Topaz Reunion 98

TOPAZ REUNION 98

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Welcome Message 2 The Committee 3 Schedule of Events 4 Video Schedule 6 Hotel Floor Plan 7 News Writer Describes Life of Japanese Camp 9 Haiku 13 Education in an Internment Camp 15 Directory of Registrants 27 Acknowledgments 37 .... ·· i ~ ~ '"'"

TOPAZ REUNION ' 98 DoubleTree Hotel San Jose, California May 29-31, 1998 'We[come

Tomi Takakuwa Gyotoku reetings from the Topaz '98 Reunion Committee, and welcome to the AndyHanda "last?" Topaz reunion. Your committee has spent the last 18 months Fumi Manabe Hayashi G Mary Mori Hiromoto preparing for this reunion and planni:Ug the activities. Bill Hirose Yone Kato Ito This reunion is unique in that we have invited our Nikkei counterparts Mimi Kawashima Iwatsu from Canada, Mexico, Peru and Australia providing the stage for a panel to Helen Yamanashi Kato learn first hand about other internment experiences and exchange information Mas Kawaguchi Chuck Kubokawa about our unique historical backgrounds. Jamo Momii Joe Mori The three historical groups: National Japanese American Historical Sam Nakaso Society, Japanese American National Museum, and Topaz Museum have Moses Oshima joined us to provide information and assistance to acquaint us with their Daisy Uyeda Satoda Alice Mori Shibata organization and ways to preserve and document our history. Min Shinoda Anah Yamanashi Sugiyama Activities scheduled for the reunion were planned to provide more than Paul Takata enough things to do to keep everyone busy for the entire weekend, so please Bob Utsumi take advantage of the scheduled events and enjoy yourself The art exhibit, video show, printout of individual camp records, classes in genealogy search, walking tour of the San Jose's Nihonmachi, Japanese stores and restaurants, local museums, Nikkei lobby vendors, etc. have been arranged for your pleasure.

Please drop in at our hospitality suite for refreshments and a chance to renew acquaintances with your old camp friends and new friends.

Success of this reunion can only be realized by your personal involvement in all the activities we have provided. We have worked to make this reunion a memorable one for every attendee, so enjoy the reunion activities!

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Chuck Kubokawa, Chairperson

2 THE COMMITTEE

~,t CHUCK KUBOKAWA DAISY SATODA BOB UTSUMI YONE ITO PAUL TAKATA Reunion Chair Vice-Chair Treasurer Secretary Budget Forum Coordinator Budget Booklet Brunch

\ ~~~ / SAM NAKASO JOE MORI MOSES OSHIMA TOMIGYOTOKU MIMI IWATSU Publicity Hotel Liaison Art Exhibit Registration Registration Activities Activities

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ANDY HANOA BILL HIROSE FUMI HAYASHI JAMO MOMII MIN SHINODA Activities Activities Activities Activities/Mixer Mixer/Decorations

3 Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998 1:00-6:00 pm Registration ...... Gateway Foyer Individual Camp Record Computer Printouts ...... Gateway Foyer Art Exhibit ...... Monterey, 1st level 1:00 pm Vendor/Exhibit Booths ...... Gateway Foyer 2:00-5:00 pm Video Showing (schedule on page 6) ...... Chardonnay, 2nd level 3:00-6:00 pm Hospitality ...... 9th floor, suite 954 3:30 pm Genealogy Workshop ...... San Martin, 1st level 6:00pm No-Host Social Hour ...... Gateway Foyer 7:00-8: 15 pm Mixer, Asian Buffet ...... Gateway Ballroom 8:15 pm-12 am Greetings by Chuck Kubokawa Entertainment - Charles Wacky Sumimoto, MC Eden Aoba Taiko of San Lorenzo Line Dancing led by Eichi Toguchi t>ancing - Music by DJ, Danny Itatani

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1998 9:00-11 :00 am Art Exhibit ...... Monterey, 1st level Open again: 2:00-6:00 pm and 9:30-10:30 pm 9:00-11 :30 am Escorted walking tour of San Jose Japantown: churches, restaurants, stores, museums, Nikkei memorial sculpture by Ruth Asawa at Federal Building. (optional) ...... Meet at Gateway Foyer 10:00 am-6 pm Registration ...... Gateway Foyer Camp Records ...... Gateway Foyer 10:00 am Vendor/Exhibit Booths ...... Gateway Foyer Video Showing (see schedule, pg. 6) ...... Chardonnay, 2nd level Genealogy Workshop ...... San Martin, 1st level 11 :30 am- I :30 Class and Group Luncheons (optional) Jr. High Classes ...... San Martin, 1st level Class of '45 ...... Yu-Ai Kai Senior Center 4th Street (near Jackson, Japantown) Class of '43-'44 ...... Cathay Restaurant First Street (near Hwy 17/880) Faculty ...... New Pearl River 34 E. Rosemary (off First Street)

4 SATURDAY, MAY 30 (continued) 2:00-4:30 pm Forum: "Lasting Effects of Internment" ...... Gateway Ballroom Moderator: Chuck Kubokawa A panel discussion on the continuing effects of the wartime internment of Japanese Americans during WWII with presentation from those who have experienced internment in Topaz, Canada, Mexico, Australia and forcibly moved from Peru, So. America to the U.S. Open question and answer period with audience participation. Guest panelists are: Mr. Harry Honda, Editor Emeritus, Pacific Citizen Dr. Midge Ayukawa, Victoria University, Victoria, BC., Canada Senor Enrique Shibayama, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico Mr. Arturo Shibayama, San Jose (Peru, South America) Ms. Karen Kobayashi, Simon Fraser U., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Ms. Evelyn Suzuki, Sydney, Australia Mr. John Tateishi, Redress Consultant, JACL 2:00pm Genealogy Workshop ...... San Martin, 1st level 3 :00- 6:00 pm Hospitality ...... 9th floor, suite 954 6:30 pm No-Host Social Hour ...... Gateway Foyer 7:30 pm-12 am Banquet ...... Gateway Ballroom Entertainment - Bob Utsumi, MC Speaker - DIANNE FUKAMI "Preserving Japanese American History: A Sansei Viewpoint" Fukami, a sansei TV producer, will discuss her current project on a multi-media history of the Japanese American redress and reparations movement entitled, Due Justice, per grant from Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Drawings - Mary Hiromoto Special Recognition Dancing - Music by George Yoshida Combo

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1998 8:00-10:00 am Video Showing (schedule on pg. 6) ...... Chardonnay, 2nd level 10:00-11: 15 am Sayonara Buffet Brunch ...... Gateway Ballroom 11: 15-12 noon Program - Paul Takata, MC Sing-A-Long - Paul Bell

5 Topaz Reunion '98 VIDEO SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998

2:00 pm Tanforan: Racetrack to Assembly Center Producer/Director: Dianne Fukami Persons interviewed: Maya Nagata Aikawa, George & Michiko Uchida, Tomoye Takahashi, Hid Kashima, Sox Kitashima, Dave Tatsuno, Yoneo Kawakita, Hiro Katayama, Sachi Kajiwara, Sugar Hirabayashi, Hiro Fujii, Yo Kasai, Chizu Togasaki, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Toru Saito, Jan Matsuoka.

