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Senator David A. Croll
Learn from Hardships
The following/is ^he keynote ’
address a made /by? i Senator sDavid /
A. ' Croll at the Opening jCere/ monlies Banquet "on May l4th/ r.
_My Friends: ' ' _
- .
/
. I felt honoured, and' moved by
the invitation to address you to^.ay on the occasion .of 100 . years
Obata: Reasons for Centennial Celebrations
.
- _ The", following-’ are remarks Ladies and .Gentlemen: .
;made .by JCCS. President, -Roger r It; is with both- a, sense of pride
Obata; *af. ‘.the." J.C. Centennial- and- a feeling of gratitude that .1
Banquet. The banquet / marked stand at this podium- tonight? on
;the official opening of the Cen the occasion of the dinner mark
ing the inauguration of our Cen
tennial Year. - . p
tennial Year..
Baek in the Fall of 1975 when
' .Mr. .. Chairman. Your
Excellency,Distringu;: shed
Guests, the? i dea of celebrating ‘ the
-Japanese; Canadian - Centennial
was
first ' advanced
to
a
small
group -^pf
interested
people/, wc all thought it was a
great thing to do, but we had no
idea then how members of our
Community across Canada would —
respondto the proposal,^ nor how
Gont. on P. 2
iiiHiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim
TH#NEW CANADI AN
of "Japanese settlement in’ Canada.
Honoured, because • Canadians
of Japanese origin have made a
?< large:arid/worthwhile contribution
TORONTO, ONTARIO
FRIDAY, (MAY 20/1977
-- to' this counry which I am' proud
'to salute. And moved, because' as Canada will never again be guilty
a 'member' of another minority cfr official^ discrimination against
; group- I know .'from:, personal ex-^ any race or'creed. .-Liberty is in-:
perience many of - the ‘ problem
divisible. ' It seems to . me that if
the humblest .citizen of . Canada ,is
/ : w
• 'in order to attain recognition as not free, there; is? no. freedom in
a group -— and as individuals. , / this- country for any of us.”
.
You/know, 100 years seems -like
I am not<recalling these words., .
standing ovation greeted_the
'^'
as they pointed out to each other
AA
standing
-. a very long < time when one looks to r evive ? m em ori e s-- ■ of ... hard ship
; By SHIRLEY YAM ADA
their faces on old pictures, taken head table guests as they filed
forward, but when one ■ looks and pain. Some of. you were there,
On Saturday evening,
May at school, social gatherings and into the banquet hall which had
_back, it seems very Short indeed.; • and <you ’know better than J what
..banners
the 14th; about 400 enthusiastic places "of .work. Inter spersed am- been decorated with
"
There is; no heed to remind this it was like. Nor am I the ’ only
{.people gathered in the ' grand jong these happier photographs and flags showing the Centennial
audience of what was done in an- public figure to apologise for
ballroom of the Prince Hotel to were proclamations and various symbol and a huge cake ringed
other age to 21,000 Canadians; of . ^
considered to be .. a
help officially- kick off the Cent orders evoking instant memories by 100 tiny Centennial flags in
/ Japanese , ancestry. . Although ■ s'namefu/ policy. ' Two—. Prime
ennial celebrations of the Japari- of the^racist climate’ during the the centre ' of the room. . three-quarters of them .were citi- Mini s ters have voiced such; senti
Among the guests were: Guest
war years. But all had? survived
ese Canadians during 1977. .
zensi of "this country, and some ments — Mr.. Pearson some years
.The. crowd poured .into a long this traumatic period very well, Speaker, Senator David A. Croll
13^00 of them ^ were 'Canadian ag*o, - and Mrf Trudeau more re
(hundreds of as evidenced- by the beautifully and Mrs. Croll; President of the
foyer; -lined with
born/ they—were evacuated from cently/ and now s from, an immi
Centennial
assured, Japanese Canadian
Boy -gowned .women; and
photographs set up under
the Pacific coast, placed in deten grant who has? been 'in ‘ public.-life
men in
the Society/ Roger Obata^ and Mirs.
Shin’s supervision. There were affluent-looking
tion .or
labour
camps
and serving . in/ peace S and war - for
Obata; Japan’s
Ambassador to
’
cries of surprise and recognition ■crowd.-? -?. ■
. threatened >with " deportation un/ .nearly 50 years-. - _ '
Canada; His Excellency Yasuhiko
less they'- dispersed' themselves
■ The evacuation. is recalled be
Nara, and Mrs. Nara;
Consul
across. Canada. In addition,; their cause of what we can learn from
General Fumiya Okada and Mrs.
property ' was confiscated - .and it; not in bitterness- but with sad
Okada; Mr. Orest Kruhlak, re
sold 'at absurdly ' low prices, and ness and/firm determination that
presenting the Secretary., of tSta-for nearly four-years after .the it shall never happen agaimThe
te; Mr. JM. Diakowsky, repreTORONTO..— Sunday, May 29 in Canada. Mark Nakamurai of
war theiir movements, in their own rights of'citizenship were grossly
the Ontario Human Rights Com senting the Minister of Culture
country were restricted.
:< violated. No one can have more will -be ■ celebrated at' Harbourmission will_ be Moderator of. the and Recreation of the Province
‘I am not here to apologize. 1 concern about the ' meaning _pf front as Centennial - Heritage
of Ontario; Mr. Toyo Takata, or
panel meeting.
? m
apology in the House citizenship than someone like my pay at the Old Loblaw’s .Buil
iginator of the Centennial cele
-From 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., sup
of Commons over’30. years ago, on self, a naturalized Canadian who ding (foot of :BathursE>Stre€t at
brations idea; Chairman of the
per will 'be available at booths
April -24.' 1947/ in these words: came as a child to. this country- the, waterfront, 2nd floor), spon
JCCS-Ontario, Mr. Mikio -Naka
food of
each ■ ■selling typical
. .' F hang my-head in . shame because his parents had a vision. sored by the Ontario ‘Japanese
mura; Vice President-of the JCthese respective- communities.
Canadian
Centennial
Society.,;
bef ore "my comrades' in arms of That vision -—7 like yours -—. was
CS, Mr. Tammy Marubashi; and
■'At 7:00 p.m. the - entertain./
Six
ethnic
groups
will
parti
Japanese ancestry .’.As a member not of wealth .and power/but of
ment phase is scheduled
with of'course, the Nagano family.
i>f this House J can neither for- opportunity. Opportunity to make cipate in the multi-phased 'event.
George Nagano, son of Manzo
performances,.by musicians and
' give nor justify the wrong that a better life than the .Old World They are the Ukraininan Natio'-'
Japanese
dancers ofeach group in a pro- Nagano, the? original
has been done to a blameless 'offered. To have found that there nal Shevchenko Guild of Canada,
years
the settler who arrived 100
gram prepared to delight
of
100
members,
the
Finish
Ma
people. As • a firm believer in could be second-class citizenship
large attendance expected. The ago in British Columbia, ’ was ,
le
Chorus
andgirls
’
gymnastic
democracy I must say that I think in this country, that at the stroke
tall, smiling and hearty at 86
Musical re yill be, a. break in the enter
we betrayed . the. fundamental of a pen the historic freedoms even team' .Pet La Petite
p.m. years, of age. although he had
(Black ensemble), Nikka Festi tainment at. about 9:00
principle - of democracy .which .. I of the.-.native-born- citizen could beflown' in that very
afternoon
val Dancers,
Native
Indian when an Award to Andrew Bre
consider. to~ be .equality . . In revoked y ? came to me as -the ultiwin will .be made for his distin from Los Angeles. Members of
Children
’
s
Dancers
and
a
musi
.mate
shock
of
the
wartime
treat
Canada there is no room, for the
George’s family present
were cal ensemble from the Pakistani guished service to the Japanese
- doctrine of white -supremacy, nor ment of other Canadians whose
Canadian Community during and sons Tyrus,. Jack and wife/ Rev.
community.is there any. room- for‘second- only crime was/ to look . like
Dr. Paul and wife,
daughter
after the. second World War.
;
At
1:00?
p.m.,
children,
predom
- class-citizenship._I. only-hope that strangers - to .their neighbours.
