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THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Organ For Canadians Of Japanese Origin
VOL. 17 — NO. 37.
Only Small Fraction of Original
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954.
i Three B. C. Chapters
j Attend Budd. Function
400,000 Ainus Left; Race Faces
STEVESTON, B. C. — The j
Sixth Annual Northwest Budd- !
Physical Extinction in 10-20 Yrs. hist
Sunday School Teachers’ ;
TORONTO.
ONT.
Nine-Man Trade Mission
Coming from Japan to Fair
TORONTO. — In conjunction Nisei girls garbed in bright, ki
Training Session was held at J with the forthcoming Seventh mono have been arranged to
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido. — The here, disagrees.
International
Trade appear at the booths on the open
Ainus (pronounced: eye-nooze),
The chief’s wife has a strange Portland, Ore., over the May 1-2 | Canadian
weekend.
Eight
chapiters
were
reJ
Fair
to
be
hold
in
Toronto
from ing May 31.
once militant occupants of central tattooed face. Both of them look
Upon conclusion of the trade
Japan, now face physical extinc more like Caucasians than Asia presented at the international ; May 31 through; June 11, a trade
function, including three from ! mission of nine government offi fair, the Japanese-style tea room,
tion in spite of all the assistance tics.
; cials and businessmen is schedul one of the feature exhibits;, will
piven them by their conquerors,
The blue-eyed, white-skinned British Columbia centres.
Attending the session from i ed to arrive here from Japan be donated by the Japanese Gov
old man with a long grey beard
the Japanese.
ernment to the National Art Gal
That's what many people say. and mustache, claims that the Canada were Nori Ikuta from { shortly.
lery in Ottawa.
The
group
includes:
Itsujiro
But Ikashimatoku, the 78-yeai\old Japanese race has only ‘’assimi Kelowna, Patsy Kobayashi and j
research chairman Alice. Saki- i Iida of Tokyo's Economic Bu
chief of the 560-man Ainu tribe lated” the Ainus.
“The Japanese race is, as a yama from Steveston, and Yo-I reau; Hisashi Terai of Aichi s
mafter of fact, a mixture of many shiko Inouye from Vancouver. J Chamber of .Trade and Comraces — Mongol, Chinese, Ko Rev. S. Ikuta of Kelowna and | meree; Masao Tobita of JETRO;
rean, Indonesian, Tartar, Ainu, Rev. Y. Okano of Vancouver ac- { Toshisumi Yoshida of Osaka
MAY' 12, 19 It
By GEORGE NISHIMURA
; Chamber of Trade and Com
and others — and why do many companied ■ the group.
Ottawa. — Department of La
merce; Fumio Takaoka, Hokka
Japanese now make a fuss about
ido Office of Trade and Com bour reveals that Custodian of
UNTIL I had occasion to glance a. few thousand half-breed chil Two Nisei Brothers
= merce: Kiyoshi Nojiri, Tokyo Japanese Property disposed of
through our list of subscrib dren born of American soldiers
Bureau ;
Y oshitaro 1,101 parcels of real estate total
| Economic
ers the other day, I had not and Japanese mother's?” the Now at West Point
Araki of Nakagawa Manufac ling' $1,560,670.
realized that The New Canadian Ainu chief asks.
BAKERSFIELD. Calif. — The , turers (Tokyo); Katsujiro Osumi
Sandou, B.C. — Movement of
was being' read, or at least taken,
Ikashimatoku, who also has the acceptance of an 18-year old j of Osumi Manufacturers (Osa
Sandon
evacuees
commences;
by persons in such far-flung- Japanese name of' Ihei Miya Bakersfield Nisei, Robert Matsu- i
ka); and Ehan Numata of Mi transfer of hospital cases to
localities. Save for a few minor moto, says there were at least moto, as a cadet at West Point j toyo Manufacturing Co. (Yoko
Nakusp, New Denver, and Kaslo
gaps here and there, why, our 400,000 “pure blood” Ainus on Military Academy, as the second j
hama).
underway.
subscribers literally circle the Hokkaido 100 years ago, but only
The Japanese booths, which
member of the same family, was i
Vancouver. — Nisei given 12globe!
' I
a little over 10,000 remain today. accorded wide attention here re- I have been increased in space
From the Yukon to way down
“This does not mean we’ve cently.
| from previous years, are report months sentence following police
discovery of his masquerading as
in South America, from Japan been fading away, but only been
Robert’s elder brother, Glenn. 5 ed to be conveniently located,
a Chinese, since start of evacu
across two oceans and a continent melted into the Japanese,” he
was appointed to West Point j and will be drawing large, crowds.
to Germany, the mailman delivers explains.
ation in 1942.
four years ago, and will be gra- j To heighten the attraction, three ..............................
The New Canadian to our readers
j
Many Ainu daughters, who are duating in June.
By MIKE M. MASAOKA j
f ’WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
every week. (We’re not trying
Earlier
last
month,
the
younger
!
as attractive as Nordic maids,
to impress you; we’re just giving
were married to Japanese boys, Matsumoto, now a student at San
you the facts. Yeah? Yeah!)
and many husky and hairy Ainu Francisco State College, took In’s i
Several copies of the NC are
boys have wed tender Japanese entrance examinations and physi
airmailed weekly to various points
women during the past 100 years, cal tests with some ,35 others,
in South America — going to the
he added. “You cannot easily tell and was reported to have topped
Ambassador Sadao Iguchi met tariff policies and mutual defense
Japanese Embassy at Santiago,
their children from other Japa them all. A graduate of Bakers official Washington publicly for and security problems.
Chile, and readers in Sao Paolo,
With his great understanding
nese children, especially when field High, he was a halfback the first time when he held a re
Brazil, and Lima, Peru. «>
of
America and its ways, he is
on the varsity football team for ception recently in honour of the
they live together in town.”
Another copy goes to a profes
expected
to further international
The first 1,000 years of Japa three seasons and a member of birthday of the Emperor of Ja
sor at Universitists Buchhandnese history are full of bloody the track' team.
pan. Since he reported for his good relations between Japan and
lung in Germany.
Brothers attending West Point responsible assignment several the United States.
battles between the Ainu race
Subscribers in Japan number
And in his efforts to promote
who then lived in Honshu (Ja is a. rarity, it was pointed out in weeks ago, he has been busy mak
more than sixty, notable among
pan’s main island), and the Japa local newspaper, radio and tele ing personal calls and in reor greater unity and cooperation
whom are the Japan Travel Bu
between two major Pacific pow
nese who had obviously invaded vision reports last week, especial ganizing the staff.
reau, JETRO (Japan Export
ers, Japanese Americans join
ly from a family with no pre
Japan from the south.
According
to
the
society
editors
Trade Research Organization),
with their fellow Americans and
The government has banned vious service connections.
who have a penchant for comp their relatives and friends in
the Japan Buddhist Council, the
married Ainu women from tattoo
arisons, it was a “glittering suc Japan to wish him continued suc
Asahi Shimbun ancl Mainichi
ing their faces. “Only a handful Konno, Oyakawa
cess
” with most of official Wash cess in his important mission.
Shimbun, the Canadian Embassy
of old women with tattooed faces
ington that counted in attend
in Tokyo,’ as well as a couple
Nisei who can recall the pre
still live,” Mrs. Ikashimatoku ex Named Ohio State
ance.
going to Canadian Nisei soldiers
World War II days and immedi
plains.
Ambassador
Iguchi is
no ately thereafter know that the
Swimming Co-Captains
stationed at Hiro.
The “pure blood” Ainus have a
stranger to the United States,
Naturally, 95 percent of our
COLUMBUS, Ohio. — Hawaii’s having served two tours of duty state of goodwill between Japan
rare blood type, not falling under
readers are on this continent —
and the United Slates often
Ford Konno and Yoshi Oyakawa in New York and one in Chicago
measures community goodwill to
spreading from the icy northwest any of the usual A, B, AB, or O
were named co-captains of the in the Japanese Consulates in
to the equatorial south. One of types. The Japanese government
wards them.
Ohio State University swimming the 1930’s. He was the counsel
For this reason, Nisei Ameri
the addresses in the Yukon re makes utmost efforts to preserve
team for 1955 last week at the of the Embassy he now heads at
cans have a particular stake in
minds you of a scene in a typical the “pure blood” Ainu race main
team’s annual awards banquet.
the time of the outbreak of war. the Ambassador’s success in
Hollywood western — it reads: ly. from the viewpoint of acade
Konno and Oyakawa take over
A seasoned diplomat thorough Washington.
mic
study.
“
But
most
Ainu
Sourdough Cafe Bar, Keno City,
leadership of the Buckeye water ly at home with the English lan
youngsters
want
to
marry
Japa
CHAT WITH NIXON
Yukon.
craftsmen from Dick Cleveland. guage he mastered at Oxford
nese,
”
says
the
old
man.
Top
ranking American at the
A scrutiny of our listing for
The new co-captains are world University, he was at one time
“
In
another
ten
or
twenty
reception was Vice - President
the Pacific Coast yields some
record holders, champions in the considered in the speculation that Richard Nixon. We managed to
rarely heard of place-names as years, it will become hard to find
Big Ten, NCAA and NAAU.
ended when banker Eikichi Araki have a few words with him.
W m t e h o r s e, Mayo Landing, any pure blood Ainus."’ the chief
Coach
Mike
Peppe
made
it
was named Japan’s first postwar
He mentioned the spectacular
Queen Charlotte City, Wayne Is lamented.
clear that five Buckeye swim ambassador to this country. He response of the Issei Americans
land. Quathiaski Cove, the Indian
mers, including the co-captains, was named Ambassador to Can to avail themselves of the natu
May Film Fowler's
Residential School at Le Jac, and
hkve been given an extra year of ada in 1952, a post he held until ralization privileges of the McBook on Sadakichi
so forth ...
competition
in the NCAA by a his recent promotion to Japan’s Carran-Walter Act and expressed
HOLLYWOOD. — “Minutes of
And, of course, Vancouver.
key diplomatic spot, which is his personal interest in the forth
recent ruling.
Crossing the border, we find the Last Meeting” by Gene. Fowl
Washington.
coming National JACL Conven
we nave readers in Seattle, Port- er, in which one of the characters
NISEI
LASS
IN
NEED ALL EXPERIENCE
tion in Los Angeles of the Labor
•and. San Francisco, Los Angeles, is Sadakichi Hartmann, a Japa
PIANO
FINALS
Because
the
era
of
initial
good
Day weekend.
Long Beach, Oakland, and to the nese-German poet and art critic,
BRAMPTON,
Ont.
—
Shirlev
will
towards
the
Japanese
nation
And Secretary of the Interior
east. Salt Lake City, Denver, Ne may be groomed for the movies.
