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Vol. 13—No. 3

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JANUARY 14, 1950
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THE WEEKLY HABIT
By TOYO TAKATA

Restores Pensionsto World War I
Veterans Now Residing in Japan

If the Nisei clubs in Toronto,
Three years ago, there was a
7 Provided that they have not engaged in anti-allied
this includes religious, educationCommittee for Toronto Nisei Or­ Nisei Tenor Soloist
■ • al, sports, political, musical and
activities during the last war, Canadian army pensioners
ganizations which was just what To Appear In Recital
all types which depend on general the name implied, and its pur­
Under the sponsorship of the; of Japanese ancestry living in Japan have had their pen­
Nisei patronage for funds to car­
pose was for the avoidance of Royal Conservatory of Music of sions reinstated, the National JCCA announced in its
ry on, don’t want to kill the
functions sponsored by the vari­ Toronto, Frank Kumagai, well- Hews release this Week.
golden goose, then it’s time they
ous clubs4 to fall on the corres- I known
tenor from the- I This information was recei ved<t>
woke up and did something.
p
naing
day.
The
idea
was
not
I
studio
of
Nina
will appear j by the National JCCA iin reply to
The gilded fowl, in this case only good to all, it worked. But I in a song recitalGale,
at the Conserva letter addressed to the Can­
refers to the dances which these it collapsed soon afterwards.
I atory Concert Hall on January I adian Pension Commission, Otorganizations sponsor primarily
If the need was there then, 25.
The recital is to open at I tawa, which made enquiry as to
• for the purpose of filling their the
need is greater now. There 8:15.
I when the Canadian Government
activity-depleted coffers and the are
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Mike
more clubs, and since the pro-1
He
has
chosen
a
wide
.
range of would reinstate pensions of CanNisei public which shells out at fits
are smaller, there is a clam- songs, including sacred pieces adian army veterans of Japanese Masaoka earlier this week urged
the door. The competition is our
for more dances to make up and selections from opera for his ancestry. The Canadian Govem- the Secretary of the Navy to in­
quite keen as the clubs vie for the
deficiency.
appearance at the recital. His ment discontinued payment of vestigate why pensions to Ameri­
best dates and resort to refresh­
So, we would suggest the reac- selections will include numbers in pensions to pensioners living in can Naval veterans of Japanese
ments, better music, new halls, tivation of this Committee or four languages, English, French, Japan effective from July, 1941, ancestry living in Japan have not
entertainment and sundry huck­
been resumed since the war.
form a similar representative Italian and Japanese.
I on the outbreak of hostilities,
stering to entice the Nisei to their
A number of Japanese immi­
group to formulate a workable
Mr. Kumagai has been studying
The question of such pensions
•particular offering.
p an about dance dates and ar-| voice at the Royal Conservatory arose when George Miyagawa of grants to the U. S. served in the
And all clubs know that year rangements satisfactory to all I for several years,
Navy, generally as stewards or
St. Catharines, Ont., brought to
by year, the profits derived from clubs. This, if properly managed |
mess boys, between the late
----------- —-—
the attention of the JCCA, the
these dances are dwindling,. the and if all clubs adhere to
1890’s and 1930, many of whom
case of his father, T. Miyagawa,
A halls are becoming more difficult ever scheme is adopted, what- Y. Yamashita Prexy
became naturalized
American
a naturalized Canadian and a citizens.
would Of Taber JCCA Body
and costlier to obtain, and it’s be a boon to all.
,
,
a case of who gets the date first.
There are, of course, many nua]ABER’ ^lta- - At the an- | Veteran of the First w°rid War,
In a letter to the Secretary of
the Wh° is Presently living in Japan
IT this keeps up, the goose won’t
the
Navy, Masaoka wrote:
obstacles to an agreement which Tab TT • ku’ °f an I and wh°se Pension payments were
lay at all in the end.
is satisfactory to all. Some clubs ^ w
^ h d recent)Y»
“We would appreciate it very
because"" of'
T I all
-N^ei executive
Subsequently, as
all-Nisei
PYPeiihro wasO elected discontinued.
Everyone knows that
the
year> with M &d the result of this case, the policy much if you would direct an in­
dances are the easiest and the shiu or scone ^S.... member- (or the
vestigation into this matter to
PSj °5 “^ytaes. will viso
committee consisting of °£ the Wer’l government to■quickest way for a club to raise a™, a
a Zt “^ ^ Th“ thm’S three Issei.
®
'™rds th® pensioners was clari- ascertain the reasons and author­
money. Any other way is tough
ity under which these American
a question of whether just dance
r