Mrs. Junko Morisaka; and Tom
The program will close - at
inantly from the. above six; ethnic
my country will never again put That was indefensible. . . / • •
-grandson of George,, great-gran
communities, will take part in • a 10:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
It is ironical that the very
me in the position where I have
dson of Manzo. Some of the ab-Children’s -Theatre and
Dance Come at any hour to have a . good
qualities
that
made
Japanese,
to stammer forth some sort of ex
ove-mentioned will begoing on
Workshop under the professional time, to-enjoy the food of all na
planation - or apology --for. the immigrants to Canada and their/
to visit relatives .in Peterborou
direction - ofwell-known classical tions and view an evening of ex
action which'the Government has children good citizens were ones
gh and attend the opening..of the
Indian - dancer and International citing entertainment - .prepared
that fanned the fires of bigotry,
Historical Photographic . Exhibit
taken.” folk dance specialist, Rina Sing- by colorful performers. This pro
, And* I continue quoting from i They worked hard and long; they
gram is sponsored by the Onta in Ottawa.
tmy speech. '“. - .Our treatment/ were uncomplaining; they saeri- ha://?/^//,;??
‘ Grace was offered by. . Rev.
Shizuye Takashima will speak rio Japanese Canadian Centenni
of"'Canadians of - Japanese an- ^ fjced present comfort ..so they
Paul Nagano and toasts drunk
during the Multicultural Work al Society asa multicultural day
cestry was, in my opinion/ wrong , couid - save--for their children’s
of sharing our heritage with ot from delicate lacquered sakazushop
scheduled
at
3:00
p.m.
when
in principle .and demeaning in its future; they kept to themselves
information ki donated' by Japan ' Airlines
spokespersons from each, of the hers. For further
Application to' the Canadian of aTld bothered no one. Most of ally
After- a delicious - roast -beef: di- _
same groups will briefly tell ab please call the Coordinator Geo
and
to
our:Japanese ancestry/
out its history and experiences rge - Yamada, at 482-0300.
selves. It is my sincere hope that
Enthusiastic Crowd Gathers at
Centennial Kick-off Banquet
Six Ethnic .Groups Take, Part ~
In Centennial Heritage Day
i
a
i
Senator David A. Croll
Learn from Hardships
The following/is ^he keynote ’
address a made /by? i Senator sDavid /
A. ' Croll at the Opening jCere/ monlies Banquet "on May l4th/ r.
_My Friends: ' ' _
- .
/
. I felt honoured, and' moved by
the invitation to address you to^.ay on the occasion .of 100 . years
Obata: Reasons for Centennial Celebrations
.
- _ The", following-’ are remarks Ladies and .Gentlemen: .
;made .by JCCS. President, -Roger r It; is with both- a, sense of pride
Obata; *af. ‘.the." J.C. Centennial- and- a feeling of gratitude that .1
Banquet. The banquet / marked stand at this podium- tonight? on
;the official opening of the Cen the occasion of the dinner mark
ing the inauguration of our Cen
tennial Year. - . p
tennial Year..
Baek in the Fall of 1975 when
' .Mr. .. Chairman. Your
Excellency,Distringu;: shed
Guests, the? i dea of celebrating ‘ the
-Japanese; Canadian - Centennial
was
first ' advanced
to
a
small
group -^pf
interested
people/, wc all thought it was a
great thing to do, but we had no
idea then how members of our
Community across Canada would —
respondto the proposal,^ nor how
Gont. on P. 2
iiiHiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim
TH#NEW CANADI AN
of "Japanese settlement in’ Canada.
Honoured, because • Canadians
of Japanese origin have made a
?< large:arid/worthwhile contribution
TORONTO, ONTARIO
FRIDAY, (MAY 20/1977
-- to' this counry which I am' proud
'to salute. And moved, because' as Canada will never again be guilty
a 'member' of another minority cfr official^ discrimination against
; group- I know .'from:, personal ex-^ any race or'creed. .-Liberty is in-:
perience many of - the ‘ problem
divisible. ' It seems to . me that if
the humblest .citizen of . Canada ,is
/ : w
• 'in order to attain recognition as not free, there; is? no. freedom in
a group -— and as individuals. , / this- country for any of us.”
.
You/know, 100 years seems -like
I am not<recalling these words., .
standing ovation greeted_the
'^'
as they pointed out to each other
AA
standing
-. a very long < time when one looks to r evive ? m em ori e s-- ■ of ... hard ship
; By SHIRLEY YAM ADA
their faces on old pictures, taken head table guests as they filed
forward, but when one ■ looks and pain. Some of. you were there,
On Saturday evening,
May at school, social gatherings and into the banquet hall which had
_back, it seems very Short indeed.; • and <you ’know better than J what
..banners
the 14th; about 400 enthusiastic places "of .work. Inter spersed am- been decorated with
"
There is; no heed to remind this it was like. Nor am I the ’ only
{.people gathered in the ' grand jong these happier photographs and flags showing the Centennial
audience of what was done in an- public figure to apologise for
ballroom of the Prince Hotel to were proclamations and various symbol and a huge cake ringed
other age to 21,000 Canadians; of . ^
considered to be .. a
help officially- kick off the Cent orders evoking instant memories by 100 tiny Centennial flags in
/ Japanese , ancestry. . Although ■ s'namefu/ policy. ' Two—. Prime
ennial celebrations of the Japari- of the^racist climate’ during the the centre ' of the room. . three-quarters of them .were citi- Mini s ters have voiced such; senti
Among the guests were: Guest
war years. But all had? survived
ese Canadians during 1977. .
zensi of "this country, and some ments — Mr.. Pearson some years
.The. crowd poured .into a long this traumatic period very well, Speaker, Senator David A. Croll
13^00 of them ^ were 'Canadian ag*o, - and Mrf Trudeau more re
(hundreds of as evidenced- by the beautifully and Mrs. Croll; President of the
foyer; -lined with
born/ they—were evacuated from cently/ and now s from, an immi
Centennial
assured, Japanese Canadian
Boy -gowned .women; and
photographs set up under
the Pacific coast, placed in deten grant who has? been 'in ‘ public.-life
men in
the Society/ Roger Obata^ and Mirs.
Shin’s supervision. There were affluent-looking
tion .or
labour
camps
and serving . in/ peace S and war - for
Obata; Japan’s
Ambassador to
’
cries of surprise and recognition ■crowd.-? -?. ■
. threatened >with " deportation un/ .nearly 50 years-. - _ '
Canada; His Excellency Yasuhiko
less they'- dispersed' themselves
■ The evacuation. is recalled be
Nara, and Mrs. Nara;
Consul
across. Canada. In addition,; their cause of what we can learn from
General Fumiya Okada and Mrs.
property ' was confiscated - .and it; not in bitterness- but with sad
Okada; Mr. Orest Kruhlak, re
sold 'at absurdly ' low prices, and ness and/firm determination that
presenting the Secretary., of tSta-for nearly four-years after .the it shall never happen agaimThe
te; Mr. JM. Diakowsky, repreTORONTO..— Sunday, May 29 in Canada. Mark Nakamurai of
war theiir movements, in their own rights of'citizenship were grossly
the Ontario Human Rights Com senting the Minister of Culture
country were restricted.
:< violated. No one can have more will -be ■ celebrated at' Harbourmission will_ be Moderator of. the and Recreation of the Province
‘I am not here to apologize. 1 concern about the ' meaning _pf front as Centennial - Heritage
of Ontario; Mr. Toyo Takata, or
panel meeting.
? m
apology in the House citizenship than someone like my pay at the Old Loblaw’s .Buil
iginator of the Centennial cele
-From 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., sup
of Commons over’30. years ago, on self, a naturalized Canadian who ding (foot of :BathursE>Stre€t at
brations idea; Chairman of the
per will 'be available at booths
April -24.' 1947/ in these words: came as a child to. this country- the, waterfront, 2nd floor), spon
JCCS-Ontario, Mr. Mikio -Naka
food of
each ■ ■selling typical
. .' F hang my-head in . shame because his parents had a vision. sored by the Ontario ‘Japanese
mura; Vice President-of the JCthese respective- communities.
Canadian
Centennial
Society.,;
bef ore "my comrades' in arms of That vision -—7 like yours -—. was
CS, Mr. Tammy Marubashi; and
■'At 7:00 p.m. the - entertain./
Six
ethnic
groups
will
parti
Japanese ancestry .’.As a member not of wealth .and power/but of
ment phase is scheduled
with of'course, the Nagano family.
i>f this House J can neither for- opportunity. Opportunity to make cipate in the multi-phased 'event.
