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WHO'LL BE MISS TOKYO AT ANNUAL J.C.C.C PRINCESS BALL?
TORONTO. — Nine attrac­
tive and talented Nikkei ladies
will be vying for the title of
Miss Tokyo at the Annual
Princess Ball held at the
Japanese Canadian Cultural
Centre on Saturday, April
11th, starting 8 p.m. This
• year's winner will not only
represent the Centre during
Linda Misumi M iki Tomoeda Leigh Pasternak Leslie Eto Bonnie Sutherland Janice Yoshida Vivian Yatabe Naomi Abe
the week of Metro Interna­
tional Caravan, but will also
continue her duties into the
JCCC's 25th Anniversary
Year,
The panel of judges will
have a very difficult time
An indemendent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
selecting a winner. This task
will be left to the decision
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1987
TORONTO, ONT
VOL. 51 — NO. 27
of Vanessa Harwood (former
Principal, National Ballet of
Canada);
Robert Davidson
(CFRB Radio); Inta Leja (TV/
Radio-talent agency; Larry Na­
kamura (TV commercial actor)
and Martin Kobayashi (Past
President, JCCC). Back by
popular demand, your MC for
the evening's festivities will
By CASSANDRA KOBAYASHI ing Nikkei in all the Americas.
be Mike Shin.
WINNIPEG. — On July Workshop topic are varied:
The nine contestants parti­
23-26,1987, persons of Japan­ “The Japanese culture On the
cipating in this year's contest
ese descent from North, continent,” “Socio-economic
are:
South, and Central America american Nikkei models or
Linda Misumi, 22, a student
will gather to discuss com­ projects,” and “Nuclear
at the University of Waterloo,
mon interests at the Pana­ energy in medicine,” among
is presently completing her
merican Nikkei Convention others.
undergraduate studies in Psy­
being held in Buenos Aires,
Of as much interest as the
chology. She plans to conti­
Argentina.
formal agenda, is the social
nue her education with hopes
The Convention theme is aspect of the convention.
of obtaining her Ph.D. The
“integration and influence of Buenos Aires is one of the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Sam
the american nikkei,” mean- most sophisticated cities in
. Misumi of Islington, Linda's
the world. Leather and fashion
hobbies and interestsdnclude.
Van. Jpnz. School
goods abound. Harrod' s
skiing,
windsurfing
and
other store outside London,
scholarship award
weightlifting.
is here. Dinner hour is rela­
applications available tively late, and a specialty is
Miki Tomoeda, 20, has been
concentrating on her studies
VANCOUVER. — Applica­ the local beef or lamb grilled
in actuarial science and ap­
tions are now being accepted over live coals within sight of
plied mathematics at the Uni­
for the Vancouver Japanese the tables. I recall having fillet
versity of Toronto. The daugh­
Language School Scholarship for $2.50.
ter of Atsuko and Masatsugo
Award.
Eligible applicants
Cost for registration and
Tomoeda, she is currently the
must either currently attend accommodation at the Shera­
or be graduates of the Van­ ton Hotel with most meals in­
TORONTO. — Members of Les Marmitons, a social cook­ Vice-president of the Japan­
couver Japanese Language cluded, is $340 (single), $500 ing club for men whether they have any experience in the ese Canadian Students Asso­
School, and also:
(double) until April 30th. After ktchen or not, watch chef-Noboru Yamada of the Bristol Place ciation.
Leigh Pasternak, 19, is pre­
1. have studied the Japan­ April 30th, the respective Hotel during their monthly meeting at Humber College. Chef
ese Language School for a costs will be $370 and $530, Yamada whipped up a cream of asparagus soup with truffles, sently attending the Universiminimim of three years; and
a simple fettucine with garlic/olive oil/basil sauce, a Belgian tyof Saskatchewan in Saska­
all in U.S. dollars.
2. have intentions of con­
The United States contin­ endive salad, filet of beef with a green peppercorn brown toon. In addition to her
studies, Leigh works as a
tinuing Japanese language gent, which has traditionally stock sauce, glazed carrots and a Grand Marnier souffle.
professional model with the
studies.
been the largest from any
Pizzazz Modeling Agency.
Please contact class teach­ country, has set up a travel
She is the daughter of May
ers for further details.
package departing on July 20,
Stearne of Prince Albert, Sas­
_________ Van.J.L.S. and stopping in Sao Paulo,
katchewan.
Buenos Aires for the Conven­
Jpnz. engineer
TOKYO

