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THE NEW CANADIAN

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An Independent Weekly For Canadians of Japanese Origin

10c per copy

Stronger Co-operation Stressed
By Tanaka At Kelowna YJCA Meet

?5

KELOW NA, B.C.—George Tanaka, executive secre­
tarv of the National JCCA; Hydes Onotera. president of
omnia, executive secretarv of
of the Kelowna Young hpanese Canadian Association a a supper held on April 20 at
he El Rancho.

TORONTO.

ONTARIO

2300 Japanese Americans
Regain U S. Citizenship
Judge Questions Legality Of
Detention At Tule Lake Centre

Present were executives of
the KYJCA and members of nese by Mr. Homma for the
GREENWOOD ,B. C.___ T h e
the executive of the Konwakai. benefit of the large number of
British Columbia legislature of­
Later. Mr. Tanaka spoke to a Isseis present.
general assembly of interested
On the evening of April 21 ficially lifted the restriction which 2300
ot
tese ancestry renounced
persons and members on |he the three JCCA officials and against the employment of Jap­
egregation centre in 1945
functions and work carried on the executive members of the anese on crown timber lands, the
bv the National JCCA: He gave KYJCA met at the home of B.C. JCCA was informed recently
cn informative outline of the Mr. Yamamoto and further dis­ by T. G. Norris, the association’s E. Goodman, according to the Pacific Citizen.
various undertakings for the cussed ways and means of or­ legal counsel.
Ruling in the court case which
welfare and betterment of all ganizing this district into one
According to Mr. Norris, the was brought by more than 1000 with which the renunciations
Japanese Canadians and stress­ of the affiliated organizations. following resolution was passed renunciants who contended that subsequently executed w ere
ed the need for strong co-oper­ Many difficulties and the apathy by the legislature on April 21:
their renunciations of citizen­ clothed.”
ation and unity among all local of some of the members had to
The ruling gave the gov“That the provisions of con­ ship at Tule Lake were invalid.
and affiliated organizations. His be overcome before steps could tracts with the government that Judge Goodman declared that ernment 90 days in which to
talk was translated into Japa- be taken toward real affiliation, no Japanese be employed in con­ the renunciations were obtained show cause why any of the
was the opinion of most execu­ nection therewith should be al­ under duress from other na­ persons involved should not
tives. The full co-operation of tered insofar as that portion of tionalist-minded segregees at the have citizenship restored to
them.
all local Japanese Canadians British Columbia in which such Tule Lake camp.
and their awareness of the work Japanese are now permitted by
The decision climaxed lengthy
Judge Goodman criticized
and aims of the JCCA was the Dominion Government to re­ the government for accepting litigation which began in No­
thought to be a matter of ut­ side so as to remove any disabil­ the renunciations.
vember of 1945 when the AmeriBy K.D.
most importance.
‘■'If a confession secured in a can Civil Liberties Union of
ities against Japanese being em­
(For further news regarding ployed in such area.”
manner obnoxious to congres- Northern California filed suit
the
organizational
tour
of
Mr.
sional
policy may not be used in behalf of 985 Tule Lake
Hist Impressions
large
Tanaka, please see Vernon rein a criminal case, it is equally renunciants. Another
I don’t know how accurate port on page 8.)
true that a document releasing group was represented by At­
first impressions are, whether of
the priceless insignia of Ameri­ torney Wayne Collins, of San
a person or of a place. I am a
can citizenship should not be Francisco, and the separate
Torontonian of a week’s duration.
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — validated when executed in a actions later were consolidated
into one.
Since I am destined to remain a
Helen Shimbashi of Barnwell won like .manner.”
Judge Goodman’s decision
Torontonian for a goodly ’number
top honors among the thirteen
Judge Goodman said that the
of years, I have done my best to
1948 graduates of the school of Tule Lake camp, wartime home stressed that “it must be kept
conform to the mold. Not; that I
nursing. Medicine Hat General for 18,000 persons of Japanese in mind that Tule Lake was a
have any great admiration for
Hosiptal, by being awarded the ancestry, “held disloyal aliens, centre purposed not for reloca­
that mold as it appears to me
general proficiency prize - by the Americans of Japanese ancestry tion but for segregation for the
alter the first week.
rospital board of directors at suspected
of disloyalty and duration of hostilities."
Americans whose
Toronto is a busy city, too busy
TORONTO.—The first strand­ graduation ceremonies on April Japanese
lovalty
was
not
in question at
23.
lor my liking.
ed Japanese Canadian to return
The Medicine Hat Daily News all.”
In Winnipeg, you may be to Canada since the start of the
Judge Goodman’s decision also
mauled trying to board: a street Pacific war arrived in Toronto featured the story in a front page
government’s*
car during a rush hour, but here on Saturday morning, April 24, headline. Miss. Shimbashi is .the questioned, the
action
in
interning
persons of
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
jou have to take a chance of after long years of waiting to re­
Japanese
ancestry
at
Tule Lake.
Shimbashi
of
Barnwell,
Alta.
grievous injury to life and limb. join her children and grandchil­
“In view of the admissions
There is, I admit, a certain ani­ dren in Canada.
She is Mrs.
contained in affidavits in this
malistic zest in being crushed Tsuru Fujiwara, mother of Mrs.
case he said, “I have no doubt
TORONTO. — Harry Kondo of
into crowded streetcar, especially E. Kitagawa, 20 Crewe Ave., To­
that there was a complete Toronto has been elected the first
if you succeed in locating your ronto.
lack of constitutional authority president of the Eastern Canada
stop and getting off without beTORONTO. -— The evacuation for
Mrs. Fujiwara, a resident of
executive
administrative.
iny too badly battered.
Canada since 1907, went to Japan loss inquiry now being held or military officers to detain or Young Buddhist League which
T he
streamlined streetcars for a short visit in early 1941. across Canada began its sittings imprison American citizens not was organized at a conference of
have! fast, and. it is a comforting" Her passport indicated only a in Toronto on Monday. May 3, criminally charged or subject representatives held on April 10thought that many of the lines year’s stay’ in Japan and she had with Mr. Justice H. I. Bird pre­ to martial law.”
11. The league is composed of
Young Buddhist Societies of
run all night. It’s easy getting her tickets ready for the return siding and J. W. C. Hunter rep­
Far-Reaching Decision
Montreal, Hamilton and Toronto,
around by yourself because street­ voyage to Canada when war resenting the custodian of alien
Judge Goodman’s far-reaching and is regarded as an important
cars usually travel in. a straight clouds darkened marine traffic property.
line, and you transfer at the in- across the Pacific was suspended.
The Toronto hearings are ex­ decision challenged the consti­ step toward. the: stabilizing . of.
tutionality of the action where­ Bussei groups in eastern Canada.
i-eisections.
As a result, Mrs. Fujiwara spent pected to continue for a month
The 25-cycle flicker of Toron- almost 7 years of waiting in war- and will be resumed in the fall: by American citizens, not char­
Others on the board of repre­
ged criminally or subject to
^'..e^dricity is noticeable only torn Japan.
Approximately 1,480 Japanese martial law, were detained at sentatives, which will direct the
at first. Most people use gas for
affairs of the league, are Miss
Arriving in San Francisco on Canadians are seeking redress for
cooking because the houses are April 20 aboard the General evacuation losses, according to A. the Tule Lake camp.
Yosh Kono and Oscar Kawai of
Judge Goodman commented Hamilton, Hideo Yamada and
not usually wired for electric Meigs, she travelled by rail Watson, secretary of the com­
in
his ruling:
ranges.
George Nakano of Montreal, and
across the United States and mission. In Ontario 350 persons

This court is not unmindful Miss Terrie Sugiura and Tom
A large number of mv pre- entered Canada at Windsor, have made claims totalling nearly
of the h e a v y responsibilities
evacuation friends live in Toron- Ont.
$1 million.
and burdens resting upon the Shimizu of Toronto.
r°i^° Ta.!- I’ve , managed to see
The League has been invited
Total claims amount to nearly executive and military officials
During the war and after the
ontj a few of them because’ To- surrender, Mrs. Fujiwara lived in S6 million but this; amount will due to the war with Japan1 and to send representatives to the
ls so big and they are too Fukuoka City to where she was be whittled down by the claim­ the dangers particularly affect­ Eastern Young Buddhists League
evacuated after the Tokyo bomb­ ants when specific cases are be­ ing the west coast of the United Conference to be held in Chicago
the most common topic of ings. When the American occu- ing presented, said F. G. Shears, States.
May 29 and 30. A number of
1?ersati°n that I’ve run into oation began she worked as mess director of the office of the cus­
“But even expediency cannot Canadian Busseis, including Rev.
the housing shortage and the
remove the taint of unfairness T. Tsuji, are expected to attend.
todian.
(Continued on Page 2)
i?tLCost of livilig. It seems to
e-n‘he r?le rather than the exv-^?.011 for vuves to work. And
order ^ overtime is the accepted

Employment Ban

ABOUT TOWN

H. Shimbashi Wins
Proficiency Prize

Stranded Issei
Rejoins Children
After Seven Years

Property Hearings
Open In Toronto

Elect H. Kondo
President Of
Bussei League

“Discrimination Stifles Progress’’