George Nagano, son of Manzo
performances,.by musicians and
' give nor justify the wrong that a better life than the .Old World They are the Ukraininan Natio'-'
Japanese
dancers ofeach group in a pro- Nagano, the? original
has been done to a blameless 'offered. To have found that there nal Shevchenko Guild of Canada,
years
the settler who arrived 100
gram prepared to delight
of
100
members,
the
Finish
Ma
people. As • a firm believer in could be second-class citizenship
large attendance expected. The ago in British Columbia, ’ was ,
le
Chorus
andgirls
’
gymnastic
democracy I must say that I think in this country, that at the stroke
tall, smiling and hearty at 86
Musical re yill be, a. break in the enter
we betrayed . the. fundamental of a pen the historic freedoms even team' .Pet La Petite
p.m. years, of age. although he had
(Black ensemble), Nikka Festi tainment at. about 9:00
principle - of democracy .which .. I of the.-.native-born- citizen could beflown' in that very
afternoon
val Dancers,
Native
Indian when an Award to Andrew Bre
consider. to~ be .equality . . In revoked y ? came to me as -the ultiwin will .be made for his distin from Los Angeles. Members of
Children
’
s
Dancers
and
a
musi
.mate
shock
of
the
wartime
treat
Canada there is no room, for the
George’s family present
were cal ensemble from the Pakistani guished service to the Japanese
- doctrine of white -supremacy, nor ment of other Canadians whose
Canadian Community during and sons Tyrus,. Jack and wife/ Rev.
community.is there any. room- for‘second- only crime was/ to look . like
Dr. Paul and wife,
daughter
after the. second World War.
;
At
1:00?
p.m.,
children,
predom
- class-citizenship._I. only-hope that strangers - to .their neighbours.
Mrs. Junko Morisaka; and Tom
The program will close - at
inantly from the. above six; ethnic
my country will never again put That was indefensible. . . / • •
-grandson of George,, great-gran
communities, will take part in • a 10:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
It is ironical that the very
me in the position where I have
dson of Manzo. Some of the ab-Children’s -Theatre and
Dance Come at any hour to have a . good
qualities
that
made
Japanese,
to stammer forth some sort of ex
ove-mentioned will begoing on
Workshop under the professional time, to-enjoy the food of all na
planation - or apology --for. the immigrants to Canada and their/
to visit relatives .in Peterborou
direction - ofwell-known classical tions and view an evening of ex
action which'the Government has children good citizens were ones
gh and attend the opening..of the
Indian - dancer and International citing entertainment - .prepared
that fanned the fires of bigotry,
Historical Photographic . Exhibit
taken.” folk dance specialist, Rina Sing- by colorful performers. This pro
, And* I continue quoting from i They worked hard and long; they
gram is sponsored by the Onta in Ottawa.
tmy speech. '“. - .Our treatment/ were uncomplaining; they saeri- ha://?/^//,;??
‘ Grace was offered by. . Rev.
Shizuye Takashima will speak rio Japanese Canadian Centenni
of"'Canadians of - Japanese an- ^ fjced present comfort ..so they
Paul Nagano and toasts drunk
during the Multicultural Work al Society asa multicultural day
cestry was, in my opinion/ wrong , couid - save--for their children’s
of sharing our heritage with ot from delicate lacquered sakazushop
scheduled
at
3:00
p.m.
when
in principle .and demeaning in its future; they kept to themselves
information ki donated' by Japan ' Airlines
spokespersons from each, of the hers. For further
Application to' the Canadian of aTld bothered no one. Most of ally
After- a delicious - roast -beef: di- _
same groups will briefly tell ab please call the Coordinator Geo
and
to
our:Japanese ancestry/
out its history and experiences rge - Yamada, at 482-0300.
selves. It is my sincere hope that
Enthusiastic Crowd Gathers at
Centennial Kick-off Banquet
Six Ethnic .Groups Take, Part ~
In Centennial Heritage Day
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Friday; ^Iay:20,>-‘1977
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(Cont. from Page One)
The NewCanadian
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much1 support* we .would2receive -has—worked. .Many’.people 'Shave they-were -respectful "of authority^ other iminigirant^ groups.The
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in” voluntary help, financial con asked me why we Japanese Cana- and knuckled "under* to laws and mew comers were unskilled in our
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tributions 'and general* enthu dians .are going, tb^all the trouble regulations that must have in language and our ways. You were
. Association J of Ontario
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Avardly, enraged "them. Fdr that — -.cohtent ^to-: live'-out. -your.-Tivgs
PT this'celebration//! am-su^^^
A/.; faridf Canada .'Federation/
siasm.
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“W.e, agreed-that if any centen-- you, too, may' have been asked a*' war' that never was and ’an quietly.':’. Earning.. 1 .yqurA -living,
Published on every Tuesdays
outrage * that'hever' should / have by , farming and - fishing- — thenial celebration was -to be under- the'same/question>?
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traditional
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f' You'- did* not. come * from Oso me days ‘that’s', what formedv.-the
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I
know*
you
will*
agree
that
we
: scope. And to “make, the program •
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■ successful,~it .was' imperative, that have*-a special' <reasonp for, cele-F dark Asiatic morass, where: learn backbone , of our , economy. - You.;
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hundred
years
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we faced was the question of hoSv. h ave go n e through a 1 ot together,, and the country/of your--'parents, Your life Lwas : workj.withi. dignity..
You’:' knowv it’s, fashionable
" $9^00. for Six 'Months '
to reach our people.---During. the: and we have" notr only / survived; 'of all lands to which'you might
past 30 , years,- Japanese" Cana- ■ wre;have-'triumphed.?We belong to have2gone,--to choose'Canada? Y . the.se /days - to.- talk < about-/ the
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Protestant
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actuated'
by'
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/same.im
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group
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dians . have" deliberately' worked
heyer^hear.Tth'atro.phrase.
without
pulses
wihich
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integrating into the scorned and p ersecuted and treat
hard
overall .Canadian community, as: ed"- officially^ as wholesale per centuries’earlier?had led the fore- smiling "a'/little/at ite/assumption
we all know. And so successful petrators of a crime -we never bears of those who' speak; English tha'fcthe-: work etlhicris c
or /French to - make the' - sam e ■ ven-. ■any- ■ one group. • The truth-of the
”
' ”have we been ’ that ■ we are; ‘dis committed.
Now we are accepted ,acknow- turesome,' sometimes .. desperate mdtier-is'that-the world is divid
persed so widely across our
country - that regular ■ communica-r '1 edged' and officially fold that we move from 'the,.Old ‘World to* the ed into'two classes-— those who
Help Wanted
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like
to
work/
and
those:
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wanted...
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the
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of
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didn
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timag-ine
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that
you
/
most non-existent.'
• £ ' .-.’.■ shamefully, treated.//'
'Physically^ fit: to work * outdoors '
were
:
exchanging,
this
'for-streets
.
ancestry
L
have
always,
been
very
But the reasons for celebrating
• But we pulled ourselves to7
during summer? m
gether, set up a network of com- , our centennial surely ist like a' of gold and untold wealth when jyj.^cJ^- 2-n. -f.be first class. I won t pay,: phone 266-7918. after ,;,6 p.m.
munications, and' through : the kaleidoscope. To-each' of :us it is ; you' w ere■ - asked • f or /admunssion. tb_, -say tlhat you invented the work (Toronto.)
Canada.- Here' was/ a land where ethic -—■ but -you- certainly.; sUbJapanese newspapers as well as a personaL thing. ? ^
. Domestic; Help/W anted/
And sp eaking per s anally for a you’could call your soul yourbwn scribed tc it pretty early; You’re
through our own newsletters, we'
HOUSEKEEPER/ wanted: part- ? have.be en communi c at in g. An d • -moment, ? I. feel especially.. hon7 and with hard'w*ork-could see that practically/charter members. v
oured that twb descendents of the your sons'~ and - daughters^had.^ a . >-Th’e Japanese/community- bore time, 4 hours 'daily 5 days week
we have made plans. ; W
organized groups who' have come first - immigrant, Manzo Nagano,, better start iniife than you had, their - orde al - stoically, - and:. wbile ly. Several years: experience', cen
up with -national and local .ideas are' with us .this’ evening.. They and with a ; bit of luck.' could it may -be easy for some" to for tral loeatidn; References requir’are George Nagano, a” son of* approach old age with dignity get the‘•’past; I for one have not red. Phone 482-2002 after 6. (To
for events and occasions.
.
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/
Well, look -at the Japanese. Manzo Mag ano, and the Reverend 'and ‘ security. So\ you made, your forgotten it. And 'Japanese-Cana-' ronto).
: Canadian Centenni al celebrations Paul Nagano, who is a grandsoji. choice and gambled your, lives diahs^for their part;know /full
the. in
now.-• • ■• 'We can all take pride , in We will? hear. more about them and -those of. your/.families,i and; well the singleness'
PAUD K. ASADA, D.C., N.D.
what I might descoribe as a new -later in the program.-There is a by and large, you won. Not with divisibility ' — of ' liberty. They,
“Doctor of Chiropratic” x
community spirit that has been particular- significance for ape on out pain were the deep-grown learned that lesson the hard way.
