Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 79

              Granada  PIONEER
Vol. I,  No.  79                    Amache,   Colorado                 July  3,   1943
GRANTS  TO  EVACUEES
TEMPORARILY  STOPPED
    The government’s fiscal
year ending on June 30,
1943, temporarily put an
end to grants given to re-
locating evacuees, and no
payments will be made after
that date until the Appro-
priation Act for the fiscal
year of 1944, ending June
30, 1943, is passed by
Congress.
   The WRA is unable to
dispurse any m o ney for
which appropriations are
not made.    Funds are ten-
tatively expected to arrive
on the fifteenth of this
month, although there is
a possibility of additional
delay.   A wire concerning
grants is expected from
Washington soon.
   Those evacuees proposing
to leave the center imme-
diately will not be paid
for their train fares.
However, as  soon as the
Appropriation Act goes
through or any other ar-
rangements are made, evac-
uees will eventually receive
their entitled grants.
   The ending of the fiscal
year does not apply to
June salaries or the April,
May, and June clothing
grants, which will be paid
on  schedule.
COUPONS
Reminder Given
    A reminder must again
be made that the shoe cou-
pons issued by the Price
Administration office is
good for only 30 days.
Extensions of the coupons
will not be made in any
case. This, the second
shoe coupon, will be the
only one given from now
until October 31, entitling
each person to one pair of
shoes.
PLAN  CHECK-UP
OF  VOLUNTEERS 
   A wire was received
from Dillon Myer, national
WRA Director, advising
that a final check be made
on the status and names
of volunteers for selec-
tive service.
   An individual check will
be made on all volunteers
that are still in the cen-
ter, so that they may re-
ceive their clearance as
soon as possible.
School System
Changes Made
   The new school system,
under which the junior and
senior high schools have
been combined, went into
effect on Thursday and is
now called the secondary
unit. This change was made
in accordance with the
school methods used in the
majority of other camps.
Herbert K. Walther, former
principal of the junior
high, is now the head of
the entire secondary school.
   Grace Lewis, formerly a
teacher of English in the
senior high is now the vo-
cational advisor under this
present system.  Miss Lewis
is  also  in charge of the
summer school for the up-
per level of the secondary
school.
   It has been reported
that all teaching positions
in the secondary school
have been filled,but there
are still some vacancies
in the elementary staff.
PARADE, CARNIVAL, DANCE
PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK
   A parade, starting at
6:30. p.m. Friday, from Block
8H,will mark the beginning
of a three-day carnival.
The Boy Scout Drum and
Bugle corps will lead the
parade.   Ed Tokunaga is the
parade marshall.
   Blocks will compete for
a prize in the parade.
   The concessions will be
at the east end of the
school grounds. Thirty-
six booths are planned.
Various games will be of-
fered and refreshments to
be sold include fried
shrimp, hot tamale, fried
chicken, and soft drinks,
according to Publicity Man-
ager Shig Hashii.
   Also scheduled are a
sumo tournament, Sunday;
exhibition baseball games,
Sunday morning and after-
noon; shibai, Friday and
Saturday; and a dance.
   Said Hashii, the Mid-
way will be open, immed-
iately following the pa-
rade on Friday, and from
2 to 10:30 p.m. on Sat-
urday and Sunday.   The
shibai will be presented
on the stage being con-
structed at the southwest
corner of 9F.
   The Blue Star Mothers
will sell War stamps and
bonds.
WROTH
WATER SHORTAGE
NOT SERIOUS
   "There is entirely too
much water being used,"
stated William B. Wroth,
conservation engineer who
is in charge of the water
supply, in a recent interview.
   "The pumps are supplying
the center with all the
water in the wells, and
there is as yet,no serious
water shortage but due to
the late dry season, the
water in the wells is low
and if the residents con-
tinue using the water as
freely as they have, we
will encounter a serious
shortage." He c ontinued
to say that this was not
a command but a warning.
   Work on the center's
i r rigational f a cilities
for the blocks are under
way.