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lPoaUi—oij»ly,J—n i)estowed one of Hamore treasured gifts to Ca涵aしa、,紐edai Aw"rid fr卿tliei,"iDaiNi卯on Nokn^," The «wiird went tらthelate Mr, Yaiutaro Y^RJna".
TWa i m nilgrant who successfully bridged the great gap be-tween theland of his birth, Jf^n, and his Adopted country; Ca加da',鄉ated a haven ーich "rved the eldゃrly for almoぉ 幼i;jr"irs,,jn妙oiiia、H(Miae isや おhi hie to ーnゃ加im,s h"mfmity to his feiioVir man.
(In the past 6 months, ovゃr i5Q donations have been received at the:Homゃぉo加places1ike,k— hahia, Osaka, Los An然ks/ Van-coかev, Vernon, LiU6et,ぉurrey, Calgゅry, Raymond, Winnipeg Dj^dぉ,っBanie,Guゃlph, CJ6mber, W elland, London, 'Ottawa, Montreal 躬well as H&milton and Toronto.
last month a copjple inVaiV-ci)iiverlinage a gift of $5,000.00 in ms mゃmory.
Biography of Yasひtaro Yamaga; FouiiderofNi|>poiiiaHonie:
il886~"Yasiitaro Y鄉aga was born in1886 at To y oh a?mi-Mura, To yo to-Gun, Hirosihirtm-Keii, Japan. 一
He attended TadaきUinふ (High School.
ii術—At age 2;; Yamaga arrived in Seattle on the sMp Agi Maruぉnd worked for the Great
190&~HHe read Jiro Inouyビs ai'tide inも he Japanese p丰r urging immigrants to seUIe on theIan id mst^ad of bらiれg trajisientlaboi?r-もrs and moved into Canada and settled at Port Hanejr,ぉriUsh Columbia in1908.
He peeled and soldぉarbei'ry b ark j and triぉさmanyoddjcibs.
i91^—jれl分l移Yamag汰bought ?O狄res ofland in I^rt Ha"ey化 the Fraser V汰lle玄.
1920~«From》さ2Q an (J for many years, Yjimjig&taught Sunday Schoolwi,hヌrs. Yoshinoヌt the
Ohristian),纟n Han?y*戶 appfれmted and was very toucもed 他e I^ev. A,C. Hampton and other Caucasian ieaeliもi"s who shawe4k'mdn€^sand co^icem for forJ妙an狄childem so he i/o:v^-もdおdo the saihe. "V^amag在also helped 9柳i)ほe English dasses espjeciaily for J邻aneきe mothers (bzMes) and youths.
1924^Iiil鄉Yamaga beゃame President of t]^€ Parent Teachers Association ofAlexamier Robinson Schoolin Port Haney. For many years hらdevoted time and effort to help wはh the problems of suitable clothing andlunches for the students, and to promote understanding and better relations between the teachers and the quiet Japanese Canadian eWldren and their parents. らYa飾g沐wa« also-a Vice-Presi-
dent of the Maple Ridge'PTA andlater or the BC Provincial PTA.一
1925"^Ai'ound :1926 therie was consMeraWe hpstility in the Fraser Valley arek and the talk of "Anti-Japanese" IBXJ. Land Law,, wais yery、tronespiedally hv theゃaipeirs.Y雄aga w enいto th,; Goyemnient' in Victoria, ifoiiーandhladtTfi"lawpost-J)oned. He w&s vei'y conceined andafi'aiすthat ift)1i3law cam" In forcも,Uie Japanese people in B.C?*wou][4 not be alio wed to buy land, Hke the ,'Anti-。rientia1 I^and Law" enact fed and enforce-in Caiぱoi:ma inlぉひand Oregon ml&23. ;
Yan;i在ga 、vaさa !eadei'an4aレ ways Strove for goodI'eiatioiis with the Eln'or)もan Canadians in 沐e c6mmvriity. When 、 many
peoがe complained of the Japanese far加ers usingaynamitも to, <;leaii, trザ,きtiimp8 on Simdays, he aさked the farmers not to do "heavy, noisy" work on Sunday, but to do quiet wひric in secluded areas. Manyぉrnieギs protested saying "it iさmyfarni and I v/i11 woゆhow I please" (but eventually aftもr much persuasioi),t)hey toned down their activities on Sundays. The Japanese farmers worked very hard andlong and were able to clearland five times faster than other farmers.