3:00 pm Topaz Producer: Ken Verdoia Persons interviewed: Mine Okubo, Yoshiko Uchida, Faith Terasawa, Michi Okamoto Kobi, Sam Nakaso, Tad & Fumi Manabe Hayashi, Mary Kimura, Emil & Eleanor Gerard Sekerak, Amy Iwasaki Mass, Donald Nakahata.

4:00pm Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War Producer/Director: Dianne Fukami Approximately 32 people from the San Francisco Bay Area are interviewed.

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1998 10:00 am Tanforan 11 :00 am Topaz 1:00 pm Starting Over 2:00 pm Tanforan 3:00 pm Topaz 4:00 pm Starting Over

5:00 pm Watari Dori: A story of one person's personal account of a Canadian internment camp. Producer: Linda Ohana An award winning documentary on Canadian Japanese internment and relocation.

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1998

8:00 am By popular request 9:00 am Watari Dori

9:30 am Gaman: The Internment Remembered Producer: Steve LaRosa, KVIE-TV, Sacramento, CA Persons interviewed: Mary Tsukamoto, Henry Taketa, Kiyo Sata Viacrucis, Bob Kashiwagi.

6 • LOCATION OF ACTIVITIES

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DOUBLETREE HOTEL" SAN JO S E Topaz Monument at Topaz, Utah site. Photos taken by Linda Shoji Chin at the "Return to Topaz '93" pilgrimmage. ~ ,.- _;;a--~---=: ~ k; ~ ~ Excerpts from a Salt Lake City publication December 28-31, 1942 NEWS WRITER DESCRIBES LIFE OF JAPANESE CAMP By Lincoln Thomson

new culture and way of life is being born on the One of the main difficulties at present is the A windy, cold desert west of Delta where, until overcrowding of families and lack of privacy since last September, only wild bands of mustang and herds the different apartments in the barracks do not consist of sheep made crazy-quilt trails through the of more than one room. The apartments vary in size greasewood and sage. according to the number of each family. Now, on that alkali flat, 8,500 Japanese Food Situation Americans who were transported from the Pacific On the food situation, which has caused so much Coast when war broke out are adjusting themselves to controversy, Brandon Watson, chief project steward, a new way of life. said, "Whatever is short for the civilian population is They are adjusting to a communal system of short for the project. If it were not for the Quarter- government, changing living habits and developing master Corps of the U.S. Army, we would be unable new arts and crafts with the little material at hand. to get the needed food for Topaz. "We are operating according to the Geneva Rules Visit Camp of War which say that prisoners must be fed the same Seeking to confirm or dispel hundreds of rumors rations as privates in the army that captured them. We that have found their way into the communities, are operating on the average of 45 cents per day per newsmen from Salt Lake were invited to visit the person." Topaz Relocation Center and to see first-hand conditions there. Attend Schools We did not find that the evacuees were eating There are over 1,800 students in the elementary better than the civilian population, we did not find and high school divisions. There is no school any marble-tiled bathrooms, nor could any subversive building, but the students meet each day in the element or signs of internal political ideological strife barracks assigned for that purpose, and there are between Japanese-born and Japanese Americans be practically no children of school age who do not detected. attend. The camp consists of 42 blocks. Each block has The staff consists of three Caucasian teachers to twelve 20x 120 barracks and in the center of each every one Japanese American teacher. The Caucasian block is a community dining room, laundry, lavatories instructors receive wages comparable to teachers in and showers for men and women. Each block houses the high-paid districts of the state. The Japanese 275 persons. American teachers receive $19 per month. ( Continued on next page) ~

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Full Curriculum philosophy of political science is one of absolute The schools have a full curriculum even down to freedom for the individuals, not one of repression. agricultural and mechanical arts. Four-H Clubs and Each block elects a representative to the town Boy Scout troops are now in the process of council. The representative must be 18 years of age or organization. This part of the program ties in with the over and must be an American citizen. A chairman of high school and community activities section. the council is elected by the representatives. The High School juniors and seniors are very Japanese-born residents take a part in the government conscious of college preparatory courses, but many of in that they can be appointed as committeemen and on them seem discouraged because the majority of comm1ss1ons. colleges will not accept them for matriculation. They Topaz is a religious, educational and political are asking, "What's the use?" However, the National entity. Although it is an unfortunate chapter that must Student Relocation Council is now in the field be written in American history, it is one that can bear sensing the pulse of communities where colleges are much study. located to see if Japanese American students cannot be accepted. Some colleges have opened their doors Hospital Built to the evacuees, but the problem of finance is another A 175-bed hospital is rapidly being completed problem for most of them. with the latest equipment. There were 78 people in it last week. Buddhist, Christians Unite The birthrate averages two per week. There are Religion, education and government do not suffer four doctors, all Japanese Americans, assisted by a at Topaz because the inhabitants will not let them. corps of registered nurses, both Japanese and The people, who are predominantly Protestant Caucasians. Student nurses will be trained. and Catholic, meet each Sunday in the mess halls and Director Ernst said that the camp is trying in hold their church services. The Buddhist religion is every way to make life bearable under many adverse the only other religion which has representation at the circumstances, and that to his knowledge its camp. occupants all are excellent American citizens or Topaz has the distinction of being the home of the potential citizens. Buddhist Church in the United States. Its head- quarters were moved from the Bay Region when the Give Shows evacuees came to Utah. Christians and Buddhists During the Yuletide, programs are being taken to have formed an inter-faith council - possibly the only different sections of the camp which have Japanese merging of Christians and Buddhists in the world. plays, songs and dances. I attended one of these The services in both churches were crowded. programs, which had in its troupe some of the finest thespians of the Japanese theater in this country. The Gives Freedom repertoire of the actors was amazing. The community government as designed by The Japanese-born residents took the plays in to Charles F. Ernst, director of the project, is one which the last drop of the curtain. The younger generation gives a maximum of freedom of democratic seemed to enjoy much of the program, but due to the expression to the community. Director Ernst's fact that many of them do not understand Japanese, (Continued on next page) 10 >-¥=-~l => c:=f*c -~ =,tl=>~ ~

nor the traditions of Japanese entertainment, I got the students have done with these lowly, homely plants impression that many of them were laughing at the that only a desert would spawn, is indeed a revelation. plays rather than with them. I saw some flowers that had been made from the One of the younger generation expressed himself wrappings of oranges that were amazingly life-like as saying that he "thought the stuff was pretty corny." and done with the dexterity that only Japanese artist Japanese Americans would much rather pile up displays. the benches and tables in one of the community Cedarwood has been used to make all sorts of kitchens and jitterbug in their "zoot-suits" to the latest carvings from bowls to arabesques. Small offerings of Cab Calloway and Tommy Dorsey. greasewoods, junipers and other plants that abound in They like to sing songs and are composing jingles the desert have been planted near their tar-papered about their life in Topaz. One of their favorite group crackerbox homes. of entertainers is the "Dam" Cossacks, which we can In short, the people of Topaz have proved that a assure you has no connection with the Don Cossacks. new culture can rise from a barren wasteland. From the old has been born the new. Art Taught A new medium of art is springing up on that No Bed of Roses grease wood flat. Under the direction of Professor Life at Topaz is neither a bed of roses nor a bowl Chiura Obata, internationally famous artist, and of cherries. If you had to live in its confinement, even teacher of art at the University of California, though it is run with a maximum of freedom, you Berkeley, hundreds of Japanese-born residents and would feel as I did, that life at that isolated camp is Japanese Americans are applying both old and new more a bed of grease wood and a bow 1 of rice. forms of the material to be found in the desert. There is a certain sadness that pervades the camp There could be no flower arranging because there - a certain futility that expresses itself not in under- were no flowers. But that did not stop the imaginative tones, but rather in overtones. Although I had a mind of Mrs. Chiura Obata, one of the first two or feeling that there was a maximum of freedom and three flower arrangers in the country. minimum of repression, there are certain confining Madame Obata simply went into the desert and requirements which make for an unconscious vicious- gathered greasewood and juniper. What she and her ness. I found in many cases a prisoner frame of mind. (Continued on next page) .-· -~i: aArr~ ~~ ~ 1