728-A St^.Clair. Ave.- W.
■And to-your credit, you profit
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because
Frank roots of generation s' wrenched
engendered among us.
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Jf any event' would bring" pur Nagano, another son^ of Manzo, from the familiar. soil, but mqrci- ’ ed by-it. When the’old ways were
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: .. < : .look outward —‘began to take-its
be the Centennial-Year celebra many -many years.: I visited him roots were taldng diold..
tion. And I am* happy, to say it in Farnham,' Quebec/- where he ' ' I well remember the emergence (rightful /share in- the larger, comhad resettled and where-he later, in^-my -lifetime of the Japanese munity —- without, however, loscommunity in Canada; Thcir.be- ingits identity’ or is..integrity.
passed away.
'
AND. ASSOCIATES
.
As I was saying, the Centennial, ginnings were- modesteven
CHARTERED., ’
““(To * Be Continued)
is a personal-thing to each of us.' humble —— as was true of so many
ACCOUNTANTS'
__ - For ; the - Isseis, . who came
nner,
Dr. Noble Hori,
Master
523 THE QUEENSWAY
TORONTO, ONT. M8Y1J7
of 'Ceremonies, introduced, >/the .-from Japan to" a new land and toPHONE 255-7341 JAPANESE CANADIAN CENTENNIAD. SOCIETY
special a- different culture in the rugged
honored . guests'.’. Other
’ ODORI CENTENNIAD ,
77 DANCERSguests*-included Mr. .Kaneda of pioneer years of Western Canada,
the Toronto Japanese Association, this ’ Centennial year must hold . a
of -Commerce and Industry and special meaning. Theirsis a- sense
Mrs. - Kaneda; /.representatives of of great but worthwhile;sacrifice,,
SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1977
<f 2:00 p.m.
'
A
■
.
7:00
pan. ’
’ the three^major religious deno- * followed by accomplishment', and
minations wihich serve the Japa- 'satisfaction in: their-, sons and
*
CIVIC SPORTS . CENTRE .
"OPERATED by M? KATO
\
DETHBRIDGE, ADTA.
nese ^community: Anglican, .Bu- daughters and grand children and
824 Danforth Road, _
-ddhistX and United. Churches-; and often great-grandcnuqrein-v
2:00 p.m. — Free to all old age pensioners
-' At Midland Street.
-- Fox -most 'Niseis it’s also
the lovely Miss Mona Kadona-*
- ^ 7:00 p.mf —=- $1.50 admission for everyone
;Phone‘ 264-3553
a sense of accomplishment . / .
ga, Miss Centennial.
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Greetings were given by - His Rising"to maturity and leadership Wlllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!
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8-$39.50?'6-$32.50 4-S28.95;
.mentioned tthat Japanese women war years to the good life we lead
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ly.-surprised -.that, a woman., was it’s' an ‘ opportunity . to determine li57 Melville SU, Vancouver, B.C.
was hot the decade, Mir. Nara'An- their identity and to define .the
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new/ world of opportunities - and
1887.)
options that have been opened up
JUDY 1
JUNE 10
To Be Continued/.
for them in their country by those
JULY
17
JUNE 26
who came-before them.
>
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31
JUNE 30
(To. be' continued)'
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to reach our people.---During. the: and we have" notr only / survived; 'of all lands to which'you might
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have
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But the reasons for celebrating
• But we pulled ourselves to7
during summer? m
gether, set up a network of com- , our centennial surely ist like a' of gold and untold wealth when jyj.^cJ^- 2-n. -f.be first class. I won t pay,: phone 266-7918. after ,;,6 p.m.
munications, and' through : the kaleidoscope. To-each' of :us it is ; you' w ere■ - asked • f or /admunssion. tb_, -say tlhat you invented the work (Toronto.)
Canada.- Here' was/ a land where ethic -—■ but -you- certainly.; sUbJapanese newspapers as well as a personaL thing. ? ^
. Domestic; Help/W anted/
And sp eaking per s anally for a you’could call your soul yourbwn scribed tc it pretty early; You’re
through our own newsletters, we'
HOUSEKEEPER/ wanted: part- ? have.be en communi c at in g. An d • -moment, ? I. feel especially.. hon7 and with hard'w*ork-could see that practically/charter members. v
oured that twb descendents of the your sons'~ and - daughters^had.^ a . >-Th’e Japanese/community- bore time, 4 hours 'daily 5 days week
we have made plans. ; W
organized groups who' have come first - immigrant, Manzo Nagano,, better start iniife than you had, their - orde al - stoically, - and:. wbile ly. Several years: experience', cen
up with -national and local .ideas are' with us .this’ evening.. They and with a ; bit of luck.' could it may -be easy for some" to for tral loeatidn; References requir’are George Nagano, a” son of* approach old age with dignity get the‘•’past; I for one have not red. Phone 482-2002 after 6. (To
for events and occasions.
.
’
/
Well, look -at the Japanese. Manzo Mag ano, and the Reverend 'and ‘ security. So\ you made, your forgotten it. And 'Japanese-Cana-' ronto).
: Canadian Centenni al celebrations Paul Nagano, who is a grandsoji. choice and gambled your, lives diahs^for their part;know /full
the. in
now.-• • ■• 'We can all take pride , in We will? hear. more about them and -those of. your/.families,i and; well the singleness'
PAUD K. ASADA, D.C., N.D.
what I might descoribe as a new -later in the program.-There is a by and large, you won. Not with divisibility ' — of ' liberty. They,
“Doctor of Chiropratic” x
community spirit that has been particular- significance for ape on out pain were the deep-grown learned that lesson the hard way.
728-A St^.Clair. Ave.- W.
■And to-your credit, you profit
this
occasion
because
Frank roots of generation s' wrenched
engendered among us.
(^ block West of Christie)
-TORONTO \
Jf any event' would bring" pur Nagano, another son^ of Manzo, from the familiar. soil, but mqrci- ’ ed by-it. When the’old ways were
651-8060
Res. 621-1989people together again, it had to ’was a close friend of mine^for- fully, soon you found that new. broken . the community began to
: .. < : .look outward —‘began to take-its
be the Centennial-Year celebra many -many years.: I visited him roots were taldng diold..
tion. And I am* happy, to say it in Farnham,' Quebec/- where he ' ' I well remember the emergence (rightful /share in- the larger, comhad resettled and where-he later, in^-my -lifetime of the Japanese munity —- without, however, loscommunity in Canada; Thcir.be- ingits identity’ or is..integrity.
passed away.
'
AND. ASSOCIATES
.
As I was saying, the Centennial, ginnings were- modesteven
CHARTERED., ’
““(To * Be Continued)
is a personal-thing to each of us.' humble —— as was true of so many
ACCOUNTANTS'
__ - For ; the - Isseis, . who came
nner,
Dr. Noble Hori,
Master
523 THE QUEENSWAY
TORONTO, ONT. M8Y1J7
of 'Ceremonies, introduced, >/the .-from Japan to" a new land and toPHONE 255-7341 JAPANESE CANADIAN CENTENNIAD. SOCIETY
special a- different culture in the rugged
honored . guests'.’. Other
’ ODORI CENTENNIAD ,
77 DANCERSguests*-included Mr. .Kaneda of pioneer years of Western Canada,
the Toronto Japanese Association, this ’ Centennial year must hold . a
of -Commerce and Industry and special meaning. Theirsis a- sense
Mrs. - Kaneda; /.representatives of of great but worthwhile;sacrifice,,
SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1977
<f 2:00 p.m.
'
A
■
.
7:00
pan. ’
’ the three^major religious deno- * followed by accomplishment', and
minations wihich serve the Japa- 'satisfaction in: their-, sons and
*
CIVIC SPORTS . CENTRE .
"OPERATED by M? KATO
\
DETHBRIDGE, ADTA.
nese ^community: Anglican, .Bu- daughters and grand children and
824 Danforth Road, _
-ddhistX and United. Churches-; and often great-grandcnuqrein-v
2:00 p.m. — Free to all old age pensioners
-' At Midland Street.
-- Fox -most 'Niseis it’s also
the lovely Miss Mona Kadona-*
- ^ 7:00 p.mf —=- $1.50 admission for everyone
;Phone‘ 264-3553
a sense of accomplishment . / .
ga, Miss Centennial.