1犯7^^Yanlaga waぉfluゅt in English api(lworked constantly to improve intei,-i'acial relations; He questioned why Japanese children could not participate in MayDa:!^ feさtivities丄May Pole dances and parades—amithe first May Queen of Japaiieseanc-ry waschosen;in1927.
!In1927- Yamaきa piganized the Maple lUdge Berry Growers (Jo-operative Exchange. Japanese farmers gi'e、y^ abaut 63% of thも SQfもfruit in thぐFfasei,Va】ley, but did'iipt: know h<y<iv to market them and 、vei.e selling at vieryloW pri<^€^ Through the (!Joゃp町ati" Yみm&gキゃas ablゃto sell in an orderly manner; at訓dibeはer pricもs which enabled tl^e"farmers to haive siifficienぃearnings to carryキhrough to tlie foilbwing
1933~~Yamagにarranged to "-pt)rt ireshきtraw berries preserved "SQ2 (Sodium Dioxide) to London, E ng ほ nd.
1934"1934, 2,0(|ひtons, of strsiwberries were e?tpprted to Engiai^d, despite competKion from alocaV processor, GUI and Caimもi'y. Yamaga maintained stable prices for strawberr5r, raspberry—and other fruit crops and "-operated with the Saankh Berry Co-学rative near Victoria, B.C. to controlthe marketing of strawberries.》Iaple Ridge Berry Growers Co-operativelater merged to form Consolidated Farm"s AssodaUon with many no n-Ja panose farmer members.
1939L__^ln1939 Ya腦ga wrote a
book "Co-operative共nd Market-ing Control"pi'efaeed by i%)fes-sorんF, Bamさsひf the linive'r-
1941— Yanmg汰was appointed もy the Government to thp Settle-melilt Committee" to coDsid&rfcida and tendersんr the farins in the Fi,aserVjOleyto be 3(>ld to Veterans. But he was veryoutrage(J wiゎh the unfair practice, and thき e乂t;remeiy1ひw,jpr(cesJ)einぉ々Q-n,
一d and he resigned f?*om the Committee.
1942— やYamafea Jfam"y yvas sentto relo(;ation "ゃanip in
Tashme> B.C.—:一 :一一一 1948"^erも-locきtもd to々0 Mile House in t he Calib ou district in
1913G—Yamjaga and fa m i1y mov6d to . Ham膨n, Ontario (where his mari,iミd daughter lived) ii>195もBeingapei"Scm 、vithgi'ei^tcoriipas&kmfoi'his fel-ヽ1q、v men and a triie humanitarian, hぉwas aware of the need for "Home" for senior J邮anese Ca-
1958—1 n1958, Yamaga "taW Hshed "Ni卯bnia Home," aResi-dericef(u' e!d畔ly Japanese Cana-
di&i^sニtheーf,i^sぃofーiU-ldnt in Canada"^ith18 beds, Ori three aci;es ofland in Beamsvllle, a gai*den spot in the Niagara4is-ti'ict of Ontario.
Many people voicied'oppo&ition saying heケwぉdoing it jfor h,3 "ego." He hきd few siゅporters at the time—but hもgave Wslife 耶vinぉs and Hterally hぉ"lぱe,, to' the Ho me. His cousin, Mrs. Ue-mura of Albeぉencouvage4 Wm wittiWdoiiation of多10,000. Tiie late Revetもnさ:T. K ami y a ma
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Winnipeg Sansei
Sansei has been named (でolfer of the Yeai'"by the Wiimipeg Golf Association, He is :L8-yeai.-old TeITy Hashimoto, now attending the University of ^Immi on a goぱscholai:ship. Ten.y flew in to Winnipeg for the award — whiclihe didn't know he was to receive..- '■ ■ ~~
"Hash,,' who came wiUyan excellent acceptance Speech飞vas rin"ier-up the Canadian JuiUoi' "ctuaUy, he "ecj for second), rumiei'-up i!r tjie Manitoba Junioi',low individualin .tぉe Junioi'Ii、t^r-Club, won the Wilde-wood Junior Open a lid Portage Opei>,ゃ'asiurmcT,up at Car man and tiedforlo、varrtatevir in the Manitoimひpen. What else?