The
Tokyo
District
Court
recently
acquitted
a
Leslie Naomi Eto, 20, is the
tion, (or an alternative sight­
of downed plane
seeing package), Iguassu man accused of murdering his pregnant wife because he was daughter of Archie and May
falls, Rio de Janeiro, and mentally ill at the time of the alleged crime. The man, former­ Eto of Etobicoke. She is pre­
commits suicide
ly a cook at the Japanese embassy in Ottawa, Canada, was sently employed at Kraft
TOKYO. — One of the returning Aug. 1. Price from charged with stabbing his wife to death on Oct. 6,1984, about
Foods and the Canada Trust
engineers who issued a cer­ Los Angeles is $1975 (US). a month before she was due to give birth. The defense con­
Company Realtor. Her plans
tificate of airworthiness for a For more information, contact tended that he killed his wife because he was suffering from a
are to continue with her
Japan Air Lines plane that Kokusai International Travel, mental breakdown and in a state of repugnance that resulted
studies this fall at York Uni­
crashed in August 1985, kill­ Inc., (213) 626-5284.
In the alternative, individu­ from having been forced to engage in homosexual relations versity. Her outside interests
ing 520 people has commited
include art, piano, skiing and
when he worked in Canada from 1979 to 1981.
suicide, police said recently. als can arrange their own
Odori with the Sakura Kai.
Susumu . Tajima,
57, travel to Buenos Aires
Bonnie Sutherland, 20,
swallowed a weedkiller solu­ through a travel agent. Sam­
plans to pursue a career in
tion after leaving a note in ple fare from Vancouver to
architecture following her
which he thanked his wife Buenos Aires return on Cana­
studies at C.T.S. She is the
and apoligized for suicide. dian Pacific Airlines is $1670
feeling. This is the story of daughter of Tomiye Haya­
by KERRI SAKAMOTO
Tajima had been undergoing (Cdn) and from Toronto,
A Song For A Nisei Fisher­ one — and all — Nisei told in shida. Bonnie is presently a
questioning by police since $1453, both fares for a
man, a play by Japanese the course of a day spent member of the JCCC ShitoMarch 10 regarding the plane minimum of 14 days.
Ryu Karate Club and her
For a copy of the Agenda American Philip Kan Gotan­ fishing.
crash.
A Canadian production of other interests include paint­
The plane slammed into a and U.S. tour itinerary, please da, is as subtly wrought as a
the play is being presented in ing and philosophy.
mountain ridge after losing contact the NAJC, 735 Ash haiku poem: its surface sim­
much of its vertical tail fin St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N plicity deceptively veils a pro­
(Continued on page 2)
(Coht. on page 2)
found
depth
and
breadth
of
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(204)
452-4428.
and all hydraulic controls.

The New Canadian

Panamerican Nikkei confab
to be held in Buenos Aires,
Argentina on July 23 to 26

Chef Yamada teaches Marmitons

Former cook at Ottawa Japan
Embassy acquitted of murder

‘Nisei Fisherman’ - a song
for Japanese in America

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THE

Miss Tokyo ...
Janice Yoshida, 20, is an
active member of the AyameKai odori group, both as a per­
former as well as an instruc­
tor. Janice is the daughter
of Mas and Shiz Yoshida of
Scarborough. She is present­
ly attending the University of
Toronto as an English major
with hopes of becoming a
primary school teacher. In ad­
dition to her studies, Janice
works part-time at Nami Res­
taurant and enjoys skiing and
jogging.
Vivian Yatabe, 22, a student
at York University pursuing
an Honours B.A. in Psycho­
logy in combination with a
Seneca College Certificate in
rehabilitation services. Vivian
has been involved at the Cen­
tre during Caravan as a volun­
teer demonstrating origami.
Her parents are Minoru and
Lydia Yatabe. Dancing, Music

and skiing are just a few of
her many extracurricular ac­
tivities.
Naomi Abe, 22, partici­
pates in the Annual Sogetsu
Ikebana shows held at the
JCCC as well as helping out
at Caravan. Her parents are
Yasuhiko and Kyoko Abe.
Presently a student at the
University of Toronto, Naomi
is aiming for a specialist pro­
gramme in modern language
with plans to work as a trans­
lator for the United Nations of
the Canadian government.

