„ Pays Tribute to Ma幽Hay ashi
TCmO辨O. — Over100 well wishers from departmenits throll gh out ;t I he Hospital for Sick Ghiレ dr"1astononゅattended a farewell tea forMa;^ttift^ H肚yasJii of t/he Department of Rreereation aiid Volunteers,
Mrs. Hayashi has been on staff for13 years汰;nd has cheered pa^
7A and B,他e她f!oor iHhematology i)a/tients a Old ijhildren"Wはh Ilead injuries on SjF and G. Most rccーly she 'has ihandled the difficult a'きsigimentひfpr0vi^inぉrec-' 1でation f她e uatieitts oif骗ぉ-ol&tion wards, 7C, D and E, whe-re ohdldren must 'be yisited in<n-vidually in their rooms and visi-tprs onust dbuTWe gown and wash before and after conta)ct with eaolichild. 'Mrs. Hayash'i :felt枉 specialcompassion fp«r these chiレ diep who don,it I have the cひmpa-nionshipゃf other patieirts,在tw? slieihelped them to歸ke ;ioャely ■wallha"nーぉatid mひbilぉto brig"hten theirT06mミ.
'Lan?^iCJiirsぉnsen of Recreation, who joinedぉhe Department Jibo]Lit the saiihe 'time, says, "iMaa*, tlia is the'imost fantastic pらrson ヽvぉen it <somes to being creative. I Jl]ave ■ never:.known .anyone 'so creatiye — she can draヽy circles aroundaUoJ^ us. She hasa!ot of pablもnte with cihndren,ぉd she ぉ;^nexti'emely posれivゃ])erson, She h;asneversaidヌbadword a-bwt anyone." Ellen Sanders adds that ''If M"rtha "was upset it was 诊irasitU!atkm, never with ople.,,
I)irectoi* of Volunteers Jeap Fader commented " the tea that it was a "tJremゃrt4ous e3cゃerience" w(n,ldng:W,t]ii^rs. :ri&yashi and tihait th^m^ndsofcWldi'en were helped ttnでu沐theii.hoきpitalizsi, tion ]by her warmOiand gゃntle imd<irsftaiidii>^. Mrs.Hayashi、 is so inventive she can turniterns most people would consider junk into toys and crafts, Slie and ycj-lup:teer Riitih Wilson designもd
kits for the chdldren in i糾-ゅon and jure now col】aibo加tiTvg on a craft (booklet. Once volunt-eei8 ,througHひut他e 'Hospitalstudy this bookもhousaivds ofoh, ren e—yekr willcontinue to belief it from Martha's skills knd inventive ideas ((though the cfin崎-e4 products willnever磁tdh h改 levelof craiftnmnship).
The high regard people hav« for Mat他多,as Tofleote^ in the fBct that Recreation staff personally made the hundreds ol cookies alid square for hm' tea and patients crej^d 't)he colゃrfulfloral <:errtrepiece, Miitiyひ^ staff meonbers TetuTned for沐e 6cca* si on dnolIuHng CarolLord, P aniline Hobbs (Lumby). J肌e Grab ti€e, UrsulaW^ortoiv.(Whitehou-se), Dave 'SaneIs and Pat White. Tliegig,aivtic fきreAve11"rd (also made by a patieitt) was^'ぉer頌'y covered with signatures aTidcom-m紐ts suoh as "y。u have bee" an inspiratioTitりus all.Thanjc you!"
In, "decorating" Mis. Hay ashd with a bi^nze Hospitalme^daUion; and p1re9entingノ)1er yvゅ:tlie:fciot-' stoolpu?H?hased by lhei'manyぉo-spdt;ぉfriertds, AsijisltantAdr^ini-由a"totKeimeH;h Rowqreferredれ the1h鹏ーtariaTV fee〗ingsぉnd 'hらart she put into her work and stated tjhat she would be missed by the ch"dren, byliei,associalもs anci by the volunteeis. Mrs. Hayashi i:eplk>dtjhathei'heJart wぉfmed,ifch a wonderfulぉ61, ing oflove ajid support, and that eadh day 'liere had been aieさl joy. There was a standing ovation wh<ii> she announced that she in妙tretuiiia& avolurit, when shewas:feeldngabはstronger.
Mrs. Fader summed up the feelings of tl?osiB aitt^h-ing 、v)ien she said, "We can never replace Martha .If sl?aff member? 'had numberslike hockey players, I would re.tirもSirs/,
passed away suddeniy on August ,26th,1977.
SA'PPORO (Kyodo) — The Soviet Uivion and J^^pan have b<ythlaid claim to the foui northern islands east of Hokkaido, but a Kushiro dty historian Wieves he has found evidenゃe that Haboma" Shikotan, kunashiri amd Etひrofu actually belortg to J迈(pan,s Aihvu poople.
、Local historian N々rioTsudh)iya, 68, said h edi soovere(i proof ol
Ainu claims to the isllands in a document presented tとthe-Ak-keshi ChiefMagisftrate's Office in .1856. The documervtcorwerns a la Iid disj)ute be^een Nemuro Ainu a J id Kushiro Ainu ovei owmjTshipひf theiNisihibetさu River running through eastern Hok-
'Tsuohiya was able tolocate the 0riginald06ひment of the dispute
wit)h YaBuzo Kag«, 72,ひf Akita Prefecture, a descendant of the translators of the dociunenVTet-suzo Kaga and son Denzo,
He said ii; revealed that tho Ainu believed that Noimiro atid theヌui41Iさlaaids were their r,ghぱu1territory, but that in 1782 theMatsumae clan of Hokkaido built & trading post on
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lit Qr0楊nfdrpMi^iciint 一 Japan 6豕《 Origin
Vol,41—67
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO
fSAJvT FRANCISCO, Calif.~~The ^yendy Yoshimura Fair Tria】 GommH)tee issued "staitement recently to ゅank ,thel,マOO perscms wiho suppりrまibhe effort and to rep&rt : the finネncials]tat柳ejit foliow ifngおlie closeof他e central treasury in Fiもsn6, as of July 31.
