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January 18, 1945 '
THE NEW CANADIAN
NISEI VOICES:
An Evacuation Vignette
Personal Tlotes -.Jar an&Hear
By X. J*.
By M, SlTARR
. if: you had ^lived my7th!e fafef
�y;;:;FwuBer;--.yaiiey^ ;y6ti ^fehf kii^r
- t>k. � If you ;��'� do,rybuiU; rem^rabier
^ of fellbw;;^hb
�;�;":,' tielj^ ;/bi?r ^^^;;:^it;^he;^i^)fj;;
.; .v.:#ikjj[^^^^
:,/v ;;ni4;tr^:;;^xiirns- m^'38i;v,h'e^h^'^iibt
> gon�;o^
-.;ple^'r^asc)rt;;thatv he ;^d^noli;,Hive .-itijfe fn9^y^In?^|;he .en'rdlled. for
- ia^cbuTse^roftii pa;;"la^^airciaiV
�f< 'factory^ � �0r>e�po^en^
; ^-t^^g^;X;;^ :3#�.�fe�^' Curing ^
;�;; swe^t<W5 anid;;%�t mghtrh^ studied
4 i ^^^!l^!lfl^:fs�;|H^i^;^fcMyl^
;_" be^WoWi
: ^ toty /^e/v^
;^^^^^H^j^)S^^M^^ ;f finislie^;his/corr^
^;The';;tKird^
^ but he, Ltill foumi[hi.mself;working ';.�'.. on^the^armV^e r^iz^thcn-thVt �;/ rBvtdr^ffefe'd ;hinT"exal^I^;n^hing , -iii: the :Svay;. 6i >dpp^rtuh1tie^:v: to /�/-1 work;>iii: hte chos^:: �vocatioii ;4-
owing to iack^of factories and also � i: because ;th;e ;industry had no use
for /Japanese; ;<Canadiaii-bprlv ;edur :: cated; or/.otherwise.^ He; was beginV
ning' to be more; conscious of be-:::'-:: ing^a-Nisei; -" .'^-^�---^ ..;:-V-:,;. :...:.:-.<:...-:.!;.
; 'He ,'JiatJ'; carefully cread the- pages of The: !New Canadian since its
�\inceptioh and was � vejjy influencecl . . . it ^a$ /to b? a -stroiig factor .::-:%; shaping :his. ideals. ' �
He �turned his -eyes eastward, and thought of. going in search of opportunities.. But it was : an untried and unknown field ; . ;. !ie had rend an occasional item in The New Canadian of some TT's&i being1 in the oast .: i .� his. family
.thought it knight be "a.'good thing; ''but let some others try it first"/ they, said, "Bettor to; s't'ay"in;..the;:.
� rolative^sccurity^of ��-� the -farny:and"
-i� you became a: big time operatpr; you could have a nice c?r,ii home and should 'the time- conic send your son to university."- The gen-
.cfal feeling in tne co^nmunity was
it'��:�� . ..r>nd so Tak siayed
'�': �"..-�': *-"�: '�.�'':'.:."*:,:�- ..' .....*
.':';.;� on;/tiie''f�rm^:. -xV'/'' "^ '�' ^i, � �;.' � � -: �;;:.';;-; .The'h ;;Tai^:' the �'�-�^r/ i^itKe" ;^��-.
