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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-05-09, Page 3Put. these difficulties seemed,. small and or little account. Then came Pearl Harbor pity:" learned to his surprise that though he was an American he was treated dif- ferently from the other boys in his neighbourhood. .gettailae- of leis jELO411- • ese descent he was suspected of being on the side of Japan. Pay by day the suspicion grew. The Japanese ort West coast were ordered to inov,-• away to another part of the ,eountry. Hiro's father did not know where to go. He had no friends except on the West coast. Soon 1--lire's family heard that the Army was taking charge of them and all the Americans of Japanese des- cent on the West coast. They were to be moved to ten big camps called Fie- location Centers, that were ceing built for them in the West and South- west, Hire's father was going to sell ins property hastily for a, small sum of money. One of the men from the town church came and offered to look after the property and sell it at a good price. The church women said they would take care of the children while their parents were packing to move, When the big busses drove away to- ward the Centers, .the 'church women provided lunch packages for the pass- engers. Hiro thought it was a, long trip to the Center in one of the western states. He found that there were rows and rows of houses in the Centers, like Army barracks, He and his fam- ily were given a room in one of the houses. They ate at a central dining hall with all the others, They missed their own home and its privacy. After a while they learned they were free to leave under certain con- ditions. If Hiro's father could get a job and a place to live, away from the Pacific coast, they could get per- mission to leave. HAMILTON OPTICAL CO. W. R. Hamilton, R. 0. Optometrist for Over • 25 Years. Telephone 37 for Appointment, The Real Victory giro w/44 an American bey who lived ,on the Pacific coast. is hair was black and .1113 eyes were blaelt and he looked Japanese. That was be- cause :his grandparents had been born .in Japan, But l'Iiro had been born in America and. so had his parents, lie had gone to an American school and church school. He could not even speak Japanem He was an American throup and through, giro was a good worker and he often helped his father Pa their little farm. Many men of Japanese descent .had little, truck farms. They were ex- perts in garden and fruit raising. They worked hard, lived simply and did not expect to malty as much. money es_ their white neighbors. lfor this reason they could afford to sell their vegetables and fruit more cheap- ly than the other dealers. This oftwi made difficulties. People would buy from the Japanese gardeners because their things were good and intotpen- sive, A made the other dealers angry. 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Entire populations of town and villages throng the docks where the lobster pots are piled high and where busy fishermen move among their betas and nets, Above, Pris- cilla Arsenault points to a spot where the pots are to be placed as May Poirer, right and Barbara Gallant look on. Left, part of the season's first herring catch is handled by Stanley Glenn and Gussie Barley of Summerside. Nets have been laid close to shore, but soon the small vesels will be ven- turing far out to sea, CROSSETT MOTORS men, to the the high Scheel assemblies, to the churches,.S41144Y- gehOOIS and ..other groups. They have ,helped to spread the knowledge that. ;,hung' a good American does not de- )Pen,.-1,on the color of skin or hair. orVthe radio program All Aboard la. everC at 2. ,`7 the :story, "The , ctorY.' Of a family ' of Japanese aneeatrY,WI19, ° went le live in. an American town .and. of the friendly,. helpful way in which,. the people of that town stood by the family when it was in trouble, COME GIRE-5- THE MORE THE MERRIER- I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT A JOY IT 15 TO RIDE IN A SWELL, USSir) CAR FROM After about three years the govern, ment said that those who wished might return to the West coast, and that all the centers would be closed by the end of 1945. Leaving the Centers It was not long before the younger people began to leave the Centers. Some of the young men went away to serve in the Army. They made good soldiers and won honor on tile battle- field. Some of the young men and women got work on farms for tile summer and came back to the Centers in the winter. At the end of the first year, with the help of some church people, Hiro's fatheg got a job. He moved his family to an eastern city. Hiro went to a new school and church school, He found new friends and felt himself an Amer- ican agaill --•" It was fairly easy for the younger people to find places for themselves in ordinary American neighbourhoods. But the older people did not know where to go. Many of them, especially the mothers and grandmothers, who had always lived at home, could not speak English and did not know what to do. The Churches At Work Through all the troubles and diffi- culties, Elie churches lime stood back of these Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent, Of course, the pits-,, tors of the Japanese Christian churches went to the Centxrs with their people. So tou nil the 431141C1hiLii. priest, to help 'those who were not Christians. Missionaries from Japan who hau come home en ac;c•ount of the war asked to be sent to Centers to help. Christmas boxes and gifts were • sent to the Centers Irian ehureh people all over the emintry. When great numbers of p; epic be- Memorials Quality Always ••aette. 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