TOWNSEND ADDRESSES TORONTO JCCA MEETING

parried couples confesse„^-h^ they were just making
class and asked “Boy, how many tors. They would no longer be
bad^onn6^* •But ^at is not so
trade unions in Japan.
By JACK T. OKI
students have you got?” Town­ enslaved to an economy designed
pav!no-n^ldenns they are usually
Meets Discrimination
TORONTO.—Willard S. Town­
send assumed the inspector was by rich men for the purpose of
a
iOr sonJething extra—like
send of Chicago, president of the
Having grown up in a society speaking to one of the students accumulating more wealth.
a piece of furniture,
United
Transport
Services
Em
­
of
small town cordiality, Town­ and paid no attention. When he
ans th a ine"t buying is popular,
“Facts prove that discrimina­
?Y h?^^ “ “ explained ployees (CIO), told a large gath­ send did not encounter discrim­ found out later that the inspector tion is unprofitable and stifles the
had been addressing him as “boy” progress of civilization,” Town­
okaone Person sounded ering at the Labour Lyceum on ination until he was 18:
"One Christmas a group of he resigned.
send continued.
the high cost of April 18 that "slums and hungry
On the advice of a university
s biAo
iJt practlcally irnpos- people, primarily caused by de­ boys including myself decided to
“Discrimination prevents every
Th*
U d Up a hank account, nial of fundamental human visit the city. Though I had lived professor, Townsend got into the man and woman from contribut­
incubators
of
fasin the suburbs of this city in Ohio trade union movement after mov­ ing his or her maximum potential
forced LvVay to save is through rights, are
all my life, this was the first time ing to Chicago.
buvmo- N '^g-5—and installment cism.”
to society. Discrimination has
Visits Japan
The public meeting, was spon- I had visited the city proper. A.s
f
a Popular method.
many facets. The Japanese Cana­
Commenting on his trip to dians or any other minority group
Pronto
before coming to sored by the Toronto chapter of was the favorite pastime of boys
, ^e PeoPle here were the JCCA as a part of Race Re- of that day, we visited the ‘Penny Japan last year, Townsend re­ cannot fight it alone. But togeth­
Odeons.’ I was surprised when a marked "It was most enjoyable er. they can do much to abolish
i
and on the cold side lations Institute.
r Pared to people of
In 1942, Townsend was selected man touched me on the shoulder experience of my life.”
it.”
s .e‘n Canada.' That may be one of the twelve outstanding and said, ‘You shouldn’t be in
"Just across from the Imperial
au.
o. bu
The well-known Hester How
My friends asked why. Hotel in Tokyo where I stayed,
a; ?n avp n one'ls^ept as busy leaders in the USA engaged in here.’
Rhythm
Band opened the pro­
h; n’t 5a?e Torontonian, you race relations work. He is a mem­ When he replied ‘He’s a Negro,’ the cherry blossoms bloomed in
gram. The youngsters, from four
^Co^UCh
to w^t/. in ber of the World Federation of my friends were greatly angered profusion in Hibiya Park.
"I was greatly impressed by t o eight years, representing
Joj ?et £®r conversations.
So Trade Unions Commission t o and we all left.
After completing college in To­ the industry of the people, of twelve different national groups,
5rou?ru-ith°Ahe mood and rush study conditions in China. Japan
ar5
he rest -Where you and Korea, and just a year ago ronto, Townsend took a position Japan. I left Japan with the ex­ stole the heart of the audience.
Tenor Frank Kumagai also
Hac.n E, ^ 10 °r when you would was touring the East, spending on ’'the staff of a high school in alted feeling that though Japan
as
a
nation
had
lost
the
war,
the
took
part in. the musical program.
Dallas,
Texas.
One
day,
the
sup;
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52^onda^ Toal are matters of considerable time in Japan. He
Sam
YamadaWas chairman.
erintendent
of
schools
visited
his

common
people'
had
emerged
vic
­
importance.
has written, a manual for the

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GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT
.

by SUE SADA

“. . . and what did you do?”
force anyone to go see w
That was the pertinent ques­ ture. And, because this r
tion asked in the picture “Gentle­ of public education hafrv
man’s Agreement” which can be used on the proper scale s
Toronto, the Nisei Mecca. the seen locally, It was the sort of
entertainment 1= L-r
Big Town, the dream city of question, too. that could be lost cause
criterion, its see
bcu t
hundreds of daydreaming ion- easily in the sequence if, as a the box office.
. we are here. member of a minority race, one I
Toronto Nisei
"... and what did ver
You unlucky city you.
were not anticipating it through I Tl.„~
That IM
is the question ov
Leaving Winnipeg was mighty actual experience with the same ! ask of all those nice
MAY 12, 1948
hard. The Editor in the last is- sort of situation.
deplore racial discr
sue from Winnipeg . told of his
How this picture will affect the who never do much1 oeyo'k ta
sad regret in leaving' the friend- so-called ‘‘majority’’ races, espec­ ing brotherhood, c
o i
liness of Winnipeg, and I second ially those at whom the message draw from the scene
P
’ Ja
the regret,
We will miss the is aimed, cannot easily' be dis- because of their owi
Alter the usual last minute rush and not a little
friendliness of the city7 and the cerned.
However, the Hobson and not through any
*18..
friendliness of the people. Natur- story has received good notices ing the protection-les
nL we have managed to go to press with this
„ iallv of the people we know and from critics. The pity of such j of a minority* peoole
toronto issue oi Inc New Canadian,
people on the street, messages is that rarely do they does not ask to have
hot of room lor improvement, both in appearance and in
ms wour
Maybe the latter feeling comes i reach
who need it most. licked, no matter how kir^
ontents, and we welcome vour sugges
from the fact that Winnipeg is finding intelligent reaction from done. A victim wish es. y Lr
we
that it is almost im- essentially a country' town—just those only who do not need such potent wrath, that
initial s
O u I an
mg. newsy and worthwhile grown up, but friendliness is bn challenges. Of course, the -minor­ gression could be
OUtiai e
without the
interest of mr readers; we all the faces of the people on Por­ ity-race members will flock to see fectively through positrve
” avt'C

o us and
this movie exposition .of their on the part of those- who sb
Hire vour ideas tage and on Main.
Compared to Winnipeg, To- humiliation, perhaps to find a ly desire racial friendliness
with us at ve
ronto
ha
harried sombre thrill in feeling the knife » Now'that Darryl Zanu\
We have
tments for all types
pimple on her busy streets, just of prejudice turning in them made a fair job of Laura Z Hf'
new
like hustling Vancouver. Every­ vicariously.
son's “Gentleman's Agreeine~body’s in too much of a rush to
Truly, once seen, there is little one wished he would go on v-ettort and concentration to sit down to
get somewhere that he's not in­ to make one wish to see it again: Erskine Caldwell’s "Trouble
terested in anybody else who to see again the scenes of con­ July.”
><>u that the cflort is worth while, and it
happens to be on the same temptible race prejudice re-en­
There is a story packed \
street.
telling
drama, if nortraved wacted
midst
Hollywood
splendor,
our
in Western Canada
But even more than that, we and then to remember the sordid­ the simple strength, ur.aeo .* moved another thousand miles awav will miss the clean air of "Winni­
with heroics, of the autho’ - c
ness of reality.
no
ius.
'
peg. It was no more than five
One might feel gratified that,
will continue to lie national, and minutes after I’d walked out of
Since one cannot expect Hof"
oops, or Lethbridge, or Regina, Union Station that I got a nice at long last, the movie producers wood to become at or.ee a ^In^
have decided to use their peculiar
will
us as much as -what takes place comfortable hunk of soot in my medium to bring home' to more crusader for race equality ’them pick stories that b\‘'heye. It happens every day'. Per­
A\ c intend to
our corres]
people
than
can
be
1

eached
sheer
dramatic qualities W 1
haps one develops an automatic
iness replv er
.11 takes
recei
filter after some months, but it’s through fortune and letters-to- force the . movie-goer
than a day for an airmail letter to reach us from Vancouver hard to breathe in deeply or open the-editor that the world sickness the desired impact. Talk aM a>
w any major Canadian city. We are not as far apart as our eyes wide even if .. the build­ of racial hatreds is the destruc­ gument are not effective uitroi
tion and not the preservation of corresponding action to reach t?
the distance in miles would seem to indicate, and we hope ings are bigger.
security. But then, not even the very people that need to K c But Toronto has nice things titillating advance “ads" can lenged.
too. I have to say this to make
myself happy. The street cars
are modern. Winnipeg’s probab­
ly are among the oldest in the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
(From Pacific Citizen)
Dominion
— although I’ve been
One of the strange by-products government. In a number of in­
told
about
Edmonton’s. Eut offf mass evacuation and mass de- dividual cases. Federal district
setting the streamlines of the
■ntion has been the presence in courts already have upheld the
stree cars is the horrible manUnited
of approxi- contention that duress was a ners
Editor, The New Canadian:
evidence can be found at thf
of the street car riders.
; lately 2.300 persons of Japanese factor in the renunciations and
I have been following with local levels in the showdown
Monica
wrote
passionately
about,
ancestry who, because they had have reinstated American nation­
careful interest the development Struggles to g-et Negroes into
i iken steps to renounce their ality in these individual instances. the rigors of rush hour transpor­ of the JCCA and the Olympian bowling centers heavily patron
Yesterday I notes of encouragement by ’--- ’ ’
American citizenship while in de- Judge Goodman’s decision this tation recently'.
ized by Japanese
or‘ joinins'
found
out
how
much
sharper the JACL’s Mike Masaoka.
। notion at the Tule Lake segre­ week, ordering the reinstatement
picket lines around department
gation center. were neither of American citizenship to 2,300 elbows of Toronto women are.
The April 24 letter of Masaoka stores to protest discrimination
Saying'