; fic;i^o Oiie ^
;;v to/ do. Coirjtiiiue cuWryaiing Vthe �--: �crojxft^Whai- to; di* ^ Whl^ to /do T ''^ �;.,:�;i'Tftlc� teH'\<&^e had'^notiimr;TCO > do :;but'J^ait>v:. V � ^; -VL; ;''';-;� :^�>f :--^&. "� ;;;'; Then ;tlie^ 'a.^np^h^h)eirit ;for toiaV / ;^'acUatijp^;';;\y'a's^^ade>{:;^/ ; ^ > .B^^^^AS|� :c^jthe^ot)fc> ^. r IlieJ ,^|c;t3e<f;to; gp: fo';wqrk^on .,.,...,... rv^)^r(b^ti;fan^Sj/Tafe :, cided; to "go^tpo.- U^vv^s'a^^d ^a'y
;"W|ieii Tak^ l|jrtitlh^^jwi^-/^;^^^
;-;H^. thQ^K^ii/hlsa
i-,ih4t^^a;s;,yTOa^< aiid,^dear^to;^:iUm:; : W^^^>ere^;;IiQ,:i^ ^�:AS;;;.he:;M'p;uid7':hnv^ }^htVd;.;;ifrvif; /;h;c">were: to-yi^^riv'i^ ;;;1{6 /packed Jpnly; h is; ^otlvbs;/books
:^)rd;;a Vfqw^'p^rsp'n
- Tlie; hou;s^'wa^; ileiiit;<uil/^;: j> i Hi^ll >:'
^l^.l^^M^Jll^iV^i^
/family, did. hot;''b0jiCT':;^r<iih|f'^iii)^
. tlie-windows;;jiisi many''�iQ.rith'^'OthijrVR;'-; :ha;ddprte; Later; ^
. .uorteU to"; JKiycv: bT'oke-M into thp.Sb^ boarded ,;ttp hoiiibs^-.; � �; vx; -; ;� .- ; ;
...;.::;.y\V-jlie'iV\they-:'.;r(eac^c'd.;;tb^
\; iiatioivjQ]3t tlie treeless prairies: a pel; ;sa\v'.V^'tU^r'G.omjn'i.ssJqii ^^pjiroved
-Chouses'CQ|i&isting;^f-^c:r^ old- stove -and a couple; 6f .broken
' dowii beds,' "it brought te^rs to .their eyes. But ^ crying woitldn't^ and. �.�.didn't:-, help aiVci the family. cner^etic.aily .: aiut . inclustripusly .made the house; habitable." V : ; Work oil the sugar beet farms
* was not; like; work on the ben-y farm. The work w:-,shfick"breaking ami harder. The sun \var> hot. Tlie water was.; hard and smc-lled of rotten eggs,i-. The cbnsta'nt winrl
��' b.loAV' S'-Uicf all over. There 'was " Kind in. the food/ sand in the bed, . -snn.fi' V.:..: . sand .-. . sond all: ov'or;.
^ Uoljday
haie which hadn't quite' worn o^(T yet-^^w| the kind of ha*o which you're thinking of th^nit you� yours trvly .h?s taken up- the pen in * befaddkd, Befogged 'state of mind. But wrth ^he blank column ' spa<ie staring out from thU pag^ � further confusing this rJready �confused mind� well, 'you fe.nov/ . . . so in the last nvnutc tush, to beat the dec.dline , , . . .
* '* � ''
Most of iis |ike to pretend that � we're a buhcii of hard-boiled eggs, void of human feeling just to shox off, l'mjijo/,e.\ception, People . like to say that they're not homesick and'pilcr it 01,1 thick to.* build up what' they think' is' a hard ' von'cer over th3ir~~fec>l ing's, and' I'm one of them. But when youyre going -home -at Christmas; you fijid -out you're, nothing^ but _a softie, " ye�trning to, bo home, yearning for a bawling ouf from your jnothev yearning to . oat a nice home-cooked nreal � that is if you're, batching as I am.
We lit up cigarettes, and settled luck in the seats as the bus slowly got into motion. ^The morning was cold- and dark*; the- heater" hadn't warmed up as much as it should have. We bundled ourselves up in our overcoats and curled up on the cushioned seats.
To a foimer city-lvc-d evacuee in the Kootenays, a visit tp Nelson is a big event.;-. ;The one tr-ok streetcar running through . tlie; ���business) section .once in .every half. lipiir or so lends ju.st that jiic'e. touch -of bein^ in a city. ;.
