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THE NEW CANADIAN
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Vol. 12�No. 95
TORONTO, ONT~\VEDNESPAY. DECEMB ER 7.
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Evacuees hi Fort William Are Buying Homes, Provide Most Japanese Canadian Jobs
Just Passing Through
By KEN ADACHI
FORT WILLIAM, Ont. � If the buying:of homes here is to be taken as a critenon, it \vould indicate that the Canadians who have relocated to this city on the northern shore of Lake Superior are settling here permanently, This-would, by necessity, depend upon the employment situation.; As long; as work is available, the evacuees,, in the majority, will remain.
V Close to half of the working Japanese .are employed by the Great Lakes Lumber by far the iinportant source of � livelihood for the Japanese, community. A number of the Nisei have been on its payroll from five to seven years and have secured good, positions. � '. . , .
:Some 20 are \vith .the ;CiPK,. being employed a\ the roundhouse. Another group is. \vork-ing a't the bush-camps.. Others are\vofkirig as carpenters, cab-iriet-makefs, mechanics, sigrJt painters, restaurant help, bricklayers and pressers. : Although positions f6r girls are limited, there are dom'estics and office workers, and they are employed by laundry and dry-eleaning plants and a bake-shop. As yet, only a few have opened their own businesses. This -in- j cludefe a jeweller, a restaurant and a cabinet-manufacturing plant. In - time, however, more Japanese Canadians are expected to establish themselves in ^the . business field. ;;
A rough estimate of the Japanese Canadian population ;in
Last night we had a verbal tiff over the pros and cons of sun> mer and v/inter. Today the arguments that we tossed back and forth arc just a vague memory but I'll still maintain that wintertime is the more enjoyable season although few will agree.
Why,so ? Fye always liked the wintry season with its nippy mornings, -bright suh:lit afternoons and clear cold nights. And when .'you breathe in that air, it's fresh�unlike su miner's state stifling breath. � :
And when, winter comes, there's .hockey, . -. -.-:..'��.;.:.-...:'.-. "-;''.'; ��' �>'� -.
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A scene some six or seven. years back comes to mind. It's inSlocaji, B. G. and I've just re-wived my first; pair of skates tfirough the medium of Eaton's Mail Order Catalogue�a much fsumbed:oVer but an essential /and vital part of the ghpst^town 'household;. Ah occasion long-
Annual Meeting For Lethbridge JCCA
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. .�; The annual meeting of the Lothbridge Northern JCCA will be held on Sunday, Pec. 18'at 1 p.m. in the JCCA Hall, Picture Kutte, Alberta. ���'��.';.'. : � �-. . �''�;���� ' All JCCA members residing in the Lethbridge Northern are in gently requested to attend as a number of important items dealing with your present and future problems will be fully discussed.
There will be an election of officers for 1050, Your JCCA heeds your support�be an ��'active; memb.er, support it .with your presence' on Dec. 18. .':�.�.'� ��'.. ' �.";;.:: :- G. I.
Lethbridge Club Elates Xmas Dance
� LKtlllJRlGDE, Alta.: �. The Lethbridge Niseiettes met for their firs.t fail meeting of the year on Nov. 22 at the South-Minster Church. An enjoyable evening \VAS: spent discussing plans for -the club's activities:
The Niseiettes will sponsor a Christmas Semi-Formal Dance at the Civic Centt e onMonday, Dec. 19 from .9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission fees are $!>50 for couples, '$1.00 for men and 75c for girls. . So all the folks of Lethbridge andI districts are welcome to bring their partners and dance to the music of the Hi Hatters Orchestra.
the ciitire Lakehead area would Nisei VetS T6."JHold
New Year's Reunion
awaited, I quickly donned .the
fkates and took a few iriai steps P?ace around; 500, or possibly �
on the-rough kitchen floor. Much , morp:;
t) my regret for I found ."myself-'1.- Discrimination is almost an kijig promptly pitched headlong. h?ard of expression in this north- j to the floor, snubbing my nose in I e� -Pntarip- district. The; fact, the swift descent. that there are so many ;differentj
After that mishap I waited {,n.j "ationalities working and living] il the :first snowfall descerided [^ide by side '.could/'account for
03 the valley. . We took .to the the tolerai'cc and - understanding roads then. On the hard^packed shown by the residents here, frozen roads there were a gang '^^'-.'-. _.":~^-.
'of kids who took their first steps. weeks time, a flourishing club; *n'skates. . levying an admission charge'of j
In those days most of the onc (o t\vo cents forskating. And N'iseis owned a pair of skates or j we" ^so Rad a 3-team hockey * facsimile of such "and it used i ^a#uc �*".. which our equipment t� be a colorful sight to see the ! coll^is^ed of home-made pads for fcck-po?id filled with skating ' thd &�*V** no pads for.the play-This particular duck ! ehs' blue-lines painted on. .the ice
was a rough 2i/2 iniles away
-with red ink and sticks which
a treacherous country route.;'J.wore-wired together lo keep them there was always the pic-1 fro;n faIlinK prey to the ravages of the threatening .farmer | of ^tj.me and use. &&ig a wicked-looking gun � back of our minds as we :d across his land. B-t a t.unch of us kids formed
Uut-th�>se were the da vs.
NVi\v the Nisei hockey picture i> different* Those of us �.vhc> arc -stilt attempting to play
Nisei Organization, ; h'vk:> are generally equipped |
* -'iim head t<y toe with pads and i
dubbed it
The Nisei VetV will hold their aTihual N"ew Year's reunion oh Jan/ 1; in the banquet room of the Gardenview Hestaurant, 505 Bay-�.view-Ave;, Leaside. " ..