DOMESTIC ENGINE Expert
Greetings were given by - His Rising"to maturity and leadership Wlllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!
Tune.UpSpecials ,
Excellency, Yasuhiko Nara-. He from the depths of despair in the
8-$39.50?'6-$32.50 4-S28.95;
.mentioned tthat Japanese women war years to the good life we lead
CLASSIFIEB
JUNN KASHINO
BANQUET
VARIETY CONCERT
M & M AUTO
CENTRE
were often, in the forefront
of today. *
Phone 273-5696.
__ To the Sanseis arid Yonseis,
many endeavours and he was on672 No. 3 Rd., Richmond, B.C.
Phone 681-7251
ly.-surprised -.that, a woman., was it’s' an ‘ opportunity . to determine li57 Melville SU, Vancouver, B.C.
was hot the decade, Mir. Nara'An- their identity and to define .the
GROUP ’DEPARTURE -TO JAPAN
new/ world of opportunities - and
1887.)
options that have been opened up
JUDY 1
JUNE 10
To Be Continued/.
for them in their country by those
JULY
17
JUNE 26
who came-before them.
>
AUG. 31
JUNE 28
JUDY
31
JUNE 30
(To. be' continued)'
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TORONTO—- Artist Masako ‘ Kurose will be exhibiting Sumi-e
<
paintings; ait the -Albert -CampbelL’Disrict ’ Library‘ from ■ May 2-31.
The library is- located at 496 'Birchmount Road (at Danforibh).
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The * ' . Toronto'
Centennial Piicnic^Gommittee has
/agreed on^thei^sight^and; - date
of' our Centennial Picnic.
_
TORONTO. — At. the Hafbouifront gallery, from May 30 to June
- Date: Friday,, July" 1, 1977 ;
2nd, there will be a show of contemporary aft by Japanese Canadian
Place: Petticoat Creek Conser
^■rt^sts. This. show will be part • of the Heritage Day celebrations
vation; Park
,
taking place at Harbourfront: Among the participating artists will
-Location: South of .Dunbarton xbe David Fujino, Nobuo .Kubota, '.Shun Sasabuchi, Heather Yamada,
f'
.
_ D.F.
bn.; the/shores of Lake Ontario and Akira Yoshikawa.
between Pickering-. and 'Scarbo
rough. • The Park is a' large new Met
ropolitan •■■.Conservation- Park in
TORONTO — There will be a JCCA Elderly- Care General *
-operation since 1975 and is loc Meeting on May 3Qth _ at 8 p .m. at the Education Centre, 155 Colleated south of the village/ of Dun ge: St. 6th floor auditorium. The Toronto JCCA is calling a Public
barton at the end of the Whites ; Meeting to give a status report about the Elderly Care Committee.'
■Side .Road (Via HWY 1). We | Tanportant future decisions must now be made. Please try to attend.
have's reserved
a very / pretty I. Parking- is availablejin the*Board of Education Parking Garage bn
LMcCaul. Street.
-—- Toronto JCCA
treed 35. acre site overlooking
Lake' Ontario Frenchmans Bay
and the Pickering Power Station.
The area has a nature trail al
ong the Petticoat Creek, sandy
—
TORONTO — An evening of Japanese arts and culture will
beach' at the mouth of- the creek be held at Don Mills library on Friday, May 27 beginning "at
for swimming and a Bluff along 7:00 p.m. The family program will include demonstrations of singing
the shore overlooking Lake On and dancing,- the tea ceremony, origami, brush painting and judo,
plus films and exhibits. Activities however are subject to change.
tario.
7
, • Admission, is., free at Don Mills library, 888 Lawrence Ave. East, ।
The Park has ample sparkling
Qne block west of Don Mills Rd.
spaces with approx.' spaces for
400 cars in prime area adjacent
There, are'
to the Pi cine
only 250 tables available so'ple
ase use ^youf. judgement.
The,
LETHBRIDGE —— “The Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
Committee is working on plans and, the bdori Centennial'77 dancers, are. presenting a variety concert
for expecting approx. 3500 peo bn Sunday, May 29, 1977 at the Civic Centre. There will be. two
ple to come>from all over Onta performances. The afternoon performance that commences at two
o’clock will be fre'e to all old age pensioners. There will be an
rio. We hope you will be one of admission charge of $1.50 fcr everyone at the evening performance
the 3500 on July 1, 1977. Please which commences at .seven o’clock.- This is the first timethat /one'
/look for further'" news from the hundred dancers' will be participating indoors wearing identical
Committee on later issue. — G;T. yukatas. If you are within driving distance from Lethbridge,
-Alberta, do come and help celebrate our centennial with the
dancing ■enthusiasts.”
-—Alberta JCCS7
JiC/Artists qt. Harbpurfr©nt
JCCA Elderly Care Meeting May 30
Photo by JackHemmy.
TORONTO
-'iThe /winner ,of this year’s Miss Tokyo crown
/was Julia Kawaguchi who -represented the Nikka Festival (DancersThe contest took place ,at the J.G.G Centre jon April 23rd.' Julia
= (centre), will reign ;as - Princess during the week-long < jMetro
Caravan ’77. Runners up. were Karen Takagi (left), who represented
. the Toronto Japanese Language School and Lynn Sasaki (right)
representing the JCCC Youth Conference Committee..
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TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre will be showing a
series n't Japanese films from,May 19-June 30. Entitled, “Women in
Japanese. Cinema”, the series; will examine women in Japanese
society, from wife to daughter to streetwalker and'heroine. The
films will be shown' Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. The
price of admission is: Adults $1.50, Students $.75, Families -$3.50
and Senior citizens free. English, subtitles. For more information,
please call the OjSjC. at 429-4100. The schedule for May is as
follows:
' Thursday May 19: Okoto and Sasuke (Okoto to Sasuke)
Tuesday May 24: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
(Zangiku Monogatari)
• Thursday May 26:' No regrets for my Youtih (Waga Seishun ni
Kuinashi)
Tuesday May 31:. Carmen Comes Home (Karumen Kokyo ni
Kaeru)
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CITY
POSTAL CODE
for which
year/months
$15.00 per year
$9.00 for 6 Months
"MICHI"
MEDIUM & WIDE FITTINGS
1328 Queen St. West
Phone/ 531-1931 Toronto
'Women in Japanese Cinema' O.S.C.
prov.
TOF S
Cent.Picnic
Site
Chosen
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Masako Kurose to Show May 2^31
TORONTO—- Artist Masako ‘ Kurose will be exhibiting Sumi-e
<
paintings; ait the -Albert -CampbelL’Disrict ’ Library‘ from ■ May 2-31.
The library is- located at 496 'Birchmount Road (at Danforibh).
•
TORONTO
The * ' . Toronto'
Centennial Piicnic^Gommittee has
/agreed on^thei^sight^and; - date
of' our Centennial Picnic.
_
TORONTO. — At. the Hafbouifront gallery, from May 30 to June
- Date: Friday,, July" 1, 1977 ;
2nd, there will be a show of contemporary aft by Japanese Canadian
Place: Petticoat Creek Conser
^■rt^sts. This. show will be part • of the Heritage Day celebrations
vation; Park
,
taking place at Harbourfront: Among the participating artists will
-Location: South of .Dunbarton xbe David Fujino, Nobuo .Kubota, '.Shun Sasabuchi, Heather Yamada,
f'
.
_ D.F.
bn.; the/shores of Lake Ontario and Akira Yoshikawa.
between Pickering-. and 'Scarbo
rough. • The Park is a' large new Met
ropolitan •■■.Conservation- Park in
TORONTO — There will be a JCCA Elderly- Care General *
-operation since 1975 and is loc Meeting on May 3Qth _ at 8 p .m. at the Education Centre, 155 Colleated south of the village/ of Dun ge: St. 6th floor auditorium. The Toronto JCCA is calling a Public
barton at the end of the Whites ; Meeting to give a status report about the Elderly Care Committee.'
■Side .Road (Via HWY 1). We | Tanportant future decisions must now be made. Please try to attend.
have's reserved
a very / pretty I. Parking- is availablejin the*Board of Education Parking Garage bn
LMcCaul. Street.
-—- Toronto JCCA
treed 35. acre site overlooking
Lake' Ontario Frenchmans Bay
and the Pickering Power Station.
The area has a nature trail al
ong the Petticoat Creek, sandy
—
TORONTO — An evening of Japanese arts and culture will
beach' at the mouth of- the creek be held at Don Mills library on Friday, May 27 beginning "at
for swimming and a Bluff along 7:00 p.m. The family program will include demonstrations of singing
the shore overlooking Lake On and dancing,- the tea ceremony, origami, brush painting and judo,
plus films and exhibits. Activities however are subject to change.
tario.