I fled,
and tedious, and the work involv­ dates should be governed or
following were elected:
citizens are being deprived of
It is believed that there are a
ed is not worth the profit realized. should it include all money-male- P Sldent j
as“°
Yamashita;
their pensions, and whether re­
few veterans of World War 1 now
And because there’s a constant ing functions.
vice-president, Kyoto Shigehiro,
sumption of payments might not
jockeying for dates, there has
Some clubs have affiliated general secretary» Yuki Tomiya- residing in Japan, having return­ be justified.”
secretary, Mary ed there prior to the outbreak of
been some ill-feeling and misun­ groups, and the problem of Oka T
World War II. It is known that ate pensioners in Japan and that
derstanding between clubs. For­ whether
- - each
_
should be consider-1 I Okamoto; treasurer, Jack Fuji- at least two, and possibly there they be medically examined and
tunately, up to now, all clubs
auditors,
Margaret
er as an individual club or niagari;
Ohashi and Walter Koyanagi; are others, who went to Japan in a report forwarded to the Can­
have shown a willingness to co­
treated as a single organiza­
operate with each other and they tion, will arise.
convenors,
Joyce
Fujimagari, 1946 on the “repatriation” ships. adian Government as to their
The Under Secretary of State activities in World War II.
Mike Ohashi and Koji Kadonaga.
have exercised restraint and thus
f-r
External Affairs has now
The Canadian Pension Commis­
And then there are the so- The advisory committee is made
no open conflict has arisen. But
been
furnished
with
full
particu
­
sion
in Ottawa informs the Nano one can guarantee that this called club socials which are con­ up of Messrs. F. Fujimagari, Y.
lars
of
all
pension
cases
and
Jonal JCCA that when the necessidered as non-money making af­ Yamagishi and K. Ohno.
amicable situation will continue.
documents
required
to
be
com
­
sary
documentation of each in­
A resolution was adopted at
Already we have had enquiries fairs promoted merely for the
at our office from organizations enjoyment of the members and this meeting to change the name pleted by the- pensioners. These dividual pensioner’s case has been
have been forwarded to the Can­ completed, and these documents
as to what dates are open this friends. But at these socials, a of the organization to that of
adian Liaison Mission in Tokyo, forwarded by the Canadian Liai­
friend , frankly speaking, is any the “Taber JCCA.”
year, and already there have been
who
have been instructed to loc- son Mission to the Department
clashing dates. And at the close non-member who pays the price
m Ottawa, consideration will be
of 1949, dances were held on suc­ of admission and comes to the
given to the matter of reinstate­
social.
cessive nights.
ment of pensions to these in­
And we would suggest that the
Despite these kinks, we feel
dividual Japanese Canadian army
clubs get wise to the situation that some
arrangement could and
veterans.
and iron this out before too many should be
worked out before the
Relatives and friends of such
~,During I necessary amendments. The conwrinkles develop.
situation worsens.
the latter part of December, the stitution may follow a similar, army pensioners living in Japan
Kelowna, Y.J.C A. held its eighth pattern to the JCCA Constitu- are advised by the National JCCA
annual general meeting at the tion
that it would be in the interest
Buddhist Mission Hall.
The cIub alM voted unanj
of these pensioners that their
IM was Md
/fl'etS- f°r 'y f°r fU11 SUPPort of the JCCA. whereabouts be made known to
19t>0 was held and prominent This year it is anticipated that the Canadian Liaison Mission in
r^TT*0 ’” P2St yearS hm the Kelo'™a JCCA executive will Tokyo, or call in at the Mission
VANCOUVER, B. C. — The tive secretary; Mr. Higashida, boosted the smooth working of have much greater sunnorf f /
if they have not yet had their
eXeCU’ b°th the ISSei and Nise^ aIike m
Vancouver Chapter of the JCCA recording and corresponding sec­ tive C1U Th ^ ^ ^
pension documentation completed
on. Jan. 7, at the Hastings Audi­ retary; Kaz Yamanaka, treasur­
^ JreSldent Tom
Tom Tomiye, the new president for the reinstatement of pension.
torium, chose Sus Tabata to head er; Joe Hirakida and Mr. Kariya, secrXV'ch^
^ SUg^eSted that tha members show
the new organization. He was social convenors; Marianne Miya®m
M ’ treasurer a ^ater club spirit that would
Believed To Be Richest
also selected to represent Van­ gishima and Mr. Tasaka, educa­ Non Tomiyama, sports convenors eventually influence the
tan Matsuba and Emma Numa- members of the area into joining Brazilian Japanese
couver at the coming B. C. JCCA tional directors; Roddie Kitaga­
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil. —
J
S
Convention at Kamloops on Jan. wa, athletic director; and Mr. da, social convenor Jim Kitaura the club.
A
man who may have been the
27;
with Jonn Yamabe and Tak IriThe newly formed execute
Ishiwata, welfare officer.
richest person of Japanese an­
In adopting the constitution,
Following the election, Presi­ zava as assistants, correspond- held its first meeting on Dec 97 cestry in the western hemisphere,
the Vancouver JCCA took a fordent Sus Tabata delivered an nnlvT^ Naga Terada and and made considerable progres- iisato Fujiwara, a Brazilian cof­
P^htical convenor Giro Yamamo- in respect to the 1950 agenda
'vard step by opening its mem-*
inaugural speech in which he
fee-grower died here recently.
bership to all Canadians regard­
During the meeting, the cun- spout” the* K YJc
asked for full co-operation of all
Although last year’s coffee
less of national origin.
members in the JCCA’s campaign stitution of the W.C.A. was | a great
crop was poor, Fujiwara was re­
Ui tne K.I.JX.A. was a great success, ovei
-Other elected officers were for equal rights for Japanese
ported
to have received §1,500,000
iscussed and it was decided that dancing to Brie Baker
Tom Morita and Mr. Iwata, vice- | race^dlanS “ ’’e“ “ f°r a“ 1 the
matter ^ « over to a
.
’s Orchestra for his year’s coffee crop. He
presidents; Kaz Taneda, execu- :
at the Kelowna Buddhist Hall.
committee which would revise the
was rated among the nation’s top
ten coffee growers.