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Possible to Leave 500 people. Housing and clearance is all that stands in It is possible, however, to leave the camp if one the road. has employment. Hundreds of Japanese Americans In the project itself there is an employment have been placed by the employment division of the bureau, and most of the people are employed at their camp. former trades or professions when there is a call for In order to leave the camp, the individual's record their particular kind of services. If there is no call for is sent to the FBI at Washington for clearance. If there the job for which they are trained, they may accept is nothing against the record of the individual who is other employment if they so desire. There are over seeking employment outside the project, applications 3,000 people employed at present. are filled out for working permits. The person's record There is unemployment compensation up to 60 at the camp has much to do with his getting permis- per cent of the individual's monthly salary. There is sion to work at another location. also a clothing allowance for those who work. The War Relocation Board does not permit private Get Guarantees enterprise. Due to the small monthly salaries which Before leaving the project, employers must range from $8 to $19 per month, the government does guarantee the prevailing wage and a place to live for not allow others to monopolize business. Thus, the person who is hired. Any job may be accepted that cooperatives have been set up to help the people is not in a restricted area. After leaving camp the provide those commodities which the government individual may leave his job if he so desires, but he does not provide directly. must notify Washington in case of change in address. The system tries to provide services at cost. A The War Relocation Authority is attempting to nominal rental is paid for the use of the buildings resettle the evacuees in the Middlewest -to get them which house the stores. At the end of each quarter dispersed so that no "Little Tokyo's" are formed. rebate is made to the people in the cooperatives. + Hundreds of employers are inquiring everyday for individuals they would like to employ. Claude C. Cornwall, head of the employment division of the Article and Yoshio Wada sketches courtesy of Bill Fujita camp, said that Salt Lake alone has asked for over 12 HAIKU By Haruko Shirai Date ( 18 9 3-1948)

Driven away from here to there Again we are to be thrown Out of this temporary lodging

A little child Who has come To say goodbye for their move Just keeps smiling I feel so lonely

For half a year I have lived here Yet I haven't become friendly With the natives How lonely!

The war doesn't cease yet Two years have passed Being confined

Looking at our miserable camp Standing on this boundless wilderness Tears gather in my eyes

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~ =ll..:::::;:.: <=f*,: ~ ;><- 1M .::::_;;:: ,,,__ --< ~ ~, =111..:::::;:.: ~ EDUCATION IN AN INTERNMENT CAMP By Daisy Uyeda Satoda A condensed version of this article appeared in the winter 1998 edition of Nikkei Heritage, published by the National Japanese American Historical Society

spent my entire high school years, from 1942-1945, Former students recall outstanding teachers like I behind barbed wire at Topaz, Utah. Topaz High Mary McMillan, Eiko Hosoi, Rose Watanabe, Joe School was housed in barracks, not weather-proofed for Goodman, Fumi Sugihara, and Eleanor Gerard. And the freezing cold weather, in the desert wastelands of then there was the teacher who usually dismissed her Utah, 17 miles away from the nearest town. Winters hit class by 10:00 a.m., because she was too drunk to lows of minus 30 degree weather, and the summer heat continue. Toward the end of our confinement when a soared to an incredible 106 degrees. Heating was number of the faculty had left, several of our classmates provided by a pot belly iron stove, fed by coal, when and other former students were recruited to teach. available. School was dismissed on the days there was Outstanding were Norman Hirose, who taught no heat. And, of course, we did not have air-condition- German and Physics, and his sister Lillian, who taught ing for the hot, summer months. typing which provided many Topaz alumni with a The faculty was composed mainly of Caucasian marketable skill for career jobs, or part-time work teachers recruited from outside the camp who, for the during their college years. most part, were not very good, since Utah laws required We did not have the "typical" classroom or students. only two years of college to obtain teaching credentials. Can you imagine taking science courses where there We often wondered what brought these people to teach were no laboratories or supplies to work on experiments? in such a desolate place -was it compassion for our Also, a school with students sharing outdated text books, plight, the high salaries offered, or avoidance of military mess hall tables seating eight students each, limited service? There were several conscientious objectors and teaching aids, such as maps, blackboards, audio visual a few former missionaries who were part of the teaching equipment, and even paper and pencils? The students staff. The rest of the faculty was made up of resident cannot recall taking any books home, which meant there internees who were paid $16-$19 a month, and who was not much homework either. may have been qualified in their particular professional Former students rated the education at Topaz High fields, but lacked teaching experience. in a range from very poor to excellent. Others felt the On the faculty were several dedicated teachers who education received at Topaz was inadequate background pushed the students to excel knowing that the students for college. Several students who left camp before needed great coping skills to survive a seemingly bleak graduation had to repeat their Junior year because Topaz future. Noting the shyness and lack of social skills in a High School was not listed in a catalogue of nationally number of students, one teacher stressed the accredited high schools which was published in 1940, importance of proper hand shaking procedure, and two years before the creation ofTopaz. making eye contact in social situations. (Continued on next page) t , , .. /ft. . 1ft

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(rear, left to right) Machiko Nakamura Ota Lucille Tanaka Nami Joan !hara Oshima Muriel Matzkin Shapp (teacher)

(front) Michiko Nishimura Inouye Hime Enomoto

We may question the quality of education in Topaz, rowdyism, cut classes, climbed out of windows, sassed but the standards of scholarship exhibited by the the teachers, led mass walk-outs from classrooms, tossed students must have been evident when one considers the hard snowballs at unpopular teachers, and other number of students who went on to higher education disorderly conduct. Popular teen-age jargon in Topaz and entered into diversified fields of endeavor. However, included, "waste time," in response to any request or no curriculum could have readied the students to situation that was not to their liking; and also "no venture into a society that had previously banished them 'shimpai'," (don't worry about it). and placed them into detention. Yet, a number of This was also a time when nicknames were popular. former students took the attitude that said, "I can do We look back and smile when we recall classmates with anything. Just give me a chance," displaying the such odd monikers as: Bubbles, King Tut, Pee Wee, Beau "Yamato Damashii" spirit of their forebears. Jack, Skinny, B. 0., Tubby, Moon, Wyno, Tomato, Spider, Most of the alumni contributing to this article Wacky,, etc. Now we are aware that the following recalled the uniqueness of the all-Nikkei student body nicknames are politically incorrect and racist: Chinky, which provided the opportunity to participate in school Black Boy, Blackie, Sambo, etc. activities, including school government, sports, dances, This unique high school in a town that was only a socials, clubs, stage productions, school newspaper, year- war time existence, provided a captive setting, isolated book, etc., all positions which were almost impossible to from the outside world, which resulted in the formation attain at any "outside" pre-war school. These activities of lifelong friendships. This bo!ld has resulted with my provided students with leadership roles and a great sense graduating class of Topaz 1945 keeping in touch with of pride in belonging to a peer group, devoid of white · each other by holding reunions every five years since our racism. 25th year in 1970, and continuing until our 50th year Because of the confinement and general restlessness reunion in 1995. Since that time, because of our regarding their future, behavior and attitude became a dwindling numbers, we have decided to meet every year. problem. Caught in the bind of an unstructured school The camaraderie and the need to get together grow system and teachers who had no control over their stronger with each succeeding year. Truly, our incarcera- classrooms, students, mostly the boys, engaged in ( Continued on next page)

