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Enthusiastic Crowd at Centennial K id Miff B抓quet
By SH肌EY YAMADA (Continued fromlaM issue)
Greetings weregiv^n by His ぉxcもllency, Yasuhiko (Nara.   He I mゅtionサ他at Japanese women were of ten in the forefront of
ly surprised that a >wonian wks not thefirSt settler dnぶan汰di! (.?Mノs n<>te: Shefoilowe.d within the dedadeにMivNara, in1琳7,)
Roger Ob at a then addressed tHe"thei'inさgiving ci.6ddt 、や those whoihadvA)rIced and still aro "working so hard on tih& Ge-tennialiBvents. He' summarized the his旨y ■of the Japanese Ca-Tifuii卿and described the Cent, epniaias a time to evaluate, to refkct and show appr狄iation "for this great and beautifuleo. Wtry which welove and in which we take enormous pride. The depth oif ourlove and loyalty l)幽beenWmpered in aci,u-cible of fire and 'has notもeゃn found wanting,"
Buぃmo&tofaU， he suggest おhe comrounはyl(?ひk ahead tow-， ，i'4s the se^iond centm'y, proud
卞hぞir heritage andcont;inuing to be good(Sit;izeni3 of & mulHcul' tural'natioiiby maぉmg 'ぉhei^ contribution to (3anada，sgrもat future. ノ
Introduction of the Guest Speaker was done .bjr Taiiimyぉai"uニ bas!ii， V iれPresident of the J CCS anォalsodi&iTか:an of thecrucig-liy-imik)rtantFvmdDi"ive. Senator Or oil has, of course, had along犯d distinguished carもei inlaw and government. Pdrticiu larly r elevent to thもJapanese Canadians was his,couraきe(HiS stand dfor their civ卩rig}iおduring the eva<mationゃeriりd and inwnedi&tely thereafter, a period duringや/hi di f€、y dai'ed, or C3-I'ed, to. Speみk ouゃagainst;も he in〗usHces'i)e嗎i:petrated :On t)i<)u-sands of innocentpeop!e, mpst of then I Canadia;n ciぉまens.
ヌr. OoU i(knぉfi€4d easily with th e immigrant Japah ese aさhも eame from Russda in ;VpOO. IJe pointed out that mii)orit.ies make up 32% of the population, the secondlarg€st,gi》ui), in Canada alid are now coming dnto their own. Today as 、ve read of acts
Scholarship Fpr Suzuki
OTTAWA — Dr. David Suzuki was one of fiれy miiversity scientists and scholars who have been awardeさmore than $1.4niUH(m in scholarships, the Canada CouncH ann01:need recently.
The10th annualI.W. Killam scholarships are awarded for research projects of farォcaching si'gnifieance to society. Di、 Suzuki was awarded a special senior research scholarship.
"The Japa鹏se C抓adian:1877-1977"
ofがscriminみtion against various ethnic g柳ps, he stated, the people shひuld ev&r (be on guard to
"t^ke多ides JTor a united Caim-da." -
The Senatorもhided Japanese Canadians foi''bei*ng too ，ith-di.a、vn， pai'tiicularly in tihepoli-tjCalfield, and invited them to iake part inは，for "pひIi"cs is power". Aはhough 'he understood thdireason forゅeh, i^ticence in putUng thei}is—ves ;fon—ard, he g汰ve mきls砂pioi't dn」his worぉ， "you willn^vei，'bealoiieagaiれ. ..に，nmkfc your presence feは.:. it's a country wort)h saving "nd you have an importanti"ole to Play." .