Sa;-d ilasiiimpto: ノノ
"I coujdn,t t^elievc it, but when you come this far you've got to be prepared "with something. I 、vai)t to thank the MGA,Labatt,s, the people who voted for.'nie and the media, allof whom gave me t,rte hi:cent:ivetoplaybeはer my next time out. Also rr^y parents 、Vho insx)h'edme、yith theirlove and confidence no niatterli0w bad thingslookedtonie, especially wはh my beinga、vaダfroin yU)rne for the first time. Ihdpe yo^lLing ■ golfers'-'here- —aiid .'aci^oss. C?in3da get the same chance that
'Said Hashimotolatei.,"ぱJ (lon,t make it as a pi'o:foui:yeai's む6mno、vふtle卵t I,llhave some-tiding to fallbがk <m with a deれee. Hopefully."—ゃibune.
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By Alla 11 Kobayashi
THUNDBR BAY, Out.一 A t the annualfall banquet 6f the Thunder Bay Angling Club held at the Airlぉe Motor Hotel,November 19, the Seミji Inouye Memorial Trophy was presented to th:e club by Frances Inouye. This trophy is to be awarded annually to the club member 、vho catches the largest pickereland is a gift from the In oil ye famUy in memory of the late Se;ji Inouye who was an ai'dent fミヌheman and 3 charter men、W of the club which was formed inl亂The fh'st 、vit、nei, of the trophy :3 Dave Hmiguchi
who reported a pickerelweighing lOlbs. ;13 oz,
Orte other awartl、vas presei、tefJ to Kay Hibi whpreported the largest pikeV Becaリse of (^enten-?iia】acUvities in Thunder Bay the number of iin tries was down in compai'is<?n- to .Qtiieに'"'years', :A^t previous , banquets, prizes were awarded forむsh caught in the lake trout, speckled trout, and bass categories as wellas pickerel and pike. The main function oi the cゅhas been to bring together me ml)eis of the Japanese community for an informalsocial occasion. A (,erhy is planned for next year.
VANCOUVER, B.C. —Another : year comes to a close for one of the most active groupiミ;inVan、 couver,thもKotoEnsennble.
Highlighting this Japanese'Ca-nadi<Ce!itemiialyear 、vas the opp011unity,ぉllroughthもsupp;t of the Minister of Aliilticultura-Usm, to have14 guest musicians froniJapan perform with the Jocal^Ji8ei,Sゅseri^ot0 sindents at the QueenぉHzabethゃ!ayhouse on Saturday, Ju】y 22,1977. The folIo、ving a?:ticlき.was 、vritten in the Vancouver Province N^ws-■ paper:
, By TED WING
Musicaldiscipiine, visual beauty and tradition of centuries cametoigether ai Queen E,izabetli l)layhousきon Sal^^day night: / when the Koto JJnsenJ^e — with 14. giiest musicians from Jai>an 一pres印ted. progfa'rn in cdm-印er1119ration of tjJieJapanese-Ca-nadほn centennial.
The pro gram :was t; on posed of instrument a la nd vocalensembleさ arid solo d^ces. The piecesi wei'も performed with stately ceremony and grace and tliei^^panese costumes ぐomi)hied with skilfulstage light in]g to ci.eaite effective moods and visualdisplay.
Playing prominent roles in the program 、veiでthe three musical instrumeiUs chiefly associated with traditionalJapanese music:/^ thekoto, the shaku-hachi and tihe
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