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The New Canadian
GENERATION
Vol. 2
VANCOUVER, B
MARCH 15th 1939
Scenes from the 'Frisco Fair
Plans For Royal Welcome
Flower Festival and
ictoria J.C.C.L. To Present
Odori In Beacon Hill Park
(Special to the New Canadian
eniciit attending the forth- '
, King George and Queen
coming'
cal artists of the
Coast will be presented at the
Japanese Pavilion of the
Golden Gate International
Exposition on a special pro
gramme March 20. accordingto advice received . from Fumiye anaka, Staff Writer of
the
Los
Angeles
Rafu
Shimpo.
San Francisco . second genera tion celebrate the opening of the
ng heiaided Frisco Fair by presenting a Japanese dance.
s»®®t,
fem
">'W
couver
vicinity
in
\Seattle Professor
Makes Nisei Study
by the Japanese
welcome to the -
According to tentative plan?
as revealed to the New Can
adian, hundreds of Nisei gitlC
clad in the picturesque costumes
of Japan, will line the streets
when Their Majesties pass by
on the afternoon tour.
■ A
Permission has been applied
for to have a part of Victoria ‘
Drive near Hastings reserved for t
this occasion. Further details cy
the plan will be released latent*
Results of an extensive twoyear study of the problem of the
American-born second generation undertaken by Prof. La
Violette, of the Departmtnt of
Aiko Saita, well-known CanSociology at the University of
adian Nisei
nqer, at present
Washington has just been reon a concert tour of the Pacific
leased according to word reCoast states will appear as a
ceived by the New Canadian.
VICTORIA. March H. ^-Lla
OS
featured vocalist, along with
The main thesis of his find- | Victoria Chapter ^ ^ie ^ itatc
Chiyoko Matsuda of Petaluma,
ings is that the American N isei
Acoch^
th'^ceab
^i
California.
has become assimilated ipto
American Life and
conOn the same day a special
I
lho occasice-^
trary
to
the
fears
of
many
pol- theVisit
Japanese motion picture will be
■
' t0 the c#1
iticians have not formed any ^W'
presented, and a dance at the
he r
racial block but have conformed ■’.^laiiAWs.from Dnn^^.a ?tl
Hall of Western States.
u t^ Coi
along with old-time political ^&^a9^v^e®ainiis
Japanese participation in the
lines.
aniotteWts
5m
,„
.y
-1^
fair has already been underway
to
p^?ticii»e
diftbe
^6^
“
”^’
Cor two weeks. From March 2-8,
Prof. La Violette shows with
a doll festival was featured with
------ New World Sun Photo'S / many examples the degree of
a display of dolls in the Nippon]
assimilation among the Nisei of
has a tread
u
Japan is well represented by this,million-dollar pavilion erected’ both the United States and
ChapterMy^W
^ ‘^;
pavilion, when souvenir dolls and
on the fair grounds of the man-made Treasure Island.
Hawaii.
postcards were given away.
be giveni biW
??CeS W''%;
^rlsun' Japanese^
costumes;
April 29, the birthday of the
'- Aex^c^iYe merh-a5
bers are
Emperor of Japan, will be cel
sight Win te>5to
ebrated as the official Japan
Their Majest^WfW, ^ |
Day. Featured will be a dis
ing
plans aheii® ^ P?’ ■
play of fireworks, souvenirs,
parade on the Pavilion grounds,
Plans for theAe^/ArVEO
a banquet, and a Takarazuka
floral arch were
Girls’ Opera performance.
tawa officials, it
day. It was stated;&t?such><^
Ed
’
s
Note:
George
Tamaki,
wellOther events scheduled include
tenance.
front page,' they read '‘Dorothy arch would be an obstruction to
a gala. “Flower Festival” or “Han- known Sunbury Nisei is continu
The reason is plain. The only Dix” with interest, and secretly the heavy traffic expected.
amatsuri” on April 2. The re ing a brilliant scholastic career
contact,
which, the majority of long to be questioned by the
mainder of the programme which at Dalhousie University in Hali Haligonians, as the people here “Inquiring C a m e r a m a n. ”
will extend until November will fax. N^va S^^t'a. In recent exams dub themselves, have had with
he led the class in first year law.
STRONG TRADITION
be released at a later date.
11
the
Japanese,
has
been
with
a
few
While studying in New West
The tradition of the past,
students from Japan, who come though, is stronger in Eastern
minster and Vancouver.
under
a scholarship system to Canada. The ties of family and
distinguished himself as a scholar
ship winner. He graduated from study in one of Halifax’s famous class are stronger too. • These
That Nisei school children, op
the University of B. C. in 1938, theological colleges.
“cultured” Easterners tolerate the whole, rank above the average
In a concert featuring the
winning first-class honours in
But there are no permanent very little criticism from “bar in scholastic standing was the conBach Choir under the leadership
cluson expressed to the New. Can
Economics and Political Science. residents of the Japanese race barous Westerners.”
of Professor Ira Dilworth, the
here. Of Chinese, there are a few,
Because the East is a more adian by Karl Gross, as a result/ of
By GEORGE TAMAKI
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
and, as in most cities, are success settled and a more rigid commun a two months’ study of the racial
with Allard de Ridder, conductor,
There is something fascinating ful in the restaurant or laundry ity than the West, it would factor in education in B. C.
will bring to a close its success- about untrodden ways that lead business. Socially they are some perhaps be somewhat more diffi Mr. Gross, who is making tin
ful winter programme March 19, to adventure, even in a modern what apart from the rest, but the cult for you, as a Nisei, to carve study for hh Doctor of Philosophy
city of the twentieth century— division is perhaps as much econ out a niche in it's society. But if degree from the Ohio State Uni
at the Orpheum Theatre.
omic as racial. There are few you are energetic, it would not versity, attributed the high standing
The second feature will be something almost enchanting second generation Chinese.
be too hard. And once achieved, of Nisei students to the influence,
about living in a city where you
Weber’s "Concert Stuck” for are the only Japanese among
your niche would be all the more of selective immigration.
Questions
piano and orchestra. Also in- 60,000 people.
secure
because of this more un
As a Nisei, then, you would be
He contended that the majority
eluded on the program are
MR. MOTO
a stranger. You will find that yielding society.
of Japanese immigrants in B.C. ar'^
So, if you come to the Mari
Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Flight of the
Walk down the streets of this Eastern Canadians know very
of a select group and consequently
Bumble Bee,” Johann Strauss”, centuries-old city of Halifax, and little of your problems. Many times to settle permanently, the intelligence quotient of the?
you will be breaking entirely
"Wo die Citronen Blumen”, Men people look twice at you. The have been influenced by exagger new ground. You will not find children . is above normal for op
r
delssohn’s "Fingal’s Cave”, Wag- look is not a hostile one. Rather ated stories. Many will listen with the atmosphere a hostile one. school children. •
it
is
one
of
curiosity.
Some
gaze,
tolerance.
Most
of
them
will
be
v ner’s "Prelude to Act III”, from
But/j not expect to be greeted
"Lohengrin”, Tchaikowsky’s "An some frankly stare. Some even interested in you. and will ply with open arms. You will need
NOTICE
dante Cantabile”, and Liszt’s sym smile in a friendly manner. You you with questions.
courage and enterprise.
A booklet of The New Ca
may come across a group of small
Some questions are of serious
phony poem "Les Preludes.”
The
first
few
months
will
be
adian
subscriptions receipts h
boys, who shout an impertinent
This important event is being but cheerful “Hello, Mr. Moto!” importance. But do not be important, for it is then that the been lost in Steveston. Return f
looked forward to by Nisei music Such is the far-reaching aura of taken too much aback, if you “newcomer’ will be “sized up.” the same will be much apti^n
should be asked, “Do your
\ lovers.
For that reason, if any of you go
Hollywood.
Japanese girls neck?"
I*
out
in search of this great adven a‘i\
Their Excellencies the Governorsubscribers
failing
to
re
J
If you should go to church,
But life in the Maritimes or
General and Lady Tweedsmuir
you wil be asked whether you anywhere else in Eastern Canada ture, you must be sure to realize copies are requested to
that by your actions, you will
-] have graciously consented to at are a theological student from
->i
is much the same as in B. C. make the road either easier or TRinity 1076, or to write t,
tend the final concert.
New Canadian, 230 Alexant—^^
Japan. But not necessarily be Most young people snatch up the
'?
—Miyo Ishiwata.
cause you have a saintly coun- “funnies” before they read the harder for those who may wish to The New Canadian will bi
follow.
1
to you immediately.
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NISEI !. Q. HIGH
STATES SCHOI&
Symphony Concert
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The New Canadian
GENERATION
Vol. 2
VANCOUVER, B
MARCH 15th 1939
Scenes from the 'Frisco Fair
Plans For Royal Welcome
Flower Festival and
ictoria J.C.C.L. To Present
Odori In Beacon Hill Park
(Special to the New Canadian
eniciit attending the forth- '
, King George and Queen
coming'
cal artists of the
Coast will be presented at the
Japanese Pavilion of the
Golden Gate International
Exposition on a special pro
gramme March 20. accordingto advice received . from Fumiye anaka, Staff Writer of
the
Los
Angeles
Rafu
Shimpo.
San Francisco . second genera tion celebrate the opening of the
ng heiaided Frisco Fair by presenting a Japanese dance.
s»®®t,
fem
">'W
couver
vicinity
in
\Seattle Professor
Makes Nisei Study
by the Japanese
welcome to the -
According to tentative plan?
as revealed to the New Can
adian, hundreds of Nisei gitlC
clad in the picturesque costumes
of Japan, will line the streets
when Their Majesties pass by
on the afternoon tour.
■ A
Permission has been applied
for to have a part of Victoria ‘
Drive near Hastings reserved for t
this occasion. Further details cy
the plan will be released latent*
Results of an extensive twoyear study of the problem of the
American-born second generation undertaken by Prof. La
Violette, of the Departmtnt of
Aiko Saita, well-known CanSociology at the University of
adian Nisei
nqer, at present
Washington has just been reon a concert tour of the Pacific
leased according to word reCoast states will appear as a
ceived by the New Canadian.
VICTORIA. March H. ^-Lla
OS
featured vocalist, along with
The main thesis of his find- | Victoria Chapter ^ ^ie ^ itatc
Chiyoko Matsuda of Petaluma,
ings is that the American N isei
Acoch^
th'^ceab
^i
California.
has become assimilated ipto
American Life and
conOn the same day a special
I
lho occasice-^
trary
to
the
fears
of
many
pol- theVisit
Japanese motion picture will be
■
' t0 the c#1
iticians have not formed any ^W'
presented, and a dance at the
he r
racial block but have conformed ■’.^laiiAWs.from Dnn^^.a ?tl
Hall of Western States.
u t^ Coi
along with old-time political ^&^a9^v^e®ainiis
Japanese participation in the
lines.
aniotteWts
5m
,„
.y
-1^
fair has already been underway
to
p^?ticii»e
diftbe
^6^
“
”^’
Cor two weeks. From March 2-8,
Prof. La Violette shows with
a doll festival was featured with
------ New World Sun Photo'S / many examples the degree of
a display of dolls in the Nippon]
assimilation among the Nisei of
has a tread
u
Japan is well represented by this,million-dollar pavilion erected’ both the United States and
ChapterMy^W
^ ‘^;
pavilion, when souvenir dolls and
on the fair grounds of the man-made Treasure Island.
Hawaii.
postcards were given away.
be giveni biW
??CeS W''%;
^rlsun' Japanese^
costumes;
April 29, the birthday of the
'- Aex^c^iYe merh-a5
bers are
Emperor of Japan, will be cel
sight Win te>5to
ebrated as the official Japan
Their Majest^WfW, ^ |
Day. Featured will be a dis
ing
plans aheii® ^ P?’ ■
play of fireworks, souvenirs,
parade on the Pavilion grounds,
Plans for theAe^/ArVEO
a banquet, and a Takarazuka
floral arch were
Girls’ Opera performance.
tawa officials, it
day. It was stated;&t?such><^
Ed
’
s
Note:
George
Tamaki,
wellOther events scheduled include
tenance.
front page,' they read '‘Dorothy arch would be an obstruction to
a gala. “Flower Festival” or “Han- known Sunbury Nisei is continu
The reason is plain. The only Dix” with interest, and secretly the heavy traffic expected.
amatsuri” on April 2. The re ing a brilliant scholastic career
contact,
which, the majority of long to be questioned by the
mainder of the programme which at Dalhousie University in Hali Haligonians, as the people here “Inquiring C a m e r a m a n. ”
will extend until November will fax. N^va S^^t'a. In recent exams dub themselves, have had with
he led the class in first year law.
STRONG TRADITION
be released at a later date.
11
the
Japanese,
has
been
with
a
few
While studying in New West
The tradition of the past,
students from Japan, who come though, is stronger in Eastern
minster and Vancouver.
under
a scholarship system to Canada. The ties of family and
distinguished himself as a scholar
ship winner. He graduated from study in one of Halifax’s famous class are stronger too. • These
That Nisei school children, op
the University of B. C. in 1938, theological colleges.
“cultured” Easterners tolerate the whole, rank above the average
In a concert featuring the
winning first-class honours in
But there are no permanent very little criticism from “bar in scholastic standing was the conBach Choir under the leadership
cluson expressed to the New. Can
Economics and Political Science. residents of the Japanese race barous Westerners.”
of Professor Ira Dilworth, the
here. Of Chinese, there are a few,
Because the East is a more adian by Karl Gross, as a result/ of
By GEORGE TAMAKI
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
and, as in most cities, are success settled and a more rigid commun a two months’ study of the racial
with Allard de Ridder, conductor,
There is something fascinating ful in the restaurant or laundry ity than the West, it would factor in education in B. C.
will bring to a close its success- about untrodden ways that lead business. Socially they are some perhaps be somewhat more diffi Mr. Gross, who is making tin
ful winter programme March 19, to adventure, even in a modern what apart from the rest, but the cult for you, as a Nisei, to carve study for hh Doctor of Philosophy
city of the twentieth century— division is perhaps as much econ out a niche in it's society. But if degree from the Ohio State Uni
at the Orpheum Theatre.
omic as racial. There are few you are energetic, it would not versity, attributed the high standing
The second feature will be something almost enchanting second generation Chinese.
be too hard. And once achieved, of Nisei students to the influence,
about living in a city where you
Weber’s "Concert Stuck” for are the only Japanese among
your niche would be all the more of selective immigration.
Questions
piano and orchestra. Also in- 60,000 people.
secure
because of this more un
As a Nisei, then, you would be
He contended that the majority
eluded on the program are
MR. MOTO
a stranger. You will find that yielding society.
of Japanese immigrants in B.C. ar'^
So, if you come to the Mari
Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Flight of the
Walk down the streets of this Eastern Canadians know very
of a select group and consequently
Bumble Bee,” Johann Strauss”, centuries-old city of Halifax, and little of your problems. Many times to settle permanently, the intelligence quotient of the?
you will be breaking entirely
"Wo die Citronen Blumen”, Men people look twice at you. The have been influenced by exagger new ground. You will not find children . is above normal for op
r
delssohn’s "Fingal’s Cave”, Wag- look is not a hostile one. Rather ated stories. Many will listen with the atmosphere a hostile one. school children. •
it
is
one
of
curiosity.
Some
gaze,
tolerance.
Most
of
them
will
be
v ner’s "Prelude to Act III”, from
But/j not expect to be greeted
"Lohengrin”, Tchaikowsky’s "An some frankly stare. Some even interested in you. and will ply with open arms. You will need
NOTICE
dante Cantabile”, and Liszt’s sym smile in a friendly manner. You you with questions.
courage and enterprise.
A booklet of The New Ca
may come across a group of small
Some questions are of serious
phony poem "Les Preludes.”
The
first
few
months
will
be
adian
subscriptions receipts h
boys, who shout an impertinent
This important event is being but cheerful “Hello, Mr. Moto!” importance. But do not be important, for it is then that the been lost in Steveston. Return f
looked forward to by Nisei music Such is the far-reaching aura of taken too much aback, if you “newcomer’ will be “sized up.” the same will be much apti^n
should be asked, “Do your
\ lovers.
For that reason, if any of you go
Hollywood.
Japanese girls neck?"
I*
out
in search of this great adven a‘i\
Their Excellencies the Governorsubscribers
failing
to
re
J
If you should go to church,
But life in the Maritimes or
General and Lady Tweedsmuir
you wil be asked whether you anywhere else in Eastern Canada ture, you must be sure to realize copies are requested to
that by your actions, you will
-] have graciously consented to at are a theological student from
->i
is much the same as in B. C. make the road either easier or TRinity 1076, or to write t,
tend the final concert.
New Canadian, 230 Alexant—^^
Japan. But not necessarily be Most young people snatch up the
'?
—Miyo Ishiwata.
cause you have a saintly coun- “funnies” before they read the harder for those who may wish to The New Canadian will bi
follow.
1
to you immediately.
v.-.'JXv,
NISEI !. Q. HIGH
STATES SCHOI&
Symphony Concert
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THE NEW CANADIAN
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THE NEW CANADIAN
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TO ANGELA
Ed’s Note: — Letters must be short and accompanied wrto a
Well, Angela, you make me
signature. Those desiring to use pen names must so signify. We can cood and sore. What’s the idea
not be reponsible. for the return of any material sent to tnese of calling me a sentimentalist?
THE NEW CANADIAN SOCIETY
Just because I told you about
Tel. TRinity 1076
230 Alexander St. columns.
mittance because of stolen straps Dick and Jean and Malcolm is no
EDITORS
or broken skates on the occasion reason why you should razz me.
U
P. Shinobu Higashi, Thomas Kunito Shoyama, Kazuma Uyeno.
of the J.S.C, roller skating party,
Sure I feel sorry for the Niseis,
^ Yoshimitsu Higashi, Dan Washimoto (Sports), Dick Tomoda
(Editor: The New Canadian)
but because he is responsible for when they deserve to be pitied.
^i: (Sports), Minoru Yatabe.
ary
accidents resulting from fast But at the same time I don’t blind
SIR: Through the medium of
^ ,
CONTRIBUTORS
your columns, the Japanese Stu skating and rowdy conduct ne myself to the fact that most of
।
Irene Uchida, Roland Kudo, Walter Koyanagi
Kaname Izumi. dents’ Club would like to clarify could not condone such practices. them don’t deserve any pity.
Mitsuo Sasaki, George Hamazaki. Anthony T. Kobayashi, T. Suzuki, its position regarding the matter That it is not his practice to eject
Think of it! At a time when
of “Nisei Misbehavior,” brought violators of regulations but in every second gen should be on
I; Ram Okamoto, J. C. Tani, Hanako Naruse.
|
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
to your notice by a letter pub stead to refuse admittance- to his toes, ready to fight for his
lished in your last issue and them.
Walter Inouye
Jo Seko
Sam. Ito
future in this country, what are
signed
by
U.
A.
N.
BUSINESS MANAGER
4. That in general Japanese they doing? Just about nothing.
S. Maeba
A committee was formed which youths have been guilty to a
Gosh, it gets me mad. Once in
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
interviewed Mr. J. Schubert, man greater or less degree of carrying a while they stir a little bit and
J
Ken Maeno
Ed. T. Ouchi
ager of the Winter Gardens Roller on in such a manner at all their raise their voices about the fran
Skating Rink. The essence of the parties.
chise. I get sick and tired of
j
PUBLISHED^ SEMI-MONTH
THE
report made by the committee to
The above statements show hearing. “Let’s get the franchise.
•
TAIYO PRINTING CO., 230 ALEXANDER STREET
the executive is as follows:
that U.A.N. was not altogether We need the franchise.” It’s al)
Registered as second-class matter at Ottawa, February 13,
The manager stated: 1. That he incorrect in his description of ways getting, getting, getting.
