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e New Canadian
VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
VOL. Ill,
NO
e^.X*^
Weekly
National JCCL Meets
Whirligig
W Cross Speaker
At JCCL Concert
*
- -
The National’ txecutive of the Japanese Canadian Citizens League
told its monthly meeting Sunday, January 14, at the Nippon Club.!
ted to come up for discussion are definite plans for following .up L,
che piogram outlined at the last meeting, and recommendations addatsdlNlSeiS P 6a.till*d In
ar the National Convention,
’
i
By A. Y.
& 3
ere is a strong tendency for
many a Nisei to develop a certain
inferiority complex.
i Mammoth Program
Too often they have had some
Unanimously adopting
reso
om Shovama, will:
r
.
ore point out to them the neces lution to donate
sum of $30C ■ meet tne team from St. Andrews-Wesley Church, January
14,
at
JOO:
1,1
7
CWof
iN
Lift
that a
sity for complete assimilation at to the Department of National J
Gt । be Bipcr-colossi
tlie expense of severing all contacts Defence, the Ocean Falls “Jichi-: p.m. at St. Andrews-Wesley, in the second round of the Young People's!
Union
debate
tournament.
"
J
concert
that
M
with things Japanese. Some go so Kai” (Japanese Association) at
:e Nisei team will take the negative of the resolution, "Resolved R he J a
far as to take an apologetic attitude its twenty-third annual meeting
2 nations should adopt a policy of free trade in time of peace." I January
| before other Canadians, just be- joined the ever-growing number ;
under the spon^emse 'they've been born with black of Japanese Canadian organic- •
Nisei Military Band Secures Instruments
the Vancouver
Mluir and brown eyes.
tions which have been taking Otis i
With the funds secured from their raffle, members of the recently
c JCCL will be
I
I have had occasion to meet with step to contribute toward the: rgamzed Nisei Military Band have made the first payments upon diverted to the coflers of the
several people, Occidental Can nation's war effort.
'struments, and are now holding practices twice a week.
War Chest
eHorts are
adians, who entertain very differ
A casement room at the London Hotel, corner or Georgia and
The raising of the funds will
bdnq
mack
ent opinions on this subject. One be entrusted to the newly- ; w.am, has been secured at a nominal charge, where the musicians
particular married couple I have in elected executive of the Asso- : ere ;t Laerty to make all the noise they want.
mind, reside in a district where ciation, headed
y come to address
organizer, Dick Nishino, is highly op
they are in very close contact with Okabe, re-elected by Sakuma I: timistic concerning th future of the band.
president, i
Within three months, he I| a few words to the audience.
Japanese Canadians.
dec
BIG PROGRAM
and Masaji Takiwa, vice-presi- ?
es, the band will be playing easy pieces, and within six months I
will
Ollier
plans for the big event
dent.
e able to tackle really good band music.
Our Heritage
are rapidly nearing
American Colonel Becomes Buddhist Priest
The lady's gentle voice comes
Tlie meeting held late
com lotion
At a committee
back to me now, just after reading month under the chairmanship of ■
Kyoto, Japan.—5.
S. A. White, 53, who fought in the World War
Tuesday evening.
the Province of a few days ago.
I. Uchida, heard encouraging re- • as a lieutenant-colonel with the American Expeditionary Force in France
1
Oka
warn
in charge of the
"in your desire to become
ports of progress from secretary • was formally inducted as a priest of the Nishi Hongwanji temple here
• lam p<csen(ed a fairly com
D. ic diati of thirty odd items that
Canadian citizens, you must not J. Nihei and treasurer K. Goto. I last week.
Born in the United States he joined the American
forget your rich cultural heri~ —i army in his | fill up the bill of entertainment
Presented as entertainment at I
youth.
The
various
incidents
that
occurred
during
and after the war । for this “Evening of Music and
tage.
the meeting was a movie bv j
left
him
a
sad
thinker,
confronted
with
many
complicated
problems.
"You Niseis have inherited an Shinkosha.
He found his consolation in Buddhism eight years ago.
artistic nature. Let me tell you
|nmg’s presentation is the offerot one instance. I noticed that my
I ing by the combined efforts of the
Nisei maid was very adept at ar। Hompa. Gakuyukai and Meiwa
ranging flowers, and I encouraged
i Gakuen Harmoniea Bands under
her to enter a floral contest with
the skilled baton Of popular
other Canadians. To everybody's
[
“
Maestro” Roy Kumano.
surprise, her friends' in particular,
From the first item right
she won first prize.
down the list to the concluding
"Then there is the traditional
number, a specialty by the KitJapanese courtesy which you should
silano Girls’ Dancing Troupe,
live up to. I notice that no matter
a galaxy of rising Nisei stars
what rank of society they belong to,
and starlets will run the entire
tne Japanese are uncommonly
। gamut of entertainment.
courteous and polite.
I
BACKSTAGE
I _ All the details of sdage produci ou shouldn't belittle these
things or think they have no
jtion from the designing, construc
meaning
tion and setting up of the scenery
For just as the fragrance of roses adds to their
and backdrops down to the handl
beauty, so do these personal at
ing of the minuest stage property
tributes add to the meaning and
is being looked after by (he cap
richness of daily life.
Canad
able. resourceful ami hard-workians are wont to be too brusque,
mg members of the Gakuyukai.
St age-hands', prop-men and tech
too matter-of-fact, too bruitish
nicians (Yoshio Matsui taking
in their attitude.
full charge of the lighting effects)
In these two things alone,- you
are being recruited from the ranks
have ^something of infinite value,
ol the organization.
sometning that you must not forget
Attention is being drawn to the
even in your desire to become Can
fact that th? concert will start at
adian . . ."
6.GO sharp, Sunday evening. Janu, ,,
r
...
Japanese, Korean, Mancha ary AS, to permit an early closing.
A Tear For Butterfield
and Mongolian—lS the guiding principle of Manchoukuo’s administration as depicted in the mural paintine
It s not every Nisei who has the in 'he State Conned Building.
opportunity to interpret the cul
ture of old Japan, not every Nisei
Hn
can absorb these few outstanding
if? I a 6
things, and pass them on to his
more intimate Canadian friends.
Of course, there will be some
who will wilfully misinterpret
such actions, but their voices will
be but hollow mockery, if the
Nisei shows an undeniable sin
cerity and courage.
By Our Quizzing Reporter
WAR DONATION
Vancouvw Japanese Cleaners'
Ass n yesterday handed Mayor
Telford a $300 cheque, payable
to the Dominion treasury, to as
sist in the prosecution of the war.
Accompanying the contribution
was a letter which said:
"We
are desirous of expressing, through
you, to the Government of Canada
our deep appreciation of the strug
gle which is being carried on by
the British Empire for the pre
servation of democratic principles
and the protection of human
liberties.
Last Monday, your reporter hied!be formal study, or just from see- Japan as it really is. I don't know
rlnrl/ .ion
himself rlown
down M
to the T.orminnl
Terminal dock
। ng and doing. For instance: Mit- hew long I'll stay there.
where the Trans-Pacific liner, Hie 'uko Yoneda, Steveston; "I'm in
R. Yoshida, Prince Rupert, has
Maru was berthed, ready to sail for tending to continue my studies,
the Orient; and interviewed some especially in the Japanese language. something of the same idea: "Just
going for a visit, I haven't been to
And H. Mitsui, Coquitlam: "Just to Japan yet, so I thought I would like
Mr., James Butterfield, probably of the Nisei passengers.
* * *
broaden my education. I've finish- to see the country and its people.
B. C. s best known columnist, for
ed my high school, but I think it's I'll be returning in a few months."
The Quiz?
instance, commented with mild
sarcasm on an article pertaining to
A simple juestion, "Why are you necessary to know some Japanese,
And likewise with Yoshiko Hir
an aspect of Japanese culture that going to Japan?", brought forth too."
ota, Vancouver: "I feel | would like
And Tom Kcsegawa, Britannia:
appeared in the New Year issue of these answers.
Some of the answers were not tQ 9° to Japan to see everything
1 he New Canadian.
"Dad wants me to go back to the
quite so definite. Masako Shira for myself.
The Comeback!
- ' L But even though it's old country after all these years,
At first his sarcastic digs amused
kawa, Steveston: "My parents think
Education of some kind seems I should get some Japanese educa to be just a short stay, I feel as if so I'm just accompanying him. I'll
Hne. But when I thought of the
I'm being torn away from my be back in a few months.
attitude of the lady from whom I to be the chief reason, whether it tion, and personally I want to see friends.
have quoted, and later, when bread
But S. Shiko, Steveston, has
ajetter from Montreal in the column
something worth considering: "I'm
A New Canadian Short
O' this issue, I felt positively sorry
off for a short visit to see my
'Or Mr. Butterfield for his cynical
relatives and friends, and perhaps
outlook on things,
may bump into the Mrs. Shiko-tobe."
HCpI^
THE YEARS ARE SO LONG
e New Canadian
VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
VOL. Ill,
NO
e^.X*^
Weekly
National JCCL Meets
Whirligig
W Cross Speaker
At JCCL Concert
*
- -
The National’ txecutive of the Japanese Canadian Citizens League
told its monthly meeting Sunday, January 14, at the Nippon Club.!
ted to come up for discussion are definite plans for following .up L,
che piogram outlined at the last meeting, and recommendations addatsdlNlSeiS P 6a.till*d In
ar the National Convention,
’
i
By A. Y.
& 3
ere is a strong tendency for
many a Nisei to develop a certain
inferiority complex.
i Mammoth Program
Too often they have had some
Unanimously adopting
reso
om Shovama, will:
r
.
ore point out to them the neces lution to donate
sum of $30C ■ meet tne team from St. Andrews-Wesley Church, January
14,
at
JOO:
1,1
7
CWof
iN
Lift
that a
sity for complete assimilation at to the Department of National J
Gt । be Bipcr-colossi
tlie expense of severing all contacts Defence, the Ocean Falls “Jichi-: p.m. at St. Andrews-Wesley, in the second round of the Young People's!
Union
debate
tournament.
"
J
concert
that
M
with things Japanese. Some go so Kai” (Japanese Association) at
:e Nisei team will take the negative of the resolution, "Resolved R he J a
far as to take an apologetic attitude its twenty-third annual meeting
2 nations should adopt a policy of free trade in time of peace." I January
| before other Canadians, just be- joined the ever-growing number ;
under the spon^emse 'they've been born with black of Japanese Canadian organic- •
Nisei Military Band Secures Instruments
the Vancouver
Mluir and brown eyes.
tions which have been taking Otis i
With the funds secured from their raffle, members of the recently
c JCCL will be
I
I have had occasion to meet with step to contribute toward the: rgamzed Nisei Military Band have made the first payments upon diverted to the coflers of the
several people, Occidental Can nation's war effort.
'struments, and are now holding practices twice a week.
War Chest
eHorts are
adians, who entertain very differ
A casement room at the London Hotel, corner or Georgia and
The raising of the funds will
bdnq
mack
ent opinions on this subject. One be entrusted to the newly- ; w.am, has been secured at a nominal charge, where the musicians
particular married couple I have in elected executive of the Asso- : ere ;t Laerty to make all the noise they want.
mind, reside in a district where ciation, headed
y come to address
organizer, Dick Nishino, is highly op
they are in very close contact with Okabe, re-elected by Sakuma I: timistic concerning th future of the band.
president, i
Within three months, he I| a few words to the audience.
Japanese Canadians.
dec
BIG PROGRAM
and Masaji Takiwa, vice-presi- ?
es, the band will be playing easy pieces, and within six months I
will
Ollier
plans for the big event
dent.
e able to tackle really good band music.
Our Heritage
are rapidly nearing
American Colonel Becomes Buddhist Priest
The lady's gentle voice comes
Tlie meeting held late
com lotion
At a committee
back to me now, just after reading month under the chairmanship of ■
Kyoto, Japan.—5.
S. A. White, 53, who fought in the World War
Tuesday evening.
the Province of a few days ago.
I. Uchida, heard encouraging re- • as a lieutenant-colonel with the American Expeditionary Force in France
1
Oka
warn
in charge of the
"in your desire to become
ports of progress from secretary • was formally inducted as a priest of the Nishi Hongwanji temple here
• lam p<csen(ed a fairly com
D. ic diati of thirty odd items that
Canadian citizens, you must not J. Nihei and treasurer K. Goto. I last week.
Born in the United States he joined the American
forget your rich cultural heri~ —i army in his | fill up the bill of entertainment
Presented as entertainment at I
youth.
The
various
incidents
that
occurred
during
and after the war । for this “Evening of Music and
tage.
the meeting was a movie bv j
left
him
a
sad
thinker,
confronted
with
many
complicated
problems.
"You Niseis have inherited an Shinkosha.
He found his consolation in Buddhism eight years ago.
artistic nature. Let me tell you
|nmg’s presentation is the offerot one instance. I noticed that my
I ing by the combined efforts of the
Nisei maid was very adept at ar। Hompa. Gakuyukai and Meiwa
ranging flowers, and I encouraged
i Gakuen Harmoniea Bands under
her to enter a floral contest with
the skilled baton Of popular
other Canadians. To everybody's
[
“
Maestro” Roy Kumano.
surprise, her friends' in particular,
From the first item right
she won first prize.
down the list to the concluding
"Then there is the traditional
number, a specialty by the KitJapanese courtesy which you should
silano Girls’ Dancing Troupe,
live up to. I notice that no matter
a galaxy of rising Nisei stars
what rank of society they belong to,
and starlets will run the entire
tne Japanese are uncommonly
। gamut of entertainment.
courteous and polite.
I
BACKSTAGE
I _ All the details of sdage produci ou shouldn't belittle these
things or think they have no
jtion from the designing, construc
meaning
tion and setting up of the scenery
For just as the fragrance of roses adds to their
and backdrops down to the handl
beauty, so do these personal at
ing of the minuest stage property
tributes add to the meaning and
is being looked after by (he cap
richness of daily life.
Canad
able. resourceful ami hard-workians are wont to be too brusque,
mg members of the Gakuyukai.
St age-hands', prop-men and tech
too matter-of-fact, too bruitish
nicians (Yoshio Matsui taking
in their attitude.
full charge of the lighting effects)
In these two things alone,- you
are being recruited from the ranks
have ^something of infinite value,
ol the organization.
sometning that you must not forget
Attention is being drawn to the
even in your desire to become Can
fact that th? concert will start at
adian . . ."
6.GO sharp, Sunday evening. Janu, ,,
r
...
Japanese, Korean, Mancha ary AS, to permit an early closing.
A Tear For Butterfield
and Mongolian—lS the guiding principle of Manchoukuo’s administration as depicted in the mural paintine
It s not every Nisei who has the in 'he State Conned Building.
opportunity to interpret the cul
ture of old Japan, not every Nisei
Hn
can absorb these few outstanding
if? I a 6
things, and pass them on to his
more intimate Canadian friends.
Of course, there will be some
who will wilfully misinterpret
such actions, but their voices will
be but hollow mockery, if the
Nisei shows an undeniable sin
cerity and courage.
By Our Quizzing Reporter
WAR DONATION
Vancouvw Japanese Cleaners'
Ass n yesterday handed Mayor
Telford a $300 cheque, payable
to the Dominion treasury, to as
sist in the prosecution of the war.
Accompanying the contribution
was a letter which said:
"We
are desirous of expressing, through
you, to the Government of Canada
our deep appreciation of the strug
gle which is being carried on by
the British Empire for the pre
servation of democratic principles
and the protection of human
liberties.
Last Monday, your reporter hied!be formal study, or just from see- Japan as it really is. I don't know
rlnrl/ .ion
himself rlown
down M
to the T.orminnl
Terminal dock
। ng and doing. For instance: Mit- hew long I'll stay there.
where the Trans-Pacific liner, Hie 'uko Yoneda, Steveston; "I'm in
R. Yoshida, Prince Rupert, has
Maru was berthed, ready to sail for tending to continue my studies,
the Orient; and interviewed some especially in the Japanese language. something of the same idea: "Just
going for a visit, I haven't been to
And H. Mitsui, Coquitlam: "Just to Japan yet, so I thought I would like
Mr., James Butterfield, probably of the Nisei passengers.
* * *
broaden my education. I've finish- to see the country and its people.
B. C. s best known columnist, for
ed my high school, but I think it's I'll be returning in a few months."
The Quiz?
instance, commented with mild
sarcasm on an article pertaining to
A simple juestion, "Why are you necessary to know some Japanese,
And likewise with Yoshiko Hir
an aspect of Japanese culture that going to Japan?", brought forth too."
ota, Vancouver: "I feel | would like
And Tom Kcsegawa, Britannia:
appeared in the New Year issue of these answers.
Some of the answers were not tQ 9° to Japan to see everything
1 he New Canadian.
"Dad wants me to go back to the
quite so definite. Masako Shira for myself.
The Comeback!
- ' L But even though it's old country after all these years,
At first his sarcastic digs amused
kawa, Steveston: "My parents think
Education of some kind seems I should get some Japanese educa to be just a short stay, I feel as if so I'm just accompanying him. I'll
Hne. But when I thought of the
I'm being torn away from my be back in a few months.
attitude of the lady from whom I to be the chief reason, whether it tion, and personally I want to see friends.
have quoted, and later, when bread
But S. Shiko, Steveston, has
ajetter from Montreal in the column
something worth considering: "I'm
A New Canadian Short
O' this issue, I felt positively sorry
off for a short visit to see my
'Or Mr. Butterfield for his cynical
relatives and friends, and perhaps
outlook on things,
may bump into the Mrs. Shiko-tobe."
HCpI^
THE YEARS ARE SO LONG
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YAMAMOTO REPLIES,i NISEI AND CITl2ENSHjs
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Canadian;
STAFF
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Sir: Ii was very much stirsurJ• Dear
D^nr Sir:
siv
•Japanese
Pleas
Yos him itsi
ad to find out that my letter'good wishes on the
•when we may claim the laurels
II! V
i In Los Angeles there are five
a stir among so . of your first year of ^t
1 Avon Id have liked
r of whom are women
business MANAGER
employed in the city ■° have written earlier, but was j. Our Japanese citizens h
Edward T. Ouchi
(School syyter bur none of thesc too busy over the holiday season.) important contribution t &A? P
Tre on th ? actual leaching staff.; First I would like to apologise i to Canada’s national lifel,^^
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE
j Two are employed in the school1' m Mr. Yamamoto of 5th Avenue । must be through the fore f^ K
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building
for the embaras&ment I caused i terprise of our energeti ^^ en“
.
^utAANUER STREET
ISS^’TT T Eec,ncl’c'a5s
M Ottawa, February 13. iment. one in the purchasing and Phn °'ving 10 the Mmilari;ty in our Japanese in British Coinl?0^
that full rights ot eitS 7
loss, under the Postal Regulations of Canada
distributing of supplies and equip-i names|mem office, one in the teachers;
As far as the Japanese Stud present withheld,.■ will be won
ipersonnel
office,
and
one
in
charge
s inscription r a t in
To this, end j 1)ledgei„
| of an elementary school office. ents Club students are concern
25c a month, $2.50 a year.
ed they seem to be able to look hearted support during ne 1‘
It is the hope of the American
after themselves pretty well. mg year.
e C°F
Japanese that some bright day
I
must
admit
that
they
took
me
may see one of the carefully
by surprise by undertaking to
Capt John Bowen-Colthurst
trained Niseis. now on the waitThe Red Cross Concert
edit the last issue of The New Victoria, B.C.
Rig list, employed as a school
Canadian and doing a swell job
teacher.
of
it. I find that I have to eat
, ^ Tt W im SKWd 9eneratiw Japanese in Canada,
Here in Vancouver. however,
DON'T KILL NIPPON!
and indeed for all Japanese Canadians, has two aspects—a j we are proud to present Hide my words of criticism.
