Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 18

              December 24, 1942      PIONEER      Page 3
Short T A K E S  	
  Eighteen girls attended
the membership party held
by the Les Etoiles at the
8K recreation hall Sunday.
Games and dancing were the
diversions.  Marjorie Ta-
kata was in charge.
·	
  Funeral services were
held at the Buddhist hall
recently for Ryozo Sato,
52.   Sato, a bachelor from
Sebastopol, passed away at
the center hospital af-
ter a long illness.
•
  Readers are asked pieces
of Cellophane for the PIO-
NEER'S Japanese section.
 •
  Hiroo Fukuyama, substi-
tute teacher in the grammar
school, resigned recently
to enlist in the Army, it
was revealed by Enoch Du-
mas, principal.
 •
  A baby boy was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Iwao Ota,
9E-4F, Saturday, at the cen-
ter hospital.  The child
has been named Zensho.
·	
  Mrs. Charles Fujii, 6G-
3d, left the center last
week to join her husband
at Ft. Francis E. Warren,
Wyo.   Fujii is a private
first class.
·	
  The sophomore class of
the senior high school held
a "Round-up" social at Ter-
ry hall Friday afternoon.
  Approximately 150 stu-
dents enjoyed refreshments,
games, and dancing.
•
  The Young Matrons group
of the YWCA held a Christ-
mas social last week at
the 7H recreation hall.
Wives of administrative
staff members were present
at the affair which was in
charge of Mrs. Joan Arai.
•
  The Nativity was the
theme of the program pre-
sented by the Protestant
church chori in Terry hall
Sunday evening.
•
  Twenty-five Boy Scouts
of Troop 161 gathered loads
of kindling at the XY ranch
Sunday.  George Marumoto
headed the group.
•
  A talent show was pre-
sented by Block 9L Tuesday.
A similar show was put on
by 8E Saturday.
·	
  A baby girl, their first,
was born at 2:40 a.m. Wed-
nesday to Dr. and Mrs. Ben-
jamin Higa in the center
hospital.   The child has
been named Barbara Keiko.
·	
  Akigi Yoshimura and Koe
Hinoki, both of Block 9E,
were feted at the homes of
their parents before they
left to serve with the US
Army at Camp Savage, Minn.
•
  Mrs. Richard Ono, 8G-2C,
gave birth to a girl at
9:56 a.m. Friday at the
center hospital.
·	
  The 6H Young Men's club
was host to the 10E Nisei
Social club Friday.
CHANGE MADE
IN CONTEST
  Due to the excitement
in each mess hall over holi-
day preparations the awards
for the December mess hall
contest will be carried
over into January, stated
Chief Project Steward Wil-
liam Wells.
  A first and a second
award will be given to the
two best mess halls in each
of the three divisions.
SHOE    REPAIRING
SHOP    OPEN   AGAIN
  Shoe repairing has been
resumed at the 8F repair
shop, it was announced
through the community en-
terprise division this   week.
LEAVES TO BE CLEARED
WITHIN TWO WEEKS
  Assurance that the ma-
jority of leaves for private
relocation will clear for
approval within a two-week
period was given by Leave
Officer Willie J. Hanson,
who conferred with Tom Hol-
land, national WRA employ-
ment division head, in Den-
ver last week.   This is a
part of the revised private
relocation program as re-
leased by Washington, stated
Hanson.
  Persons desiring private
relocation will be told when
to apply at the leave office
in the former infirmary
building. The practice of
short term leaves will be
dicouraged, said Hanson.
  A WRA employment office
will open in Chicago in
January.   This office will
function as a clearing house
between prospective em-
ployees and employer and
will maintain close contact
with unemployment conditions
throughout the midwestern
states, Hanson concluded.
PROFESSOR     IN
INSPECTION    TOUR
  Dr. Calvin Grieder, pro-
fessor of school adminis-
tration at the University
of Colorado, was a visitor
at the Amache schools on
Thursday, S.Clay Coy, prin-
cipal of senior high school,
announced yesterday.
TOFU     MERCHANT
ARRIVES     HERE
  George T. Nagamoto of
Swink, Colo., arrived here
to renew his contract with
this center to supply tofu
for the next three months.
  Nagamoto, a pioneer seed
merchant, has been doing
business in Swink for many
years.   At present, his bus-
iness is limited to whole-
sale and retail distribu-
tion of koji, miso, shoyu,
age, and tofu.
BLUE   TRIANGLES
MEET   SUNDAY
  The Blue Tringle,  Girls'
Reserve council, will meet
Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the
YWCA office,  8F recreation
hall.
  Plans for the new year
and election of officers
will take place.   Each group
is asked to be represented
by its president and mem-
ber at large.
SUPPLY    OFFICER
VISITS     FAMILY
  Mark W. Radcliffe, sen-
ior transportation and sup-
ply officer, visited his
wife and son at their home
in Salt Lake City recently.
  Radcliffe's son, 1st It.
Taylor Radcliffe, is a mem-
ber of the Army's commando
division at Helena, Mont.
  Radcliffe who served as
officer in the first World
War has two other sons in
the service, one with the
mechanized division in
Florida and another in dip-
lomatic work in South Amer-
ica.