%
1939, under the Postal Regulations of Canada.
as a business man could not pub Nisei misbehaviour. However, it
If the Niseis can be shaken out
licly
accuse
any
individual
or
was
unfortunate
that
U.
A.
N.
’
s
of
their don’t-give-a-hang attitude
\
,
30c. PER THREE MONTHS
group of being responsible for statements seemed to imply that only by having a selfish plea
missing straps, unless he “catches this misconduct had occurred made to them, then theyie a
the person with the goods on only at the J.S.C, party. It seems pretty poor bunch. It’s just the
THE EMBARGO COUNCIL
that this occasion proved to be same thing as dangling a bunch
kirn.”
Editor’s ‘Note: Of late many Nisei organizations have been ap
the
la Pt straw.
carrots on the end of a, stick
2. That if the J.S.C, or any
proached by the Embargo Council to participate in its activities. Many
before
a donkey’s nose just to
At the same time, we wish to
r„ Jiave been unable to come to any decision. We reproduce here an other Nisei organization wish to
state that the management’s at get it going.
;f editorial taken from the authoritative "Financial News,” published in rent the rink they may do so
Of course, the franchise 4« im
after guaranteeing that there will titude toward the Nisei is not as
Vancouver. Take it or leave it.
portant. But it should only be
be no fast skating or other in severe as indicated by U.A.N.
FROM THE FINANCIAL NEWS
Yours sincerely,
the means of casing our real task
fringement of the regulations.
(March 3, 1939)
WESLEY
FUJIWARA,
of giving our best to Canada.
3. That he made no such state
President, J.S.C.
Take for instance, the J.C.C.L.
From time to time letters of enquiry have reached the Finan- ment that anyone be refused ad
whmh is trying to do this very
a News concerning the origin of the movement which has as its
thing. You hear guys criticizing
lirliead the Embargo Council.
the J.C.C.L. all the time. But I
’‘'•‘^i/Y^t The Financial News is asked, that the Embargo
ask you, is there any other or
1cil is Communist-^ i ^-^M ? Or is it a popular effort of ren *ble organizations'.^’Ymg spontaneously out of the indignaganization that is so fixed fhat it
Speaking
before
gatherings
in
many
different
centres,
1S-1
hearts of'M^any..pei,sons'against the outrages percan do the work that the J.C.C.L.
Tamotsu
Murayama,
journalist,
lecturer
and
high-priest
of
is Irving to do? No!
tod by certain wayries inimical to democracy?
‘‘
su^ enquirers ?e dan only answer that some good people the Japanese American Citizens' League, has forcefully chal
Oh. I know that there’s plenty
,, „
intently*'iirilie world are in the Embargo Council lenged every Nisei to join in a United Front to secure political wrong with the J.C.C.L. and it
it is a Coi’ninih^t-pr6inoted effort.
can be improved a hundred per
and economic equality in Canada.
“t^10'/^ FmbargCt^^^^
British Columbia, with which some
cent. But it’s doing the best it
But his challenge only serves to re-emphasize the tragic • can with what it has. I tell
: ^Sigpcctablc ^tli^MiKye'ill-advisedly become associated, is just
situation existing to-day in many Nisei communities through vou Angela, the J.C.C.L. can’t
’ ‘ Xch n mov^
Fostered and is still kept alive mainly
B the entHu^^?"® °y«aaI^^^
LeaguB
Peace and out B. C. The only organization representing this ideal of become any better until every
6L
N.^imunist oil-spring originally known as the League unity, the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League, patterned
Nisei organization gets behind
it, and sends in their leaders to
Against War^LFasClsmafter
the
American
League,
has
failed
in
general
to
rally
& The hi‘^‘'^e^ States National Chairman of this Communist
take on its work.
r
VTyMtthews, a few months ago gave evidence before a the rank and file of second generation in their own fight for
You hear people saying that
llnUedh'W^ $on^
Committee (known as the Dies Com- recognition.
the J.C.C.L. is run by certain re
un-American activities in the United States.
ligious
groups and so forth. But
The Nisei, alone, are not to be blamed for their seeming
■^Mr'^^^ ^ should be said, is a former Communist. Exthis is no time to be thinking
L
evidence are illuminating, for they throw a shaft indifference or apathy. Indeed, the necessity of unity has whether the president is an
*1' bt li^'^tly 011 this Embargo Council.
been echoed and re-echoed by leaders of groups throughout Atheist. Buddhist, Catholic. Douk^tyS’ijie Matthews testimony, in part:
the province. Young people have given voice to the same abour, Episcopalian, Four-Square
“TliQr'^ecision to set up the League was actually made in
cry in oratorical contests, in letters to the editor and in essay Gospeller, Ghandiist, or right
'Moscow. »Earl Browder brought back the word from Moscow and
down the alphabet to a Zenshuite.
competitions.
R was chosen by Browder. ,
And then I can’t understand all
But the undeniable fact remains that the Nisei have
<
“We set out to obtain the support of Peace organizations,
these petty organizations keeping
' "^churches, professional leaders and labour unions, and fraternal
not formed a united front either to carry on an active
on and sucking the Nisei of his
J ^bo^lies.
fight
for
recognition
or
to
defend
themselves
against
the
energy, time and talent in a hec
‘We interviewed clergymen, college professors, professional
tic round of activities that don’t
agitation of political opportunists.
^'fkrs and labor unionists, asking them to speak for us or to lend
’Vs ihMr liases as members of local committees.
In the mind of the observer, this situation rouses a get him anywhere.
Course, they educate a fellow
L
“There are. four orders of individuals who make up a, Cora- suspicion of the possibility that the J.C.C.L., as an organ
1 (Mnunist United Front. We used all of them in the work of the ization, is unworthy of the great cause that it has espoused. and make him feel self-confident
and all that. But I can’t help but
“^American League. First, there are the Communist Party members.
But
any
suggestion
of
its
dissolution
is
not
only
a
flag
feel that all the guys want to do
^Sometimes their membership' is secret, but often it is openly
Acknowledged. Party members invariably occupy strategic posi- rant disrespect for the sacrifice of Nisei pioneers in the cause is act like big shots since they
of a greater unity, but also wasteful, regressive, and even can’t be big in a bigger sOc’iety.
ions of control.
Remember the story of the frogrule go suicidal.
t
Second, there are the “fellow travellers” who
who blew himself to pieces in the
Jong as faithfully as if they were actually party members. Usually
The
situation,
then,
demands
unprejudiced
study
end, just to show a little frog
i^eso are middle class intellectuals-—professors, clergymen, and
that he was bigger than a cow?
and honesty of vision on the part of every thinking
bon Congressmon. Third, there are the stooges.
Well, that’s exactly what these
A “These are persons of prominence whose names have considNisei and of the leaders of the J.C.C.L. movement.
remind me of. They put
ib1e publicity value. They are the real decoys whose names do
Now, more than ever, must J.C.C.L. leaders make every groups
At work of covering up the Communist control of the United Front.
ter around in their own small
1 “Finally, there are the innocents, so called by the communists effort to understand the psychology of the average Nisei, back yard and talk big and shout
Jnselves. The innocents are supposed to make up the over- and remove any prejudices or grievances that may keep about the whites discriminating
against them. But get them out
lining number of adherents to the United Front. The chief him from participation in the activity of the organization.
4
of their own circle and then you
ct of the United Front is to draw the innocents closer and
On
the
other
hand,
Niseis
and
Nisei
groups,
as
yet
don’t hear a peep out of them.
er to the Communist Party until at last they are completely
5
unattached
to"
the
movement,
must
examine
their
attitude
?r its influence.
It’s no wonder that the first
to
the
J.C.C.L.
with
unbiased
eye.
They
must
purge
their
gens get disgusted at the Niseis
> party members do most of the hard work. The “felloware “the go-betweens who bring the communist world grievances of all personal elements and come to recognize and call them spineless and all
Mid the capitalist world together. The stooges are the necessary that the fight of the J.C.C.L. is their fight. They must be that. I don’t blame them. The
V/imouflage for the United Front manoeuvre. The innocents are willing, even at the sacrifice of their own respective groups Niseis haven’t got enough guts
fill a little worm nor the brains
e fodder for revolutions, although some of them are .prospective
to provide the movement with leadership, foresight and to
enough to keep their ears apart.
^Jy. members as well.
Not that I have myself!
“It was easy to get party members and fellow travellers in initiative.
•
r to start the American League. They were to be had for the
Surely the cause of the second generation is too im Sometimes, I pray down in my
• 'om ^y. It required long and patient work to get the stooges. The portant and too pressing to be sacrificed to factional feeling heart that these anti-Japanese
’one nuni^ ^Q7i^x such decoys were the hardest to get. After that
birds will really get busy. If they
and
individual
prejudices.
Niseis
can
well
heed
the
trite
°
decoyed each other.
SEE ANGELA PAGE 6
Embargo but true proverb, ''.A house divided against itself cannot
s "
hat should answer the question. What
stand."
?il?
j
The Vanguard of Nisei Opinion
J.S.C. Reply
UNITED FRONT
MARCH 15th 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
______
THE NEW CANADIAN
___ ____ *
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TO ANGELA
Ed’s Note: — Letters must be short and accompanied wrto a
Well, Angela, you make me
signature. Those desiring to use pen names must so signify. We can cood and sore. What’s the idea
not be reponsible. for the return of any material sent to tnese of calling me a sentimentalist?
THE NEW CANADIAN SOCIETY
Just because I told you about
Tel. TRinity 1076
230 Alexander St. columns.
mittance because of stolen straps Dick and Jean and Malcolm is no
EDITORS
or broken skates on the occasion reason why you should razz me.
U
P. Shinobu Higashi, Thomas Kunito Shoyama, Kazuma Uyeno.
of the J.S.C, roller skating party,
Sure I feel sorry for the Niseis,
^ Yoshimitsu Higashi, Dan Washimoto (Sports), Dick Tomoda
(Editor: The New Canadian)
but because he is responsible for when they deserve to be pitied.
^i: (Sports), Minoru Yatabe.
ary
accidents resulting from fast But at the same time I don’t blind
SIR: Through the medium of
^ ,
CONTRIBUTORS
your columns, the Japanese Stu skating and rowdy conduct ne myself to the fact that most of
।
Irene Uchida, Roland Kudo, Walter Koyanagi
Kaname Izumi. dents’ Club would like to clarify could not condone such practices. them don’t deserve any pity.
Mitsuo Sasaki, George Hamazaki. Anthony T. Kobayashi, T. Suzuki, its position regarding the matter That it is not his practice to eject
Think of it! At a time when
of “Nisei Misbehavior,” brought violators of regulations but in every second gen should be on
I; Ram Okamoto, J. C. Tani, Hanako Naruse.
|
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
to your notice by a letter pub stead to refuse admittance- to his toes, ready to fight for his
lished in your last issue and them.
Walter Inouye
Jo Seko
Sam. Ito
future in this country, what are
signed
by
U.
A.
N.
BUSINESS MANAGER
4. That in general Japanese they doing? Just about nothing.
S. Maeba
A committee was formed which youths have been guilty to a
Gosh, it gets me mad. Once in
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
interviewed Mr. J. Schubert, man greater or less degree of carrying a while they stir a little bit and
J
Ken Maeno
Ed. T. Ouchi
ager of the Winter Gardens Roller on in such a manner at all their raise their voices about the fran
Skating Rink. The essence of the parties.
chise. I get sick and tired of
j
PUBLISHED^ SEMI-MONTH
THE
report made by the committee to
The above statements show hearing. “Let’s get the franchise.
•
TAIYO PRINTING CO., 230 ALEXANDER STREET
the executive is as follows:
that U.A.N. was not altogether We need the franchise.” It’s al)
Registered as second-class matter at Ottawa, February 13,
The manager stated: 1. That he incorrect in his description of ways getting, getting, getting.
%
1939, under the Postal Regulations of Canada.
as a business man could not pub Nisei misbehaviour. However, it
If the Niseis can be shaken out
licly
accuse
any
individual
or
was
unfortunate
that
U.
A.
N.
’
s
of
their don’t-give-a-hang attitude
\
,
30c. PER THREE MONTHS
group of being responsible for statements seemed to imply that only by having a selfish plea
missing straps, unless he “catches this misconduct had occurred made to them, then theyie a
the person with the goods on only at the J.S.C, party. It seems pretty poor bunch. It’s just the
THE EMBARGO COUNCIL
that this occasion proved to be same thing as dangling a bunch
kirn.”
Editor’s ‘Note: Of late many Nisei organizations have been ap
the
la Pt straw.
carrots on the end of a, stick
2. That if the J.S.C, or any
proached by the Embargo Council to participate in its activities. Many
before
a donkey’s nose just to
At the same time, we wish to
r„ Jiave been unable to come to any decision. We reproduce here an other Nisei organization wish to
state that the management’s at get it going.
;f editorial taken from the authoritative "Financial News,” published in rent the rink they may do so
Of course, the franchise 4« im
after guaranteeing that there will titude toward the Nisei is not as
Vancouver. Take it or leave it.
portant. But it should only be
be no fast skating or other in severe as indicated by U.A.N.
FROM THE FINANCIAL NEWS
Yours sincerely,
the means of casing our real task
fringement of the regulations.
(March 3, 1939)
WESLEY
FUJIWARA,
of giving our best to Canada.
3. That he made no such state
President, J.S.C.
Take for instance, the J.C.C.L.
From time to time letters of enquiry have reached the Finan- ment that anyone be refused ad
whmh is trying to do this very
a News concerning the origin of the movement which has as its
thing. You hear guys criticizing
lirliead the Embargo Council.
the J.C.C.L. all the time. But I
’‘'•‘^i/Y^t The Financial News is asked, that the Embargo
ask you, is there any other or
1cil is Communist-^ i ^-^M ? Or is it a popular effort of ren *ble organizations'.^’Ymg spontaneously out of the indignaganization that is so fixed fhat it
Speaking
before
gatherings
in
many
different
centres,
1S-1
hearts of'M^any..pei,sons'against the outrages percan do the work that the J.C.C.L.
Tamotsu
Murayama,
journalist,
lecturer
and
high-priest
of
is Irving to do? No!
tod by certain wayries inimical to democracy?
‘‘
su^ enquirers ?e dan only answer that some good people the Japanese American Citizens' League, has forcefully chal
Oh. I know that there’s plenty
,, „
intently*'iirilie world are in the Embargo Council lenged every Nisei to join in a United Front to secure political wrong with the J.C.C.L. and it
it is a Coi’ninih^t-pr6inoted effort.
can be improved a hundred per
and economic equality in Canada.
“t^10'/^ FmbargCt^^^^
British Columbia, with which some
cent. But it’s doing the best it
But his challenge only serves to re-emphasize the tragic • can with what it has. I tell
: ^Sigpcctablc ^tli^MiKye'ill-advisedly become associated, is just
situation existing to-day in many Nisei communities through vou Angela, the J.C.C.L. can’t
’ ‘ Xch n mov^
Fostered and is still kept alive mainly
B the entHu^^?"® °y«aaI^^^
LeaguB
Peace and out B. C. The only organization representing this ideal of become any better until every
6L
N.^imunist oil-spring originally known as the League unity, the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League, patterned
Nisei organization gets behind
it, and sends in their leaders to
Against War^LFasClsmafter
the
American
League,
has
failed
in
general
to
rally
& The hi‘^‘'^e^ States National Chairman of this Communist
take on its work.
r
VTyMtthews, a few months ago gave evidence before a the rank and file of second generation in their own fight for
You hear people saying that
llnUedh'W^ $on^
Committee (known as the Dies Com- recognition.
the J.C.C.L. is run by certain re
un-American activities in the United States.
ligious
groups and so forth. But
The Nisei, alone, are not to be blamed for their seeming
■^Mr'^^^ ^ should be said, is a former Communist. Exthis is no time to be thinking
L
evidence are illuminating, for they throw a shaft indifference or apathy. Indeed, the necessity of unity has whether the president is an
*1' bt li^'^tly 011 this Embargo Council.
been echoed and re-echoed by leaders of groups throughout Atheist. Buddhist, Catholic. Douk^tyS’ijie Matthews testimony, in part:
the province. Young people have given voice to the same abour, Episcopalian, Four-Square
“TliQr'^ecision to set up the League was actually made in
cry in oratorical contests, in letters to the editor and in essay Gospeller, Ghandiist, or right
'Moscow. »Earl Browder brought back the word from Moscow and
down the alphabet to a Zenshuite.
competitions.
R was chosen by Browder. ,
And then I can’t understand all
But the undeniable fact remains that the Nisei have
<
“We set out to obtain the support of Peace organizations,
these petty organizations keeping
' "^churches, professional leaders and labour unions, and fraternal
not formed a united front either to carry on an active
on and sucking the Nisei of his
J ^bo^lies.
fight
for
recognition
or
to
defend
themselves
against
the
energy, time and talent in a hec
‘We interviewed clergymen, college professors, professional
tic round of activities that don’t
agitation of political opportunists.
^'fkrs and labor unionists, asking them to speak for us or to lend
’Vs ihMr liases as members of local committees.
In the mind of the observer, this situation rouses a get him anywhere.
Course, they educate a fellow
L
“There are. four orders of individuals who make up a, Cora- suspicion of the possibility that the J.C.C.L., as an organ
1 (Mnunist United Front. We used all of them in the work of the ization, is unworthy of the great cause that it has espoused. and make him feel self-confident
and all that. But I can’t help but
“^American League. First, there are the Communist Party members.
But
any
suggestion
of
its
dissolution
is
not
only
a
flag
feel that all the guys want to do
^Sometimes their membership' is secret, but often it is openly
Acknowledged. Party members invariably occupy strategic posi- rant disrespect for the sacrifice of Nisei pioneers in the cause is act like big shots since they
of a greater unity, but also wasteful, regressive, and even can’t be big in a bigger sOc’iety.
ions of control.
Remember the story of the frogrule go suicidal.
t
Second, there are the “fellow travellers” who
who blew himself to pieces in the
Jong as faithfully as if they were actually party members. Usually
The
situation,
then,
demands
unprejudiced
study
end, just to show a little frog
i^eso are middle class intellectuals-—professors, clergymen, and
that he was bigger than a cow?
and honesty of vision on the part of every thinking
bon Congressmon. Third, there are the stooges.
Well, that’s exactly what these
A “These are persons of prominence whose names have considNisei and of the leaders of the J.C.C.L. movement.
remind me of. They put
ib1e publicity value. They are the real decoys whose names do
Now, more than ever, must J.C.C.L. leaders make every groups
At work of covering up the Communist control of the United Front.
ter around in their own small
1 “Finally, there are the innocents, so called by the communists effort to understand the psychology of the average Nisei, back yard and talk big and shout
Jnselves. The innocents are supposed to make up the over- and remove any prejudices or grievances that may keep about the whites discriminating
against them. But get them out
lining number of adherents to the United Front. The chief him from participation in the activity of the organization.
4
of their own circle and then you
ct of the United Front is to draw the innocents closer and
On
the
other
hand,
Niseis
and
Nisei
groups,
as
yet
don’t hear a peep out of them.
er to the Communist Party until at last they are completely
5
unattached
to"
the
movement,
must
examine
their
attitude
?r its influence.
It’s no wonder that the first
to
the
J.C.C.L.
with
unbiased
eye.
They
must
purge
their
gens get disgusted at the Niseis
> party members do most of the hard work. The “felloware “the go-betweens who bring the communist world grievances of all personal elements and come to recognize and call them spineless and all
Mid the capitalist world together. The stooges are the necessary that the fight of the J.C.C.L. is their fight. They must be that. I don’t blame them. The
V/imouflage for the United Front manoeuvre. The innocents are willing, even at the sacrifice of their own respective groups Niseis haven’t got enough guts
fill a little worm nor the brains
e fodder for revolutions, although some of them are .prospective
to provide the movement with leadership, foresight and to
enough to keep their ears apart.
