Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 8

              Granada PIONEER           
Vol. 1, No. 8         Amache, Colorado      November 21, 1942
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
BEGINS IMMEDIATELY
The contract for the con-
struction of a high school
and two elementary school
buildings was let to the
R. E. Rippe Construction
company of South Pasadena,
California, R. J. O'Rourke,
project engineer, announced
Friday.   The schools will
be completed in 120 days
according to the contract
signed in Denver.
Several sub-contracts
have already been let and
work will start immediately,
H.B. Winter, superintendent
of construction, revealed.
The bid was for $308,498
with $135,886 to be spent
on the high school and
$172,612 on the elementary
schools.   Japanese will be
employed on the construction
work.
CONSTRUCTION
MEN HAUL COAL
Evacuee employees who
will be eligible to work
for private contractors
within the center have a-
greed to haul coal into this
center for a period of two
consecutive weeks, it was
announced by Walter J. Kno-
del, placement officer to-
day.
Those who have previously
worked for contractors will
not be called upon until
the eligible supply is ex-
hausted, he added.  30 appli-
cants have already begun
hauling coal this week.
‘GI'   IS    THEME
OF    TONITE'S    HOP
New records have been
obtained and will be fea-
tured at tonight's GI dance,
the recreation department
announced yesterday. Se-
lections include "White
Christmas", "My Devotion",
"Kalamazoo", and "I Left
My Heart at the Stage Door
Canteen".
Dancing will be from
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Terry
hall.
AUGUST PAY
DUE MONDAY
The August payroll has
been cleared and payments
will begin Monday at the
PIONEER building from 1 to
7 p.m., Senior Administra-
tive Officer Henry F. Halli-
day announced  yesterday.
Workers who entered on
duty on Aug. 31 will not
be paid for that day but
the time will be credited
to their compensatory leave.
Women Elect
Mrs. Kanazawa and Mrs.
Saita were named temporary
chairmen of the Granada
Women's federation which
met in 7H recreation hall
Thursday morning, with Mrs.
Hori presiding.
Mesdames Kajioka and Abe
were tentatively named sec-
retaries, and committee mem-
bers elected were Mesdames
Hagiwara, Higaki, Hinoki,
Inouye, Kamiya, Kato, Naru-
mi, Ogata, Ohama, Takeyama,
Terami, and Yamasaki.
DR. SMITH TO DELIVER
THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
Dr. Frank Herron Smith,
chairman of the Pacific
Coast Wartime Japanese Serv-
ice committee, and super-
intendent of the Japanese
Methodist churches, will
deliver a special Thanks-
giving sermon during the
English worship service of
the Granada Protestant
church in Terry hall Sunday
morning.
Dr. Smith, who has been
touring various relocation
centers, will also speak
before the younger Sunday
school groups and at the
women's meeting at 1:30
p.m.  In the evening, he
will preach a Japanese ser-
mon for the issei at 7 o'-
clock in 7H recreation hall.
CLOTHING
AVAILABLE
Temporary work clothing
loans are available to proj-
ect workers at warehouse
12 from Clothing Foreman
T. Tanaka, it was revealed
through the office of Ralph
J. Mitchell, property of-
ficer, yesterday.
Types of clothing loaned
will be governed by the
duties performed by the
worker.  Eligible persons
are asked to fill out req-
uisition form C-WRA-76, which
may be obtained from the
their division head.
6H  ILLNESS
INVESTIGATED
The sudden illness which
occurred in Block 6H Tuesday
has been thoroughly invest-
tigated by the regional
sanitary engineer, Mr. Low,
in company with Dr. G. A.
Duffy, medical director.
Measures have been taken
to prevent a recurrence of
this nature.
In addition to complete
bacteriological and chemical
analyses of the water sup-
ply, regular routine inspec-
tions will be made of all
mess halls, latrines, food
warehouses, and other places,
which are of foremost im-
portance to the health and
sanitation of the project.