Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 42

              March  29,   1944_________________PIONEER______________Page 5
   NISEI
POTPOURRI
   By  Roy Yoshida
CAUSE AND EFFECT
   LIFE is humdrum? Don't
you believe it!Life isn't,
but you can easily make it
so. It depends on the ap-
preciation of cause and ef-
fect. If you realize that
nothing happens without a
cause, you can become not
only big-minded, but big-
hearted. You can then vi-
sualize life's picturesque-
ness.
   This cause and effect
is nothing but the percep-
tion of natural course of
events-an evolution. To
you whom evolution is just
a word, you look at-well,
snow for instance as just
one of nature's many spec-
tacles, which you can see
even in Amache. To you
whom cause and effect hold
some sort of rhyme and rea-
son, see more than just
snow. You see something
which day before yesterday
was water, which yesterday
was vapor and which tomor-
row may be   an  iceberg.
   WHAT has that to do with
your daily life? More than
you may think. Cause and
effect is found everywhere.
   For example:  Why were
the people attending the
Sunday night's "Call To
Colors" ball smiling? Be-
cause they were having a
wonderful time. Here was
the EFFECT, but what was
the CAUSE that brought a-
bout this effect. Why did
they have a wonderful time?
   You may say because the
dance was grand, because
the entertainment was good,
because the novel night
club atmosphere was super.
0 guy s and gals, that wasn’t
the reason-that wasn't
the  CAUSE.
   It was because a bunch
of good people got together
and worked a wee bit harder
to give you a wonderful
time-there's the cause.
Now, they didn't have to
go thru all that trouble
and worry. It was besides
their regular work. They
could have more easily
"forked out" two-bits for
a bid and let somebody else
do all the running around.
But they wanted to give the
inductees a swell send-off,
and    thought     it was worth
making a good job of it.
   They became not only
big-minded,but big-hearted.
   And because they had
something worthwhile to do,
they had no time to think
about life being hum-drum.
They sought no accolade,no
flattering remarks.  Their
only reward was your satis-
faction. And if that was
achieved then the EFFECT
was certainly worth the
CAUSE.
SCHOOL  ATHLETIC  FUND
BENEFIT  GAMES  TUESDAY
   Amache    high    school athletic fund benefit basket-
games will be spon-
sored by the CA athletic
department Tuesday night
in the high school gym,
announces James Hanamura
of the CA division.
   Double-A All-Stars will
meet the Amache Indians
varsity in the feature con-
test. Local school cagers
boast an impressive, lop-
sided win over the single-
A All-Stars last Sunday,
which should make this con-
test a " hum-dinger.”
   In the preliminary tilt
the Ramlin’ Ramblerettes
will take on their cross-
town rivals, the Granada
high girls sextet.  Tip-
off is slated for 7 o'clock.
   Entire proceeds of the
evening will go to the
school athletic fund with
no strings attached. All
officials are donating their
services.
   Tickets may be obtained
at the PIONEER, 8F CA of-
fice and at high school.
“AA”  ALL-STARS
QUINTET  TO  PLAY
IN  DENVER  TOURNEY
   Local     "AA"    All-Star
basketeers Ieft early this
morning for Denver to ex-
hibit their maplewood wares
in the Citizens' league
Invitational cage tourney
to be played there tonight,
tomorrow and Friday.
   Nine players scheduled
to make the trip were Tosh
Shimizu, John Kashiwabara,
Shig Sugano,Soapy Miyashi-
ma, Chick Furuye, Ben Ya-
magiwa,Al Kato,James Wata-
nabe and John Tsuruta.
Miles Hamada left Monday
for Army induction and was
not able   to make the  trip.
   Coach-manager Roy Yo-
shida , business manager
Joe Nakatogawa of the CA
division and PIONEER's
Sueo Sako accompanied the
team.
COMMUNITY  ACTIVITIES  DIVISION
DONATES   $25 TO  HIGH  SCHOOL
   Following is the financial statement on the basket-
ball games played last Saturday night and Sunday aft-
ernoon which was released by Taka Aratani of the com-
munity activities division.

Gate Receipt							$179.80
Expenses
   Officiating				$10.00
   Janitorial Service			    4.00
   P. A. Technician			                   2.00
   Federal Tax				  17.98
       Total Expense						                     33.98
            Balance							 $145.82
Distribution of Proceeds
   Chicago Team			                $97.91
   Amache High School
      Athletic Fund			                 25.00
   Amache Recreation
     Association				 22.91
          Total Distributed					                $145.82
ENGLISH CLASSES TO START
   A class in beginners B
English will be held each
Tuesday and Thursday even-
ings,6:30 to 8:30 o'clock,
in room 18 of the high
school building, according
to the adult education sec-
tion. This class will be
taught by Lowell T. Jack-
son.
   Also,a class in Business
English is slated for every
Monday and Thursday nights,
6:30 to 8:30 o'clock, at
room 6E in the 8E block.