^Jy. members as well.
Not that I have myself!
“It was easy to get party members and fellow travellers in initiative.
•
r to start the American League. They were to be had for the
Surely the cause of the second generation is too im Sometimes, I pray down in my
• 'om ^y. It required long and patient work to get the stooges. The portant and too pressing to be sacrificed to factional feeling heart that these anti-Japanese
’one nuni^ ^Q7i^x such decoys were the hardest to get. After that
birds will really get busy. If they
and
individual
prejudices.
Niseis
can
well
heed
the
trite
°
decoyed each other.
SEE ANGELA PAGE 6
Embargo but true proverb, ''.A house divided against itself cannot
s "
hat should answer the question. What
stand."
?il?
j
The Vanguard of Nisei Opinion
J.S.C. Reply
UNITED FRONT
Page 3
MARCH 15th 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
Doctor Is Nisei Issei Bridge
B. (. Nisei
Nisei Sketch No, 6
Fujiwara Heads
tai J.S.C.
Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki little known to the average Nisei stands
shoulder high in his capacity of go-between between a fast-fading
first generation population and a rising Nisei group. To-day he is
FUth his hundredth speech since arriving in the United respected by Isseis as the representative of the younger Japanese
states late last tall, American-born Tamotsu Muruvama, and looked up to by the second generation for advice and help ini
energetic Domei Press Correspondent recently concluded all their undertakings.
But the position that he has won for himself has not been as
a veiy successful Canadian lecture tour, under the auspices
' an accomplishment as many would like to believe.
Students’
I
oi the Japanese Canadian Citiz
“At first;' Dr. Miyazaki admits.
It sort of lost.
the
ersitv ot
Acclaimed
I attended a meeting of the older folks. 1 was
Everywhere he went he was
GO-BETWEEN
invariably the youngest there. On the othcrmav aj (|ie home of Mr. and
greeted with enthusiastic acclaim,
hand, at Nisei
Td be the oldest. 1
stirring first generation listeners
Mrs. K. Momose. Wesley
tound myself sandwiched between two groups.”
with his first hand observations
Fujiwara was elected presi
But with characteristic determination he turned what might
of activities on the far-eastern
have been defeat into an unique achievement to carve out for him dent for the coming season.
front seen through the eyes of a
Supporting him on the execu
self a coveted reputation.
reporter, and moving second gen
tive are: vice-president, Kazuma
eration to a greater resolve to
The same idealism and vision that drove him to accept these Uyeno, recording secretary, Yo
make themselves worthy citizens
responsibilities mark the story of the struggle of a handicapped shiko Momose, corresponding sec
son of an immigrant to Canada.
in the country of their birth.
retary. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, social
Arriving in Vancouver, Sun
Like many other Japanese children, rudely torn from the land convenors, Kathleen Shimo Taka
day, March 5, at 2 p.m. he gave
of their birth, young Masajiro at the time of his arrival in Canada hara and George Shimo Takahara.
his first address at 2:15 to Van
possessed only a pitifully meagre knowledge of English. The con
The highlights of the evening
couver Isseis who jammed the
siderable education that he received in Japan little compensated were the reports of the delegates
Japanese Hall to overflowing.
him for the disadvantages that he had to face.
to the Pacific-west Inter-collegiate
Edward Ouchi, general secre
But he was made of the stuff of heroes, and with quiet determ Advance held in Seattle a. fort
tary of the J.C.C.L. National Ex
ination he set himself to study the tongue and the customs of the night ago. Ken Kitamura. George
ecutive, acted as chairman.
Yamashita and Saburo Takahashi
country of his adoption.
revealed some enlightening facts
The same evening he spoke at
Within two months he mastered his A.B.C.’s so well in a grubby concerning the problems of the
Steveston to another capacity
Catholic Night School in the 300 block Cordova. Street that when second generation.
audience with' Mitsunobu Kuba,
he presented himself in the fall at the Strathcona Public School
*
*
vice-president of the J.C.C.L. Na
he was immediately admitted into the first-reader class.
In an interview with the New
tional executive in the chair.
Repeatedly he had to swallow his pride as he strove in his Canadian. Wesley Fujiwara, newOn the following evening he ad
studies surrounded by pupils ten years his junior.
ly-elected president of the Unidressed the Vancouver Chapter
DR. M. MIYAZAKI
But he gritted his teeth as he worked his way through five versity Japanese Students' Club.
of the J.C.C.L. After the meeting
years of “school boying” to graduate from the public school with expressed great confidence in th
he was flooded with eager ques
flying colors. With the exception of the first two months after future of the student orghhizaJb ’
tions regarding the history of the
“Although no definite plai
his arrival from Japan, when his father paid his board, amounting
J.A.C.L. movement in the United
to some twelve dollars, he was fated to work as a school-boy and have as yet been made,” state;
States. Kunio Shimizu presided
during the summer months at odd jobs in saw mills through his Fujiwara., “there is a noticeair.
over the meeting.
awakening of interest amon
whole, school career.
Sunbury
the Japanese students at the UA
He glories in the struggles that he faced. “It was typical of versity. 1 think that everyone I
The following afternoon he
those days for boys to get their education as realizing more and more the r
spoke to a joint gathering of first
SCHOOL-BOY
school-boys,” he reminisces. “The Reverend
sponsibility they hold on tl
and second generation at Lulu
Shimizu
and
many
others
were
in.
the
same
boat
Island, at a meeting sponsored by
campus and in the Japanese Cor
as I.”
the Sunbury chapter of the J.C.
?
m unity.”
C.L. Mr. R. Kumagai acted as
“I know,” concluded Fujlwav
It was in these dark days that he first formed his resolve to
chairman for the occasion.
With Marie Abrams’, fam become a doctor. But time and time again his ambitions were “that I can expect every suppo
from the students in the M
In a heated ‘zadankai” concern ous
orchestra, a popular cruelly tested.
term.
”
problem
held
after
ing the Nisei
“When I finished high-school, my father told me of a promising
Nisei vocalist, folk dances
the meeting he urged the second and novelty numbers, bal .job awaiting me. He, of course, was tickled and wanted me to
generation to support the J.C.C.L.
the position immediately. The prospect of employment with
loons, and so forth, the aaccept
salary of fifty dollars, room and board and the chance to make
movement and work towards a
J.C.C.L. Spring Frolic at the good was very tempting. But I just couldn’t give up the secret
greater unity.
Returning to Vancouver, he ad fashionable Alma Academy, ambition that I had.”
And with a sigh of regret he remembers the only occasion that
dressed another capacity crowd March 23, promises to be the
gala
event
of
the
season,
ac
he outrightly acted contrary to his father’s wishes.
at the Fairview Japanese School
0!
Hall. Here again he alternately cording- to the announcement
But the die was cast and in the fall he entered the local uni
moved his audience To tears and of the committee in charge. versity. Here he found play for the qualities of leadership that
laughter as he recounted the in
A large turn-out of both young were inherent in him. He became the president of the Japanese
timate experiences gained at the er and older second generation is Students’ Club which saw perhaps in his day the brightest years
front.
expected and a hearty invitation of its existence.
Fraser Valley
has been extended to all Isseis to
The story of how on his graduation day he changed from his
attend
the
dance.
On the following night, Tues
sawmill working clothes just in time to get to the graduation
day, March 7, he was the speaker
Lily Ide, well-known Vancou ceremony reveals touchingly the hardships that he had to endure.
# SUITS
to an enthusiastic audience that ver vocalist, who returned last
Still little did he dream of the difficulties that he had to face.
had gathered from various points fall after a very successful en He found after applying to Queens University that because of his
©TOP COAT>p
in the valley from Dewdney to gagement in Toronto, will sing race he would not be able to serve as an interne in any of the
Pitt Meadows at the Haney Jap several numbers with the or hospitals. With hurt in his heart he turned his face towards
America.
anese Hall. In an intimate after- chestra.
meeting get-together, he urged
Eddie Holmes, popular young
Feeling was still high then, fanned as it had been by the
the Maple Ridge Niseis to ^re dance leader, will conduct the Exclusion Bill agitation. But his grit was not to be denied. Finally
Tailored to your
organize the now defunct J.C.C.L. novelty numbers.
after overcoming almost insuperable odds he entered the College
personal measurement.
■chapter.
Many visitors are expected from of Osteopathy and Surgery at Kirksville, Missouri.
Those present caught the fire Island centres and valley points.
Over 500 new patterns.
And placed as he was alone in a strange city he carried out
that burned in him and immedi
the work of an apostle of goodwill.
MENS WEjO.VDEPX
Chapter of the J.C.C.L. A dinner
ately laid plans for a re-organ
APOSTLE
OF
GOODWILL
Everywhere
he.
went
he
tells
of
was held in his honor at the home
ization meeting. It was there
bow-he was received with curiosity,
of Miss Aiko Kondo. There he
and then decided to hold a gen
spoke to the Victoria second gen he made speeches to schools, to Kiwanis and other clubs and ex
eral rally on March 26. Mr.
eration of their problems and plaining the situation of the misunderstood Japanese.
Harry Nagai, the past president, commended them for the active
369 Powei
Through his college days he continued to work for his educa- Sey. 5218
atthe
Niseis
present
to
urged
preparations that they were mak tion with little time for play, as domestic, waiter, bell hop and
VANCOUVER, B. 0 i
tend.
elevator boy.
ing to greet the Royal Couple.
Vancouver Island
. —-'—-l;.. . 1 1 ==g
On his return to Vancouver,
But eventually his twenty-four years of study and hardship ...... -The following morning he the following , morning, Mr. was crowned by success when in 1929 he was awarded his diploma. WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOILET Til
■crossed over to Vancouver Island Murayama revealed to the New
For the past years his irrepressible energy has been poured
and in the evening addressed a Canadian that he had a program
ALWAYS SPECIFY
into the work of the Canadian Japanese Association. In the
meeting of Japanese who had as
of forty speaking engagements capacity of treasurer he has worked wonders pulling the organiz
sembled from points in the vicin
arranged for him for the next ation from a slough of financial difficulties.
ity of Chemainus. He was enter
month in the intermountain
tained at a Banquet after the
He has aided the work of the Japanese Students’ Club of the
IT IS SOFT, SANITARY a SOLU
region of Idaho, Oregon, Utah,
gathering where he urged Niseis
local university and he has been instrumental in forming the first
to work harder to gain political Arizona and New Mexico.
Alumni group which he now heads.
He is intending to sail from San
recognition in Canada.
To-day the proud father of two attractive little daughters, Dr.
In Victoria, the next evening, Francisco April 27, to continue
he spoke to another capacity his work with the Domei Press Miyazaki remains an epitome of courage, will power and
perseverance.
meeting sponsored by the Victoria in Japan.
Canaaian Lecture Tour Great Success
Students Hear
Conference Reports
Lily Ide To Sing
At Spring Frolic
Gala Programme
Planned
$2Q.oo
T. MAIK AW
SOVEREIGN
SMITH, DAVIDSON
WRIGHT 80, LTK
THE NEW CANADIAN
Doctor Is Nisei Issei Bridge
B. (. Nisei
Nisei Sketch No, 6
Fujiwara Heads
tai J.S.C.
Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki little known to the average Nisei stands
shoulder high in his capacity of go-between between a fast-fading
first generation population and a rising Nisei group. To-day he is
FUth his hundredth speech since arriving in the United respected by Isseis as the representative of the younger Japanese
states late last tall, American-born Tamotsu Muruvama, and looked up to by the second generation for advice and help ini
energetic Domei Press Correspondent recently concluded all their undertakings.
But the position that he has won for himself has not been as
a veiy successful Canadian lecture tour, under the auspices
' an accomplishment as many would like to believe.
Students’
I
oi the Japanese Canadian Citiz
“At first;' Dr. Miyazaki admits.
It sort of lost.
the
ersitv ot
Acclaimed
I attended a meeting of the older folks. 1 was
Everywhere he went he was
GO-BETWEEN
invariably the youngest there. On the othcrmav aj (|ie home of Mr. and
greeted with enthusiastic acclaim,
hand, at Nisei
Td be the oldest. 1
stirring first generation listeners
Mrs. K. Momose. Wesley
tound myself sandwiched between two groups.”
with his first hand observations
Fujiwara was elected presi
But with characteristic determination he turned what might
of activities on the far-eastern
have been defeat into an unique achievement to carve out for him dent for the coming season.
front seen through the eyes of a
Supporting him on the execu
self a coveted reputation.
reporter, and moving second gen
tive are: vice-president, Kazuma
eration to a greater resolve to
The same idealism and vision that drove him to accept these Uyeno, recording secretary, Yo
make themselves worthy citizens
responsibilities mark the story of the struggle of a handicapped shiko Momose, corresponding sec
son of an immigrant to Canada.
in the country of their birth.
retary. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, social
Arriving in Vancouver, Sun
Like many other Japanese children, rudely torn from the land convenors, Kathleen Shimo Taka
day, March 5, at 2 p.m. he gave
of their birth, young Masajiro at the time of his arrival in Canada hara and George Shimo Takahara.
his first address at 2:15 to Van
possessed only a pitifully meagre knowledge of English. The con
The highlights of the evening
couver Isseis who jammed the
siderable education that he received in Japan little compensated were the reports of the delegates
Japanese Hall to overflowing.
him for the disadvantages that he had to face.
to the Pacific-west Inter-collegiate
Edward Ouchi, general secre
But he was made of the stuff of heroes, and with quiet determ Advance held in Seattle a. fort
tary of the J.C.C.L. National Ex
ination he set himself to study the tongue and the customs of the night ago. Ken Kitamura. George
ecutive, acted as chairman.
Yamashita and Saburo Takahashi
country of his adoption.
revealed some enlightening facts
The same evening he spoke at
Within two months he mastered his A.B.C.’s so well in a grubby concerning the problems of the
Steveston to another capacity
Catholic Night School in the 300 block Cordova. Street that when second generation.
audience with' Mitsunobu Kuba,
he presented himself in the fall at the Strathcona Public School
*
*
vice-president of the J.C.C.L. Na
he was immediately admitted into the first-reader class.
In an interview with the New
tional executive in the chair.
Repeatedly he had to swallow his pride as he strove in his Canadian. Wesley Fujiwara, newOn the following evening he ad
studies surrounded by pupils ten years his junior.
ly-elected president of the Unidressed the Vancouver Chapter
DR. M. MIYAZAKI
But he gritted his teeth as he worked his way through five versity Japanese Students' Club.
of the J.C.C.L. After the meeting
years of “school boying” to graduate from the public school with expressed great confidence in th
he was flooded with eager ques
flying colors. With the exception of the first two months after future of the student orghhizaJb ’
tions regarding the history of the
“Although no definite plai
his arrival from Japan, when his father paid his board, amounting
J.A.C.L. movement in the United
to some twelve dollars, he was fated to work as a school-boy and have as yet been made,” state;
States. Kunio Shimizu presided
during the summer months at odd jobs in saw mills through his Fujiwara., “there is a noticeair.
over the meeting.
awakening of interest amon
whole, school career.
Sunbury
the Japanese students at the UA
He glories in the struggles that he faced. “It was typical of versity. 1 think that everyone I
The following afternoon he
those days for boys to get their education as realizing more and more the r
spoke to a joint gathering of first
SCHOOL-BOY
school-boys,” he reminisces. “The Reverend
sponsibility they hold on tl
and second generation at Lulu
Shimizu
and
many
others
were
in.
the
same
boat
Island, at a meeting sponsored by
campus and in the Japanese Cor
as I.”
the Sunbury chapter of the J.C.
?
m unity.”
C.L. Mr. R. Kumagai acted as
“I know,” concluded Fujlwav
It was in these dark days that he first formed his resolve to
chairman for the occasion.
With Marie Abrams’, fam become a doctor. But time and time again his ambitions were “that I can expect every suppo
from the students in the M
In a heated ‘zadankai” concern ous
orchestra, a popular cruelly tested.
term.
”
problem
held
after
ing the Nisei
“When I finished high-school, my father told me of a promising
Nisei vocalist, folk dances
the meeting he urged the second and novelty numbers, bal .job awaiting me. He, of course, was tickled and wanted me to
generation to support the J.C.C.L.
the position immediately. The prospect of employment with
loons, and so forth, the aaccept
salary of fifty dollars, room and board and the chance to make
movement and work towards a
J.C.C.L. Spring Frolic at the good was very tempting. But I just couldn’t give up the secret
greater unity.
Returning to Vancouver, he ad fashionable Alma Academy, ambition that I had.”
And with a sigh of regret he remembers the only occasion that
dressed another capacity crowd March 23, promises to be the
gala
event
of
the
season,
ac
he outrightly acted contrary to his father’s wishes.
at the Fairview Japanese School
0!
Hall. Here again he alternately cording- to the announcement
But the die was cast and in the fall he entered the local uni
moved his audience To tears and of the committee in charge. versity. Here he found play for the qualities of leadership that
laughter as he recounted the in
A large turn-out of both young were inherent in him. He became the president of the Japanese
timate experiences gained at the er and older second generation is Students’ Club which saw perhaps in his day the brightest years
front.
expected and a hearty invitation of its existence.
Fraser Valley
has been extended to all Isseis to
The story of how on his graduation day he changed from his
attend
the
dance.
On the following night, Tues
sawmill working clothes just in time to get to the graduation
day, March 7, he was the speaker
Lily Ide, well-known Vancou ceremony reveals touchingly the hardships that he had to endure.
# SUITS
to an enthusiastic audience that ver vocalist, who returned last
Still little did he dream of the difficulties that he had to face.
had gathered from various points fall after a very successful en He found after applying to Queens University that because of his
©TOP COAT>p
in the valley from Dewdney to gagement in Toronto, will sing race he would not be able to serve as an interne in any of the
Pitt Meadows at the Haney Jap several numbers with the or hospitals. With hurt in his heart he turned his face towards
America.
anese Hall. In an intimate after- chestra.
meeting get-together, he urged
Eddie Holmes, popular young
Feeling was still high then, fanned as it had been by the
the Maple Ridge Niseis to ^re dance leader, will conduct the Exclusion Bill agitation. But his grit was not to be denied. Finally
Tailored to your
organize the now defunct J.C.C.L. novelty numbers.
after overcoming almost insuperable odds he entered the College
personal measurement.
■chapter.
Many visitors are expected from of Osteopathy and Surgery at Kirksville, Missouri.
Those present caught the fire Island centres and valley points.
Over 500 new patterns.
And placed as he was alone in a strange city he carried out
that burned in him and immedi
the work of an apostle of goodwill.
MENS WEjO.VDEPX
Chapter of the J.C.C.L. A dinner
ately laid plans for a re-organ
APOSTLE
OF
GOODWILL
Everywhere
he.
went
he
tells
of
was held in his honor at the home
ization meeting. It was there
bow-he was received with curiosity,
of Miss Aiko Kondo. There he
and then decided to hold a gen
spoke to the Victoria second gen he made speeches to schools, to Kiwanis and other clubs and ex
eral rally on March 26. Mr.
eration of their problems and plaining the situation of the misunderstood Japanese.
Harry Nagai, the past president, commended them for the active
369 Powei
Through his college days he continued to work for his educa- Sey. 5218
atthe
Niseis
present
to
urged
preparations that they were mak tion with little time for play, as domestic, waiter, bell hop and
VANCOUVER, B. 0 i
tend.
elevator boy.
ing to greet the Royal Couple.