Similar Pension
Question In U. S.

Kelowna YJCA Holds Eighth ASnSjg;
Elects Executive, To Revise Constitution

Newly-Formed Vancouver JCCA Elects Tabata
As First President, Ratifies Constitution

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Page 7

Saturday,

Jan. 14,

1950

THE NEW CANADIAN

PAGE SEVEN

Good Sportsmanship
= Aim Of Youth Club

er^ona

By MITSU IVAS UDA

The
MARRIAGES
We -went to Japan in 1946, only the env v of hundreds of other A outh Organization oi
.MATSUI - KUBO
Toronto.
one of hundreds of government orphans.
. hem their first election on De,
os
COALDALE, Alta. — Coaldale
girls. We came back in 1949,
^hh Osamu Hasegawa and
-A-t neither extreme, but in the
mn Hall, 300 Bath
three years later.

Buddhist
Church was the set
middle, we have Yuki.
Threep.m.
: for the marriage of Miss SI
During that time we met the fourths Japanese and only one­ dents, George Tanaka, as
; ko Kubo, daughter of Mrs. I ne- 20—Toronto.
Toronto
Nisei
young and the old, the once- fourth German, Yuki’s features, tary and Yoshio Ishii as t
er.
;

!
no
Kubo
of
Greenwood.
Bi
League Mtd- Season
wealthy and the very poor. Each however, are all Caucasian. There
Danee
Matsui
of
Hungarian Hall,
in his own way was touched by is no visible trace of her Japan­
The. organization formed about
Mrs.
Yukino
Matsui
of
Coaldale
the war, made orphan by the ese blood. With that advantage.;- ; a year ago, was run by a temporMontrea
cataclysm that swept Japan in she has been able to slip past ' ary committee until now. * At Alberta, on Dec. 10. Rev. Ikuta
Ori
meat ion
MP;s and guards at all Allied in- I present, the membership is com­
the first five years of the 1940’s.
Dance,
a:
held
at
the
Raphael
I remember little Mike.
stallations, while we were asked ’ pOsed of near1^ 20 boys whose
S
p.m.
c in LethHe was a 10-year old war every single time for identifica- jj ages range from 15 to 20 year
bridge
-Toronto
r
Married
orphan, adopted by the men of tion. A graduate of Tokyo’s Wo- i? The aim of the club is to creamarv
meetone of the cavalry divisions as men s university, she has perfect :‘ good sportsmanship amoiw Nis
oji
Morisaki
and
Mr
their mascot. When orders went command of Japanese and speaks i youths and its interest is now
aosaku Mukuda.
out that there were to be no more little English.
j turned towards basketball.
*
mascots, one of the officers took
The club will
We used to smile ironically at '
Dance
aid of
OMURA - MIZU SAWA
him into his own home, fed and each other whenever we would be fit Dance on
Children