Tliie entireluidicnce shpwfd tii-eif :h斷t-;feはjthanks to《his gentleman witih a prolonged stah-cUnさ:ovaUon. Mikio iNa"mul*a pfeぉntecレColonelCi'oll:\vitiia painting done by KazuoHama-: zaldi ^ 、v ell-known Nisd g;rtist. T!)G beautiful"water-color Wras left:for a time on displayihUie
yen■ where it was mu(?h adnni-
Mr. K'ojimaKashima,l).rcsri(レ ent of th(j Jssei-bu, sp.oke. of tihe Naきano Family; then George Nagano, the 'ph6tographer's favorite, aecQlnpanicd by Mona Kado-n汰g汰，kit the dias foi，the cake cutt;ingcei'emcmy. The confection ■vyas especiallyぉaked and donated ぉy the Pr〗nc&Hot(?LAinidsti fl&3hhigぉul'bs an4 good-natmでd ribbing, <^€oi'g" aided 'by Moim， made severalcuts fりr the benefit of tlie media.
KimiQ Suyairia handled h【きduties admii'ably in introduciiig the NiKkaF印UvなlDano6r& whゃ performed 'tWo niiml)ers， 'much to the d?;light of th。audieiicもwlvich includ64hotゅstaff力 he back wails. Miss Centennial、yon falis allgenei'atぉns 'by sin-gingsゅgs in Eiiき】islv:れd Japanese. Witihhe«r self-confidence andミi)ariding personality,' she should do veryへveilindeed in the irpcoming Missヌikkei International (Contest in Brazil•
、Thon the crowd reallyletloose まh continuous dancing to George Frank's Orchesbra. A long CO Tig aliれe wound throug>h the tables and rmiltici^lturalisnv was given aもoast wdth an erratic i，emliUon of the hora.一
As the even— 、voumldown, t;h(i photographs were already being pacikM "for ash owing in Hamilton, and other events coming up 、vcie discussed vパth great enthusiasm inlight of the successful opening .banquet 、vhich aiigurs so wellfor the Centennial Year.
AU who cameleft feeling tired and happy, gratefulto have been part of a splendid evening to mark & very specialtime in Canada's history.
Anyone wholemem'bers the 1967 Canadian Centennialand もhe ovmvhelming sense of pride it engendered in allCanadians willempathize st，gly wifth today'sぉpanese Canadians. Th，:s is theia' centennialyear and the NationalMuseum of Man is co-op era ting" to m ake it a festive celebration. :
The CanjwUjVn Pi，emiei'e. of the Pjiゥto—'phic exhibition "Thゃ 卩apaneseCanadほn;1877 -1977" 、ViUbehd、dintheloynge of the National ';^iu[seum of Man fTom May17 througih June 30,1977.
The , exhibition ，vas organized by t'he Japanese Canadian Ont-ermialSociety in Vancouver and ti'Hices the history of the Japanese? in Canada from theなri'iva】 of tihe first i'm'migi'artt， Manza Na&'ano hi1877, to the present,
HistoHcalphotographs' and textai'eusはto describe the impoi'tant and drair^atic rひk Canadians of .Ja[)panese origin hayepluiyed in C叫a4a，sdeveレ ophient.Thephotograiphs depict the v/orkand、soふia1Me of Japanese Canadians from fishinゃ Joggjng， mining and mikoadirig
to weddings, fuiveraland reU-gious c ele> brat ions.
The exhibit also traces the history of !vrejudice、and discrimination against the Japanese which culminated in the】oSs of their property, intern me まin prison camps, dispersalto other もaii,ts of Oan&da and dejK^rtaUcm to - Japan.
That the Japanese Canadians smャived this traumatic experience' is ati,ibute to theircliarac， er an& to their genuinelove for their country. They put W11ernesケ
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TUESDAY, MAY '24,1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO I
I am pl(iasゃdtocxt印d my gi"eetiリgstひallthoseぉa咏ered tひg ether to mark tI he centenary of the arrivalin Oginada of M'anzo Nagano. I "vyish tihat r were able to with you this evゅingtojひ':n、vithyoui1) yき'activities jind tp exiperience ゎh(? .great sensさofpride that is rightfully fe】t by allCJaila-dians of Japanese origin.
Yqu are mai'k〖ng;toi、ightan annivea'sary of natiojiぬSigni' ficance,More importantly in my mind, you arecelebrating a triumph of the human spirit.