Vancouver Island
. —-'—-l;.. . 1 1 ==g
On his return to Vancouver,
But eventually his twenty-four years of study and hardship ...... -The following morning he the following , morning, Mr. was crowned by success when in 1929 he was awarded his diploma. WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOILET Til
■crossed over to Vancouver Island Murayama revealed to the New
For the past years his irrepressible energy has been poured
and in the evening addressed a Canadian that he had a program
ALWAYS SPECIFY
into the work of the Canadian Japanese Association. In the
meeting of Japanese who had as
of forty speaking engagements capacity of treasurer he has worked wonders pulling the organiz
sembled from points in the vicin
arranged for him for the next ation from a slough of financial difficulties.
ity of Chemainus. He was enter
month in the intermountain
tained at a Banquet after the
He has aided the work of the Japanese Students’ Club of the
IT IS SOFT, SANITARY a SOLU
region of Idaho, Oregon, Utah,
gathering where he urged Niseis
local university and he has been instrumental in forming the first
to work harder to gain political Arizona and New Mexico.
Alumni group which he now heads.
He is intending to sail from San
recognition in Canada.
To-day the proud father of two attractive little daughters, Dr.
In Victoria, the next evening, Francisco April 27, to continue
he spoke to another capacity his work with the Domei Press Miyazaki remains an epitome of courage, will power and
perseverance.
meeting sponsored by the Victoria in Japan.
Canaaian Lecture Tour Great Success
Students Hear
Conference Reports
Lily Ide To Sing
At Spring Frolic
Gala Programme
Planned
$2Q.oo
T. MAIK AW
SOVEREIGN
SMITH, DAVIDSON
WRIGHT 80, LTK
Page 4
MARCH 15th 1939
i THE NEW CANADIAN
NISEI NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE IN B
SUNBURY SNACKS
Alberni Advocate
By T. SUZUKI
By J. C. TANI
s
Mission Miscellanea
By WILL I. TELLEM
Introducing for the first time
Pledging themselves to re
Sunday afternoon, March 12.
in these columns, Mr. Will L
double their efforts to establish
saw the first of the J.C.C.A.’s reg
Tellem,
observer, commentator
a strong united body of Niseis in
ular monthly socials, under the
and correspondent from Mission
Mie district, the Sunbury Chapter convenorship of Jack Matsui.
the home of the big red strawthe J.C.C.L. prepared for an-j
I
Sing
Song
berries,
situated on the north
^her successful year of activity
bank of the Fraser Valley.
Reluctant voices, rusty from
jt>y re-electing Hideo Onotera
At the present time the farm||esident of the Chapter at the disuse, rose in unison as lips
formed the half-forgotten words
ers are busily engaged with
||st general meeting, March 5.
forced rhubarbs, but in a month
^Other officers elected to the of songs learnt long ago. As ac
or two. field rhubarb will be
pcutive include Tom Oikawa, companiment, an accordion ren
ready for pulling.
After that
|e-president; Thomas Tamaki, dered yoeman service, with the
come the hustle and bustle and
firman; Tatsuro Suzuki, cor- assistance of a harmonica slightly
the backbreak of the berry sea|iondmg secretary; Miss Emiko out of order. But’everyone voted
son.
Kawa, recording secretary; Tat- it all great fun. And there were
* *
|S> Onotera, treasurer; and Sho- eats galore with tea strong enough
^ce Muramatsu, Ryuichi Kuma- to float iron. Ping-pong followed
Congratulations to Keiko Inouai, and Ernest Tamaki, auditors. afterwards, but even so no one
ye,
local High School student,
‘Tm the winner, old boy. You’re merely the runner-up.”
ate
any
more
that
day.
Sato was elected
‘ ■ Yoshiaki
—Humorist. for winning third place hi the
A
short
and
snappy
business
recent J.S.C, oratorical contest.
Chairman of the Social Committee
and Tsuguo Suzuki, Sports Cap- session under the chairmanship
A grade ten student, Keiko won
of J. C. Tani took up the first few
(tain.
honourable mention last year,
constitution
moments
of
the
gathering.
the
e Revision
and next year we expect her to
Till be undertaken by the new
Several designs for the club em
BY KAZMI
The annual spring concert of bring the trophy home to
xc’cuiive. and the changes
Mission.
blem were presented for selection
A capacity crowd packed the the Steveston Y.P.S. and the C.G.
itted for approval at the next and one was finally selected. The
local Japanese School to hear LT. will be held on the 24th at
(neral meeting.
executive was authorised to order
Takashi Shirakawa, local high
7 p.m. at the Japanese Kindergar
The name of the chapter will several badges from the jewellers. Tamotsu Murayama speak on his
school graduate, returned recent
experiences as a war correspond ten Hall.
the next
io be changed
An invitation from the Rotary
Highlights of the program will ly from a three-month visit to
hx feting, if a suitable title can Club to send a member to speak ent in China. Later he gave a
Japan.
eo hdecided upon. This change is on the Japanese Canadian prob very inspiring and encouraging be a sparkling modern Japanese
or
Comedy,
“Otto
Seibatsu”
TA isidored necessary, since mem- lem at its next dinner was ac talk to the Niseis.
A quiet and very pretty wedd
The meeting was held under “Taming Hubby.”
f the chapter come from cepted by unanimous vote.
Miss Matsue Koshiba will be ing took place at the home of
the joint auspices of the local
s other than Sunbury.
The
Island
Convention
at
Vic
the Mistress of Ceremonies for Mrs. K. Umetsu, March 8, when
J.C.C.L. and the Jichi-Kai.
' new members were weltoria during the Royal Visit Week
Sumie, eldest daughter - of Mrs.
the occasion.
* =£ *
-?mo the chapter.
d r e w considerable discussion.
•Umetsu and the late Mr Umetsu
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Kawahara
Pending a decision as to holding
was united in marriage to Mr. I.
/ ©ii March 2, Edward T. Ouchi,
(nee Yoshiko Isoki) have re
Acme Cannery
the 1940 Convention here, Vic
Sato, formerly of Ocean Falls.
era! secretary of the J.C.C.L.,
turned from their honeymoon trip
toria J.C.C.L. will be advised that
Rev. Y. Akagawa performed the
Ijplressed a gathering of over
to Seattle and points south, and
ceremony.
at
least
an
unofficial
delegation
Angles
f^Y. people, outlining Ithe policy
have taken up residence here in
will participate in the annual
Mr. and Mrs. Sato will reside in
aim work of the Leag
in enChemainus. Again to them—Con
Island meet.
By “DOPEY”
R.uskin.
deavouring to improve the politigratulations and Good Luck!
cal and economic status of niseis.
Hideo Fujino and Shig MoriThree local boys are making
During the discussion period,
Wedding bells are still ringing moto of the Young People’s So
good
with the High School basPresident Inomata of the Fisher
for Chemainus young people, with ( ciety have given us a demonstramen’s Association, spoke on the
the announcement of the engage-1 ^’°;n °^ their artistic skill as ketball team. “Harpo” Hattori,
“Pantiewaist”
Hayashi, and
ditTicmltms encountered by Jap^nent of Shizuko Jane, second Trickilyei'S (?) by building ;
“
Rolly
”
Kudo
Y(a«’ fishermen. Mr. F. Tamakh
form the snappy
/daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Taniwa,
chimney in the record time
peered a very forceful and
first-string
forward
line.
(?)
of
three
days.
As
greenhorns
By M. N. C. PATOR
to Hitoshi Okada, fourth son of
Constructs address on the ne-.
* £ *
they did an excellent job, just as
Mr. and Mrs. B. Okada.
In marked contrast to the
'tces,^ of gaining the franchise.
Spring!
Mr. K. Ishii of Vancouver and straight as a die.
Sunshine! Baseball I
^ chairman for the evening was muddy Fraser and the black
It
’
s
just
as
natural as one, two,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
Hayashi
of
CheBut
we
’
re
all
hoping
that the
'''£•30 ’ Onotera. Sunbury J.C.C.L. over-hanging
clouds. appeared
sea breezes won’t blow it down three. “Spring training” is about
mainus are the intermediaries.
^(lent.
Nobuo Yoshihara’s flashy new
The wedding will take place on . . . and also wondering whether to begin and we’re looking for
boat, ‘'The Rising Sun.” ■for a trial
Spring had anything to do with ward to great things from our
run. March 5. Troller on the March 25.
$
$
#
the words the boys wrote up on Junior team this year. After two
^ "vM City "Chatter west
'
coast, get ready to bow beInformation wanted especially top. Anyway, thanks a million seasons’ experience the team
fore
the new “Queen” of the
;■ ! By SAM OKAMOTO
'
should really go to town.
for the nice work, fellows.
from Mr. loni Gossippi.
Fleet.
£ jproxhnately eighty adults
*
*
*
*
$
Do you know of a. girl in blue
L young people gathered at
Just in passing, the commun
Recent visitors to our hamlet in the Capital City ?A certain tall,
Rainy City Record
d;;43^'^^ Hall on Wednesday. were Miss Kiyo Sumi from Mayne dark, and handsome young man ity hall here at Acme Cannery
8. to welcome Rev. and Island, who ’tis rumoured, always here was so struck that he can was constructed
entirely
Mrs. Kenny Sogawa, popular
Ich I Ognra on their return from has radiant smiles for an Alberni remember only that she was a through the efforts of local club
young matron, has been ill in the
j after an extended furlumberman, and that worthwhile sweet little thing dressed in blue. members. No commercial help hospital for some time. We all
was’ .secured. An example of wish her a speedy recovery.
whirlwind of wit and wisdom,
welcome were ex Shingo Adachi, who stopped off
what hard work and co-opera
* * *
;prepsed ' by Messrs. Tanaka, for a few days on his return from Prince Rupert Patter tion can accomplish.
The Women’s Club of Ocean
Kondo, and Otake representing Japan before, proceeding to up* * *
Falls
are contemplating inviting
By
GEORGE
HAMASAKI
the Japanese Mission, Language vailey points.
Senji
Sasaki,
popular
literary
Aiko Saita back to Ocean Falls
School and the J.C.C.L. reRev. J. Kabayama of Ocean convenor of the Y.P.S., suffered
for a recital late this fall.
spectively.
Question -Why is it that a cer- Falls visited our city late in Feb- an accident while hauling a boat
*
*
i Rev. Ogura. then gave an intertain young man is so anxious to ruary to attend the conference of up the way and is confined to
Yoshio
jesting lecount of the highlights catch a certain street car coming the Prince Rupert. Presbytery of bed temporarily,
Kishimoto, energetic
We’re all hop- president
of the J.C.C., has re
ravels, as well as a reudi- home after work?
ing to see you up and about
ourselves the United Church.
^iou of the popular Aikoku Kosh-1 know the answer, so We
turned
to
work
after being ill for
it really isn’t
A well-known kendoist, Rev. shortly, Senji.
several months.
। a mystery anv more
Kaba yam a gave a talk to the
Solos were rendered by Misses i
* * *
members of the Semen Kuwai r”
H. Uyede and M.
Tragedy — That shiny, newly this sport, On February 24, he
/Okamoto and Messrs. M. Nagai.
painted car doesn't dash up and addressed the local Japanese
H. Takahashi. Shiba, Morita, Mi- down Blenheim St. any more-—to communitv.
ya ma and T. Uyede.
* * *
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i THE NEW CANADIAN
NISEI NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE IN B
SUNBURY SNACKS
Alberni Advocate
By T. SUZUKI
By J. C. TANI
s
Mission Miscellanea
By WILL I. TELLEM
Introducing for the first time
Pledging themselves to re
Sunday afternoon, March 12.
in these columns, Mr. Will L
double their efforts to establish
saw the first of the J.C.C.A.’s reg
Tellem,
observer, commentator
a strong united body of Niseis in
ular monthly socials, under the
and correspondent from Mission
Mie district, the Sunbury Chapter convenorship of Jack Matsui.
the home of the big red strawthe J.C.C.L. prepared for an-j
I
Sing
Song
berries,
situated on the north
^her successful year of activity
bank of the Fraser Valley.
Reluctant voices, rusty from
jt>y re-electing Hideo Onotera
At the present time the farm||esident of the Chapter at the disuse, rose in unison as lips
formed the half-forgotten words
ers are busily engaged with
||st general meeting, March 5.
forced rhubarbs, but in a month
^Other officers elected to the of songs learnt long ago. As ac
or two. field rhubarb will be
pcutive include Tom Oikawa, companiment, an accordion ren
ready for pulling.
After that
|e-president; Thomas Tamaki, dered yoeman service, with the
come the hustle and bustle and
firman; Tatsuro Suzuki, cor- assistance of a harmonica slightly
the backbreak of the berry sea|iondmg secretary; Miss Emiko out of order. But’everyone voted
son.
Kawa, recording secretary; Tat- it all great fun. And there were
* *
|S> Onotera, treasurer; and Sho- eats galore with tea strong enough
^ce Muramatsu, Ryuichi Kuma- to float iron. Ping-pong followed
Congratulations to Keiko Inouai, and Ernest Tamaki, auditors. afterwards, but even so no one
ye,
local High School student,
‘Tm the winner, old boy. You’re merely the runner-up.”
ate
any
more
that
day.
Sato was elected
‘ ■ Yoshiaki
—Humorist. for winning third place hi the
A
short
and
snappy
business
recent J.S.C, oratorical contest.
Chairman of the Social Committee
and Tsuguo Suzuki, Sports Cap- session under the chairmanship
A grade ten student, Keiko won
of J. C. Tani took up the first few
(tain.
honourable mention last year,
constitution
moments
of
the
gathering.
the
e Revision
and next year we expect her to
Till be undertaken by the new
Several designs for the club em
BY KAZMI
The annual spring concert of bring the trophy home to
xc’cuiive. and the changes
Mission.
blem were presented for selection
A capacity crowd packed the the Steveston Y.P.S. and the C.G.
itted for approval at the next and one was finally selected. The
local Japanese School to hear LT. will be held on the 24th at
(neral meeting.
executive was authorised to order
Takashi Shirakawa, local high
7 p.m. at the Japanese Kindergar
The name of the chapter will several badges from the jewellers. Tamotsu Murayama speak on his
school graduate, returned recent
experiences as a war correspond ten Hall.
the next
io be changed
An invitation from the Rotary
Highlights of the program will ly from a three-month visit to
hx feting, if a suitable title can Club to send a member to speak ent in China. Later he gave a
Japan.
eo hdecided upon. This change is on the Japanese Canadian prob very inspiring and encouraging be a sparkling modern Japanese
or
Comedy,
“Otto
Seibatsu”
TA isidored necessary, since mem- lem at its next dinner was ac talk to the Niseis.
A quiet and very pretty wedd
The meeting was held under “Taming Hubby.”
f the chapter come from cepted by unanimous vote.
Miss Matsue Koshiba will be ing took place at the home of
the joint auspices of the local
s other than Sunbury.
The
Island
Convention
at
Vic
the Mistress of Ceremonies for Mrs. K. Umetsu, March 8, when
J.C.C.L. and the Jichi-Kai.
' new members were weltoria during the Royal Visit Week
Sumie, eldest daughter - of Mrs.
the occasion.
* =£ *
-?mo the chapter.
d r e w considerable discussion.
•Umetsu and the late Mr Umetsu
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Kawahara
Pending a decision as to holding
was united in marriage to Mr. I.
/ ©ii March 2, Edward T. Ouchi,
(nee Yoshiko Isoki) have re
Acme Cannery
the 1940 Convention here, Vic
Sato, formerly of Ocean Falls.
era! secretary of the J.C.C.L.,
turned from their honeymoon trip
toria J.C.C.L. will be advised that
Rev. Y. Akagawa performed the
Ijplressed a gathering of over
to Seattle and points south, and
ceremony.
at
least
an
unofficial
delegation
Angles
f^Y. people, outlining Ithe policy
have taken up residence here in
will participate in the annual
Mr. and Mrs. Sato will reside in
aim work of the Leag
in enChemainus. Again to them—Con
Island meet.
By “DOPEY”
R.uskin.
deavouring to improve the politigratulations and Good Luck!
cal and economic status of niseis.
Hideo Fujino and Shig MoriThree local boys are making
During the discussion period,
Wedding bells are still ringing moto of the Young People’s So
good
with the High School basPresident Inomata of the Fisher
for Chemainus young people, with ( ciety have given us a demonstramen’s Association, spoke on the
the announcement of the engage-1 ^’°;n °^ their artistic skill as ketball team. “Harpo” Hattori,
“Pantiewaist”
Hayashi, and
ditTicmltms encountered by Jap^nent of Shizuko Jane, second Trickilyei'S (?) by building ;
“
Rolly
”
Kudo
Y(a«’ fishermen. Mr. F. Tamakh
form the snappy
/daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Taniwa,
chimney in the record time
peered a very forceful and
first-string
forward
line.
(?)
of
three
days.
As
greenhorns
By M. N. C. PATOR
to Hitoshi Okada, fourth son of
Constructs address on the ne-.
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they did an excellent job, just as
Mr. and Mrs. B. Okada.
In marked contrast to the
'tces,^ of gaining the franchise.
Spring!
Mr. K. Ishii of Vancouver and straight as a die.
Sunshine! Baseball I
^ chairman for the evening was muddy Fraser and the black
It
’
s
just
as
natural as one, two,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
Hayashi
of
CheBut
we
’
re
all
hoping
that the
'''£•30 ’ Onotera. Sunbury J.C.C.L. over-hanging
clouds. appeared
sea breezes won’t blow it down three. “Spring training” is about
mainus are the intermediaries.
^(lent.
Nobuo Yoshihara’s flashy new
The wedding will take place on . . . and also wondering whether to begin and we’re looking for
boat, ‘'The Rising Sun.” ■for a trial
Spring had anything to do with ward to great things from our
run. March 5. Troller on the March 25.
$
$
#
the words the boys wrote up on Junior team this year. After two
^ "vM City "Chatter west
'
coast, get ready to bow beInformation wanted especially top. Anyway, thanks a million seasons’ experience the team
fore
the new “Queen” of the
;■ ! By SAM OKAMOTO
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should really go to town.
for the nice work, fellows.
from Mr. loni Gossippi.
Fleet.
£ jproxhnately eighty adults
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Do you know of a. girl in blue
L young people gathered at
Just in passing, the commun
Recent visitors to our hamlet in the Capital City ?A certain tall,
Rainy City Record
d;;43^'^^ Hall on Wednesday. were Miss Kiyo Sumi from Mayne dark, and handsome young man ity hall here at Acme Cannery
8. to welcome Rev. and Island, who ’tis rumoured, always here was so struck that he can was constructed
entirely
Mrs. Kenny Sogawa, popular
Ich I Ognra on their return from has radiant smiles for an Alberni remember only that she was a through the efforts of local club
young matron, has been ill in the
j after an extended furlumberman, and that worthwhile sweet little thing dressed in blue. members. No commercial help hospital for some time. We all
was’ .secured. An example of wish her a speedy recovery.
whirlwind of wit and wisdom,
welcome were ex Shingo Adachi, who stopped off
what hard work and co-opera
* * *
;prepsed ' by Messrs. Tanaka, for a few days on his return from Prince Rupert Patter tion can accomplish.
The Women’s Club of Ocean
Kondo, and Otake representing Japan before, proceeding to up* * *
Falls
are contemplating inviting
By
GEORGE
HAMASAKI
the Japanese Mission, Language vailey points.
Senji
Sasaki,
popular
literary
Aiko Saita back to Ocean Falls
School and the J.C.C.L. reRev. J. Kabayama of Ocean convenor of the Y.P.S., suffered
for a recital late this fall.
spectively.
Question -Why is it that a cer- Falls visited our city late in Feb- an accident while hauling a boat
*
*
i Rev. Ogura. then gave an intertain young man is so anxious to ruary to attend the conference of up the way and is confined to
Yoshio
jesting lecount of the highlights catch a certain street car coming the Prince Rupert. Presbytery of bed temporarily,
Kishimoto, energetic
We’re all hop- president
of the J.C.C., has re
ravels, as well as a reudi- home after work?
ing to see you up and about
ourselves the United Church.