excuse
me"
must
seem
American citizens or Japanese former residents of Tule Lake,
calls for some comments that in employment against Ma waste of time to these busy Bi°' may be useful to-the JCCA.
) nationals.
recognizes that this condition of Town
folk.
The factors leading to the mass duress and terror was a general
1. A lapse of organizational
The JACL for
purpose is
But
Toronto has lots of - powers in the JACL has cut
i munciations at the Tule Lake one at the segregation center
valuable
but
its'
supporters
snou.
•amp sprang mainly from the during the time the renunciations parks, and Sunnyside Beach
down control of policy to a few fully understand that the purclose
by.
In
Winnipeg,
going
a nti-democracy of mass evacua- were being accepted.
of the lads at the top and very poses are limited.
Failuit
to the beaches means a train
on and mass; detention.
The
little or nothing has remained catch on to this basic truth ha:
Judge Goodman also sharply trip and at least a half day ex­
eeds of bitterness and frustrafor the rank and file,
This led to the misunderstandings W
criticized
the government's role cursion. And Carousel is play?
t ;ou. were cultivated by promakes affairs hot and tough have kept droves of us away no1
I roan nationalists. There also has in accepting the renuniations un­ ing at the Royal Alec and El-~ for all concerned.
the JACL camp.
Wen considerable testimony' to der the conditions which existed liot Lawrence is coming to
2. The financial arm of the
Masamori Kojima.
questioned the authority town and the Summer Proms JACL is the ADC (Anti-Discrim­
t ne effect that a condition of and
Chicago. Ill.
;ted at . Tule under which the people at Tule are starting soon. ..Winnipe
ination
Committee) which Masa­
(Mr.
Kojima
is
the
English secLake in the
of 1945 and Lake were confined in the seg­ is a desert as far as these oka did not even mention in his tion e d I tor
Chicag1
things
are
concerned.
That threats and duress were used regation center.
supoprt
of
Shimpo.)
The women naturally I no- ADC is comprised of
the residents of the
JACL and
“I have no doubt," he declared, ice) seem to be dressed
much non-JACL. Financial support of
eg negation center on other resi- "that there was a complete lack ;
ackno«
The New
ents. The effectiveness of the of constitutional authority for । more a la mode. This does not legislation and legal battles afledges
with
thanks
generous
ci
fee tin Japanese has cut across
terroristic methods can be meas­ administrative. executive or mili­ W’’1 U’ey go„about "'ill* j| feelingnations
from
the
following':
kW T11 ?V?r ^“'organizational lines. It is misured by the fact that many Amer- tary officers to detain and im­ XV
Mr. and Mrs. Hiromu Fujii
as of Japanese
con- prison American citizens not a ent here BrtVVv PreV’ 'lM<lins fm ^saoKa to state that Brule, Alta., on the birth of thex
\"^ ,?, ’ ?
Winnipeg;the whole credit belongs to the
; .fined at Tule Lake, felt that they charged criminally or subject to
I son
over half of the females dressed j. JACL
~

^;ad been abondoned by their own martial law."
(Parenthetically
I
would
Mr. and Mrs. Tsunejiro Taxa
New Look-ish are those who like to add that asking financial
hashi, Tappen. B.C.
should know better. But once in
support from the Issei without
Mr. Kiyoshi Yano. Vauxna:;
a while a stunner comes along— granting full membership rights
something that we did not catch in the JACL is illogical and un­ Alta.
in Winnipeg—even if the prairie political.)
(Continued from Page 1)
Letters for the foilowin
girls looked healthier and more
In Vancouver’s Chinatown, SOO
3. Masaoka says “If we as Nis­ The New Canadian office.
alive.
supervisor of the 118th U.S. Miliei are not interested enough in
Tom Takemura (from
You should see the new stores our own future to work together
very important people. tary Hospital in that city.
and the theatres and the sky- for the common good, then we am, Ont.), Gloria Sato ।
Asked how the red tape and
Otsuka), Mrs. M. Nobcn
ns: politician;
are• . 1not entitled to_ . "that
status we | U. Morimoto).
calling at the involved delays which are ; scrapers going up. In Winnipeg 4-L,
__
* Illi (J LU / ♦

Mr
11U 1

i they do not think about putting
eir homes and
holding up the return of the
• The implicit i Nobori (from K. Kadotas
|
new
places
up.
they
are
only
com
The gush of
charge is that Nisei not active in I____________ ____
strandees in Japan had been
| cerned with keeping them bat- the JACL are seriously remiss in | Ch
of Address
overcome in the case of her
rrovinee repealed an old law bar- mother. Mrs. Kitagawa said that {tened down so that they won’t special obligations. Effective
I float away.
< j
T ,
i community work can take an in- I Frank Moritsugu. fornu
the utmost patience and persev­ :
i
And
last
week
I
heard
Illinois
। finite ■ varietv of forms outside ; 751 McCalman Ave - Wii
urned on full with the announce- erance on the part of relatives in

Jacquet
do
musical
acrobatics
on
J
the JACL and mav seem to an I has moved to Toros
wnt of a June S by-election in Canada was necessary if an
ne Vancouver Centre riding. early return to Canada is desired. Jus honking squeaking tenor and i individual Nisei to “be more per- lNew Canadian and nChinatown's qualified :Mrs. Kitagawa wrote‘ weekly ! saw him go through strenuous i' sonallv worthv of effort than 04 Shirley St., Toroi
( British - born or naturalized) I letters to Ottawa for ahmost two : physical gymnastics at the sameifjehti
a one-slanted battle for
a. s^ntiI-V-attended but I the ri ghts of the Japanese alone.
Mr. Gaichi Tab<
citizens would get their first i years before she got remits ShekS
m
>^dly-received jazz concert at i
357
McNab St.
ettance to vote.
Masaoka cannot quite save
Ha^- Jazz is transcended : himself. by asserting at the end Ont., has moved
Politicians had been studying 'MacArthur andrhe Canadian
'
the * that joining the JACL or JCCA S.. Hamilton. Ont
past election returns in Vancouv- | Mission in Japan.

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group
;
the larg’er continuing struggle Miss America
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But the noise and the hurry
’ minors at ;
'
equality of opportunity "and ; Although Nisei h
otJhe
The street
g to Japan' and the bustle:
Affair
It insures nothing ■ vited to enter rlw ?
ter in Win- ! cars rumble and the buses roar o:
On the contrary, ■ contest in Hawaii
nine
d for some ,!
vigorous awareness • -Sinl is already er
a vs. In 1945. when nearly 34
and out of the cocktail hars.
own racial struggle the J or any other non-C
) votes were east, lie had wo
Hon much lovelier it would he
‘still is not eligible
re
lowered
SIS.
In 1935. his winmn
to he riding along on the crest
'Miss America f
on
one
front
may
b
of the Assiiniboine River on an viewed a
;
City, according
=o
precarious
that
iden
•u sue
improvised raft
the flowl
with other unpopular'
popular
voter
waters ravage Manitoba.
Claude Lap!
Ights is avoided. An I
decide it.
But I might even like Toronto excuse can easily be found in the posed the mus
Although all the young fellow; pnrase “practical politics."
■ nose opera, "ba ku:
New Phone Numb;
I've met are interested in th<

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Personal Notes Across Canada