Canadian)
positive and a negative. The positive case is simply the Hyodo. Nisei school teacher at Some of the articles the contri- I was
Richmond
Public
School.
glad to receive a copy
A few butors have submitted are pretty
logical conclusion drawn from the
principles of Canadian j^bm have qualified for teach- rasnk. but others such as the ones of your journal. ku ch is the aim
wrfSCy,Tind m aff'r™tiOn of « belief in justice and!
posit ions, and like our Ameri- pn the “Brock Memorial Build- of your paper, to win esteem fn• can cousins we too are awaiting mg . and ‘‘Frankly Speaking’’ are our people so -that „ w ^
odZ
r’™ Case iS One Of lending ourselves K
bright day when racial char- well written Incidentally, could- I hand in hand.
X t
9K
We
disl°yah mat we are unassimil- acteristics will not prevent them nJ You get “K.O.
” to write from
Countrv'^ ^ C°nSMu,e 3 menace f° the well-being of the trom making use of their taleutsl tiKe to time for The New Canad- There was one thing I notice
aim I hope that you will not mmj
and training
ran? His comments are very it I mention it. In your zeal u
refreshing with the proper touch Promote a spirit of goodwill l05
It is because our positive case is in reality so simple
of humour.
Nisei Of The Year!
would have the Japanese more
and because our negative case is merely defensive that
Everybody enjoys picking out
May I say this much in' answer ^stern in mentality than Japana winner. We love to cast our/° Mr. Fujiwara’s letter, that I
our demands for equality and justice are much less
o
vote for the king of Hits and the am not opposed to dancing (I’m
><- is true that in Canada you
spectacular and appealing to the average man-iniqueen of that. Take ,our last/imte loud of it myself) but the
e:
cannot expect to keep a full
the-street than the attacks levelled against us.
issue lor instance, the University way people lose their sense of Japanese manner of living—yOU
boys had the time of tl
proportion regarding its real can t do it and moreover you
m
But the trend of international events, tragic as they drawing up the winners in their value?
w
shouldn’t try—but do not place
personality
list.
And remember
may be, has given us the opportunity of proving the truth
your culture in a second place.
K
the time when we voted for our In closing more power to The For a Japanese, the Japanest
and justice of our claims.
■Jubilee Queen, and still farther ^ew Canadian and to live-wire culture must be .first.
to
back into the dim and distant
Japanese communities, the length and breadth of the
re
I judge from a different point
past, we used to have our beauty:; ~ Also congratulations to the staff
province, have seized the opportunity, and rallied to the contests. Perhaps the time is roi putting out a humdinger of a ot view than you. I am outside
Christmas number.
of you, so to speak. I live now in
support of the nation's war effort in the only available now ripe to stage one of those
im
a
centre in which there are two
Sincerely,
’Nisei of the Year” contests like
mt
channel, through voluntary monetary contributions.
they do down south.
Katsushi W. F. Yamamoto. distinct mentalities and I see how
Si
it goes; again, I have had the
i he Chicago Japanese Young Vancouver.
This month the community in Vancouver will stage a
good fortune to have read much
People s Association has start
(Ed.
s
Note:
It
is
our
hope
that
about
Japan and its people; and
monster benefit concert, the entire proceeds of which will ed a campaign in search of the
A
be able to pursuade I have seen many films of Japan
be donated to the National Red Cross. The whole com- outstanding American Nisei of K.O.ffiay
and
even
Japanese
movies.
And
7*
’
to
contribute
to
The
New
the year. The Nisei will be
hti
mumtv W|| support the concert, not because of the desire chosen for his character and Canadian from time to time. Also from all this I see that God sure
ly
has
given
you
a
delicate
soul,
to
that,
other
Nisei
organizations
j prove a case, but in a sincere gesture of the attachment meritorious achievement in any will be able to demonstrate in the a soul made for beauty and truth.
Sc
Ijne of work, someone who can
i
i
which we all feel for the land of our birth.
If
you
toss
away
your
culture,
be an inspiration to the younger coming months that, they are
am
equally as “live-wire” as the JSC you throw away your priceless
Niseis.
gift
with
it.
pui
All nominations., seut either to m editing an issue of vour Nisei
paper).
sec
Chicago or L. A. by March 15
I am convinced that here in
The New Canadian Acknowledges . .
are to be accompanied by dates'
Eastern Canada the worst thing
Do
letters, testimonials or newspaper BOUQUET to the J.S.C.
that could happen would be for
I From
Common Round,
the French Canadians to be
The Daily Pro vinoe, January 8, 1939 euPPings to aid the judges
at
(Editor, The New Canadian)
rendering a fair decision.
come English. It is the same
By J. Butterfield
AH Japanese newspapers are
Dear Sir:—The University Jap for the Japanese in B. C. For
His
helping in the search for the title anese Students Club made a very YOUR good, as for the good of
received a copy of the New Year's
> SSLic of "The New winner.
Niseis already< recon"
a®
Canadian “
1
t is a magazine devoted to th
good job of editing the last issue the French Canadians here, re
lie
of
atobifions’'« in some of the
main
what
you
are,
preserve
of
your
paper.
I
was
pleased
to
am
e among us,
it it, interesting to note, are wo
your heritage, develop it and
3
men. women who have created receive my copy this morning.
WITH IT work in union with
Uv onrable impressioins not only
BARBARA BAKER.
the Anglo-Canadians of the
put
with material success, but, more 13o6 AV. 14th, Vancouver.
West.
his
important, also for their personled iVrXK^
C3',adian
League,' al Ry and charm
I do not know' if I have made I WOT
has
X'" t^” ar'Klf t0 '"lk !* UP
the Chnst
THE SAME TO YOU!
myself
clear: I was struck that fl feel
ian tradition
io a rather apologetic way.
bloc
hi your paper you considered all
Glamour Girls!
(Editor, The New Canadian)
fieh
the good qualities of the Western
The Japanese m tide
says: l9-4O, too, Mil be the fifth year of
Very
Dear Sir: May I wish The New people, (which is a fine thing) A
' eiy few
tew women in Canada or
„
Canadian a Happy New Yearly but really I didn’t notice a good
Oriental Zodiac,
, ■
1e year °f ^e dmoon. "tatsu" or rvn" ti America ever dream of breaking
mto the Hollywood films. Be
Be- an everlasting life 0( entertain word for yourselves. You have
cause of their physical handicap
good qualities and it is not egoism
about the only opportunity open ment for its readers-ft-om our to recognize the fact. To work in
X ^Sei Thespians is a role, in generation to generations vet to union, hand in hand, will certain
come.
Madame BuHerflv
And again, “we send you this personal menage a
•
ly demand a secrifice, mostly
or “The
in Japan however, v
for a long Me a stalk of bamboo hr
. 6
h ° P’ne Mikado.”
—
Biil Sasaki from - your side moreover; but it
many beautiful America^Nisei New Westminster, B. C.
does not demand a complete self
sprig of fern for plenty and
"
entertain
hopes
of
crashing
the
denial.
generations to .come, a hbste. lot eternal wth'KesX^
Japanese films via looks, figure
style and form.
’
Therefore, let your paper be a.
(Editor: The New Canadian)
I don t think you would meet much surr^c
paper
of goodwill, but do not kill
out says Yasujiro Shimazu dir Eear Sir:
and offered them a bit of Holl, for iolhtv , A ■
T* '° Japan
Congratulations for ^ppon. God made a beautiful
—ce, a Rotary button for prosper,to “ ,d a IT
TW^ for - ector of Shochiku Films, “We are the
ear-end edition. The New soul and delicate and rich in
generations.
1
n im pudding for all the numan enough to get used to all Canadian staff
natural virtues when He created
. blns g amour and beauty around
□
tuly deserves
I ^ and somehow we slowlv begin commendation for the success the Japanese soul. Be it your
. t0^;he a,,™P' ,0
a symtolicaI be3JL?
fed up with it. Nisei girls achieved in
so snoi1 ao time. The honour, then, to continue th>9
m bo
ih°U Vetani their native simplic Niseis are behind you. may you work of Our Creator to make
u beautiful and • yet more beautiful
ity and natural traits, and not go see a more
colorful
year
in
1940!
! the souls of your people.
continually seeking for glamour
^ ata.ru Koyanagi.
und ulua-sophistication.
BRUCE HART.
Eburn e. B.
Montreal, Quebec.
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Canadian;
STAFF
3 n• “^aip
h1
Sir: Ii was very much stirsurJ• Dear
D^nr Sir:
siv
•Japanese
Pleas
Yos him itsi
ad to find out that my letter'good wishes on the
•when we may claim the laurels
II! V
i In Los Angeles there are five
a stir among so . of your first year of ^t
1 Avon Id have liked
r of whom are women
business MANAGER
employed in the city ■° have written earlier, but was j. Our Japanese citizens h
Edward T. Ouchi
(School syyter bur none of thesc too busy over the holiday season.) important contribution t &A? P
Tre on th ? actual leaching staff.; First I would like to apologise i to Canada’s national lifel,^^
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE
j Two are employed in the school1' m Mr. Yamamoto of 5th Avenue । must be through the fore f^ K
!
building
for the embaras&ment I caused i terprise of our energeti ^^ en“
.
^utAANUER STREET
ISS^’TT T Eec,ncl’c'a5s
M Ottawa, February 13. iment. one in the purchasing and Phn °'ving 10 the Mmilari;ty in our Japanese in British Coinl?0^
that full rights ot eitS 7
loss, under the Postal Regulations of Canada
distributing of supplies and equip-i names|mem office, one in the teachers;
As far as the Japanese Stud present withheld,.■ will be won
ipersonnel
office,
and
one
in
charge
s inscription r a t in
To this, end j 1)ledgei„
| of an elementary school office. ents Club students are concern
25c a month, $2.50 a year.
ed they seem to be able to look hearted support during ne 1‘
It is the hope of the American
after themselves pretty well. mg year.
e C°F
Japanese that some bright day
I
must
admit
that
they
took
me
may see one of the carefully
by surprise by undertaking to
Capt John Bowen-Colthurst
trained Niseis. now on the waitThe Red Cross Concert
edit the last issue of The New Victoria, B.C.
Rig list, employed as a school
Canadian and doing a swell job
teacher.
of
it. I find that I have to eat
, ^ Tt W im SKWd 9eneratiw Japanese in Canada,
Here in Vancouver. however,
DON'T KILL NIPPON!
and indeed for all Japanese Canadians, has two aspects—a j we are proud to present Hide my words of criticism.
Canadian)
positive and a negative. The positive case is simply the Hyodo. Nisei school teacher at Some of the articles the contri- I was
Richmond
Public
School.
glad to receive a copy
A few butors have submitted are pretty
logical conclusion drawn from the
principles of Canadian j^bm have qualified for teach- rasnk. but others such as the ones of your journal. ku ch is the aim
wrfSCy,Tind m aff'r™tiOn of « belief in justice and!
posit ions, and like our Ameri- pn the “Brock Memorial Build- of your paper, to win esteem fn• can cousins we too are awaiting mg . and ‘‘Frankly Speaking’’ are our people so -that „ w ^
odZ
r’™ Case iS One Of lending ourselves K
bright day when racial char- well written Incidentally, could- I hand in hand.
X t
9K
We
disl°yah mat we are unassimil- acteristics will not prevent them nJ You get “K.O.
” to write from
Countrv'^ ^ C°nSMu,e 3 menace f° the well-being of the trom making use of their taleutsl tiKe to time for The New Canad- There was one thing I notice
aim I hope that you will not mmj
and training
ran? His comments are very it I mention it. In your zeal u
refreshing with the proper touch Promote a spirit of goodwill l05
It is because our positive case is in reality so simple
of humour.
Nisei Of The Year!
would have the Japanese more
and because our negative case is merely defensive that
Everybody enjoys picking out
May I say this much in' answer ^stern in mentality than Japana winner. We love to cast our/° Mr. Fujiwara’s letter, that I
our demands for equality and justice are much less
o
vote for the king of Hits and the am not opposed to dancing (I’m
><- is true that in Canada you
spectacular and appealing to the average man-iniqueen of that. Take ,our last/imte loud of it myself) but the
e:
cannot expect to keep a full
the-street than the attacks levelled against us.
issue lor instance, the University way people lose their sense of Japanese manner of living—yOU
boys had the time of tl
proportion regarding its real can t do it and moreover you
m
But the trend of international events, tragic as they drawing up the winners in their value?
w
shouldn’t try—but do not place
personality
list.
And remember
may be, has given us the opportunity of proving the truth
your culture in a second place.
K
the time when we voted for our In closing more power to The For a Japanese, the Japanest
and justice of our claims.
■Jubilee Queen, and still farther ^ew Canadian and to live-wire culture must be .first.
to
back into the dim and distant
Japanese communities, the length and breadth of the
re
I judge from a different point
past, we used to have our beauty:; ~ Also congratulations to the staff
province, have seized the opportunity, and rallied to the contests. Perhaps the time is roi putting out a humdinger of a ot view than you. I am outside
Christmas number.
of you, so to speak. I live now in
support of the nation's war effort in the only available now ripe to stage one of those
im
a
centre in which there are two
Sincerely,
’Nisei of the Year” contests like
mt
channel, through voluntary monetary contributions.
they do down south.
Katsushi W. F. Yamamoto. distinct mentalities and I see how
Si
it goes; again, I have had the
i he Chicago Japanese Young Vancouver.
This month the community in Vancouver will stage a
good fortune to have read much
People s Association has start
(Ed.
s
Note:
It
is
our
hope
that
about
Japan and its people; and
monster benefit concert, the entire proceeds of which will ed a campaign in search of the
A
be able to pursuade I have seen many films of Japan
be donated to the National Red Cross. The whole com- outstanding American Nisei of K.O.ffiay
and
even
Japanese
movies.
And
7*
’
to
contribute
to
The
New
the year. The Nisei will be
hti
mumtv W|| support the concert, not because of the desire chosen for his character and Canadian from time to time. Also from all this I see that God sure
ly
has
given
you
a
delicate
soul,
to
that,
other
Nisei
organizations
j prove a case, but in a sincere gesture of the attachment meritorious achievement in any will be able to demonstrate in the a soul made for beauty and truth.
Sc
Ijne of work, someone who can
i
i
which we all feel for the land of our birth.
If
you
toss
away
your
culture,
be an inspiration to the younger coming months that, they are
am
equally as “live-wire” as the JSC you throw away your priceless
Niseis.
gift
with
it.
pui
All nominations., seut either to m editing an issue of vour Nisei
paper).
sec
Chicago or L. A. by March 15
I am convinced that here in
The New Canadian Acknowledges . .
are to be accompanied by dates'
Eastern Canada the worst thing
Do
letters, testimonials or newspaper BOUQUET to the J.S.C.
that could happen would be for
I From
Common Round,
the French Canadians to be
The Daily Pro vinoe, January 8, 1939 euPPings to aid the judges
at
(Editor, The New Canadian)
rendering a fair decision.
come English. It is the same
By J. Butterfield
AH Japanese newspapers are
Dear Sir:—The University Jap for the Japanese in B. C. For
His
helping in the search for the title anese Students Club made a very YOUR good, as for the good of
received a copy of the New Year's
> SSLic of "The New winner.
Niseis already< recon"
a®
Canadian “
1
t is a magazine devoted to th
good job of editing the last issue the French Canadians here, re
lie
of
atobifions’'« in some of the
main
what
you
are,
preserve
of
your
paper.
I
was
pleased
to
am
e among us,
it it, interesting to note, are wo
your heritage, develop it and
3
men. women who have created receive my copy this morning.
WITH IT work in union with
Uv onrable impressioins not only
BARBARA BAKER.
the Anglo-Canadians of the
put
with material success, but, more 13o6 AV. 14th, Vancouver.
West.
his
important, also for their personled iVrXK^
C3',adian
League,' al Ry and charm
I do not know' if I have made I WOT
has
X'" t^” ar'Klf t0 '"lk !* UP
the Chnst
THE SAME TO YOU!
myself
clear: I was struck that fl feel
ian tradition
io a rather apologetic way.
bloc
hi your paper you considered all
Glamour Girls!
(Editor, The New Canadian)
fieh
the good qualities of the Western
The Japanese m tide
says: l9-4O, too, Mil be the fifth year of
Very
Dear Sir: May I wish The New people, (which is a fine thing) A
' eiy few
tew women in Canada or
„
Canadian a Happy New Yearly but really I didn’t notice a good
Oriental Zodiac,
, ■
1e year °f ^e dmoon. "tatsu" or rvn" ti America ever dream of breaking
mto the Hollywood films. Be
Be- an everlasting life 0( entertain word for yourselves. You have
cause of their physical handicap
good qualities and it is not egoism
about the only opportunity open ment for its readers-ft-om our to recognize the fact. To work in
X ^Sei Thespians is a role, in generation to generations vet to union, hand in hand, will certain
come.
Madame BuHerflv
And again, “we send you this personal menage a
•
ly demand a secrifice, mostly
or “The
in Japan however, v
for a long Me a stalk of bamboo hr
. 6
h ° P’ne Mikado.”
—
Biil Sasaki from - your side moreover; but it
many beautiful America^Nisei New Westminster, B. C.
does not demand a complete self
sprig of fern for plenty and
"
entertain
hopes
of
crashing
the
denial.
generations to .come, a hbste. lot eternal wth'KesX^
Japanese films via looks, figure
style and form.
’
Therefore, let your paper be a.
(Editor: The New Canadian)
I don t think you would meet much surr^c
paper
of goodwill, but do not kill
out says Yasujiro Shimazu dir Eear Sir:
and offered them a bit of Holl, for iolhtv , A ■
T* '° Japan
Congratulations for ^ppon. God made a beautiful
—ce, a Rotary button for prosper,to “ ,d a IT
TW^ for - ector of Shochiku Films, “We are the
ear-end edition. The New soul and delicate and rich in
generations.
1
n im pudding for all the numan enough to get used to all Canadian staff
natural virtues when He created
. blns g amour and beauty around
□
tuly deserves
I ^ and somehow we slowlv begin commendation for the success the Japanese soul. Be it your
. t0^;he a,,™P' ,0
a symtolicaI be3JL?
fed up with it. Nisei girls achieved in
so snoi1 ao time. The honour, then, to continue th>9
m bo
ih°U Vetani their native simplic Niseis are behind you. may you work of Our Creator to make
u beautiful and • yet more beautiful
ity and natural traits, and not go see a more
colorful
year
in
1940!
! the souls of your people.
continually seeking for glamour
^ ata.ru Koyanagi.
und ulua-sophistication.
BRUCE HART.
Eburn e. B.
Montreal, Quebec.
m TR ini? v uypi
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1940
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MEI HEWS HOM
ai
7 City Citings
iu>
Old liners Honoured At Sea Island
Dy Kanematsu Sano
Although arrangements to rent
By DRIPPY
Shinyokai presented one the Central Hall fell through ami
nost successful Christinas although the weather man wasn't
the usual hullabaloo and Fukushima Re-elected Nisei President
- ever held here, on Christ- exactly in a good mood.
Wv at the home of Mr. and Year’
Day, members of the ed
By Staff Correspondent
eaving behind pleasant
miration, thaukinn
for
- Ohashi.
C.J.Y.P.A. weren’t
and happy memories . . .
co-operation
ano
try Fukushima, ener;
The evening began with a I ped from staging their New’ Year we hope.
and stressing the need for harleader, will again hond
Japanese “Shinnen Setsu” by j social at the club-house.
Holiday Highlight . . . the
Affiliated with ^Mia among all Niseis in their
Jie Fathers Club, and the con j Games, community singing to change of greeting's and visit;
by
'
th
as president for 1910. “Si! lor a common goal.
cert program wAs opened with {the strummings of Kay Alirano Japanese and Chinese second . en-'
Re-elected to the position at tin
the singing of “O Canada.”
Although lacking in pomp
! on his guitar and re fresh men
Let us ive in ant ici- anruml meet ing
and
social
held
■
and
pageantry and candlelight
|
Highlighting the program were ! HUed the bill for the day.
pa i ion of further friendly relaMr.