'Actually/, only about the. si.'/e of North Vancouver, with only one .department .store, the ; Hudson Bay; : AY' o'ol w'or t h's, a' \v hoi el uie o f J lu
in a
were ' wedding ceremony heLa
at the New Denver Buddhtei Church when Nancy Hatsue^ eJd^st daughter of Mr. and Mr?. S, Nishi-mura ot , New , Denver, B, C. and Mr, Masao Sasaki said their "1 doV on December i6. 'p^v. .Y. Asaka performed the 'ceremony. The bride, given in mai"riagt> by
JJi&r iathor,- wpre ^v floor lengln white satin gown With "train misted in a full-length -embroidered net, The veil was crowned "by a coronet of; ornngo .blossoms, l�lnK carnations formed her. bouquet. , Misg.Mary^Kishimura* sisster -of the brid,e, was v tho-brujosmau>: Wr: Tak Sajo supported the groom. A reception followed in thob'ud-
~dhist Hall.
The couple honeymooned . at Nakusp.
. AKAXAWA� INOSB
-'A quiet" wedding was solomnrz^a at the Faiimonl 1?t. Giles United Church in Outremont, Que:,'whon Lorraine Fur-ako, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kaiji lno?e of Kaslo,' B^ C. v.Tas joined in holy matrimony 'to Mr.' Ross* YosTiio Ak'ax^w?, thir<|^ son of Mrs. M. Ak"a?awa of -Montreal, One. O'M December 23, with Nov. K. Long offiqiniing.
The 'bn'de, j?iven away in mar-, rinpe by her brolher-in-law, Mr. Bert Muivkairn. was attended b\r Mi?s Takp.ko Nikaido. of Toronto; Ont:, an/l thr- p room, by Mr, Not--hian 'W-ata'nahc.;-:
A . rocoption; followed ��� at the �homo of ;M)-s, :M: Aknxawa. - ,;
Tho- baishakiiniiiip woi'oMr. and
Mrs. T.: Y, Nokagawa of Cluelpn,
/Ontario. , � �'"�..'-." '�''��::'�' '
11. RevY. Yothiok* performed th*
vtn Mr. Md Ura.
of Vehxm^ B.C*
the
acknowledges tht� veijr donation fipro Mr. Kijiro Shi�hido commcmomting hii d�u|chtern
, . ,
.Sincere \hank� Is -extended 'by The New;Canadlan to Mr. Selica,-ro Mqruki of Raymond, Altn.r for-nprty of l^mon Creek, B, C/for h�s kind donation on -the ocoa$*>;� his rtcent marriage; , Mr. and Mrs. Toyokiolu Hiro of ''>^ v "
vfornverly^-pf -vfiJew /)iiehy<lr^B;| Gi/ -wish^tpvj-cvNtieitd ^ipc<?^;:thVtyk!i::tO ^.HJ*^ Voxti^i^ish/:tho^ftrp ^Whi^
cd their'vhbmc^n
";^oyetnbcr J^(), T^biinkj?;-rtra Rlsb;^l^: : temlisj y^a" i^riciul^ If^r; the :m?rty^ ;. acts' of ;kindiio*ses;;at tlvJ time gf :tiTp lc�ss,; �; ";)� ^:--^^^:.':j^-v; ,';>ty" �;.^;Mr;vP|ck^
-Man.;.; wishes ;tb- thanK: ;<^11 his
frie'hds for kindricissefl extftnd<ed to :hfim duringVlii'S'^c^iifinepijorii'.-lii'^.th.e.;1 ^hospital-rind at homo following an
accident-;whilo^thrcsljing-: grain.
CARD OK THANKS
We wish to express our1 si thanks and deep gratitude for (ho beautiful floral wreatms words of sympulhy and kind-
ovoii u bathtub.
TTio. work war-, difficult '.and.can':-ihj?^ .were; -meagre ?o the family (jecidod to-'in jye into n .city after �th'�; 'fin t.�-h'avyc.pting. season /was,
�'.over.- :.: .-. :..��� �.'�'; " ':.-.- ;;'��.; ;� � � ';�'�.: ��"-' � . *"�����...*.'.�,-'� � '�. '.