DIALOGUE IN HELL

SARAYAMA—MORIMOTO

REVELSTOKE,
B. C. — T h e
OTTAWA. Anarch S. — The ban
Bo„KITAMURA
:ual.
ble-rousers. the idealists.
j wedding took place at the Revel- against Japanese in British Co­
IE BUTTE. Alta.—The ( stoke ■ United Church on April 17
HITLER: Ah well, st least m\
HITLER: :t holding his
dhw Church was the ■ of Aliss Yaeko Morimoto, daught- lumbia coastal areas will stay in
on satisfactorily Stop. Herr Doctor, vou’re
the marriage of Miss : er of Mrs. Ritsu Alorimoto. to effect tor at least another vear.
it was learned today
Kita m u r a. second
ews item
ignt say.
(
Air.
Minoru
Sarayama,
son
of
Air.
GOEBBELS; But. after
of’Mr. and Mrs. YoHITLER
Well
what
are a few Japs?
The
Fra. of Picture Butte, [and Mrs. Sarayama of Revelme is Hell. As we look
nere i
Shigeo Kondo, eldest (stoke, B.C.
HITLER:
(controlling
h i s
Hitler and Dr. Goebbels
Ln
are
Mrs. Tomekichi
laughter)
Y
ou
are
a
wonderful
O'
Coalhurst, Alta., on
mmallows over a bed
A few Japs. a.
OIKAWA—SUMIDA
GOEBBELS: If I may detain mimic. E
Reverend
Y. Kawacoals ano d
few
Negi
es.
a
tew
J
>u.
Alein
Fuehrer.
I
think
you
13
| HOPE, B.C. — The wedding
'events in The World. Hitler
a
few
Irish
. a few Roin marriage by her . took place at the Chilliwack
man
Cath
w Frenchreport from one of our agents in
the bride wore a gown United Church of Miss Vera Tam­
HITLER: .
Canadians,
Himmel
!
We haw
.
and.
otherwise.
Canada.
> nylon. Her floor-length iko Sumida, first daughter of Mr. things are going well?
given the world a philosophy!
HITLER:
Canada?
Indeed?
? held with orange blos- Tamijiro Sumida. and Mr. Masao
GOEBBELS:
Mein Fuehr : (Ruefully) ..That is the country
v
She carried a bouquet of Oikawa, son of Airs. Mitsu Oik- er. The latest reports from The ; which produced such fanatical enjoy it.
awa
of
Hope,
on
April
24.
Uutiful red roses and white
GOEBBELS:
. . democracy,
up) 1
Rev. R. A. Redman officiated, ■ V orld are satisfactorv'. Just as
f. .--'-nations. Miss Shirley Tatebe
you
would
have
them.
r
If
you'll
pardon
have
something further to report.
the
expression.
Baishakunins
were
Air.
and
Airs.
Fs bridesmaid, wearing blue
HITLER: Anything new from Herr Goebbels?
j Alein Fuehrer. Tm sure
"ylon taffeta and carried a C. Katsuno.
America
? Any new lynchings in
t please you.
GOEBBELS:
i
chuckling
ana
Muauet of lovely carnations,
South Carolina ?
(
kicking
up
his
club
foot
with
HITLER: Do
The
groom
Ms and daffodils.
...
SAKAMOTO—HIROSE
GOEBBELS: (regretfully) (glee) I knew vot
supported by Mr. Takumi
GOEBBELS: Well. Fuehrer.
food news from Canada. this ban. this
TABER, Alta. — The wedding Nein. Mein Fuehrer. (He consults
Osa.
(
the
latest
bulletins
from
his
agMein Fuehrer.
After the ceremony, a recep- took place of Miss Emiko Hirose,
was continued at the request of
HITLER: Com.
now. Herr the British
on was held in the church third daughter of Mr. Tanejiro ( ents on Earth.) Ah. but here we
Columbia Liberal
live me the Party. Our agents are quite def­
•H
The couple left for a Hirose, to Mr. Yoshio Sakamoto, (have a reassuring report. Three Goebbels. Quickly,
honeymoon trip to Calgary. third son of Mr. Kosaburo Saka­ (Negroes sued a railway company details.
inite on that.
Baishakunins were Mr. and Mrs. moto. at the Taber Hall, on April for putting them in a Jim Crow ’ GOEBBELS: IT I may read
HITLER: Liberal! (roars with
;coach.
(from the official repor
T Aoki and Mr. and Mrs. H. 24. All are resident of Taber.
laughter)
What a splendid joke!
HITLER
:
Non-Aryan
swine'.
Heads.)

The
ban
against
JapanRev. Y. Kawamura officiated.
GOEBBELS: Good men. Good

They
were
not
successful,
of
esc
in
British
Columbia
coastal
Baishakunins were Mr. and Mrs.
And highly respected
;course ?
areas will stay in
for at men all.
Tsurukichi Mishima.
KAJIWARA—ICHINO
in
the
province
of British ColumGOEBBELS: Of
not least another vear/
PICTURE BUTTE, Alta.—The
bi a. Whv, one of their leaders
Fuehrer.
It.
was
in
the
southern
HITLER:
(arch
arriage took place at the local
. states.
eyebrew) But I don’t understand. now a senator- swore that Im
iddhist hall on April 17 of Engagements
HITLER; Hmmmm. And the Japanese in Canada? Our former would leave public life if the Jap^
HAMILTON. Ont. — Mr. ana
Namiko Ichino, third
returned to that coastal strip.
daughter of Mr. Kosaburo Ichi­ Mrs. H. Hyodo, 93 Inchbury St.. 'Jews? Anything special to re- allies ?
(
port
?
HITLER: Capital! A man af­
GOEBBELS: (excitedly) Nein.
jo. “of Picture Butte, and Mr. Hamilton, announce the engage ter
my own heart. Truly a real
GOEBBELS:
nein.
nein.
You
have
missed
the
g
special
Masao Kajiwara, second son of ment of their daughter, Hide,
senator!
Just
the
usual
world-wide
reports
(
point,
Mein
Fuehrer.
True
to
Rev.
Kosaburo
Shimizu,
of
Mrs. Tsuruyo Kajiwara, of the
GOEBBELS:
:me city, Rev. Y. Kawamura the Church of All Nations, To­ ( of them being verboten in exclus- i people look like Japanese. Bat
' ' reality. they are ’legal Cana- the way.
ronto. The wedding is to take Jve clubs, residential areas, fra in
nciated.
amc of Mackenzie.
Chosaburo place shortly.
: ternities and so on. Nothing un • dian citizens. Many of them do
Dlr. a i d Mrs.
HITLER: Hoot mon!
’ not even speak Japanese. 1
NaKamura and
----- Mr. and Mrs.
GOEBBELS: J a. Alein Fuehre
Teruhiko Ikeda were the baiof them are graduates of the
MONTREAL. — The engage­
snakunin:
; versity of British Columbia.
ment is announced of Miss
HITLER: (with a look of cun- person. A helpless minority used
Sumiye
Okuda,
eldest
daughter
EJ IM A—NAKANO
ining) I begin to understand. dear beautifully for political and ec­
of Mr. and Mrs. Kasaku Okuda.
onomic purposes.
A forthright,
The
wedding
WINNIPEG.
■ Doctor.
formerly of Cumberland and
stand
against
a
race
of a differ­
-o<A place of Miss Asaye Nakano, Popoff, B.C., to Mr. Minato
In Moose Jaw, a few Niseis; GOEBBELS: British Columbia
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jisa- Sasaki, twin son of Mr. and participated in the ceremony on 5 has made all the rest of Canada ent color or a creed. Just as in
ouro Nakano, to Mr. Harry Hat- Mrs. Tokubei Sasaki, of Ottawa May’ 4 to welcome Governor Gen- (a kind of ghetto for the Japanese, our better days. And just think:
•uiiro Ejima of Fort William, formerly of Haney, B.C., and eral Viscount Alexander, who is j The ramifications of this are far- a-whole year ban. on them!
HITLER: Aeh, Doctor, how
Ont., on May 8 at Knox United Taber, Alta. The ceremony took i now touring western Canada. ; reaching.
you
know.
well you know humanity. Almost
Cnurch. The Rev. Dr. C. Hunter place at the Okuda home 713‘They were L.A.C. Genichi Ohashi, ! Mein Fuehrer.
mciated.
HITLER: Indeed I do. doctor. as well as I. But never fear, Heri
Moffat St.. Verdun, P.Q., on 'R.C.A.F.C., and A.S.M. Russ Shir
Baishakunins were Mr. and Sunday, April 18.
; akawa of Boy Scouts . . . Air. Tj Surprising how our former crit- Goebbels. We are far from dead
Mrs. D. Nagamatsu and Mr. and
( U. Imai has acquired ownership ics and enemies have picked up so long as we have our friends
up there.
RAYMOND, Alta. — Mr. and (of and is operating “Star Rooms.” our techniques, eh ?
Mrs. I. Matsuo. A reception was
”41 after the ceremony at the Mrs. T. Amemori, Box 238, Ray­
GOEBBELS: Precisely my own
GOEBBELS: Hoot mon. Mein
Shanghai Chop Suey. The .couple mond, Alta., announce the en­ i In Toronto, a young Japanese view, Fuehrer. Indeed, the Jap­ Fuehrer.
lett for Toronto where they will gagement of their youngest Canadian who was found guilty anese are just as good sport as
From the Vancouver Sim.
daughter, Chieko Louise, to Mr. of “unlawfully wounding” his the Jews.
spend their honeymoon. *
Absolutely no deJack Noboru Nishiyama, eldest wife was sentenced to one year in fense. Why. our agents assure
son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Nishi- a reformatory.
OIKAWA—SUGAYA
me that many of the leading
vama,
all of Raymond, on April
HAMILTON. Ont. — The wed­
British Columbia businessmen are
ISSEI STUDY GROUP
ding of Miss Kuniko- Sugaya and 4.
In Farnham, F.Q., Haruno involved.
they don't
TORO N T O. — JCCA Issei
Mr.
and
Mrs.
K.
Takaguchi
' Sora, secretary of the Farnham want the Japanese to return as Study Group meeting will be
Mr. Katsushige Oikawa was soland Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Hiron­ Juveniles, is wondering how club competition.
vmnized by Rev. A. Love at Wes- aka,
held at the Church of All Na­
of Raymond, are baishak­
HITLER: Naturally.
Uy United Church in Hamilton unins. The wedding will take (members can start corresponding
tions on May 18 at 8 p.m. Dis­
r. May 1.
(with young people in foreign
GOEBBELS: We have some cussion topics: Issei-Nisei rela­
place in the fall.
' countries. Anybody with sugges- splendid men on our side. Of tionships, the Recreation Centre
The bride, in blush pink satin
'mtn a bridal-beaded yoke and
TABER, Alta. — The engage­ , tions are asked to write Aliss course, there are the usual rab- proposal.
pointed sleeves, was given in ment is announced of Miss (Sora. Bedford Road. Farnham.
aiai riage by her father Mr. Y. Chizuko Yamabe, second daugh­ r.Q.
Sugaya. Her gown'was square- ter of Mrs. S. Yamabe, of Taber.
neiked with a long- fitted bodice to Mr. Kiyoshi Yano, of Vaux
pointing into a full-flared skirt hall, Alta., on April 18.
Th0 : Obituaries
fornng into a long train. The ceremony ’took place at the ;
HAMILTON, Ont. — On Sun­
MOOSE JAW. Sask.—Another
i
GENICHI KODAMA
Mt-appliqued veil was held in Yamabe home in Taber.
day,
April
18.
the
Hamilton
deadline
for the closure of tinand
place bv a tiara of beadwork
Baishakunins are Mr.
‘ KOBE, Japan. — Mr. Genichi
Young Buddhist Society held its Moose Jaw hostel has come an<l
Mrs.
Fusagoro
Fukushima^
and
:
Kodama,
formerly
manager
of
that on the shoulder of
first Hana Matsuri Service. This gone but the 4 6 holdouts have
t:ie dies ;•
She carried a bridal Mr. and Mrs. Hatsutaro Naka- ’ the T. Tamura and Co.—Sun- ceremony is a formal service
shown no signs of moving out.
: ban Bank in Vancouver, died
bouquet of red Victorian roses, mura.
celebrating the birth of the Bud­
Orders were, issued to the in:
on
January
23
this
year
from
mses and white carnations.
dha.
cerebral
haemorrhage,
accordmates
them to mow
WINNIPEG. — The
•i he attendants. Misses Sumiye
Presiendt
Oscar
Kawai
open
­
metn
is

