Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 35

              March 4,   1944_________________PIONEER___________________Page   7
  My
TWO  CENTS
    By  Allan Asakawa
    Whew!  what  happened?
He just made it! Yes sir,
this potential buck private
had rushed all the way from
Chicago to keep his date
with Uncle Sammy.  When
this youngster finally
reached Denver after a hec-
tic trip, 16 medical of-
ficers pounced on him for
a thorough scrutiny. For
hours he was under doctors'
custody. Caught with his
shirt off and caught in
more   draft.
   Upon completion of his
pre-induction examination,
the chief medical officer
made a mometous decision.
Did he pass? Was his hasty
trip from Chicago in vain?
-Well, just in case you're
quizzical, our would-be-
hero-Theodore Arai-didn't
pass   his   physical.
*
   "Comin' in on a Wing
and a Prayer"and "American
Patrol" were two of the
choral numbers rendered by
the colorful Amache girls’
glee club at the recent
send-off party for the draf-
tees .
    Somehow I was very much
pleased with these selections
and the several numbers by
the Amache high school
band. Maybe It's because
I have good taste for music.
Folks tell me I had taste
for     good  music ever   since
I was  a  two-year  old---but
then how did   I  know    I  was
eating   sheet music!
	*
   "The  Pride of the Yan-
kees" made  a real "hit"
with Amacheans.   Yes, I
must admit that it was one
grand pitcher.
   A story that made a home -
run in your heart. That
tripled your respect for
Lou Gehrig.  That doubled
your love for baseball and
singled itself out as one
of the best pictures shown
in a relocation center.
   A movie that tugged on
your heart strings and
touched every base on its
way hometo score a grand
entertainment.
   P.S. All smokers should
have seen that movie because
Gary Cooper gave out many
Lucky “strikes.”
COMMUNITY  LEADERS  DISCUSS
PROPOSAL  FOR  CREDIT  UNION
    During the past several 
weeks, the block managers
and the councilmen have
been studying the advisabil-
ity of establishing a Fed-
eral Credit Union in Amache,
according to E.H. Runcorn,
enterprise   supervisor.
   A credit union is a co-
operative association which
encourages systematic sav-
ing among its members in
amounts as low as 25 cents per
week. Such a credit union
under strict Federal super-
vision could also provide
deposit service  and  other
simple  banking  services.
   Runcorn stated that if
such an association were
established in this center
it would be an entirely
separate cooperative organ-
ization under a new charter
and operated by a different
Board of Directors elected
by  its  members.
   According to latest re-
ports the people of Topaz
organized a Federal Credit
Union last December, since
then their shares and de-
posits have reached $35,000.
   Runcorn emphasized that
the experience derived from
operating such a people's
baby bank should be extreme-
ly valuable in preparing
the  evacuees  for  the   post-
war period.  The habit of
thrift and mutual helpful-
ness are the chief motives
of a Federal Credit Union.
AGRICULTURE  CHIEF
TOURS  CENTER  FARM
   Ernest Reed,  chief  of
agriculture in Washington,
is making a tour of the
center farm this week, ac-
cording to the farm divi-
sion Thursday. Reed is
here for a 4-day visit to
survey and study the cen-
ter beef cattle situation
and the leasing of WRA
land to "outsiders."
998  ENROLLED IN
ADULT  CLASSES
   A  total  of998 students
are enrolled in the Adult
education program as of
Feb. 29, announces Samuel
J. Gordon, night school
director.
   Women outnumber the men
859 to 139 In the 45 classes
taught by 24 teachers,seven
part-time appointed person-
nel and 14 evacuees.
   Tabulation shows the
sewing class with the most
number of students with
312, followed by Arts and
Crafts and English with
277 and 174 persons respectively.
===RELOCATION===
   Hango Uratsu, Grand Junc-
tion, Colo., Mar. 3.
   Shiro Imai, Laramie, Wyo.,
Mar. 5.
   Kanemi  Ono,  Laramie,
Wyo. Mar. 5.
   Minoru Matsuda,Laramie,
Wyo., Mar. 5.
   Fred Sugawara, Laramie,
Wyo., Mar. 5.
   Kazuo  Koide,  Laramie,
Wyo., March 5.
   Yoshisaku  Sudo, Butte,
Mont., March 2.
   Yoshiyuki  Morimoto Butte,
Mont.,Mar. 2.
   Toshio Shiromoto,Butte,
Mont., Mar. 2.
    Masaji  Tamaki,  Butte,
Mont., Mar. 2.
   Edwin Taro  Hashioka ,
Laramie, Wyo., Mar. 3.
   Yukiko Okamura, Hatties-
burg, Miss., Mar. 3.
   Makoto Edward Hori,Chi-
cago,   Ill..,   Mar.  7.
   Yorio Aoki, Laramie  Wyo.,
Mar.   5.
   Tom Hara,Denver,   Colo.,
Feb. 28.
   Kiyoshi Ono, Caldwell,
la.,   Mar.   6.
   Frank F. Nakamura, Chi-
cago, Ill.,  Mar. 6.
   Tom Heya, La Junta, Colo.,
Mar.   1.
   Rin Tomita with grandson
David Komatsu, Kingshill,
la.,   Mar.   10.
   George Jusuke Shingu,
Wakesha, Wis., Mar. 4.
   Kazuno Shingu, Wakesha,
Wis.,   Mar.   4.
   Grace     Kimiko  Shingu,
Wakesha,   Wis.,   Mar.   4.
   Mary Miyeko Shingu,Wake-
sha,   Wis.,   Mar. 4.
   Isamu Iwanaga, Laramie,
Wyo.,   Mar. 2.
   Shigeki Kimura.,Laramie,
Wyo.,   Mar.   2.
   Alice A.Kaneko, Pueblo,
Colo.,   Mar.   1.