s
Hospital
Central
i. -1 at
TORONTO. — The marriage of
clothed him and raised him along walking down the street and some Raphael’s House. Admission
audit or inn
lege
at
iss Beth Mutsuko
with his own children. Alike took Americans would stop her for one per person and all are invited
to him somehow and there was directions. Yuki wouldn’t have to attend the dance which is daughter of Mrs. Tove Kaneko, 10
to Mr. Thomas Mamoru Omura,
something pitiful in the way he the slightest idea what they were slated to get underway at 8 p.m.
dents’ Club Valentine Dance
• son of Mrs. Kiwa Omura, all of
used to greet us every time we saying, and while she stood there
at Polish Alliance Hall. 62
IToronto, was solemnized on Nov.
Cl
stepped out of the bus at our smiling brilliantly but dumbly at wHue unt Service
place of work.
them, we would babble out the
He would be standing there, diiecuons. It used to befuddle Held In Montreal
Masmectd Designed
always, saying ‘‘good morning, them. This worked both ways, or
MONTREAL. — A White Gift
By Min Sasaki
sahjent,’ and “good morning, course. A Japanes would stop
Service was held by the Montreal
now
masthead which
kyapten, ’ to everybody going in- us for direction s, and while we
Japanese United Church together of Miss Hideko Suzuki, eldest
appearance with
to the building, but when he saw stood there stuttering “anoh with the Nisei Fellowship Group
daughter of Mr. and Airs. Sadao tms issue
designed by a
us, he would run up, grab our anoh”, Yuki would step in and
on Dec. 18 at the Church of All Suzuki of Homewood, Alan., and promisingN
commercial t
hands, and say, “ohayoo, Nehsan, rattle off perfect Japanese.
Nations.
Gifts were sent to Mr.
Masa.\ iki Kanai,
arust,
bun
Sasaki
of
Toronto,
eldest
*
*
*
ohayoo."
patients at the New Denver Sani- son of Mrs. Ishi Kanai of Win- who is presently employed by a F
It was kind of hard to take,
We discovered that the phrase torium and to children and aged
!
n:Peh, took place on Nov. 26, at well-known jewellery firm in its
when we walked into our office “Japanese time” is not a phrase people. Over 300 were present.
advertising
department.
He
the Stephen's Church. Rev.
one day and found Mike there, coined by some infuriated meetofficiated.
moved
to
loronto
las.!
year
from
The service was conducted by
not a welcome visitor, but a pris- ing director of Ion, ago. It is
Ottawa where ho made fashion
the
Reverends Komiyama and
The reception was held at tl
oner.
had been robbing his an inherited curse.
Shanghai
Chop
Suey.
drawings lor a large department
Yoshioka and the sermon by Dr.
foster parents’Jiome little by lit­
We had a terrible time constore.
McKay. The Nisei Fellowship
Baishakunin were Mr. and Air
tle. We kept looking incredulous­ vincing our workers that when
Nor is the talent restricted to
and Church of All Nations Choir Takeo Kawata.
ly at the evidence on the lieuten­ we said work at 8 a.m., we meant
one
member of the family, for a
sang a few selections and a tea
ant’s desk and then at little Alike, 8 sharp, not 8:15 or 8:30 . .
twin bi other, Noboru, is doing
’PEG WOMEN’S CLUB
paity was held following the i
who had tears in his eyes and that we had already allowed 15- service.
'<
well
in similar art work in OLMEETING
who kept shaking his head at minute breaks in the morning and
WINNIPEG. — '
Nisei
every accusation.
afternoon, and that they were not
Young Women’s Club will hold
McrnieQ
Coupies
Grout?
We had done interpreting for to keep refilling their teacups all
their next meeting on Friday Toronto JCCA
general officers, at trials—at one day.
A merry Christmas party was Jan. 20, at 8 p.m., at the home
Community Campaign
We found this situation true in
time, even, when the wife of a
held for the children on Dec. 26 of Ruth Akagawa, 257 Midwinter
condemned war criminal came to nearly all offices we visited, both
Previously received
1.874Z