announced
of
Aliss
Emiko
!ing
to
word
received
recently
out
by
April
30.
with offers of
JKtida or Montreal, Joanne Yata­
be o* Toronto, and Susanne Oik- Nishioka, daughter of Air. andYin Canada from his son. Mr. ed the service by introducing employment. transportation to
^'a oi Hamilton, were in aqua Mrs. Shigeki Nishioka of Winni­ (Toshio Kodama. 1263 Nishi- the guests of honor, Rev. Ikuta jobs and placement allowance,
Tarumi. Kobe. Mr. Kodama had
Ft'*^ Wlt^ bertha collars, fitted peg. to Mr. Henry Shigekiku Oz- ' been confined to bed since the of Raymond. Alta., and Rev. but response has been lacking.
It is estimated that about 32
3od.ee and full-flared skirts. In amoto, grandson of Air. and Airs. beginning of December. 1947. Tsuji of Toronto, Rev. Ikuta
meir hair they wore matching Moroku Ozamoto of the same (and passed away very suddenly. spoke on “What is Buddhism ?” of the 4 6 holdouts are capable of
Rev. Tsuji gave a word of en- taking employment, the remainThe bethrothal ceremony
c--a braids and thev carried city.
couragement to th
-i u -s ot the same material dec- was held on May 1 at the Shang­
Y.B.S. der being wives and children,
i
TSUNEKICHI KAWANO
commenting
on
the
progress
Available employment includes
F with a corsage of red roses hai Chop Suey.
■ ST. CATHARINES, Ont.—Mr. the group has made. Tea was jobs in the sugar beet fields of
Baishakunins
are
Air.
and
Airs.
P’-mt satin streamers.
(Tsunekichi Kawano (72), died served to the enjoyment of all. Alberta, Alanitoba and Ontraio.
I•mediately preceding the S. Takatsu.
at his home here on April 18.
cel'with salaries rangin
from 60
Y^ and during the signing
’The funeral took place at the
On
April
10th,
President
Oscar
cents
an
hour
plus
room
and
me registry, Miss Shirlev Births
(St. Catharines Anglican Church Kawai and Yosh Kono represent­ board. Gardeners are offered $75
fellow member of the WesBRULE. Alta.—Mr. and Mrs. on April 21. The remains were
ed Hamilton YBS at the Eastern a month plus room and board,
You g Peoples’ Union, sang Hiromu Fujiki are very happy cremated in Toronto.
Canada Young Buddhist League while cooks are offered $150 plus
s “Ave Ilaria.” and to announce the arrival of a
conference
in Toronto. Members room and board. These offers,
rat
ISAKICHI YAMADA
son. W. R. (Bobby), on March
from
Hamilton
who attended the however, have been flatly reject­
21.

NAKUSP. B.C. — Air. Isakichi
e s mother, in a stree
conference were Ken Hashimoto. ed by' the hostel holdouts.
s
Yamada
died
at
his
home
on
pale sea-green ;
3
received guests i WINNIPEG. - Mr and Mrs. iApril 16. Funeral services took Judy Sonoda. Dewey Uchida.
Nonky Idenouye. Jean Hayashida
I George Sasaki (nee Rosa TaK- i place on April 22.
5 /’ Ef'Y and out of town jatsu) announce the birth o± a
and Kay Idenouye.
“? southern Ontario and
MRS. T. NISHIZEKI
-'-r tne dinner which was (child on April 19. The child
I
was
born
prematurely
as
a
i
e;
PICTURE
BUTTE. Alta.—Mrs.
HAMILTON. Ont. - All Peop­
’• toe Ladies’ Auxiliarv (suit of a fall suffered by the
< Takai
Nishizeki
le's Church, which was severely
tn hall. Congratula- i mother, and was placed in an Tokusaburo
died at her home in Picture Butte
( damaged by fire in January of
rom friends scattered
Both mother,
; incubator.
on
April
27.
The
wake
was
neld
■ this year .has been beautifully
the country were ( •
}
in
and
the hospital.
HAMILTON, Ont. — The fc :renovated and redecorated with
(on April 28 at the local Buddhist
getting web
church and the funeral on the foi- lowing were elected to the execu- ‘ some fine improvements added.
--e bi ide and of the ■
s
churcl tive of the Hy No Club at a gen- (These include an enlarged kitchen
day at the
aU AIi-s. K. Oikawa, i GREENWOOD. B.C. — Born a
eral meeting held on April 17 a and a new electric stove. It will
Y.
Kawamura
officiated.
5 of Hamilton.
(son. Ken. to Air. and Airs. Mitsuthe All People's Church:
take some time, however, to re■o for their honey- (ijro Hamaguchi of Greenwood, at
Raymond
Aliroyarna.
president:
place
ail the equipment for offic
MRS.
SHIMENO
KOSUMI
[“bee City, the bride (the'local 'hospital on April 21.
Tak
Nakamura,
vice-president:
- work.
NEYS.
Ont.

Mrs.
Shimeno
'
and
club
[•e-piece ensemble of ■ Both mother and baby are doing
Tosh Goto, secretary; and Wailv ‘ The Japanese Issei congrega■
Kosumi.
mother
or
Air.
Shin
KoWorsted with well.
Ont.. died Fukumoto, treasurer.

tion which had been worshipping
sumi. Camp 72
Tories and a corsage (
*
*
A
new
treasurer
is
to

fee
elec
at
the Church of the Redeemer.
p "Yr- and Mrs. Kats j
TORONTO. — Born, a daugh
The funeral service took place on ed to replace Mr. Fukumoto wi
L. ^ive. *n Hamilton j ^r. Jovce Yaeko. to Mr. and Mr
has resigned from his position.
March 17.
^rum irom their trim (Takashi Nasu, on March 14.

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Moose Jaw Holdouts
Refuse Employment

Ready For Use Again

Raymond Moriyama
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Page 10

J. Tanaka, K. Ogaki Cop Top Honors jSScAli?31 Alberta Take Two Out Of Three
In Ali-Ontario
Tourney and coaches
In 3-Game Cage Series With B.C
c Badminton
t

T

VERNON, B.C.—Over 45 persons attended the Joint Girls’
COALDALE. Alta.—Albe
the
sh
nd Boys' Windup Banquet held I
.
Oy
the
Ve:
Ful
n Greenwood, B.C., during
League on
the local
th
j win tlie Men's
. chop suey house.
iference week-end, Mav ;
Lei
badminton louri
L
1
Guests of honor of the
the spacious Metropolitan Cht
league were George Tanaka, i The prairie hosts, most of,----------------------- - ----- ------ he A mixed doubles. T
national J.C.C.A. secretary, I whom had invaded Winnipeg
the Easter week, troun-i^e Fs??rs,.ie4 apart
and Seiji Homma and Hydes
■a'.
-arc s:
cope wim
; Amy Kitagawa and
a Lhd Ma
Ta
Onotera of the B.C. J.C.C.A. ced Greenwood, 33-30, and 31- :
&«ei' lea -ng 13.7
L-t oac- ■ Other guests of the league
rhe fact
usaka in a lack-lustre : Nc:ewo:
22, in the first two games, while : T ^Jp' ^pP ^uara A. i Oshh:
ts.
the