Kavama
of
Port
Credit,
Ont.,
which resulted from the Peace Douglas McKay asked to be re
If so, author Fowler wants
braska. Tennessee, New Orleans,
I
was
one
oi
the
finalists
at
the
Treaty is beginning to wear off, membered to his Nisei friends in
Louisiana, Florida, Chicago, John Carradine as Sadakichi, Rea
Peel
Music
Festival
Piano
Con
the Ambassador may have to use Oregon, especially in the Ontario
Skelton as W. C. Fields, FredeWashington and New Y'ork.
test
held
Saturday,
May
<8.
all his diplomatic experience in area. He mentioned Don Sugai
Returning to Canada, in con- rick March as John Barrymore,
She
soled
in
the
under-six
dealing
with such explosive, sub and Mun Iseri by name as he
irast to the fact that Ontario by Ian Keith as artist John Decker
■
division.
jects
as
United States - Japan
(Coni’d on Page Two)
and Thomas Mitchell as Fowler.
{Corn’d on Page Two')
is Ion like It
a decade ago...
Ambassador Iguchi Meets}
5
I
Official W ashington
An Independent Organ For Canadians Of Japanese Origin
VOL. 17 — NO. 37.
Only Small Fraction of Original
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954.
i Three B. C. Chapters
j Attend Budd. Function
400,000 Ainus Left; Race Faces
STEVESTON, B. C. — The j
Sixth Annual Northwest Budd- !
Physical Extinction in 10-20 Yrs. hist
Sunday School Teachers’ ;
TORONTO.
ONT.
Nine-Man Trade Mission
Coming from Japan to Fair
TORONTO. — In conjunction Nisei girls garbed in bright, ki
Training Session was held at J with the forthcoming Seventh mono have been arranged to
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido. — The here, disagrees.
International
Trade appear at the booths on the open
Ainus (pronounced: eye-nooze),
The chief’s wife has a strange Portland, Ore., over the May 1-2 | Canadian
weekend.
Eight
chapiters
were
reJ
Fair
to
be
hold
in
Toronto
from ing May 31.
once militant occupants of central tattooed face. Both of them look
Upon conclusion of the trade
Japan, now face physical extinc more like Caucasians than Asia presented at the international ; May 31 through; June 11, a trade
function, including three from ! mission of nine government offi fair, the Japanese-style tea room,
tion in spite of all the assistance tics.
; cials and businessmen is schedul one of the feature exhibits;, will
piven them by their conquerors,
The blue-eyed, white-skinned British Columbia centres.
Attending the session from i ed to arrive here from Japan be donated by the Japanese Gov
old man with a long grey beard
the Japanese.
ernment to the National Art Gal
That's what many people say. and mustache, claims that the Canada were Nori Ikuta from { shortly.
lery in Ottawa.
The
group
includes:
Itsujiro
But Ikashimatoku, the 78-yeai\old Japanese race has only ‘’assimi Kelowna, Patsy Kobayashi and j
research chairman Alice. Saki- i Iida of Tokyo's Economic Bu
chief of the 560-man Ainu tribe lated” the Ainus.
“The Japanese race is, as a yama from Steveston, and Yo-I reau; Hisashi Terai of Aichi s
mafter of fact, a mixture of many shiko Inouye from Vancouver. J Chamber of .Trade and Comraces — Mongol, Chinese, Ko Rev. S. Ikuta of Kelowna and | meree; Masao Tobita of JETRO;
rean, Indonesian, Tartar, Ainu, Rev. Y. Okano of Vancouver ac- { Toshisumi Yoshida of Osaka
MAY' 12, 19 It
By GEORGE NISHIMURA
; Chamber of Trade and Com
and others — and why do many companied ■ the group.
Ottawa. — Department of La
merce; Fumio Takaoka, Hokka
Japanese now make a fuss about
ido Office of Trade and Com bour reveals that Custodian of
UNTIL I had occasion to glance a. few thousand half-breed chil Two Nisei Brothers
= merce: Kiyoshi Nojiri, Tokyo Japanese Property disposed of
through our list of subscrib dren born of American soldiers
Bureau ;
Y oshitaro 1,101 parcels of real estate total
| Economic
ers the other day, I had not and Japanese mother's?” the Now at West Point
Araki of Nakagawa Manufac ling' $1,560,670.
realized that The New Canadian Ainu chief asks.
BAKERSFIELD. Calif. — The , turers (Tokyo); Katsujiro Osumi
Sandou, B.C. — Movement of
was being' read, or at least taken,
Ikashimatoku, who also has the acceptance of an 18-year old j of Osumi Manufacturers (Osa
Sandon
evacuees
commences;
by persons in such far-flung- Japanese name of' Ihei Miya Bakersfield Nisei, Robert Matsu- i
ka); and Ehan Numata of Mi transfer of hospital cases to
localities. Save for a few minor moto, says there were at least moto, as a cadet at West Point j toyo Manufacturing Co. (Yoko
Nakusp, New Denver, and Kaslo
gaps here and there, why, our 400,000 “pure blood” Ainus on Military Academy, as the second j
hama).
underway.
subscribers literally circle the Hokkaido 100 years ago, but only
The Japanese booths, which
member of the same family, was i
Vancouver. — Nisei given 12globe!
' I
a little over 10,000 remain today. accorded wide attention here re- I have been increased in space
From the Yukon to way down
“This does not mean we’ve cently.
| from previous years, are report months sentence following police
discovery of his masquerading as
in South America, from Japan been fading away, but only been
Robert’s elder brother, Glenn. 5 ed to be conveniently located,
a Chinese, since start of evacu
across two oceans and a continent melted into the Japanese,” he
was appointed to West Point j and will be drawing large, crowds.
to Germany, the mailman delivers explains.
ation in 1942.
four years ago, and will be gra- j To heighten the attraction, three ..............................
The New Canadian to our readers
j
Many Ainu daughters, who are duating in June.
By MIKE M. MASAOKA j
f ’WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
every week. (We’re not trying
Earlier
last
month,
the
younger
!
as attractive as Nordic maids,
to impress you; we’re just giving
were married to Japanese boys, Matsumoto, now a student at San
you the facts. Yeah? Yeah!)
and many husky and hairy Ainu Francisco State College, took In’s i
Several copies of the NC are
boys have wed tender Japanese entrance examinations and physi
airmailed weekly to various points
women during the past 100 years, cal tests with some ,35 others,
in South America — going to the
he added. “You cannot easily tell and was reported to have topped
Ambassador Sadao Iguchi met tariff policies and mutual defense
Japanese Embassy at Santiago,
their children from other Japa them all. A graduate of Bakers official Washington publicly for and security problems.
Chile, and readers in Sao Paolo,
With his great understanding
nese children, especially when field High, he was a halfback the first time when he held a re
Brazil, and Lima, Peru. «>
of
America and its ways, he is
on the varsity football team for ception recently in honour of the
they live together in town.”
Another copy goes to a profes
expected
to further international
The first 1,000 years of Japa three seasons and a member of birthday of the Emperor of Ja
sor at Universitists Buchhandnese history are full of bloody the track' team.
pan. Since he reported for his good relations between Japan and
lung in Germany.
Brothers attending West Point responsible assignment several the United States.
battles between the Ainu race
Subscribers in Japan number
And in his efforts to promote
who then lived in Honshu (Ja is a. rarity, it was pointed out in weeks ago, he has been busy mak
more than sixty, notable among
pan’s main island), and the Japa local newspaper, radio and tele ing personal calls and in reor greater unity and cooperation
whom are the Japan Travel Bu
between two major Pacific pow
nese who had obviously invaded vision reports last week, especial ganizing the staff.
reau, JETRO (Japan Export
ers, Japanese Americans join
ly from a family with no pre
Japan from the south.
According
to
the
society
editors
Trade Research Organization),
with their fellow Americans and
The government has banned vious service connections.
who have a penchant for comp their relatives and friends in
the Japan Buddhist Council, the
married Ainu women from tattoo
arisons, it was a “glittering suc Japan to wish him continued suc
Asahi Shimbun ancl Mainichi
ing their faces. “Only a handful Konno, Oyakawa
cess
” with most of official Wash cess in his important mission.
Shimbun, the Canadian Embassy
of old women with tattooed faces
ington that counted in attend
in Tokyo,’ as well as a couple
Nisei who can recall the pre
still live,” Mrs. Ikashimatoku ex Named Ohio State
ance.
going to Canadian Nisei soldiers
World War II days and immedi
plains.
Ambassador
Iguchi is
no ately thereafter know that the
Swimming Co-Captains
stationed at Hiro.
The “pure blood” Ainus have a
stranger to the United States,
Naturally, 95 percent of our
COLUMBUS, Ohio. — Hawaii’s having served two tours of duty state of goodwill between Japan
rare blood type, not falling under
readers are on this continent —
and the United Slates often
Ford Konno and Yoshi Oyakawa in New York and one in Chicago
measures community goodwill to
spreading from the icy northwest any of the usual A, B, AB, or O
were named co-captains of the in the Japanese Consulates in
to the equatorial south. One of types. The Japanese government
wards them.
Ohio State University swimming the 1930’s. He was the counsel
For this reason, Nisei Ameri
the addresses in the Yukon re makes utmost efforts to preserve
team for 1955 last week at the of the Embassy he now heads at
cans have a particular stake in
minds you of a scene in a typical the “pure blood” Ainu race main
team’s annual awards banquet.
the time of the outbreak of war. the Ambassador’s success in
Hollywood western — it reads: ly. from the viewpoint of acade
Konno and Oyakawa take over
A seasoned diplomat thorough Washington.
mic
study.
“
But
most
Ainu
Sourdough Cafe Bar, Keno City,
leadership of the Buckeye water ly at home with the English lan
youngsters
want
to
marry
Japa
CHAT WITH NIXON
Yukon.
craftsmen from Dick Cleveland. guage he mastered at Oxford
nese,
”
says
the
old
man.
Top
ranking American at the
A scrutiny of our listing for
The new co-captains are world University, he was at one time
“
In
another
ten
or
twenty
reception was Vice - President
the Pacific Coast yields some
record holders, champions in the considered in the speculation that Richard Nixon. We managed to
rarely heard of place-names as years, it will become hard to find
Big Ten, NCAA and NAAU.
ended when banker Eikichi Araki have a few words with him.
W m t e h o r s e, Mayo Landing, any pure blood Ainus."’ the chief
Coach
Mike
Peppe
made
it
was named Japan’s first postwar
He mentioned the spectacular
Queen Charlotte City, Wayne Is lamented.
clear that five Buckeye swim ambassador to this country. He response of the Issei Americans
land. Quathiaski Cove, the Indian
mers, including the co-captains, was named Ambassador to Can to avail themselves of the natu
May Film Fowler's
Residential School at Le Jac, and
hkve been given an extra year of ada in 1952, a post he held until ralization privileges of the McBook on Sadakichi
so forth ...
competition
in the NCAA by a his recent promotion to Japan’s Carran-Walter Act and expressed
HOLLYWOOD. — “Minutes of
And, of course, Vancouver.
key diplomatic spot, which is his personal interest in the forth
recent ruling.