at the Church of All Nations bv Ave., Winnipeg.
plead for the life of her husbanc government and commercial, a the
1.00
Young Married Couples
Guesc speaker for the evening
E. Tsuji
claiming she had new evidence of “there’s always tomorrow” atti­ Group,
2.00
Miss Sadler, the advisor will be Miss I. Holman. Her topic Mr. & Mrs. IL Kato
2.00
his innocence—but we think we tude, utter disregard for time and of the
d’oup, welcomed the little will be “Edinburgh Festival”. Mr.
Yamanaka
tide,
cluttered
offices
and
files.
did our best interpreting job try­
guests and their parents who All members are requested to be
15.00
We’re not efficiency, experts or numbered 90.
ing to save little weeping Mike.
Aya
Tokunaga
2.01)
present. Friends may be brought.
Mr. & Mrs. Ken
But the circumstantial evidence economic advisers, but may we
All enjoyed the movies, carol
Doug Arai
2.00 J
was there, all from Alike’s own offer' this little bit of something ?
singing
and
Santa
Homesick
Wife
Asks
Yasaku
Morishita
Claus
in
per
­
2.00
pockets, and sadly we sent him If Japan is to take her place in
Hideo Nishimoto
5.00
an industrial world, she would do son. After Santa presented the For Return To Hubby
to a juvenile delinquent’s home.
2.00
children with gifts, a supper pre­
But then there’s “Peanuts,” well to learn from her dawn-toHINTON, W. Va. — A Japan­ Geri Nikaido ’
2.00’
pared
by
the
members
of
the
club
dusk
working
farm
folk,
she
must
another war waif.
A medical
2.00
ese war bride, Chiyoko Harvey, Isao Hamade
Yee On Trading Co.
3.00
detachment had “adopted” him learn to respect time, that an was enjoyed, Rev.-Shimizu say­ recently filed for permission to Ka
ton Chop Suey
ing
grace.
It
was
a
memorable
2.00
return to Japan.
after they had found him running eight-hour work day means eight
Celestial Garden
1.00
party for the youngsters who
around barefoot at filthy Ueno hours’ work, and that her present
She had been living in Hinton New Nanking
5.00
later released their energies in
for the past year with the mother Be Toy Food
station. A childless sergeant and status as a dependent nation
5.00
playing together.
2.00
his wife took him in, and the de­ cannot afford the “leech-erous”
of Hex’ soldier husband but she
1.09 ;
The Jan. meeting will be held felt it was too far away from
tachment kept him clothed and luxury of Japanese time. And,
Total
61.00
|
fed. As far as we know, he’s still we might add, from the stand­ on Friday 27th, at the Metropoli­ where she had spent her life to
Total to date
there, being chauffeured to and point of development and matura­ tan Chui ch and the Feb. meetinc enjoy it in West Virginia. Also
This is a paid advertisement
her husband is still stationed in
fiom a Catholic school in a jeep. tion in American living, neither on the second Friday as usual.
inserted
by the Toronto JCCA.
can the Nisei.
Japan with the occupation forces.
GLEN MILLER NITE
PACIFIC CITIZEN
PORTRAIT • COM MERC I Ai. • COLOUR
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
The University of Toronto’s
BUSSEI VALENTINE DANCE
I ou can rely on me to find
Nisei Students Club will sponsor
Airs. Alasu Kamada and family,
just the home you are look­
On Valentine Day, the Toroning for.
-° ^BS will hold its 4th Annual a Valentine dance featuring the formerly of 252 North Vine in
Phone Eric Attenborough
St. Catharines, are now residing
Valentine
Dance
at
Labor recorded music of the ever-popuORchard 3285
at z01 Woodbine Ave., Toronto,
Lyceum, commencing at 8:30 p.m. lar Glen Miller band,
The af- Ont.
8 34
Geo. L. Attenborough
Tickets are available at 75c per fair will take place at the Polish
person.
Alliance Hall at 62 Claremont
•Real Estate
261 Durie St (at Bloor)
St. This hall has recently been
The date, again, is Tuesday
1
A Date to Remember — Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1950
Toronto
renovated.
Feb. 14.
Dancing begins at 9. The ad
mission is 7oc per person.
B