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As the play opens, the fi­ wafting at low pitch into the
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Friday, April 10, 1987

THE

PERSONAL NOTES
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NISHI
VANCOUVER. — Mr. Nikichi Nishi passed away peace­
fully on March 15, 1987 in Mt.
Joseph Hospitalin his 96th
year. He will be sadly missd
by his sons, Hideo and wife
Louise, and Hitoshi; grand­
daughter Marisa and husband
George Nitta; and 1 sister
Yasu Kayama in Japan.
Funeral service held at the
Vancouver Buddhist Church
with the Rev. G. Abe officia­
ting. .Glenhaven Memorial
Chapel. Vancouver Cremator­
ium.
WATADA
TORONTO. — Mr. Matsujiro Watada passed away at
Western Hospital on March
23, 1987. Beloved husband of
the late Chisato. Devoted
father and father-in-law of
Hideki and Kiyomi, and Terry.
Loving grandfather of Brian.
Otsuya at the Ogden Funeral
Home (Midland and Sheppard)
Funeral held at. Toronto
Buddhist Church. Interment
Pine Hills Cemetery.

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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our
heartfelt appreciation and
thanks to our relatives and
friends across Canada
and Japan who shared in
our sorrow for the loss of
our dear mother, grand­
mother, and great grand­
mother, Itsuno Kawaguchi.
{ We sincerely express our
deepest gratitude for tele­
grams, cards, kind words
of sympathy, generous
Koden and beautiful flow­
ers, and we also wish to
convey our appreciation
for the flowers and gifts
and for your kind words of
encouragement and sup­
port during her brief stay
in the hospital and her few
years at home.
Our special thanks to
the Reverend Fujikawa
and the Reverend Nakatsumi of the Toronto Budd­
hist Church, and her
attending physician, Dr.
Fukakusa.
Shigeo and Tsugino
Kawaguchi
Yoshio and Sayoko
Kawaguchi
Susumu and Atsuko
Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Tetsuo and Kiriuko
Kawaguchi
Namio and Eileen
Kawaguchi

Mamoru and Yaeko
Kawaguchi
Setsuko Kimura
Junge and Sachiko
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Kawaguchi
Kazuo and Fumiko
Kawaguchi
Masao and Rumiko
Kawaguchi of Tokyo, Japan
Yoshinobu and Corinne
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AOKI

TORONTO. — Janice Miyo­
ko Aoki passed away at Scar­
borough General Hospital on
March 29, 1987. Beloved
daughter of Richard and Mar­
cia Aoki, dear sister of Jill.
Humphrey Funeral Home
A.W. Miles Chapel. Service in
the chapel. Private family
committal followed by crema­
tion at Mount Pleasant Cre­
matorium.

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“Not Asian Young Jpnz. men getting
interested in fashions
American”

