Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 30

              JOE  NISEI  MAY
RECEIVE  HONORABLE
DISCHARGE  BUTTON
  War Department recently
issued a statement, which
should be of great interest
to all nisei who have been
honorably discharged o r
transferred to an inactive
status. It is in regards
to the issuance of lapel
button for honorable ser-
vice.
   Information received this
Week on this subject from
John H. Provinse, acting
WRA director,refers to War
Department Cir.  318, dated
Dec. 7, 1943, entitling
"all military personnel
who have served honorably
in active Federal service
in the Army of the United
States since Sept.8, 1939,
and who are, or have been,
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HIGH  SCHOOL STUDENTS  BUY
$152  WORTH OF WAR  STAMPS
   The sales of war stamps for the senior high school
took a "new lease on life” last weed as figures to date
show a grand total of $152.30 with $32.85 worth of
war stamps sold at the basketball games Friday,accord-
ing, to Mrs. Betty Tinsman, advisor of the school
Co-op, Monday.
   The * "jack-pot" was hit during Friday afternoon's
"C" championship play-offs at which, time $27 in war
stamps  were  sold  thru admission charges and sale of
refreshments.  Gate  receipts  via war stamp sales for
the night games amounted to  $5.85.     The balance   of  the
total sales were registered during the past two weeks
at the school Co-op stand located in the main school
office.
	Granada  PIONEER
Vol.   II,   No. 30    Amache,   Colo.   February 16, 1944
SERVICE  MOTHERS
SEEL  $190  WORTH
OF  WAR  STAMPS
  The   center's   Fourth War
Loan    drive  sponsored by
the Blue Star Mothers has
hit the $190 mark Monday,
according to Mrs. H. Yoshida,
secretary of the club, Tues-
day morning.
   Since the drive ended
yesterday, the grand total
was not available but will
be  announced  later.
   Club members who worked
hard to do "more than their
share" deserve the credit
for the success of the
campaign.
LOCAL  WRA  SENDS  $8,964  TO
PROWERS  COUNTY  TREASURY
  IN LIEU OF PROPERTY  TAXES
  A check for $8,964.04 was turned over to the Prowers
county treasury by the Granada relocation center Friday
as  a contribution in lieu of taxes  for property now
 occupied  by  the Amache
center.
   The contribution, pres-
ented by T. Read Hanson,
finance officer,_represent-
ing Project Director James
G.Lindley,covers the 31.11
a nnu al levy on 10,402
acres of government-owned
land which is not subject
to taxation. Assessed val-
uation  of the property com-
prised of the former Koen
and XY ranches and small
farmlands and improvements
is $288,140. 
   Plans for the donation
originated with Director
Lindley in the spring of
1943 at which time Donald
Horn, project attorney,
met with county commissioners
to discuss proposals to
make up for the loss of
taxes to the county. Lind-
ley obtained approval from
WRA Director Dillon S. Myer
of the contribution and of
such a gesture as a policy
to be followed in the fu-
ture by the local center.
   The check will provide
the Granada school districts
with approximately four-
fifths of its revenue us-
ually derived from a school-
district  property evalua-
of $349,634.  The check
also covers about one-fifth
of the  operating revenue
for the Granada high school
district.
PARADE  CLIMAXES
BOY  SCOUT  WEEK
    A parade by the Amache
Boy Scouts Sunday after-
noon climaxed their cele-
bration of the 34th anniver-
sary of Scouting in America,
according to Ed M.Tokunaga,
scout commissioner.
   Scout Sunday was observed
with attendance to church
in uniform.
PRE-INDUCTION  TALKS
TO  COMMENCE  FRIDAY
   The first in a series
of pre-induction lectures
for the benefit of all in-
terested draft-age men will
be held Friday night in
Room 4 of the local high 
school at 7 o'clock,accord-
ing to Herbert K. Walther,
high school principal.
Plans for this series of
orientation meetings will
be formulated by an Army
Orientation committee headed
by Melvin P. McGoverm, a
former  army  sergeant.
   Aiding McGovern, who is
a member of Amache second-
ary school faculty, will
be Donald Drummond,recently
of the merchant marine and
also a member of the high
school faculty, and Dr.
Llovd    Garrison,     superin-
tendent of schools.
   Subject matter of these
army orientation classes
will deal with all phases
of army life from pre-induc-
tion physical test to actual
combat duty. And special
topics other than general
army routine matters will
be discussed if enough per-
sons make such a  request.
  Aside from the afore-
ment ioned committee members,
other speakers will be se-
lected from the local MP
personnel to enlighten the
prospective, "rookies" on
military life. According
to present plans the lecture 
meetings will be held twice  
a week, with time and place
to be announced later in 
the PIONEER.