^iou of the popular Aikoku Kosh-1 know the answer, so We
turned
to
work
after being ill for
it really isn’t
A well-known kendoist, Rev. shortly, Senji.
several months.
। a mystery anv more
Kaba yam a gave a talk to the
Solos were rendered by Misses i
* * *
members of the Semen Kuwai r”
H. Uyede and M.
Tragedy — That shiny, newly this sport, On February 24, he
/Okamoto and Messrs. M. Nagai.
painted car doesn't dash up and addressed the local Japanese
H. Takahashi. Shiba, Morita, Mi- down Blenheim St. any more-—to communitv.
ya ma and T. Uyede.
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THE NEW CANADIAN
SCHOOL SHORTS
HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS
VIE FOR HONOURS
FAIRVIEW FANFARE
A highlight of a recent St. Pat
rick's party at the school was the
By DEBORAH and T"
singing and dancing of Mitsuko
Ikeda, Mary Suzuki, and Sadako
Deborah, raked me to pieces in the
last issue. That's the last time Sakuma, charmingly dressed in
Ell let her have a column to herself,
But 1 have to thank her for
accidentally offering me th meins oi saving my face. I hope that the the traditional Japanese kimono.
‘‘by-line’’ gets by this time. Thank you Deborah for calling me Mr. “I.” Shades of ould Ireland!
gen
r
ibeCn
S°me commcnts ^out my write-ups. Sometime
Congratulations
to
Masako eration
fi ta t V,'lth ^panose tankas and their translations. People told me
la.cr that I should have given a definition of the tanka. Well, to make Miyazaki, brilliant student, here at.
at
Fairview,
who
received
honour
amends I think that I’ll give you a discussion that Deborah and a verv
able mention in the recent J.S.C.
chastened ’ I ’ had. one day. on the Japanese haiku
Oratorical Contest.
Although the tanka was in vo guc for over twenty centuries, the haiku
$
$
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Mark Toyama, speaking on
appeared comparatively late nd did not gain popularity until the seventhe topic “Sweetness and Light”
teen th century when Bisho. ihc master of haiku poetry, came into his NORTH BURNABY BROWSINGS
*
$
$
and May Yamazaki, on
own.
Guiding," students of John OliNorth Burnabyhas now joined
I love the Japanese haikus-'—those little seventeen-syllable gems of
ver
and Magee respectively.
the ranks of those schools that
terseness and wit.
! were declared co-winners of the
MacMillan
boast of having
; closely contested event.
i
One can easily see why the very structure of the Japanese language musical appreciation Club. Two
made the evolution of an epigrammatic form of lyric poetry the only enthusiastic members are Lillian
I Martha Kayahara of Britannia
development possible.
'came second, a point behind the
and Lloyd Shimo-Takahara.
First
Standard-Gauge
*
$
$
Headers with her speech entitled
The basic syllabic make- up of the Japanese language eliminated,
"To Solve Second Generation ne
from the very outset, the use oi rhvmed
It would have been
Everybody’s
“Papers, papers
Problems.” Keiko Inouye of Mis
monotonous in the extreme to have ,
with a
e containing calling for papers” -that might Railway in Japan
sion
City High School speaking
one of the five sounds a. i. u. c. o.
well be the theme song of the
TOKI0—The building of a new on “Patriotism and Filial Piety”
lid
L-L
“I bet the young men bad something to do with school. Fired with the hopes of Tokio-Shimonoseki line has just
was third.
<
c to have only one syllable ’o rhyme with girls’ j
a big box of chocolate
by
.Tap
JI.
Mai iret Miyazaki oi Fairview
names ending in •—ko
for the class and individual hon Ministry of Railways. 500 miles of
I m glad I have such a classical name.” .
sbad to turn aside to bi de a smile. Vanity, tby name is woman.
ours with a prized school ring steel wil be laid in six years from Norah Fujita of Magee and
member of Class 5 is try- Shinjuku Station in Tokio to Shi Ochiai of Britannia woe ’ivm to
At ihe same time. ualike tl majority of European languages. Jap- every
(
navmg no tonic accent, could not express accented rhythmic verse. I^k-t hard to keep up his class, ami monoseki by way of Ninomiya on honorable men I ion.
be
Judges for the even in: wei'
syllable in a Japanese word is pronounced with an equal stress. his own lead in the current Paper tin1 Tokaido line, through the
Tanua
tunnel.
Miss Hyodo. Dr. E C. Banno an
musical beauty of the poem comes from the intonation and modula- Drive.
Hiroshima
and
tor
Nagoya,
Osaka,
lion of the voice as it runs from one phrase to another.
of
Tokuyama, at the
JOHN OLIVER JOTTINGS
The presentation of the Nem
Thus, it was quite natural that the poets, in order to tax' their wit
million
yen.
:;<
*
$
chi
Cup was made by the Ho en
and ingenuity, set up for themselves brevity and epigrammatic form as
nt
Two great tunnels through j orable Mr. Nemichr - hir
At the recent Grade 11 Mixer,
ifications of a poem.
at
the Suzuka Pass between Na
The result is haiku poetry, which attempts to say within seventeen Hiroko Sada won a prize for stay goya and Kyoto, to take 5 years i Kenji Kitamura, IStC,^.
dent, made the presentation $ 0
syllables in three lines of five, seven and five syllables what a dozen lines ing on the floor the longest in in making are planned.
medals to the first four winnei-gl
the elimination dance.
It was
could scarcely express.
Railway
Ministry
officials
state
of
the contest.
x JOne cannot do justice to the glories of the haiku tradition within a “ducky” prize of a. celluloid toy— that, this railway
'
first
stan“booby prize.
Refreshments were served L ’
the compass of a single column. All that I can do here is to present in short, the
Japan. will the contestants and to senior nL '
il-known examples.
a
The school annual, “John Oliver cut the present 18Vs hour travell junior matric students presents '
me quote one of Basho’s most famous pieces.
Souvenir,” is now being prepared ing time from Tokio to Shimono
and Jitsuko and Kazuye Sada are seki to fl hours and 50 minutes
Furuike ya
Kawazu lobikomu
Mizu no oto.
hard at work in its preparation. when locomotives
the
•HEveryone has taken a hand at translating this poem from Michel
type,
now
used
by
the
South
Manh i*
scholar to Deborah and myself. Among the
Rcvon, the great French
.
The
Dancing
and
Dramatic
churian
Railway
Company
are
galaxy of scholars are Nitobc. Noguchi. Ashton, Porter, Chamberlain Clubs will present a joint concert
employed.
and Curtis Page.
at the end of the month.
A diesel-electric engine of the
But no one has quite caught the simple beauty of the original:
kind used in Germany would cut
An ancient pond, a frog jumps within and the sound of water. One
KING ED. EXCERPTS
the running time to seven hours
*
*
*
cp r ■
cannot but feci the loneliness of a spring morning. intensified by the
and 40 minutes, averaging a speed
ng i
quiet splash of a frog jumping into a garden pond.
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Fine of 78 miles per hour.
ho
Volumes have been written to explain the meaning of the poem. Arts Appreciation Club present
Some have g iven it the aura of the Buddhist doctrine of transitoriness. ed Mart Kenney and his Western
Fer Misses and Children
programme of
Some have called it commonplace. But to those whose hearts sing in Gentlemen in
^inl!'
popular and semi-classical music.
response to pure lyricism, this haiku is distilled beauty.
Fumi Ohori, Japanese Song
.cial
Or Basho’s “A crow on a bare branch”—
Magee’s stress, will, sing for the first time
to
Congratulations
and COLORS, ^caKarasu no toman ken
Aki no kure
Kare eda ni
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very Reasonabu^
depicts the dreariness of autumn and the sad nostalagia that characterizes Mark Toyama for their success Canadian Broadcasting Corpora
the. artistic soul of Japan. “Just a crow perched on a bare branch—and in the J.S.C. Oratorical Contest, tion, April 6, 7:30 Thursday
' ian
evening.
but just the 'Same, we insist that
an autumn evening.'
Just pause and see what an English woman trained in the tradition King Ed’s sole representative,
ess
She will sing Schubert’s "Ave
Eichi Yamada, really stole the Maria,” Martin’s "Come to the
of a Wordsworth of a Tennyson would do.
es>
show.
Fair,” and Thomas’ "Connais-tu
The autumn gloaming deepens into night;
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On a withered bough a lonely crow is sitting
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Besides having a star athletic
Kitsilano
Her translation shows that she lacks a sound faith in the imagin brother-combination,
ative powers of her readers. Where in the first, poem Basho appeals to boasts of a future Babe Didrickthe eir in the second he writes for the eye. His poem aoout the crow son in the person of Reiko Tsu
reveals'visual suggestions that rival a steel engraving, etched as they arc jimura, athletic representative of
her class, 8 A. She is also an ac
in plain black and grey outlines.
.
, tive member of the Referees’
Deborah reminds me that in Japan this form of poetry is extreme y
no Jar even among the common people. In fact, .so popular that annual Club and plays on the class hand
Mu contests are held all over Japan and prizes given to those submi mg ball and dodgeball teams. No
wonder 8 A has won every single
athletic contest.
Maps
J brought up in the tradition of occi^ta^^
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The Canadian Rugby team suf
Deborah again reminds me, there's no accounting for tastes.
fered a great loss when Tommy
Nishi'o, one of the stars, broke his
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ankle during a recent practice and
will be out of the game for the
rest of the season.
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Lord Byng comes forth with
the report of another flashy ath
letic brother-combination in Kiyokazu and Tom Momose. Both play
on the School Junior Canadian
Rugby team, which has to its
credit three wins and a draw
against only one loss.
The Classics and the Tumbling
Clubs take up the spare time of
younger brother Tom.
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THE NEW CANADIAN
SCHOOL SHORTS
HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS
VIE FOR HONOURS
FAIRVIEW FANFARE
A highlight of a recent St. Pat
rick's party at the school was the
By DEBORAH and T"
singing and dancing of Mitsuko
Ikeda, Mary Suzuki, and Sadako
Deborah, raked me to pieces in the
last issue. That's the last time Sakuma, charmingly dressed in
Ell let her have a column to herself,
But 1 have to thank her for
accidentally offering me th meins oi saving my face. I hope that the the traditional Japanese kimono.
‘‘by-line’’ gets by this time. Thank you Deborah for calling me Mr. “I.” Shades of ould Ireland!
gen
r
ibeCn
S°me commcnts ^out my write-ups. Sometime
Congratulations
to
Masako eration
fi ta t V,'lth ^panose tankas and their translations. People told me
la.cr that I should have given a definition of the tanka. Well, to make Miyazaki, brilliant student, here at.
at
Fairview,
who
received
honour
amends I think that I’ll give you a discussion that Deborah and a verv
able mention in the recent J.S.C.
chastened ’ I ’ had. one day. on the Japanese haiku
Oratorical Contest.
Although the tanka was in vo guc for over twenty centuries, the haiku
$
$
$
Mark Toyama, speaking on
appeared comparatively late nd did not gain popularity until the seventhe topic “Sweetness and Light”
teen th century when Bisho. ihc master of haiku poetry, came into his NORTH BURNABY BROWSINGS
*
$
$
and May Yamazaki, on
own.
Guiding," students of John OliNorth Burnabyhas now joined
I love the Japanese haikus-'—those little seventeen-syllable gems of
ver
and Magee respectively.
the ranks of those schools that
terseness and wit.
! were declared co-winners of the
MacMillan
boast of having
; closely contested event.
i
One can easily see why the very structure of the Japanese language musical appreciation Club. Two
made the evolution of an epigrammatic form of lyric poetry the only enthusiastic members are Lillian
I Martha Kayahara of Britannia
development possible.
'came second, a point behind the
and Lloyd Shimo-Takahara.
First
Standard-Gauge
*
$
$
Headers with her speech entitled
The basic syllabic make- up of the Japanese language eliminated,
"To Solve Second Generation ne
from the very outset, the use oi rhvmed
It would have been
Everybody’s
“Papers, papers
Problems.” Keiko Inouye of Mis
monotonous in the extreme to have ,
with a
e containing calling for papers” -that might Railway in Japan
sion
City High School speaking
one of the five sounds a. i. u. c. o.
well be the theme song of the
TOKI0—The building of a new on “Patriotism and Filial Piety”
lid
L-L
“I bet the young men bad something to do with school. Fired with the hopes of Tokio-Shimonoseki line has just
was third.
<
c to have only one syllable ’o rhyme with girls’ j
a big box of chocolate
by
.Tap
JI.
Mai iret Miyazaki oi Fairview
names ending in •—ko
for the class and individual hon Ministry of Railways. 500 miles of
I m glad I have such a classical name.” .
sbad to turn aside to bi de a smile. Vanity, tby name is woman.
ours with a prized school ring steel wil be laid in six years from Norah Fujita of Magee and
member of Class 5 is try- Shinjuku Station in Tokio to Shi Ochiai of Britannia woe ’ivm to
At ihe same time. ualike tl majority of European languages. Jap- every
(
navmg no tonic accent, could not express accented rhythmic verse. I^k-t hard to keep up his class, ami monoseki by way of Ninomiya on honorable men I ion.
be
Judges for the even in: wei'
syllable in a Japanese word is pronounced with an equal stress. his own lead in the current Paper tin1 Tokaido line, through the
Tanua
tunnel.
Miss Hyodo. Dr. E C. Banno an
musical beauty of the poem comes from the intonation and modula- Drive.
Hiroshima
and
tor
Nagoya,
Osaka,
lion of the voice as it runs from one phrase to another.
of
Tokuyama, at the
JOHN OLIVER JOTTINGS
The presentation of the Nem
Thus, it was quite natural that the poets, in order to tax' their wit
million
yen.
:;<
*
$
chi
Cup was made by the Ho en
and ingenuity, set up for themselves brevity and epigrammatic form as
nt
Two great tunnels through j orable Mr. Nemichr - hir
At the recent Grade 11 Mixer,
ifications of a poem.
at
the Suzuka Pass between Na
The result is haiku poetry, which attempts to say within seventeen Hiroko Sada won a prize for stay goya and Kyoto, to take 5 years i Kenji Kitamura, IStC,^.
dent, made the presentation $ 0
syllables in three lines of five, seven and five syllables what a dozen lines ing on the floor the longest in in making are planned.
medals to the first four winnei-gl
the elimination dance.
It was
could scarcely express.
Railway
Ministry
officials
state
of
the contest.
x JOne cannot do justice to the glories of the haiku tradition within a “ducky” prize of a. celluloid toy— that, this railway
'
first
stan“booby prize.
Refreshments were served L ’
the compass of a single column. All that I can do here is to present in short, the
Japan. will the contestants and to senior nL '
il-known examples.
a
The school annual, “John Oliver cut the present 18Vs hour travell junior matric students presents '
me quote one of Basho’s most famous pieces.
Souvenir,” is now being prepared ing time from Tokio to Shimono
and Jitsuko and Kazuye Sada are seki to fl hours and 50 minutes
Furuike ya
Kawazu lobikomu
Mizu no oto.
hard at work in its preparation. when locomotives
the
•HEveryone has taken a hand at translating this poem from Michel
type,
now
used
by
the
South
Manh i*
scholar to Deborah and myself. Among the
Rcvon, the great French
.
The
Dancing
and
Dramatic
churian
Railway
Company
are
galaxy of scholars are Nitobc. Noguchi. Ashton, Porter, Chamberlain Clubs will present a joint concert
employed.
and Curtis Page.
at the end of the month.
A diesel-electric engine of the
But no one has quite caught the simple beauty of the original:
kind used in Germany would cut
An ancient pond, a frog jumps within and the sound of water. One
KING ED. EXCERPTS
the running time to seven hours
*
*
*
cp r ■
cannot but feci the loneliness of a spring morning. intensified by the
and 40 minutes, averaging a speed
ng i
quiet splash of a frog jumping into a garden pond.
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Fine of 78 miles per hour.
ho
Volumes have been written to explain the meaning of the poem. Arts Appreciation Club present
Some have g iven it the aura of the Buddhist doctrine of transitoriness. ed Mart Kenney and his Western
Fer Misses and Children
programme of
Some have called it commonplace. But to those whose hearts sing in Gentlemen in
^inl!'
popular and semi-classical music.
response to pure lyricism, this haiku is distilled beauty.
Fumi Ohori, Japanese Song
.cial
Or Basho’s “A crow on a bare branch”—
Magee’s stress, will, sing for the first time
to
Congratulations
and COLORS, ^caKarasu no toman ken
Aki no kure
Kare eda ni
Mary Yamazaki and John Oliver’s over the national network of the
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depicts the dreariness of autumn and the sad nostalagia that characterizes Mark Toyama for their success Canadian Broadcasting Corpora
the. artistic soul of Japan. “Just a crow perched on a bare branch—and in the J.S.C. Oratorical Contest, tion, April 6, 7:30 Thursday
' ian
evening.
but just the 'Same, we insist that
an autumn evening.'
Just pause and see what an English woman trained in the tradition King Ed’s sole representative,
ess
She will sing Schubert’s "Ave
Eichi Yamada, really stole the Maria,” Martin’s "Come to the
of a Wordsworth of a Tennyson would do.
es>
show.
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The autumn gloaming deepens into night;
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Kitsilano
Her translation shows that she lacks a sound faith in the imagin brother-combination,
ative powers of her readers. Where in the first, poem Basho appeals to boasts of a future Babe Didrickthe eir in the second he writes for the eye. His poem aoout the crow son in the person of Reiko Tsu
reveals'visual suggestions that rival a steel engraving, etched as they arc jimura, athletic representative of
her class, 8 A. She is also an ac
in plain black and grey outlines.
.
, tive member of the Referees’
Deborah reminds me that in Japan this form of poetry is extreme y
no Jar even among the common people. In fact, .so popular that annual Club and plays on the class hand
Mu contests are held all over Japan and prizes given to those submi mg ball and dodgeball teams. No
wonder 8 A has won every single
athletic contest.
Maps
J brought up in the tradition of occi^ta^^
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the report of another flashy ath
letic brother-combination in Kiyokazu and Tom Momose. Both play
on the School Junior Canadian
Rugby team, which has to its
credit three wins and a draw
against only one loss.
The Classics and the Tumbling
Clubs take up the spare time of
younger brother Tom.
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men
difi x
W# toDo
4 p^ ^mimd7
iy Nisei should go to Japan
e the country for themThen they would know
it’ying to pull their legs.”
rhe Omori, recently returnn a two-months tour of
expressed his enthusiasm
e modernization of country
terviewed by the New Can-
ut the most striking’ thing, \
hink, is the abounding vitality
J A? the people and their extreme
■ininoss. On a piece of ground
cGver city block, the Japanese
r supports a family of from
Jen people.
MY BROTHER is to be married,
next month and the bride has asked
OCTOGENARIANS
me to be her matron of honor. I
-air Cana da . we don’t see have never been in a wedding party
people over the age of nor have I gone to many weddings
। But in Japan, you can see and so I know nothing of what my
ywhere you go. I’ve seen duties will be. Will you write ana.
me all details? Is the matron,
Jandmothers walk five give
of honor ever called on to give a
|et to a certain place, just toast to the bride? What should 1
file ^street car fare for the say if I am?
MRS E M. M
Seessary things in life.
Answer—A matron of honor is
®fe they live that makes simply a chief bridesmaid. Your
place will be explained by the
Bole and strong.”