F
nai.
Kay C’gaki won her :
were the local J.C.C.A. of­ the B.C. visitors rallied to take : P-^ed _up 8 points. K: 'o Mor;,
ill very
bn days
icond championship in the :
ficials, M. Ikeda, Ed Ouchi the final game. 31-23.
—ure.
Former Japanese
ntura 6.
dies’ doubles with Amy Kita- :
lashed on rhe maple of : and Ted Terada,
*
s
s
; to leao. the winners. (
dominated -he scene in i
mura, defeating Dot Matsumoto : Smth
Feature of the banquet was
In the first game on May l;Pmlec^A ?°
v *iiio:
tion.
and
Chivo Takeda for ' the: che A
_-a the presentation of gifts to the 1 at the Lethbridge YMCA gym. 1
ponsib
bi
ro
er, youth
ladies’ A ’title.
.
:
time.. coaches of the girls’ teams, K. the Albertans led by little;101 6 mor^
ci
inexorable
B section winners were Scotty ; new
vttie Natsuhara, Sam Yamasaki and George Saito’s smart sniping ofJ
BRITSH COLUMBIA: Se
Amemori-Mosa Matsumoto over ■ ^g
yreG; George Nishihata, by the re- 12 points just managed to take
, o
,yec wel. fcr a firs'
George Takeoka-Karl Matsuo ■ Sa^.ki
i
earn
4L
t
.
;
spective
team
captains.
Nancy
or
Greenwood by a 3-point score. ■ 2 G. Fujisawa. Total
for men’s doubles: Mizue Shin- ; Harada, Matt Matsui.
isaka? ’ Natsuhara, Susie Sakurai and ’ The visitors were handicapped ,
ALBERTA: J. Tot
4
tani-Kay Ono over Marg Na- ' Junji Ikeno and Johan;
taka deserve* i Checkers Fukuyama. Kayo NatSaito 4, Jim
Me
j
by
being
worn
out
after
the

ya
^°7.
'
of the event ! suhara was the capable M.C.
G. icyama. J
gata - Kiyo Obokata for the : nuch credit for the su»
'0

trip,
having
arrived
on
the
day
considersdor
Nishimura
6.
Two
points
may
wa
ladles’
doubles:
and
Mitsue : :or future tourneys. In
I The Vernon Nisei Basketball 1 of the game, but put up a good
ii-Scotty Amemori ove
; All-Stars would like to sincere- < fight. Acting captain Hiro Mukai
ibilines of the entrants
In the third and final §
Nagata-Tosh Bando fo
es : ly thank the players and many
vide the
t may be advisable to
; led the visitors with 13 points. on Sunday night, May 2F it
* friends in Greenwood. B.C., for Regular captain Nobby Fuji­
B section. For
before Greenwood departed o
Wim /I teams m tne run losers crop :eto tothebelower
trounced by a toi ; their warm hospitality on. their I sawa was unable to make the home, Tosh Seki sparked
ning, the tournament
to that citv in. early | trip because of an accident suf­
not a very pleasant prospect, ■ trio
lighter
team with 17 points to hand ine
days to play off. In their ad
i badminton, as in other sport: ; April.—S.T.
I
fered at work.
Albertans a 31-23 defeat
don ana stamina are imvance to the men’s champion- : physical
i
that
contribute
to
the
Tall man. Moriyama topped
ship, Tanaka-Matsui met stiff; p^?' Ct le participants. It would
ama 4. Aki
ALBERTA:
Yosh
the
locals with 8 poi its.-R.
opposition from two Metropoli- : be reas-onable then, that should a parti*
George Saito 12. Kiyo MoriOshiro
Yo Nishimura. O’Shiro.
yama 2
tan duos. Henry Ide-Shig Oue ; cipam be unable to continue ne contest
BRITISH COLUMBIA Sei
Tota'
Sets Miyashita 2. Joe Toyama
and J. Kitamura-J. Oki.
: due to th:e above stated facte j, the ver
6. Fujimura. Hashimoto 4.
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Harry Nobuto

opponent,
to
. diet should
rated IkenoFukusaka
oncition. tho
superior phy
e Tovota brothers from Kitchene:
s-v situation.
may be ju
to advance raves.
■auea to
■A bigger a: d better tourney is promised :
the fourth ’day of the meet
Coming i
resuks of the :
r next vea
ad to play with little res
atches Mil
.hed next week in •
games.
The much-tourer
ese pages.)
Ikeno and Fukusaka. trier
up-and-coi

i 4. G. Fujisawa.

Total 3!
1

Moriyama S.
Sunday morning. May 2. at
... shiro,LBERTA:
G. Toya.
Coaldale, the two teams tangled .4. Saito 2, Jim
.as .uro
in the second game in which i Total 23.

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TORONTO.
The Club 20
- ■ Mixed Bowling League is in
- operation again this year, with
* Harry Nobuto as president. The
5 new executive is:
Tommy Fujimoto, secretary;
< Eileen Shintani, treasurer;
Mitzi Ikeda, assistant treasOn
Friday
WINNIPEG.
urer; Mas Isoshima, corre- i April
23.
the
Nisei
entry
in the Mary Inouye heads the ladies
TORONTO.— Emerging champions of the JCCA Com
spending secretary.

local
Gibson

s
Spring
League.
with 183. followed by Babs
mcrcial Bowling League as the final games were rolled of
Eight teams make up the
7
Sakamoto (168), and Betty
Each ■ league, each having three girls : made a good start by taking
: three games on the first night Kanna (167).
medal

3n
d
three
men.
a
jof play.
Ozamoto also holds tr
!
The team, captained by Tony ; single m ark with 3
ip victory.
Friday, April 16, saw the 4.8
expected to make ■ Nancy KLanai leads
Mini-Mix was runner-up. with ,
Eiris
• bowlers get away with a bang Fujishige
*795
Club 20 in "show’- spot, and Bill ; honors go to Club 20 captain , on the first bowling night. i a good showing in the Gibson : with 264.
irry basa
Takeda Insurance fourth.
■ Tom Fujimoto with 841. Run- j Teams 1. 3. 6 and 8 won out in loop, since it is formed of five ’ tops the high triple wit
: of the best bowlers in the Nisei i Inouve's 594 the best
Joe Izumi, Mini-Mix main- I ner-up was Ray Kutsukake the first matches.
■ league, Butch Hamakawa. Tad 1 ladies.—G.F.
stay, piled up the individual j (Pasquale Bros.) with 819.
Jane Uchida and Rosie Nisi
= Tanabe. Babs Sakamoto and
records with the high aver- ;
Jack Henmi (Canton Chop ; zaki topped the lady bowle
age of 233 and a high triple J Suey) copped the high single ■ tying with high triples of o93. i Grace Terakita. with Fujishige.
of 900. His nearest rival in i trophy with 382.
Runner-up i Miss Nishizaki rolled 291 for All the men bowlers are cap
the high average race was OK j core of 376 was also made by {the high single.
Other high able of 200 averages.
Cleaners’ Joe Tehara with j
Yoshida (Mini- i bowlers were Chic Yanagisawa
"With four weeks to go. on
w
HAMILTON. Ont
226.
I
lh single with : (527), Kay Mitsuhashi (512),

April
24.
the
6-team
Winnipeg
Itogue
rules
grant
advent of Soring.
Since the ilea
(Mitch Nagano (478). Mitzi Ike? handicap crown
;
Nisei
Bowling
League
is
really
ha.
ly one trophy to each bowler, though Henmi
:
Niseiette
Softball
League
a high of (da (463) and Kim Nishimur
;
sweating
it
out
for
top
spot,
i
launched
on
another
season
the hr > triple trophy goes to 393.
led
out
in
;
(449).
Henmi wa
runner up
agawa ot the No. b i Aki Oka’s Kingpins lead with i ball playing.
the high triple on the eligibility ;
a Insurance) with rule.
At the Sunday. April IS meet­
the hottest man of 126 points, followed by Hank
1 team
in line was Maise
rolling a 919 high | Ozamoto's Longshots who are ing. the following executive was
the
himura (Mini-Mix) with 860.
triole (302-322-285). Behind him■, 4_ behind. The once cellar-housed
.
chosen for the 1948 season:
High triple with handicap
t league meeting. ■ were Harrv Inouve (887—with I Stumble- Bums, captained oy
At
EdnaHayashi.
president;
: executives were ’ high single of 397). Harrv No-; Butch Hamakawa, now occupy Joan Miura, vice-president:
George Nishimura : tmta position witn 18 points. Abbie Murase, secretary; and
elected to run the 1948-49 bowl buto
------ ! T-Bone. Meatballs and Five
(669). Mickey Nobuto (662)
MORITO TENNIS
Suzie Oikawa, treasurer.
Aces followed in order.
Ma:
Ryoji
(661).
and
Charlie
Shimizu,
chairman;
:
Tosh
A bis: season is being piante:
CLUB HEAD
Hank Ozapioto is high in
Henry Shoji and Tom Fuji- ; Sugamori (6o9).—M.I.
tat
bv
the executive who a
Bv JACK OKI
: individual averages with 216
moto. secretaries: Tsugi Iwasa, ;
TORONTO. — Tucker Morito
:
girls
interested
in
joining
tr.followed by Tad Tanabe (210).
treasurer, and Ken Nozaki. :
was elected President of the
; Teague contact any one of the o:Don
Takatsu
(209).
Aki
Oka
publicity. The new executive :
J CCA .Tennis Club at a meeting
(205) and Frank Kika (205). ■ ficials.
will reveal the league set- '
on Tuesday, May 4. held at the
up for the coming season in ; PICTURE BUTTE. Alta.—Jim :
Church of Nations. Aya Suzuki
the near future.
Ikebuchi was elected president of ‘
was named secretary and Hen­
High
of the
the Picture Butte Bluebird Base- ;
ry Shoji treasurer. Mas Yatabe night i
o Tehau
ball Club at a meeting on Sun- :
was in the chair.
.
.
1 CInrs.
with <66. Joe Izumi day. April 25. George Ikebuchi
Showing 01 some tennis movies; ^pp
KELOWNA. B.C. — After a
iandy Ono;
was named secretarv-treasurer.
was a feature of the meeting. Al- ; (g-pp
lapse of a few years, an All­
teams from Kamloops. A ernon.
Three teams are to be formed p Nisei baseball league has again
though the tennis season has ■
Rutland. Summerland. Hedies
Inrs.) with 714. To.m Fujistarted the club is still having, moto (Club 20) with 702 and this year by the club, seniors, in- I been formed in the Okanagan ! and Princeton
The , Valley.
difficulty obtaining courts. Dur- Harry Inouve (Canton Chop ' termediates and juniors.
Vernon. Summerland I
'c
Since playin
in t.
were chosen : and Kelowna
following official
the Trinity pariVSuey) with 701.
the three ; will necessitate consid
i
: tor the respective teams:
courts are being used.
teams to make up the league.
ight was rolled by H
Mits Miyashita, intermediatCoaching by expert
.0 (Club 20) with 333.
At a meeting on April 4. S ' pense. the Cub
’ secretary-treasurer : Kiyo Koga was elected chairman of the i?^1^ J~°„a °r
o:
On behalf of the JCCA Com- ' Moriyama. eniors' correspond- : league and Stan Matsuba, sec- ' oca‘ ‘a“s'
1 Bowling League. I would : ing secretary•; Aki Masuda, in­ retary-treasurer.
At a subse- j
termediates' corresponding sec­ quent meeting c
to
thank through
CARD OF THANKS
columns.
ret ary: and Jim Ikebuchi. man­ game schedule i
drawn up.
I wish to express my grateful
wno
sponsors
an