The Northern Calばomial;reas-ui,y,loca;ted at 330 Ellis St" San Franciscoお102, \viU continue to receive any contribilit ions.
Theccmirnittee also said that there、voリld be no fui'bhermajw fupdraising effort.
In expressing ttianks to the put>Hc, tihもcomniiもteeleUerr, co-sigiv^d 'by!Miikeiwatsubo, Lloyd K, ^Vなke and K6ujiNakatfis效iid:
"Our effoはs on behalf of Wendy Yoshimui'a have extend^ over a period ofやyear andonト
-"Despite the. veixlict, we have seer I soTnも.v&i'y Va〗'u;Eible:: i*e suits' fi'ひm om'.efforts.
"Wendy and 'he.かfamiily have experienced the suppoi、t a laxige com'rminity of peひple that extends across the U.S. and in-
94-Year"OkTFci怖er CHmbミMt, Fuji
TOKYO.
farmer fromゅu他eirnjaipan has scaled12,385-foot mount Fujiや become theoldest jperson ever to
He prpnlptly annQunced his intention to contirtue climbing the mo u nit a in untilhe turns100.
Fukutaro Tald歸to of To幼 city of J a pan *s southern island of Shikoku made thもc】imb with hisぉ-yeir-old eldest 'son, Inem" and three ot^her climbもrs.
The^^reachedthesunmdt after a きhour climb fronvもhe mountain's fift)h station.
In deference to his advene" age, Shin to priests opened tlic| inne'i:sanctum of the S^ngeii Shi'ine atop Mountぉuji to moto. The shrine's alぉr is nor-maily closed toolimfcers.
Tik肌moto first set the old age jreiCord when he她de hぉmadden climb of Mount Fuji at the age of 90 m mV
S柳ti鹏nt Am抓g S鹏Msts: Resignation To Fate
(lee<l,intoひbhei,cQunti)ies.
"In做:^i^ocess of the itiial'all of us ihaveconietoumi&rs*a]icl more clearly that the system of just ice as、V€ now experience it leaves a (lotわひbe desitred,わhat justiis exteruled unequally," bhe statement rea^,
WemJyYoshiimm'a, in a no pen letter to her sirpporters also y0k5e"imi1a1.attHudes德ch she faced dudng Uiecひurse of <the trial.
State public defender, D<inms Rioi'dan, is presently 'handHng 邵pealj> roe ess, Attoi'neysjirn Larson ami Gaprick L^w 、v川 assistヌiordan.
The commiUee said it willdo its best to 00one as close to the mutuallyafi'eedリpon多站,OOO at, to nley fees. As わ his day ,the !赋tonleys have received about 多19i,600, AVhich includes $5,100 in direct(ion,inbutioi)s在n4 about 多14,500 through他exornmれtee.
TJve ccmim沐tee indieat(3d re. ceipts of多40,62;3.33 with jbotalex-pen^iituresiimning多39,043.94 leaviTi:gabalaTicもof多1,ゆ28.39. A balance oif approx hilately多I,IOO 威l—i:emain ?jfーゅe,st of mailing reports to1,700 supporters are化cluded.
TOKYO — Fat peop】e have shorterlife spans arid participants in Japan's oldest and most tiaditicmalsj^ort of sumo are among the fattest people in the ■world.
It is thus no surprise that the average sumoist willdie in his ea由or niid-50,s, considerably younger than the meflian Japanese male who willlive past 70. Their early demise is directly related to gross obesity, that opens invitation to heart disease,ふ:a betes, gout andliver and kiか、ey problems.
The sudden deaths in thelast few months of severalprominent retired wrestlers has focused attention もTi the serious health problems engendered by the rigors of this ancient sport. Some have eve 11 begun to question the morality of a sport which encourages people who from a medical point of view should be on a crash diet to Add even moTe bulk to仏?ir already bulging bodies.
The problem is that in sumo it is often the rather than the mひsdes that determines a ch雄-picm, The match itself genierally
lasts only a maはer of seconds, with the win going to the歸n 、vho eはher forces any part of his opponent's body to the ground or drives him out of the15-diameter circle.
Strength anclendurance are of course important, but as the two massive bodies explode into each other in the center of the ring U is essentialthat the sumoist have theleverage, balance and cushioning of a corpulent stomach and beefy hips andlegs.
There are no upper weight restrictions in sumo, and gaining
weight is a promiiient part of sumo traimng. The young sumoist, is fed a rich diet of rice, a Uikk meat stew, beer and sak<j (rice wine) to fatten him up for the 'bigleagues.
By the time he reaches 'his peak in his !ate 20,s 'he willprobably weigh around140Idlograms. There* a,でalmost no top wrestlers under100 kilograms and some wills\ve" to over180 kilograms.
The heaviest sumoist in the top ilivis'm"i)ow is vet<n.an Jは,ゃ
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Wendyグ0shimur3^]1as pe加ed in her own handwritiiig, the following letter to each supporter in ag;estin'eof gratitudearid appreciation for the assiぬnce: Dear Friends,
I wouldlike to express my appredation and gratitude for the contribution you have given me towards mylegalcosts. W"hout the help extended to me by thousands of peoplelike yひひrself and many others 、vho not only put •forth the bailmoney hut also the h'、m" ami hours of 、vr>rk in my
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