1 .is a curious country. bride no doubt. But in case she
does not, if you are the only maid
5;
W realize Her worth until of honor you will walk just ahead
■pre^suc- used to it. They seem to of the bride up the aisle, the brides
Kondo,'eryfiring inside. You look maids, if there are any. walking
the Japu the little houses and so two by two ahead of you You will
School q within they have treas- stand next to the bride and hold
her bouquet or her prayer book
spectivei heirlooms that dazzle the during the ring ceremony and help
Rev. Oi
her with her train when she turns
is ting accc
for the recessional after the ceremony. Other than these, you have
if his irav<
no duties. 1 can't see why you
ion of the
should be called on to give a to:
but if you are I should make it
a
simple as possible. Just say
are glad of this opportunity of v
REQUISITES
coming the bride into the fa"
STATIONERY KODAKS
and then ask the other memw$
ETC.
the bridal party to join in VW
happiness to the bride and b
groom.
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Sey. 6003
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fashion show ever to be held
The Oratorical Contest . . . gala night for high-school students
in the Japanese community
.
.
.
the
chairman catching up on some beauty sleep . . . reaction of
Saturday evening, March 18,
the famous nisei artist to the inspiring girl guide talk . . . “Gosh,
at the Alexander Hall.
a guide would make a perfect wife. Where can I get one?” . . .
?10-95 $5-95
We Specialize in Half Sizes to Fit Nisei Girls
ipan impresses
Marietta School
Display Unique
s«5 $1.95
BLOUSES, Reg. 1.95
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HAJIME SUZUKI
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Many of the men-about-town have so many special girls in such
rapid succession that keeping the date book straight is a terrific
problem. Their solution is a photo album, in which each new loveMARCH
15—Basketball
Finals,
Japanese -of-his-life is given a page all to herself. So, as soon as a gentleman
Gym.
asks for your picture, your rival is assuredly dead and buried. They
18—Marietta Fashion Show, Alex say that Baron’s book is overflowing.
ander Hall, 7:30 p.m., 35c.
*
*
*
*
SOME COMING EVENTS
23—J.C.C.L. Spring Frolic, Alma
Academy, 9-1. p.m., ?1.00 per
couple.
24—Va n co uv er Aeronauts, Tairiku
Hall, 7:30 p.m.
24—Steveston Y.P
and C.G.I.T.
concert.,
Steveston
Japanese
Kindergarten, 7 p.m.
Westminster joint YAY.
and Y.M.B.A.
meeting,
NAY. Buddhist Hall, 7:30 p.m.
APRIL
1—April Fools Day.
6—Hokutokai Dance, Peter Pan
Ballroom.
After endless nights of rehearsing and •preparations, the Y.P.
Concert went off with a bang . . . Kazuma rehearsing for his future
role in life, ne Ess . . . Ruby’s graceful dancing inspired Mich to
display his own talents not to be outdone, while Uncle Harry could
hardly sit still . . . Overheard George: “Say Ruby’s pretty—she looks
like my girl” . . . That popular Marpole girl had all the boys running
around in circles, especially Cecil ... the usual stampede for the
hall during intermission. The attraction? No, not peanuts and
pop, but the meeting of belles and beaus, of course, purely accident
ally . . . Goodness, all the young married couples, especially Herbie,
watching with rapt attention that domestic drama, “Rikon-So-Do.
Curtain!
*
Continued from page 2
*
The charming Old Women in the Y.M.B.A. drama, “Senka ni
Musubu,” they say stole the show. But why hide under a pseudonym,
Roy ?
took away all the trade-licences,
Girls, do you know why certain boys always haunt Ghori’s
if they kicked the Niseis down store? It’s a deep, dark secret, but the males will never know I
to the ground more, and spit on told you. It’s the central exchange for sweet-nothing calls. They
them, then maybe the second gen say Kaz holds the line the longest with Chum running a very close
eration might get up their gump
second. In case you’re interested; phone Highland 1732.
tion to fight back.
1 can just imagine that if they
keep
the way they are now.
DROP IN AT,
soon they’d be no better than the
natives of B. C. that have to be
ICE CREAM
HOT DOGS
kept on reservations and be
looked after by the Government.!
■208 MAIN ST.
After all is said and done, the I
J.C.C.L. fight is the fight of
every Nisei. If he can’t realize
that, he would be better dead
at the bottom of the ocean.
Whenever 1 think
about ci'll
all this
111 tv atlULll
U.Llo,j
S
*8
I get so fuming mad that I could
§
pick a. fight with any guy. I just
«#
can’t help feeling that way.
General Merchants
8®
8"
And yon. Angela, don't you ever
K
■»
call me a soft-hearted sentimenta-1
s"
mity
i1
269 Powell St
list again, or you’ll have a war! n
i»
9
o’
on your hands.
! ^w.w»ww
ERNIE’S
TR
Vancouver, B. C
f1^ 1076 ,
X
A well-arranged musical pro- sophisticated (?) collegians improving their doodling . . . for once
gramme, featuring vocal solo- the boys found something more interesting than “eats”—charming
ists Fumi Ohori, Gladys Goro- ma trie co-eds . . . Problem—why is the high school swain so bashful
maru, Teruo Nakatsu and Frank about sitting beside a shy little maiden? . . . Q.E.D.
Kumagai, and tap dances by
*
*
Ruby Miyake and Gene KuzuFlash—that green angora dress is the sister of the green
hara will augment the fashion
hat, so Fumi pretests. By the way, don’t forget to tune in on
display.
April 6—our popular singer will take a bow over CBR.
*
*
*
All the models to be featured
have been designed and executed
Report from the Seattle ski-beys: “The fellows at home are
by pupils of the School, who will angels compared to your boys, They don’t gamble, they don’t play
also parade as mannequins for pool, they don't hang around in front of stores. “I wonder! What
the event.
about Johnston’s Drug Store?
*
*
Nisei Mannequins
Easter’s just around the corner, girls, so it’s time to treat your
According to Miss Haruko Mor
ishita, who is supervising the dis self to a new bonnet. This year they’re a bit bigger than last
play, the mannequins have all year (they couldnt’ have got any smaller) and not quite so silly.
had professional instruction, and On the whole they’ll be centred fairly well, instead of hanging on
“really compare most favorably one ear and giving the wearer a Popeye look. But there’ll be oodles
with any of Earl Carroll’s Holly of colorful flowers and ribbons, shiny cellophane and misty veiling—
wood selections.”
guaranteed to try the patience of even the most patient man . .
Highlight of the show is to be Don’t forget to forewarn him, by taking him to the Marietta Fashion
a romantic bridal procession, re- Show! And by the way, now’s the time to read all the ads carefully.
vealing the modern bride in all Have you been down to Modiste’s lately with the coupons?
*
*
*
*
her glory.
Spencer’s Ltd. have kindly
Undeclared war—Freshmen and Sophomores are now fight
loaned accessories for the affair.
ing over the “Toast of the Freshmen.” During Y. P. rehearsals,
she couldn’t decide whether to walk in the rain with the hen
pecked husband (a soph) or rema n behind with an ardent
spectator (another soph).
KOMURA BROS. LTD.
Optometrist
Sey. 1
By SO-NE HEN-NE ! I
Skate thy last on all things fragile every hour
Let no splash drown thy sense in deathly anger . . .
'!•
:k
^
^:
Skiers without their skis, lightly shod in dancing slippers was
the strange sight presented at the annual ski-dance. Observed:
Cheek-to-cheek dancing decidedly popular . . . razor sales sky
rocketing upward . . . inebriated young man crashing the gate for
Kochi’s penniless bunch promising to pay on the installment plan
.
The very latest in Spring . . stags running wild. *
*
*
*
and Summer wear for 1939
That well-known macaroni vendor recently returned from Japan,
will be on parade when the wiser in the ways of the world and full of the lore of dancing.
Marietta School of Fashion Says Charlie, “It’s no use wasting money on dancing lessons—you
Design presents the first just have to have that certain feeling. Paging Rosie, paging Rosie!
At Prices You Cannot Duplicate in Vancouver
Fur trimmed and untrinuned
winter coats at ridiculously
•reduced prices.
MARCH 15th 1939
I
A
0092
Nisei Models
To Feature
Fashion Show
THIS IS REAL MONEY!
BRIN® TRIS AB
For Extra Discount
13
COATS
DRESSES
Afternoon and Evening
Dresses—Reg.
value for __
Afternoon and Evening
Dresses—Reg.
value for ___
Afternoon and Evening
Dresses—Reg.
value for ___
Afternoon and Evening
Dresses. Reg.
value for ___
Afternoon and Evening
Dresses. Reg. $19.50 £7 QE
value for __________ 4>f«vU
NEW SPRING COATS
AND SUITS
Spring' Coats from
$6.95
14
$35-00
Spring- Tailored Suits from
ML
to
$24.95
1 H Spring 3-Piece Suits from
j $14.95
to
$35.00
SK^TS, Reg. 2.95
95c
$5-95 $2-95
?7-95 $3.95
89c
MODISTE
Established Since 1914
450 Granville Street — In the Rogers Building
CUT THIS OUT! THIS IS MONEY!
BRING THIS AD FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT
cat Nisei
1SED BY THRIFT
F^eii
ca F
Preu
men
difi x
W# toDo
4 p^ ^mimd7
iy Nisei should go to Japan
e the country for themThen they would know
it’ying to pull their legs.”
rhe Omori, recently returnn a two-months tour of
expressed his enthusiasm
e modernization of country
terviewed by the New Can-
ut the most striking’ thing, \
hink, is the abounding vitality
J A? the people and their extreme
■ininoss. On a piece of ground
cGver city block, the Japanese
r supports a family of from
Jen people.
MY BROTHER is to be married,
next month and the bride has asked
OCTOGENARIANS
me to be her matron of honor. I
-air Cana da . we don’t see have never been in a wedding party
people over the age of nor have I gone to many weddings
। But in Japan, you can see and so I know nothing of what my
ywhere you go. I’ve seen duties will be. Will you write ana.
me all details? Is the matron,
Jandmothers walk five give
of honor ever called on to give a
|et to a certain place, just toast to the bride? What should 1
file ^street car fare for the say if I am?
MRS E M. M
Seessary things in life.
Answer—A matron of honor is
®fe they live that makes simply a chief bridesmaid. Your
place will be explained by the
Bole and strong.”
1 .is a curious country. bride no doubt. But in case she
does not, if you are the only maid
5;
W realize Her worth until of honor you will walk just ahead
■pre^suc- used to it. They seem to of the bride up the aisle, the brides
Kondo,'eryfiring inside. You look maids, if there are any. walking
the Japu the little houses and so two by two ahead of you You will
School q within they have treas- stand next to the bride and hold
her bouquet or her prayer book
spectivei heirlooms that dazzle the during the ring ceremony and help
Rev. Oi
her with her train when she turns
is ting accc
for the recessional after the ceremony. Other than these, you have
if his irav<
no duties. 1 can't see why you
ion of the
should be called on to give a to:
but if you are I should make it
a
simple as possible. Just say
are glad of this opportunity of v
REQUISITES
coming the bride into the fa"
STATIONERY KODAKS
and then ask the other memw$
ETC.
the bridal party to join in VW
happiness to the bride and b
groom.
Cor. Main & Powell St,
Sey. 6003
^.321 |
VAb 1
*
*
fashion show ever to be held
The Oratorical Contest . . . gala night for high-school students
in the Japanese community
.
.
.
the
chairman catching up on some beauty sleep . . . reaction of
Saturday evening, March 18,
the famous nisei artist to the inspiring girl guide talk . . . “Gosh,
at the Alexander Hall.
a guide would make a perfect wife. Where can I get one?” . . .
?10-95 $5-95
We Specialize in Half Sizes to Fit Nisei Girls
ipan impresses
Marietta School
Display Unique
s«5 $1.95
BLOUSES, Reg. 1.95
Patronize your
New Canadian Advertisers
I
HAJIME SUZUKI
377 Row
I
CALEnSAR
4:
^
$
^
Many of the men-about-town have so many special girls in such
rapid succession that keeping the date book straight is a terrific
problem. Their solution is a photo album, in which each new loveMARCH
15—Basketball
Finals,
Japanese -of-his-life is given a page all to herself. So, as soon as a gentleman
Gym.
asks for your picture, your rival is assuredly dead and buried. They
18—Marietta Fashion Show, Alex say that Baron’s book is overflowing.
ander Hall, 7:30 p.m., 35c.
*
*
*
*
SOME COMING EVENTS
23—J.C.C.L. Spring Frolic, Alma
Academy, 9-1. p.m., ?1.00 per
couple.
24—Va n co uv er Aeronauts, Tairiku
Hall, 7:30 p.m.
24—Steveston Y.P
and C.G.I.T.
concert.,
Steveston
Japanese
Kindergarten, 7 p.m.
Westminster joint YAY.
and Y.M.B.A.
meeting,
NAY. Buddhist Hall, 7:30 p.m.
APRIL
1—April Fools Day.
6—Hokutokai Dance, Peter Pan
Ballroom.
After endless nights of rehearsing and •preparations, the Y.P.
Concert went off with a bang . . . Kazuma rehearsing for his future
role in life, ne Ess . . . Ruby’s graceful dancing inspired Mich to
display his own talents not to be outdone, while Uncle Harry could
hardly sit still . . . Overheard George: “Say Ruby’s pretty—she looks
like my girl” . . . That popular Marpole girl had all the boys running
around in circles, especially Cecil ... the usual stampede for the
hall during intermission. The attraction? No, not peanuts and
pop, but the meeting of belles and beaus, of course, purely accident
ally . . . Goodness, all the young married couples, especially Herbie,
watching with rapt attention that domestic drama, “Rikon-So-Do.
Curtain!
*
Continued from page 2
*
The charming Old Women in the Y.M.B.A. drama, “Senka ni
Musubu,” they say stole the show. But why hide under a pseudonym,
Roy ?
took away all the trade-licences,
Girls, do you know why certain boys always haunt Ghori’s
if they kicked the Niseis down store? It’s a deep, dark secret, but the males will never know I
to the ground more, and spit on told you. It’s the central exchange for sweet-nothing calls. They
them, then maybe the second gen say Kaz holds the line the longest with Chum running a very close
eration might get up their gump
second. In case you’re interested; phone Highland 1732.
tion to fight back.
1 can just imagine that if they
keep
the way they are now.
DROP IN AT,
soon they’d be no better than the
natives of B. C. that have to be
ICE CREAM
HOT DOGS
kept on reservations and be
looked after by the Government.!
■208 MAIN ST.
After all is said and done, the I
J.C.C.L. fight is the fight of
every Nisei. If he can’t realize
that, he would be better dead
at the bottom of the ocean.
Whenever 1 think
about ci'll
all this
111 tv atlULll
U.Llo,j
S
*8
I get so fuming mad that I could
§
pick a. fight with any guy. I just
«#
can’t help feeling that way.
General Merchants
8®
8"
And yon. Angela, don't you ever
K
■»
call me a soft-hearted sentimenta-1
s"
mity
i1
269 Powell St
list again, or you’ll have a war! n
i»
9
o’
on your hands.
! ^w.w»ww
ERNIE’S
TR
Vancouver, B. C
f1^ 1076 ,
X
A well-arranged musical pro- sophisticated (?) collegians improving their doodling . . . for once
gramme, featuring vocal solo- the boys found something more interesting than “eats”—charming
ists Fumi Ohori, Gladys Goro- ma trie co-eds . . . Problem—why is the high school swain so bashful
maru, Teruo Nakatsu and Frank about sitting beside a shy little maiden? . . . Q.E.D.
Kumagai, and tap dances by
*
*
Ruby Miyake and Gene KuzuFlash—that green angora dress is the sister of the green
hara will augment the fashion
hat, so Fumi pretests. By the way, don’t forget to tune in on
display.
April 6—our popular singer will take a bow over CBR.
*
*
*
All the models to be featured
have been designed and executed
Report from the Seattle ski-beys: “The fellows at home are
by pupils of the School, who will angels compared to your boys, They don’t gamble, they don’t play
also parade as mannequins for pool, they don't hang around in front of stores. “I wonder! What
the event.
about Johnston’s Drug Store?
*
*
Nisei Mannequins
Easter’s just around the corner, girls, so it’s time to treat your
According to Miss Haruko Mor
ishita, who is supervising the dis self to a new bonnet. This year they’re a bit bigger than last
play, the mannequins have all year (they couldnt’ have got any smaller) and not quite so silly.
had professional instruction, and On the whole they’ll be centred fairly well, instead of hanging on
“really compare most favorably one ear and giving the wearer a Popeye look. But there’ll be oodles
with any of Earl Carroll’s Holly of colorful flowers and ribbons, shiny cellophane and misty veiling—
wood selections.”
guaranteed to try the patience of even the most patient man . .
Highlight of the show is to be Don’t forget to forewarn him, by taking him to the Marietta Fashion
a romantic bridal procession, re- Show! And by the way, now’s the time to read all the ads carefully.
vealing the modern bride in all Have you been down to Modiste’s lately with the coupons?
*
*
*
*
her glory.
Spencer’s Ltd. have kindly
Undeclared war—Freshmen and Sophomores are now fight
loaned accessories for the affair.
ing over the “Toast of the Freshmen.” During Y. P. rehearsals,
she couldn’t decide whether to walk in the rain with the hen
pecked husband (a soph) or rema n behind with an ardent
spectator (another soph).
KOMURA BROS. LTD.
Optometrist
Sey. 1
By SO-NE HEN-NE ! I
Skate thy last on all things fragile every hour
Let no splash drown thy sense in deathly anger . . .
'!•
:k
^
^:
Skiers without their skis, lightly shod in dancing slippers was
the strange sight presented at the annual ski-dance. Observed:
Cheek-to-cheek dancing decidedly popular . . . razor sales sky
rocketing upward . . . inebriated young man crashing the gate for
Kochi’s penniless bunch promising to pay on the installment plan
.
The very latest in Spring . . stags running wild. *
*
*
*
and Summer wear for 1939
That well-known macaroni vendor recently returned from Japan,
will be on parade when the wiser in the ways of the world and full of the lore of dancing.
Marietta School of Fashion Says Charlie, “It’s no use wasting money on dancing lessons—you
Design presents the first just have to have that certain feeling. Paging Rosie, paging Rosie!
At Prices You Cannot Duplicate in Vancouver
Fur trimmed and untrinuned
winter coats at ridiculously
•reduced prices.
MARCH 15th 1939
I
A
0092
Page 7
MARCH 15th 1939
THE SPORT CLOTHESLINE
THE NEW CANADIAN
Page 7
The New Mixed Doubles Champions
By WASHY
Nippons Lose
®<>,"”nfet
carefully. But Ute tunny
L ™ ?P theSe d”'s' T1”* with '"'-I of it wa* that Johnny him'
h‘’ST <HK‘ (lisal',iJohit-; self took the rap on the chin inpientsa in the Nisei sports world.:Mead of me.
, f] 3rSr ^le TeaPS
1 c5ic,n't meet up with him for
™h°n °fail The' p^ral days after the tourney.
S^ais, Bing Tanaka,; And no wonder! 'He was so
°C
.aSU' ami Yoshi Kozai, in, mortified that he kept walking
Lie semi-imals of the Vancouverj along the side alleys just to
Open Table Tennis Tournament; avoid meeting people.
I felt
took the wind out of our sails J
better after hearing that.