d
all
persons
ager
of senior team.
with two teams
ring; everv
thanks to all my friends for their
Harrv Watson will coach the Sunday and the third drawl
sifts, visits and many kindnesses worked *0 make it a vert
cessful and congenial leagi
: senior team, while Spike
■ bye. Thus each team drat
during the two years I spent re­
—T. Yoshida is the intermediates’ mt
bye every third Sunday.
covering from an injury suffered
ball league for junior
: The proposed schedule is:
at the Rocky Mountain House.,
9.
ers will be formed t
RS
at
Vernon:
Alta. sawmill o n February 6.
iHamilton
under spo:
May
16
Vernon
at
Summerland
I
am
happy
to
report
that
1946.
CLUB 20
Summerland at Kelow
■4
in February of this year. J re.; league is to ouiia up
32
TORONTO. — The call is out
covered fully from my long coni players by giving the
.
June
6.
Vernon
at
Su
®; for softball players to try out
finement.
| a chance. The age lb
13. Kelowna at
Masami Kuriyama.
June 20 Kelowna
Ver ■ 19 inclusive.
Lethbridge, Alta.
Softball entry in the Toronto
I Coaching will be do:
June 27
R
Intermediate
League. All non
n. Jniv
Summerland at j players of the senior 1
are asked to
July 11. Vernon at Kei
contact either Matt Matsui
OK,
O
(MI 9633). or Yuki Onizuka
1
5 :C
o,
J Ui
(RA 9327) immediately.
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OK Cleaners JCCA Bowling Champs
Joe Izumi, Jack Henmi High Men

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i Hamilton To Have
; Junior Hardball

Ikebuchi New Head

Three Team Ball Loop In Okanagan

Edna Hayashi Leads
Hamilton Ball Gals

Toronto Softball
Players Wanted—

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NEW CANADIAN

The Kelowna squad in the
Okanagan Nisei league will be
made up of the second string
from their regular team since
the latter, the famous Kelowna
Cubs, are entered in the highly
touted Senior A Loop this year.
This means that the Cubs* will
be playing in one of the strong­
est hakujin leagues in the Ok­
anagan valley, comprised of

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Through the Hoop
V

( Lakehead Bowlers

By T.F. |! OfFibK^^t5
---------

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i Manitoba JCCA Helps Flood Victims:
Inter-Race Softball Loop

TORONTO
i needed injection to their scorin I - Sunday.
April 25
local basketball season is । punch. With seasoned perform
i
e din and roar of i' ers like Mush Fukumoto.*
>w only a waning ! Maikawa and Hidy loi
TO COIT
him up, Hirano can't miss.
idS.
n out
race io
saw in Nisei bas- Rebels will bear watching come :
V63’
Trouhv
2a i w season in activity, next season.
j eo pv Fred Nis
Toronto but east and
Some of the Bomber vets are i With Sue M
Joe
the Dominion. The expected to retire this x
of the cage g'ame is Shig “Hank” Ashikawa. Joe
kes took initial
1 with
■where in big spurts, Akiyama, Jeep Inamoto and
points to top .
Rats,
y the inter-prov- Baron 'Wakabayashi have all at
points.
=,n be see
ts that were held one time or another mentioned
Mitsunaga topped
I tollman
-The cast season—the first ones that this will be their last sea­ I high single with 167 and hi
son as active members on the (triple with 441. Sato rolled
- Canadian Nisei history.
King/
playing rosters. If they stick ! 262 for high single.
Perhaps someday we might
to their threats, the only mem­ I captain Johnny Sunohara tot;
<ee a round robin series of
triple of
bers left out of their original led 602 for
teams from all over Canada
group will be Idy Menouye and
for the Dominion Nisei basket­
Sockeye Tsukamoto.
ball championship, or the Allan
With their exit will go the most 6 individual trophies
(iip hockey method followed
contested for bv the
colorful and talented group of
with the Eastern and Western
—R.L.B
athletes Nisei Canada has ever
winners meeting in central
STRIKES: Johnny Umako
known. For the last decade these
Winnipeg for the-final.
(cam.) Joe Sato. Paul Oda. Harolc
Nisei Athletic As- boys as a group have led in every shi
Miwa. Sue
ht be a good thing department of sport that they at­
iation
Timmy Nagasal
ALLEY
RATS
old Fukakusa. Eis body could work tempted and adorned the fields of (capt.). Don O
form.
>rts on a national sports with top performances
ALLEY CATS: Joe Kc
oe t y basketball, base- consistently. The various sports Yuke Tatebe. Sab Arinobu.
Sh
hoeke or any other,' that in which they have made their
Sunohara
KING
PINS
s national Nisei interest.
mark are rugby', baseball, la­ (capt.).
Roy Suzuki, Ted Koxzur
doming back to the local scene, crosse, roller and ice hockey, soc­ Tagawa. Angie Ichikawa.
T-BONES:. .Sam Watanabe (capt.'.
? basketball school at the cer and basketball.
Isao Sunohara. Mike Tateishi. George
urch of All Nations has been
We will miss Joe Akiyama Iwasa.
Kat’ Mitsunaga.
A-tv popular with an unexpect-, in particular. If he should re­
FEVERS:
Ken Kuwabara (wpt.l.
v high number of teenagers tire, then the all-star team in­ Rosa Baba. Sam Mitsunaga. Kiyo Hi
Suzie Kitagawa.
j slightly older players turning- tended for the Chicago Nisei aoka.
STRIKING FIVES: Harry Tat
to learn the rudiments of the cage tourney next season will (capt.). Ken Iwasa. Kaz Marumoto. Jo
under the tutorship of take a big dip in strength, We Miyasaki. Sets Tsubouchi.
Miyasaki and other league need his brains, experience and
rs. There is a strong pos- play on this team. We beg and
lity that a Junior . Loop may implore that he should stick
■ tormea next season for the around for at least another
On Sat.
KAMLOOPS. B.C.
year. He has been a tower of
'iingsters.
Looking hack over the season, strength for the champion urday’. April 17. a bowlers dance
the league wound up pretty well Bombers and was tied for the was held at the Italian hall, sponas expected with Mustangs . and most valuable player of the sored bv the Kamloops Athletic
Bombers coming, out • 1-2, and league. Yes, we need him and Club.
A good crowd was in attendAces, Rebels and Nomads round- hope that he will hold of his
ance and the MC had a little
i 2 out in order. But the veteran retirement for a while yet.
Bombers upset the dopecart again
ODDS AND ENDS—Apologies trouble announcing the dances
bv taking the championship from to Nobby Fujisawa and his Brit­ due to the exuberance of some of
tne favored Mustangs in perhaps ish Columbians for overlooking i the dancers.
Highlight of the evening wa:
t'1 most exciting series seen in our western province in my re­
a
novelty Broom Dance in
local basketball.
cent suggestion about a Domin­
which
the broom all but came
Just like last year’s finale, the ion Nisei Basketball champion­
to
life.
..Lucky prize winner
Bombers took the championship ship meet. Naturally' no repre­
on a single point in .the third sentative should be overlooked. was T. Suda, ..Refreshments
game after a nip-and-tuck final As N.F. says, Greenwood must were supplied by the girls’ com­
5 :ies. The only difference - was have a very potential team. We mittee which, included “Mike”
Nat the- Mustangs-were ■ called would like to see such a team in Tehara, Howie Ujihara. Tomi
Saint Christophers then and had action. At any rate it is heart­ Oikawa and Emy Kato. Two of
completely swamped the ening to see at least someone the bowlers, Johnny Shimod­
hey did this year concerned about a Dominion aira and Arnie Kuroyama, do­
al trough they ended up on top cage title go.
What do you say nated a cake.
The record player was gener­
just the same.
or some similar
ously loaned by Bob Kashi no and
Biggest disappointment of body far this meet, N.F. ?
Congratulations to Roy O’Shiro recoi-ds supplied by club mem­
the season was the decline of
the pell-mell Aces. ; Originally for his initiative in sponsoring a bers.
8-team mixed bowling
a jet-propelled outfit of . fire­ B.C.-Alberta interprovincial meet.
league
is
being formed and the
balls. they beat the Bombers
We wish him the best of luck . . .
opening
game
is tentatively set
Mustangs’ Frank Sumi has a 6ami Mustangs at least once
for
Friday.
May
14.
(luring the schedule last year foot cousin in New York City who
but this year failed to take.any
also plays basketball . . . Con­
tiom the two top teams. Aces grats to FAM and Winnipeg- for
yill be rebuilt next season, so their successful Alberta-Manito­
‘bey promise, and we hope ba tourney' and the triumphant
they win come out stronger and outcome.
better,
So with this we’re saying good
TORONTO. — Fun and relaxa­
Rebels, on the other hand, ac­ bye to basketball for another tion was enjoyed by the Toronto
quired meteor Paul Hirano from year. From here on it’s baseball Nisei Young Married Couples
ne Aces and have added a much- time . . .
Group at the April social meeting.
■With, thoughts of freshening
and brightening homes in mind
with the advent of May, the
guest speaker of this month’s
meeting will be an Interior
Decoration expert from Simp­
son’s. Time and place of the
ORONTO. — The Nisei HocIn the fourth game of the meeting is Thursday, May 20
. League All-Star entries in Clancy series, the Intermediate at the Morley Punshon room of
j T^ipBediate and junior sec- All-Stars (Danforth Cleaners) the Metropolitan Church from
’ e of the post-season King dropped the tilt 8-0 to Crockers, 8:15 p.m.
a7y ser'es did n°i Piie UP a They' had previously defeated
Husbands who are fond of
n of the wielding the paint brush and are
^‘.‘.y gating record, but picked Crockers for their only
• •ucn valuable experience and series.
unsteady on their color schemes
taste of what organized
are especially urged to accomIn the third game played by the panv their spouses. Promptness
? is like in the few games
A-’ played.
Toronto Nisei Hockey junior All- is essential since the speaker will
ia the last game of the seaStars playing- under the name be present only from 8:30 to 9:30
■Wi >‘>r tiu>m, tiie Intermediates Grove TNT, the Nisei lost 6-2 to p.m.
■ hnforth Cleaners) were de- Cecil Morris, a regular team in
juniors tied 1. lost 2: the
the Toronto Hockey League.
p‘1u(- ^y St. Cecelia’s at the
lost 4. The teams were er.terea
The opponents were bigger, won 1. King
j^'1^ hardens, 5-9. on April
Clancy series by the Nise:
in the
Ns was the best game faster and much more experienc­ League so that they might .gain trie exec league
Clancy series that the ed and only the sensational goal­ perience cf ph
I:,e calibre cz the
and
thereby
i
'/mediates showed, piling tending’ of Nobby Fujimoto stop­ Nisei league.
Toronto Globe and
•i tallies which was the high- ped the score from spiraling sky­ Mail featured
Nobb;
of ju:
FretT Miyasaki
exer totalled by either the ward.
Fred Tanaka and Yuki Ka­ Nasu in its sport p,
' /mediates or the Juniors.
Coach Rolli*
a veteran o:
to go. the Nis- meoka scored the >GH goals. Ccnacher of the jun.
zeur riav. beT?"G. ^’°- w^^ ?very chance Maw Mori and Kameoka star­ many years c: senior
iccr
tnat witn a
■'■y -- i‘P since the oppon- red in the forward line, Fred I1 l:eves
Or
the:
our teams co
Ken Adachi i rice
p-'e badly tiring. But al- Miyasaki and
participation in t e senes cai
j of comment in 1' ■onto sport <
manager Tommy Taka- shone on defense.
Tak;
ianager Tor:
j
Intermediates'
TEAM LINEUPS
- j'T.out Lis hair in handt su:
* shins no. or.n g: : the sweats:
y'/seis fell apart and let
(
DANFORTH . CLlANl S:
. plied the transpor ition for his
.'^■!:as score three quick mediates) Rai Adachi iGoaii
Tad Miura. S, Tsukamoto. (
emeh the game.
in
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Horita (2). Shigeki moto. J.
S.
Mitsubats, M
bara. K
86 GAMBLE AVE.
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while
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Toronto. Ont.
J-oshihiko Sakura were ! M. Mori. J. Nasu. D. Hashimoto
Kawas
j
ists. Goalie Rai : neosa. Y. xcyota.^ M.
& Sickness, e".
his usual fine I Want F. Tanaka. J- Tanaka.C ' I
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Kamloops Bowlers