Oiu's isanopeiisociety, 'b]iit :it has not always :beeiy so. No1'have the benefはs ofplui'aljsm Always been apparent to Canadians. The bui,den of iiitolerance and pr^ejudice haさnot been iniknひwn to members of j^our c<immunity. To your great credit, yovir response ih aさbeen one of dignity, of fひrtdtude, and ofdispipHne. Thきconti，ibutions which yoii and your :^6re-beai's ihave made to Canada ai'ei'ich jbeyondcalculatii^n. In pei,ミo(U of adversity as iひカhose of opportunity) onoccasiohs ofintoler"c(^ as in instances of justice, youliaveremainqd firm .in your comniitraent to beUei;ing the Canadian coiri.mu-:.:nはy，-..:
Your record as oitizゃns is ^videきadmired tihi'oughout Canada/ and ei放i)ortanもcontributions ;madeJ>yso<many of your members is deeply appreciated.
The JapaneseCもnpdiancoinrhunity is anim|>ortaTit con-tiibutor to the Tidmeミさof 6in' cりanti'y， and to the ]jiveliries$ of duf society.tIjelieve . it important that weTnaぉtainsucli a society, and thatヽveeniphasi zも.the character of our Co lin^jy as one ofmuUiple origi nis. For that greason the Canadian Government c;o^ntinues to encourageきachせゎhnic cpo;nmuni;ty to honour its ownlanguage, culture^and cystoms."yV"e seek the preミervaUortkrid enhancement of a society in whicr11Canadians .、of allculゅralbaゅgi，oimぉa:^in.oudoftheiroi《ghis，ridcoiV" f id lent of theh' personalities—
I conはatulate you on this occasion and 6ffもr every good 、vishfりr the continued happiness，vRaぉtyan4 creativity of Canadians, of Japanese origin.
-PierゆEUiott Trudeaii， （Htawa,1977.
Message FromCumbericmd,B,C
Ed MV)tc: The foliovring congratulatory message is from fhe Corporation or the village of Cumberland, Cumb^rlana, RC.
May 9,1977
Japanese Canadians of Canada Dear Friends:
On behalf of the residents and Councilof the V川age of Cumberland I 、vish to offer our sincere congratulations to the Japanese Canadians on the CentennialAnniversary of your immigration to this country.
The contribu"oi、of you an J ym画r people to the development of Canada is tremendous and hoteworthy. We wish you continued happiness and prosperity.
Yours truly 、Vm. Moncr"、f Jr. Mayor
ReicさRdatbnis
KEW;i^ORjt— Author Mぇdii Weglyii，s "Years of Iivfamy,， was recnitly selected as a recipient of ゅeAnisぉield-WoぱAw一In Race Relations. Ms. We^lynV documentation of the Japai)ese American evれcu"ion ノ、vas (ihosen ficxr the award by a three person commUteGconsisUngof: Dr. Ashley Mont，, internationally famoリ.s anthrひpひlogistaiuTsocia】 bio】og;sぉDr. OscarHandlin of Haまrd University, educator aひd Pulitzer Prize 、yinning 'historian and Ms. (^、vendolynBj"!:^oks,pQ^t and noye】ist and first Aむ0^ iVmeri6an to wきaPuUtzer Prぉe (for Podvy，1950),
T，ー DedicatecT To A6トleers
PUKUOKA; Japan — A temple dedicated jto peppleさtigagぉin the makii:g ofi r on加d steelhas recently been completed on the outsorts of Fukuokく Cはy i" Kyushu, soutton Japan. The all-steel temple is a new departure 广i'om tiaditional temples of 、vood"1construction.
The temple uses weather-coated COR-TEN sted and other steel materials andミs appropriately i腦ed "Tekkakuji". The name, "Tokkakuji，，， composed of three kanji the first of which is "iron，，， is takei〗after the famed Kin-kakuji (Go】d Pavilkm) and Gin-kakuj': (Silver Pavilion) in Kyoto.