16 ,,, =I l c;, <:::'fir' =::&.,- ~ tion has created an inexplicable affinity which bonds us financially and emotionally disastrous for our parents one to another, forever. who lost everything, except their dignity. For the young One of the most disturbing hardships for modest people, some aspects of camp life bordered between teenagers was the lack of privacy - communal showers carefree adventure and the irony of the uncertainty of and toilets, as well as lining up for three meals a day in their future beyond the barbed wire fence. mess halls, and fighting for space in the community The uprooting, incarceration, and the subsequent laundry rooms where hot water was available only in the government relocation policy, dispersed the Nikkei wee hours of the morning. throughout the United States, resulting in a wider degree Families were crowded into single rooms with no of forced assimilation into the American mainstream. partitions, and without running water or bathrooms. We Thus, too, the former students ofTopaz High have leafed through the Sears Roebuck and Montgomery indomitably survived this wartime travesty and continue Ward catalogs to find suitable clothing on a government to make a great contribution to American life. + allotment of less than $10 a month. Who can forget the oversize (size 44), black mackinaws, surplus from World Contributing to this article were former Topaz High Schoof students War I, which was a G.I. (Government-issued) garment Marty Oshima Egan, Teri Nakamizo Fujikawa, john Juji Hada, Takuzo Andy Handa, Fumi Manabe Hayashi, Kenzo Ishimaru, Mas for protection against the bitter Utah winters, which was Kawaguchi, Sadame Hara Kojimoto, Chuck Kubokawa, Sachi worn by men and women alike? This clothing item was Kawahara Masaoka, Howard Mizuhara, Bob Utsumi, Miye Yoshimori like our school uniform. Yoshida, and Ron Tubby Yoshida. The imprisonment of Japanese Americans was T Jr. High Outing . . .. _.,,,_,,,,,,,,,,,'*'n\ BLOCK 13 BOYS Standing: George Yoshida, Yosh Sato, Mac Kato, Sei Hirose, Chico Sunada, Sammy Nakashige Seated: Don Utsumi, Robert Itashiki, Tommy Nishimura, Tad Hideshima, Hid Kato

18 Topaz Sunday Service (Protestant)

Front: Rev. S. Shimada, Dave Tatsuno, ---Nugent, Bill Fujita Back: ---Nugent, Grace Manabe Hattori, Rev. Carl Nugent, Fumi Manabe Hayashi, Arthur Hayashi

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..., • , ~ ' TOPAZ JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 1943 Top row: Masaya Yagura, Herbert Nagami, Yoshio Ito, Edward Nishino, Sachio Takeda, Herbert Taketoshi, Joe Fukada, Billy Hirose, Frank Ura, Rentaro Hashimoto, Donald Utsumi, Iwao Nakagawa. Middle row: Mr. Cummins, Yoshio Tsutsui, Saburo Matsuzaki, Akira Shigetomi, Kosei Kato, Mikio Tanaka, Takeo Yago, Kenji Harada, Harumi Mizote, Chiharu Kubokawa, Keijiro Yamasaki, Iwao Ito, Hideo Imachi. Bottom row: Mary Kita, Mary Kambara, Yuki Iwasa, Sumi Haramaki, Alice Mori, Kiyono Wada, Kimiko Yoshizawa, Michiko Kobayashi, Hana Sonoda, Isako Sawai, Martha Ono, Tazuko Tsugawa, May Hamasaki, Midori Ogo.

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20 Block 9 Picnic ~ i to...... {> 0 (j ~ I-' c.v TOPAZ HIGH REUNION - CLASS OF '43 - September 1983 Top row, left to right: Moses Oshima, Frank Takeuchi, Rev. James Toda, Tomio Sakurai, Jim Kirihara, __, Ken Shimomura, Mike lchimaru, Tets Ochi, Takao Matsuzaki, Peter Kitagawa, Toa Momii, Shizuo Ozaki, Ed Kubokawa, Henry ~ey~ . Next row: Dr. Himeo Tsumori, Bill Oshima, Dr. Frank Kami, George Yamamura, David lino, Kiyochi Kumekawa, Florence Kazue Muneno, Sumi (Nakahiro) Maruyama, Mary Sutow, Edith Marubayashi, Chiyo (Matsuzaki) Endo, Mo Yanagi, Hayato Orikuchi, Paul Tani, Willy Naruo, Chiko Haramaki, Jim Hiro Nakano, Bill Sakai, Seiji Kaibe, Mas Kawaguchi Next row: Machiko (Nakamura) Ota, Kuni (Sumi) Tamaki, Shinji Momono, Mas Ashizawa, Ich Nakamura, May (Honda) Shiozawa, Teiko (Hideshima) Kitagawa, Sachi (Honda) Barham, Kay (Tatsuguchi) Ushijima, Marion (Oishi) Suzuki, Ayako (Ota) Shimomura, Kiyo (Ito) Kariya, Frances (Kimura) Morioka, Hagiko (Teramoto) Kusunoki, Teri (Nakamizo) Fujikawa, Elsie (Mayeda) Honda, Joe Inatome, Masu Komatsu, Marion Nishimura, Betty (Toda) Tamura, Mary (Nishioka) Kaibe Seated: Miyo Shinoda, Flo (Suzuki) Kubota, Miyo (Tanaka) Enomoto, Shiz (Moritomo) Tanabe, Annabelle (Uyeda) Lee, Kaoru (Kawahata) Nakamura, Grace (Matsuno) Handa, Haruye (Yoshiwara) Nakagaki, Flo (Yoshida) Kinoshita, Kay (Sakaguchi) Nakamura, Michiko (Hara) Kawaguchi, Kiyo (Tate) Otsuki, Yo (Nabeta) Doi, Miyo (Suzawa) Nakagawa TOPAZ HIGH REUNION - CLASS OF '44 - September 1983 Top row, left to right: Yosh Takakuwa, Sam Fujikawa, Roy Harano, Kaz Yoshii, Tom Imagawa, Tom Yamane, Mac Yoshida, Shichiro Yokomizo, Shig Yoshimine, Sodie Ishida, George Murakami, Howard Mizuhara Next row: Ki Tanamachi, Dr. Stan Sato, Ossie Tamaki, Hisanori Harlan Sano, Mas Oishi, Shun Ochi, Joe lshizaki, Koji Ozawa, Steve Fujioka, Fred Hayashi, Tomio Katsura, Harry Hiruo, Pete Ito, Jim Morikawa, Ken Nihei, Jim Honda, Stan Tsujisaka, Yosh Fujita, Paul Kageyama Next row: Hank Hidekawa, Natalie (Nakamura) Katayanagi, Satoko Mary (Igarashi) Okada, Lillie (Kawai) Urasaki, Miyo (Moritomo) Onoda, Tsuki (Takaha) Peterson, Lumi (Uchiyama) Tsumori, Chiyo (Sonoda) Futagaki, Amy (Hosoda) Shimamoto, Nobuko (Okamura) Obayashi, Sachiye (Dowke) Takeoka, Helen (Mori) Ushijima, Yoshiye Wada, Tomoe (Kanemasu) Kinoshita, May (Furuzawa) Kawaguchi, Yuri (Nakatani) Ichimaru, Katherine Miho, Alice (Iwaki) Oshima, Lillian (Kajiwara) Matsuda, Kazuko (Nose) Tanabe. Seated: Kazuko (Hideshima) Quan, Namie Joan (Ibara) Oshima, Harry Kitano, Toyoko (Tsugawa) Fujii, Midori (Hashimoto) Kamei, Betty (Nakaso) Miyake, Fumi (Manabe) Hayashi, Yone (Kato) Ito, Pauline (Nakamura) Ishii, Mae (Hikido) Watanabe, Ada (Nakagiri) Kawamoto, Tomiko (Hase) Miyaoka, Tamaki (Tsubokura) Peterson. TOPAZ ffiGH REUNION -CLASS OF '45 -September 1983 Top row, left to right: Tosh Sakaguchi, Roy Iwata, Kenzo Ishimaru, Hany Kawabata, Somao Ochi, Ron Tubby Yoshida, Starr Miyagawa, Bob Utsumi, Daisy (Uyeda) Satoda, Yae (Yoshifugi) Tondo, Sadame (Hara) Kojimoto. Hiko (Yoshimine) Nakaso, Sam Nakaso, Yas Furuya, Jay Sasagawa N Vt Seated: Hiro Okada, Marty (Oshima) Egan, Emi Nagasawa, Yoshi (Haramaki) Miller, Mits (Nakamizo) Fuchigami, Chiyo (Date) lino, Kiko (Nakagiri) Ishida, Jacky (Suzawa) Takayanagi, Kazu (Nao) Harano, Tak (Doi) Nagata, Kazuko (Hideshima) Quan, Aileen (Yamate) Hirata, Wacky Sumimoto.