Married Couples
Discuss Interior
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Toronto Puckists End First Year

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Toronto from B.C. The meet­ Good wagos and excellent ac­
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and details are being handled one child. Character references
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Fsur Guest Speakers Including
Tanaka Address Vernon JCCA

Social Calendar
,

MAY

Ont., Hy-No Club meeting.
•C.—On .April 15, a large audience 01 15—Hamilton,
AH People's Church.
welcomed a group of guest speakers to 20—Toronto, Nisei Young Married
Couples Group, Interior Decoration
general meeting of the . Vernon JCCA before its
talk, Morley Punshon room. Metro­
politan Church, 8:15 p.m.
st; mm er ecess. George Tanaka, national executive secre21—Iron Springsi Alta., YPA
fury of the JCCA,-; Jed the guest
who included
Koepke Hall. •
Nisei Music Club Dance,
of the .Vernon. United Church; R 21—Toronto,
Labor Lyceum. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
McMaster, barrister tor the Japanese property loss 22—Toronto, Eastern Canada Nisei Open
Team Bowling Tournament. Spadina
claims, and Ed Sherwood, of the A ernon P'ilm Council.
Bowling Alleys.
Highlight of the afternoon was
22—Toronto, Eastern Canada Open Bowl­
ing Tournament - Social, Slovak Hall,
Mr. Tanaka’s address in which Act questionsBathurst and Queen.

Mf.’ Tanaka was accompanied
lie pointed out the necessity for
• Montreal Teen Agers “May
national unity in the JCCA and by Hydes Onotera and Seiji 22—Montreal,
Hop," at Rialto '.Hall.. ;
mentioned the many problems Homm^of the B.C. JCCA. Mr: 23—Vernon. B.C.,, JCCA grand picnic.
confronted by it as "a body: The 'OnoterA spoke briefly on in­
e, open to public, ‘ Kinsmen’s Beach on
Okanagan. Lake.
national secretary described his formation about going to Japan I

>ecent trip to Victoria .on the from Canada.
elections act and Crown Timber
Details about the property
claims situation were explain­
ed by "Mr. “Bob” McMaster.
' Since the second hearings are
being held currently in Vern-:
on, his advice was very ap­
CHATHAM. Ont. — The Kath­ propriate.
leen English Fellowship Group
Rev. Payne’s topic was “How
held its March meeting at the
home of Mrs. Scott Fulton. Soap to Speak Effectively in Public”,
TORONTO. — Friday, May ’
brought, by the members was which was. of particular interest 21, will see a dance at the La­
collected and sent to Miss - F. since a JCCA-sponsored public bor Lyceum to raise funds for
speaking contest is coming up
Hawkins in Japan for relief.
in the fall. Mr. Sherwood spoke the newly - organized Nisei
Lumie Ryoji entertained with about the Conquer Cancer cam­ dance orchestra which came in­
a Japanese song.
paign.
Difficulties in procur­ to being six months ago under r
ing a projector prevented a the leadership of trumpeter
The April meeting was held at showing of films that was plan­ Ken Nishikawaya.
The band made its debut at the
the home of Mrs. J. Harrington. ned for this meeting. Since the
The devotional period was led by Vernon JCCA is a member of Toronto Buddhist Talent Revue
Mary Makino, and Marge Mat­ the Vernon Film Council, it last fall and have been practis­
subayashi gave her monthly her­ plans to arrange the showing ing and improving since. Com­
many interesting and educa- mencing this fall, it is expected
ald report. Toky Sugiyama read of
tional films in the future.
to have a lineup .of 14 to 16 in­
a study of India and later sang a
Efficient chairman was Ed
solo, “The Stranegr of Galilee.” Ouchi who capably translated strumentalists.
After deciding to hold a Moth­ the English portions into JapaThe publicity release-'. from
er's Tea Party at the home of nese for the benefit of the Isseis the band claims: : “This dance
Mrs. Harold English on May 8, present.
band is the first of its kind in
lunch was served and Miss k.
>t=
*
the history of Japanese in
Mitton closed the meeting with
At the close of the meeting, Canada. In a few years some
a prayer.—S.S.
:
attention was given to business of the members will be able to
of local interest,
It was an- enter the professional, field by ■
nounced that the first game of playing with Occidental or­
the
Okanagan
Valley Nisei chestras.” .
Baseball League would be in
Secretary of the - band - is Dick
Vernon on May 9. As well ab Uchida, while well-known musicAgent
'
sponsoring a hardball team ih ions, Vernon Hakkaku, George
this league, the Vernon JCCA Masuda and Mush. Fukumoto, are'
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All music- lovers in Toronto '
and a Teen-Agers baseball out­ and district are urged to sup- ’
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Another item coming up on
by attending the Music Club ;
the local horizon is the JCCA
Dance on May 21. Dancing is
picnic on May 23 which will
from 9 p.mi to 1 a.m.
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