KKW . -; C A K A &1 A K
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Cantemptotten of a Cray Down
Sei-m�,a8 if I'm alw*y* taking .vv^v* at my fellow colmnaUis Orj, -'!c NC but b'ere I go. This rj,,e j .,m taking exception fo the iv'k'U Cray' Dawn *>n Another rm'~n TMK's
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N'isei coiumntst* of days has rtescetid-i.-j ihe.self-pit.vlU* level tha\ sp iw�> �i('�s cling to. U is only h'Mun for us of Japanese origin fn Caiuula'to feel the sting ot the riv,v Z\\M-\) \\oumte of the years from the evacuation 01 1942 to this nut is it of an>� jise to go lo-opeuing"- th^e wounds. 'MU'IS the cuts 'anew"for *iri6Y� . re examining, and more pain as sx) fcu'iv of our embittered Nisei in-sht on doing?
W^^n 1 uas a high school senior ia \^u>oinev and just cutting my ttet't oji the doctrine of the then MM! and alive New Canadian, TMK's columns were a revelation to ru\ In the small narrow Jap-a'io^e ,-odety in \\hich I lived [%?r� \\oie no voices- >\ho dared to it\ out so cotn.igeously against t'io ''iidebound confines of old-coj'r,-> Japanese thinking regard-mz tT>e morals and the living v. i\ - ot the plowing Nfi?<?5. Thus TMK -oomcd one of the symbols of t ^ ne-u Canadian thinking that v^ ^ ia*�Med foj.
PV.L; ;br- t'Vont;; of .the past year
h;iv^.taken tboir'-toll.-.,Many of the
o!:ier Xi^oi once, looked Up to. as
the ;'-;uio!s of.'the reVerrincreasing
.vv'r.v^ Xi^ei ijroup .have succumb-
,e : :y .�iia.t.tert'ii illusions and: l?it-
'"tir:�;ir>>*.' -And judging from the de-
;!'�;;�,jivf'-'.'ivstrHclive tone of some
is, .so,..sadl,y.
. 'tirj.v- Da\vn.-pn Another Day . . . ..: ::> ..::uit'0il ''tnto that the . third t-;'0 .'. of :ho pvacuation-rcloca-t-'Xi ; ;-;ory i� drawing near. -The f:-:^iv-t cl�>;ii;iiri: up of-the. thou-sa:u:< or remnant* in the- B.C. <\-:::--^ !>ave started wholesale ^i^U-ini; of Japiinese ."ii'ito,'hastily
lew.^; i}'poi. . From here oii-dis-?cr-a! of vi ?or( in:'.a;'hurry. Bui '"''-T.'="'�> jiayo ;txr. be such a "gray
repatriated few and those in postwar Japan,
Of what interest are .those condition* in Japan to ua except for purely academic reasons?- Are
making a new start into Canadian �bej*ty-the viufly important ones'? Must the hitter complaints over . th* injustice* that haVe been railed against time und time again take precedence over the difficult questions of re-adjustment of ghost ' town minds "into vider spheres'? Cli attempts of true assimilation into nqn-Japanose society? . .
HtVNv l(>ng ^ngo .^as it Jhat^ the editorial columns of The New Cana'dfan "offered something constructive toward the future of the Nisei in Canada? Nisei who are n'ot huddled niiserably-in the ghost . towns slill sltlfng on the fence -aboivt repat or those uho do not want a free dip across the Pacific at the government's expense?
Most of us are ever-conscious . of the tiials thjil the evacuation brought on us. Perhaps they \\111 never tiuly fade. \Ye also should be mulling over the mistakes \YK made that brought such an event to pass. Shouldn't that e.\periciue teach us a lesson that \\hile it can happen again, we should do all i:\ our power to prevent it0
Tinning those hints o\er and over in oil r m i.n.ds.' w i 11 u n dou b t ed ly .help us a great deal: in niaiutain'. ing sane constructive approaches to our future problems in our reUu . ""tipti's with other Canadians.;
You see, TMK, I know I'm fr.t-e. I served in the Canadian Army � but on iny discharge I was: given u � letter- from^ Ottawa- telling me that I svas to be issued, niy Japanese registration card again; Yes. -that lovely white one with tlie portrait and the .thumbprinC The fact that both the military authori' ties ; andv the RCMP woj-o tipolo-. ^gtUie about it did not help erase V tlie: stihgl I fijid too -that I urn bound again .by those-..'s.ajnevre'v. sirictions about moving from ..pliicoUo^-place.;:6r..crossing... ititer-provuk-ial boiihdaries. So ani 1.
Hold Toronto Iflseis
. TORONTO, Ont. � A English �*rvlc* for th� ben�f)t of NiMi 8u�WM�tt w�H b* MM at the Tor�nt9 Bv�W^�1�t_ Tern-
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pit, 245 Coll*g� St^ on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8"p.m.' ThU ��rvlc�, to* b�, conducted by. Reverend Takathi T�uji, will be the first to be held specially for the
Immediately following the �ervicc a ^ct-to^ethcr i* arranged so >that old fr:cn<tf can
j renew acquaintance* and vate^frjendthip. Since a assembly \* expected, preparations are well undeVway foV'a grand^ reunion. Future plans will be formulated at this
(gathering. A cordial Welcome extended to all Niseis.