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TOPAZ REUNION '98 REGISTRANTS Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Adachi Lucy 3145 Washington San Francisco CA 94115 415-567-3982 Aizawa Hats &Amey 12 Fortuna San Francisco CA 94115 415-921 -4433 36 Aizawa Seiji &Vivian 949 Nantucket, #7 Salinas CA 93906 408-449-4940 36 Akamatsu Toshi & Robert Endo 1722 Porter Avenue Madison WI 53704 608-249-4341 11/11 Akiya Jimmie 3449 Bonita Avenue Santa Clara CA 95051 408-241-2424 Akiyama Frank & Betty Ann Harano 5237 Farm Pond Lane Columbia MD 21045 410-730-2087 28 Akiyama Bruce &Jennifer 20 Via Entrada Rancho Sta Margarita CA 92688 714-589-3964 Akiyoshi Minoru & Ruby Yamamoto 817 Oak Avenue Davis CA 95616 916-753-5063 20 Anderson Etsuko Marubayashi 110 Kaanapali Shrs Pl #1106 Lahaina HI 96761 808-667-5533 9 Andow Tomi Akiya 5520-C Bretton Ct. Willoughby OH 44094 Aoyagi Stanley & Kyoko 2609 Somerset Dri_ve Belmont CA 94002 650-591-1973 36 Asamoto Hazel K. Tanaka 3097 Ashwood Road Cleveland OH 44120 210-921-2976 39 Asano Paul & Tomi 3968 Via Montalvo Campbell CA 95008 408-378-3880 28/12 Ayukawa Michiko (Midge) 2910 Cook St., #402 Victoria BC V8T3S7 250-386-6403 Baba Isao & Hanaye Yamakawa 1335 Coniston Court San Jose CA 95118 408-265-1764 9 Bantilan Vince & Lisa 3006 Ridgegate Drive San Jose CA 95133 408-923-0434 Bantilan Terence & Grant Barhaugh John Beckwith Jane Box 272 Delta UT 84624 435-864-2098 Bell Paul &Janet 393 Park Lane State College PA 16803 814-237-7214 2 Bennett Sadako Hamasaki 244 North Grant Street San Mateo CA 94041 650-579-5822 9 Bingo Carol Ann 1317 Merced Street Richmond CA 94804 510-233-5007 44 Boltz Jane Tomi 3539 Pheasant St. Glendale CA 91206 626-584-6626 Boothby Iku & Robert Yamamoto 35322 Dover Court Newark CA 94560 510-792-8572 10 Brennan Taka Haramaki 15 Hillview Court Danville CA 94506 925-736-3457 36 Cardoni Ruth Imamura 25 Lemon Court Hillsborough CA 94010 650-579-1448 29 Chung Elsie Uyeda 558 - 16th Avenue San Francisco CA 94118 415-221-0268 9 Connor Gay 25002 Pleasant Way Hayward CA 94544 510-886-0843 Dairiki Jun &Jack Nakahara 2720 Buena Vista Ave. Walnut Creek CA 94596 925-934-4831 20 Damron Arlene & Eugene Tatsuno 2328 Dundee Drive Santa Clara CA 95051 408-244-7991 Doami Junji & Pat 2932 Marina Drive Alameda CA 94501 510-522-6439 28 Doi Sachie &Thomas Takahashi 15576 View Ridge Lane Granada Hills CA 91344 818-366-5577 19 Dowke Carvin 1334 - 33rd Avenue San Francisco CA 94122 415-564-9771 36 Egan Marty & Fero! Oshima 1199 Grizzly Peak Blvd. Berkeley CA 94708 510-848-5520 13 Eguchi Mitsuko Kotake 2726 Clement Street San Francisco CA 94121 415-221-5430 Eijima Warren &June M. Nakayama 838 - 43rd Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-221-0649 28/19 Endo Gish (Takeshi) & Takako Tsuchiya 725 Liquid Amber Place Danville CA 94506 925-736-9676 9 Enomoto Roz Uyeda 3710 Tripp Road Woodside CA 94062 650-851-1665 9 Eshima Takane & Kiyo Matsuura 1514Josephine Street Berkeley CA 94703 510-845-8525 31 Eto Frank&Amy Morizono 2200 Woolsey Street Berkeley CA 94705 510-84 5-6 369 7/10 Fuchigami Mitsi Nakamizo 4220 Chase Avenue Los Angeles CA 90066 310-397-5088 42 Fujii Hi 20101 Somerset Drive Cupertino CA 95014 408-257-3232 Fujii Kenji 25002 Pleasant Way Hayward CA 94544 510-886-0843 29 Fujikawa Sam & Teri Nakamizo 12530 Admiral Avenue Los Angeles CA 90066 310-822-7792 42 Fujioka Steve & Marjorie 922 Ensenada Avenue Berkeley CA 94707 510-524-3055 37 27 Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Fujita Bill & Dorothy Takahashi 227 Arlington Avenue Berkeley CA 94707 510-525-0479 4123 Fujita Sab 101 Lu-Ray Drive Los Gatos CA 95032 38 Fukami Junzo & Mitzi Murano 559 - 7th Avenue San Francisco CA 94118 415-751-8744 26 ' Fukui George 3813 E. Greenhills Court Irving TX 75038 972-659-0372 26 Fukumoto Alice Baba 1537 McKinnon Court San Jose CA 95130 408-370-7460 9 Furusho Toshia &Shigemi Doris Saiki 831 Roble Drive Sunnyvale CA 94086 408-735-8454 36/11 Furusho Terry, Shirley & Tyler 1235-D Henderson Sunnyvale CA' 94086 Furuya Yas &Alyce Kouno 1833 Ganges Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 510-235-7873 30 Furuya Yas& Emi Ishisaki 47 Wood Street San Francisco CA 94118 415-567-3433 Futagaki Chiyo Sonoda 1830 Benedict Drive San Leandro CA 94577 510-3 51-6417 Futagaki Kevin & Christa 3411 Marques Court Castro Valley CA 94546 510-889-7880 Futagaki Stan & Darlene 3411 Marques Court Castro Valley CA 94546 510-889-7880 Geron Al &Alice Kiyo Miyake 857 Cedar Street Berkeley CA 94710 510-5 24-4868 3 Geron Scott (Miyake) 7 Central Place MA 998-462-5603 Goodman Joseph R. 11989 Rhus Ridge Road Los Altos Hills CA 94022 650-948-0176 Gyotoku Tomi Takakuwa 826 - 38th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-386-5607 22 Hada John & Mitzi Egusa 1429 - 23rd Avenue San Francisco CA 94122 415-665-4970 35 Hamachi Bette R. 565 Ortega Ave. #7 Mountain View CA 94040 650-961-8200 9 Hamilton Jonathan & Midori Takagi Hanamoto Riuji & Laura 544 Miramonte Avenue Morgan Hill CA 95037 408-779-2960 37 