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA
(Kashu Mainichi)
LOS ANGELES. — I am
anti-Asian as far as lumping
all the nationalities of per­
sons of Asian ancestry into
one group.
I consider myself a Japan­
ese American. Not an Asian
American.
As a Japanese American I
don't think I have any affinity
to, say, a Vietnamese Amer­
SHIGA
TORONTO. — Mrs. Shizuko ican than I do to a Mexican
Shiga passed away on March ’ American.
Take a “want ad” which ap­
28, 1987 at Riverdale Hospi­
tal. Beloved wife of the late peared in Kamai not too long
Mitsuzo. Dear mother of Tak ago.
One of the requirements
and his wife Amy, Terry and
his wife Amy, Jim and his for the person applying for
wife Akiko, Michi (Mrs. the position was that the ap­
Michael- Shiomi), June (Mrs. plicant spoke “Asian.”
I am curious what an
Tak Nakatsu). Dear sister of
Taeko Kimoto of Port Alber- “Asian language” is.
As a Japanese American
nie, B.C., George Shishido,
Lily Inamoto, Merle Shishido, vernacular, Kashu Mainichi
Frances Hayashi and the late tries to keep its news articles
Yasuko. Remembered by ten focused on Japanese Amerigrandchildren and one great­ xcan items.
We rarely use the term
grandchild.
Earle Elliott Funeral Home “Asian American” in stories
“Cook-Thompson Chapel.” we write but occasionally
Funeral service conducted when we get a press release
from the Toronto Buddhist using the term, we may print
Church. Interment Mount it as such.
But, our basic policy is to
Pleasant Cemetery.
refer to a Japanese American
as a Japanese American; a
SOKUGAWA
VANCOUVER. — Mr. Toji Korean American as a Korean
Sokugawa passed away on American; a Vietnamese
March 6,1987 in his 86th year. American as a Vietnamese
Survived by his loving family: American . . . and etc.
The only area where our
wife Shima; 2 sons, Eiri and
his wife Sachiko; Hideo and basic style of life may be the
his wife Jutta, Toronto; 4 same is that we all use chop­
daughters, Kim and her hus­ sticks.
Prior to World War II, there
band Ernie Michasiw, Tor­
onto; Mitsuko and her hus­ were only three major “Asian”
band Earl Williams, North groups in California ... Ja­
Carolina; Yoshiko and her panese, Chinese and Korehusband Toshio Kurashige; ans.
However, when everyone
Toshimi and her husband
Perry Williams; 15 grandchil­ wanted to boot the Japanese
dren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 Americans around because
the United States were en­
brother Totaro in Japan.
Glenhaven Memorial Cha­ gaged in a war with Japan,
pel. Service held at chapel none of the other so-called
with the Rev. Y. Izumi offi­ “Asian” groups wanted to
ciating. Ocean View Crema­ have anything to do with the
Japanese Americans.
torium.
Remember those “I am
Chinese” buttons which were
worn by Chinese Americans
AND PARTNERS
so as not to be mistaken for
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Japanese?
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By MAKIKO OGIHARA
TOKYO. — More and more
young Japanese men are be­
coming interested in looking
fashionable.
Young men's interest in
fashion has increased
drastically in the past few
years. The survey conducted
by Kojima Fashion Marketing
shows last year's sale of
clothes with designers'
labels increased by 78 per­
cent over 1984.
An office worker who intro­
duces herself as a designers'
label bargain-hunter says she
has been surprised these
days to see an increasing
number of male high school
and university students queu­
ing up for bargain sales to
start. “Just until a few years
ago, there were only a very
few men doing so. But today,
40 to 50 percent are young
men,” she says.
Some come the night before
and spend the night in front
of the store to get a good
bargain in the morning when
the store opens. She says
some high school students
take the first train in the mor­
ning and come to Harajuku,
the most popular part of
Tokyo among young people,
on a bargain day, before go­
ing to school. “Once I heard a
high school senior say he had
saved Y50,000, doing a part
time job, so he could buy
good designer label clothes
at a bargain.”
Fashion Magazines
The first men's fashion
magazine in Japan, “Danshi
Senka (Men's Special)” was
published in 1950, which
focuses on men between 27
and 30 years of age. It now
sells 300,000 copies a month.
It was followed by “Men's
Club” in 1954 with a circula­
tion of 350,000. Younger menoriented “Checkmate” was
published in 1974. The best
selling “Men's Non-No” was
published in May last year.
“P.Style” with a circulation of
300,000 followed it last
December.
Tetsuo Yamamoto, editor
in chief for “Checkmate”
which sells more than 300,000
copies a month, says the
readership has grown rapidly
in the past few years. He says
the circulation has increased
five-fold since 1983. The
magazine aims at young men
between 18 and 20. Yamamo­
to says once students begin
to work, they lose interest in
fashion because what they
can wear to work is limited.
Yamamoto says young men
are losing their “leadership”
over girls and are now kinder
to them. He says they are try­
ing to satisify the requests of
girls. “Population-wise, the
competition for survival is
becoming severer for young
men.”
According to the Statistics
Bureau of the Management

