Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 24

              Granada  PIONEER
Vol.   II,   No.   24___________________Amache, Colorado____________________January 26, 1944
SPECIAL  CLASSES
TO AID NISEI
   Special classes in the
use of the Japanese lang-
uage will be organized for
the benefit of draft-age
nisei, announces Samuel J.
Gordon,night school direc-
tor.
   Interested applicants
are urged to register Thurs-
day evening, 7 o'clock, at
the adult education office.
CAMPBELL  TO HELP REVAMP
HEART  MT.  SILK SCREEN SHOP
   Miss Maida G. Campbell,
supervisor of the much-
publicized Amache Silk
Screen Shop, is expected
to leave round Feb. 1 for
the Heart Mountain reloca-
tion center, according to
James G. Lindley, project
director.
   Miss  Campbell’s primary
purpose will be to coor-
dinate the two projects
together to fulfill the US
Navy orders. During her
two-week period there, Miss
Campbell will give valuable
advice and assistance which
will undoubtedly aid the
reconstruction of the Heart
Mountain shop. 
   Under present plans some
of the Navy supplies already
on hand at the local shop
will be shipped to the
Heart Mountain center.
   The proposed project has
received the approval, of
Lieut. Whitney Atchley of
The US Navy and E. J. Utz,
WRA director of industry
of Washington DC,who recom-
mends that the more complex
posters and those requiring
photographic processes be
reserved for the Amache shop.
RESETTLEMENT IS EVACUEES’
PROBLEM DECLARES FISTERE
   Harold Fistere of the
Cleveland relocation office
in addressing the recent
relocation meeting held at
Terry Hall declared that
resettlement is entirely
up to the evacuees. If the
evacuees are convinced that
they are satisfied with re-
location center life and
have no desire to re-enter
normal life, then the WRA
cannot help them in any way.
But on the other hand,con-
tinued Fistere, if the eva -
cuees feel that the outside
life is more attractive and
desirable then the WRA can
help them get re-establish-
ed.
In regards to finance
Fistere informed his listen-
ers that :'  “While he recog-
nizes that most groups and
many family units may need
some finances.  Other gov-
ernment agencies such as
Farm Credit, Farm Security
Administration, etc., have
been setup to  provide  this
type of financing.”
   Of particular interest
was a color movie of farm-
ing in Michigan, while lo-
cal relocated Amacheans
were shown in other films.
INDEFINITE LEAVES TO SALT
LAKE, DENVER AREAS  HALTED
   "No more i n definite
leaves to Denver and Salt
Lake City areas" was the
order received by the local
leave office from Washing-   
ton Monday, stated Willis
Hanson, center leave of-
ficer.
   This new order is due
to many evacuees requesting
indefinite leaves after
investigating relocation
possibilities o n short-
tern leaves.
   According to the order
received from John H. Pro-
vinse,acting WRA director,
"WRA is not encouraging
relocation in these areas
and short-term leaves should
not be issued for this pur-
pose."
THREE   AMACHE
FAMILIES EN ROUTE
CRYSTAL  CITY
   Three Amache families
Left  Monday afternoon for
Crystal City's family in-
ternment camp  in Texas to
be united with their fathers
and husbands who were in-
terned at the Santa Fe
enemy alien detention  camp,
according to Miss Sara
Brown,assistant counselor.
   Those who left for Crys-
tal City are Mrs. Fumiye
Kawashima, 12H-2B, a n d
children Kay, Mikako and
Masao; Mrs. Yone Nakamura,
6E-7B, and children Mitsu-
ko, Arthur and Robert; and
Mrs. Tatsuko Kumamoto, 7K-
2B, and children Tsutomu
and Joyce.
   This trio of families
will be joined in Pueblo
by residents from other
relocation centers enroute
to the same destination.
PAY AND CLOTHING
CHECKS FROM TULE
TO ARRIVE
   All Tulean transferees,
who have not as yet re-
ceived    their  paychecks or
clothing  allowances from 
Tule Lake, are asked to be
a little more patient,stat-
ed Read T. Hanson, finance
officer .
   According to word re-
ceived from Raymond Best,
project director of the
Tule Lake center,the checks
will be mailed as soon as
possible.
Hanson further stated
that persons concerned
should not write to Tule
Lake as all inquiries are
made through the local
finance office.
STUDENTS  BOOST
MARCH OF  DIMES
   Not to be outdone by
Schools in the United States,
the students of Amache
schools are canvassing the
center since Monday to make
the local annual infantile
paralysis drive a huge suc-
cess, according to W. Ray
Johnson, assistant project
director.
   During this week the var-
ious student groups will
visit each apartment for a
collection.  Everyone is
urged to participate in
this worthy cause.