Hanamoto Shoso 544 Miramonte Avenue Morgan Hill CA 95037 408-778-2196 37 Hanamoto Yuri Fujioka 467 Helen Avenue Lafayette CA 94549 925-283-3192 37 Handa Andy 3017 Westfield Avenue San Jose CA 95128 408-248-1167 27 Harada Ken &Matsuye (Matsie) Nagasawa 3816 Carmel Way San Leandro CA 94578 510-351-7320 13/36 Haramaki Chiko 7012- 7th Ave. Blvd., NW Branden ton FL 34209 941-795-2762 36 Hartman Susan Momii 4527 - 30th St. NW Washington DC 20008 202-363-4514 Hashizumi Chester 369 E. First Street Los Angeles CA 90012 Hatamiya Momo&Roy Kawahara 9909 Oroville Hwy Marysville CA 95901 530-743-5654 12 Hattori Grace Manabe 4155 Holly Drive San Jose CA 95127 408-258-9436 19 Hayashi Fumi Manabe 1629 Jaynes Street Berkeley CA 94703 510-524-1048 19 Hayashi Harold 6208 Plymouth Avenue Richmond CA 94805 510-236-1989 20 Hayashida Juro &Tomoko 2194 Dexter Court Hayward CA 94541 510-581-2899 7 Hayashida Michihiko & Bernice 2360 Makiki Heights Dr. Honolulu HI 96822 808-538-1589 7 Hedani Kiyoko Kamiya 2150 Bush Street San Francisco CA 94115 415-346-5484 6 Hidekawa Hank 1479 - 27th Avenue San Francisco CA 94122 415-731-6852 22 Hideshima Noboru & Kayo 771 - 28th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-752-3445 31 Hiramoto Ruby &John Jitsutaro Adachi 2005 Mira Vista Drive El Cerrito CA 94530 510-234-6610 35 Hiromoto Mary Mori 2588 Oak Road, #138 Walnut Creek CA 94596 925-944-8708 12 Hironaka Yo 56 Collins San Francisco CA 94118 415-751-1267 19 Hirose Bill &May Omura 6859 Kenilworth El Cerrito CA 94530 510-233-2047 6 Hirose Norman 2433 Valley Street Berkeley CA 94702 510-843-9553 14 Hirota Shizue 6363 Christie Ave., #53 Emeryville CA 94608 510-601-1629 20 Hiruo Harry 7608 Suncountry Sacramento CA 95828 916-689-7576 31 Ho Ken &Yoshiko Takemoto 235 Molima Drive San Francisco CA 94127 415-584-6779 29 Honda Harry & Misako 19417 E. 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Slaught 602 Waterford Place Pinole CA 94564 510-741-8392 5 Ichiuji Hideko & Harry Hamasaki 100 Camino Del Cerro Los Gatos CA 95032 408-356-3213 9 Ihara Tetsuo 112 Stanyan Street San Francisco CA 94118 415-221-4568 39 Iida Theodore & Hiroko Ichinose 6520 Kensington Ave. Richmond CA 94805 510-234-0881 20 f Ike Sadako Mary Yamashita 19 Miles Street, Monoora Queensland Aus 4870 070-53-5760 Ikeda Eddie T. 123 N. Fremont Street San Mateo CA 94401 650-344-9984 10 Ikeda Futaye Kawaguchi 1317 Merced Street Richmond CA 94804 510-233-5007 16 Ikeda Minoru 728 Maddux Drive Daly City CA 94015 650-992-1607 16 Iketani Nancee & Roy Uyeda 302 N. Darfield Ave. Covina CA 91724 626-339-4501 9 Imamura Noye Dohara 571 Filbert Street Half Moon Bay CA 94019 650-726-4379 29/37 Imamura Tsutomu &Judy 246 Filbert Street Half Moon Bay CA 94019 650-726-1993 29129 Inatome Joe & Nan 4957 Mt. 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Denker Avenue Gardena CA 90248 310-324-5767 36/8 Masaoka Sachi Kawahara 2701 Sunset Terrace San Mateo CA 94403 650-349-0480 12 Masuda Reiko Okayama 4032 Timberline Drive San Jose CA 95121 408-274-5639 10 Masumoto Earnest & Marie 1645 Westmont Drive San Pedro CA 90732 310-548-5008 Matsuda Lillian & Roy Kajiwara 642 Carmar Street Hayward CA 94544 510-887-7532 3 Matsueda June & Tsukasa Ikeda 3838 Ross Road Palo Alto CA 94303 650-493-3535 39 Matsueda Kay & Dick Tsubokura 1053 Robin Way Sunnyvale CA 94087 408-732-2773 9 Matsui Noby 273 - 32nd Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-751-6606 10 Matsumoto Kimi & George Nao 1170 Glencourt Drive Oakland CA 94611 510-339-0186 20 Matsunaga Carol 777 North 20th Street San Jose CA .95112 408-293-5461 36 Matsunaga Mits 1432 Shrader Street San Francisco CA 94117 415-566-3308 McCue Cheryl McMillan Constance Rui & Robert Kurosawa 820 Skipper Circle Sacramento CA 95822 916-442-1351 41 Miller Yoshi Haramaki 36 Mitsui Grace & Nick Nomura 740 W. 214th St., #15 Torrance CA 90502 310-320-1597 12 Miyahara Joyce Kiyomura 1426 Murphy Avenue San Jose CA 95131 408-453-1777 36 Miyoshi Yasuko Saiki 8661 Kendor Drive Buena Park CA 90620 714-826-1937 11 Mizono JackM. 734 - 31st Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-221-4470 38 Mizuhari · Albert 2201 Bunker Hill Drive San Mateo CA 94402 650-341-5509 31 Mizuhara Howard 135 Stonehedge Road Hillsborough CA 94010 650-347-5936 31 Mizuhara Maya Kataoka 880 Hillsdale Avenue Berkeley CA 94706 510-526-0737 31 Mizuhara Valerie 135 Stonehedge Road Hillsborough CA 94010 650-347-5936 31 Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Mizuno Aki 3921 West 27th Street Los Angeles CA 90018 213-735-6138 ¥ Mochizuki Minoru &June 10000 E. Yale, #21 Denver co 80231 303-751-5525 28 Momii James & Fumiko 3633-A, Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park CA 94025 650-854-2748 5 Momii Rikito & Yasu Koyamatsu 1056 S. Mansfield Avenue Los Angeles CA 90019 213-939-5337 5 Momii Sam 5319 - 97th Ave. Ct. W. Tacoma WA 98467 253-564-7528 36 Momii Takeshi & Molly Takagi 2051 Oregon Street Berkeley CA 94703 510-841-8970 5139 Momii Timothy Momono Isako Sawai 684 Carmar Street Hayward