A varied program ; is planned startjng at .9 p.m. and will include dancing to your favorite music on.. records�besides the vets' favorite pastirhje. A buffet style.supper is planned. ' .
tickets at $2.00 per person will be available soon. For inquiries phone Towne Studio, PL. 3884.. Out of towners are all cordially invited. Start the New Year right by renewing old comradeship of army'da vs. Guys, bring your best gals for the vets' occasion '.�f the year. . . . .
** a one-cent membership r-fv promptly pooled our ef--~ building a rink on the >-^ii c<wrt, ETery mgfrt the sheet of ice just i child, the water-
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�ther trivia. And the Nisei puck !��">? is operating but at what an ^nr.at ura", ur healthy hour�i ^�met^rr.e in the small hours of the rr.oralng1?. Here the age-ol<J saying of Puck is apt�** What f<x�!s we rrorta!s be!** The competition is keen and the
At t'niTereity of Alta.
ED.MONTOX, Alta. � Omitted
fro:.-, the list of Ni?ei students at th*j- University of Alberta published in The New Canadian (Nov. .r>-) -A-ere Jack Hisra of Leth-brid?-. -Dentistry;. Lawrence Higa. Lethbridge. Arts and Seif-r.ee: Kiyoko Kurarr.oto, Pic-
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Seeks Japanese Canadian Spokesmen to Support Bill of Rights Cause
In a loltor to Goorprc Taiinka, JCCA executive secretary, Senator Arthur W. Roe black. {Ontario) wrote that lie would welcome the appearance of spokesmen representing tjie Jap,anese Canadians to speak in behalf of his Resolution on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which he will re-introduce in the Senate at the next session-', wiuc'h!will convene in January or February of next year. . �
. .The Liberal Senator noted in�<$����;'... .; :'--------'-.�.'" :".'�. '. '�
the letter that he had introduced the 'Resolution.- at the present session of the Senate and that it had,��'"provoked;, a' great interest among''his' .colleagues and that a number of them had spoken on Ins resolution. HoweVer, as .the close'of the present session is at hajid, it was now too late for
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He expressed confidence that \vhen-hc re-introduces the Resolution, it \\-ould-go to a Senate Commit tee, and that the Committee would invite evidence and expressioirs of opinion from such Associations as the JCCA.
"I would welcome most heart-ify the appearance .of spokesmen for your Association >yhen the proper time -comes/1'" wrote Senator Hoebuek. . �"�'.
The letter was written jh reply to a telegram sent to the Senator b'v the:. Third National JCCA
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Conference in Lethbridge, which rend in i'partV "The � National JCCA which fully represents the Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry .desires tp lend its full Hipport.^to your action for UNA Amendment .for a CanadiaA Bill of-Human -Rights and Fundamenr .t* i Freedoms, and further desires its appreciation of your efforts."
Than Over 70 In N, Denver
NEW DICNYKU, R. C; �� This town, once a thriving relocation centre, now lays claim to the fa.ct there are more Issei septo-.genarians and: octogenarians than ajiy 'other coniinunity .in Canada. All told, there are 77 :in this one-time ghost-tovsTi who have passed their seventh decade.
Recently, a grand party was held for these Isseis to. which 60 of them attended. Of this group, only nine of them were women. The .top ag'c was 84, and there were' three w'ho had passed that many birthdays; all male. The eldest lady was Mrs. Toshi Ha-yashi at 78. -.
It Would hot be .too much:of � hazard to consider that New Denver has about or close to half of the .elderly Isseis in Canada; .The reason for this is that during the relocation and the closing of centres, this centre was kept open to take care of the aged who were not able to relocate.
AnCfUcCUlS To Forin
Yourig People's ^
v r- �>� - x To Enter Ministry
- KDMOXTQX, Alta. � Edward j A general meeting to organize Nakamura, a ingm'ber of the All an. Anglican Young People's People's Mission,- is entering the 'group (A YPA) ..will be held on ministry. He is the president of : Sunday, Dec. il, at St. George's the Bissell Young People's .' Tarish Hall at 4 p.m. All those Union and is active in the who are interested are retjue�ted
Church.
-r to "attend."
A WOL Nisei'SoJdiw is Filpo Barboy Trying to Visit Relatives in Hawaii
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Thor.as E. Morimoto, Edmonton, whr> grad'iated in the spring with Bachelor of Science degree and is no*r seeking the Master of } Science & Chemical
HONOLULU, T. H. � The case of ."Pvt, Eddie S. Okawani" almost turned out to be a rare instance of a Japanese American soldier gone AWOL, but it didn't. He turned out to be a Filipino barboy, employed on Guam.
Last July, when Haguisan's work permit expired he was scheduled to be sent back to the Philippines but he wanted to visit in Honolulu. He trtd that he appropriated an American soldier's uniform and began posing* as a Ji American assuming the Okawani and mingling with ether American soktien in
by hoping to get shipped to Hawaii. ' _ ^
He was caught after four months and he told authorities that he was a Nisei soldier who was AWOL from a unit in Japan and had stowed away on an army transport from Hawaii to Guam.
Bui the army authorities could not trace his family or his home address, and further iavectiga-tions did not disclose may soldier by that name. Under farther questioning, Hagnfraa xtmrttmt his tree identity and is now i�
Guam jail held ta a charge entry.
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