Crossing the border, we find the Last Meeting” by Gene. Fowl
Washington.
coming National JACL Conven
we nave readers in Seattle, Port- er, in which one of the characters
NISEI
LASS
IN
NEED ALL EXPERIENCE
tion in Los Angeles of the Labor
•and. San Francisco, Los Angeles, is Sadakichi Hartmann, a Japa
PIANO
FINALS
Because
the
era
of
initial
good
Day weekend.
Long Beach, Oakland, and to the nese-German poet and art critic,
BRAMPTON,
Ont.
—
Shirlev
will
towards
the
Japanese
nation
And Secretary of the Interior
east. Salt Lake City, Denver, Ne may be groomed for the movies.
Kavama
of
Port
Credit,
Ont.,
which resulted from the Peace Douglas McKay asked to be re
If so, author Fowler wants
braska. Tennessee, New Orleans,
I
was
one
oi
the
finalists
at
the
Treaty is beginning to wear off, membered to his Nisei friends in
Louisiana, Florida, Chicago, John Carradine as Sadakichi, Rea
Peel
Music
Festival
Piano
Con
the Ambassador may have to use Oregon, especially in the Ontario
Skelton as W. C. Fields, FredeWashington and New Y'ork.
test
held
Saturday,
May
<8.
all his diplomatic experience in area. He mentioned Don Sugai
Returning to Canada, in con- rick March as John Barrymore,
She
soled
in
the
under-six
dealing
with such explosive, sub and Mun Iseri by name as he
irast to the fact that Ontario by Ian Keith as artist John Decker
■
division.
jects
as
United States - Japan
(Coni’d on Page Two)
and Thomas Mitchell as Fowler.
{Corn’d on Page Two')
is Ion like It
a decade ago...
Ambassador Iguchi Meets}
5
I
Official W ashington
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THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Japanese-English Organ
GEORGE NISHIMURA
--------------------------- Editor
TAKAICHI UMEZUKI
Japanese Section Editor
KEN MORI
------------------- Advertising
479 Queen St. W. — EM. 6-5005 — Toronto. Ont.
THE
NEW
CANADIAN
Wednesday, May 12, 1954
Letter to Editor
"Youth of Today”
Editor, The New Canadian:
emme
are
I would like to congratulate
By CINDERELLA
you on the articles by youi- col
umnists. Toyo Takata, under Let Us Remember, This Mother's Day .
“The Weekly Habit”, April 24th,
Authorized as second class mail, ^ost Office Dept., Ottawa.
THEY LIVE quietly now, most of them, with their married
on the influence of environment,
or daughters, sharing the household chores, their ways ofie
is particulary good.
Youth of today in our circles, not to the liking of their modern daughter or daughter-in-law
They’ve resigned themselves to many things. Their excudin
unfortunately, pays little atten
of
their
daughter’s criticisms, their son’s lack of understanding
tion to basic economic trends.
is a kind of tolerant resignation.
FRESNO, CALIF.
right of freedom of speech, wor I imagine that were we living
They have their memories, memories which fill the long hour;
From banker and merchant to ship and peaceful assembly. The in the low-living-standard count
And sometimes, too, they look back, with sudden fierce longing
grape-picker and
fish-peddler Japanese people were allowed ries, we would find a trend toto
the active years. They were hard years, but they know now That
i
wards
our
leanings
in
the
1930
’
s;
are the highlights of the rich life none of these.
of Koichi Kamikawa, 68; but to
“Now we are very happy'be- possibly with the evidence of they were full, happy years.
the Japan-born Californian, the cause Congress in 1952 made it wealth in other countries so pron
They are now often unofficial baby sitters to a brood of
fact that he now is an Ameri possible for us to become Am ounced we might find the tend youngsters who bear traces of their own sons and daughters. These
can citizen stands out above all erican citizens and enjoy the ency far more acute.
youngsters run to them for they know they can always count on
else.
However, the human animal a handful of pennies, some forbidden cookies. For the most part,
same privileges in this glorious
In 1899, Kamikawa lieeded the country of my adoption as every as a whole has never been known however, these grandchildren are independent, pattering away in
to exercise much foresight and a tongue which has always been an alien one to these old folk.
advice of an older brother, Riichi, one else.”
no
doubt, the present lack of
and came to America from his
•They remember their .children — not as they are now, but as
From Pins to Plows
interest
in economy here will they were — children who came running to them with their small
birthplace in Hiroshima. Riichi
The Kamikawa Bros. Store,
continue until the logic of events hurts in babyhood; youngsters who came to them asking questions
had come here seven years ear
which Koichi said sold every
determines otherwise.
lier, worked .on the railroad, and
■ they could not understand themselves and hence could not cope
thing- from pins to plowshares,
Wallis W. Lefeaux
had. made a little money.
with; adolescents who, in their young passions, too often discounted
withstood the depression and
Vancouver, B. C.
Established Store in 1900’s
their mother wisdom. These years they remember — and wonder
anti-racial feeling until 192 G.
At the turn of the century, Ko Reluctantly the brothers closed
Mr. Lefeaux is a noted Bar even now, if the gap between them and their children was ever
ichi, Riichi, and two other- bro the general merchandise estab- rister and Solicitor in Vancou bridged. Their children, they know, do not need them now. A sudden,
thers, Mitsu and Masuchi, foun lishent that year and Koichi ver, and has been long associa |' lost feeling comes over them. But they try to tell themselves that
ded the Kamikawa Bros. Store. started again.
ted with Japanese Canadians and it is good that their children are independent.
For a time they prospered, des
“I peddled fish from house to their problems. — Ed.)
. And so" they sit with their- grandchildren. Often the days are
pite considerable anti-Japanese house in Fresno’s rural areas,”
too long. In those active, busy days, they had not envisioned —
sentiment prevalent'at the time
he said. “My family and I went
they had not prepared for this quiet time of unaccustomed leisure.
“We made lots of money,” Ka
into the vineyards and picked
And yet they wear this period of their lives with groping dignity.
{Cant’d from Page One')
mikawa said. “We were ‘big grapes for several years until
Perhaps, if their grandchildren were to learn a few Japanese
shots’ in those days.”
I had a little money accumulated. proudly proclaimed them to be words ...
With the money they made, Then again I ventured into the exemplary of the fine citizenry
plus Koichi’s acumen, the bro-- merchandising business with a of the Nisei in his state.
The way of the Issei mother has not been easy. But they came
During the reception, Ambas
thers went far afield. They es small store.
through with a shining dignity and gentleness, the proof of which
tablished branch stores in Selma,
“This did not last very long sador Iguchi asked about John are the Nisei sons and daughters who are as much a part of this
Del Rev, Japan and San Fran
because when World War II Aiso. It seems that Chief Justice land as their mothers were not.
Earl Warren, former Governor
cisco. They dabbled in the ex
broke out, we, like all the other
Just as they are growing old, so we, your Nisei sons and
of California, had told him how
port-import business. In 1902, Japanese, were interned,
and
daughters
are acquiring something of wisdom and understanding,
he had come to appoint this out
Koichi founded the Japanese- sent to camps elsewhere. We
For every bar between us and our small, personal freedoms,
standing barrister as the first
American Bank in San Francisco went to Arkansas first, then to
mainland Nisei to be named to we blamed, what we. believed was your narrow, racial outlook.
and six years later, opened a New Jersey where I worked in
a municipal judgeship, the one in your clinging to old ties. And yet, somehow, you safeguarded
Fresno branch.
a. cannery.”
authority, standing your own ground. In the end you gave us a
Los Angeles.
“The same year, the bottom
Store in Fowler
ONE “CRITICISM”
kind of spiritual security — perhaps not the kind which was
dropped out of everything-,” Ka
About the only criticism, and demonstrative, but one made of steadier stuff, woven at the risk
Cannery work was nor too
mikawa recalled. “Banks every profitable, but Koichi saved
it was only a friendly one, of the of an ever-widening breach between us . . .
tip
where closed. So did ours, but a little money and in 1945, the
reception
came from the “o’d
I
We salute you now for all the years of unspoken, unvoiced
we used the profits from oui war over, he returned to Fresno Japan hands” and former Occu
devotion. If we, in our growing up, failed to attribute to you feelings
stores to repay all our depositors, county and with a son, Tom, pation personnel. They thought
which were no strangers to us — feelings of loneliness, frustration,
dollar for dollar plus interest?
that instead of the fancy French
opened a store in Fowler.
futility, indecision, passion, love — we realize now, in our new-found
Branch Post Office
In 1951, Koichi Kamikawa re buffet, there should have been wisdom, if rarely you spoke of your own girlhood, your own hopes,
Also, that same year, Kami tired from what he terms a life the more appropriate Japanese
delicacies. Perhaps the fact that your innermost thoughts, it was your way of stopping all outlets
kawa was placed in charge of a “too full of materialism.”
to memory which would deter you from an unasked-for destiny.
branch post office opened in the
“Now I’m free,” he said. “I there is no legitimate sukiyaki We know now that if at times you were unreasonable in your
or “Japanese style” restaurant
brothers’ store.
have no obligation and am very
resistance to our demands, they were times when you saw magnified
“The post office was put there happy. I have food to eat and in the nation’s capital accounted
in us, those very faults which you hugged close to your heart.
as an accommodation to people that is enough for my wife and for their desire to taste again
We salute you now for that curious blending of practicality and
living in West Fresnb,” Kami- me. The world is too full of a some Japanese foods.
Incidentally, when . the newly idealism which enabled you to put first things first. 1 ou put your
kawa said. “It
good idea desire
to
accumulate money
arrived Ambassador invited me dreams upon a shelf and donned an apron. You cooked, you fanned,
and everyone took advantage Everyone wants to be a ‘big shot.’
to his office several weeks ago, you scrubbed floors. You learned to work side by side with youi
of it.”
I was one once, but my present he expressed great admiration
men, and even as the limits of your world narrowed, you were big
The fortunes of the Kamikawa
e is better than the old
fox’ the way the Issei and the enough to see beyond those limits. You believed in us. Y ou believed
family- fluctuates between 190S
Foresaw War
Nisei conducted themselves dur in education. And you put these things first.
and 191S, when Koichi purchased
shot" ing the war days.
Kamikawa was
We salute you now for your strange stoicism—that attitude
a 6414 acre vineyard in the indeed In 1920 he testified be“A GOOD JOE”
of shrugging your shoulders, that uttering of “shikataga nai in
Bowles district. Shortly after fore a
nal committee
As Ambassador Araki before the face of catastrophe instead of shedding tears, and that quick
wards, the market price of rais- studying- charges of large land him, and even the Prime Minister
ins dropped out of sight and, in ventures involving Japanese, and too, Japan’s top diplomatic envoy turning to the work at hand.
