greeting cards and
letters jammed the project
post office Monday to set
a new high for the Amache
mail handlers. Which means
that the volume of holiday
greetings spread over this
center assures glad tidings
in joyous abundance.
   An estimated grand total
of 50,000 pieces of mail
are expected to be handled
during this week,which far
surpasses last year's mail
bag volume.
   It'sa far cry from toy-
ing around with a "mere"
3000 letters and postal
cards that go through the
hands of Amache postal
clerks on ordinary days.
These Sant's helpers are
to be lauded for efficient
handling of such a heavy
volume of mail.