Fashion plates
TOKYO. — Susumu Naka­
zawa (left), 16, and Kilchi Ya­
magami, 19, two of the DC
(designers and characters)
brand fashion coordination
contest prize winners, pose
for a picture after the contest
took place in Tokyo recently.
More young men are now in­
terested in fashion than ever
before.
and Coordination Agency,
young men between the ages
of 15 and 29 in 1976, exceed­
ed the same age group of
women by 267,000. Last year's
figures show there were
about 490,000 more men than
women in the same age
range.
Men's Non-No is a men's
version of Non-no, which is
also the best-selling wo­
men's fashion magazine.
Men's Non-No has a circula­
tion of about 500,000 a month.
In the years prior to the first
publication,
Non-No's
editorial had received many
inquiries from men who bor­
rowed the magazine from
their girlfriends. As a result,
the company decided to
publish a test copy of Men's
Non-No in 1985. The 250,000
copies were sold out within
one week. The magazine says
today's best compliment for
men is “My, how dandy you
look.”

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TOKYO. — In an age when
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people whose cars are in for nesses, the culture's atten­
TEL: 425-2122
tion to detail and doing thing
repairs.
City wide delivery
There are no limits to what the “correct” way fit well into
Peter Sasaki
video the service mentality.. While
is home-delivered
movies, dry cleaning, heath North Americans may find it
foods, rented tailcoats (this demeaning to fuss over a cus­
last one requires two visits tomer, Japanese worry —
from the sales staff, first fora with reason — that their shop
fitting, second for delivery of will be laughed at if they
the altered and freshly pressed don't.
Perhaps the darkest spot
garment). Offices deliveries
40 Meffiond Drive, Unit 1
are common, too, especially on Japanese personal service
is how remarkably impersonal
of lunch.
M1B2G2
Japanese barbers often it can be. Everyone is treated
give back massages as part exactly alike. Empolyees'
of an ordinary haircut. If they cheery greetings and direc­
remove a customer's eye­ tions, in fact, are often
glasses, they may polish the memorized from a company
lenses before returning them. manual.
Aftr a month's stay in a
More Japanese Food
Self-service gasoline has
yet to make its appearance in hotel, guests may find the
Rice, miso, shoyu, kamaboko|
staff
still
has
no
idea
who
any significant way. Atten­
and more . . and more
dants fill the tank and wipe they are.
Mon. & Tues, closed
First goal
the windshield at the mini­
Still, the Japanese view
mum. They often empty ash­
818 Eastern Ave. .
trays and stop traffic to let service as the glue that holds
Toronto. Ont.
the motorist back on the road. commercial relationships to­
463-8883
Department stores seem to gether. If the correct personal
Big parking lot
have twice, if not three times contact and follow-up come
the floor staff of North with the first sale, a second is
American ones. Many stores sure to come. Market share
wrap everything they sell. and loyal customers are the
Upscale customers don't first goal, not short-term pro­
(OSCAR?
have to ome in at all — the fit. Service may cost but it
goods are taken to their helps ensure these more im­
homes for display and selec­ portant objectives.
“What is important today is
tion.
Those who don't conform, not what is sold, but the per­
ATHLETIC SHOES
stand out. But there is son who is selling it,” says
1201 Bloor §t. W.
pressure on them to change Yoshihiko Okamoto, general
Toronto. Ont.
532-4267
manage of the central branch
their ways.
Japanese National Rail- of the Takashimaya Depart­
ways, transporter of 19 million ment Store.
KEN OGAKI
Memories of service also
people a day, will begin a
Financial Planning Consultant
shift from state to private may help a company weather
ownership this week. The for­ hard times. If a computer firm
ANNUITIES
mal goal is to reduce deficits drops behind in product
and revitalize management of quality or price, its cusR.R.l.F.’s & R.R.S.P.’s
tomers
will
not
abandon
it
enthe mammoth system. But
what the average Japanese masse. They would feel treaFinancial Concept Group Inc.
wants to know is, will the cherous doing so. After all,
Sie. 305 /1210 Sheppard Ave. E.
didn't the company send a
Willowdale, Ontario M2K 1E3
railroad finally get polite?
technician
to
the
office
a