7
, • Admission, is., free at Don Mills library, 888 Lawrence Ave. East, ।
The Park has ample sparkling
Qne block west of Don Mills Rd.
spaces with approx.' spaces for
400 cars in prime area adjacent
There, are'
to the Pi cine
only 250 tables available so'ple
ase use ^youf. judgement.
The,
LETHBRIDGE —— “The Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
Committee is working on plans and, the bdori Centennial'77 dancers, are. presenting a variety concert
for expecting approx. 3500 peo bn Sunday, May 29, 1977 at the Civic Centre. There will be. two
ple to come>from all over Onta performances. The afternoon performance that commences at two
o’clock will be fre'e to all old age pensioners. There will be an
rio. We hope you will be one of admission charge of $1.50 fcr everyone at the evening performance
the 3500 on July 1, 1977. Please which commences at .seven o’clock.- This is the first timethat /one'
/look for further'" news from the hundred dancers' will be participating indoors wearing identical
Committee on later issue. — G;T. yukatas. If you are within driving distance from Lethbridge,
-Alberta, do come and help celebrate our centennial with the
dancing ■enthusiasts.”
-—Alberta JCCS7
JiC/Artists qt. Harbpurfr©nt
JCCA Elderly Care Meeting May 30
Photo by JackHemmy.
TORONTO
-'iThe /winner ,of this year’s Miss Tokyo crown
/was Julia Kawaguchi who -represented the Nikka Festival (DancersThe contest took place ,at the J.G.G Centre jon April 23rd.' Julia
= (centre), will reign ;as - Princess during the week-long < jMetro
Caravan ’77. Runners up. were Karen Takagi (left), who represented
. the Toronto Japanese Language School and Lynn Sasaki (right)
representing the JCCC Youth Conference Committee..
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TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre will be showing a
series n't Japanese films from,May 19-June 30. Entitled, “Women in
Japanese. Cinema”, the series; will examine women in Japanese
society, from wife to daughter to streetwalker and'heroine. The
films will be shown' Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. The
price of admission is: Adults $1.50, Students $.75, Families -$3.50
and Senior citizens free. English, subtitles. For more information,
please call the OjSjC. at 429-4100. The schedule for May is as
follows:
' Thursday May 19: Okoto and Sasuke (Okoto to Sasuke)
Tuesday May 24: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
(Zangiku Monogatari)
• Thursday May 26:' No regrets for my Youtih (Waga Seishun ni
Kuinashi)
Tuesday May 31:. Carmen Comes Home (Karumen Kokyo ni
Kaeru)
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NAME (MR. MRS. MISS)
ADDRESS
CITY
POSTAL CODE
for which
year/months
$15.00 per year
$9.00 for 6 Months
"MICHI"
MEDIUM & WIDE FITTINGS
1328 Queen St. West
Phone/ 531-1931 Toronto
'Women in Japanese Cinema' O.S.C.
prov.
Page 4
*; Friday? May*20,=.'1977-
PAGE 4
lllllllggl^^
sent away." Iasked if-my grand- (felt, us
us?^personally. to, blame itsaid that - day
would was as ”M
father even ^m'y?- family
have to go/away. “No;” said my at ~Santa?Anita: _They- were ashmother./ Then / why <m _ friends':?- amed/-*The shame wasn’t their,
/*
My- mother, to' her' credit? put Her but. ours. It" still is. /
arms around 'me and said, /‘Keca-* -' Mariy people -my age? or sliguse /a loCof 'people"/think -. ‘they; htly younger who were not ' on
are differeht-'thari * us.‘- Because? the' west “coast in 1942, are "alwe’>had a'war _(W-W.I)" with Ger? most ''totally/'unaware' of/V^
many and .'know ?.■ Americans /of we "did: to. hatiyeMborn Americans;
German descent didn’t . support- or. else think, if - - they -'are aware
Germany.” Some did,, of course,j of it.vaguely, there“Was good re
but the poinVis my mother didn’t ason. Your Book will help /educa’say: Joey ah d- Tammy are 7a Ldif-; te"them/And''I too, wisH'to/teir
ferent race '" or Orierital or Japa- them-about how I,felt then and
*\ .
— *
?] feel’ lo -this’ day.—
le terrible subject- of our treat
every riese.
As - I am sure almost
Then- came the
experience ■ 1 % I/road the Indianapoli.s Public
ment of loyal Americans.
school child’did'on December 8th,
Permission Library?"copy of your book,, but
Mr:s Michener, who 'is a favori- 1942, we in an elementary school shall never forget.
te author of mine, said in his int- in' Alhambra, Calif., ^-listened to vyas obtained / to visit Joey, and. I1 intend/tbibuy it, if L
WlMVra^J^
reduction to your book that our President Roosevelt’s speech;' we 'Tammy, while they'were at Santa der it. T want/it in my- house as
" f Anita Racetrack. My mother dro a constant reminder to us and our
not looked,up Pearl Harbor on a map.
concentration • camps were
that
“hell holes of starvation or de- We discussed the attack. Joey, a ve several of us rip _one day., af- children * and "our f riends
ath.” Also' many Americans /wor boy whom: I ;<had / known for -_a ter school. We were ’ allowed -to we did this."And it could happen
'
ked to help “salvage our natio-»lonff time „(by ten-yearmold stand- visit through the fence. I: recall । again.
- ’stables
----1
.
—
...-.•
■
..
■
-Thank
you
for
jwriting
your'bonal‘ honor.” I disagree with His Lrd3) said «Wpw. Those? dirty the
were
were: fa mi lie s
words, as nothing can
salvage < Japs „ All of 7us agreed. . Joey packed t ogether. The fence; Some - ok
our honor or' explain our conduct. lived at street* away "from me./T tar-pap ered shack-type b ui Idin gs
/Sincerely,.
in regards to the.. Nisei. I don’t was always ' asking to visit Him; Guards. Joey- and Tammy were
. -; Barbara Mahoney J .
believe Mr. Michener would have his mother had a -number of par quiet; So was' my mother.
She
written those dines if he had vi ticularly lovely, dolls' in glass ca asked as we. were “told after a
sited “through the wire’/ at San ses, dressed in gorgeous/; Japa few. minutes we wduld have • to le
ta Anita Race Track in 1942.J
nese costumes. On rainy days my ave, if they needed anything. Mrs.
'Last year, the United' States -mother 'who had ■ a .car, always. Sato said7 toilet paper and 'Kotexl
celebrated its 'Bicentennial.-— As drove a block the “wrong way,” . Mrs. .Sato > wept:- “I am so' ash-;
- "CXCA-— ittMMlL- O.LC*.
my family celebrated as Ameri . to pick up Joey and his younger amed/’ My? moher - was. ; grim:
FLAT ROOFING
SHE1
SHINGLING
K
cans, and particularly as we. wa sister Janice so /they . wouldn’t
“So am., I.” She wept,- too.„ .
AMSNALUMINUM
tched some of - the events across ■have to walk to - school -in . the ra
- Tammy 'and I wrote as her faSIDING DEALER
the country on television, we told in" Sometimes ■. my =.? mother
and mily was moved, to Heart Mount-.
1; TORONTO
291-7554
our children, ages 13 and 11, two J bey's mother, would have coffee1
ain._ Then the leters
stopped. I
NISEI OWNED.
MfTRO UC. B-124
things which were -not brought or tea together, and they.- frequ
heard • a . relative' had/': protested
into Bicentennial focus. We told ently went to PTA meetings toge-.
‘COVERING ONTARIO
about the camps,. and -the Moris
A
them of “the trial of tearst,” the; ther. Joey’s father' worked for
were “ashamed.”. They never re
forcible ‘‘re-settlement” of
the Los Angeles County.
/
turned ■ to -Alhambra;-The Satos
Cherokees and other tribes from.
/I had another - friend
named did. Someone, a friend, had mo460 Dundas St. W
Georgia arid Tennessee . to Okla
•Tammy; she- too - had a - younger, Wd into their house, paying, rent;
homa; and of. the camps: Manzasister, Arlene. Her parents were and stored their belongings. We
STOCK UP NOW, FRIEND
TRAVEL SERVICE
nar, Tule Lake, Heart Mountain,
active in a-local Christian* church; learned of their : re turn in • an odd
363-0655
etc.
.
7Prices
going
up?
Now
is
the
One day, Taminy came to school way/ Tw o wo men, st aunch . mem
Boston.