Fukushima
|_ nngic tricks by Leo Tanouye and: Cook At The Birdie’
and champagne, the New Year
in
members
of
the
occasion lent a festive air to
f MinN™
Towards the middle of the ^ed Cross .. .
। the meeting which opened at
v
Xw Tom-afternoon, Jerry Ito who returned’ Sponsored by
lie Women’s
j
^.oQ p.ni. with the “speech from
, ‘'XX' r ^011 and Richard : to his native haunts on a. short Atixiliary of Ocean Falls, a genBloedel
Banner
j the throne" by Chairman Takao
- X
popular with I visit from Wood fibre experiment- oral meeting was held at the local!
I Teshima.
By Game-Getter
’
Konvnlm”
January 4. for the pur-i
Tom Hon Make a group picture of those pre- I’ose of forming a Red Cross Unit.'Goodwill Towards Man
heports wore made respective. .nd Richard Tanouye.
I sent.
Treasurer Tomio Baba and
j Official representatives were pre-! The gaily decorated hall
u
Many other items were present-,
Home for the New Year were pent from every organization in! teeming with eager children 1 i the secretary.
Mitsu Iwasaki from Victoria'
:the community —including the j Santa stood by a huge glittmring
Takeno Asari was chosen vice'"^"V .Tde.clultlren especially: Mark Mikado from Paldi Hisae Japanese Canadian Club and the | tree on Christmas Ev^to hand
eajojed Ine gitts and the refresh-- and Kay Hirano from Vancou- Jichi-Kai.
jort the annual
from ! a’cnibei'$ were chosen—-Yasuyuki
i!fil-........ ..................................
j ver and Jerry Ito. Miyo Ishi- !Ws Welcome
Bloedel. Stewart and Welch Ltd J’igo. Bmeuo Honmura. Shis
i wata and Yoshimitsu Higashi
Mr.Jin Ide. active Nisei worker. !aud aHo from ihe concert, spoil’’’Morimoto and Hisago Nagata,
East Richochats I were among our guests.
pvho has come to swell our ever pored by the Bloedel Women’s-So
Together with the re-elected
Messrs. Ito and Higashi seem-!! growing ranks.
ictal
Club.
members,
they will be alloted ofBy “Chatter”
! ed to have had no end of fun
The
youn
g Adachi’s were enter- tices lor 1940 at the next tenoral
Welcome Home . . .
i“batchin
at the formers home. It seems as if night life doesn’t Gained by their many Canadian meeting. Those serving a secDuring The holday season,' all Lamp Is Low
agree with him. He and Marl
There 01ld term are Tomio Baba. Itsuko
taeJJT'came out from the woods
Luke, our usually energetic i were reported trudging home at!was much ’merriment
and much Hira Kida, Mary Honmura
or Paldi, and we enjoyed a great vice-president, was feeling pretty!4.80 in the morning after the mid- rejoicing—4rulv
goodwill towards Kamitakahara. Dan Kosaka,
le-union. We were discouraged/low and fagged out on New Year’s.; night show in town,
mankind which, fortunately, we elyn Koyanagi. Kate Matsumoto,
especially the girls, however, be-!--------------------------- ———------ ------------------------------enjoy all through the year.
Senji Sasaki, Takao Teshima.
cause a certain handsome young!
I After a week of Yultide holi- Joyce Teshima, Yoshio Teshima
THE EDGER ON:
man failed to get back from Still- '
idays, Bloedel's resumed logging and Wataru Koyanagi.
vater.
operations from Dec. 28.
Edgings From Englewood
“Old Timers” Feted
Kendoist . . .
Although the aces here had a a Mirage . . .
At 12.00 sharp on New Year’s
After the opening business,
Some cried outright: others
rough time at Steveston in the '
Eve, the surrounding hills became fifteen parents past the age of
| iecent tournament, no one has , Like a thirst-crazed man.'went "f to £rect him with hesi alive with resounding echoes as sixty were feted at a “Keirokai”.
L men up hope. “Oh, well, there!stumbhug- S^Ping, crawling;■ bab. tant steps, partly awe-struck. we welcomed 1940.
After the and a mirthful parent-children
k are more tournaments coming, and Win§ incoherently, staggering to- partly shy. But after receiving
get-together followed.
I mote trophies, too.” is the senti- 7artl
beautiful oasis—so wej 'the presents they were all smiles, shooting Japanese delicacies pro “Don’t stop breathing is the
‘ ment expressed
1 lave been counting the hours, iA11 111 aw forty-three children vided a hearty feast for us in the secret if you wish to live past
r Sundav Scho I
j tbe minutes> the seconds until theAook Lands, with the benevolent traditional manner.
casually remarked. Mr,
X
i
t
I beginning of our holiday—onlv to i Daddy of Yule tide.
* *
*
speaking on behalf of the
i
^‘ ! eD"e “ etched away just when
guests.
Prince Rupert Patter
I HL
"'I1* others tael’s within reach.
Christmas Dinner . . .
| t^ned tanners, but I find tbW
, ..
With Mr. Nishi in the chair,
Christmas dinner, prepared by
। greatest pleasure in watching the’'
'7o ? WqS the 20 h“ thet;
St.
Andrew
’
s.
Japanese
Mission
speakers were introduced as fol
* little tots taking a great liking he
°y We can stHI Chef Watanabe, was superb. The and. the Japanese Community lows:
Harry Fukushima. W. Koy
; io their newly-established Sunday i ^1° V+h
Ch^tmas tables were set so cozily that it Christmas Tree was held at the anagi, Takeno Asari, all of the
Schon!
ball at the Peter Pan. Then it felt as if you were eating at home, Japanese Mission on Dec. 26, at
School.
Y.P.S., and, Mr. Kamitakahara,
instead of in a camp.
tracting a capacity crowd. The representing the’ Gakum u-iin”.
:
It was started a few weeks ago, was postponed to the 29th, and
The Camp Party was held that
I and has been attracting some sixty! all our hopes were dashed to evening. Mr. K. Kadota achieved numerous numbers presented by
The last speaker lauded the
। pupils, half of whom, I’m glad to ; the ground. And again it was his greatest success as a chair- the Sunday School pupils were
postponed until the 10th of the
roundly applauded and great was Nisei’s initiative and their con
Nisei children.
New Year. Right now we don’t man, when he finally pursuaded the delight of one and all when ception of filial reverence in
the Japanese ladies (eight ot jolly old Santa Claus put in an holding the “Keirokai”, and
know when it will be.
2 Dots and Dashes . . .
•F
them) to sing for us.
briefly outlined the history of
appearance.
, “Slug K.” has started in again „
Whist
Drive
.
.
.
the Issei, and the struggle which
Lt the task of drawing a few cur-1 Santa C,aus ' ' ’
The Japanese Young Men’s As they
A
Whist
Drive
was
held
New
undergone to make a
ves ami lines in his attic studio.! Oli Dec. 24th, the Japanese comsociation held a farewell banquet home had
in
Year
’
s
Eve
v/ith
some
twenty
the
country of their
His head bent low, by the light of ’ munitg played Santa Claus to Ml
at the West End Chop Suey
adoption.
odd
fellows
taking
part.
Mas
House in honour of one of their
a gas lamp, he’s studying life as ’the cHHd1'611, botli Japanese and
1
Maestro
Noff Senji - Sasaki
he never studied before in his Occidental- Well over fifty of Oda, Sho Endo, “Juicy” Asano members, Roy M'. Yoshida av ho
and
Akira
Teramura
won
the
took
the
our
Canadian
friends
were
pre
left
for
a
trip
to
Japan.
position of master of
ambition to be an artist.
prizes.
sent.
ceremonies
for an evening of
T e re proud to boast a promis* *
$
Start The Year Right!
Our
mess
hall
was
beautifully
frivolity
and
hilarity, that will
mg carpenter, too, with George
Paging
Benny
Goodman
.
.
.
The
C.J.Y.P.S.
started
the
new
linger for long as’ an event in the
putting the finishing touches to decorated and a Christmas tree
What’s this!
An orchestra? year with a New Year Dance at history of the community.
his newly-built hot-house. Hard that brought gasps of delight
and it’s home-brew too. It buzzes the Japanese Hall. Guests for
i
vork maybe, but what a glorious from the children was set up on like the “head-saw”, and rattles the evening were: Mr. and Mis.
the platform.
The program
down at the wharf to give them
I reeling to watch all the plants opened with the singing of like the “line-shaft”’ but have they N. Yamaoka, visitors from Van a send-off.
blooming, while all about the
couver.
hymns and the Lord’s Prayer, got rythm and can they “swing
The Weather Man Smiles!
fields
are bare and desolate.
$
it’’! Just a month since thev
The
following
evening
was
a
and
with
vocal
numbers
from
11.2 iches of rain deluged us
ft
started and already they’re pro memorable one for some thirty
J
some
of
the
boys,
while
Santa.,
during
the past year according to
I
made preparations for his ap fessionals. They played for the young people who Were invited the reports from the weather
New Year’s night dance, and won to a party by the young couple man’s office, and only 112 hours of
pearance.
5.
'the
hearts of all the dancers.
at the home of their parents, sunshine for December.
The jolly old gentleman finally
Let’s
RADIOS
W^
emerged from a fireplace, greet Ed Mauler aLthe piano, Sammy Mr. and Mrs. G. Nishikaze.
hope
the
weather
man
has
really
After a brief visit- the two with undergone a change of heart. For
ing the children with a hearty Kai (he prefers it pronounced
refrigerators
Sammy
Kaye)
with
an
accordion
their
infant son left Friday eve outdoors at present the dark
Merry Christmas. For most of
and
Mitzi
with
his
banjo,
323 PoweH Street
Swell
ning on the S.S. Princess Adelaide clouds have gone away, and sun
them this was their first en
work,
boys,
keep
it
up.
for Vancouver. A big crowd was shine and laughter fill the air.
counter with Santa Claus in Per
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Old liners Honoured At Sea Island
Dy Kanematsu Sano
Although arrangements to rent
By DRIPPY
Shinyokai presented one the Central Hall fell through ami
nost successful Christinas although the weather man wasn't
the usual hullabaloo and Fukushima Re-elected Nisei President
- ever held here, on Christ- exactly in a good mood.
Wv at the home of Mr. and Year’
Day, members of the ed
By Staff Correspondent
eaving behind pleasant
miration, thaukinn
for
- Ohashi.
C.J.Y.P.A. weren’t
and happy memories . . .
co-operation
ano
try Fukushima, ener;
The evening began with a I ped from staging their New’ Year we hope.
and stressing the need for harleader, will again hond
Japanese “Shinnen Setsu” by j social at the club-house.
Holiday Highlight . . . the
Affiliated with ^Mia among all Niseis in their
Jie Fathers Club, and the con j Games, community singing to change of greeting's and visit;
by
'
th
as president for 1910. “Si! lor a common goal.
cert program wAs opened with {the strummings of Kay Alirano Japanese and Chinese second . en-'
Re-elected to the position at tin
the singing of “O Canada.”
Although lacking in pomp
! on his guitar and re fresh men
Let us ive in ant ici- anruml meet ing
and
social
held
■
and
pageantry and candlelight
|
Highlighting the program were ! HUed the bill for the day.
pa i ion of further friendly relaMr.
Fukushima
|_ nngic tricks by Leo Tanouye and: Cook At The Birdie’
and champagne, the New Year
in
members
of
the
occasion lent a festive air to
f MinN™
Towards the middle of the ^ed Cross .. .
। the meeting which opened at
v
Xw Tom-afternoon, Jerry Ito who returned’ Sponsored by
lie Women’s
j
^.oQ p.ni. with the “speech from
, ‘'XX' r ^011 and Richard : to his native haunts on a. short Atixiliary of Ocean Falls, a genBloedel
Banner
j the throne" by Chairman Takao
- X
popular with I visit from Wood fibre experiment- oral meeting was held at the local!
I Teshima.
By Game-Getter
’
Konvnlm”
January 4. for the pur-i
Tom Hon Make a group picture of those pre- I’ose of forming a Red Cross Unit.'Goodwill Towards Man
heports wore made respective. .nd Richard Tanouye.
I sent.
Treasurer Tomio Baba and
j Official representatives were pre-! The gaily decorated hall
u
Many other items were present-,
Home for the New Year were pent from every organization in! teeming with eager children 1 i the secretary.
Mitsu Iwasaki from Victoria'
:the community —including the j Santa stood by a huge glittmring
Takeno Asari was chosen vice'"^"V .Tde.clultlren especially: Mark Mikado from Paldi Hisae Japanese Canadian Club and the | tree on Christmas Ev^to hand
eajojed Ine gitts and the refresh-- and Kay Hirano from Vancou- Jichi-Kai.
jort the annual
from ! a’cnibei'$ were chosen—-Yasuyuki
i!fil-........ ..................................
j ver and Jerry Ito. Miyo Ishi- !Ws Welcome
Bloedel. Stewart and Welch Ltd J’igo. Bmeuo Honmura. Shis
i wata and Yoshimitsu Higashi
Mr.Jin Ide. active Nisei worker. !aud aHo from ihe concert, spoil’’’Morimoto and Hisago Nagata,
East Richochats I were among our guests.
pvho has come to swell our ever pored by the Bloedel Women’s-So
Together with the re-elected
Messrs. Ito and Higashi seem-!! growing ranks.
ictal
Club.
members,
they will be alloted ofBy “Chatter”
! ed to have had no end of fun
The
youn
g Adachi’s were enter- tices lor 1940 at the next tenoral
Welcome Home . . .
i“batchin
at the formers home. It seems as if night life doesn’t Gained by their many Canadian meeting. Those serving a secDuring The holday season,' all Lamp Is Low
agree with him. He and Marl
There 01ld term are Tomio Baba. Itsuko
taeJJT'came out from the woods
Luke, our usually energetic i were reported trudging home at!was much ’merriment
and much Hira Kida, Mary Honmura
or Paldi, and we enjoyed a great vice-president, was feeling pretty!4.80 in the morning after the mid- rejoicing—4rulv
goodwill towards Kamitakahara. Dan Kosaka,
le-union. We were discouraged/low and fagged out on New Year’s.; night show in town,
mankind which, fortunately, we elyn Koyanagi. Kate Matsumoto,
especially the girls, however, be-!--------------------------- ———------ ------------------------------enjoy all through the year.
Senji Sasaki, Takao Teshima.
cause a certain handsome young!
I After a week of Yultide holi- Joyce Teshima, Yoshio Teshima
THE EDGER ON:
man failed to get back from Still- '
idays, Bloedel's resumed logging and Wataru Koyanagi.
vater.
operations from Dec. 28.
Edgings From Englewood
“Old Timers” Feted
Kendoist . . .
Although the aces here had a a Mirage . . .
At 12.00 sharp on New Year’s
After the opening business,
Some cried outright: others
rough time at Steveston in the '
Eve, the surrounding hills became fifteen parents past the age of
| iecent tournament, no one has , Like a thirst-crazed man.'went "f to £rect him with hesi alive with resounding echoes as sixty were feted at a “Keirokai”.
L men up hope. “Oh, well, there!stumbhug- S^Ping, crawling;■ bab. tant steps, partly awe-struck. we welcomed 1940.
After the and a mirthful parent-children
k are more tournaments coming, and Win§ incoherently, staggering to- partly shy. But after receiving
get-together followed.
I mote trophies, too.” is the senti- 7artl
beautiful oasis—so wej 'the presents they were all smiles, shooting Japanese delicacies pro “Don’t stop breathing is the
‘ ment expressed
1 lave been counting the hours, iA11 111 aw forty-three children vided a hearty feast for us in the secret if you wish to live past
r Sundav Scho I
j tbe minutes> the seconds until theAook Lands, with the benevolent traditional manner.
casually remarked. Mr,
X
i
t
I beginning of our holiday—onlv to i Daddy of Yule tide.
* *
*
speaking on behalf of the
i
^‘ ! eD"e “ etched away just when
guests.
Prince Rupert Patter
I HL
"'I1* others tael’s within reach.
Christmas Dinner . . .
| t^ned tanners, but I find tbW
, ..
With Mr. Nishi in the chair,
Christmas dinner, prepared by
। greatest pleasure in watching the’'
'7o ? WqS the 20 h“ thet;
St.
Andrew
’
s.
Japanese
Mission
speakers were introduced as fol
* little tots taking a great liking he
°y We can stHI Chef Watanabe, was superb. The and. the Japanese Community lows:
Harry Fukushima. W. Koy
; io their newly-established Sunday i ^1° V+h
Ch^tmas tables were set so cozily that it Christmas Tree was held at the anagi, Takeno Asari, all of the
Schon!
ball at the Peter Pan. Then it felt as if you were eating at home, Japanese Mission on Dec. 26, at
School.
Y.P.S., and, Mr. Kamitakahara,
instead of in a camp.
tracting a capacity crowd. The representing the’ Gakum u-iin”.
:
It was started a few weeks ago, was postponed to the 29th, and
The Camp Party was held that
I and has been attracting some sixty! all our hopes were dashed to evening. Mr. K. Kadota achieved numerous numbers presented by
The last speaker lauded the
। pupils, half of whom, I’m glad to ; the ground. And again it was his greatest success as a chair- the Sunday School pupils were
postponed until the 10th of the
roundly applauded and great was Nisei’s initiative and their con
Nisei children.
New Year. Right now we don’t man, when he finally pursuaded the delight of one and all when ception of filial reverence in
the Japanese ladies (eight ot jolly old Santa Claus put in an holding the “Keirokai”, and
know when it will be.
2 Dots and Dashes . . .
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them) to sing for us.
briefly outlined the history of
appearance.
, “Slug K.” has started in again „
Whist
Drive
.
.
.
the Issei, and the struggle which
Lt the task of drawing a few cur-1 Santa C,aus ' ' ’
The Japanese Young Men’s As they
A
Whist
Drive
was
held
New
undergone to make a
ves ami lines in his attic studio.! Oli Dec. 24th, the Japanese comsociation held a farewell banquet home had
in
Year
’
s
Eve
v/ith
some
twenty
the
country of their
His head bent low, by the light of ’ munitg played Santa Claus to Ml
at the West End Chop Suey
adoption.
odd
fellows
taking
part.
Mas
House in honour of one of their
a gas lamp, he’s studying life as ’the cHHd1'611, botli Japanese and
1
Maestro
Noff Senji - Sasaki
he never studied before in his Occidental- Well over fifty of Oda, Sho Endo, “Juicy” Asano members, Roy M'. Yoshida av ho
and
Akira
Teramura
won
the
took
the
our
Canadian
friends
were
pre
left
for
a
trip
to
Japan.
position of master of
ambition to be an artist.
prizes.
sent.
ceremonies
for an evening of
T e re proud to boast a promis* *
$
Start The Year Right!
Our
mess
hall
was
beautifully
frivolity
and
hilarity, that will
mg carpenter, too, with George
Paging
Benny
Goodman
.
.
.
The
C.J.Y.P.S.
started
the
new
linger for long as’ an event in the
putting the finishing touches to decorated and a Christmas tree
What’s this!
An orchestra? year with a New Year Dance at history of the community.
his newly-built hot-house. Hard that brought gasps of delight
and it’s home-brew too. It buzzes the Japanese Hall. Guests for
i
vork maybe, but what a glorious from the children was set up on like the “head-saw”, and rattles the evening were: Mr. and Mis.
the platform.
The program
down at the wharf to give them
I reeling to watch all the plants opened with the singing of like the “line-shaft”’ but have they N. Yamaoka, visitors from Van a send-off.
blooming, while all about the
couver.
hymns and the Lord’s Prayer, got rythm and can they “swing
The Weather Man Smiles!
fields
are bare and desolate.