Ticket-takers never smile
494-8600’
orsay good morning. Platform dozen times to answer ques­
supervisors glower at pas­ tions on that little desk-top
sengers and ignore ques­ model?
Expand that to national
tions. Loudspeakerannounce. ments in stations are short on scale and you have a more ■
. the many courtesies and ho- stable, predictable economy
norifics of spoken Japanese. and job market in the Japan­
ese view.
Public perception
Officials often say one
That is the public percep­
INSURANCE
tion, based on a good deal of reason why many North
reality, and now, JNR vows American companies do
it's going to change. Employ­ poorly in Japan is because 4515Chesswood Dr.Ste. L
ees are being instructed in people can't believe they will
Downsview Ont. M3J 2V6
how to bow, greet and pre­ give good service. Even if a
phone 633 4882
sent a pleasant ace. A JNR North American machine
Home 449-9293
bookshop an restaurant have tops a Japanese one in price
opened. “Now that we're go­ and quality, the buyer will be
ing private,” says education suspicious. Will I have to
executive Kenichi Maeda, phone Houston every time
“the customer has got to something goes wrong? He
may wonder.
come first.”
Service is plugged as being
Feudal Japan evolved tight
rituals of personal service. “free,” but of course, is not.
FOR YOUR HOME
Many survive in the traditional Each woman who wraps and
inns called ryokan. Proprietors each man who lugs groceries
IF WE DON'T SELL IT—
is
part
of
why
prices
are
so
bow when guests arrive and
WE BUY IT!
high
in
Japan.
They
are
also
straighten the shoes they
ASK ABOUT OUR GUARANTEE
step out of. Welcoming tea part of why unemployment is
FOR FREE APPRAISAL
and elaborate meals are so low. Some economists, in
Dennis
brought to the rooms. Bed- fact, view some of these jobs
Masuda
ding is laid out and cleared as disguised welfare programs,
away in the morning. On de- financed through high prices
parture, the bows may be rathe than taxes.
1M5 LAWRENCE AVE. EAST
held until a guest's car is out
— John Burgess.
TORONTO, ONTARIO

to the range of services and
courtesies taken for granted.
To those old enough to re­
member how things used to
be at home, the experience
can bring on twinges of
nostalgia.
Supermarket check-out
counters have two or three
people ringing up and bagg­
ing groceries. Some stores
deliver, with each bag arriving
neatly stapled closed. Dry ice
is inserted alongside the
frozen foods to ensure that
they don't spoil on the way.
Television shops normally
send a technician to install
and fine-tune a newly pur­
chased set. He will rush back
if anything goes wrong. Car
salesmen are known to bring
new models around to custo-

Sales & Service on
Admiral, Panasonic, Quasar, Toshiba, Zenith, Etc.

Friday, Aprll/IO, 1987

UO-YAS

TENNIS

A HALF CENTURY OF COMBINED.EXPERIENCE.
Dave Oikawa
Res. .438-3455

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Tosh Nishijima
Res. 293-6332

SHINGLING. FLAT ROOFS'. TROUGH. SIDING

What relieved me
from the.agonies
of my pain
I’ve had a very severe backache for
6 weeks. I could not raise my left
arm and the pain in my shoulder
and back at times was unbearable.
My doctor had to change my .^
medication 3 times as it was not
helping me and also gave me^
cortisone shot. I have been-talking
physio-therapy for 3 weeks pf one
hour daily appointments,'consisting 40 Patches of Elekiban
applied all over the affected
of heat, massage and traction. I
area. Pain was gone overnight.
could not get any relief from this
pain. This was a very agonizing experience for me as I’ve always
been a very active person, jhave not been able to sleep nights
because of the pain, or find a comfortable position m order to
get some rest. Finally, my friend put ELEKIBAN on my back
and shoulder at all the pain spots. This was Friday afternoon.
That night for the first time ih weeks I was able to get a good
night’s rest. I cannot begin to tell you how amazed I was to be
able to get up Saturday morning and realize that I could move
my arm and shoulder without pain. I can’t tell you the relief it
was to my family to see me up and around and doing the things
I was unable to do because of the pain. Even now, it is hard to
believe how fantastic I feel and what ELEKIBAN has done.for
me. It has taken me off medication and therapy and given me a
new lease on life.
I wish to let all sufferers know of my experience.

Ann Hikida, Weston, Ont.

ELEKIBAN (contains 10 patches) is sold at finer
drug stores in southern Ontario for $5.95 a packet.
For mor^ information, please cal1:
GSY HEALTH PRODUCTS, LTD. (416) 738-4811

Gertrude Urabe

YORKLAND
ALL CASH

£““ 298-6934

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