For all these things, we salute you!
company with scores of
other accusations Japanese hand-labor declared that this wartime record
• vineyardists, Kamikawa found was getting jobs to the detri was responsible in part for the
They live quietly now, these Issei mothers. Their lives
himself without a ranch.
present goodwill which exists be
ment of American workers.
give no hint of those strange, hard, active years — years wnen
Alien Land Law Restricts
“The only solution for that tween the two nations.
by one, they shelved their dreams as children came to
He expressed the hope that the
Throughout this period, and racial difficulty is the promotion
their time . . .
of a better understanding bet Issei and Nisei will continue, to
Let us remember, this Mother’s Day ....
ted as many other Japanese did. ween the two peoples,” he told try to help keep Japan and the
Restricted by law from owning-. the investigators on July 22. United States as friendly allies
leasing
renting land thev 1920. "Unless this is done I pred in a free world.
He seemed to have a good
formed corporations with their ict that an undesirable conflict
, tion Minister Walter Harris. Defcont'd from P. 1)
understanding
of he JACL and
American-born children as offic may arise in the future.”
its contributions both to the far claims the largest number of i fense Minister Brooke
ers. or even with other American
citizen in
.. etcAmerican scene and to persons of our subscribers, we find only one M.P. Angus Maclnni
citizens as directors.
naturalization proceeding
re
which
going
at
present
to
Prince EdThus is the extent
Japaneseancestry,
especially
That was not
u
Kamikawa like s to tell
ward Island.
The New Canadian travels eac
those in this country.
Japanese," K a m ik a w a said. everyone: “My
now has
More
than
a
dozen
week.
Meanwhile, however, unie^
copies
go
to
Among Washington’s working
“Years ago I started studying a voting power
14. When
press along Embassy Row, he is government officials and politi- our local circulation rises, I dem t
the American Constitution and wife becomes a
already
known as “a goood Joe”, cians in our nation’ 5 capital — suppose I can look forward -c?
the Bill of
and found
which is high praise in news notable among whom are Prime that five-dollar raise I was nop
that people were guaranteed the
Minister St. Laurent. Immigra- ing for. . .
paper parlance.
Ups & Downs Of An Issei Pioneer
AS YOU LIKE IT
THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Japanese-English Organ
GEORGE NISHIMURA
--------------------------- Editor
TAKAICHI UMEZUKI
Japanese Section Editor
KEN MORI
------------------- Advertising
479 Queen St. W. — EM. 6-5005 — Toronto. Ont.
THE
NEW
CANADIAN
Wednesday, May 12, 1954
Letter to Editor
"Youth of Today”
Editor, The New Canadian:
emme
are
I would like to congratulate
By CINDERELLA
you on the articles by youi- col
umnists. Toyo Takata, under Let Us Remember, This Mother's Day .
“The Weekly Habit”, April 24th,
Authorized as second class mail, ^ost Office Dept., Ottawa.
THEY LIVE quietly now, most of them, with their married
on the influence of environment,
or daughters, sharing the household chores, their ways ofie
is particulary good.
Youth of today in our circles, not to the liking of their modern daughter or daughter-in-law
They’ve resigned themselves to many things. Their excudin
unfortunately, pays little atten
of
their
daughter’s criticisms, their son’s lack of understanding
tion to basic economic trends.
is a kind of tolerant resignation.
FRESNO, CALIF.
right of freedom of speech, wor I imagine that were we living
They have their memories, memories which fill the long hour;
From banker and merchant to ship and peaceful assembly. The in the low-living-standard count
And sometimes, too, they look back, with sudden fierce longing
grape-picker and
fish-peddler Japanese people were allowed ries, we would find a trend toto
the active years. They were hard years, but they know now That
i
wards
our
leanings
in
the
1930
’
s;
are the highlights of the rich life none of these.
of Koichi Kamikawa, 68; but to
“Now we are very happy'be- possibly with the evidence of they were full, happy years.
the Japan-born Californian, the cause Congress in 1952 made it wealth in other countries so pron
They are now often unofficial baby sitters to a brood of
fact that he now is an Ameri possible for us to become Am ounced we might find the tend youngsters who bear traces of their own sons and daughters. These
can citizen stands out above all erican citizens and enjoy the ency far more acute.
youngsters run to them for they know they can always count on
else.
However, the human animal a handful of pennies, some forbidden cookies. For the most part,
same privileges in this glorious
In 1899, Kamikawa lieeded the country of my adoption as every as a whole has never been known however, these grandchildren are independent, pattering away in
to exercise much foresight and a tongue which has always been an alien one to these old folk.
advice of an older brother, Riichi, one else.”
no
doubt, the present lack of
and came to America from his
•They remember their .children — not as they are now, but as
From Pins to Plows
interest
in economy here will they were — children who came running to them with their small
birthplace in Hiroshima. Riichi
The Kamikawa Bros. Store,
continue until the logic of events hurts in babyhood; youngsters who came to them asking questions
had come here seven years ear
which Koichi said sold every
determines otherwise.
lier, worked .on the railroad, and
■ they could not understand themselves and hence could not cope
thing- from pins to plowshares,
Wallis W. Lefeaux
had. made a little money.
with; adolescents who, in their young passions, too often discounted
withstood the depression and
Vancouver, B. C.
Established Store in 1900’s
their mother wisdom. These years they remember — and wonder
anti-racial feeling until 192 G.
At the turn of the century, Ko Reluctantly the brothers closed
Mr. Lefeaux is a noted Bar even now, if the gap between them and their children was ever
ichi, Riichi, and two other- bro the general merchandise estab- rister and Solicitor in Vancou bridged. Their children, they know, do not need them now. A sudden,
thers, Mitsu and Masuchi, foun lishent that year and Koichi ver, and has been long associa |' lost feeling comes over them. But they try to tell themselves that
ded the Kamikawa Bros. Store. started again.
ted with Japanese Canadians and it is good that their children are independent.
For a time they prospered, des
“I peddled fish from house to their problems. — Ed.)
. And so" they sit with their- grandchildren. Often the days are
pite considerable anti-Japanese house in Fresno’s rural areas,”
too long. In those active, busy days, they had not envisioned —
sentiment prevalent'at the time
he said. “My family and I went
they had not prepared for this quiet time of unaccustomed leisure.
“We made lots of money,” Ka
into the vineyards and picked
And yet they wear this period of their lives with groping dignity.
{Cant’d from Page One')
mikawa said. “We were ‘big grapes for several years until
Perhaps, if their grandchildren were to learn a few Japanese
shots’ in those days.”
I had a little money accumulated. proudly proclaimed them to be words ...
With the money they made, Then again I ventured into the exemplary of the fine citizenry
plus Koichi’s acumen, the bro-- merchandising business with a of the Nisei in his state.
The way of the Issei mother has not been easy. But they came
During the reception, Ambas
thers went far afield. They es small store.
through with a shining dignity and gentleness, the proof of which
tablished branch stores in Selma,
“This did not last very long sador Iguchi asked about John are the Nisei sons and daughters who are as much a part of this
Del Rev, Japan and San Fran
because when World War II Aiso. It seems that Chief Justice land as their mothers were not.
Earl Warren, former Governor
cisco. They dabbled in the ex
broke out, we, like all the other
Just as they are growing old, so we, your Nisei sons and
of California, had told him how
port-import business. In 1902, Japanese, were interned,
and
daughters
are acquiring something of wisdom and understanding,
he had come to appoint this out
Koichi founded the Japanese- sent to camps elsewhere. We
For every bar between us and our small, personal freedoms,
standing barrister as the first
American Bank in San Francisco went to Arkansas first, then to
mainland Nisei to be named to we blamed, what we. believed was your narrow, racial outlook.
and six years later, opened a New Jersey where I worked in
a municipal judgeship, the one in your clinging to old ties. And yet, somehow, you safeguarded
Fresno branch.
a. cannery.”
authority, standing your own ground. In the end you gave us a
Los Angeles.
“The same year, the bottom
Store in Fowler
ONE “CRITICISM”
kind of spiritual security — perhaps not the kind which was
dropped out of everything-,” Ka
About the only criticism, and demonstrative, but one made of steadier stuff, woven at the risk
Cannery work was nor too
mikawa recalled. “Banks every profitable, but Koichi saved
it was only a friendly one, of the of an ever-widening breach between us . . .
tip
where closed. So did ours, but a little money and in 1945, the
reception
came from the “o’d
I
We salute you now for all the years of unspoken, unvoiced
we used the profits from oui war over, he returned to Fresno Japan hands” and former Occu
devotion. If we, in our growing up, failed to attribute to you feelings
stores to repay all our depositors, county and with a son, Tom, pation personnel. They thought
which were no strangers to us — feelings of loneliness, frustration,
dollar for dollar plus interest?
that instead of the fancy French
opened a store in Fowler.
futility, indecision, passion, love — we realize now, in our new-found
Branch Post Office
In 1951, Koichi Kamikawa re buffet, there should have been wisdom, if rarely you spoke of your own girlhood, your own hopes,
Also, that same year, Kami tired from what he terms a life the more appropriate Japanese
delicacies. Perhaps the fact that your innermost thoughts, it was your way of stopping all outlets
kawa was placed in charge of a “too full of materialism.”
to memory which would deter you from an unasked-for destiny.
branch post office opened in the
“Now I’m free,” he said. “I there is no legitimate sukiyaki We know now that if at times you were unreasonable in your
or “Japanese style” restaurant
brothers’ store.
have no obligation and am very
resistance to our demands, they were times when you saw magnified
“The post office was put there happy. I have food to eat and in the nation’s capital accounted
in us, those very faults which you hugged close to your heart.
as an accommodation to people that is enough for my wife and for their desire to taste again
We salute you now for that curious blending of practicality and
living in West Fresnb,” Kami- me. The world is too full of a some Japanese foods.
Incidentally, when . the newly idealism which enabled you to put first things first. 1 ou put your
kawa said. “It
good idea desire
to
accumulate money
arrived Ambassador invited me dreams upon a shelf and donned an apron. You cooked, you fanned,
and everyone took advantage Everyone wants to be a ‘big shot.’
to his office several weeks ago, you scrubbed floors. You learned to work side by side with youi
of it.”
I was one once, but my present he expressed great admiration
men, and even as the limits of your world narrowed, you were big
The fortunes of the Kamikawa
e is better than the old
fox’ the way the Issei and the enough to see beyond those limits. You believed in us. Y ou believed
family- fluctuates between 190S
Foresaw War
Nisei conducted themselves dur in education. And you put these things first.
and 191S, when Koichi purchased
shot" ing the war days.
Kamikawa was
We salute you now for your strange stoicism—that attitude
a 6414 acre vineyard in the indeed In 1920 he testified be“A GOOD JOE”
of shrugging your shoulders, that uttering of “shikataga nai in
Bowles district. Shortly after fore a
nal committee
As Ambassador Araki before the face of catastrophe instead of shedding tears, and that quick
wards, the market price of rais- studying- charges of large land him, and even the Prime Minister
ins dropped out of sight and, in ventures involving Japanese, and too, Japan’s top diplomatic envoy turning to the work at hand.