L
supposed to fall prej to ^ phobia about how gray the dawn \\ill be? It is not ttecessaiy to go au>und feeling like a nuutyi -to "bo proud (as jOu say) that U lunls" Why lei it hint you? You see \ am no( a> down to eaith a^j \ou perhaps inajhe I haven't been ntoiiiu! as much, 1 still think Canada is the finest counuy in the woild ^nd I have faith in if
tf mv child should a.sk me uhv
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. \\hat \\ill 1 answer? So you
ab-k antrul> Madam. I lurv.v a lot
of answers that will convince* my
ciiihl as I am convinced that free-
dom is ours . .!':. a '�- frtfodpin tbat
comes from a miiui free fronv bit-
ter cynifisni. Xothing '-. in t).iis
'wiirlii -'is or will bo as lovely .as
.the dreams of our � idealistic ora-
tors or w r i I e Vs. Hu I C a na d a : w i< li
-�h ei- d On b t fn 1 >-.-tr ea t in en i - - of- her
�"many ; minorities', Aiiverica with a
similar record with he'rs. still olYer
more advantaees and hupes of a
bright iincloiuled .future.. That is
more than we can expect iii most
other , spots i;v: this fear-filled..1
world./:-' "�-.,''�� , �-..: ": �� ; .'; -: - ��-Am I not frc>. TMK; if. I have that hope; and faith? Or must I the sins/ of ti vote-
a erny daVvh'?' .
It a.s TMKvsuggests,.wo keep in vii":_':;-:ituls.i /�Don't."e.y'e'r thinly you ar^--iroe..;^ ; y^jty because;'ybu^-are
Relocation Record for July
iv i[a^njand;a darned good--,;-, t ha; !},&- light will iieYeiv V ( Jim \yhy Sfho.ilUr we v�.-^rii-.-.v.i
i, C.hiyoko.
;; ;Wno�.� >a'Vs I :i�m^/n'iot~ free.? :lf" I ?^-'.^^ ^lj^'9- ^n<^ ^^Yutaka': Naka^ Ssv^.^'lost-.faithMn'CaiVada and the-;:'-.-."'��ifrA.. 9>v.:'ilird"shi-Tanaka; /K^ 1-.
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Vt';;;ri ,oi wArtime.-:hv?ie:r"ia,":ib'o'th ^^^^modaira: ;ypsM.maru-""andp:Yp5Me
-^P.^'r-iku and larke, so- out of Dr'b" Ab.e; ^ Usaklclii and T.pnVi Iiiuii.
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Kelowno Wins OK
ByS.K.
, B.C. -On , Uie Ke|o*na YJ.C.A biXll team won ilu> Ko�wa-kai Trophy by dofiMtin* Summer'land Hlnodes 2241 in the final game of the OWnagun Valley Husoball l.
In the bf>nt-owt-ot 8r� Members or U*�- ch> Vr�m are, Morio Kof�, Tom
Totniy*. Sta,n Hashimoto,
Hawahara* Jim KiUnnt, -NakAyama", Tosh Yawaok*; Ichiro
Yamamoto, $>ue Koga,- MH Ko*a.
Tom Nalto, (ieor$<* Nalto wud Kon
Ka*a?akl,
uindittH up In the col- Oh .Vutf. 9, manager Ichiro lar at 4he end of the league � Ymnanioto and coach Shig KAwa-schedule, Kelownu trounced Okan- Uma held n huritjUflt for the n^so-jjKftn Centre in the semi-finals, and - b�H team. ~Thf players -in turn then continued on its \\ay to the pieseuted their manager and Valley Championship by upsetting coach with lovely gifts - Barker league-leading Sununerland HIu-" "5Vs.
_ Raymond Rookies Trounce
A.M.K.
RAYMOND Alta . A us. 19 In their Kis�t league sjamo the Ha>-mond Hookies exhibited some of tho foim and sn<ipp> play which took Uist >eaiV l^okiet to the championship The vi^iiing Pic tuie Butte to.un ouniMitly in fon ith .spot in the league and favoiod to \NiiK pla>od a spiiittess game ti) lose 1.17. U Yagi UookU>" stellar thiul baseman. demonsiratod -hi? 'versatility'- Ivy pitch.ins an '��� .eleyen-str'ik'eout.- tivo-,hit .i;aine. .Tsiigl '-''-Iwiiinolo'.. who pitched a lo-^rVkeoul one.-hit ganio in >tlio last Uookie-PBHiissic- (>ii-;\y:i* biully .oft':' form. l for nine Ivits. nine runs. lie was K>lii�ved by Tak Kaiakaiul in |Ju>; sixth iniimg. ' ^ After walking :foiir- ineuvTak; seitleil-down- to .'safe, steady pitching, allowing but two *lius. lint : three of tlie four walks scored. ' t heivhy clinclring
the game for the UooKics.
Hookies pluyoil weH, both offensively and defensively; they co)J Iccted eleven hits while they committed only thiee eirors to tho PUH's six, Meavy hlugKors J> N'n� ka mum 'and Y Hlkidn displayed fine form; knocking- Iho pill for t\\o singles ahd n triple, and ,\ double and t\\o tilplos resncctl\L� \y Tak Kataivaml knocked a lono triple foj Iho PIM's.
Tlu- light touch was supplied by venial Hooklc Ken Susjimuia, subbing for S. Vagi. � In a (loiiping stra\v. 'mid oversize brogues., with a stmnplug sbuffle which \vas even 'more' ooiriiValylhan nonahl-^Diick's, ho had' the. fans roaring during his brief appearance.
BATTERIES:
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Y. Kubavama.
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|�{vnn/>r rn'ost :of - the: way;, ^VhJbit-. ^ ing pfccr control ft -
Masa^uki UinnoachU i( From'North;^>
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str:rt-";�:--ar'v in "-luri^ \\y .' lK-atiiij?!
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