As my husband had Cherokee
time
to
stock
up
on
Kokuho
and began to. cry. She hail, to mo- bers of- a church, leading f ladi
5 seats, left. '_ '
.
ancestors, ! said there are “two
Rose,-Matsu, Botan Rice, Kik-ve. Joey, his ' face. anxious, said es of the PTA,-mbthers^pf some
July 7 .Summer Group to Ja
shameful blots on our . history:'
komanShoyu, Sapporo Ichiba n
he. was* moving^ too;. Some of us of my friends, -appeared at our
pan).
‘
Your ancestors' moved into a wild
' and all you. need for summer.
’said why ? Tammy,- tears stream door. Mother invited them in^for
Sept. Issei Nisei Fun Tour to ;
land, alien to their, own; , arid my
' picnic, coming up.
ing down her face, said: “They coffee. It was more than a social
Europe. '
friends .moved, if not on foot into
/For your, gift idea, we sug Oct. Autumn Group Tour to “
are calling us Japs, saying ,we visit; They had ; a petition; - they
camps, guarded' camps; in areasaren’t Americans anymore.”
■
gest : ChineseWok Set, Tempu Japan '
had discovered; a restructive cla
7 ~
alien to them.”
ra
Nabe Set, Sukiyaki Nabe
use
in
cur
area,
never
enforced,
Flying anywhere this sumI added: The Japanese Ameri; - The parents and the teachers
Good Ice. (Shaver
against
people
of
other'.races.
nier? , Vancouver? Montreal, '
school.
cans were not moved because of gave a little party at
The
Satos,
they
said,
riever/shbDrop in today at Furuya. . .' Califronia, Las Vegas, Carib
a military threat but because Lof There - were “going away” gifts.
uld have?-been allowed to buy—the
It could < mean big shavings bean, London, Paris, and even
jealousy; -Both Joey’s/parents, Mr;*and Mrs.
greed; bigotry
and
re
to
beginwitH.
My*
mother,
.a
for you t^ay.
Ottawa...--Call Furuya.
When the Cherokees and others Sato crime; Jirs. Mori, Tammy’s
friendly
social
person,
froze.
were removed to Oklahoma, per mother, came. Several of the Ca
“How many*' people have signed
haps ignorance could be used as ucasian parents didn’t come --.. as
your petition ?. Who ?” She.: stopan excuse. This could hardly ha a. few of the children. The. day
1977 GROUP FLIGHT TO JAPAN
ped. ‘‘No. Don‘t tell me. I don’t
before,
I"
had
gone
to
the
prin
ve been true in 1942. As far as
want to know. Haven’t we done
RETURN
DEPARTURES
I know, only one -man in Cong cipal’s office because I’d hit a
eriough
to
the
Satos
?
”
She
asked
ress, California’s
Congressman, fellow student. The principal had
June 11
July 11 ..
'
the - women to * leave; . and
her.
seemed
surprised;
Td
never-mis
July
05
*
August 24
!
Jerry Voorhis, now living
in
words', to ' them weren’t
nice. I
~
July'16
"August
15
behaved
before.
I
cried
tears,
as
Claremont, Calif., spoke against
"^August-13
September 12.
because stared af my mother-as she callremoving the-: Japanese. -Several I sobbed “I-bit Jerry
ed thein bigots and fools. Later
years -ago, I -mentioned this to Mr. she called Tammy a Jap and said
Hawaii Nassau (Bahamas)
other Islands'plus all pa\ve learned only four families had
she
was
glad
she
had
to
go
aw.ckages
tours
are
7
all
available.
Vodrihis; he said it was so long
signed the petition. ^ 'Toronto —• Vancouver return for'as low as $222.00. Pleago it didn’t matter anymore. It ay.” The principal shook her he
a§e
contact K. IWATA" for more information. <
In high school now, I rushed
mattered to me,'as did my own ad and said it was hard to under
family’s-attitude. Because in 19- stand, but I shouldn t. hit any up to Joey the first day he was
said, “did at- school. He 'said .hello politely,
,42, I was just 10. years old. Per more. “People/’ she
Head Office 1115 E. Hastings? Van. 254-5101
haps my impressions are distor not always do-the right things. ’ then turned away/ My .. .mother
•I was most confused- You see, was not aSked in when she ^ca
ted; some of the details fuzzy;
- Tour Office 1040.W. Georgia, Van. 684-5101
lled
on
Mrs.
Sato.
Joey
never
my
grandfather's
parents
"had
bo
but certain, items stand so cle
Toronto. Office 162 Spadiria Ave. 869-1291
arly in my mind, ‘that the. very th been~ born- in Germany .As so said .more than hello to . any _ of
KEN KUTSUKAKE
■personal, way the
“Relocation on as I heard Joey and Tammy us. It took me a long time to
.Act” touched my_life has fram- and their families were . being understand. It v^asn’t that they
? 7 (The following letter; written ’ ed'and colored' my adult-life and
rinfluenced; my social actions.Land
by Barbara Mahoney 'of Indiana
polis, Lind.; an artist" by . professi- those ,of-*my .children.^ tike'. - th'e
on, to Michi Weglyn, author 7of young Americans of 1 Japanese
YEARS OF INFAMY * so spea- ancestry, who. began ' to- ask quks for itself-that no -introducto .e^tions in' the. 60’s and -^O’s, I /too
ry comments seem called
for, wanted to know why and, further,
other than it has. been . cleared I want to make sure it* never ha
ppens ' agaim. I _ have., been
long
for publication herewith.)
involved in political. campaigns
arid social causes;/ and I ; have
seen. others Who” were with me in
Dear Ms.' Weglyn:
. I have , just read' your . book school in 1942 /involved; too, par-;
recall
YEARS OF INFAMY. It is exce tly because >of what we
llent7 and tells “much on the who however imperfectly..
^Hljtk
Beating?
ltdepends
on YOU
Bea REDCROSS
Blood Donor
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PAGE 4
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sent away." Iasked if-my grand- (felt, us
us?^personally. to, blame itsaid that - day
would was as ”M
father even ^m'y?- family
have to go/away. “No;” said my at ~Santa?Anita: _They- were ashmother./ Then / why <m _ friends':?- amed/-*The shame wasn’t their,
/*
My- mother, to' her' credit? put Her but. ours. It" still is. /
arms around 'me and said, /‘Keca-* -' Mariy people -my age? or sliguse /a loCof 'people"/think -. ‘they; htly younger who were not ' on
are differeht-'thari * us.‘- Because? the' west “coast in 1942, are "alwe’>had a'war _(W-W.I)" with Ger? most ''totally/'unaware' of/V^
many and .'know ?.■ Americans /of we "did: to. hatiyeMborn Americans;
German descent didn’t . support- or. else think, if - - they -'are aware
Germany.” Some did,, of course,j of it.vaguely, there“Was good re
but the poinVis my mother didn’t ason. Your Book will help /educa’say: Joey ah d- Tammy are 7a Ldif-; te"them/And''I too, wisH'to/teir
ferent race '" or Orierital or Japa- them-about how I,felt then and
*\ .
— *
?] feel’ lo -this’ day.—
le terrible subject- of our treat
every riese.
As - I am sure almost
Then- came the
experience ■ 1 % I/road the Indianapoli.s Public
ment of loyal Americans.
school child’did'on December 8th,
Permission Library?"copy of your book,, but
Mr:s Michener, who 'is a favori- 1942, we in an elementary school shall never forget.
te author of mine, said in his int- in' Alhambra, Calif., ^-listened to vyas obtained / to visit Joey, and. I1 intend/tbibuy it, if L
WlMVra^J^
reduction to your book that our President Roosevelt’s speech;' we 'Tammy, while they'were at Santa der it. T want/it in my- house as
" f Anita Racetrack. My mother dro a constant reminder to us and our
not looked,up Pearl Harbor on a map.
concentration • camps were
that
“hell holes of starvation or de- We discussed the attack. Joey, a ve several of us rip _one day., af- children * and "our f riends
ath.” Also' many Americans /wor boy whom: I ;<had / known for -_a ter school. We were ’ allowed -to we did this."And it could happen
'
ked to help “salvage our natio-»lonff time „(by ten-yearmold stand- visit through the fence. I: recall । again.
- ’stables
----1
.
—
...-.•
■
..
■
-Thank
you
for
jwriting
your'bonal‘ honor.” I disagree with His Lrd3) said «Wpw. Those? dirty the
were
were: fa mi lie s
words, as nothing can
salvage < Japs „ All of 7us agreed. . Joey packed t ogether. The fence; Some - ok
our honor or' explain our conduct. lived at street* away "from me./T tar-pap ered shack-type b ui Idin gs
/Sincerely,.
in regards to the.. Nisei. I don’t was always ' asking to visit Him; Guards. Joey- and Tammy were
. -; Barbara Mahoney J .
believe Mr. Michener would have his mother had a -number of par quiet; So was' my mother.