For all these things, we salute you!
company with scores of
other accusations Japanese hand-labor declared that this wartime record
• vineyardists, Kamikawa found was getting jobs to the detri was responsible in part for the
They live quietly now, these Issei mothers. Their lives
himself without a ranch.
present goodwill which exists be
ment of American workers.
give no hint of those strange, hard, active years — years wnen
Alien Land Law Restricts
“The only solution for that tween the two nations.
by one, they shelved their dreams as children came to
He expressed the hope that the
Throughout this period, and racial difficulty is the promotion
their time . . .
of a better understanding bet Issei and Nisei will continue, to
Let us remember, this Mother’s Day ....
ted as many other Japanese did. ween the two peoples,” he told try to help keep Japan and the
Restricted by law from owning-. the investigators on July 22. United States as friendly allies
leasing
renting land thev 1920. "Unless this is done I pred in a free world.
He seemed to have a good
formed corporations with their ict that an undesirable conflict
, tion Minister Walter Harris. Defcont'd from P. 1)
understanding
of he JACL and
American-born children as offic may arise in the future.”
its contributions both to the far claims the largest number of i fense Minister Brooke
ers. or even with other American
citizen in
.. etcAmerican scene and to persons of our subscribers, we find only one M.P. Angus Maclnni
citizens as directors.
naturalization proceeding
re
which
going
at
present
to
Prince EdThus is the extent
Japaneseancestry,
especially
That was not
u
Kamikawa like s to tell
ward Island.
The New Canadian travels eac
those in this country.
Japanese," K a m ik a w a said. everyone: “My
now has
More
than
a
dozen
week.
Meanwhile, however, unie^
copies
go
to
Among Washington’s working
“Years ago I started studying a voting power
14. When
press along Embassy Row, he is government officials and politi- our local circulation rises, I dem t
the American Constitution and wife becomes a
already
known as “a goood Joe”, cians in our nation’ 5 capital — suppose I can look forward -c?
the Bill of
and found
which is high praise in news notable among whom are Prime that five-dollar raise I was nop
that people were guaranteed the
Minister St. Laurent. Immigra- ing for. . .
paper parlance.
Ups & Downs Of An Issei Pioneer
AS YOU LIKE IT
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PAGE 7
CANADIAN
League Champs Last Year - Alta. Shin Upsets Miura for Men's Crown
‘Niseis’ Prepare for lew Season Flatbrokes Capture
The Alberta Niseis, sponsored are Charlie Kitaguchi, Jacki
bv the provincial JCCA, wil de Ohno, Jim Tateishi, fireballin!
fend their league crown in the Art Oshiro, and rookie curve
Southern Alberta Big Six Base bailer Tom Asato.
ball League this .year against
The infield has stiffen 1 a
the Magrath Eagles, Taber For
severe jolt in the loss of star
esters. Picture Butte Indians, and
hortstop Nobby
who
a new entry, Spring Coulee.
went back to B.C. Infield incum
Capable George Yoshinaka is bents are Yo
Roy
expected to return as manager, Hayashi, and A oho Kimoto. Last
with Tush Matsumiya assisting years outfield of Charlie and
as coach. In the catching depart Jimmy Kitaguchi and Tamo Ta
ment, manager Yoshinaka may- kenaka, remains intact. Aid is ex
have to return to active duty pected from graduates of local
unless last year’s backstop, Mike’ junior leagues.
Kanno, can be persuaded from
Push Matsumiya has been re
hanging up his spikes. Hurler elected vice -president of
Jim Tateishi may double in brass "Six, while Tuts Aoki i; one of
behind the plate when not taking the le^ue directors. The ‘Niseis’
have been invited to paHieirate
his turn on the mound.
The pitching staff pins its in the big 3-day tournament at
hopes on the possible return of Lacombe. The tournament will
Lefty Kimoto, who performed include the best semi-pro teams
last year with the Vancouver Ni in Western Canada, as well as
sei. Others returning to the hill some touring American clubs.
5
Van. ‘Niseis’ Suffer First Setback;
Gordon Nagano Shines in Debut
VANCOUVER. — The Vancou
ver “Niseis”, playing their second
game in three nights, bowed out
to the Boilermakers 6-4 in a tight
match at Powell Street Grounds
on May 5. The usually heavy artillerv of the
was once
again silent as the Boiler-men's
John Vickers and. Norm Delan
handcuffed the JCCA-sponsored
crew to only three* hits, all com
ing in the final frame.
Trailing 4-1 in The last inning,
the “Niseis” in desperate at
tempt came to life and succeeded
in evening the count 4-4, but in
the bottom half, the Steam-men
Wakabayashi Makes
Debut with Semi-Pros
VANCOUVER.
The
Nisei in the Northwest SemiPro Baseball League, 19-year old
Roy Wakabayashi made his first
appearance of the season on the
mound for the South Burnaby
Athletics on May 5 at Central
Park here as the “A’s” dropped
a close 4-3 contest to the Blaine,
Wash., nine.
Wakabayashi, in defeat, gave
up five hits, while his team
mates collected six blows.
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retaliated with two runs to hand
the Nisei nine their first loss of
the season.
The three Nisei hits went to
big outfielder Hubbo Matsuzaki,
catcher Azu Oikawa, both singles,
and former Moose Jaw Junior
League star hurler Gordon Na
gano, 22, who slammed out a
double that drove in two runs.
Sharing the mound duties for
the “Niseis” were starting pit
cher Sam Shishido, . Gordon Na
gano
and
Ron
Montgomery.
Montgomery, coming in to pitch
in the final inning, walked two
men before he gave up the fatal
two-run single to John Maka
renko. The three together gave
up a total of eight hits.
In the fielding three errors
were tabbed on the “Niseis”
while the Boilermakers were
charged with two fumbles.
Swallows Top Montreal
Bussei Bowling Loop
MONTREAL. — With the end
of the season, the Montreal Bus
sei keglers are now discussing
plans for a banquet.
Final League Leaders:
Team: Swallows, (Tosh Mat
sumiya, capt.)
Averages: (ladies) — Tsune
kawa 190, ♦ (men)' — Watanabe
208.
High Singles: (ladies) — Liz
Matsubara 319, (men) — Tak
Omoto 339.
High Triples: (ladies) — Liz
Aki
Matsubara 787, (men)
Sone 822.
Both the team high single
and high triple honours were car
ried off by the Cardinals, cap
tained by George Nakano.
Eighth Annual Eastern Canada
NISEI OPEN BOWLING TOURNAMENT
DANCE
• £
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TORONTO. — One of the most dramatic finishes to a champion
ship match in 7 veal's of Nisei Badminton Open history was staged
at the Metropolitan gym here last Eriday when Roy Shin succeeded
in upsetting defending champion Tad Miura in the mens’ “A” singles.
Dr. Akaye Trophy
TORONTO. — Flatbrokes have,
emerged as the 1954 winners of
the Dr. Akaye Trophy, symbolic
of team supremacy in the Tor
onto Nisei Ten-Pin League. The
playoffs proved to be a very close
battle, with only seven points
separating the top three teams.
Flatbrokes’ total aggregate of
2744 points was followed by Set
ters with 2741, Spaniels with
2737, Scotty’s 2691, Outlaws
2631, and Pointers 2627.
Comprising the winning team
were S. Tomotsugu, T. Iwamoto,
J. Korekiyo, J. Watanabe and
Miss T. Hashizume. Flatbrokes
were also the league champions
with a 77-point total.
The consolation award went to
Atoms with a total of 2863
points; runner-up in the conso
lations was Tu-Jays with 2785.
Capturing the high singles
award for men was Mits Endo
while for the ladies it was Joyce
Bando. Ross Taniishi and Kay
Yanoshita took the men’s and
ladies’ high triple awards, re
spectively. The high ' average
honours went to Jack Watanabe
for men and Mary Ebata for the
ladies.
On Saturday, May 29, the ten
pin keglers have slated a. presen
tation banquet to take place at
Scott’s Restaurant at King and
Yonge Sts., from 6 to 12 p.m.
Fee is $2.50 per person.
Trailing 4-1 in the third and
final set to Tad Miura, Shin re
taliated strongly to overcome his
opponent and came through to a
spectacular 18-17 victory to> win
the Yamada trophy and the covAll
eted men’s championship.
more
one
Miura required
point, and he would have succeeded in retaining the triple
crown that
When Shin lost the first set
15-11 to Miura, most of the spec
tators on hand were skeptical of
the former's chances of victory,
but Shin came back determinedly
to take the second match 15-7.
The final bout was a ding-dong
battle in which the lead alternat-
Nisei Netmen to Join
Inter-Church League
TORONTO. — Indications are
that Nisei tennismen will be
participating in the Toronto Inter-Church Tennis League this
year in both the “A” and “B”
sections at Metropolitan courts.
Nisei Open Chairman Fuzzy
Fujiwara has stated that this is
a big step forward for the Nisei
netmen and is 100 percent behind
the idea.
A general meeting for all play
ers and others interested will
take place shortly when all de
tails as to the season’s activities
will be brought under discussion.
In the men’s “B” division. John
ny Takeda won over Sab Morita
in two sets 15-5, 15-7. Morita
just couldn’t seem to untrack
himself as Takeda overwhelmed
his opponent from the outset.
Committee
chairman
Oscar
Hatashita,
tournev
manager
Shiotani, assistant mana ger
>sh Kitakawa and shutlager Mi Akivama are tobe commended for staging the
dramatic finals on the night of
the presentation dance. The at
tending- public was indeed treat
ed to shuttling at its best.
Presentation, of the awards
to the respective winners follow
ed the men’s singles, with Tom
Watch Repair Shop
328 BROADVIEW AVE.
(near Gerrard St.)
Toronto. Phone GL. 3652
0. K. CLEANERS
101J/z QUEEN ST. W.
For Pick-up and Delivery
Phone
EM. 8-6953
Toronto Majors Conclude Successful Season;
Maw Mori Two-Time Winner of High Average t♦ Hoe Sai Gay i
A
A
famous Chinese foods
Another suc- j with 236, A. Muramoto 230, T
TORONTO.
I.
A
Tanabe
228,
E.
Sakura
229,
T.
69 Albert St. —Toronto
cessful season of activities by the
(at Elizabeth)
Toronto Nisei Major Bowling Nakamura 226. S. Ono 226, M. A
Takeda
224,
and
Matsuo
226,
J.
Telephone
EM. 8-9817
League was concluded last Sat
A
J.
Tehara
223.
urday with a presentation ban
Special attention given
A
Bing Tanaka, with an impres x
quet and dance at Muirhead’s
x’
to take out orders.
sive 1018 score, copped the high
Restaurant.
x Open 12 noon to 2 a.m.
triple award, while T. Sakura
As league champs, Spadina was runner-up with 977. The high
(K. Shimizu, T. Tanabe, T. Sa single award went to G. Mori
kura, H. Inouye, T. Fujioka, J. with 406, E. Nakamura being
A
A
Isozaki) captured the new tro runner-up.
A
phy donated by Lefty Nakamura.