But the sensational victory of'. The
.Fairview basketbailers are
tyro Hiroshi Kagetsu over the Heeling a bit sheepish too. after
Te e>an Balderston provided some; the way they were so politely
como ation.
| shovecj Out of the playoffs by the
britamna
_ Secondly, the setback of the pl. & N. quintet. They’d been
Nippon
ggers at the hands of: mickpd to dust off M. & N. team
Feam to eke out a narrow 8-5
the Fx-Britaiinia fifteen was a ■ Li short order but look what hap
pretty bitter pill to swallow. But | pened instead. Teh! Tch!
in one of the most bitat least the Nippons gave the ex-|
Basket-bawling
high-schoolers a really good fmhd
the
Watching the Senior League
and gave the fans one of the sea-,
Division
second
games lately has been just as in
son’s best games.
ie
teresting as watching a couple of
Badminton Bouquets
octogenarians ploying checkers at
the outset of the encounter
Another badminton season
Stanlev Urk. Take the playoff
ody and Campbell wont over
has come and gone, leaving beHd
aames for instance. All that the
vo
quick
tries
foi;
Ex-Brilan
hmd a handful of bedraggled
1 n it
hoys seemed to be doing Lisa ti
play
all.
converting one of them to
shuttles and a net-full of sweet
memories.
Runners up in last year’s finals. Shige Okumura and Lucy Koya- make the score 8-0.
ln
marked
contrast
to
the
Following up their next kick-,
Now that the season is over.
nagi, came back by sheer grit and determination to win the Mixed
to
lackadaisical
playing
of
their
off. the Nippons carried ‘the
some mention should be made of
Doubles
Championship
from
astrong
field
of
contenders.
pigskin to the opponents’ twothe more outstanding players. big brothers, the Juniors have
been
providing
the
fans
with
bit
line.
Wakabayashi and
But I hesitate as I think of the
better
entertainment
than
even
Tsuji, aided by the scrum,’
flood of criticism that may swamp
for
Sally
Rand
herself,
fan
or
no
pushed the ball within striking
me. But the consequences of the
refan. Fan mah brow, they sure
distance, but it was only after
unwelcome task must be faced.
.een
some anxious moments that Joe
Well, here goes . . . Matt Matsui have packed all their playoff
cent
Akiyama finally scored. Wak
best player, Michi Ashikawa— encounters with thrills and
at
■snappy plays.
Climaxing a half year of activ- and Minoru Akiyama and Tommy abayashi converted to make the
best player, and last but not least
To tell the truth bouquets are ity, Nisei
Shige Okumura — best player
shuttiers' gathered at Iwasaki, winners of the men’s score 8-5.
forthcoming
to
the
Juniors for
After the interval the CightHT^’ (“ng
Phew, what a task!
I’m iustdoubles event were introduced
the
New
Pier
Cafe
for
the
preNippon fifteen drove steadily to mwringing wet from concentrating putting on the best game of the ■sentation of championship cups, amid e n th u si as ti c applause.
season.
The recent Fairviewward the Ex-B ri tannin line. But. •b,
so much.
G. V. A. A. LEAGUE
Marpole game with its three over March 11, amid an atmosphere of
time and time again, after reach mwas
decided
unanimously
Crystal Gazing
nd
time periods is still the talk of gaiety and camaraderie.
that a team be entered in the ing pay-dirt, inaccurate passingAs for making predictions., I the town.
by
After a hearty banquet, Dr.
Badminton League, lost them their chance to score. lamight be able to forecast the
Cagette Christening
E. C. Banno presented to Minoru A committee composed of team
Towards the dying moments of
weather better.
My beautiful
L.
Tn the last issue I tried to usurp Akiyama the magnificient J. C. captains was
left with the case the game the frantic Nippons 'eprophecies have given me the rep the position of Godfather to Mi
made rush after rush, but to no
utation of being the dizziest prog Akiyama’s cagett'es but there C. L. challenge trophy, won by of necessary details.
. nIn one hectic pa
Matt Matsui was elected avail.
nosticator. Well, I’m telling you seemed to be a little fuss about the Hokutokai team.
imusemeu\. .
Miniature cups were then pre league chairman for the next spree. to the i
that sport scribes just aren’t my beautiful concoctions. So, I’ve
of the crowd, Yosh Takabashi
sport scribes if they can make found a few more and here they sented to Rose Miyazaki, Swede season and was given a tre- passed
the ball to the referee. • ict
mendous
ovation
for his hard
Sawada, Dick Tomoda and Jeep
correct predictions.
are . . . Queen Esthers, Thalians, Inamoto, winners' of the B Class work in making the tournaments
Seen at the game . .
'ggros- our
My latest boner was that of a.c- Adelphians, Acettes, Co-eds, Les
the
great
success
that
they
sive
Ichii
Negoro,
who
played
a ver
claiming Johnny Tanaka and Amies, Archerettes, Loha Tohelas, mixed and men’s doubles tourna were.
marvellous game, leaping into the ^r.
ments respectively
Tomi Mizuzawa champions in the Pimpernels,
Warriorettes, and
air
to spear a wild pass in a. clear
After
the
meeting
the
feather
To the dismay of the shuttiers,
mixed shuttle tourney. It really Tartanettes. If you think these
the A Class awards were not able swatters continued their badmin run . . . Joe Akiyama breaking
1
wasn’t my fault. Somebody had names are impossible, take a look
to be presented. However, Lucy ton antics in more or less modi through The pack, only to ho
i'
washed my magic crystal and had at the Los Angeles Schedule.
Koyanagi and Shigeharu Okumura, fied form to the strains of music, robbed of a try by a lucky des ll
forgotten to wipe off the soap
perate grab by an Ex-Drithnnihr.
While on the subject of femin conquerors in the mixed doubles swing and sweet.
.1. . . bulky Toar Uyed^, .,*T>tkr/
ine
casaba-heavers
something
hipping his way through the m. „L.i
should be mentioned about their aspect on the team’s journey
. . . half a dozen Nippons ^^S'nafjj'^
ability, The lassies are coming when, in an interview he an
on to Larsen before downing hl f
along splendidly and already nounced that Westerns ‘hope to
show potentialities. But they’ve come to some understanding of
—^ngress
already adopted the boy’s charac- Japan’s social and economical
. questeristic rough and tumble tactics. problems.’
Bst
to
awniMniiw
Come to think of it how about
“‘The scenery in Japan will
teon of
Smart Clothes for Smart Tarzanettes, Mi?
appeal to all the fellows/ said
Fukuji Aida, native-born Nisei
RADIOS •’ disMr. Winckler . . . No doubt, no
skier
of
Smithers,
turned
in
a
bril
Westerns'
Tour
orkMen
doubt.
”
liant
performance
at
the
B.
C.
Ski
REFRIGERATORS
Concerning our write-up of the
jveBut after all, Reggie old man, Championships at Wells to win
Westerns
’
trip
to
Japan,
here
is
and
323 Powell Street
459 E. Hastings St.
an interesting paragraph taken you needn’t be so sarcastic even high honors in the Class B events.
The new B.C. Junior Ski champ
SE ymour 4121-—
from Rdg. Moir’s Column from though we did scoop the story.
High. 2132
ion
led
his
other
competitors
with
The
Westerns
finally
won
out
The News-Herald, February 25.
“That aggressive Japanese Hi the Inter-City League finals, a jump of 128 feet and won a
daily (?), the New Canadian, but we had to suffer some cup donated by a native-born
that scooped the town on the anxious moments. We hope they Cariboo Chinese Cafe Operator.
FLORIST
Western basketball team trip to clean up on Victoria Dominoes
Shinobu Higashi, New Canad
and
go
on
to
win
the
Dominion
Japan, came up with another
ian editor, spoke on the second
Engineers
beat yesterday with the an Championship again. Good luck generation problem to the Young
nouncement that the Club would to them.
H. INOUYE
People’s Society of Trinity Unit
Ski Socialites
leave for the Land of the Rising
ed Church, March 12.
Sun June 21 aboard the Hikawa
BOUQUETS. WREATHS. POTTED PLANTS
Bus Ohori and Walt Wakabay
High. 1660
Maru.
But Pete Winckler, ashi attended the reception given
.Patronize your
BAY. 7881
2356 W 4TH AVE.
Western Manager, put a new in honour of the conquering ski
605 E. Hastings St.
New Canadian Advertisers
champions, Gertie Wepsala and
JflWVW.MWIAWmWWt^^
WWWl«’» V
Lew Davis. Both had to sit in
front of the important hosts and
TRINITY 4822
felt “doggoned embarrassed,” so
MADE TO MEASURE
they say. Bus says that to take
sM
more than three bites from the
\ly
dainty canapes is an art for any
AND UP
FROM
g
skier to master.
Z;be
MORE THAN 500 NEW PATTERNS TO CHOOSE
501 £ Spicule A
FROM
Miss Hide Hyodo, well-known
<918
Nisei school-teacher and National
<j
deJ.C.C.L. executive, addressed the
^Bmonthly meeting of the Vancou
314 POWELL STREET
229
POWELL
ST,,
ver School of Art on “The
Theatre of Japan,” March 10.
/^J^iJ^/A%^^^WW^W/^^JWWJ M
Akiyama Scores
Only Try
Local Shufflers To Enter G.V.A.A.
Matsui Chosen League Head
HARRIES
CLOTHES SHOP
Interior Nisei
Wins Class B
B*C. Championship
Home Radio
s
Matsumiya & Nose Ltd
sers
THE SPORT CLOTHESLINE
THE NEW CANADIAN
Page 7
The New Mixed Doubles Champions
By WASHY
Nippons Lose
®<>,"”nfet
carefully. But Ute tunny
L ™ ?P theSe d”'s' T1”* with '"'-I of it wa* that Johnny him'
h‘’ST <HK‘ (lisal',iJohit-; self took the rap on the chin inpientsa in the Nisei sports world.:Mead of me.
, f] 3rSr ^le TeaPS
1 c5ic,n't meet up with him for
™h°n °fail The' p^ral days after the tourney.
S^ais, Bing Tanaka,; And no wonder! 'He was so
°C
.aSU' ami Yoshi Kozai, in, mortified that he kept walking
Lie semi-imals of the Vancouverj along the side alleys just to
Open Table Tennis Tournament; avoid meeting people.
I felt
took the wind out of our sails J
better after hearing that.
But the sensational victory of'. The
.Fairview basketbailers are
tyro Hiroshi Kagetsu over the Heeling a bit sheepish too. after
Te e>an Balderston provided some; the way they were so politely
como ation.
| shovecj Out of the playoffs by the
britamna
_ Secondly, the setback of the pl. & N. quintet. They’d been
Nippon
ggers at the hands of: mickpd to dust off M. & N. team
Feam to eke out a narrow 8-5
the Fx-Britaiinia fifteen was a ■ Li short order but look what hap
pretty bitter pill to swallow. But | pened instead. Teh! Tch!
in one of the most bitat least the Nippons gave the ex-|
Basket-bawling
high-schoolers a really good fmhd
the
Watching the Senior League
and gave the fans one of the sea-,
Division
second
games lately has been just as in
son’s best games.
ie
teresting as watching a couple of
Badminton Bouquets
octogenarians ploying checkers at
the outset of the encounter
Another badminton season
Stanlev Urk. Take the playoff
ody and Campbell wont over
has come and gone, leaving beHd
aames for instance. All that the
vo
quick
tries
foi;
Ex-Brilan
hmd a handful of bedraggled
1 n it
hoys seemed to be doing Lisa ti
play
all.
converting one of them to
shuttles and a net-full of sweet
memories.
Runners up in last year’s finals. Shige Okumura and Lucy Koya- make the score 8-0.
ln
marked
contrast
to
the
Following up their next kick-,
Now that the season is over.
nagi, came back by sheer grit and determination to win the Mixed
to
lackadaisical
playing
of
their
off. the Nippons carried ‘the
some mention should be made of
Doubles
Championship
from
astrong
field
of
contenders.
pigskin to the opponents’ twothe more outstanding players. big brothers, the Juniors have
been
providing
the
fans
with
bit
line.
Wakabayashi and
But I hesitate as I think of the
better
entertainment
than
even
Tsuji, aided by the scrum,’
flood of criticism that may swamp
for
Sally
Rand
herself,
fan
or
no
pushed the ball within striking
me. But the consequences of the
refan. Fan mah brow, they sure
distance, but it was only after
unwelcome task must be faced.
.een
some anxious moments that Joe
Well, here goes . . . Matt Matsui have packed all their playoff
cent
Akiyama finally scored. Wak
best player, Michi Ashikawa— encounters with thrills and
at
■snappy plays.
Climaxing a half year of activ- and Minoru Akiyama and Tommy abayashi converted to make the
best player, and last but not least
To tell the truth bouquets are ity, Nisei
Shige Okumura — best player
shuttiers' gathered at Iwasaki, winners of the men’s score 8-5.
forthcoming
to
the
Juniors for
After the interval the CightHT^’ (“ng
Phew, what a task!
I’m iustdoubles event were introduced
the
New
Pier
Cafe
for
the
preNippon fifteen drove steadily to mwringing wet from concentrating putting on the best game of the ■sentation of championship cups, amid e n th u si as ti c applause.
season.
The recent Fairviewward the Ex-B ri tannin line. But. •b,
so much.
G. V. A. A. LEAGUE
Marpole game with its three over March 11, amid an atmosphere of
time and time again, after reach mwas
decided
unanimously
Crystal Gazing
nd
time periods is still the talk of gaiety and camaraderie.
that a team be entered in the ing pay-dirt, inaccurate passingAs for making predictions., I the town.
by
After a hearty banquet, Dr.
Badminton League, lost them their chance to score. lamight be able to forecast the
Cagette Christening
E. C. Banno presented to Minoru A committee composed of team
Towards the dying moments of
weather better.
My beautiful
L.
Tn the last issue I tried to usurp Akiyama the magnificient J. C. captains was
left with the case the game the frantic Nippons 'eprophecies have given me the rep the position of Godfather to Mi
made rush after rush, but to no
utation of being the dizziest prog Akiyama’s cagett'es but there C. L. challenge trophy, won by of necessary details.
. nIn one hectic pa
Matt Matsui was elected avail.
nosticator. Well, I’m telling you seemed to be a little fuss about the Hokutokai team.
imusemeu\. .
Miniature cups were then pre league chairman for the next spree. to the i
that sport scribes just aren’t my beautiful concoctions. So, I’ve
of the crowd, Yosh Takabashi
sport scribes if they can make found a few more and here they sented to Rose Miyazaki, Swede season and was given a tre- passed
the ball to the referee. • ict
mendous
ovation
for his hard
Sawada, Dick Tomoda and Jeep
correct predictions.
are . . . Queen Esthers, Thalians, Inamoto, winners' of the B Class work in making the tournaments
Seen at the game . .
'ggros- our
My latest boner was that of a.c- Adelphians, Acettes, Co-eds, Les
the
great
success
that
they
sive
Ichii
Negoro,
who
played
a ver
claiming Johnny Tanaka and Amies, Archerettes, Loha Tohelas, mixed and men’s doubles tourna were.
marvellous game, leaping into the ^r.
ments respectively
Tomi Mizuzawa champions in the Pimpernels,
Warriorettes, and
air
to spear a wild pass in a. clear
After
the
meeting
the
feather
To the dismay of the shuttiers,
mixed shuttle tourney. It really Tartanettes. If you think these
the A Class awards were not able swatters continued their badmin run . . . Joe Akiyama breaking
1
wasn’t my fault. Somebody had names are impossible, take a look
to be presented. However, Lucy ton antics in more or less modi through The pack, only to ho
i'
washed my magic crystal and had at the Los Angeles Schedule.
Koyanagi and Shigeharu Okumura, fied form to the strains of music, robbed of a try by a lucky des ll
forgotten to wipe off the soap
perate grab by an Ex-Drithnnihr.
While on the subject of femin conquerors in the mixed doubles swing and sweet.
.1. . . bulky Toar Uyed^, .,*T>tkr/
ine
casaba-heavers
something
hipping his way through the m. „L.i
should be mentioned about their aspect on the team’s journey
. . . half a dozen Nippons ^^S'nafjj'^
ability, The lassies are coming when, in an interview he an
on to Larsen before downing hl f
along splendidly and already nounced that Westerns ‘hope to
show potentialities. But they’ve come to some understanding of
—^ngress
already adopted the boy’s charac- Japan’s social and economical
. questeristic rough and tumble tactics. problems.’
Bst
to
awniMniiw
Come to think of it how about
“‘The scenery in Japan will
teon of
Smart Clothes for Smart Tarzanettes, Mi?
appeal to all the fellows/ said
Fukuji Aida, native-born Nisei
RADIOS •’ disMr. Winckler . . . No doubt, no
skier
of
Smithers,
turned
in
a
bril
Westerns'
Tour
orkMen
doubt.
”
liant
performance
at
the
B.
C.
Ski
REFRIGERATORS
Concerning our write-up of the
jveBut after all, Reggie old man, Championships at Wells to win
Westerns
’
trip
to
Japan,
here
is
and
323 Powell Street
459 E. Hastings St.
an interesting paragraph taken you needn’t be so sarcastic even high honors in the Class B events.
The new B.C. Junior Ski champ
SE ymour 4121-—
from Rdg. Moir’s Column from though we did scoop the story.
High. 2132
ion
led
his
other
competitors
with
The
Westerns
finally
won
out
The News-Herald, February 25.
“That aggressive Japanese Hi the Inter-City League finals, a jump of 128 feet and won a
daily (?), the New Canadian, but we had to suffer some cup donated by a native-born
that scooped the town on the anxious moments. We hope they Cariboo Chinese Cafe Operator.
FLORIST
Western basketball team trip to clean up on Victoria Dominoes
Shinobu Higashi, New Canad
and
go
on
to
win
the
Dominion
Japan, came up with another
ian editor, spoke on the second
Engineers
beat yesterday with the an Championship again. Good luck generation problem to the Young
nouncement that the Club would to them.
H. INOUYE
People’s Society of Trinity Unit
Ski Socialites
leave for the Land of the Rising
ed Church, March 12.
Sun June 21 aboard the Hikawa
BOUQUETS. WREATHS. POTTED PLANTS
Bus Ohori and Walt Wakabay
High. 1660
Maru.
But Pete Winckler, ashi attended the reception given
.Patronize your
BAY. 7881
2356 W 4TH AVE.
Western Manager, put a new in honour of the conquering ski
605 E. Hastings St.
New Canadian Advertisers
champions, Gertie Wepsala and
JflWVW.MWIAWmWWt^^
WWWl«’» V
Lew Davis. Both had to sit in
front of the important hosts and
TRINITY 4822
felt “doggoned embarrassed,” so
MADE TO MEASURE
they say. Bus says that to take
sM
more than three bites from the
\ly
dainty canapes is an art for any
AND UP
FROM
g
skier to master.
Z;be
MORE THAN 500 NEW PATTERNS TO CHOOSE
501 £ Spicule A
FROM
Miss Hide Hyodo, well-known
<918
Nisei school-teacher and National
<j
deJ.C.C.L. executive, addressed the
^Bmonthly meeting of the Vancou
314 POWELL STREET
229
POWELL
ST,,
ver School of Art on “The
Theatre of Japan,” March 10.
/^J^iJ^/A%^^^WW^W/^^JWWJ M
Akiyama Scores
Only Try
Local Shufflers To Enter G.V.A.A.
Matsui Chosen League Head
HARRIES
CLOTHES SHOP
Interior Nisei
Wins Class B
B*C. Championship
Home Radio
s
Matsumiya & Nose Ltd
sers
Page 8
V
THE NEW CANADIAN
the nisei newspaper
. From the Los Angeles Rafu Shimpo
fn- - T'mP°ItailCC of tlle Press as the organ of expression
ri
'I
MARCH 15th 1939
Winners of the All-Canada Kendo
Tournament
Table Tennis Title
™«A1TS
emtoria! fronts of the Pacific
W k
T”8
of Nisei journals
tGT tef'eCte in the sober ™"8 °f comment and
tne arpeal.ance of two new publications since the turn
or tne year.
i
J a!kTuvcr, British Columbia, "rising from the
New
°-mCr sccond generation newspapers,” "The
CanaclhnHN’1^ n .SGnB’TontW publication, is serving
Hon
Wd H1 their Campai^n
political recoil-
V
^J
.matured tone of its editorial voice
r
I AmericaT'J'T with thc allthwitatiw JapaneseHirieucan Courier of Seattle.