OR BRINGING SOMEONE OVER

H
£ 4

We represent all steamship and airlines including American
President Lines, Pan American Airways, Northwest Airlines
and Canadian Pacific Airlines. Write or call for full informa­
tion and rates.
Mail inquiries promptly answered.
143 Queen St. W., Toronto, Ont. PL. 6451

U
V

LABOUR LYCEUM
NOVELTY DANCES

2W
’^
W«-

284-a YONGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT.

Ad

sion—75c

Tickcl^ available from TY Bd members
or at the Toronto Buddhist Church, 134 Huron St. WA. 5265

J

Page 8

AGE EIGHT

THE NEW CANADIAN

Saturday,

Jan. 14,

1950

is Edge Clippers
^^ ^‘f-'^pc^devt JUp ti/i £S ?-&?glisb Oypnij.
Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
among those ot Japanese origin in Canada
479 Queen SLAV. —_ PLaza 5005 — Toronto, Ont.

FORT WILLIAM, On — The
Fort William Flying Forts and
Ye understand that the Toronto Nisei Basketball League has
the Lakehead Clippers, the only
been contacting the Chicago Huskies, thrice winners of the Chicano
two entries in the Fort William
Invitational and also the 1949 Nisei Vue basketball tournament
Nisei Hockey League, opened the
:, to
Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Dept., Ottawa.
season with a sparkling display arrange for a possible visit of that outstanding Nisei team to play
that saw the Forts eke out a 2-1 a senior team in Toronto. We would like to see them engaging one
win.
I °f the better Toronto teams as the Tri-Bells or
Central Y in order
t
,
, ,
to compare their calibre
In an evenly matched and a |
J ‘
*
*
tight checking game, Paul Oda
By JACKIE
^
^T^
^
mUCh
meailS
tO
Play
011 y0Ur °^ back lot
and Terry Iwasa gave scintillat­
your own back lot.
Yoshio had invited me to Frij
• t
. *caI mouthfuls as, “You’ve got it
ie Huskies have won all the tournaments handily in the Windv
ing
performances
in
the
nets.
day nights Pop Concert. As I sat Stan!”, “It’s on the beam!” They
Cny, but at the All-Oriental Tourney in San Jose recently they
The Forts who were led by Tony
listening- to the rhythmic threesimply lived and breathed with
, kl^cked out m the first round by the Hawaii-All Stars who
quarter beat of Straus’ “The every beat of the drums and with Ichmaw a and his two goal effort,
broke the 1-1 tie in the last eventually won the cage crown by beating San Franci sco St. Mary’s,
Bat”, all of a sudden Stan Ken­
every blare of the trumpets. It
defenders of the title made up of Chinese American eagers And in
period to win the opener. The
ton and his “Progressive Music” was
se\ enth heaven and neither
came to my mind. How could I hell nor high heaven could have lone Clipper tally- came from a Sal Z e» f"laIS’ the “e Ettste lost W this time to the
blue line shot by Vernon Yone­
have associated such entirely op­ tore them away.
moto, assisted by- Kenny- Iwasa. |
i ,
, .,
,
*
*
posite types of music groups at
I had a delightful time Just
From
the
Sin-Bin:
*
The
"3
the
&
ette3
L
from
Koei
Mitsui
of
the
Westerns
with plans for
the same time? But I didn’t for watching the crowd. I had never
eason'
e mentions the Junior team in the quote: “Our
a second let on to Yoshio that in my- life been with such people stars of the game” were Tonv juni-m.
Ichikawa,
Isa
Sunohara
and
Terry
1
,
Ub
!*
Uder
the most capable leadership of Joe Akiyama
such
,
। thoughts were flashin ° I a® these, nor had I listened
Iwasa. M-yeMld Tony
EA^ AT™4”
Jjout inside of me. She would so much noise that could be cal
a^Iled—th- -as the led music. I guess I was j^tX wa, the up and coming puck pros- team V
”“ 1 handicapped by inexperience in its first year, our
pact
of
the
Lakehead
who
Slavs