Refsettlementj Education and ^ New Life 7
. largo aircraft factory.;�
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i-nd. a lot of tars" running up and '.'�do.vyn life strfetj . Nelson, i-; ; not such "a. large � city. Bxit. t-o the cHy-,bred who" hn.s .bceij /clp^tod in tho seclusion of a>); interior '�'.�liousin'g' centre, it . is a .>ighl for-lixngrpy;.'" eye*. Wo muft bo . a ' sight for ; huh,TJ'>v ;o-yos.': I'.oo -;.lhc wrv our. .money burns XVhrou.glr.th'e-./ho'lcs,..; in ; '
.._-. r. -
yokpi <pldost �;:da'tiigl'it'oiv of Miv.-'an'd
Mrs. Kijiro ohinhjdo -nf. pkjningnn . Centre. Bi- e. :to =M.ri Akira Shishi-rlo, fonnjjyly of Vancouyor, B.C. on
friends ^d f (he {i me of -tftir �'; l>er- ' : cavomelyr of our h^loA'od fatlver and graiidfathcr, . � ^: = Mr. ahd Mrs. john K. Deshirha
��:.:�" �';..;';'f Tnshme, B. .X; "��.
Jpc, Kumi and Tarna.ko Doshirnja : JMrs. T. Mvirasc/and ;FatnMy/ Mrs. T. Aoyftrna and Family
;.��: _u ...^^.^-'11^ Ix^mon vC.reek.-jB^ G� ->-
:; Nrw. Ocnyo'r, B.C.
Y. Murns(v and Mrs. <XTJliyasaKa
Hamilton, Ont.
A NICE GHR13TMAS; IN
They- felt more- secure;- living, in
.a decent, home:; Tak's. (ythev '. g"pt
"a vjcb- -with:; a" -wholesale: -drug/.- firm
�i5 n'd'; '-Tak; "vvas abie " .to Ift.mr. a job
in- a 'small iiHachinc. shop, ,Th > jVtm-
ily no.w.had a steady ^iirce of in-
.cpine,- nrvd--Tak^s\; younger 'brother
\vas : able; to go"; to - sc^hooJv : Tak
Vbw6d t:f^.t -liis brxitlier w6u'�l -b<\y�
.; ever-Vsi oppovtitnity Tor .:. e
lopping^
y'Van^-vihjii-: /complete; , his,:
within ^asy :^ancmg^distft^e^ By living^ :it hpme^^rid ;:workthg part-time ;tiuV-ing;vthe : summer'^ months heTtt^gKtTh^oul^w^^
' .-"-i' :-is
;� tlio/'coa'st he had:thought
: -(hiy he/wbuUl -return. Birt a/ ii'ni^.-"'
went. by;.he: became mori3 anV: more -
/convinced Vha't.:-.t!ict'.;: H^st; was /for /
'h.im." 'The.'.people ;weve4not- inr thd
-'�'o])ce:a; Jap.: always a: JanHTrame./
y oT: mindV:.:M;ikrn^':� :go)yd. first /im-/ ";
; 'jn'Cssi'ohr' wns^paraiiipAint -and ^Tak
-:� dui ;^'-bost; v>r;;;.; �; ^^^;^-~~^-i
'.��"v'-j'JVh'Crf.^.-i.np :nofi^; wn^yrec^ivevl/v :"that: tlieo. fan>V ' had .-icon .'.:Er>td...:'b.y :''; fthe cii:-tV)di^iv Tntvfoitjcrush'eiL/ff-O' vpnly:ith<?TarW-had^ betjY-^pKr^Jc?^;
r'its : true">-
^
; ;'.in;:.-duo''tt'mcvaft^jv Iwfti'iljii^; the .; Sloran-bpuruJ b\is-. wo/ arrivcii in Lemon Ci;eek. � v ' '�"�/'�';;� "/�"..:-:
Lotion Creek is "a ;- (lead.�'��place;.':' /Kyon Lemon' Cr.vp-kers" will agree. �-1'--11- ' --<ui.-.~ But riftt: without /thai '-� k% thoirpyoK; which is
