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Pioneer Family
Thie Kozukislived on the Chiレ co tin TO ad, a*bout six miles from town.LiiyYecalls deer and moose coming to their door8t^p~~"They knew the y"wen でsafe from us^^^we weren't alIo,<I to have any gims," shelau由:
Although the Kozukis were happy "living inゎhebush,,, time came fo?* Ed to go ito school,and 化eylooked fot a placせin town. ,It、vasn'(tea3yto:fin<ione——tilieir neぉed A house, tlie:family had grown to se"n Ayith the Mrt)v of Roy and'Frank and fewlandlords wanted to rent to a big famny, especially aもig JTapanese -fairii y ,:,:::■:■■■:.:,■:」
IMwy approached George Abby, 、vho rented thもm a iVoUse and "who was good to us." Abbんwas an Englishman and Lily recalls him with affectiりn. After a while the Kozukis、vere aきto buy the house and "that Avaa how Uip motelgot started."
When eight-yeat"-old I^d went t。き0 to school,however, there was so much'i'esentmentsUllfoi: the Japaneseわ hat the wasi.ノt allowed to at first.
"The schoolboard had a special meeting to <iecide if he could go," Fred rememibers. The Koz1;1ki3 didn,t aはend the meeting, but friend and mentoi'Roderick Mc-Kenzie did, and came to the Ko-zuki home after the meeting to telltheni Ed would be'aUo\\fed to go to school.
"Thekidswei'e 'beはerto Jiim, he did getteasedbutセhebiggもst pi,6blem wasson)e of bhe adults," the Kozukis recall.
With jobs stillhard to come by, ゆe Kozukis to ok whatもver work they could CO me by. They grew さl>igおa r den, sold vegetables and eぉgs, aりd the men worked at odd jobs.
In sf)ite of this, "、Walways hadiioo丄oひ』liにtable,a roofs^ver— ourlieadき,clean clothes to 、year ajid the C3hi,diでh always had toys uhdei.'ゎlie tree atっhi'istmas,"Lny says.
Thejr gained a reputati々ri for ha;.d woi,lc along the 、yぼtoo.
In194(3, the elderKozulci returned to Japan. His wife had been visiting J a pan ,when the war broke out and of courseおad to rem由t herきwhile 'hにfamily were in Canada. She had a stroke and was in pooi. heath by the end of the war and her husband went on the !ast repatriation ship to be with her,
It wasn't until1948 that the
Kozukis — and other Japanese も
Canadians — were allowed to own land, travelwithout pe_rn、ission and weie free from otheri.estric-t,:ons,
Along the way, Fmlbecame what his wifelaughingly calls ('a pretending amateur carpenter," Digging sepUc tanks by hand was one of his specialties, she recalls. His first major job was building
a root cellar for Dr. Avery at the A & P Randh, Done iby hand, 'U took over three months }>ut this jobled to bほger and better things.
iFred saystlmt on his first construction job he didn't even know
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how to hold a saw properly, but helearned.
:"Jn those days it "wa, easier to get started as rough eai'penter. You could take ciharices. When you w印t on y歐own the ,1>ほ thing\vas itofiguォhow她ch it was going to cost so you could
Fred says he didn't make Anything on the first hous6ぉe built b ec $ useJie,d 'underestimated.
The odd jo lbs grew to a small constru<?tion firm and Fred at (me tiine ha<i six (p(?ople working for . ■.國■
I In1948, worried that there wasn,t muchズiitiire for them in' thelake town! Fred bought a hard-wjirさstore in Lilloo6t,
"I think1was brainwashed into it," he says "owv He didn,t have the money for the Venture but cashed in an insurance polic, to finance it. The business waS not a succcess.
"lb ought it henlost it," he
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He sta"d in Lytton for six months, with his wばe and kids stUlin WnUajms Lake. Brother Ha",y was stillin thelaketown, doing odd jobs.
"Therewasn,t much stock, mostly junks, couldn't get Hd of it even aぃa bargain,",he recalls. "I packさd up and caitle back and wenttp邻ij McKenzie. The old gent Sai(l"O.K. Fi'edぇiif y6vi,re styckl,dlike to help you, Mc-: Kenziebought伤e remaining stock f(ji'10 pei、centless, than cost, alid ((took everything. I was so fry f or him,わ he stuff織s junk. I used to do alot of work for him aroundわ he house and we aiwaysdea)t, there(iU McKenziもs store) Frediでcalls. :.
Alongおhe way he also did work for the Buckleys, who operated the Sunnyおde Mひtd here. Geri-y Buckle, was a fHなnd, and kもpt suggesting the Kozpkis go into the motelbusiness the Itはelves.
They didn't thinkmudiof thQ idea at first, they knew nothing aboutit, but Buckley kept eneoiii.-agiiigitihemand finally Fi'ゅbuiU a duplex on】lis property and in
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