X
®
Vn^^
last half of their schedule and
Toi onto Sympnony Hour!
small town gal in o-reat hi­
which was not ““*“ because of
lt was way back in ’48—Valen- modern New York
°
° for the Columbus Canadiens, an the‘ ,at„f “ “ the pIay
°' ‘he SeaS“’
iU NeW Y°rk
The
2:30 a'm‘
the proo-rmnmo entry in the Thunder Bay Hockey
.
*
.
*
*
Mds had wanted excitement and came to an end with the band ex- League and a farm team of the
Montreal
Canadiens,
was
the
outf
Toronto
J
lanmng
to
field
a
midget
club in the North
un and had bought tickets sever- hausted but I wondered if thZv
Standing
player.



1
agK
ta

ed

»
boys
under
17
years
of
age on May 7
al months before to make sure could have been any
f
----------------19o0 First, we are looking for a field manager who would be wilt’
of T V1^ WaS the poPularitY than any of th^ audience who
”“We lit hfrespons,bili^ of »«g after these boys.
Stan Kenton and his band.
gave so much of their ener-y to Taniwa Opens B Series
With
New
High
Single
or
^It,^ IX “ “ ^ X *
We were Irish, English, Itali- the performance
FOKT WiLLIAM, Ont. _ The | Wepoped to get started and conditioned^
an,
Hawaiian
Japanese,
r

,
- one
And though this bedlam , one
Eurasian whose father was Ja- chap slept the
whole night opening of B Series in the Lakepanese and whose mother was | through. He
was sandwiched head Nisei Bowling League was
*
*
*
Fiench.
They were all Ameri- I betwen two excentiomllv
highlighted by the bowling of H.
In
reference
to
Sunday
afternoon
sports
he writes
n
n™selfUt the 10116 Ca"adian was A !ads
be kept ok s'emAA
Sun(Jay aftemoon sports basebail A,
Tamwa of Happy Gangs who peopled support
1 ,We..started the OT,i"5 with »
l'bat firs/ balcoU center ^S slated a 721 triple to break Mas Mi^Z^Xrt
and b'n
Endo's
previous
710
mark.
He
late ^dinner. The “Iceland” with after a tiring day. '
; rolled 242, 308, and 171 singles m^the aly time w“>>™“of the
the price of AiV^dAp^W
l,pon bearing to rack up his score.
We admire the courage of Controller Lamport and tA
tempted ns for
a.,d □ burst Ut^^
Runner-up was Shmoos’ Muts
Baba with 678-246. Others were
were-starry-eyed,
excited
andinto
al- I S
?P S1 10n’ eSpecially the three daily
can haw
so
very hungry as we
walked
^"bad"^ mA
Kiyo Hiraoka of Dreamers 673- newspapers in Toronto.”
*
"How can 235, Johnny Umakoshi of Dreamthe restaurant.
you stand that stuff, huh?”
ers 665-283, Yuke Tatebe of Al- theX: ’nSXSat 1 x “tu1 stadium’
"Smorgasbord’ was what we
I still can’t figure out why I lej Cats 642-233, Tommy Iwadecided upon for the night. On
thought, of all this at Massey nwto of H°t Shots 631-232 and
to our plates we picked up gooey
Hall. Maybe it was the Hall that Dick Mitsunaga of Dreamers
delectablcs that tasted like sand-ns for their X^ “‘^ ^
madejne think of Carnegie but G1T-2Ti2.
wich fillings
small roly-pol
kpninn”’.^?
—, ■> ■'
In the ladies class, Miyo Endo
1t could
cocktail w einers, cooked and "h\ ‘Stan Kenton
have reminisced of StoLkowski.
No-Names barely missed by a
Our congratulations no to
v
i
pickled fish of all description and
of Calgary, who,
! two point margin of breaking the according to a letter Join that citv
tang. And there was also, much
But all this faded away and I
to my surprise, the Japanese de­ was back with the Toronto Svm- ladies high single of 267 set by
licacy’, “Unagi”. The many-tier­ Phony and enjoyed the rest of Rosa Baba. Miyo led in the high Flayer
ed table was overflowing with the program, especially the bari­ triples with 526-265 and Sue Mit- played
sunaga of Kin Pins with 511This
dishes of these colorful, strange tone,
Robert
Weede.
How
P, ty ing one and winning the rest of its
190 was runner-up.
games.
and tasty tidbits.
thoughts do flee!
The floor show’ was hilarious
They
and fast moving. We laughed as
for instance, the EddiTwhtkiV^
Japan- Take,
we watched marionettes
go
League’s outstanding first basema °
"Een the National
through a clever strip tease act
admirer
resulting
in
his
by
a ^d woman
HELP WANTED
and as the patrons were coaxed
FEMALE HELP WANTED
season.
°
S
™apac
1
tat
1
on
for
the
balance
of the 1949
to climb up on to the stage to i OPERATORS on Singer mayoung girl
le« »«On ladies belts, experienc­
go through dance routines with cmnes
ed preferred but will teach. Mart
eJ trade, good pay while "■as mentioned be the Curin'? San” F^”6 PitCh® whose de“VOT
the chorines, We were feel in
4pplv best they saw in JapA, ™s X^
116 Spadina Ave., AD~ learning. Steady work.
&alS ”a^ - th*
quite the “ N ew
TfA
Hats