T \Vri> irtiiU^ to; ?op -?i<> snow: nn the wlven 1-; was' coining ; the su>e- -lo
iHL But" from .-
:, :--h:�:rx;- " They r
ftimily ^ : ;ehcouraged him. Hor.'^prf.-' 'p'Hcd and enr^lledl^in : live-
'�'-�'� ~'<*-+*'^-~*^'^-=~'^'-^~-^-'r**+&>=jf �f-.S*-.'. 'mm~�l*'-. f*1.!.' ^>>'�'-~i-- '-^^^' J i-liiiiV
. .BeingVo^rTof. school for a long; ^tinve ;did ;noV deter Tak. iambitious; arid" si;[th: but purple in .mind^-get' as ucation a? "possible^jso ^i.e was at>ie to ;Ueep up; /*ith;:fhe/ rest- -of the class, At the jclose'pf>the~feVm;b�-rahlced; simong.-the top honor stu-..Hentsr Having iriajor^d in-.s^ci^Tice, "he came under .the Jurisdiction pf: .the W^rfjnie Btireau of,T>crvriical Per^hliei.'Through the aid of the Bareau, and wit!i ,bi5 ^ preylous-schoolinjr on 'aeroijatit:<�? -b>- <">r-be ��*� aW<"-to ret a
_. job ..' doing' stress analy?i^ - in a .
; the
- higiiway; lihd boejiv all forest anil ;.the. /nearest � neighbors :wereV th^ee; ~
t]iev% Had
t he :a rni iV.-tlfi ey;h]Td^fearec(-the. ..J.strid, "�vvoTketl I hnrd "ijrvslV built; /it^iip-f o f he \abundatvtly produc.fnir herrjT f arm.' ":. ?Tneir ; chj |d ren wfefc
- horn^- there an-d grew up on "i;the / rfnrrm U WaS; from here -.that tfie
- children weftt.^ off : to school each moniing ; . v And to learn that t?ie �_ property"- wa^ -"-Ol^ fpr a mere
:$0#U65less^' $5^00 for le^lvfc?>t " Tak-s ;parerj.t�; felt thatt ;thcy. ^ad �lci?t everything: r . ;.: '".they wore .to?? old. to s^art vro?n scratch -Again.; . Tak - wa? <te jested: at fi r?t . Ba^ that, the last ti> With- the was . �vered, T*k felt a
ray^:;
: �et;:;iintoV ~i Her-vis'ubjpct'/;;qf;:;';^'ly;e�4�
�-:Tho:--'^st^*n''"-:reiqc-cie's"'^
/0"r:.�V-.g_ho^ by. arfist^:F/A;^K; w>!l> give;>^iv; a
;fairVidea,;-^IthoiagKjhiJ could; Jhayc;
"c-xj>a"n(le/r a .Httle wore. ? -v : --
O;' B u tj-Lth p^_-w^K-e s/ -� Ve r e ^':_ hf ^vi r^!,
xtr6iiiWc3hsI^cefc:b>c^
;bDys: frpni 'theiv'oggmg . cani\>3 all over ^^TTWero! bjacK;for;^thG�r: hblir d^p; and; it; v^ i t he} f-Viror/ sex'^
�:V7vcjv.sii}cc:.'-t:hp;-eVac�|it:irtli^ ';] was the; first one out from my / � /
nov<M-: enjoyed .any "of m:y Ckrlst- �.- nice/cozy . hod; 1 lpjierioxl;'nir: my ^.i;':
'-uv:vs.rsv.'but U'�>;/,j'car^fnrllio .Ti.rst--1/-', privets.: imforc- : anyone Qlse a? ^-'^
� tjm�X-'nV�^^^ \\-x>ko;-;�-/, v:/. -';�--v �'�- /^/^^v. '�; ;{^;:;.: ,;;^ �moc ,.v,wlrt �v,,x ;� ;'A^..._.. �*��.; : -/V^J^ Utg^^,>^>c^;;^
barflc^t'��if)i uiiwrnji.. It was' wrap-; :- ;
pod nujptly ;in / luijK-i- and by.::th/e. 'V.