$
it’’! Just a month since thev
The
following
evening
was
a
and
with
vocal
numbers
from
11.2 iches of rain deluged us
ft
started and already they’re pro memorable one for some thirty
J
some
of
the
boys,
while
Santa.,
during
the past year according to
I
made preparations for his ap fessionals. They played for the young people who Were invited the reports from the weather
New Year’s night dance, and won to a party by the young couple man’s office, and only 112 hours of
pearance.
5.
'the
hearts of all the dancers.
at the home of their parents, sunshine for December.
The jolly old gentleman finally
Let’s
RADIOS
W^
emerged from a fireplace, greet Ed Mauler aLthe piano, Sammy Mr. and Mrs. G. Nishikaze.
hope
the
weather
man
has
really
After a brief visit- the two with undergone a change of heart. For
ing the children with a hearty Kai (he prefers it pronounced
refrigerators
Sammy
Kaye)
with
an
accordion
their
infant son left Friday eve outdoors at present the dark
Merry Christmas. For most of
and
Mitzi
with
his
banjo,
323 PoweH Street
Swell
ning on the S.S. Princess Adelaide clouds have gone away, and sun
them this was their first en
work,
boys,
keep
it
up.
for Vancouver. A big crowd was shine and laughter fill the air.
counter with Santa Claus in Per
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1940
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COLD
GIVE
SOME COMING EVENTS
DAYS
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JANUARY
14
I I 13—Powell Y.P.S.
s
noy, 3 p.m.
i 14—Gakuyukai (1
Jack Frost on The Window Pane
Meeting I
|
and Flections,
ie Hall, !
Frost as thick as snow covering everything, the them
।
2 p.m.
ill—Vancouver Svi
slowly creeping downwards—indications that Indian
’
mster
1 summer, who
I
Orpheum Theatre, 3 p.m.
; dropped in for a short, short visit, has lost heart and
;'14—Y.B. Debate, St. A nd re tv’s- ;
Permanently
relinquished the field to Old Man Winter.
Wes lei’, 5 p.m.
■Sanichikai Meeting New Pier, I
Winter means freezing weather, and freezing weather
6 p.m.
ice
on
everything. All very well for hardv winter sportsrm means icef
.Meeting, Fuji, 4.30 i
i
p.m.
-or the harrassed housekeeper. Just rhe sight of ice-covered
; 21—Meirokai .Meeting, Japanese i chi
Is you to the marrow. Take heart, girls, those windows cm'
‘
School, 5 p.m.
can - easily
-Badminton Roller Party, Roller! be kept shining and clear in the coldest v/eather by rubbino
Bowl, 2.00-5.00 p.m.
i a dotn wet with alcohol. Or rubbing them with paraff
' ° 1 With
YAeilinS of Music and Dance”, ! polishing them with crepe paper will keep them free of ice
sad then
Y « D Concert, Japanese Hall, I
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in flattering
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Warmies"
softest
brushed
GOO pan. SHARP.
Rayon.
Designed"
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Dream colours
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To Smoke or Not To Smoke?
FEBRUARY
to
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TOWN
TOPICS
RisAo Young People Meet
I^KI^M^a^ ^
of smoke curlin9 up from a glowing cigarette,
QrW ashes
i
Oratorical Contest, Hompa Hall ! uttering down, a pungent odour. Two cigarettes i
In the dark or just
i ------------------ ■ _ __ ’ । one?
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Whether to smoke or not to smoke has been previno on
,
- Of ™„y Nisei girls for some time. Some women XT fe T"1*
marned set, indulge regularly injhis human pleasure. Other « ?"
XT
Cb ‘X J T® s°Phisti^d manner in which the r C 3T
Officers For 1940
friends inhale and exhale and the subtlety with which they at
At the annual general meeting ashes have been taking a puff now and then on the sly LT 4
iof
.
the Steveston United Church, them fnends disapproval. Still others are total obstaine s o X
rai various
jJan. 7, the following officers were reasons.
After much argument pro and con re smoking, the issue WM
[elected to the executive of the
j Steveston Y.P.S.: Rev. K. Nomoto, I women
faken over
into rhe field of men. The
smoking,” brought forth the S^^ ^ ^ °!
[nonorary president; Kay Oda, presifrom numerous gentlemen.
9
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ident, Iwao Itakura, vice-president;
iLily Fujisawa, recording sec'y;
"Women smoking! Whew, no! Cigarettes cost enough
[Frances Okamoto, Corresp. Sec'y; w.thout having to supply them for the girls, too, and girls sure GT
![TC
Tadaoj Naruse, treasurer.
9 S SUre IKnow h°w
Con- io take advantage of us."
Ivenors elected were: Matsue Ko"It may sound Victorian, but to me women
shiba, missionary; Fred Nishi, li- Smoking makes them hard and masculine—they 4 their fe"”8'
terary; Elaine Nishida, citizenship; appeal."
y
meir feminine
| Ardith Na kash i ma and Katsumi encugYSZ S
i Tateishi, social; Shinichi Nakade,
! Athletic.
buf XX' Z’^TX cX"
mittee, T. Nishikawa; general secre-! Sewina Ch«
The Rissho Seinenkai will meet taries, T.
Nass was opened con.Jfe practice' after 'she bttiedTd now
undoubtedly
too Nicliiren Temple this Sun- treasurers, mZ4 “ay^!hs^^
ic-ni iaSl Monday, January 8, by Miss
dav January 14, at 1 p.m. All yen; auditors, T. Tanaka, ' F. Yama
is not the best example for her children " ' " 3 ™tne' who smok“
o
requested to attend moto; English secretary, S. Taka- Kay Mori, at her home
1 lie
eigar^'bj'Ys^/^e^^ sophisticated puffing Biy it a
?etmg will be followed by a ya ma.
social at the New Pier Cafe,
Shuichi Kusaka, M.S., winner
-even comical!”
°f soPh'St'Cation. They look cheap
n. The fee will be only 25c” of the Governor-General's gold
Nisei 9rtXX“ ^Z”k T ^ rd
"0* piize in the Girls' Club, medal at U.B.C. in 1937, addres
ran
Mi'ii last Saturday evening, sed the University Physics Soci
5
them. If we become useTto see™ them ^.Z COncerned ab“
ety Thursday afternoon on the
so much but I greatly doubt itVee'ng them smoke we may not mind
topic of nuclear physics. He re
Mr, and Mrs. T. Takahashi cnSmoking is bad enough for the
,
turns Sunday to the U. of Calispell
ruin
for
the
women
becausp
k
4he
men.
It
would
j
.
Oi
widespread
interest
to
many
tertained informally at a dinner
• ornia at Berkeley to continue his
"Please don't rkn-'
A iey ^Ve weaker resistance "
[friends in Victoria and Vancoup.irty given at their home on Mc
research.
Ou/of A/
US
°M °f 0Ur fSW remai™S prerogatives."
Gill Street lost-Saturday, January
was the quiet marriage of
6. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. ।The Woman Pays!
IKauaye Jean Yoshida, formerly
TO°d o*"* who favoured
I. Yoshida, Mr. and Mrs. Y. .
when,
and
how.
There's
alLvs
aT"'-?
»
pr°v,d'nS they know where,
I
of
Vancouver,
only
daughter
of
About thirty happy girls took
knows
how
i0
smoke7e«
everything, but a gid who
Okada, and Mr. and Mrs. I. Ebato
vantage of the opportunity to pay *
, Adachi aild Tie late
of NetwcosHf, pu_j
oft long-standing debts by escort-lw. L A Yoshida to Mr. Toshio
data'
Now you can draw up your own
$ * *
mg lucky gentlemen to the Hast-Ar
o elder son of Air. and contS.
Skating's Back
mg; Auditorium last Saturday, Janu-|
Nakata of Japan.
marriag.e ceremony, which
Goaded out by holiday activities, ‘iiy 6. The occasion was the firstL I
RECIPE FOR THE WEEK
Loop
War
dance
of
1940
sponsored
;
A
v
imtce
on Jan. S. was per-i
the favounte pastime, roller skatK1!), re-appears on the social cal- by tne Girls Auxiliary of the Sports! °,meci at tlle home of the bride's!( sandwich' loaf. Givelt a^^l^nd^ faVOUr'^e reciPe for a delicious hot
^l Nf,,on; mother, 733 Discovery st., by!
da\ January
,
vnve ir a trial and surprise the family.
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^ura' *n Tie presence
mt ic than a month s absence, ThiX Comparative Religions"
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in thirds lengthfust partv of th S vear, sponsored by! The 1 <-9ufar meeting of th«lL'2TS i3”11 cl«se fricniis of wise. Chop 4 harXcrokedX^
!4 cup of condensed mushrnn '
d
CUP ° chopped stuffed olives,
the Strathcona Badminton Club, will l.Po"'el1 YPS will be held this
P»Wal5.
Against a background of style, 1 i/2 tSp
be held at the Centte Gardens Rol-XT? January 14, in the nightschool।
j
; m s°uP- Combine 1 cup of tuna, grated
bronze
and
white
chrysanthe
ler Bossi
between bread slices BrusL'too 'hTT 7y°nn3'Se' sPread filling’
.mom of the Powell United Church.!
mums,
the
young
bride
was
P ^ £lfc Of loaf with melted butter,
। Die missionary meeting under the!
Bake in hot oven fL 20
charming jn her soup; heat; oven for 20 minutes. Add 1 -3 cup. of milk to the remainmg
Prior to het departure for Japan. ^^^h'P of Miss Chiyo Hyodoi especially
rve as sauce.
on the ^th, Miss Yoshiko Hirota was’"111 teaTure "Comparative Religions"J traditional Japanese ceremon
her friends at the tea^,epa,ed by
members of the ■ ial kimono. She was given away
by her . stepfather. Mr. Kamahour last Sunday. January' 7.
। committee
chi. Both bride and groom were
A pretty wedding will be sol
unattended.
Fairview YMBA Officers
emnixed at the Hompa Buddhist
Shaeffer Pen Agents
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rec
eption
immediately
Last Sunday, January 7, the Fair
Books and Stationery
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no Qi neral business discussion the;
:age of gardenias and pale!
pin
k
election of otficeis for the new vear
Mrs. Kamachi!
Res. W. P. Bunt, who’ succeeded* wore acarnations.
was held:
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gown of black velvet
Osierhcut to the position of G corsage spray
whauman of the executive com-! S
of pink carna
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m.ay evening, January* 14- at
/ ;'0 p.m.
The topic of his'seraon wdl be "Streams in the Desert."
A special invitation is extended to
Me young people.
modiste fashion shop
^tiie and Oharsa
IN LADIES WEAR
DESIGNED FOR NISEIS
Exclusive Styles and Fabrics
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1940
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SOME COMING EVENTS
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JANUARY
14
I I 13—Powell Y.P.S.
s
noy, 3 p.m.
i 14—Gakuyukai (1
Jack Frost on The Window Pane
Meeting I
|
and Flections,
ie Hall, !
Frost as thick as snow covering everything, the them
।
2 p.m.
ill—Vancouver Svi
slowly creeping downwards—indications that Indian
’
mster
1 summer, who
I
Orpheum Theatre, 3 p.m.
; dropped in for a short, short visit, has lost heart and
;'14—Y.B. Debate, St. A nd re tv’s- ;
Permanently
relinquished the field to Old Man Winter.
Wes lei’, 5 p.m.
■Sanichikai Meeting New Pier, I
Winter means freezing weather, and freezing weather
6 p.m.
ice
on
everything. All very well for hardv winter sportsrm means icef
.Meeting, Fuji, 4.30 i
i
p.m.
-or the harrassed housekeeper. Just rhe sight of ice-covered
; 21—Meirokai .Meeting, Japanese i chi
Is you to the marrow. Take heart, girls, those windows cm'
‘
School, 5 p.m.
can - easily
-Badminton Roller Party, Roller! be kept shining and clear in the coldest v/eather by rubbino
Bowl, 2.00-5.00 p.m.
i a dotn wet with alcohol. Or rubbing them with paraff
' ° 1 With
YAeilinS of Music and Dance”, ! polishing them with crepe paper will keep them free of ice
sad then
Y « D Concert, Japanese Hall, I
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To Smoke or Not To Smoke?
FEBRUARY
to
VANCOUVER.
TOWN
TOPICS
RisAo Young People Meet
I^KI^M^a^ ^
of smoke curlin9 up from a glowing cigarette,
QrW ashes
i
Oratorical Contest, Hompa Hall ! uttering down, a pungent odour. Two cigarettes i
In the dark or just
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Whether to smoke or not to smoke has been previno on
,
- Of ™„y Nisei girls for some time. Some women XT fe T"1*
marned set, indulge regularly injhis human pleasure. Other « ?"
XT
Cb ‘X J T® s°Phisti^d manner in which the r C 3T
Officers For 1940
friends inhale and exhale and the subtlety with which they at
At the annual general meeting ashes have been taking a puff now and then on the sly LT 4
iof
.
the Steveston United Church, them fnends disapproval. Still others are total obstaine s o X
rai various
jJan. 7, the following officers were reasons.
After much argument pro and con re smoking, the issue WM
[elected to the executive of the
j Steveston Y.P.S.: Rev. K. Nomoto, I women
faken over
into rhe field of men. The
smoking,” brought forth the S^^ ^ ^ °!
[nonorary president; Kay Oda, presifrom numerous gentlemen.
9
r re^°P£e
ident, Iwao Itakura, vice-president;
iLily Fujisawa, recording sec'y;
"Women smoking! Whew, no! Cigarettes cost enough
[Frances Okamoto, Corresp. Sec'y; w.thout having to supply them for the girls, too, and girls sure GT
![TC
Tadaoj Naruse, treasurer.
9 S SUre IKnow h°w
Con- io take advantage of us."
Ivenors elected were: Matsue Ko"It may sound Victorian, but to me women
shiba, missionary; Fred Nishi, li- Smoking makes them hard and masculine—they 4 their fe"”8'
terary; Elaine Nishida, citizenship; appeal."
y
meir feminine
| Ardith Na kash i ma and Katsumi encugYSZ S
i Tateishi, social; Shinichi Nakade,
! Athletic.
buf XX' Z’^TX cX"
mittee, T. Nishikawa; general secre-! Sewina Ch«
The Rissho Seinenkai will meet taries, T.
Nass was opened con.Jfe practice' after 'she bttiedTd now
undoubtedly
too Nicliiren Temple this Sun- treasurers, mZ4 “ay^!hs^^
ic-ni iaSl Monday, January 8, by Miss
dav January 14, at 1 p.m. All yen; auditors, T. Tanaka, ' F. Yama
is not the best example for her children " ' " 3 ™tne' who smok“
o
requested to attend moto; English secretary, S. Taka- Kay Mori, at her home
1 lie
eigar^'bj'Ys^/^e^^ sophisticated puffing Biy it a
?etmg will be followed by a ya ma.
social at the New Pier Cafe,
Shuichi Kusaka, M.S., winner
-even comical!”
°f soPh'St'Cation. They look cheap
n. The fee will be only 25c” of the Governor-General's gold
Nisei 9rtXX“ ^Z”k T ^ rd
"0* piize in the Girls' Club, medal at U.B.C. in 1937, addres
ran
Mi'ii last Saturday evening, sed the University Physics Soci
5
them. If we become useTto see™ them ^.Z COncerned ab“
ety Thursday afternoon on the
so much but I greatly doubt itVee'ng them smoke we may not mind
topic of nuclear physics. He re
Mr, and Mrs. T. Takahashi cnSmoking is bad enough for the
,
turns Sunday to the U. of Calispell
ruin
for
the
women
becausp
k
4he
men.
It
would
j
.
Oi
widespread
interest
to
many
tertained informally at a dinner
• ornia at Berkeley to continue his
"Please don't rkn-'
A iey ^Ve weaker resistance "
[friends in Victoria and Vancoup.irty given at their home on Mc
research.
Ou/of A/
US
°M °f 0Ur fSW remai™S prerogatives."
Gill Street lost-Saturday, January
was the quiet marriage of
6. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. ।The Woman Pays!
IKauaye Jean Yoshida, formerly
TO°d o*"* who favoured
I. Yoshida, Mr. and Mrs. Y. .
when,
and
how.
There's
alLvs
aT"'-?
»
pr°v,d'nS they know where,
I
of
Vancouver,
only
daughter
of
About thirty happy girls took
knows
how
i0
smoke7e«
everything, but a gid who
Okada, and Mr. and Mrs. I. Ebato
vantage of the opportunity to pay *
, Adachi aild Tie late
of NetwcosHf, pu_j
oft long-standing debts by escort-lw. L A Yoshida to Mr. Toshio
data'
Now you can draw up your own
$ * *
mg lucky gentlemen to the Hast-Ar
o elder son of Air. and contS.
Skating's Back
mg; Auditorium last Saturday, Janu-|
Nakata of Japan.
marriag.e ceremony, which
Goaded out by holiday activities, ‘iiy 6. The occasion was the firstL I
RECIPE FOR THE WEEK
Loop
War
dance
of
1940
sponsored
;
A
v
imtce
on Jan. S. was per-i
the favounte pastime, roller skatK1!), re-appears on the social cal- by tne Girls Auxiliary of the Sports! °,meci at tlle home of the bride's!( sandwich' loaf. Givelt a^^l^nd^ faVOUr'^e reciPe for a delicious hot
^l Nf,,on; mother, 733 Discovery st., by!
da\ January
,
vnve ir a trial and surprise the family.
>
^ura' *n Tie presence
mt ic than a month s absence, ThiX Comparative Religions"
4
in thirds lengthfust partv of th S vear, sponsored by! The 1 <-9ufar meeting of th«lL'2TS i3”11 cl«se fricniis of wise. Chop 4 harXcrokedX^
!4 cup of condensed mushrnn '
d
CUP ° chopped stuffed olives,
the Strathcona Badminton Club, will l.Po"'el1 YPS will be held this
P»Wal5.
Against a background of style, 1 i/2 tSp
be held at the Centte Gardens Rol-XT? January 14, in the nightschool।
j
; m s°uP- Combine 1 cup of tuna, grated
bronze
and
white
chrysanthe
ler Bossi
between bread slices BrusL'too 'hTT 7y°nn3'Se' sPread filling’
.mom of the Powell United Church.!
mums,
the
young
bride
was
P ^ £lfc Of loaf with melted butter,
। Die missionary meeting under the!
Bake in hot oven fL 20
charming jn her soup; heat; oven for 20 minutes. Add 1 -3 cup. of milk to the remainmg
Prior to het departure for Japan. ^^^h'P of Miss Chiyo Hyodoi especially
rve as sauce.
on the ^th, Miss Yoshiko Hirota was’"111 teaTure "Comparative Religions"J traditional Japanese ceremon
her friends at the tea^,epa,ed by
members of the ■ ial kimono. She was given away
by her . stepfather. Mr. Kamahour last Sunday. January' 7.
। committee
chi. Both bride and groom were
A pretty wedding will be sol
unattended.
Fairview YMBA Officers
emnixed at the Hompa Buddhist
Shaeffer Pen Agents
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1
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16
rec
eption
immediately
Last Sunday, January 7, the Fair
Books and Stationery
Temple on Saturday, January 20.,
Latest Japanese Recordings
r twentieth' when Miss Fudeko Sato of Wood-' Ullowmg the ceremony, the bride
SE
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annual general meeting at the Fair-l fibre will become the bride of donned a knee-length imported
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hock
of
Queen
’
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blue
and
wore
view
Kaikan
at
2
p
m.
347
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st.
Vancouver,
B.
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Mr.
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Uchida
of
Ocean
Falls.
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Following;
VANCOUVER, B. C.
no Qi neral business discussion the;
:age of gardenias and pale!
pin
k
election of otficeis for the new vear
Mrs. Kamachi!
Res. W. P. Bunt, who’ succeeded* wore acarnations.
was held:
‘
gown of black velvet
Osierhcut to the position of G corsage spray
whauman of the executive com-! S
of pink carna
rintendent of Oriental Missions,' Tons.
