Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 19

              January  8,   1944__________________PIONEER_________________Page  5
NISEI
	POTPOURRI
	     By Roy Yoshida
RACE  CONSCIOUSNESS
   No doubt many of you
have read the text of our
Project Director James G.
Lindley’s speech, which
was given last November at
Terry Hall.
   Out of the many worth-
while advices listed is one
that should be of great
and timely interest to all
of us--"do not attempt to
lose your race conciousness.”
   I honestly feel that
this is a challenge to many
of us who, in our fervent
desire to escape the wrath
of anti-Japanese organiza-
tions and to erase the scars
of evacuation, are trying
to "dissolve" our outward
features by the ostrich-
head-hiding method.   Un-
fortunately this fools no-
body but ourselves.
   WE are Americans with
Japanese faces and nothing
we can do will change this
situation.    It is not for
our generation nor the next
to be anything but that.
But  we must be aware that
we can be just as  good a
citizen as the next fellow
despite our many handicaps
"if we remember that we are
Americans first."
   Any nisei who feels that
mere words can make him
more acceptable in the pro-
cess of assimilation is
very much deluded in the
ethics of war-time human
traits. And assimilation
isn't entirely the matter
of acquiring the cultural
traits of any particular
society but important also
is the matter of imparting
in return your own good
ancestral cultural traits.
We must by perforce take
more pride in our Japanese
origin and make ourselves
acceptable a s Americans
with such a background.
That is the American way.
The means to this end will
be harsh and bitter, we
shall meet disappointment
time and again,but we must
keep trying and trying.
Then perhaps some day the
democracy we learned to
respect in the schoolbooks
may pull itself up by its
bootstraps and raise our
rights along with other
Americans.  And the answer
to our problem is to "Be
more race minded and less
individual."
   OUR future, I feel, be-
gins with each new day,not
just at the beginning of a
New rear or at the end of
the war. War or peace,
future will always be with
us, it is ours to claim.
If it is to hold the ful-
fillment of all our hopes
for better treatment, we
must take a firm stand as
good American citizens of
Japanese ancestry.
ROHWER  RESIDENTS  DONATE  THREE
JEEPS  TO  US  ARMED  FORCES
   Three more jeeps may
soon be bouncing over the
rugged terrain of some far-
off battlefield-and they’ll
be the contribution of
Rohwer residents to Uncle
Sam's armed forces. They
were paid for by the pur-
chase  of  $3505.95 worth  of
bonds and stamps sold at
Rohwer during a recent bond
drive conducted by school
children.
   Wanting to do”some thing"
for the war effort, Rohwer
children hit upon the idea
of having a project-wide
bond  and stamp campaign.
The drive began on Novem-
ber 15, under the sponsor-
ship of the Rohwer chapter
of the National Honor So-
ciety. A goal of $1165.00
was set--the price of an
Army jeep. The campaign
got off to an excellent
start, with rallies, con-
tests, and competition be-
tween students being held
throughout the project.
Two weeks later, students
had sold $2507.95 in bonds,
exceeding the original
goal by 200 per cent.  When
the drive officially closed
on December 3rd, students
had sold enough bonds and
stamps to buy three jeeps!
   Of the total amount sold,
administrative personnel
bought $2537.20 worth of
bonds and stamps, while
$968.75 worth, were sold to
students and center resi-
dents. As a result of the
drive, 53 per cent of Roh-
wer's high school students
now possess war stamp books .
SEND  REQUISITIONS
IN  IMMEDIATELY
   All division heads are
urged to send their requi-
sitions for materials for
the coming year immediate-
ly to the procurement of-
fice, according to A. O.
Mead, procurement officer.
   Immediate attention will
assure better chances to
obtain goods desired.
          CO-OP
===TID-BITS===
   The return of over 450
cases of empty bottles still
missing is urgently re-
quested as this often de-
termines the available sup-
ply of soft drinks,accord-
ing to E. H. Runcorn, act-
ing enterprise supervisor.
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   All co-op members are
requested to have member-
ship certificate numbers
at the time of purchasing
scrip books in order to
keep all patronage records
properly and efficiently,
states E. H. Runcorn.
====LOST====	
   A blackish- gray foun-
tain pen. Finder please
return to PIONEER office.
A reward is offered.
	-***-
   A bible containing val-
uable notes. Finder please
return to 7H church office.
900 PUPILS GIVEN
DENTAL   CHECK-UPS
   Over nine hundred stu-
dents, the nursery school
through the sixth grade,
inclusive, were examined
at the 8H block dental clin-
ic this week, according to
Dr. Enoch Dumas, principal
of the elementary school.
The junior and senior high
school students will be
given a check-up next week.
NEW   DUTIES   FOR
DR. RADEMAKER
   Dr. John A. Rademaker,
community analyst, is at
present taking over the
duties of councelor until
Feb. 1 at which time Jacob
Gerrild is scheduled to
arrive for permanent re-
placement. The vacancy in
the office occurred at the
departure of John J. O.
Moore for the army.
====TRANSFER===
   Ben Kamikawa  from  Tule
Lake.