tinid - T. jfbt (loy/n to ihc' p|r^ent, ;:: . . ^ .....-.-.. .. �.th;orj?";;'.>vas':;;-'o^
:i w:ir> h;:])-py for we ;\vuVc'; to 1iyvov -� sera]) ririvp. ^Vt llui".OJ'u'io'f: unvyrapr; :^^ a: \vh:tc:-C-h"M^n^^;�flor ^^^^^ : ^Ay^;had;;a iiicc;/ChriMnias/irop,; ' ""' .ih� the hoWHe^;We;^siialfy:;JiavGr^a^; .troc/ cX;er\^ ycar.^,|:t;/Wiis ;a;;gr;viy:i;'.
- tVee^ with; ^parkjjiig:;jtocpra:l;l(>i)s ; \aivl ^uHrdiifHleil T>y:^viccly;. Ay^pjfed.":.^ .p;rescnt$V;-v:;X^^/V^Iv ^-"^:^�,^^:=V^.-- �;
Kl^^J^^'/p'o^^E^u^ plc^
^ to; P^ ^le; /nanlCs:yoY^;^
/frJDniis: '^hd Jmost: of; ^ -.
:3;nfi;g?�c!|nj^
: mar^v^H^l^. ^tenof:; vt<i\v^
j^b^:boinfj TriVV^on ,fot ^irlstr^
..,^_ v- ,i.i �--..�-.i-.-.t. �-..-.� was the .Chnsimas dinner ^wasn't
i;am;of tho:.typie^ who can't. wait ^ 'it ;ih(i sni before .Chrlstniji^ ar-. '"
-tjJrn^^^jypy-a.xrhahgjft of- c^encry^ vTwa3^>,said . thnt r{hyt!iin�-_ .With
.pants; oh- and grown.. Up was a.
.rarity Ik-fore i\\z bovs; gol home^ -
.. ; But ."..-I>eni6.n Creek :qr? ; seem -to thrive/orrlhis "dearl life.":, v -
-:: ��.;VFor.-; "e'n'ertai.hra'e'rjt, they- -have moA'ies once a week^ fJance^ once a
:. month, arid twMdlihg, ihefr thurnus
.the rest of" the time. ,: ' -': . ' .-: �:.:
". "."."��"- *"�"."-'/� """-"�.;�.' -;; '-" * - ' .-'..:""./
- Ht> �ne, arrtmtrjrh . frj a - ligftt'^r rnood /than -in the. prcx'iou> two ChriPtTTJases, <5e*-riied to. Have the Christinas jpirt except ."th�-.".|ittle-childr^Ji. This *pir^t--w�� exemr>!i-fied by lit t If Jimmy wh ?n I wen t "
. ^ hope all ;tho^ folkSj all; across
o^on�I.; iially^ I'm-->tiio '. sleepy . hea<r.of; the: famiiy-;but"oh this -day
^iinher.asvmuch as T did. . ;.
: v: V- V-^r - f - T:V ' By .S,
THE
find wlclosed $�.-.-.�; :..�< for which . � Renew ;my ffubscriptien . to- the New Canadian I � Enter 3)7 sub^ripitioji to The Xe v
�"''-.-'��-".' .V >Plea�e check.) -. �
-"��
have to concentrate all .hi? effort "rt"rtHiSwkri? Tfiorpie Th THp �sperw made by .the Prim�
out fbfe he could fJTKi :n the
__..- _.-,,.v'.
!��
at its To Trie
r?!hif�. K o� - ?M??rtwfW
V �" � �
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h?d;to have
tnee. Well, if nobodv wwoJ** *> T.. rt binwlf. H^ frr a backet with dirt md mick a tree ia it* Widr stripe of rt*�*