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trimmed with a luxurious fur
।
young couple will make
। their home in Victoria,
। Otake an official visit to the
rvrew United Church Mission this
m.ay evening, January* 14- at
/ ;'0 p.m.
The topic of his'seraon wdl be "Streams in the Desert."
A special invitation is extended to
Me young people.
modiste fashion shop
^tiie and Oharsa
IN LADIES WEAR
DESIGNED FOR NISEIS
Exclusive Styles and Fabrics
* rices that cannot be duplicated
•Prop. T. Shimotaakahara.
S»ig
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JANUARY 12
f f «
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1940
THE NEW CANADIAN
I
CHEMAINUS JCCL PREXY
engaged
•5 F
Mr. and Mrs, Nacjiro Hash
SHOW ViSIT
moto of Duncan announce th
me school junior rugby team that;Niseis took an active part.
! engagement of their elder
(V as just nudged out of the champ-’
Highlights: The visiting Temple-: daughter C
Ka- ;
AMY OKI
-ship received a bit of consola-■! ton Pipe Band and the play "Girls! name Izumi, elder son or Mr ’
on when Lloyd Shimotakahara re-jTech” presented by Class’ 10 in! Gohichi Izumi and the late I
xded their assembled visages onYHich was Mori Uyeno as a teacher i Mrs. Izumi of Chemainus. M r..
AT THE GIRLS' COFFEE SHOP
TulAd with his movie camera (for! Another Nisei giving his histrionic I Izumi is well known as an active
xi camera fiends an Eastman S^ebut was K. Koyanagi of Class 9 ! leader of the JCCL.
Light Lunches
After
The engagement was formal
j
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Lillian
Shimotakanara
was
ly announced at the home of
i
he
Grade
Nine
mixer
for
the
!
elected captain of the Fourth
;26th brings promise of a larger at-! the bride-elect. The wedding
954 Granville So
group of the MacMillan Fine
Opposite Dominion Th
date has not yet been set.
itendance
of
the
Niseis,
if
swing:
Arts Appreciation Club which
sessions at a certain Kitsilanoj
presents noon hour entertain
rendezvous are at all any indica Steveston Bussei
ment programs.
tions.
^ rom Distant Okanagan
The family act continues. Sister
In the school inter-house basket
Margaret holds the position of Pro ball games, Susumu Nagai of Grade;
gram convenor and vice-president of H heaves the casaba around for!
Hand From Crowd
the "Our Girls Club” of Class 14, the sake of his East House.
1
a Grade 9 class.
Last Friday and Saturday, mon
Those two boys Norie Nishio
A. 'E. KOBAYASHI
i he School Dramatic Club will and Frank Sumi who turned out ster crowds jammed the Stev^True io the balms of tl
present the play "She Stoops to so heroically for the junior Eng iston Buddhist Hall to witness the
> 1 • .ik <
; Conquer” in February at the Gil lish Rugby team will again be to jrousing concert sponsored bv the attempted hibernation in the c
V JI I
aqnarium. Bm true io the trad
more /Avenue School.
iSteveston
Busseis.
I Man
gether when the junior Canadian
Wimer found himspf faced with
i compeliiion
A responsive audience, from
TECHNICAL TATTLES
rugby team is organized shortly
young children to grey
n their
Both the senior and the junior
Honeymoon (and haven’t returned
adults,
was
moved
to
la
soccer teams having swept the MATRIC VIGNETTES:
lite lOiLekcu playfully tip and down Apple Dale.
(Editor's Note) —Another vearil“la
■ Mainland Inter-High soccer champ
L' Oide Fish-1
/ not siren.
ionship are tied for the Provincial has rolled around and another ^iLT^I-ST'* °f a
tegs overwhelming. ;
Inter-High championship.
Sole of students nurtured bv tmlveT“-7, S«shun Ayatsuri N
freeze into''his blood stream.
and
Nisei on the high-flying team is years of learning waits the sickle'sAcl BirMW^”’; "L”""
I. Kondo of Class 3.
Whm should he see, but die downfall of Old AL
edge five months hence. There-Yv, t‘ '
H ani
H.vaku
ri Win(c. and a
fore,
we
begin
a
series
of
brief
aLl
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b
’
ank
spa
a wailing him in the
'
The coming of spring is being
columns of
New Can Mian.”
eagerly awaited for by the boys. counts of each of this year's mat-L„,L AT“te“' Performances Grimly re
i
-vernation was over. O'Ntw.
A. Takahashi and Nishimura both ncs, limited by necessity to those I,.,„.P 0,“ • 0 ! IC best advnn- ■
,‘inc
n£-Ti crashed the columns in i bde u
ne.irt v
of Grade 12 are certainly looking of the Vancouver schools with a 'elsbor-ito "r "”S ’ 'tallSt'C *®ts- Voice . saying "Greetings all. mighty glad to be with you’.wain'
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forward to the time when they can two-fold purpose-to acquaint the|± “ p ”““S J"4. “W®
again bring out their baseball mitts Japanese community with them and'Aow " ' ‘ ’ enhanced the THE ERUEE I EDE ST RY
and horsehide.
to present to the Canadian publicP in
n
lestivitics are vraduahv
and
is preparing to face 1940 with vren
r
.
, le «cU extern- uuyone
Devotees of the cinder track a representative cross-section of!nm,p
Hut and vegetable industries am at
U"
01
Nisei youth at the crossroads
s011Ss and recitations'
present
are also itching to begin train
uncertain. I
SUMIKO
IWAMOTO,
four
feet'^
”
,!^
members of the Okanaganiies have never been defeated vet. and are marching
ing so that they may add fresh
ah
m Sp!ctators bub- confidence and grim determination to succeed. (At least, that's I with
laurels to the Green and Gold at ten inches of typical Nisei feminity,^ ™
how we
is a quiet, serious'girl who getX iV ,GY
. Par- always talk at this time of the year!)
the
Inter-High
Track
meet.
The preliminary hearing of he charges avainst
good marks in school. She doesn't Xai.‘.s
-funding was Teruo
Incidentally, this year will prob
parties in the alleged
like
poetry
even
though
she
has
-—
—
ably be the last time Tech does
won poetry competitions and likes;
not cinch the meet.
The rea
son?
The Girls are coming! English best among her subjects.il
Yes, this fall Tech will have for Her recreation is sketching, her am- 1 [
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the, first time co-ed enrollment. bition to be a librarian or a nurse. !
WLE WEEK
NORTH BURNABY BROWSINGS
,.
great
5dKes,
Quife
a
fJ
Ogopogo Is Calling
(Watch the male population at
Grandview go down.
your hit paraden^'^^ to ^/ide
I
ijsld Of ActlVltV
D
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But even without resort to girls
Tech s athletic prowess could be
improved if a lot of the virile
Riding up or a mated British Columbia. And doTt forae ^
miss
those
Saturday
evenings
Nisei lads had enough school spirit I
nalth-giving value of a rosy red apple, to say nothing of the'perfect
used to be able to spend ad
‘ i
to take a few things in their hands.
Wderive from inking your teetK into a crispi^
home
and
listen
in
peace
to
the;
Members
of
the
Hompa
YM
The annual Jamboree concert
held last month at the school was program. “Your Hit Parade,” butB-A. gathered at the Kaikan last I ASHING
just in case the are some of you Sunday afternoon under the!
T1»
'™>er it provins a lun*,„
readers who uon t get the chance chairmanship of s. Ishikawa to I does not k>tcr Isoac Walton disciples from nnU
? ‘"’( sknnlL but
to listen to the parade, I give the hold their first general meetlnJ dcc
P blue.
W"'- Eight, ten and wh» noB»(lf !'"'’ b'E “"^ "’ Okanagan's
deep
weekly ranking of the popular
the year and widened SL
po„„dc,s
l|11H^
this winter.
tunes.
scope of activity and service.
T1D BEES
1. Scatterbrain.
s Following the reading from ,
^hanks to "Sally” Nakamura for the wonderful nublichv
,
■the various- departments, T. Mori 1C Okanagan in his article.
P '
} Jt Fave
2. All the Things You Are.
My Prayer.
introduced the revised constitupretty sight on a December drive is the carloads of Christos
4. Faithful Forever.
;hon of the Association. Drafted
stac^ ^ the side of the roads, all marked with midH col^d
5. South of the Border.
;in Japanese, this, document will
to mdlc“lr grade. Local trees have been exported all over th >
Miso be issued in English.
continent-~-tmo carloads being loaded here ik carlo
6. Oh! Johnny, Oh!
\
Major plans for the coming I
d^ned for Florida . . .
E
RnHy D^embei
7. Stop, It’s Wonderful.
8. I Didn’t Know What Tim J ^sr included the question of
I sending two delegates to atIt Was.
9. Lilacs in the Rain.
! tend the coming Northwest
; Buddhist Young People’s Con- CENTRE, is! CPI11 ' ,U11
10
' Kobay-isbi. OKANAGAN
10. Careless.
“Scatterbrain” continued its i ference at Yakima, Washington,
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rhythmic ways at the top of the j The two will be chosen by the I AU RFVOHY
M
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song heap, but “All the Things j new executive.
I
The
Y.M.B.A.
will
again
send
i
c
-Jades
of night ■ye falling and the chilly ]ir is proving loo
You Are,” climbing steadily to
\
use to the suiface, so back to the depths he
ward‘the top, is pressing for । a representative speaker to the
highest honours. I pick “Faith annual oratorical contest at Hom- Happy New Ycu^1 y°“ agam soon. Till (hen—Happy landings, one!
1
P
‘
ful Forever,” a newcomer, to ; pa Temple, February 18.
i The society will also take over fe
go places
Cheese and apple pie, coffee andi^lLj^T ,’f,th H°mpa
1
doughnuts, Mary Martin and “Mv'Sn 'M «d, ™' t,e Hm’w fe
Heart Belongs to Daddy- and now i e Xn o°f
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Bonnie Baker and “Oh! Johnnv X" •
°
° ° 1Cers 10r
£
Ohr
coming year concluded the busi-1 m
Optometrist
T
,
mess.
Last Saturday evening she rang!
y.w.b.a. meeting
the bell in an appearance on!
377 Powell St.
Sey. 1185
Business brought up at the
Rolleiflex
the program, and stole the lime annual
general meeting of the
light. from regulars. Bea Wain!
$ 134.40
and Barry Wood.
I Hompa Y.W.B.A. dealt with arrangements for the fifteenth
k
ROLLEiCORD
anniversary celebration of the
society, pians for the annual
।k
<1
$71.80 $53.80
spring bazaar and the possi 4;
T
bility of holding a Keirokai in 4
® HOME PORTRAITS
conjunction with the Y.M.B.A. 4
4
• AMATEUR FINISHING
At the close of the business 4
<
| session, the meeting was ad• COMMERCIAL PICTURES
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HIGH. 4567
390 POWELL ST.
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,
Anytime, Anywhere
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journed to the Kaikan where a 44
Cafe)
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gay co-social with the Y.M.B.A. 4141 221 Main St. (c/o Maple
r
ymour-4570;
was staged.
or ask for Joe Seko, TR-0794-Y
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1940
THE NEW CANADIAN
I
CHEMAINUS JCCL PREXY
engaged
•5 F
Mr. and Mrs, Nacjiro Hash
SHOW ViSIT
moto of Duncan announce th
me school junior rugby team that;Niseis took an active part.
! engagement of their elder
(V as just nudged out of the champ-’
Highlights: The visiting Temple-: daughter C
Ka- ;
AMY OKI
-ship received a bit of consola-■! ton Pipe Band and the play "Girls! name Izumi, elder son or Mr ’
on when Lloyd Shimotakahara re-jTech” presented by Class’ 10 in! Gohichi Izumi and the late I
xded their assembled visages onYHich was Mori Uyeno as a teacher i Mrs. Izumi of Chemainus. M r..
AT THE GIRLS' COFFEE SHOP
TulAd with his movie camera (for! Another Nisei giving his histrionic I Izumi is well known as an active
xi camera fiends an Eastman S^ebut was K. Koyanagi of Class 9 ! leader of the JCCL.
Light Lunches
After
The engagement was formal
j
KITSILANO KAPERS
Hot DOS
Fountain Service
Lillian
Shimotakanara
was
ly announced at the home of
i
he
Grade
Nine
mixer
for
the
!
elected captain of the Fourth
;26th brings promise of a larger at-! the bride-elect. The wedding
954 Granville So
group of the MacMillan Fine
Opposite Dominion Th
date has not yet been set.
itendance
of
the
Niseis,
if
swing:
Arts Appreciation Club which
sessions at a certain Kitsilanoj
presents noon hour entertain
rendezvous are at all any indica Steveston Bussei
ment programs.
tions.
^ rom Distant Okanagan
The family act continues. Sister
In the school inter-house basket
Margaret holds the position of Pro ball games, Susumu Nagai of Grade;
gram convenor and vice-president of H heaves the casaba around for!
Hand From Crowd
the "Our Girls Club” of Class 14, the sake of his East House.
1
a Grade 9 class.
Last Friday and Saturday, mon
Those two boys Norie Nishio
A. 'E. KOBAYASHI
i he School Dramatic Club will and Frank Sumi who turned out ster crowds jammed the Stev^True io the balms of tl
present the play "She Stoops to so heroically for the junior Eng iston Buddhist Hall to witness the
> 1 • .ik <
; Conquer” in February at the Gil lish Rugby team will again be to jrousing concert sponsored bv the attempted hibernation in the c
V JI I
aqnarium. Bm true io the trad
more /Avenue School.
iSteveston
Busseis.
I Man
gether when the junior Canadian
Wimer found himspf faced with
i compeliiion
A responsive audience, from
TECHNICAL TATTLES
rugby team is organized shortly
young children to grey
n their
Both the senior and the junior
Honeymoon (and haven’t returned
adults,
was
moved
to
la
soccer teams having swept the MATRIC VIGNETTES:
lite lOiLekcu playfully tip and down Apple Dale.
(Editor's Note) —Another vearil“la
■ Mainland Inter-High soccer champ
L' Oide Fish-1
/ not siren.
ionship are tied for the Provincial has rolled around and another ^iLT^I-ST'* °f a
tegs overwhelming. ;
Inter-High championship.
Sole of students nurtured bv tmlveT“-7, S«shun Ayatsuri N
freeze into''his blood stream.
and
Nisei on the high-flying team is years of learning waits the sickle'sAcl BirMW^”’; "L”""
I. Kondo of Class 3.
Whm should he see, but die downfall of Old AL
edge five months hence. There-Yv, t‘ '
H ani
H.vaku
ri Win(c. and a
fore,
we
begin
a
series
of
brief
aLl
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b
’
ank
spa
a wailing him in the
'
The coming of spring is being
columns of
New Can Mian.”
eagerly awaited for by the boys. counts of each of this year's mat-L„,L AT“te“' Performances Grimly re
i
-vernation was over. O'Ntw.
A. Takahashi and Nishimura both ncs, limited by necessity to those I,.,„.P 0,“ • 0 ! IC best advnn- ■
,‘inc
n£-Ti crashed the columns in i bde u
ne.irt v
of Grade 12 are certainly looking of the Vancouver schools with a 'elsbor-ito "r "”S ’ 'tallSt'C *®ts- Voice . saying "Greetings all. mighty glad to be with you’.wain'
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forward to the time when they can two-fold purpose-to acquaint the|± “ p ”““S J"4. “W®
again bring out their baseball mitts Japanese community with them and'Aow " ' ‘ ’ enhanced the THE ERUEE I EDE ST RY
and horsehide.
to present to the Canadian publicP in
n
lestivitics are vraduahv
and
is preparing to face 1940 with vren
r
.
, le «cU extern- uuyone
Devotees of the cinder track a representative cross-section of!nm,p
Hut and vegetable industries am at
U"
01
Nisei youth at the crossroads
s011Ss and recitations'
present
are also itching to begin train
uncertain. I
SUMIKO
IWAMOTO,
four
feet'^
”
,!^
members of the Okanaganiies have never been defeated vet. and are marching
ing so that they may add fresh
ah
m Sp!ctators bub- confidence and grim determination to succeed. (At least, that's I with
laurels to the Green and Gold at ten inches of typical Nisei feminity,^ ™
how we
is a quiet, serious'girl who getX iV ,GY
. Par- always talk at this time of the year!)
the
Inter-High
Track
meet.
The preliminary hearing of he charges avainst
good marks in school. She doesn't Xai.‘.s
-funding was Teruo
Incidentally, this year will prob
parties in the alleged
like
poetry
even
though
she
has
-—
—
ably be the last time Tech does
won poetry competitions and likes;
not cinch the meet.
The rea
son?
The Girls are coming! English best among her subjects.il
Yes, this fall Tech will have for Her recreation is sketching, her am- 1 [
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the, first time co-ed enrollment. bition to be a librarian or a nurse. !
WLE WEEK
NORTH BURNABY BROWSINGS
,.
great
5dKes,
Quife
a
fJ
Ogopogo Is Calling
(Watch the male population at
Grandview go down.
your hit paraden^'^^ to ^/ide
I
ijsld Of ActlVltV
D
h
But even without resort to girls
Tech s athletic prowess could be
improved if a lot of the virile
Riding up or a mated British Columbia. And doTt forae ^
miss
those
Saturday
evenings
Nisei lads had enough school spirit I
nalth-giving value of a rosy red apple, to say nothing of the'perfect
used to be able to spend ad
‘ i
to take a few things in their hands.
Wderive from inking your teetK into a crispi^
home
and
listen
in
peace
to
the;
Members
of
the
Hompa
YM
The annual Jamboree concert
held last month at the school was program. “Your Hit Parade,” butB-A. gathered at the Kaikan last I ASHING
just in case the are some of you Sunday afternoon under the!
T1»
'™>er it provins a lun*,„
readers who uon t get the chance chairmanship of s. Ishikawa to I does not k>tcr Isoac Walton disciples from nnU
? ‘"’( sknnlL but
to listen to the parade, I give the hold their first general meetlnJ dcc
P blue.
W"'- Eight, ten and wh» noB»(lf !'"'’ b'E “"^ "’ Okanagan's
deep
weekly ranking of the popular
the year and widened SL
po„„dc,s
l|11H^
this winter.
tunes.
scope of activity and service.
T1D BEES
1. Scatterbrain.
s Following the reading from ,
^hanks to "Sally” Nakamura for the wonderful nublichv
,
■the various- departments, T. Mori 1C Okanagan in his article.
P '
} Jt Fave
2. All the Things You Are.
My Prayer.
introduced the revised constitupretty sight on a December drive is the carloads of Christos
4. Faithful Forever.
;hon of the Association. Drafted
stac^ ^ the side of the roads, all marked with midH col^d
5. South of the Border.
;in Japanese, this, document will
to mdlc“lr grade. Local trees have been exported all over th >
Miso be issued in English.
continent-~-tmo carloads being loaded here ik carlo
6. Oh! Johnny, Oh!
\
Major plans for the coming I
d^ned for Florida . . .
E
RnHy D^embei
7. Stop, It’s Wonderful.
8. I Didn’t Know What Tim J ^sr included the question of
I sending two delegates to atIt Was.
9. Lilacs in the Rain.
! tend the coming Northwest
; Buddhist Young People’s Con- CENTRE, is! CPI11 ' ,U11
10
' Kobay-isbi. OKANAGAN
10. Careless.
“Scatterbrain” continued its i ference at Yakima, Washington,
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rhythmic ways at the top of the j The two will be chosen by the I AU RFVOHY
M
,
song heap, but “All the Things j new executive.
I
The
Y.M.B.A.
will
again
send
i
c
-Jades
of night ■ye falling and the chilly ]ir is proving loo
You Are,” climbing steadily to
\
use to the suiface, so back to the depths he
ward‘the top, is pressing for । a representative speaker to the
highest honours. I pick “Faith annual oratorical contest at Hom- Happy New Ycu^1 y°“ agam soon. Till (hen—Happy landings, one!