CA 94544 510-782-4754 28 Mori Joseph & Emma Yukawa 18973 Sara Park Circle Saratoga CA 95070 408-973-1185 34 Morioka Frances & Dale Kimura 778 - 26th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-668-3303 5 Morishita Ray 6363 Christie Ave., #53 Emeryville CA 94608 510-601-1629 23 Morita Alice Nomura 17154 Lisette Street Granada Hills CA 91344 818-363-2480 12 Morita Shigeru & Constance Ando 878 Bates Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 510-525-8193 23/16 Moritani Eiko Sasaki 10 Brehaut Court Alameda CA 94502 510-865-7620 9 Moritani Neva Morizono Chet 2114 Parker Street, #3 Berkeley CA 94704 510-843-3512 10 Morizono Mike & Callie 3318 Santa Clara, #2 El Cerrito CA 94530 510-525-1862 Murakami Carol Nobe 10 Crown Court Orinda CA 94563 925-376-9048 20 Murakami Fred &Yuri Kotani 2511 Babcock Road Vienna VA 22181 703-938-8185 Nagasawa Mas 28563 Aragon Avenue Hayward CA 94544 510-782-5727 Nakagawa Miyoko Suzawa 11144 Canyon Meadows Dr. Whittier CA 90601 562-699-3055 36 Nakagawa Ruth Eguchi 2726 Clement Street San Francisco CA 94121 415-221-5430 Nakagiri Ray & Micki Sasaki 812 Uclan Drive Burbank CA 91504 818-848-6556 Nakahiro Emi Harano 133 Richardson Drive Mill Valley CA 94941 415-388-4632 38 Nakahiro Terry & Anne Sasaki 223 Verdugo Avenue Glendora CA 91741 626-335-0378 19 Nakahiro Yas & Ats Tate 770 Florecita Terrace Altadena CA 91001 626-798-2249 19/11 Nakai Hirokazu "Clem" & Grace Tsujisaka 281 - 3rd Avenue San Francisco CA 94118 415-221-4146 6/4 Nakai Russell &Jae Nakai Gregory & Carol Nakai Clifford & Phillip Nakamoto Victor 831 Southgrove Drive San Jose CA 95133 408-929-194 5 10 Nakamura Eiichi & Marion Ikazaki 18350 Carmel Drive Castro Valley CA 94546 510-537-3544 1 Nakamura George & Kay Sakaguchi 1543 Bridges Court Fremont CA 94536 510-796-0768 37/4 Nakamura Harry & Florence Miho 2139 - 43rd Avenue San Francisco CA 94116 415-661-0505 3716 Nakamura Henry & Sayeko 2377 La Mirada Drive San Jose CA 95125 408-269-285 5 36 Nakamura James M. & Hanako 2090 - 36th Avenue San Francisco CA 94116 415-731-0933 37 Nakamura Kaoru 516 - 4th Avenue San Francisco CA 94118 415-751-7857 Nakamura Toshiko Uchida 979 El Cajon Way Palo Alto CA 94303 650-856-6931 34 Nakao Dorcas Asano 458 North 750 East Bountiful UT 84010 801-295-1197 Nakao Jean K. Kashima 16189 Via Harriet San Lorenzo CA 94580 510-276-1429 11 Nakashige Sets & Sam Uyesugi 3071 Marda Drive Parma OH 44134 440-842-0443 13 Nakaso Sam & Hiko Yoshimine 8633 American Oak Drive San Jose CA 95135 408-270-5924 12/3 Nakata Edward 5663 Mistridge Drive Rancho Palo Verdes CA 90275 310-377-6629 Neuwalder Janet Ayako 151 Hillside Avenue Edglewood NJ 07631 Neuwalder Jennifer Mariko 151 Hillside Avenue Englewood NJ 07631 Neuwalder Teruko & Herbert Shimamoto 151 Hillside Avenue Englewood NJ 07631 201-569-2120 36 32 Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Ng Haruye & Henry Sagimori 215 Golden Hind Pas.sage Corte Madera CA 94925 415-924-2453 4 Nishimura Sakuya 7326 Coronado Drive Burnaby BC V5A1Rl 604-420-6984 Nitta Tom 4312 So. 31st St., Apt 220 Temple TX 76502 254-773-0430 36 Nogami Calvin 315 Brandywine Drive Marlton NJ 08053 609-983-5413 38 Nomiya Takeko Adachi 3522-C N. Pinegrove Chicago IL 60657 Nomura George 880 Bates Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 510-525-7217 28 Nomura Kaz&Sumi Nakano 327 Sunfish Court Foster City CA 94404 650-349-4774 12 Ochi Florence 369 E. First Street Los Angeles CA 90012 Ochi Shun & Mickie 754 - 23rd Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-751-6017 27 Ochi Somao &May 755 - 32nd Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-751-7252 Ogami Setsuko Asano 1686 Roberta Drive San Mateo CA 94403 650-345-3284 20 Ogawa Yukio &Yoneko Kumagai 11 Oikawa Joanne Kobuchi 1054 Oakland Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 650-325-4355 Oishi Tom &Shizuye Akiyoshi 345 South 49th Street Richmond CA 94804 510-232-5764 20/20 Okabayashi Dwayne &Sharon P.O. Box 504 Redwood City CA 94064 650-368-7475 Okabayashi Masao&Nobu Okamura P.O. Box 504 Redwood City CA 94064 650-368-7475 39136 Okada Hiro & Mary Igarashi 618 Funston Avenue San Francisco CA 94118 415-752-1937 23/26 Okawa Marianne "Shigie" Hamasaki 15643 SE 6th Street Bellevue WA 98008 425-746-4729 33 Okubo Bud &Yo Robin Matsumura 47-194-D Hui Akepa Pl. Kaneohe HI 96744 808-239-8848 14/5 Okumura John T. &Jane Nobuko Kuwamoto 692 Torreya Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94086 408-241-1029 9 Okumura Joyce T. 692 Torreya Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94086 408-241-1029 Omori Shigeru P.O. Box 10576 Zephyr Cove NV 89448 702-588-2019 3 Ono Yoshio & Lilly Kitani 5258 Bamboo Lane Fremont CA 94538 510-656-7616 23/29 Orikuchi Hayato 2476 Mapleview Lane Willoughby OH 44094 440-942-2796 19/3 Oshima Alice & George Iwaki 154 Paloma Avenue San Francisco CA 94127 415-334-5373 33 Oshima Bill HC 80 Box 281 Las Vegas NM 87701 505-42 5-6110 13 Oshima John & Namiye Ihara 4829 Xerxes Ave. South Minneapolis MN 55410 612-927-5168 14/39 