She
written those dines if he had vi ticularly lovely, dolls' in glass ca asked as we. were “told after a
sited “through the wire’/ at San ses, dressed in gorgeous/; Japa few. minutes we wduld have • to le
ta Anita Race Track in 1942.J
nese costumes. On rainy days my ave, if they needed anything. Mrs.
'Last year, the United' States -mother 'who had ■ a .car, always. Sato said7 toilet paper and 'Kotexl
celebrated its 'Bicentennial.-— As drove a block the “wrong way,” . Mrs. .Sato > wept:- “I am so' ash-;
- "CXCA-— ittMMlL- O.LC*.
my family celebrated as Ameri . to pick up Joey and his younger amed/’ My? moher - was. ; grim:
FLAT ROOFING
SHE1
SHINGLING
K
cans, and particularly as we. wa sister Janice so /they . wouldn’t
“So am., I.” She wept,- too.„ .
AMSNALUMINUM
tched some of - the events across ■have to walk to - school -in . the ra
- Tammy 'and I wrote as her faSIDING DEALER
the country on television, we told in" Sometimes ■. my =.? mother
and mily was moved, to Heart Mount-.
1; TORONTO
291-7554
our children, ages 13 and 11, two J bey's mother, would have coffee1
ain._ Then the leters
stopped. I
NISEI OWNED.
MfTRO UC. B-124
things which were -not brought or tea together, and they.- frequ
heard • a . relative' had/': protested
into Bicentennial focus. We told ently went to PTA meetings toge-.
‘COVERING ONTARIO
about the camps,. and -the Moris
A
them of “the trial of tearst,” the; ther. Joey’s father' worked for
were “ashamed.”. They never re
forcible ‘‘re-settlement” of
the Los Angeles County.
/
turned ■ to -Alhambra;-The Satos
Cherokees and other tribes from.
/I had another - friend
named did. Someone, a friend, had mo460 Dundas St. W
Georgia arid Tennessee . to Okla
•Tammy; she- too - had a - younger, Wd into their house, paying, rent;
homa; and of. the camps: Manzasister, Arlene. Her parents were and stored their belongings. We
STOCK UP NOW, FRIEND
TRAVEL SERVICE
nar, Tule Lake, Heart Mountain,
active in a-local Christian* church; learned of their : re turn in • an odd
363-0655
etc.
.
7Prices
going
up?
Now
is
the
One day, Taminy came to school way/ Tw o wo men, st aunch . mem
Boston.
As my husband had Cherokee
time
to
stock
up
on
Kokuho
and began to. cry. She hail, to mo- bers of- a church, leading f ladi
5 seats, left. '_ '
.
ancestors, ! said there are “two
Rose,-Matsu, Botan Rice, Kik-ve. Joey, his ' face. anxious, said es of the PTA,-mbthers^pf some
July 7 .Summer Group to Ja
shameful blots on our . history:'
komanShoyu, Sapporo Ichiba n
he. was* moving^ too;. Some of us of my friends, -appeared at our
pan).
‘
Your ancestors' moved into a wild
' and all you. need for summer.
’said why ? Tammy,- tears stream door. Mother invited them in^for
Sept. Issei Nisei Fun Tour to ;
land, alien to their, own; , arid my
' picnic, coming up.
ing down her face, said: “They coffee. It was more than a social
Europe. '
friends .moved, if not on foot into
/For your, gift idea, we sug Oct. Autumn Group Tour to “
are calling us Japs, saying ,we visit; They had ; a petition; - they
camps, guarded' camps; in areasaren’t Americans anymore.”
■
gest : ChineseWok Set, Tempu Japan '
had discovered; a restructive cla
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alien to them.”
ra
Nabe Set, Sukiyaki Nabe
use
in
cur
area,
never
enforced,
Flying anywhere this sumI added: The Japanese Ameri; - The parents and the teachers
Good Ice. (Shaver
against
people
of
other'.races.
nier? , Vancouver? Montreal, '
school.
cans were not moved because of gave a little party at
The
Satos,
they
said,
riever/shbDrop in today at Furuya. . .' Califronia, Las Vegas, Carib
a military threat but because Lof There - were “going away” gifts.
uld have?-been allowed to buy—the
It could < mean big shavings bean, London, Paris, and even
jealousy; -Both Joey’s/parents, Mr;*and Mrs.
greed; bigotry
and
re
to
beginwitH.
My*
mother,
.a
for you t^ay.
Ottawa...--Call Furuya.
When the Cherokees and others Sato crime; Jirs. Mori, Tammy’s
friendly
social
person,
froze.
were removed to Oklahoma, per mother, came. Several of the Ca
“How many*' people have signed
haps ignorance could be used as ucasian parents didn’t come --.. as
your petition ?. Who ?” She.: stopan excuse. This could hardly ha a. few of the children. The. day
1977 GROUP FLIGHT TO JAPAN
ped. ‘‘No. Don‘t tell me. I don’t
before,
I"
had
gone
to
the
prin
ve been true in 1942. As far as
want to know. Haven’t we done
RETURN
DEPARTURES
I know, only one -man in Cong cipal’s office because I’d hit a
eriough
to
the
Satos
?
”
She
asked
ress, California’s
Congressman, fellow student. The principal had
June 11
July 11 ..
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the - women to * leave; . and
her.
seemed
surprised;
Td
never-mis
July
05
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!
Jerry Voorhis, now living
in
words', to ' them weren’t
nice. I
~
July'16
"August
15
behaved
before.
I
cried
tears,
as
Claremont, Calif., spoke against
"^August-13
September 12.
because stared af my mother-as she callremoving the-: Japanese. -Several I sobbed “I-bit Jerry
ed thein bigots and fools. Later
years -ago, I -mentioned this to Mr. she called Tammy a Jap and said
Hawaii Nassau (Bahamas)
other Islands'plus all pa\ve learned only four families had
she
was
glad
she
had
to
go
aw.ckages
tours
are
7
all
available.
Vodrihis; he said it was so long
signed the petition. ^ 'Toronto —• Vancouver return for'as low as $222.00. Pleago it didn’t matter anymore. It ay.” The principal shook her he
a§e
contact K. IWATA" for more information. <
In high school now, I rushed
mattered to me,'as did my own ad and said it was hard to under
family’s-attitude. Because in 19- stand, but I shouldn t. hit any up to Joey the first day he was
said, “did at- school. He 'said .hello politely,
,42, I was just 10. years old. Per more. “People/’ she
Head Office 1115 E. Hastings? Van. 254-5101
haps my impressions are distor not always do-the right things. ’ then turned away/ My .. .mother
•I was most confused- You see, was not aSked in when she ^ca
ted; some of the details fuzzy;
- Tour Office 1040.W. Georgia, Van. 684-5101
lled
on
Mrs.
Sato.
Joey
never
my
grandfather's
parents
"had
bo
but certain, items stand so cle
Toronto. Office 162 Spadiria Ave. 869-1291
arly in my mind, ‘that the. very th been~ born- in Germany .As so said .more than hello to . any _ of
KEN KUTSUKAKE
■personal, way the
“Relocation on as I heard Joey and Tammy us. It took me a long time to
.Act” touched my_life has fram- and their families were . being understand. It v^asn’t that they
? 7 (The following letter; written ’ ed'and colored' my adult-life and
rinfluenced; my social actions.Land
by Barbara Mahoney 'of Indiana
polis, Lind.; an artist" by . professi- those ,of-*my .children.^ tike'. - th'e
on, to Michi Weglyn, author 7of young Americans of 1 Japanese
YEARS OF INFAMY * so spea- ancestry, who. began ' to- ask quks for itself-that no -introducto .e^tions in' the. 60’s and -^O’s, I /too
ry comments seem called
for, wanted to know why and, further,
other than it has. been . cleared I want to make sure it* never ha
ppens ' agaim. I _ have., been
long
for publication herewith.)
involved in political. campaigns
arid social causes;/ and I ; have
seen. others Who” were with me in
Dear Ms.' Weglyn:
. I have , just read' your . book school in 1942 /involved; too, par-;
recall
YEARS OF INFAMY. It is exce tly because >of what we
llent7 and tells “much on the who however imperfectly..
^Hljtk
Beating?
ltdepends
on YOU
Bea REDCROSS
Blood Donor
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