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P
‘
ful Forever,” a newcomer, to ; pa Temple, February 18.
i The society will also take over fe
go places
Cheese and apple pie, coffee andi^lLj^T ,’f,th H°mpa
1
doughnuts, Mary Martin and “Mv'Sn 'M «d, ™' t,e Hm’w fe
Heart Belongs to Daddy- and now i e Xn o°f
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Bonnie Baker and “Oh! Johnnv X" •
°
° ° 1Cers 10r
£
Ohr
coming year concluded the busi-1 m
Optometrist
T
,
mess.
Last Saturday evening she rang!
y.w.b.a. meeting
the bell in an appearance on!
377 Powell St.
Sey. 1185
Business brought up at the
Rolleiflex
the program, and stole the lime annual
general meeting of the
light. from regulars. Bea Wain!
$ 134.40
and Barry Wood.
I Hompa Y.W.B.A. dealt with arrangements for the fifteenth
k
ROLLEiCORD
anniversary celebration of the
society, pians for the annual
।k
<1
$71.80 $53.80
spring bazaar and the possi 4;
T
bility of holding a Keirokai in 4
® HOME PORTRAITS
conjunction with the Y.M.B.A. 4
4
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<
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THE NEW CANADIAN
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JANUARY 12
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By EIKO HENMI
w
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The clock on the
live.
ReiucmnHy i
lor Kenji would la.
rin', washed
it
nt
A. time
ante! struck the half hour after
loru got up -from her mending,
soon,
calling for
'as almm l ready , . . salmon
she had only to turn on the
a n (i
for threr for Kenji, Yoshio and herire was hen the long kitchen table
o Haru sighed for it
with everyone ;1 wax', In
the
she loll that .strange sense
quiet lime just at dusk.
w- Tike an old,
disco nl(>(|
-i ha i feel in
a part of life.
<md
isolated from Jiff' that ft
the midst of a crowd.
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resentment against this man she had married, this
an v. ho had once been so utterly an intimate part of
her
this man who was both her security
and her trial, welled within the heart of 0 Haru, but
she remained silent. In his denunciation of the Nisei
lie, was condemning- Minoru.- Shigeru and Mariko—
o’TIren of his own flesh and blood. O Haru's great
motherheart rose an instant, then fell. A sense of
futility overwhelmed her.
Minoru, : Shigeru, and
Mariko were her children no longer. Mechanically
she (neared the table and set the house in order for
l he night.
Little 0 Haru had turned back, cut to jp p
nost hating her mother—a forlorn littie^M
.1, cotton-padded kimono, with a pitiful litdw'J in
O Haru called herslf from out of the past f0 v
was saying, “Mother, you aren’t listening!" f °Sh'0
‘November
1 don t believe in anything anymore Amhirn
faith and hard work don’t mean a thing in i ' "
life. I’m stuck in housework. Eat. drink
merry! Tomorrow night, I’m going f0 ' nd be
11 Party,
and dance and dance and dance .
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A sir]) upon the Utiig' told O Haru that her husband
was home, earlier I han usual.
she thought.
Km Kenji randy loft the mill until all the men had ■
departed.
■-"■o meet with mW^ol^KVw^
good uo give of one’s all to any one thing!
Hamily wiping her hands, she opened the door for
: Hei customary greeting was met. with a grunt
^tmetively O Ha.ru know something was wron-’
Whe" hcr llusband ™aie ^nm
n a black mood, but that was a long time avo
bolme the children had begun to arrive. The cominin quick accession
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xmpii, ins iHS o| unreasonabk-nfi^of K‘’Wi'« oui’uly
t
H’lX"hLlT?1'' T"1 k,,BW I'11’ "Mom or silence.
"Ii.lo het hands ousted themselves with sm-in. ihe
'"onutg meal. ho,. lnIn(1 ran in m,.^ what ™M
i'L „»ZM
W<!r 1"Kba"d's
face tol.l
1 be silence became unearthly. Yoshio
could hear hnnsell swallowing his rood, and jn t|le
silent loom, its sound was intensitied. Covertlv he
Ut his lather over his rice bowl Yoshio was
f,,’r wm^how he sensed that iiS
■ Hit
his one thin leg displeased him. He shoved
L: iamv looi farther beneath the table, away from his
He noticed with growing fear that his
fa IheiN ibeKows were almost touching. Then Kenji
#
vyy
1a
s
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0 Haru took the diary to Yoshio, saying:
"Yoshi-chan. you are a clever boy.
(■•••■plain To mother.’
Konjj interrupted in a
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And suddenly it came to 0 Haru that she really
Xd not know. A monthly cheque, a few short hurried
I nes postmarked "Port AI ice”—that was all she knew
<'■ Miwa A1K| tho notes
jn BnK|teh ( J^»
hwh to O Hnru deemed so unsatisfying. t0 ^
I
M Mi
, sJor. bhlM'ru. if sometimes surprised her that he
was Hesh of her flesh. Sho had aiways been a little
volatile, with a. reckless
ness which chafed at restrictions. The last time he
had come home from Hillcrest, he had brought his
^)oF a
iUld ° Hnru had uor Hkecl him*for he
in 'hi
eusMly, he, spent money too freelv
ami he smoked too much. And Shigeru seemed more
coarse than when he had gone away.
son"0
• on
wilh ^finoru Hirota's
No, No. hut what was Kenji saying?
“Wife what time does Mariko come in? 'When she
X,.!!
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’o her. Dance fa !
1! teach her to dance to my times. That’s the X
iTi/TXT JX^
,01’
"l>ol» bunch'of
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rs' ,"a"ncrs '>i die whites!" With
Lus accusation he retired to his pacers
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“Mother, shall I go on?" asked Yoshio.
nodded.
0 Harr
u -nara
“December 23rd ”
u.‘uPniaPS
wrong- Tonight I walked home
vith Kazuo after the J.C.C.L. meeting. He’’- sweet
diary dear. Perhaps in this mad place, there’s a
beT? eV6n i0‘ "S As K“u0 said, “There has to
a
L
a
There s a. dance ‘tomorrow night, and Kaz said
bed wait till I got through the dinner dishes
Dear God don’t let Mrs. Marshall's guests linger
O
!“' kne"' that I'm going with Kaz she'd
id me to go. Mother never was young.
O Hani’s, mind was Jar away. For her it was summei again. She was wearing her best kimono witli
the gold embroidered obi. Minoru Hirota had
been
so shy . . . and he had been 'too poor . . .
is
he
ch
rac
rat
? are
tea
arc
enj
All right, father, I’m getting out!” came Mariko’.
nT.c0 and defiaM 0 Haru got up. It seemed
+ 13 S?e was a^waTS‘ serving as a shield between
two remendous forces. She opened the door to let
M daughM out Her eyes met those of Mariko’s.
a^ lnstaBt a thousand tender words trembled
Mlus HP&, but they remained unspoken.
Instead, she said:
. ‘MM9, d0I1?t stay out too late!” Then she quietly
n i C1 A d00r’ She saw’ not Kenji’s livid face, but
tt16 years • • ■ years stretching on and
, j
i e shuddered. Fiercely, she gathered Yoshio
lei. 3re^t' The gods might punish her for it but
p F ^tj ad’ ^a^» that Yoshio was not like other
dtS' j,’ at least> needed her! A Tipple of fear
?-er llea^ The years are so long, sb long . ..
a m in time even Yoshi-chan, he of the little lame
MM' would he bucking the tide. 0 Haru felt
am self being pushed against her will, out of the active
-va into still backwaters, and she did not want to
ko . . . did not want to go.
t in
hoi.
the:
eng
ami
3
i
to t
stfo
and
of E
but
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0 ,Ha™ steeIed herself for the conflict, Whv she
wondered could not Mariko learn to submit? it was
T,“°re ! “ 10 “*“* but t0 the woman listening.
was a wait in eternity. Then came the
MM 01 i00181^8 • • • some lithe and young, followed
by others heavy and old.
'rompin’8 1° A"’’
lltUe «8we had called
■ »»' "itliw . Immediately, the shoji had slid open
bHa n’Xh^
aid: “V 'tat
mh M l X- lb youdo‘»S here? Go back to your
trsXi^F
“,sses !™'
1”lrry ®ld'
Wi
I
0 Haru felt helpless. Furtively she wiped awav , J
ejlii
Used t0 come t0 ller whenever her child
world had crumbled. Her mother's work-worn 1m !
had WM the tears, her ample bosom had sieI±
J ’ 1 ''k,“ ‘“f Her hands ’"ei'>s stiil capable hjr
bosom so 1 ready to shield, but Mariko was rusM
XT! WtaCh h8d “° Place for a bar(l“ as Md f
“Mother doesn’t care
• she doesn’t underMaud . . .” The words- were 0 Haru’s Gethsemane.
She had forced Mariko to go back to Airs. Marshall’s.
1
w
I oday, bhigeKo and I were refused admi^i™ '
to the skating rink because we’re Japs T
had never been born . . .’’
"
1 "
A blight step recalled O
- Haru from her reverie,
had
he d°01’ °Den, then close. She hoped Kenji
» X
' ' tte" slle heard his footstep upon
luc siair.
O Ham even now. felt that sharp whack of the
ong thin pipe across her fingers, even now felt the
sharp ima as the light seared her skin even now
►man the pungent, offensive odour of burningfleA
3
0 Haru recalled the night of November
-I < • There f
had been a scene that evening. In the end,
Kenji I
had struck Mariko across her proud young mouth
mui
and the dance had never more been mentioned
“Monday, May 12th.”
“I hate it. I won’t go back! ' 1 won’t! * 1 hate
It. Mother doesn't care.
She doesn’t understand what it means to go houseworking . . .”
Suddenly past and •present mer9ed, and then past
became
present.
.i
J Hain saw before, her eves an'FT' TH 1 Sure' StraUBly Iike Mariko, her feet raw
with cold, placing
]
' 'Tv-aiKlah with a thumping heart. The child
Miew her mother would be sorrv. but she had not
een able to bear it any longer.' She had tried not
to a l asleep over her sewing, but somehow the hours
had been so long-and it had been almost midSt
Counting
eyes
for X””S “
her
I
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Read this and
Hager for praise the liHle fellow began in a thin,
Xv treWe' HttIe reallzlnS (hat each word he
te'1" was a swonl-tlimst into 0 Haru's heart.
"C bCllmve,L "Vou b'e»- the vmum.
Mm.- wue having another party, didn’t vou’ And old
:"TT LT Jtartte
rinser!'' &,S„
■ b “-hl " " ' a"E<'r'
1,11 ’"“ 110 dauRbter of mine
shall ^Ihiani around with a boy-and 'old Hirota's
son at that." —IMs afterthought with
a meaningful
s M his wife, whose face had become pale at the
mention ol the mime Hirota.
F
'5
A ith mu. capable hands she set her daughter's
things in order. Mariko was so careless . . . she must
■‘’Peak to her about it. it would mean another scene
She signed, for life with Mariko meant a long series
ot verbal combats, of command opposed by wild re>e lion. Why couldn t Mariko be more careful9 She
stooped to Pick
’ ’ up 'her diary the one she had given
years ago.
Suddenly her eyes fell upon a mark, suspiciously
blot, splattered upon the closely written
iko crying? Mariko the rebellious, the
til oof . .
O Haru tried to make out the words scrawled with
n impatient hand. It was- a long laborious task.
Monday", her lips shaped the
— sounds. "May 12.”
tried to decipher the passage, but except for the
"tile’s”’ except for the odd simplea oid, me leuers defied her. They danced grotesquelv
HnSu’ Ch?frirat her O'™ ignorance, made her almost
i p the ottending page. Then she remembered that
M nko would be furious. 0 Haru felt like an intruder
treading on sacred ground. like the time when
her
mother had taken her to a temple and she had
felt
“Wife - IS Mariko going to the dance tonight?"
- I don t know . .
Hike litM thunder.
i he clock on the mantel struck eight. Mariko was
kite tonight, she reflected. Quietly, so as not to
disturb Kenji, 0 Haru slipped upstairs, with the dress
she had pressed for Mariko.
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JANUARY 12
m Mm
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By EIKO HENMI
w
1 fA
IS
The clock on the
live.
ReiucmnHy i
lor Kenji would la.
rin', washed
it
nt
A. time
ante! struck the half hour after
loru got up -from her mending,
soon,
calling for
'as almm l ready , . . salmon
she had only to turn on the
a n (i
for threr for Kenji, Yoshio and herire was hen the long kitchen table
o Haru sighed for it
with everyone ;1 wax', In
the
she loll that .strange sense
quiet lime just at dusk.
w- Tike an old,
disco nl(>(|
-i ha i feel in
a part of life.
<md
isolated from Jiff' that ft
the midst of a crowd.
I-1
i i
resentment against this man she had married, this
an v. ho had once been so utterly an intimate part of
her
this man who was both her security
and her trial, welled within the heart of 0 Haru, but
she remained silent. In his denunciation of the Nisei
lie, was condemning- Minoru.- Shigeru and Mariko—
o’TIren of his own flesh and blood. O Haru's great
motherheart rose an instant, then fell. A sense of
futility overwhelmed her.
Minoru, : Shigeru, and
Mariko were her children no longer. Mechanically
she (neared the table and set the house in order for
l he night.
Little 0 Haru had turned back, cut to jp p
nost hating her mother—a forlorn littie^M
.1, cotton-padded kimono, with a pitiful litdw'J in
O Haru called herslf from out of the past f0 v
was saying, “Mother, you aren’t listening!" f °Sh'0
‘November
1 don t believe in anything anymore Amhirn
faith and hard work don’t mean a thing in i ' "
life. I’m stuck in housework. Eat. drink
merry! Tomorrow night, I’m going f0 ' nd be
11 Party,
and dance and dance and dance .
\t.‘i
A sir]) upon the Utiig' told O Haru that her husband
was home, earlier I han usual.
she thought.
Km Kenji randy loft the mill until all the men had ■
departed.
■-"■o meet with mW^ol^KVw^
good uo give of one’s all to any one thing!
Hamily wiping her hands, she opened the door for
: Hei customary greeting was met. with a grunt
^tmetively O Ha.ru know something was wron-’
Whe" hcr llusband ™aie ^nm
n a black mood, but that was a long time avo
bolme the children had begun to arrive. The cominin quick accession
■
xmpii, ins iHS o| unreasonabk-nfi^of K‘’Wi'« oui’uly
t
H’lX"hLlT?1'' T"1 k,,BW I'11’ "Mom or silence.
"Ii.lo het hands ousted themselves with sm-in. ihe
'"onutg meal. ho,. lnIn(1 ran in m,.^ what ™M
i'L „»ZM
W<!r 1"Kba"d's
face tol.l
1 be silence became unearthly. Yoshio
could hear hnnsell swallowing his rood, and jn t|le
silent loom, its sound was intensitied. Covertlv he
Ut his lather over his rice bowl Yoshio was
f,,’r wm^how he sensed that iiS
■ Hit
his one thin leg displeased him. He shoved
L: iamv looi farther beneath the table, away from his
He noticed with growing fear that his
fa IheiN ibeKows were almost touching. Then Kenji
#
vyy
1a
s
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$
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0 Haru took the diary to Yoshio, saying:
"Yoshi-chan. you are a clever boy.
(■•••■plain To mother.’
Konjj interrupted in a
1
V
£
4
F
&
And suddenly it came to 0 Haru that she really
Xd not know. A monthly cheque, a few short hurried
I nes postmarked "Port AI ice”—that was all she knew
<'■ Miwa A1K| tho notes
jn BnK|teh ( J^»
hwh to O Hnru deemed so unsatisfying. t0 ^
I
M Mi
, sJor. bhlM'ru. if sometimes surprised her that he
was Hesh of her flesh. Sho had aiways been a little
volatile, with a. reckless
ness which chafed at restrictions. The last time he
had come home from Hillcrest, he had brought his
^)oF a
iUld ° Hnru had uor Hkecl him*for he
in 'hi
eusMly, he, spent money too freelv
ami he smoked too much. And Shigeru seemed more
coarse than when he had gone away.
son"0
• on
wilh ^finoru Hirota's
No, No. hut what was Kenji saying?
“Wife what time does Mariko come in? 'When she
X,.!!
'"' '
’o her. Dance fa !
1! teach her to dance to my times. That’s the X
iTi/TXT JX^
,01’
"l>ol» bunch'of
,. ' ? '"
rs' ,"a"ncrs '>i die whites!" With
Lus accusation he retired to his pacers
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beauty Culture done in the most upto-date methods.
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“Mother, shall I go on?" asked Yoshio.
nodded.
0 Harr
u -nara
“December 23rd ”
u.‘uPniaPS
wrong- Tonight I walked home
vith Kazuo after the J.C.C.L. meeting. He’’- sweet
diary dear. Perhaps in this mad place, there’s a
beT? eV6n i0‘ "S As K“u0 said, “There has to
a
L
a
There s a. dance ‘tomorrow night, and Kaz said
bed wait till I got through the dinner dishes
Dear God don’t let Mrs. Marshall's guests linger
O
!“' kne"' that I'm going with Kaz she'd
id me to go. Mother never was young.
O Hani’s, mind was Jar away. For her it was summei again. She was wearing her best kimono witli
the gold embroidered obi. Minoru Hirota had
been
so shy . . . and he had been 'too poor . . .
is
he
ch
rac
rat
? are
tea
arc
enj
All right, father, I’m getting out!” came Mariko’.
nT.c0 and defiaM 0 Haru got up. It seemed
+ 13 S?e was a^waTS‘ serving as a shield between
two remendous forces. She opened the door to let
M daughM out Her eyes met those of Mariko’s.
a^ lnstaBt a thousand tender words trembled
Mlus HP&, but they remained unspoken.
Instead, she said:
. ‘MM9, d0I1?t stay out too late!” Then she quietly
n i C1 A d00r’ She saw’ not Kenji’s livid face, but
tt16 years • • ■ years stretching on and
, j
i e shuddered. Fiercely, she gathered Yoshio
lei. 3re^t' The gods might punish her for it but
p F ^tj ad’ ^a^» that Yoshio was not like other
dtS' j,’ at least> needed her! A Tipple of fear
?-er llea^ The years are so long, sb long . ..
a m in time even Yoshi-chan, he of the little lame
MM' would he bucking the tide. 0 Haru felt
am self being pushed against her will, out of the active
-va into still backwaters, and she did not want to
ko . . . did not want to go.
t in
hoi.
the:
eng
ami
3
i
to t
stfo
and
of E
but
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i
0 ,Ha™ steeIed herself for the conflict, Whv she
wondered could not Mariko learn to submit? it was
T,“°re ! “ 10 “*“* but t0 the woman listening.
was a wait in eternity. Then came the
MM 01 i00181^8 • • • some lithe and young, followed
by others heavy and old.
'rompin’8 1° A"’’
lltUe «8we had called
■ »»' "itliw . Immediately, the shoji had slid open
bHa n’Xh^
aid: “V 'tat
mh M l X- lb youdo‘»S here? Go back to your
trsXi^F
“,sses !™'
1”lrry ®ld'
Wi
I
0 Haru felt helpless. Furtively she wiped awav , J
ejlii
Used t0 come t0 ller whenever her child
world had crumbled. Her mother's work-worn 1m !
had WM the tears, her ample bosom had sieI±
J ’ 1 ''k,“ ‘“f Her hands ’"ei'>s stiil capable hjr
bosom so 1 ready to shield, but Mariko was rusM
XT! WtaCh h8d “° Place for a bar(l“ as Md f
“Mother doesn’t care
• she doesn’t underMaud . . .” The words- were 0 Haru’s Gethsemane.
She had forced Mariko to go back to Airs. Marshall’s.
1
w
I oday, bhigeKo and I were refused admi^i™ '
to the skating rink because we’re Japs T
had never been born . . .’’
"
1 "
A blight step recalled O
- Haru from her reverie,
had
he d°01’ °Den, then close. She hoped Kenji
» X
' ' tte" slle heard his footstep upon
luc siair.