Following presentation of the A Various Chinese Foods
Shumai & Won Ton
The winning team members were awards, the new executives for
92-A
Elizabeth St., Toronto
also awarded individual trophies. the next season were elected as
Welcome Japanese
follows: president, Maw Mori;
' Federal Farms (M. Mori, J.
Canadians
secretaries, H. Aida and Tosh
Tehara, K. Kuroda, T. Fujioka,
Hours
12 noon to 4 a.m.
Fujioka; treasurer, S. Sora; pub
Reservations: EM. 4-9035
M. Baba, S. Sora) as playoff
licity, Roy Nagamatsu.
champs, received the challenge
trophv and individual awards,
while the members of Lewis
Men’s Wear (M. Sugamori, K.
Isoshima, G. Yano, I. Furukawa,
K. Nagasaki, S. Takeuchi) were
given individual prizes as conso
lation winners.
Maw Mori gained the distinc
Travelers: Whenever you go
tion of being the first two-time
West—for business or pleasure
winner of the
high average
—consult with Northern Pacific
Railway, Room C-29, Union
crown with an average of 240.
Station, Toronto—or phone Em
Following Mori were K. Shimizu
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AT COLUMBUS HALL
582 SHERBOURNE ST., TORONTO
Room C-29, Union Station, Toronto
Saturday, May 22nd, 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.
GEORGE PERKINS ORCHESTRA
Admission SI.00
ed hands
times before
Shin’s one-point win.
Thus it was a great occasion
for the new champion who has
been in quest of the men’s singles
crown for the past three seasons.
Informal
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CANADIAN
League Champs Last Year - Alta. Shin Upsets Miura for Men's Crown
‘Niseis’ Prepare for lew Season Flatbrokes Capture
The Alberta Niseis, sponsored are Charlie Kitaguchi, Jacki
bv the provincial JCCA, wil de Ohno, Jim Tateishi, fireballin!
fend their league crown in the Art Oshiro, and rookie curve
Southern Alberta Big Six Base bailer Tom Asato.
ball League this .year against
The infield has stiffen 1 a
the Magrath Eagles, Taber For
severe jolt in the loss of star
esters. Picture Butte Indians, and
hortstop Nobby
who
a new entry, Spring Coulee.
went back to B.C. Infield incum
Capable George Yoshinaka is bents are Yo
Roy
expected to return as manager, Hayashi, and A oho Kimoto. Last
with Tush Matsumiya assisting years outfield of Charlie and
as coach. In the catching depart Jimmy Kitaguchi and Tamo Ta
ment, manager Yoshinaka may- kenaka, remains intact. Aid is ex
have to return to active duty pected from graduates of local
unless last year’s backstop, Mike’ junior leagues.
Kanno, can be persuaded from
Push Matsumiya has been re
hanging up his spikes. Hurler elected vice -president of
Jim Tateishi may double in brass "Six, while Tuts Aoki i; one of
behind the plate when not taking the le^ue directors. The ‘Niseis’
have been invited to paHieirate
his turn on the mound.
The pitching staff pins its in the big 3-day tournament at
hopes on the possible return of Lacombe. The tournament will
Lefty Kimoto, who performed include the best semi-pro teams
last year with the Vancouver Ni in Western Canada, as well as
sei. Others returning to the hill some touring American clubs.
5
Van. ‘Niseis’ Suffer First Setback;
Gordon Nagano Shines in Debut
VANCOUVER. — The Vancou
ver “Niseis”, playing their second
game in three nights, bowed out
to the Boilermakers 6-4 in a tight
match at Powell Street Grounds
on May 5. The usually heavy artillerv of the
was once
again silent as the Boiler-men's
John Vickers and. Norm Delan
handcuffed the JCCA-sponsored
crew to only three* hits, all com
ing in the final frame.
Trailing 4-1 in The last inning,
the “Niseis” in desperate at
tempt came to life and succeeded
in evening the count 4-4, but in
the bottom half, the Steam-men
Wakabayashi Makes
Debut with Semi-Pros
VANCOUVER.
The
Nisei in the Northwest SemiPro Baseball League, 19-year old
Roy Wakabayashi made his first
appearance of the season on the
mound for the South Burnaby
Athletics on May 5 at Central
Park here as the “A’s” dropped
a close 4-3 contest to the Blaine,
Wash., nine.
Wakabayashi, in defeat, gave
up five hits, while his team
mates collected six blows.
For Private and
Wedding Parties
Golden Dragon
Chop Suey House
Open Noon to 3 a.m.
131A Dundas St. W., Toronto
J
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(ORDERS TO TAKE OUT)
retaliated with two runs to hand
the Nisei nine their first loss of
the season.
The three Nisei hits went to
big outfielder Hubbo Matsuzaki,
catcher Azu Oikawa, both singles,
and former Moose Jaw Junior
League star hurler Gordon Na
gano, 22, who slammed out a
double that drove in two runs.
Sharing the mound duties for
the “Niseis” were starting pit
cher Sam Shishido, . Gordon Na
gano
and
Ron
Montgomery.
Montgomery, coming in to pitch
in the final inning, walked two
men before he gave up the fatal
two-run single to John Maka
renko. The three together gave
up a total of eight hits.
In the fielding three errors
were tabbed on the “Niseis”
while the Boilermakers were
charged with two fumbles.
Swallows Top Montreal
Bussei Bowling Loop
MONTREAL. — With the end
of the season, the Montreal Bus
sei keglers are now discussing
plans for a banquet.
Final League Leaders:
Team: Swallows, (Tosh Mat
sumiya, capt.)
Averages: (ladies) — Tsune
kawa 190, ♦ (men)' — Watanabe
208.
High Singles: (ladies) — Liz
Matsubara 319, (men) — Tak
Omoto 339.
High Triples: (ladies) — Liz
Aki
Matsubara 787, (men)
Sone 822.
Both the team high single
and high triple honours were car
ried off by the Cardinals, cap
tained by George Nakano.
Eighth Annual Eastern Canada
NISEI OPEN BOWLING TOURNAMENT
DANCE
• £
*
TORONTO. — One of the most dramatic finishes to a champion
ship match in 7 veal's of Nisei Badminton Open history was staged
at the Metropolitan gym here last Eriday when Roy Shin succeeded
in upsetting defending champion Tad Miura in the mens’ “A” singles.
Dr. Akaye Trophy
TORONTO. — Flatbrokes have,
emerged as the 1954 winners of
the Dr. Akaye Trophy, symbolic
of team supremacy in the Tor
onto Nisei Ten-Pin League. The
playoffs proved to be a very close
battle, with only seven points
separating the top three teams.
Flatbrokes’ total aggregate of
2744 points was followed by Set
ters with 2741, Spaniels with
2737, Scotty’s 2691, Outlaws
2631, and Pointers 2627.
Comprising the winning team
were S. Tomotsugu, T. Iwamoto,
J. Korekiyo, J. Watanabe and
Miss T. Hashizume. Flatbrokes
were also the league champions
with a 77-point total.
The consolation award went to
Atoms with a total of 2863
points; runner-up in the conso
lations was Tu-Jays with 2785.
Capturing the high singles
award for men was Mits Endo
while for the ladies it was Joyce
Bando. Ross Taniishi and Kay
Yanoshita took the men’s and
ladies’ high triple awards, re
spectively. The high ' average
honours went to Jack Watanabe
for men and Mary Ebata for the
ladies.
On Saturday, May 29, the ten
pin keglers have slated a. presen
tation banquet to take place at
Scott’s Restaurant at King and
Yonge Sts., from 6 to 12 p.m.
Fee is $2.50 per person.
Trailing 4-1 in the third and
final set to Tad Miura, Shin re
taliated strongly to overcome his
opponent and came through to a
spectacular 18-17 victory to> win
the Yamada trophy and the covAll
eted men’s championship.
more
one
Miura required
point, and he would have succeeded in retaining the triple
crown that
When Shin lost the first set
15-11 to Miura, most of the spec
tators on hand were skeptical of
the former's chances of victory,
but Shin came back determinedly
to take the second match 15-7.
The final bout was a ding-dong
battle in which the lead alternat-
Nisei Netmen to Join
Inter-Church League
TORONTO. — Indications are
that Nisei tennismen will be
participating in the Toronto Inter-Church Tennis League this
year in both the “A” and “B”
sections at Metropolitan courts.
Nisei Open Chairman Fuzzy
Fujiwara has stated that this is
a big step forward for the Nisei
netmen and is 100 percent behind
the idea.
A general meeting for all play
ers and others interested will
take place shortly when all de
tails as to the season’s activities
will be brought under discussion.
In the men’s “B” division. John
ny Takeda won over Sab Morita
in two sets 15-5, 15-7. Morita
just couldn’t seem to untrack
himself as Takeda overwhelmed
his opponent from the outset.
Committee
chairman
Oscar
Hatashita,
tournev
manager
Shiotani, assistant mana ger
>sh Kitakawa and shutlager Mi Akivama are tobe commended for staging the
dramatic finals on the night of
the presentation dance. The at
tending- public was indeed treat
ed to shuttling at its best.
Presentation, of the awards
to the respective winners follow
ed the men’s singles, with Tom
Watch Repair Shop
328 BROADVIEW AVE.
(near Gerrard St.)
Toronto. Phone GL. 3652
0. K. CLEANERS
101J/z QUEEN ST. W.
For Pick-up and Delivery
Phone
EM. 8-6953
Toronto Majors Conclude Successful Season;
Maw Mori Two-Time Winner of High Average t♦ Hoe Sai Gay i
A
A
famous Chinese foods
Another suc- j with 236, A. Muramoto 230, T
TORONTO.
I.
A
Tanabe
228,
E.
Sakura
229,
T.
69 Albert St. —Toronto
cessful season of activities by the
(at Elizabeth)
Toronto Nisei Major Bowling Nakamura 226. S. Ono 226, M. A
Takeda
224,
and
Matsuo
226,
J.
Telephone
EM. 8-9817
League was concluded last Sat
A
J.
Tehara
223.
urday with a presentation ban
Special attention given
A
Bing Tanaka, with an impres x
quet and dance at Muirhead’s
x’
to take out orders.
sive 1018 score, copped the high
Restaurant.
x Open 12 noon to 2 a.m.
triple award, while T. Sakura
As league champs, Spadina was runner-up with 977. The high
(K. Shimizu, T. Tanabe, T. Sa single award went to G. Mori
kura, H. Inouye, T. Fujioka, J. with 406, E. Nakamura being
A
A
Isozaki) captured the new tro runner-up.
A
phy donated by Lefty Nakamura.
Following presentation of the A Various Chinese Foods
Shumai & Won Ton
The winning team members were awards, the new executives for
92-A
Elizabeth St., Toronto
also awarded individual trophies. the next season were elected as
Welcome Japanese
follows: president, Maw Mori;
' Federal Farms (M. Mori, J.
Canadians
secretaries, H. Aida and Tosh
Tehara, K. Kuroda, T. Fujioka,
Hours
12 noon to 4 a.m.