318
Adelaide
St,
'


m,A
or
°nto.
th a
i 1 oronto.

The woman involved a
u 2 3 ,jea ous woman.
night and we were gay, happy n ,°J^R-^TGR; experienced
slashing
his
wrist
in
blind
jealousy
whe
ailCJng instructob admitted
lexer one with knowied
excited and impressed.
of 1
. GIRLS willing ■to I tention to her. The womd^3 X
Brae- ■ learn m chine embroidery, sfeadv
11 p.m. at 5* th and Seventh more Uphol
! position ^PPN' William Katz,
The bespectacled Takasue last rear
, ,
Avenue.
was i Toronto.
19».

‘ iea1’ was tabbed as the rookie of
,
Toronto.
being swamped with Stan Ken- J
nadian couple
FULL-TIME girl as attendton fans. Pushing, squeezing- and '
condition
A^’y Uptown Laundere d Old Stone Age Relics
of
heaving, we went up those rcePc.one Port ! o Asquith
Ave., Toronto
3536
A+^nr Good Homes
Unearthed In Tapan
marble stairs from th e foyer up
^dCreiiit, Ont.
Reasonable Prices
and it was 12:
. when we ___ PROPERTY’ FOR SALE
TOKYO.

Relics
recently
dug
consult
bomestic
help
wanted
finally got to o
TWO ADJOIXING FA^b
up
show

that
human
beings
exis
­
No sedate music
k take complete
no over two acres each. All UeQlQ n?1 Estate Broker
suitable
for
vegetable

xn
e
hopei opportuni- I ted in Japan as far back as about
quiet, delicate connoi
the berryPhL
B?7 S' W> Toronto
' r
experienced cook and but- ' 10,000 years ago.
art were there The crowd was Hill di
hone LA. 4817 or LA. 5804
■ mi-houseman.
References
re- [
definitely the y mg- and boister- Rd., 7 1
other help kept. ThisThis
I
statemen
by Assistant- ________ _
mm New W e
ous college . e mp—brush cut minster
u yM appeal to a capable i Professor Sosuke Sugihara of the
pho
coup
water.
ed in
hair-do
IL
■rood
‘^ home Meiji University caused an immr-back should|
and
excelled
ou
• Apply HU. mediate
ers sat side by sid with swoonsensation in
Japan
doliverv
3 P
Toronto.
ing long-skirted t
archaeological circles where the
hvacious souhBiU'
:
generally
accepted theory is that
for RENT
with the one com mon 1
mid out-build
,_
i human life in Japan dates back
Harold Morishita
. Giber ma
music.
1
;
S^EKEEPING ■ to Gne New’ Stone Age, that is
I watched the
weKtU1She? r°Om' fr°m 3”000 t0 10^00 years ago.
u
is diey
T
build
Id run
pod, auulauded
1931 Avenue Road
Toronto.
lh1
These relics if they are of the
squealed. The people
4
TORONTO
Wes
TWO
rooms, i °l,Stone Age have been un­
- : man Rm, R. r
from their seats utterii
6P' rt^ ’vci >V
Phone: RE. 5411
Phone i earned in a hill in Gunma Pre1 oronto.
j fecture.