O Ham even now. felt that sharp whack of the
ong thin pipe across her fingers, even now felt the
sharp ima as the light seared her skin even now
►man the pungent, offensive odour of burningfleA
3
0 Haru recalled the night of November
-I < • There f
had been a scene that evening. In the end,
Kenji I
had struck Mariko across her proud young mouth
mui
and the dance had never more been mentioned
“Monday, May 12th.”
“I hate it. I won’t go back! ' 1 won’t! * 1 hate
It. Mother doesn't care.
She doesn’t understand what it means to go houseworking . . .”
Suddenly past and •present mer9ed, and then past
became
present.
.i
J Hain saw before, her eves an'FT' TH 1 Sure' StraUBly Iike Mariko, her feet raw
with cold, placing
]
' 'Tv-aiKlah with a thumping heart. The child
Miew her mother would be sorrv. but she had not
een able to bear it any longer.' She had tried not
to a l asleep over her sewing, but somehow the hours
had been so long-and it had been almost midSt
Counting
eyes
for X””S “
her
I
5 ‘
Read this and
Hager for praise the liHle fellow began in a thin,
Xv treWe' HttIe reallzlnS (hat each word he
te'1" was a swonl-tlimst into 0 Haru's heart.
"C bCllmve,L "Vou b'e»- the vmum.
Mm.- wue having another party, didn’t vou’ And old
:"TT LT Jtartte
rinser!'' &,S„
■ b “-hl " " ' a"E<'r'
1,11 ’"“ 110 dauRbter of mine
shall ^Ihiani around with a boy-and 'old Hirota's
son at that." —IMs afterthought with
a meaningful
s M his wife, whose face had become pale at the
mention ol the mime Hirota.
F
'5
A ith mu. capable hands she set her daughter's
things in order. Mariko was so careless . . . she must
■‘’Peak to her about it. it would mean another scene
She signed, for life with Mariko meant a long series
ot verbal combats, of command opposed by wild re>e lion. Why couldn t Mariko be more careful9 She
stooped to Pick
’ ’ up 'her diary the one she had given
years ago.
Suddenly her eyes fell upon a mark, suspiciously
blot, splattered upon the closely written
iko crying? Mariko the rebellious, the
til oof . .
O Haru tried to make out the words scrawled with
n impatient hand. It was- a long laborious task.
Monday", her lips shaped the
— sounds. "May 12.”
tried to decipher the passage, but except for the
"tile’s”’ except for the odd simplea oid, me leuers defied her. They danced grotesquelv
HnSu’ Ch?frirat her O'™ ignorance, made her almost
i p the ottending page. Then she remembered that
M nko would be furious. 0 Haru felt like an intruder
treading on sacred ground. like the time when
her
mother had taken her to a temple and she had
felt
“Wife - IS Mariko going to the dance tonight?"
- I don t know . .
Hike litM thunder.
i he clock on the mantel struck eight. Mariko was
kite tonight, she reflected. Quietly, so as not to
disturb Kenji, 0 Haru slipped upstairs, with the dress
she had pressed for Mariko.
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JANUARY
N
Social Assimilation A Reality!
i^isei Miss Invites
Japanese Canadians Enjoy Fullest Rights । You All For Coffee
je /
Y.P. Shufflers Off On Pennant Chase
Another Nisei stepped into the Down Strathcona S-3; Steveston Defaults
me
ranks of the community',;
in
it w s announced this week, and;
(Special to The New Canadian)
YS
imc it’s a girl,
’
the shuttle
Edmonton, Alta.—Two Nisei students of the University o* AlShe is Miss Amv Oki, daughter
sertogrom Haney and Victoria, B.C., remaining in Edmonton during of Mr. and Mrs. S. Oki. 779 Bur,Je9^ rr.fo their second encounter ot th.->
_
-'Simas
vacation
were
treated
to
unsurpassed
cordial
hospitality
ard.
A
member
of
jtrail'c°na gym last Monday The Pc id1 Yp^ ' J
>hio
" its ,-apanese common,tv here, particularly by Mr. and Mrs UvaharL she is well known
hashed
themselves strong favorites to cart off the O
as a talented
LY='LXTaSe
"ith 3 shinin° example of Csradim Nisei ballet dancer.
U^mpionsnip by setting back last year's winners hn7
^ne ;s now in charge of the i LLl LT”"6 SteVeSiOn *fauiled to l!« Powerful Gakutills Co-nee Shop, at 954 Gran-J
Japanese Enjoy Rights
Ville Street, just opposite the DoJ
Gakuyukai and Y.P.S. are
two students, brought up amidst the minion Theatre. Breakfast is serv-.!
. . o- British Columbas Onental discrimination, been witness to pd from 7.00 in the morning, and! both tied for league leadership ? R/r
I
wt
m co encouraging ano impressive situation as exists between the | light lunches from 11:00 to S:00d with two wins and no loss UviOnarCHS 1x036 Ollt
apiece, while Strathcona and ’
their fellow Canadians. The entire
..... Jj’Panese com™^
Te
Steveston share the cellar with lV«n’
T q,
, xt
PYuldkon comprising seven families scattered throughout
nji
two setbacks in two attempts. BdulcS i O OtBri INeV
y cW enjoy pnvdeges of political rights and social equality, wl^h
as
much to obscure racial conciousness.
Champs Upset
i
instance,
Mr.
Uyehara,
Ui
bmigmn of Hie evening's plav; YeaFs
War
x
H ,
pioprietor of a lodoinq house has
vo.eo in ad elections, being honoured by the citv press’at the
Mm surprise upset of last
°
last
fcei"9 ’he second citizen to cast a vote. He
: mens doubles chanins
a I Su' Has
Tommy Iwasaki a nl Mi Akiyama.;
the resPect and deep-rooted affection of countless
by Ernie Arikado and Mat Mat- angling
rs of Canadians, through his constant kindr ss, his integrity of
Monarchs
sui.
ter, and sympathetic nature.
off with a
a h
I Citizens Urged To
nosm out the sirens
Id F ■ - A"°!L s7'kJngA,insfance of a complete breakdown of racial prei
Ernie
five
by a slim oim-pomt
the strong duo. He:
iU5K ,s ,ha. of the Mor.moto family, living at Fort McMurray, a small
in.
and .Michi Ashikawa, m
Support War Effort
n u,g town some zoO m,les north of Edmonton. Through the year
d
seemed headed for: The
th,s „m,ly has earned such remarkably sincere and widespread 7
rid*
a
sweeping
,ot,on trem their Occidental Canadian neighbours that
A upon the By Purchasing Bonds
w
i
t
h
in
the first set. 15-8. from Arikado
cotslog or Mrs. Morimoto, not long ago, the whote toY, YudL
and
Mat ^ui. but the latter found throughout (he game
With organization, work in
caros. stores and so forth, closed its doors to business to pay7s lad
joyed a three-point
resoeus <o one whom they had held in highest esteem.
P
f preparation for Avidespread dis their feed in the second set to end of the second qumur the
tribution completed, the Govern win 15-7. and after a lomr drawn m the Third
Church Stimulates Social Assimilation
ment will shortly offer bonds in i out bad lie look the decidint
• led Ernie's scoring punch, limitAlthough the scarcity of their numbers is an important factor in its first Avar loan for public sub-1
in,-, the usually liigh-seormg iw
in the mixed doubles the
scription to assist in financing'
urea.,ng this pleasant mutual good-will, the work of the United Chur
smooth - working
Strathcona (team vendors to one solitary
amongst these Japanese Canadians, in stimulating social 3«» special war expenditure.
pair, Fumi Deshima and Yoshio basket and cutting the Ernie lead
Interviewed on the details of
LS Lurch, TTTT
ShJ^
Matsui, was the only team on I” on- point at. whistle time.
the War Loan, R. Y. Yoshimoto,
their side to enjoy a clean slate
Eonies took the lead again
J™ low Canadian^ JaPaneSe *3miliK into close relafionshipLeith
manager of the only Japanese
at
the
end
of
the
evening.
as
Kaz Umakoshi and Mitsuki
investment department in Can
sank two baskets to give a com
The Church holds an annual social evening for the Nippon
ada at Graham MacDonald Ltd.,
lul
of
tiick
shots
and
wide
court*
fortable margin, but a rally
Common,ty dunng the Christmas season, at which the enHre
pointed out that as yet the Gov
coverage
and
Miss
Deshima
chop-!
staged
by the Tokawa brothers.
ernment has not announced the
Japanese community, Isseis and Niseis, gather and enjoy a Canadian
Ping
the
feather
from
close
in.
I
Al and Toru, put the Monarch
amount or interest of the new
^
’
^
!
wo
en
-iiy
disposed
of
Mary
I
boys ahead 28-25. Nobby Ta
loan, but declared that several
facts should be stressed to every Mdiikawara and Dave Arikado,! naka again brought the differ
_
i he whole community was further honored this Christmas whon
I met. some stiff opposition from i ence to only one point, but
Canadian.
-e secretary of the Young Women's Association, Mrs. Wellwood who
Mary Saegusa and Johnny Tanaka | with a whole minute to go the
“How often.” he declared. ’ but
IT H'
reSW in *he Welfare “' her ^Panese friends actedl a
unshed strongly for t heir i' East End boys desperately huna
have we realized that many have i
5d Xill7 Sr,U°US banquet af ,he Y'W-C A' No greater
second
consecutive win.
on to their slim lead to end
doubted the loyalty of Japanese I
V.P.S. VS. STRATHCONA
kse7Yh
and
I
e
e
l
Per
'
enCMi
by
Niseis
from
B
C
’
han
"o
see
the game at 28-27.
!L£^d^,ly cha,tin9,0 the best of thar ’Mi” * Canadians. We have tried mi
Al.
A
kiva
in
a
bt.
II.
|
prove it quietly, by being good Arikado. 31. -Ashikawa Ix-H, 1
Doing most oi (he scorin’ for
citizens. We have worked hard.,
awarn, Dave Arikado
th Enders was Porn ToM
Niseis Popular
paid taxes, supported charities.
i
kawa
who garnered
hi ma. Y. Matsui hi
.
.
points
M.
But all these have been silent
Arikado i5- i, 15-13 aim i while brother Al came next with
AI. Sam
forms of help.
17 Arii uh> M
N; High for Ernie's was Nobby
Demonstrate
Loyalty
I I unaka with 9 and Kiyoshi Suva
? LT Tey Te M
K ^ C^“' ^L" School
“But in this loan every Japan-1 md S’. Hagino
I with S.
Yamada 15
T H. .Arikado M. Ashikawa
ese in Canada lias an opportunity । laaino.
Ev. Saho, SX’Z^
A”. On<
15-3: ai. :
to prove to the world that he is usa. J. Tanai a bt. N.
Ikeda, M
;T L,X‘y at another United Churchshe - “t loyal. We must not lose this op
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portunity. Let us all get together
LT NiSei' ’°9e”ler with the few others in the city, join freely through every association and
REAL CHINESE DISHES
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house and Church parties Ln °CC'dental Canadians at skating parties, group, and show the whole world
SERVED AT
these gathering Th
7
7 “SeS p,Win8 ,0 be the «a of what we can do! Buy these
eniov 111 ., 3S'. jhus m,hl" and without the Church, these Niseis bonds!
•i
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’SttTLri TL^ "Y inh6ritan« °f Canadian
5
‘•Responsible officials, too.
youth
^!fjl, &AWBSON &
will be only too glad to co
frienoly Canadian-Japanese associations.
operate in giving widespread
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to .hJ™S’™n9St them has been a thrilling and delightful
WmGHT CO. LIS,
-Long Z“L;UdeLY B- C They “ beliL erexperience
so more
publicity right across the Do
SEY. 3517 - 5774
minion to this demonstration of
“lfi™ately be achieved
j and Japanese L^ ' L 7 C'
loyalty
of Japanese Canadians.
assimilation be completed. Meanwhile Niseis
4 of B C can rn r d
The total sums subscribed by
but one.'
C°nt,nue tO hw faith in te '-ds. "In Christ we are
various racial groups will be
widely publicized. I really think
&
i<- is an opportunity we must
c*
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W@W Pier Cafe
Sardes
not lose.”
**
{
Mr. Yoshimoto pointed out that
Merchants
o'*
a*
a"
। although everyone could not go
cs
?
220 MAIN STREET
t*
SEY. 0124
to the front to fight, every single
Trinity G092
269 PoweJS St
person could subscribe to buy
a
these bonds, and thus help.
^
,
It is probable that they may be
i purchased as low as §50, and in
all likelihood, will be payable on
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the installment plan over a three
any radio, any make, anywhere
I months period.
Those interested should contact I
satisfaction Guarantee d
M. Yoshimoto at TR inity-2711.
:
By Taro Yoneda
Govt, issues First
War Loan Shortly
V
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@ Reasonable Prices
j For Real Japanese Dishes [
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<
JANUARY
N
Social Assimilation A Reality!
i^isei Miss Invites
Japanese Canadians Enjoy Fullest Rights । You All For Coffee
je /
Y.P. Shufflers Off On Pennant Chase
Another Nisei stepped into the Down Strathcona S-3; Steveston Defaults
me
ranks of the community',;
in
it w s announced this week, and;
(Special to The New Canadian)
YS
imc it’s a girl,
’
the shuttle
Edmonton, Alta.—Two Nisei students of the University o* AlShe is Miss Amv Oki, daughter
sertogrom Haney and Victoria, B.C., remaining in Edmonton during of Mr. and Mrs. S. Oki. 779 Bur,Je9^ rr.fo their second encounter ot th.->
_
-'Simas
vacation
were
treated
to
unsurpassed
cordial
hospitality
ard.
A
member
of
jtrail'c°na gym last Monday The Pc id1 Yp^ ' J
>hio
" its ,-apanese common,tv here, particularly by Mr. and Mrs UvaharL she is well known
hashed
themselves strong favorites to cart off the O
as a talented
LY='LXTaSe
"ith 3 shinin° example of Csradim Nisei ballet dancer.
U^mpionsnip by setting back last year's winners hn7
^ne ;s now in charge of the i LLl LT”"6 SteVeSiOn *fauiled to l!« Powerful Gakutills Co-nee Shop, at 954 Gran-J
Japanese Enjoy Rights
Ville Street, just opposite the DoJ
Gakuyukai and Y.P.S. are
two students, brought up amidst the minion Theatre. Breakfast is serv-.!
. . o- British Columbas Onental discrimination, been witness to pd from 7.00 in the morning, and! both tied for league leadership ? R/r
I
wt
m co encouraging ano impressive situation as exists between the | light lunches from 11:00 to S:00d with two wins and no loss UviOnarCHS 1x036 Ollt
apiece, while Strathcona and ’
their fellow Canadians. The entire
..... Jj’Panese com™^
Te
Steveston share the cellar with lV«n’
T q,
, xt
PYuldkon comprising seven families scattered throughout
nji
two setbacks in two attempts. BdulcS i O OtBri INeV
y cW enjoy pnvdeges of political rights and social equality, wl^h
as
much to obscure racial conciousness.
Champs Upset
i
instance,
Mr.
Uyehara,
Ui
bmigmn of Hie evening's plav; YeaFs
War
x
H ,
pioprietor of a lodoinq house has
vo.eo in ad elections, being honoured by the citv press’at the
Mm surprise upset of last
°
last
fcei"9 ’he second citizen to cast a vote. He
: mens doubles chanins
a I Su' Has
Tommy Iwasaki a nl Mi Akiyama.;
the resPect and deep-rooted affection of countless
by Ernie Arikado and Mat Mat- angling
rs of Canadians, through his constant kindr ss, his integrity of
Monarchs
sui.
ter, and sympathetic nature.
off with a
a h
I Citizens Urged To
nosm out the sirens
Id F ■ - A"°!L s7'kJngA,insfance of a complete breakdown of racial prei
Ernie
five
by a slim oim-pomt
the strong duo. He:
iU5K ,s ,ha. of the Mor.moto family, living at Fort McMurray, a small
in.
and .Michi Ashikawa, m
Support War Effort
n u,g town some zoO m,les north of Edmonton. Through the year
d
seemed headed for: The
th,s „m,ly has earned such remarkably sincere and widespread 7
rid*
a
sweeping
,ot,on trem their Occidental Canadian neighbours that
A upon the By Purchasing Bonds
w
i
t
h
in
the first set. 15-8. from Arikado
cotslog or Mrs. Morimoto, not long ago, the whote toY, YudL
and
Mat ^ui. but the latter found throughout (he game
With organization, work in
caros. stores and so forth, closed its doors to business to pay7s lad
joyed a three-point
resoeus <o one whom they had held in highest esteem.
P
f preparation for Avidespread dis their feed in the second set to end of the second qumur the
tribution completed, the Govern win 15-7. and after a lomr drawn m the Third
Church Stimulates Social Assimilation
ment will shortly offer bonds in i out bad lie look the decidint
• led Ernie's scoring punch, limitAlthough the scarcity of their numbers is an important factor in its first Avar loan for public sub-1
in,-, the usually liigh-seormg iw
in the mixed doubles the
scription to assist in financing'
urea.,ng this pleasant mutual good-will, the work of the United Chur
smooth - working
Strathcona (team vendors to one solitary
amongst these Japanese Canadians, in stimulating social 3«» special war expenditure.
pair, Fumi Deshima and Yoshio basket and cutting the Ernie lead
Interviewed on the details of
LS Lurch, TTTT
ShJ^
Matsui, was the only team on I” on- point at. whistle time.
the War Loan, R. Y. Yoshimoto,
their side to enjoy a clean slate
Eonies took the lead again
J™ low Canadian^ JaPaneSe *3miliK into close relafionshipLeith
manager of the only Japanese
at
the
end
of
the
evening.
as
Kaz Umakoshi and Mitsuki
investment department in Can
sank two baskets to give a com
The Church holds an annual social evening for the Nippon
ada at Graham MacDonald Ltd.,
lul
of
tiick
shots
and
wide
court*
fortable margin, but a rally
Common,ty dunng the Christmas season, at which the enHre
pointed out that as yet the Gov
coverage
and
Miss
Deshima
chop-!
staged
by the Tokawa brothers.
ernment has not announced the
Japanese community, Isseis and Niseis, gather and enjoy a Canadian
Ping
the
feather
from
close
in.
I
Al and Toru, put the Monarch
amount or interest of the new
^
’
^
!
wo
en
-iiy
disposed
of
Mary
I
boys ahead 28-25. Nobby Ta
loan, but declared that several
facts should be stressed to every Mdiikawara and Dave Arikado,! naka again brought the differ
_
i he whole community was further honored this Christmas whon
I met. some stiff opposition from i ence to only one point, but
Canadian.
-e secretary of the Young Women's Association, Mrs. Wellwood who
Mary Saegusa and Johnny Tanaka | with a whole minute to go the
“How often.” he declared. ’ but
IT H'
reSW in *he Welfare “' her ^Panese friends actedl a
unshed strongly for t heir i' East End boys desperately huna
have we realized that many have i
5d Xill7 Sr,U°US banquet af ,he Y'W-C A' No greater
second
consecutive win.
on to their slim lead to end
doubted the loyalty of Japanese I
V.P.S. VS. STRATHCONA
kse7Yh
and
I
e
e
l
Per
'
enCMi
by
Niseis
from
B
C
’
han
"o
see
the game at 28-27.
!L£^d^,ly cha,tin9,0 the best of thar ’Mi” * Canadians. We have tried mi
Al.
A
kiva
in
a
bt.
II.
|
prove it quietly, by being good Arikado. 31. -Ashikawa Ix-H, 1
Doing most oi (he scorin’ for
citizens. We have worked hard.,
awarn, Dave Arikado
th Enders was Porn ToM
Niseis Popular
paid taxes, supported charities.
i
kawa
who garnered
hi ma. Y. Matsui hi
.
.
points
M.