Fujioka; treasurer, S. Sora; pub
Reservations: EM. 4-9035
M. Baba, S. Sora) as playoff
licity, Roy Nagamatsu.
champs, received the challenge
trophv and individual awards,
while the members of Lewis
Men’s Wear (M. Sugamori, K.
Isoshima, G. Yano, I. Furukawa,
K. Nagasaki, S. Takeuchi) were
given individual prizes as conso
lation winners.
Maw Mori gained the distinc
Travelers: Whenever you go
tion of being the first two-time
West—for business or pleasure
winner of the
high average
—consult with Northern Pacific
Railway, Room C-29, Union
crown with an average of 240.
Station, Toronto—or phone Em
Following Mori were K. Shimizu
pire 4-2028.
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the way.
Cool summer tropicals
MADE-TO-MEASURE
AT COLUMBUS HALL
582 SHERBOURNE ST., TORONTO
Room C-29, Union Station, Toronto
Saturday, May 22nd, 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.
GEORGE PERKINS ORCHESTRA
Admission SI.00
ed hands
times before
Shin’s one-point win.
Thus it was a great occasion
for the new champion who has
been in quest of the men’s singles
crown for the past three seasons.
Informal
516 Manning Ave. - Tor
For Home Fittings
CALL ME. 6778 EVES.
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MAY
NEW
CANADIAN
SPRING
May
12,
erAona
MONTREAL. — Restlessness,
’ a murmur, activity, and now
MARRIAGES
bustling are the Montreal Home
makers with the spring air to
OTAGURO-SAKAMOTO
TORONTO. — The marriage of liven and to perk. Leading the
Miss Kazumi Sakamoto, daughter members in their hive of activity
of Mr. Manzo Sakamoto, to Tsu is newly-elected president Grace
tomu Otaguro, son of Mr. and Ito, assisted by her executive of
Mrs. Gohachi Otaguro, was held Mary Yamada as secretary, Mary
on May 1 at the Queen Street Obata as treasurer, and Kimi
United Church officiated by Rev. Yamada and Frances Isomura as
K. Shimizu.
social conveners.
Reception took place at the
In exchange for the acquisition
Great China.
of three new members — Lois
Hashimoto, Mary Obata and Minnie Horiuchi _/the Club regretOSAKA
tably saw the departure of. three
C URE BUTTE, Alta. — oj ^ d^gst members, Ruth Shitogoro Osaka, in his /2nd year, motakahara, Mieko Tanaka and
passed away at Lethbridge Hos- Joyce Nishio, who have dispersed
pital on May 1. Funeral service in all directions: Portland, Ore.,
was held May 5 at Picture Butte Japan, and Ottawa — to join
United Church.
their husbands.
was given the members by Tosh
Miyamoto at the last session.
In June, the Club is looking
forward to a talk by-Jimmy Ta
temichi on material imprinting
and design.
Meanwhile, the Club is plan
ning on having its annual May
Dance on Saturday, May 22. Pre
parations are now underway, and
further details will be forth
coming.
jlJiSPi
st“^’“
Tlf*!^^^ CAMEMS-FSOTO SWISS
1384^ Queen W.~ LA. 6378
Toronto, Ont.
Lucien C. Kurata
B>rnster and Solicitor
Notary Publie
3 Adelaide St B” Toronto
Afternoons and Evening
Ph: EM. 6.-0959 Res: LY. 3497
West End Office
2336A Bloor St. W., Toronto
Phone LY. 9250 mornings
Final Spring Meeting
For Married Couples
TORONTO.
The Married
Couples’ Group has slated its
final spring meeting to take place
Residence:
Office Phone:
on Saturday, -May 15, from 8
2 Vesta Drive
EM. 4-1394
p.m. at Queen1 Street United
MAfair 1365.
EM. 4-1395
Church.
Andrew E. McKague,
Delicious refreshments will be
In • the Club’s
search for
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary
speaker material, it has lately served, and an important an
Public.
dawned on the members that their nouncement will also be made
201 Northern Ontario Bldg.
330 Bay St.
husbands might have something, at the meeting. All are invited
(Corner Adelaide £ Bay Sts.)
if'not a lot, to say. Therefore, to attend.
TORONTO
following up on interesting meet
CLUB QUEEN’S MEETING
ings provided by Ernie Yamaoka
TORONTO.
— A general meet- *|
on buying houses and architecT. KOBAYASHI
ture, and “Swat” Watanabe on ing of Club Queen’s members has
cancer in Japanese, an enlighten been called for Friday, May 14,
Agent for
with prizes galore. Tickets may ing evening on family insurance from 8 p.m. at Queen Street
be obtained for .$1.00 each at the
United Church. Feature of the
SUN LIFE OF CANADA
club on Sunday evenings.
VAN. YBA DANCE MAY 21 I evening will be a mock trial.
P.O. Box 149
VANCOUVER.
The VanX
7
Res. 139 Leigh Road,
Flower Arrangement
couver YBA will be holding a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The New Canadian acknowl
Mid-Spring - Dance on Friday,
KAMLOOPS, B.C.
v
Lessons Resume
edges
with thanks generous do
May
21,
at
the
Pender
Auditor
TORONTO.
The Toronto
nations from the following:
Garden Club’s Ikebana Group ium, 339 Pender St. West, start
Toronto Nisei Baseball League.
A
Mr. and Mrs. G. Otagura, Tor
will] be resuming classes start ing at 9 p.m., featuring the fouring today, May 12. Three classes teen-piece All-Nisei Orchestra, onto, on marriage of daughter.
Mr. M. Sakamoto^ Toronto, on A
the Seattle Lotus “Skylighters”.
will be held:
X
marriage of son.
representative
Commencing.- Wed., May 12, It will be the Americans debut
Mrs. Masaye Wakabayashi, Tor *
7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Goto’s home in Vancouver. Admission will be onto, on marriage of daughter.
Bernardi-Mathews Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. Yoichi Sumi, Tor A
•$1.00 and the YBA solicits the
(103 Woodycrest).
REAL ESTATE BROKERS A
onto, on marriage of son.
X
Commencing Thurs., May 13, public’s full support.
1075 St. Clair Ave. W.
7:30 p.m., at Kotobuki-Kai Hall
X
AX
CLUB AMI SOCIAL
(415 Spadina Ave.)
X
TORONTO
A
x
Commencing Sat., May 15,
TOSONTO. —- Club Ami has
A
Office
OL.
7971
Res.
GL,
8914
❖
2 p.m. at Mrs. M. Yamada’s scheduled a wind-up social to
J1'4’
’
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home (81 Northdale Blvd.)
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take place on Friday, May 14,
iira*ir*M.wiR
All persons planning or attend from 8 p.m. at Matsuo Studio.
ing these classes are asked to All members and friends are
2I4-AYONOIITMI IT, TOBONTO, ONT.
Day & Nighty
g City-Wide
contact one of the following per welcome. Admission will be 50
LO. 5691S
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Delivery
sons immediately, in regard to cents.
the day preferred: Mrs. M. Ya
MENSOUR'S
mada (GR. 4065), Mr. R. Tsuji
Grocery and
TABER Y. B. A. DANCE
Flower Shop
(EM. 3-4418) or Miss Kiyo OboTABER, Alta. — The Taber
Delicatessen
365 Roncesvalles Avenue
kata (WA. 1-5970).
North Yonge Street, good
Young Buddhists’ Association has
Toronto
location,
showing excellent
The course will consist of ap slated a dance to take place on
When It's Flowers
business. $6,000 for practically
proximately twenty lessons end Monday, May 24, from 9 p. m at
new
fixtures
and
equipment.
Say It With Ours
ing in the latter part of October. the Tabei' Buddhist Hall.
Stock invoice price. Good lease
Phone evenings & week-ends ^
$225.00 per month, including
|
TOSHIE TAKASAKI $
5-room apartment. Possession
in 30 days. Phone HU. 8-0659
WA. 1-0389
&
(Toronto).
J
1
FIESTA
FOR SALE
Polish Alliance
Hall
62 CLAREMONT STREET
TORONTO, ONT.
MAY 21
Dancing to
Rhythmaires Quintet
(9:00 — 11:00 p.m.)
RECORDS
8:00 - 9:00
11:00 - 12:30
ADMISSION:
$1.00
Door Prizes
HELP WANTED
TWO university students for
gardener’s help. Phone TR. 1704
(Toronto).
EXPERIENCED presser for
dry-cleaning store. Steady job
and good wages. Phone LO’. 6141
(Toronto).
BOY or girl wanted for xveedand hoeing strawberry farm
on Saturdavs
M. Yamamoto,
Oakville, Ont. Phone Victor 52991. (Reverse charges)
For First 50 Ladies
OUR ADVERTISERS
PATRONIZE
The Bill Takeda Agency
GENERAL INSURANCE
ST. 8-7288
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CLASSIFIED SECTION
8:00 - 12:30 p.m.
1954
Montreal Homemakers Report
14—Toronto. Club Queen’s General
Meeting at Queen St. United
Church from 8 p.m.
14—Toronto-. Club Ami’s Wind-Up
Social at Matsuo Studio from
8 p.m.
15—Toronto. Married Couples' Gp.
Final Spring Meeting at Queen
St. United Church from 6 p.m.
21—Vancouver. Vancouver Y.B.A.
Mid-Spring Dance, Pender Audi
torium, 9 p.m.
21—Toronto. Club El Choclo “Spring
Fiesta at Polish Alliance Hall,
from 8 to 12:30 p.m.
22—Montreal. Montreal Homemak
er’s Annual May Dance.
22—Toronto. Nisei Open Bowling
Tournament Dance at Columbus
Hall from 9 to 12 p.m.
23—Toronto. Club Rec Socratic
Banquet at Benny’s Steak House
from 5:30 p.m.
23—Toronto. Toronto Nisei Baseball
League Roller-Skating Party at
Strathcona Rollerdrome from 8
p.m.
REC SOCRATIC WIND-UP*
at
TORONTO.
Club Rec SoBuddhist Hall from 9 p.m.
cratic’s annual banquet has been
29—Toronto. Toronto Mixed Major
Bowling League Presentation scheduled to take place on Sun
Banquet and Dance at Colonial day, May 23, from 5:30 p.m. at
Tavern from 6 p.m.
Benny’s Steak House, 926 Eglin29—Toronto. Toronto Nisei Ten-Pin ton Ave. West.
Bowling League Presentation
On the program will be danc
Banquet at Scott’s Restaurant
ing, entertainment and games
from 6 to 12 p.m.
CLUB EL CHOCLO'S
Wednesday,
Phones
EM. 3-1349
o
Immediate and best
coverages for your
automobile insurance
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FEMALE HELP WANTED
FIRST-class manicurist want
ed. Apply Temple Building Barber Shop, TR. 0338 (Toronto).
HIGH school girl wanted to
work Saturdays for dry-cleaners.
Apply Ascot Cleaners, MU. 8966
(Toronto). ’
FULL-TIME bookkeeper by
leading men’s xvear shop in city.
Experience in collection of ac
counts and bookkeeping prefer
able but not necessary. Wages
commensurate xvith experience.
