Smiley Nisei at Vancouver Nisei Fellowship
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Date: 1953
Title: Smiley Nisei at Vancouver Nisei Fellowship
Institution: Nikkei National Museum
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ReplyDeleteThis photo is probably 1953 or 54 and it may have been close friends of the Vancouver Nisei Fellowship (United Church youth group) gathered for Kuni Uchida's farewell party. The place is at Gordon Imai's on Wallace Crescent when he was studying biology at UBC and roomed with Roy Fukuzawa. (D) = passed away)
Front row from Left to right:
Gordon Imai(D) (later Reverend Imai) Alice Konishi (Married Dr. Yamanaka) Gordon Kadota, Kuni Uchida (with baloon, married Ki Kumekawa who was assigned to the Far East by Pepsi Cola) Roy Fukuzawa (Engineer retired in Toronto) Asa Furuya(D) (nurse later married to Roddik) Elmer Hara (Arthur Hara's younger brother who just returned from Japan)
Second Row from left:
Seiichi Tahara(D) Mary Takeda (married Seiichi Tahara), Don Jinnouchi(became a dentist and married in Montreal), Rosie Takeda (married Bob Furukawa), Sam Shishida(D) Joan Konishi(married Gordon Imai) Wat Shishido(D)(married Margaret Jomori) and Kay Konishi(married a Yamashita living in Hamilton?)
I can't make out the person lying onSam Shishido's lap and also the person standing behind Wat Shishido) I will eventually remember who they are.
Gordon Kadota
Front Row from left to right: (D) = passed away. Maiden names used for the women.
ReplyDeleteGordon Imai(D) studying biology at UBC before becoming a minister
Alice Konishi (later Mrs. Dr. Fukuyama)
Gordon Kadota (returned from Japan in 1952)
Kuni Uchida (became Mrs. Ki Kumekawa assigned to the Far East with Pepsi Cola)
Roy Fukuzawa (Engineering student at UBC, later employed in Eastern Canada)
Asa Furuya(D) (RN later married Dr. Jim Roddick and worked in Vanderhoof)
Elmer Hara (Had just returned from Japan, became physics engineer and worked for National Defence)
Back row from left to right:
Seichi Tahara(D) (worked for CPR, great Nisei Athlete and community leader)
Mary Takeda (later married Seichi Tahara)
Don Jinnouchi (became dentist, married and worked in Montreal til retirement in Coquitlam)
Rosie Takeda (later married Robert Furukawa, now retired in Parksville)
Sam Shishido(D) (Was a rare Nisei gardener with brother Watt)
Joan Konishi (married Rev. Gordon Imai)
Watt Shishido(D) (worked with brother Sam
Kay Konishi (married a Yamashita and living in Hamilton)
Man lying on the lap and woman standing, cannot identify.