H
IdkionhTT /WT J'5 w^k welcomed the newest adX'T. A hc “T?- fa""ly Of Nisei J°wnalistia in the Ja?g oh ”2
or’a,so
ei8ht-page tabloid app“noNtT
ti
V
r
1
A
3
bu-loh X / r ,oTgCr and “S w'etShty in editorial
ItnkT f N •
Canadian counterpart, the Mirror, joins the
janks of Nisei institutions which of necessity arc thrust into
|he foreltont as organs of community service.
Front Row:
Matsubara.
t^ » £
C.L. Kendo DivSou
ter J.C.C.L. President
ANTHONY
T.
iro-
a
anttaare
: o,
iki,
the
"Got no gal, got no pal to keep me company,
Only got the funny old hills singing along with me.”
Greetings I'tiends—You arc listen munity enjoyed listening
will
dly
)oy
)oy
for
pel
Hokutokai Dance
Hokutokai will hold a dance
at the Peter Pan Ballroom, April
6, the day preceding the Good
Friday holiday, states Mas Shi
mada. Further details wll be an
nounced later.
In Kendo Tournament
KOBAYASHI
iss
da,
Mo
—a
the
les
.ra.
The. smooth and steady playing
of Yoichi Kato was an outstand
ing feature of the final series.
Hiige
Onizuka’s
spectacular
comeback provided the thrill of
the evening.
^ oichi Kato,
uki Uno and
—Fujiwara Studios.
Shige
Onizuka
compose
the
championship team. Players on
the Hompa team were “Squash”
L^T’
StCTesl™ J C- Lyeda, Kazuo Tanaka, and No
boru Nosue.
’
° Hn ayama’ Steveson Chap-
Steveston Makes Clean Sweep
VOICE OF THE OGOPOGO
BY
,
its
igs
tor
na
rrat
Playing a cautious and wary
game, the Mikado Juniors became
the first winners of the Henry
Martin & Sons Challenge Cup,
symbolic of leadership in the
newiy formed Japanese Table
Tennis Junior League by defeating the Hompa team in two sessions by the score of 11-7.
The first series in the best out
of twenty' games was won, 6-4
by the .Mikado team at the Mikado
Club headquarters on the 5th.
!
SMOOTH PLAY
invariTb^ClH
°f a”y M'ty '” the Nisei ranks,
F™I l
h brought into play the instrumentality of the
English seefons. edited by Nisei for Nisei readers.
5
D
YOICHI KATO STARS
°"S b“n reco8nlzed bY our responsible
leaders
I
Mikados Win
be
iko
:ers
i a
zes,
her
Iori
overflowing.
to Lily
ing to the Voice of Ogopogo, coming Washimoto’s radio recital on Febru- of seasoned wood on seasoned w3 mCn “'' the d“h
I
3 <0
•liicct from my favourite haunts in ary
WTS ‘p0"^111
LowirMXdpteed
To Ogopogo himself, it
Be waters of beautiful Lake Okanseemed good to hear a familiar voice
Bgin.
again. May we have more oppor
co., LTD.
n ly P
tunities
of
hearing
you?
Garden of Eden of
mg, March 11.
Saturday evenTRinity 1076
^', ‘‘ I bask tn the same sunshine
Although Miss Washimoto's re
’’ :at- makes apples redder and life uku
Displaying amazing speed and
cital was uroaacasc
broadcast over the C.
C.B.C.
d.C £
•
2-33 Alexander Sires!
better. 1 he blue skies above, the national network, unfortunately’r^^
agility, diminutive Shigeo Mat
warm playful breezes, the glorious many interior listeners missed the
suba outfenced 40 contestants
songs of Nature's feathered sub programmc. Since reception from
to win the Junior Championship
jects, ail hail the approach of CBK is poor in the interior, everyone
Cup offered some years ago by
TOU
Spring. What a setting from which relics on local stations, all of which,
the Steveston Young Men’s As
finest cakes
STA
anything likely to happen sociation.
the old whisnered Sea Serpent can however, carried a commercial pro
form chart” dopesters
pick
bioadcast his news and views twice gramme at that particular time.
In the senior d 'vision, Steveston
Ernies to win the Senior Japanese again triumphed when Masao
nimbly!
Consequently nobody here heard
^^'idit's Broadcast opens with Miss Washimoto unless they knew of Basketball Champ-onMiip, when Hayashi survived a field of thirty
they tangle with the M. & N. quin contestants to win the Steveston
OLi?stion: What will the Winfield the programme beforehand and pur
ngDkanagan Centre Niseis do for posely tuned in CBR. To The New tet in a final best-of-five series Japanese Association Cup.
■starting March 15. in the Japanese
The final climax to an evening
m.tion now that skating season Canadian, the Japanese residents here G-ym.
ot
Steveston victories was the
-cr- Nightly the brilliantly il- take off their hats for giving us ad
Ernies with Joe Akiyama as the triumph of Moriharu Taniuye in ‘
• |aled ice surface of the Winfield vance information.
nucleus
ot the team have the best capturing the newly donated Neng Club's new rink proved an
* * *
balanced five. Jeep Inamoto, the H 1Chi ChaIlenge CTP’ symbolic of
M Ktve rendezvous for the Niseis,
Nisei Swing Leader — Normie comparative green horn in the the All-Canada Kendo Yudansha
hued as if all the young JapaBrown's
(Ogasawara) Genial Gentle casaba racket, gangling Alike To- supremacy.
I
[ h'te there, gliding to the rhvthm
at centre, and rangy Tommv
Presentations were made by
^trauss and Sousa. By the way. men of Swing opened at the new bo
Nobuoka make up a fXard line
Blue^
Room
of
the
Fountain
Lunch
Mr. Y. Akune. Four Steveston
cO-ne Hen-nc please go there
in
Vernon,
Saturday
evening,
March
lard
to
beat.
Ide
Idenouye
and
boys, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Kag obtain material for her column?
Joe
Akiyama,
both
playing
headsZUO Tarumoto, Kinichi Katsumi,
*
*
*
up
basketball
all
season,
form
a
prescription specialists
The
popularity
of
this
versatile
and Nobuo Matsubara were
fsi
|y-"’i«-CcnW Niseis form a Nisei swing orchestra leader is grow water-tW defence that has con awarded certificates for perfect
g? Group ro make ., study of ing by leaps and bounds, with all tinually fooled opponents.
*
*
*
attendance during the whole
sei welfare problems. Issei-Nisei the jitter-bugs in this famous hockey
HP
year.
© Waterman Pens
The M. & N. quintet is a oneHof
Fims
alHc.d snbf»s. with
town all demanding more of Nor- man team staking all their chips ATT0 ?**■»*»“*> Steveston
® Imported Toiletries
in view of organizing a local mic's hot swing music.
on ubiquitous Shige Ashikawa. J.C.C.L. president, acted as chair“
association.
Ogopogo hopes to obtain
® Kodak Supplies
in- Outside the high-scoring George man. tor the tournament. The
’.KPH flTsc meeting was held March terview soon with the Nisei'san own
aizuki. little other support can opening address was delivered by
*
*. *
7, at the.home of Mr. and Mrs. K. benny Goodman, after which more be
expected for the offence, ; -Furukawa, head of the Educa
Kobayashi. when Niseis gathered to
W11 be forthcoming regarding ^awada and Korepaga, sterling tional Committee.
Phone & Mail Orders filled prompt|y
speak on various problems, to read this Vernon boy's musical activities" defense men, lack the necessary
carefully prepared papers and to hold watch for it. folks!
scoring punch.
Patronize your
;Sey. 7502
399 Powell St.
a general discussion. Regular month
*
A
*
New
Canadian
Advertisers
J unions
ly meetings are planned and enthusi
As lor the coming Junior finals
asm is at a high pitch.
r— I he sunset hues
the
evenly balanced League perreplace the ■ skies of blue, dark
*
*
i
shadows will soon fall on the rip- foimanee of Marpole and Beavers
congratulations—to the Kelleave the
fos Marpling waters of my favourite pole,
.'
.dopesters in a- -T.
Wna
Nisei
Club
upon
their
orfrom the upset con
52U &
haunts. Time ha. come tor me to quest fresh
of Eairview and Steveston
wization and them inauguration
sup once more MMz Renoir.” Be in the
playoff encounters, are conremony held March
Direct Importers of Jap3nese
It is
Provisions and Curios
With
you
again
ceded
a
good
chance
to
dust
off
with
move
news
a tit tying to note tha t communities
for better trade RELATIONS
nu views (if the good Editor will the League Leaders.
m Kelowna and Okanagan Centre
But Basketball .fans will be kept
Till then, k cep smiling
ITTILLU ■ hL|p
buy JAPANESE GOODS
beginning to organize after a
on
their
toes
throughout
the
ser
The
Voir
e of Ogopogo has
g period or inactivity.
'tone nsi J '
come
to
you
through
the facilitues ies wondering which team will
* *
Seymour 2933
make the grade. Enthusiasts can
f^n ofyicc ■
ladio—-Residents of this com- ot the New Canadian Broadcasting look forward to bang-up battles
109 Powell Street
Rights 1076 M>^\ ji
System,
in both leagues.
Taiyg PRifmnG
nne
ianken
Jni.usi-give
rOYOUred
‘ In Cage Finals
li
Sumiyoshi
392 Powell St.
■?gs
St
POWELL
Drug Co
^^ V-llil
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VANCOUVER, B. C.
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THE NEW CANADIAN
the nisei newspaper
. From the Los Angeles Rafu Shimpo
fn- - T'mP°ItailCC of tlle Press as the organ of expression
ri
'I
MARCH 15th 1939
Winners of the All-Canada Kendo
Tournament
Table Tennis Title
™«A1TS
emtoria! fronts of the Pacific
W k
T”8
of Nisei journals
tGT tef'eCte in the sober ™"8 °f comment and
tne arpeal.ance of two new publications since the turn
or tne year.
i
J a!kTuvcr, British Columbia, "rising from the
New
°-mCr sccond generation newspapers,” "The
CanaclhnHN’1^ n .SGnB’TontW publication, is serving
Hon
Wd H1 their Campai^n
political recoil-
V
^J
.matured tone of its editorial voice
r
I AmericaT'J'T with thc allthwitatiw JapaneseHirieucan Courier of Seattle.
H
IdkionhTT /WT J'5 w^k welcomed the newest adX'T. A hc “T?- fa""ly Of Nisei J°wnalistia in the Ja?g oh ”2
or’a,so
ei8ht-page tabloid app“noNtT
ti
V
r
1
A
3
bu-loh X / r ,oTgCr and “S w'etShty in editorial
ItnkT f N •
Canadian counterpart, the Mirror, joins the
janks of Nisei institutions which of necessity arc thrust into
|he foreltont as organs of community service.
Front Row:
Matsubara.
t^ » £
C.L. Kendo DivSou
ter J.C.C.L. President
ANTHONY
T.
iro-
a
anttaare
: o,
iki,
the
"Got no gal, got no pal to keep me company,
Only got the funny old hills singing along with me.”
Greetings I'tiends—You arc listen munity enjoyed listening
will
dly
)oy
)oy
for
pel
Hokutokai Dance
Hokutokai will hold a dance
at the Peter Pan Ballroom, April
6, the day preceding the Good
Friday holiday, states Mas Shi
mada. Further details wll be an
nounced later.
In Kendo Tournament
KOBAYASHI
iss
da,
Mo
—a
the
les
.ra.
The. smooth and steady playing
of Yoichi Kato was an outstand
ing feature of the final series.
Hiige
Onizuka’s
spectacular
comeback provided the thrill of
the evening.
^ oichi Kato,
uki Uno and
—Fujiwara Studios.
Shige
Onizuka
compose
the
championship team. Players on
the Hompa team were “Squash”
L^T’
StCTesl™ J C- Lyeda, Kazuo Tanaka, and No
boru Nosue.
’
° Hn ayama’ Steveson Chap-
Steveston Makes Clean Sweep
VOICE OF THE OGOPOGO
BY
,
its
igs
tor
na
rrat
Playing a cautious and wary
game, the Mikado Juniors became
the first winners of the Henry
Martin & Sons Challenge Cup,
symbolic of leadership in the
newiy formed Japanese Table
Tennis Junior League by defeating the Hompa team in two sessions by the score of 11-7.
The first series in the best out
of twenty' games was won, 6-4
by the .Mikado team at the Mikado
Club headquarters on the 5th.
!
SMOOTH PLAY
invariTb^ClH
°f a”y M'ty '” the Nisei ranks,
F™I l
h brought into play the instrumentality of the
English seefons. edited by Nisei for Nisei readers.
5
D
YOICHI KATO STARS
°"S b“n reco8nlzed bY our responsible
leaders
I
Mikados Win
be
iko
:ers
i a
zes,
her
Iori
overflowing.
to Lily
ing to the Voice of Ogopogo, coming Washimoto’s radio recital on Febru- of seasoned wood on seasoned w3 mCn “'' the d“h
I
3 <0
•liicct from my favourite haunts in ary
WTS ‘p0"^111
LowirMXdpteed
To Ogopogo himself, it
Be waters of beautiful Lake Okanseemed good to hear a familiar voice
Bgin.
again. May we have more oppor
co., LTD.
n ly P
tunities
of
hearing
you?
Garden of Eden of
mg, March 11.
Saturday evenTRinity 1076
^', ‘‘ I bask tn the same sunshine
Although Miss Washimoto's re
’’ :at- makes apples redder and life uku
Displaying amazing speed and
cital was uroaacasc
broadcast over the C.
C.B.C.
d.C £
•
2-33 Alexander Sires!
better. 1 he blue skies above, the national network, unfortunately’r^^
agility, diminutive Shigeo Mat
warm playful breezes, the glorious many interior listeners missed the
suba outfenced 40 contestants
songs of Nature's feathered sub programmc. Since reception from
to win the Junior Championship
jects, ail hail the approach of CBK is poor in the interior, everyone
Cup offered some years ago by
TOU
Spring. What a setting from which relics on local stations, all of which,
the Steveston Young Men’s As
finest cakes
STA
anything likely to happen sociation.
the old whisnered Sea Serpent can however, carried a commercial pro
form chart” dopesters
pick
bioadcast his news and views twice gramme at that particular time.
In the senior d 'vision, Steveston
Ernies to win the Senior Japanese again triumphed when Masao
nimbly!
Consequently nobody here heard
^^'idit's Broadcast opens with Miss Washimoto unless they knew of Basketball Champ-onMiip, when Hayashi survived a field of thirty
they tangle with the M. & N. quin contestants to win the Steveston
OLi?stion: What will the Winfield the programme beforehand and pur
ngDkanagan Centre Niseis do for posely tuned in CBR. To The New tet in a final best-of-five series Japanese Association Cup.
■starting March 15. in the Japanese
The final climax to an evening
m.tion now that skating season Canadian, the Japanese residents here G-ym.
ot
Steveston victories was the
-cr- Nightly the brilliantly il- take off their hats for giving us ad
Ernies with Joe Akiyama as the triumph of Moriharu Taniuye in ‘
• |aled ice surface of the Winfield vance information.
nucleus
ot the team have the best capturing the newly donated Neng Club's new rink proved an
* * *
balanced five. Jeep Inamoto, the H 1Chi ChaIlenge CTP’ symbolic of
M Ktve rendezvous for the Niseis,
Nisei Swing Leader — Normie comparative green horn in the the All-Canada Kendo Yudansha
hued as if all the young JapaBrown's
(Ogasawara) Genial Gentle casaba racket, gangling Alike To- supremacy.
I
[ h'te there, gliding to the rhvthm
at centre, and rangy Tommv
Presentations were made by
^trauss and Sousa. By the way. men of Swing opened at the new bo
Nobuoka make up a fXard line
Blue^
Room
of
the
Fountain
Lunch
Mr. Y. Akune. Four Steveston
cO-ne Hen-nc please go there
in
Vernon,
Saturday
evening,
March
lard
to
beat.
Ide
Idenouye
and
boys, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Kag obtain material for her column?
Joe
Akiyama,
both
playing
headsZUO Tarumoto, Kinichi Katsumi,
*
*
*
up
basketball
all
season,
form
a
prescription specialists
The
popularity
of
this
versatile
and Nobuo Matsubara were
fsi
|y-"’i«-CcnW Niseis form a Nisei swing orchestra leader is grow water-tW defence that has con awarded certificates for perfect
g? Group ro make ., study of ing by leaps and bounds, with all tinually fooled opponents.
*
*
*
attendance during the whole
sei welfare problems. Issei-Nisei the jitter-bugs in this famous hockey
HP
year.
© Waterman Pens
The M. & N. quintet is a oneHof
Fims
alHc.d snbf»s. with
town all demanding more of Nor- man team staking all their chips ATT0 ?**■»*»“*> Steveston
® Imported Toiletries
in view of organizing a local mic's hot swing music.
on ubiquitous Shige Ashikawa. J.C.C.L. president, acted as chair“
association.
Ogopogo hopes to obtain
® Kodak Supplies
in- Outside the high-scoring George man. tor the tournament. The
’.KPH flTsc meeting was held March terview soon with the Nisei'san own
aizuki. little other support can opening address was delivered by
*
*. *
7, at the.home of Mr. and Mrs. K. benny Goodman, after which more be
expected for the offence, ; -Furukawa, head of the Educa
Kobayashi. when Niseis gathered to
W11 be forthcoming regarding ^awada and Korepaga, sterling tional Committee.
Phone & Mail Orders filled prompt|y
speak on various problems, to read this Vernon boy's musical activities" defense men, lack the necessary
carefully prepared papers and to hold watch for it. folks!
scoring punch.
Patronize your
;Sey. 7502
399 Powell St.
a general discussion. Regular month
*
A
*
New
Canadian
Advertisers
J unions
ly meetings are planned and enthusi
As lor the coming Junior finals
asm is at a high pitch.
r— I he sunset hues
the
evenly balanced League perreplace the ■ skies of blue, dark
*
*
i
shadows will soon fall on the rip- foimanee of Marpole and Beavers
congratulations—to the Kelleave the
fos Marpling waters of my favourite pole,
.'
.dopesters in a- -T.
Wna
Nisei
Club
upon
their
orfrom the upset con
52U &
haunts. Time ha. come tor me to quest fresh
of Eairview and Steveston
wization and them inauguration
sup once more MMz Renoir.” Be in the
playoff encounters, are conremony held March
Direct Importers of Jap3nese
It is
Provisions and Curios
With
you
again
ceded
a
good
chance
to
dust
off
with
move
news
a tit tying to note tha t communities
for better trade RELATIONS
nu views (if the good Editor will the League Leaders.
m Kelowna and Okanagan Centre
But Basketball .fans will be kept
Till then, k cep smiling
ITTILLU ■ hL|p
buy JAPANESE GOODS
beginning to organize after a
on
their
toes
throughout
the
ser
The
Voir
e of Ogopogo has
g period or inactivity.
'tone nsi J '
come
to
you
through
the facilitues ies wondering which team will
* *
Seymour 2933
make the grade. Enthusiasts can
f^n ofyicc ■
ladio—-Residents of this com- ot the New Canadian Broadcasting look forward to bang-up battles
109 Powell Street
Rights 1076 M>^\ ji
System,
in both leagues.
Taiyg PRifmnG
nne
ianken
Jni.usi-give
rOYOUred
‘ In Cage Finals
li
Sumiyoshi
392 Powell St.
■?gs
St
POWELL
Drug Co
^^ V-llil
VAN* |
• •..erf
VANCOUVER, B. C.
am,
A
1
Li
7'
To
o
I
M
f
T