Apply Mr. Sydney S. Ross, phone
EM. 8-3216 (Toronto) between
9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED
. sa'p?..^
w89
CAPABLE girl, English speakbig, for light general housework,
no. cooking or laundry, live-in,
private room. Phone OR. S634
YOUNG woman, experienced,
for general housework in good
home having all modern conve
niences. Must have references
and speak English. To work 3
days a week and if satisfactory
max xx ork 3 dux’s a xx’eek. Please j
call any time after 2 p.m. OL.
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MAY
NEW
CANADIAN
SPRING
May
12,
erAona
MONTREAL. — Restlessness,
’ a murmur, activity, and now
MARRIAGES
bustling are the Montreal Home
makers with the spring air to
OTAGURO-SAKAMOTO
TORONTO. — The marriage of liven and to perk. Leading the
Miss Kazumi Sakamoto, daughter members in their hive of activity
of Mr. Manzo Sakamoto, to Tsu is newly-elected president Grace
tomu Otaguro, son of Mr. and Ito, assisted by her executive of
Mrs. Gohachi Otaguro, was held Mary Yamada as secretary, Mary
on May 1 at the Queen Street Obata as treasurer, and Kimi
United Church officiated by Rev. Yamada and Frances Isomura as
K. Shimizu.
social conveners.
Reception took place at the
In exchange for the acquisition
Great China.
of three new members — Lois
Hashimoto, Mary Obata and Minnie Horiuchi _/the Club regretOSAKA
tably saw the departure of. three
C URE BUTTE, Alta. — oj ^ d^gst members, Ruth Shitogoro Osaka, in his /2nd year, motakahara, Mieko Tanaka and
passed away at Lethbridge Hos- Joyce Nishio, who have dispersed
pital on May 1. Funeral service in all directions: Portland, Ore.,
was held May 5 at Picture Butte Japan, and Ottawa — to join
United Church.
their husbands.
was given the members by Tosh
Miyamoto at the last session.
In June, the Club is looking
forward to a talk by-Jimmy Ta
temichi on material imprinting
and design.
Meanwhile, the Club is plan
ning on having its annual May
Dance on Saturday, May 22. Pre
parations are now underway, and
further details will be forth
coming.
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Tlf*!^^^ CAMEMS-FSOTO SWISS
1384^ Queen W.~ LA. 6378
Toronto, Ont.
Lucien C. Kurata
B>rnster and Solicitor
Notary Publie
3 Adelaide St B” Toronto
Afternoons and Evening
Ph: EM. 6.-0959 Res: LY. 3497
West End Office
2336A Bloor St. W., Toronto
Phone LY. 9250 mornings
Final Spring Meeting
For Married Couples
TORONTO.
The Married
Couples’ Group has slated its
final spring meeting to take place
Residence:
Office Phone:
on Saturday, -May 15, from 8
2 Vesta Drive
EM. 4-1394
p.m. at Queen1 Street United
MAfair 1365.
EM. 4-1395
Church.
Andrew E. McKague,
Delicious refreshments will be
In • the Club’s
search for
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary
speaker material, it has lately served, and an important an
Public.
dawned on the members that their nouncement will also be made
201 Northern Ontario Bldg.
330 Bay St.
husbands might have something, at the meeting. All are invited
(Corner Adelaide £ Bay Sts.)
if'not a lot, to say. Therefore, to attend.
TORONTO
following up on interesting meet
CLUB QUEEN’S MEETING
ings provided by Ernie Yamaoka
TORONTO.
— A general meet- *|
on buying houses and architecT. KOBAYASHI
ture, and “Swat” Watanabe on ing of Club Queen’s members has
cancer in Japanese, an enlighten been called for Friday, May 14,
Agent for
with prizes galore. Tickets may ing evening on family insurance from 8 p.m. at Queen Street
be obtained for .$1.00 each at the
United Church. Feature of the
SUN LIFE OF CANADA
club on Sunday evenings.
VAN. YBA DANCE MAY 21 I evening will be a mock trial.
P.O. Box 149
VANCOUVER.
The VanX
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Res. 139 Leigh Road,
Flower Arrangement
couver YBA will be holding a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The New Canadian acknowl
Mid-Spring - Dance on Friday,
KAMLOOPS, B.C.
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Lessons Resume
edges
with thanks generous do
May
21,
at
the
Pender
Auditor
TORONTO.
The Toronto
nations from the following:
Garden Club’s Ikebana Group ium, 339 Pender St. West, start
Toronto Nisei Baseball League.
A
Mr. and Mrs. G. Otagura, Tor
will] be resuming classes start ing at 9 p.m., featuring the fouring today, May 12. Three classes teen-piece All-Nisei Orchestra, onto, on marriage of daughter.
Mr. M. Sakamoto^ Toronto, on A
the Seattle Lotus “Skylighters”.
will be held:
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marriage of son.
representative
Commencing.- Wed., May 12, It will be the Americans debut
Mrs. Masaye Wakabayashi, Tor *
7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Goto’s home in Vancouver. Admission will be onto, on marriage of daughter.
Bernardi-Mathews Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. Yoichi Sumi, Tor A
•$1.00 and the YBA solicits the
(103 Woodycrest).
REAL ESTATE BROKERS A
onto, on marriage of son.
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Commencing Thurs., May 13, public’s full support.
1075 St. Clair Ave. W.
7:30 p.m., at Kotobuki-Kai Hall
X
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CLUB AMI SOCIAL
(415 Spadina Ave.)
X
TORONTO
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Commencing Sat., May 15,
TOSONTO. —- Club Ami has
A
Office
OL.
7971
Res.
GL,
8914
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2 p.m. at Mrs. M. Yamada’s scheduled a wind-up social to
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home (81 Northdale Blvd.)
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take place on Friday, May 14,
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All persons planning or attend from 8 p.m. at Matsuo Studio.
ing these classes are asked to All members and friends are
2I4-AYONOIITMI IT, TOBONTO, ONT.
Day & Nighty
g City-Wide
contact one of the following per welcome. Admission will be 50
LO. 5691S
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Delivery
sons immediately, in regard to cents.
the day preferred: Mrs. M. Ya
MENSOUR'S
mada (GR. 4065), Mr. R. Tsuji
Grocery and
TABER Y. B. A. DANCE
Flower Shop
(EM. 3-4418) or Miss Kiyo OboTABER, Alta. — The Taber
Delicatessen
365 Roncesvalles Avenue
kata (WA. 1-5970).
North Yonge Street, good
Young Buddhists’ Association has
Toronto
location,
showing excellent
The course will consist of ap slated a dance to take place on
When It's Flowers
business. $6,000 for practically
proximately twenty lessons end Monday, May 24, from 9 p. m at
new
fixtures
and
equipment.
Say It With Ours
ing in the latter part of October. the Tabei' Buddhist Hall.
Stock invoice price. Good lease
Phone evenings & week-ends ^
$225.00 per month, including
|
TOSHIE TAKASAKI $
5-room apartment. Possession
in 30 days. Phone HU. 8-0659
WA. 1-0389
&
(Toronto).
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FIESTA
FOR SALE
Polish Alliance
Hall
62 CLAREMONT STREET
TORONTO, ONT.
MAY 21
Dancing to
Rhythmaires Quintet
(9:00 — 11:00 p.m.)
RECORDS
8:00 - 9:00
11:00 - 12:30
ADMISSION:
$1.00
Door Prizes
HELP WANTED
TWO university students for
gardener’s help. Phone TR. 1704
(Toronto).
EXPERIENCED presser for
dry-cleaning store. Steady job
and good wages. Phone LO’. 6141
(Toronto).
BOY or girl wanted for xveedand hoeing strawberry farm
on Saturdavs
M. Yamamoto,
Oakville, Ont. Phone Victor 52991. (Reverse charges)
For First 50 Ladies
OUR ADVERTISERS
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The Bill Takeda Agency
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CLASSIFIED SECTION
8:00 - 12:30 p.m.
1954
Montreal Homemakers Report
14—Toronto. Club Queen’s General
Meeting at Queen St. United
Church from 8 p.m.
14—Toronto-. Club Ami’s Wind-Up
Social at Matsuo Studio from
8 p.m.
15—Toronto. Married Couples' Gp.
Final Spring Meeting at Queen
St. United Church from 6 p.m.
21—Vancouver. Vancouver Y.B.A.
Mid-Spring Dance, Pender Audi
torium, 9 p.m.
21—Toronto. Club El Choclo “Spring
Fiesta at Polish Alliance Hall,
from 8 to 12:30 p.m.
22—Montreal. Montreal Homemak
er’s Annual May Dance.
22—Toronto. Nisei Open Bowling
Tournament Dance at Columbus
Hall from 9 to 12 p.m.
23—Toronto. Club Rec Socratic
Banquet at Benny’s Steak House
from 5:30 p.m.
23—Toronto. Toronto Nisei Baseball
League Roller-Skating Party at
Strathcona Rollerdrome from 8
p.m.
REC SOCRATIC WIND-UP*
at
TORONTO.
Club Rec SoBuddhist Hall from 9 p.m.
cratic’s annual banquet has been
29—Toronto. Toronto Mixed Major
Bowling League Presentation scheduled to take place on Sun
Banquet and Dance at Colonial day, May 23, from 5:30 p.m. at
Tavern from 6 p.m.
Benny’s Steak House, 926 Eglin29—Toronto. Toronto Nisei Ten-Pin ton Ave. West.
Bowling League Presentation
On the program will be danc
Banquet at Scott’s Restaurant
ing, entertainment and games
from 6 to 12 p.m.
CLUB EL CHOCLO'S
Wednesday,
Phones
EM. 3-1349
o
Immediate and best
coverages for your
automobile insurance
t
FEMALE HELP WANTED
FIRST-class manicurist want
ed. Apply Temple Building Barber Shop, TR. 0338 (Toronto).
HIGH school girl wanted to
work Saturdays for dry-cleaners.
Apply Ascot Cleaners, MU. 8966
(Toronto). ’
FULL-TIME bookkeeper by
leading men’s xvear shop in city.
Experience in collection of ac
counts and bookkeeping prefer
able but not necessary. Wages
commensurate xvith experience.
Apply Mr. Sydney S. Ross, phone
EM. 8-3216 (Toronto) between
9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED
. sa'p?..^
w89
CAPABLE girl, English speakbig, for light general housework,
no. cooking or laundry, live-in,
private room. Phone OR. S634
YOUNG woman, experienced,
for general housework in good
home having all modern conve
niences. Must have references
and speak English. To work 3
days a week and if satisfactory
max xx ork 3 dux’s a xx’eek. Please j
call any time after 2 p.m. OL.
3626 (Toronto).
i
3.488
the Pacific Via JAL
DC—gB “Pacific Courier”
Fly
San Francisco—Honolulu—Tokyo
Only S 488 (Tourist),
Common fare from Vancouver
qW
by Connecting airline
HONOLULU
JAPAN AIR LINES