But all these have been silent
Arikado i5- i, 15-13 aim i while brother Al came next with
AI. Sam
forms of help.
17 Arii uh> M
N; High for Ernie's was Nobby
Demonstrate
Loyalty
I I unaka with 9 and Kiyoshi Suva
? LT Tey Te M
K ^ C^“' ^L" School
“But in this loan every Japan-1 md S’. Hagino
I with S.
Yamada 15
T H. .Arikado M. Ashikawa
ese in Canada lias an opportunity । laaino.
Ev. Saho, SX’Z^
A”. On<
15-3: ai. :
to prove to the world that he is usa. J. Tanai a bt. N.
Ikeda, M
;T L,X‘y at another United Churchshe - “t loyal. We must not lose this op
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portunity. Let us all get together
LT NiSei' ’°9e”ler with the few others in the city, join freely through every association and
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house and Church parties Ln °CC'dental Canadians at skating parties, group, and show the whole world
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these gathering Th
7
7 “SeS p,Win8 ,0 be the «a of what we can do! Buy these
eniov 111 ., 3S'. jhus m,hl" and without the Church, these Niseis bonds!
•i
Un, SANITARY & SOLUBLE
’SttTLri TL^ "Y inh6ritan« °f Canadian
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‘•Responsible officials, too.
youth
^!fjl, &AWBSON &
will be only too glad to co
frienoly Canadian-Japanese associations.
operate in giving widespread
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minion to this demonstration of
“lfi™ately be achieved
j and Japanese L^ ' L 7 C'
loyalty
of Japanese Canadians.
assimilation be completed. Meanwhile Niseis
4 of B C can rn r d
The total sums subscribed by
but one.'
C°nt,nue tO hw faith in te '-ds. "In Christ we are
various racial groups will be
widely publicized. I really think
&
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,
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all likelihood, will be payable on
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It
THE NEW CANADIAN
JANUARY
HARRY'S Tfit FIGHTING COMEBACK TO HAND M & N
Maikawa Overwhelms S
coasting into their ninth
<he Senior Cage loop Wednoiding a comfortable 23-14
y s Clothiers at the end of
th i rc
wo
It looked as if they
1 to preserve their sootko tin'.
YYnee tne ngnting lust of
bar
vorking Harry crew suddenly
and when the smoke or
had ci cared away, the
down to I heir first defeat of
season 30-27.
iponror ACyasaki was so deli ah ted
io boys afler the game
• Hornets?
to
ill
i
I
ft
UI ^n.
Confidentially and entirely
off the record, bzz. bzz . . .but
। did you know that Cage League
Czar Akiyama is negotiating to
bring a team up from Seattle
i at the end of January or be
ginning of February?
Most likely the team will be
the Hornets, Class AA (i.e,,
Senior) team, tied right now
with Johnston Drug Steamrollers for third place in the
Courier Loop.
And even more confidentially,
Mi just grins knowingly, when
asked about the girls’ team
that may come up for an in
ternational encounter against
the local cagettes.
‘
BY WASHEE
"What the H . . . look who's here . . . Say, you're not on t
page or are you? Explain yourself ..."
Well, it's just one surprise after another, and this time it'
the re-appearance of that cynical laundryman, Washee at k *
favorite pastime of hanging out soiled linen. Just pinch Mv S
this week.
,r ins
I he peace and quiet of Englewood's country air has mellow'd
outlook on life, so I’m afraid this column won’t have much punchT P™'
after being up in the North Wilds for a long time, it does feel
to
hammer away on a typewriter, instead of heaving water-logged ”3 17'"
on the Green Chain. Soft life this, but don’t tell the editor
X ~S
Rehashing Old Stuff
Isn't it true how misleading newspaper accounts are Hagino 4
very carefully all the stories of "wotta game" basketball and badi;^
frays, I gradually built up a grand illusion.
’ °n
Reading the accounts around the camp stove, I would vimd^
the casaba tossers razzle-dazzling the ball around a la Globe Tro^eC
or sinking those phenomenal shots from impossible corners the" 7
Bardsley does. As for badminton I imagined seeing beautifully extern/ A
drop shots, bullet like—drives sensationally returned, long ralpa/', A
make every encounter a thrilling fight, the spectators gasDina^Jh ^
astonishment. By the time Christmas rolled around, | wanted to /
our athletes in action more than anything else.
ee
Led by their ace sharp-shoot- j
er, Shig Asnikawa. Maikawas
to d ra w almost level
scored an overwhelming 54-31
w 25-24.
er the luckless SteveWith a minute to go, M. & N.
«t on boy , keeping pace with
hung on desperately to their
Harry’s in the league race,
slim one point lead, freezing
the ball, but Kiide Shimizu
Stev eston Juniors Win
picked up a loose ball and Junior Nippons Aim
lewsion Junior
the swished in a perfect long shot
mumu of >h ir bi
idd- from the centre of the floor. | For Pro-Rec Play-off
Mg another u°ich io their win i
Just like Dorothy's rude awakening from Munchkin Land and
column. as I hey (campled the I M. & N. came right back, as
^Although
the
local
Junior
AllOz, 1 came to with a terrific thud, when 1 entered the cramped-uo
hustling Kay Hirano plunked
<
Stars
failed
to
improve
their
po
gym
ajd took in my first game. For all the ballyhoo about the
one M from the sidelines, to
n big Rad in the I put his team up, 27-26.
sition Wednesday night at Temstreamlined game, the Seniors haven't improved one bit. Still
I
qua nor mid were never in:
j
Pieton
gym,
they
still
have
a
the
same
shoving,
bumping
and
dirt
only
on
a
higher
plane
I
• pulsing in their second! But the curtain came down as good chance of making the play-1
Approaching Mi Akiyama, I asked, "Where's the highly-touted I
Asano emerged from a wild offs iii their first year of play in I ,
in I he last Im
white
ball that you introduced this season. I guess you keen it N I
in front of the basket to the Pro-Red League.
Battle Of Century
sjn],
d° ^"Game the reply in his usual quiet manner I
the winning counter, and
Going into the linal frame withUviz
Meeting up with the cellar bJlH' dWha^o^^^
Jhcy re Piay'n9 With nW 'S that S3me whik I
buga clinched the verdict
do lea । f
place
Kivans
who
were
deffinite'hem in (he faced Mm as the whistle blew.
11 a rrv’s
U red hot. the locals trailed all
Just a consolation . . . the flashy uniforms are really flashy If
I
fightin comeAkiyama and Shimizu headed the way, as the Kivans doubled could judge basketball calibre by the uniforms, Maple Leafs wouldn'* i
with Kaz Buga, Kiide Shimml Joe Akiyama sinking Harry's with 8 points apiece, while the score on them, 48-24. iven have a chance in our league.
Hirano, with 7, headed the M. & Hori, with 8 was high man for
Badminton Barrage By Golly
I
Nippons.
r /ajdmint?n 'S n° different Competition may be keener but tM I
Subscribe to
standard
of play is the same. If the Englewood fellows were given an I
eveston No Match
opportunity to get acquainted with a large floor, they could make the I
i New Canadian
m a t c h e d M a i k a w a Nippons* Flurry
local players look silly.
me ।
basket in the first
quart or. but the department store
Vancouver is well known for its fog, and why you can see bv
lads bottled up the fishermen's Fails In Final
visiting the Gymn. A heavy cloudy mist hangs over the whole building
"/ unam
OI ’ offensive in the second, allowing
r
P
I r j
7 3 b/sketbaH Same. Piously speaking, for health's
nly
memoi o to
and Frame, Comets Win\
k
and
also
for safety, I wonder if the spectators couldn't refrain
Z
from ^mnLinn
chalking up a 27-10 lead.
from smoking in theI stuffy . and1 undersized gymn.
%
*
The winners stretched it still
*
The Meteor Men from Mount
Armsi-rofg snd £o^ i further
in the third, and though Pleasant, streaked down upon the
Somebody Ought To Do Something!
j Steveston tried hard in the last iron-man Nippon team at
For some unaccountable reason, most likely an oversight in the K
the
i .frame, to overtake the leaders.
managing department, the Steveston JCCL has the Junior and Senior It
gym
last
Tuesday
uid
I they never had a show-in.
m ^ Wr°n9 e39Ue' T° date the Juniors have walked through
51
tied another vicer
4.
nsual
tlie
big
gun
for
MaikaJ
1
IV
'
opponents, whereas the Seniors have wallowed in defeat
<004 Dunlevy Avc
tory to their flashing tail
Ashikawa, who streak that has carried them toa. arter defeat.
WAWMww.^vwwam^
.-^points’, while teamlf
the two Steveston teams should tangle on the
. .......... :_
I mate Yuki Uno was next with 13. (he top of the Intermediate A Vancouver floor, I 11 put my dough on the Juniors. All comers welcome
loop—’hey didn’t find the job so
,
Farewell, A Long Farewell?
easy. Right up to the very
r s a 9ood th'ng this is only a guest column. By the time the
whistle, the under-dogs from n
iissiles
begin to fly m my direction, | won't be around. Bye, Bye.
MATSUMIYA & NOSE’S
Lowell Street put up a rattling dear readers.
z ' ?
good show and had all the spec
tators rooting for them for their
ANNUAL JANUARY
gameness.
r INSIST CAKES
Nippons drew first blood but
Comets replied quickly and
»
forged ahead on three smart 1
I
T
Footwear
i
kets to a 8-5 edge in the first ;
siou. ran wild in the second to
3 "Quality and Distinction" H I
chalk
up
eight
straight
points
NOW GOING ON!
s
782 Granville St
s
and double the score on the NipSey. 3933
I pons. 16-8.
,s
528 W. Hastings St.
: y
After a pep talk from Coach
= ^u’l'iBi'iHj'iHpmnpmppn'rinri'n'mHj'r
Mi Akiyama, the Nippons went
on
the floor to do or die and
HURRY! MURRY!
Two More Days
almost did the impossible by
outscoring their opponents, 9-4,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
cutting down the lead to 20-17
CLOTHES SHOP
by the end of the third quarter.
9 Suits
9 Topcoats
® Sweaters
459 E. Hastings St.
RALLY FALLS SHORT
High. 2132
The league leaders steadied
AND MANY-OTHER BARGAINS
themselves in the final canto and
whipped in eight points to go up
28-19, but back came the Nisei
five with a vengeance. Nikaido.
Consult Akiyama and Hirano broke
through the Comet defence, for a
flurry of baskets but their rally
just fell short of the mark. 29-26.
at the toot of the final whistle.
Undertakers
|
CLEARANCE SALE
, Mir
WWW
KARBY’S
MM
K
l*
I
1
1T
£
At Almost Half Price
Roy Yamamura
Matsumiya & Nose Ltd
229 POWELL ST
TRINITY 2 1 IS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
j
i he National Executive of the
| JCCL wishes to acknowledge with
I thanks a donation received from
Mr. T. Endo of Mission City, B.C.
New York Life
735 Granville St.
SE yrnour 1728
T
w
It
THE NEW CANADIAN
JANUARY
HARRY'S Tfit FIGHTING COMEBACK TO HAND M & N
Maikawa Overwhelms S
coasting into their ninth
<he Senior Cage loop Wednoiding a comfortable 23-14
y s Clothiers at the end of
th i rc
wo
It looked as if they
1 to preserve their sootko tin'.
YYnee tne ngnting lust of
bar
vorking Harry crew suddenly
and when the smoke or
had ci cared away, the
down to I heir first defeat of
season 30-27.
iponror ACyasaki was so deli ah ted
io boys afler the game
• Hornets?
to
ill
i
I
ft
UI ^n.
Confidentially and entirely
off the record, bzz. bzz . . .but
। did you know that Cage League
Czar Akiyama is negotiating to
bring a team up from Seattle
i at the end of January or be
ginning of February?
Most likely the team will be
the Hornets, Class AA (i.e,,
Senior) team, tied right now
with Johnston Drug Steamrollers for third place in the
Courier Loop.
And even more confidentially,
Mi just grins knowingly, when
asked about the girls’ team
that may come up for an in
ternational encounter against
the local cagettes.
‘
BY WASHEE
"What the H . . . look who's here . . . Say, you're not on t
page or are you? Explain yourself ..."
Well, it's just one surprise after another, and this time it'
the re-appearance of that cynical laundryman, Washee at k *
favorite pastime of hanging out soiled linen. Just pinch Mv S
this week.
,r ins
I he peace and quiet of Englewood's country air has mellow'd
outlook on life, so I’m afraid this column won’t have much punchT P™'
after being up in the North Wilds for a long time, it does feel
to
hammer away on a typewriter, instead of heaving water-logged ”3 17'"
on the Green Chain. Soft life this, but don’t tell the editor
X ~S
Rehashing Old Stuff
Isn't it true how misleading newspaper accounts are Hagino 4
very carefully all the stories of "wotta game" basketball and badi;^
frays, I gradually built up a grand illusion.
’ °n
Reading the accounts around the camp stove, I would vimd^
the casaba tossers razzle-dazzling the ball around a la Globe Tro^eC
or sinking those phenomenal shots from impossible corners the" 7
Bardsley does. As for badminton I imagined seeing beautifully extern/ A
drop shots, bullet like—drives sensationally returned, long ralpa/', A
make every encounter a thrilling fight, the spectators gasDina^Jh ^
astonishment. By the time Christmas rolled around, | wanted to /
our athletes in action more than anything else.
ee
Led by their ace sharp-shoot- j
er, Shig Asnikawa. Maikawas
to d ra w almost level
scored an overwhelming 54-31
w 25-24.
er the luckless SteveWith a minute to go, M. & N.
«t on boy , keeping pace with
hung on desperately to their
Harry’s in the league race,
slim one point lead, freezing
the ball, but Kiide Shimizu
Stev eston Juniors Win
picked up a loose ball and Junior Nippons Aim
lewsion Junior
the swished in a perfect long shot
mumu of >h ir bi
idd- from the centre of the floor. | For Pro-Rec Play-off
Mg another u°ich io their win i
Just like Dorothy's rude awakening from Munchkin Land and
column. as I hey (campled the I M. & N. came right back, as
^Although
the
local
Junior
AllOz, 1 came to with a terrific thud, when 1 entered the cramped-uo
hustling Kay Hirano plunked
<
Stars
failed
to
improve
their
po
gym
ajd took in my first game. For all the ballyhoo about the
one M from the sidelines, to
n big Rad in the I put his team up, 27-26.
sition Wednesday night at Temstreamlined game, the Seniors haven't improved one bit. Still
I
qua nor mid were never in:
j
Pieton
gym,
they
still
have
a
the
same
shoving,
bumping
and
dirt
only
on
a
higher
plane
I
• pulsing in their second! But the curtain came down as good chance of making the play-1
Approaching Mi Akiyama, I asked, "Where's the highly-touted I
Asano emerged from a wild offs iii their first year of play in I ,
in I he last Im
white
ball that you introduced this season. I guess you keen it N I
in front of the basket to the Pro-Red League.
Battle Of Century
sjn],
d° ^"Game the reply in his usual quiet manner I
the winning counter, and
Going into the linal frame withUviz
Meeting up with the cellar bJlH' dWha^o^^^
Jhcy re Piay'n9 With nW 'S that S3me whik I
buga clinched the verdict
do lea । f
place
Kivans
who
were
deffinite'hem in (he faced Mm as the whistle blew.
11 a rrv’s
U red hot. the locals trailed all
Just a consolation . . . the flashy uniforms are really flashy If
I
fightin comeAkiyama and Shimizu headed the way, as the Kivans doubled could judge basketball calibre by the uniforms, Maple Leafs wouldn'* i
with Kaz Buga, Kiide Shimml Joe Akiyama sinking Harry's with 8 points apiece, while the score on them, 48-24. iven have a chance in our league.
Hirano, with 7, headed the M. & Hori, with 8 was high man for
Badminton Barrage By Golly
I
Nippons.
r /ajdmint?n 'S n° different Competition may be keener but tM I
Subscribe to
standard
of play is the same. If the Englewood fellows were given an I
eveston No Match
opportunity to get acquainted with a large floor, they could make the I
i New Canadian
m a t c h e d M a i k a w a Nippons* Flurry
local players look silly.
me ।
basket in the first
quart or. but the department store
Vancouver is well known for its fog, and why you can see bv
lads bottled up the fishermen's Fails In Final
visiting the Gymn. A heavy cloudy mist hangs over the whole building
"/ unam
OI ’ offensive in the second, allowing
r
P
I r j
7 3 b/sketbaH Same. Piously speaking, for health's
nly
memoi o to
and Frame, Comets Win\
k
and
also
for safety, I wonder if the spectators couldn't refrain
Z
from ^mnLinn
chalking up a 27-10 lead.
from smoking in theI stuffy . and1 undersized gymn.
%
*
The winners stretched it still
*
The Meteor Men from Mount
Armsi-rofg snd £o^ i further
in the third, and though Pleasant, streaked down upon the
Somebody Ought To Do Something!
j Steveston tried hard in the last iron-man Nippon team at
For some unaccountable reason, most likely an oversight in the K
the
i .frame, to overtake the leaders.
managing department, the Steveston JCCL has the Junior and Senior It
gym
last
Tuesday
uid
I they never had a show-in.
m ^ Wr°n9 e39Ue' T° date the Juniors have walked through
51
tied another vicer
4.
nsual
tlie
big
gun
for
MaikaJ
1
IV
'
opponents, whereas the Seniors have wallowed in defeat
<004 Dunlevy Avc
tory to their flashing tail
Ashikawa, who streak that has carried them toa. arter defeat.
WAWMww.^vwwam^
.-^points’, while teamlf
the two Steveston teams should tangle on the
. .......... :_
I mate Yuki Uno was next with 13. (he top of the Intermediate A Vancouver floor, I 11 put my dough on the Juniors. All comers welcome
loop—’hey didn’t find the job so
,
Farewell, A Long Farewell?
easy. Right up to the very
r s a 9ood th'ng this is only a guest column. By the time the
whistle, the under-dogs from n
iissiles
begin to fly m my direction, | won't be around. Bye, Bye.
MATSUMIYA & NOSE’S
Lowell Street put up a rattling dear readers.
z ' ?
good show and had all the spec
tators rooting for them for their
ANNUAL JANUARY
gameness.
r INSIST CAKES
Nippons drew first blood but
Comets replied quickly and
»
forged ahead on three smart 1
I
T
Footwear
i
kets to a 8-5 edge in the first ;
siou. ran wild in the second to
3 "Quality and Distinction" H I
chalk
up
eight
straight
points
NOW GOING ON!
s
782 Granville St
s
and double the score on the NipSey. 3933
I pons. 16-8.
,s
528 W. Hastings St.
: y
After a pep talk from Coach
= ^u’l'iBi'iHj'iHpmnpmppn'rinri'n'mHj'r
Mi Akiyama, the Nippons went
on
the floor to do or die and
HURRY! MURRY!
Two More Days
almost did the impossible by
outscoring their opponents, 9-4,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
cutting down the lead to 20-17
CLOTHES SHOP
by the end of the third quarter.
9 Suits
9 Topcoats
® Sweaters
459 E. Hastings St.
RALLY FALLS SHORT
High. 2132
The league leaders steadied
AND MANY-OTHER BARGAINS
themselves in the final canto and
whipped in eight points to go up
28-19, but back came the Nisei
five with a vengeance. Nikaido.
Consult Akiyama and Hirano broke
through the Comet defence, for a
flurry of baskets but their rally
just fell short of the mark. 29-26.
at the toot of the final whistle.
Undertakers
|
CLEARANCE SALE
, Mir
WWW
KARBY’S
MM
K
l*
I
1
1T
£
At Almost Half Price
Roy Yamamura
Matsumiya & Nose Ltd
229 POWELL ST
TRINITY 2 1 IS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
j
i he National Executive of the
| JCCL wishes to acknowledge with
I thanks a donation received from
Mr. T. Endo of Mission City, B.C.
New York Life
735 Granville St.
SE yrnour 1728
T