Oshima Kenji 739 Capp Street San Francisco CA 94110 415-824-4 548 Oshima Moses &Aiko Kasai 19347 Parsons Avenue Castro Valley CA 94546 510-537-2449 13 Ota Kenji &Amy "Emiko" Yamada 578 Eculid Avenue Berkeley CA 94708 510-525-5195 3/13 Ota Machiko & Sus Nakamura 131 Caprice Circle Hercules CA 94547 510-245-1713 23/20 Ota Tohru &Alice 801 Fife Way Sunnyvale CA 94087 408-739-7220 3 Otsuji Chiyo Shinoda 2652 Tartan Drive Santa Clara CA 95051 408-296-8365 30 Ozaki Helen N. Kamiya 17011 S. Wilton Place Torrance CA 90504 310-327-2394 20 Ozawa Kenneth & Leatrice Fukunaga 1423 Los Padres Way Sacramento CA 95831 916-421-6837 19 Ozawa Koji & Betty Kurihara 3008 Pine Street San Francisco CA 94115 415-922-8760 28 Ozawa Tomio 3008 Pine Street San Francisco CA 94115 415-922-8760 28 Ozawa-Burn Robert & Carol Ozawa 1469 Sturgeon Way San Jose CA 95129 408-253-9220 Palapaz Ricki & Kathy Momii 3080 Richmond Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 510-271-0730 Patridge Naomi Imamura P.O. Box 707 Half Moon Bay CA 94019 650-726-2512 29/37 Patterson Kaye Uyeda 801 Colby Street San Francisco CA 94134 415-586-6557 9 Peterson Judith "Sookie" &Arthur Takaha 27602 Road 388 Kersey co 80644 970-353-4640 30 Peterson Tamaki &William Tsubokura 235 Upland Drive San Francisco CA 94127 415-334-8023 9 Reyes Setsuko Takemoto 32562 Salton Sea Lane Fremont CA 94555 29 Roberts John & Shelley Momii 2710 Piedmont Berkeley CA 94705 510-848-5 568 Saito Margaret & Leo Iyeki 278 Vernon Street Oakland CA 94610 510-893-7092 6 Sakaguchi Motoaki & Chieko Hagio 1163 Prentiss Drive San Jose CA 95120 408-997-1089 4 Sakaguchi Toshiaki 535 - 20th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-751-0303 4 Sakai Bill 316 Creekside Drive Palo Alto CA 94306 650-49 3-2406 6 Sakai Chieko Yamada 319 Locust San Francisco CA 94118 415-921-3249 Sakai Hisaj i &Jean 2100 Dover Court Walnut Creek CA 94598 925-935-2198 Sakamoto Kaz &James Baba 5711 Drysdale Court San Jose CA 95124 408-269-7743 9 33 Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Sakamoto Sadie Tominaga 2132 Stuart Street Berkeley CA 94705 510-843-3761 42 Sano Harlan & Barbara 5076 Golden Drive San Jose CA 95129 408-253-5331 5 Sano Tosh &Taeko Inoue 1530 Coats Drive Yuba City CA 95993 530-6 74-0799 5/5 Sasagawa Frank Jay & Susie 2268 Oberlin Street Palo Alto CA 94306 650-857-0626 19 Sasaki June Yoshiko Kato 3710 Caravella Drive San Jose CA 95117 408-243-7138 12 Satake James & Fumie Mizota 1079 Marilyn Drive Mountain View CA 94040 650-967-5286 38 Satoda Daisy Uyeda 109 GladeviewWay San Francisco CA 94131 415-821-0164 9 Sekerak Emil & Eleanor Gerard 21966 Dolores St. #210 Castro Valley CA 94546 510-581-3046 2/2 Sekigahama Tad& Kiyo Matsumoto 352 Meder Street Santa Cruz CA 95060 408-426-5496 38 Sekiguchi Richard 2512 Beach Head Way Richmond CA 94804 510-237-9218 6 Serata Henry Seibo &Adelina 30 Denslowe Drive San Francisco CA 94132 415-585-9002 37 Serata Walter Kenbo & Harumi Iwakiri 1767 - 48th Avenue San Francisco CA 94122 415-731-2921 38 Sermon Valerie & Carl Tatsuno 15651 Camino de! Cerro Los Gatos CA 95032 Shannon Joan & Geoffrey Kora 5504 Alaska Drive Concord CA 94521 925-672-7738 4 Shiba Mitsie &Frank Handa 501 Florence Street Turlock CA 95380 209-634-3729 27 Shibata Eichi & Kimiko Nakamura 2210 Humboldt Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 510-236-7710 28 Shibata Tosh &Alice Mori 1204 Cabrillo Street El Cerrito CA 94530 510-233-8542 12 Shibayama Enrique S. &Alicia H. Ave. Uno #94 San Pedro DeLos Pinos Mexico City D.F 03800 515-1335-277-3654 Shikuzawa Jimmy 3228 Burdeck Drive Oakland CA 94602 510-531-2453 11 Shimizu Keichi &Setsuko 840 Glen Drive San Leandro CA 94577 510-562-5761 Shimizu Keiji & Deanne Ishizu 236 Blanquita Way Placentia CA 92870 714-993-1294 30 Shimomura Kenichi &Ayako Ota 12062 Buckeye Avenue Sylmar CA 91342 818-362-1994 27/20 Shinoda Takiko Nonaka 117 Estabrook Street San Leandro CA 94577 510-357-7416 28 Shirasawa Takeo & Maye Tanabe 651 Grizzly Peak Blvd. Berkeley CA 94708 510-524-6493 Shiro Joe 355 Marin Avenue Mill Valley CA 94941 415-388-7524 Sollen Tomika Harano 825 N. Soledad Avenue Santa Barbara CA 93103 805-966-4836 Suda Kikue Kato 1480 Acton Street Berkeley CA 94702 510-525-0588 12 Suenaga Shiro 8o6 - 37th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-752-9367 29 Sugaya Hisashi 900 Bush Street, #419 San Francisco CA 94109 415-292-7189 Sugihara Eiko Honda 580 Brookside Drive Richmond CA 94801 510-234-4409 11 Sugimoto Beverly & Stanley Utsumi 776 Haverford Avenue Pacific Palisades CA 90272 310-454-8943 Sugimoto Scott &Spencer Sugiyama Yosh &Anah Yamanashi 7852 Surrey Lane Oakland CA 94605 510-568-4 54 5 4/19 Sumimoto Charles Masaru & Masaye Wada 2440 - 10th Street Berkeley CA 94710 510-845-0293 23/10 Suyeyasu Shig Tom 2430 Dryden Avenue Gilroy CA 95020 408-842-4132 16 Suzuki Marion & Frank Oishi 9095 W. Palm Avenue Winton CA 95388 209-394-7033 23 Suzuki Yas & Dorie Midori Takaha 600 N. Humboldt Street San Mateo CA 94401 650-343-3806 26/30 • Suzuki Yoshiko Evelyn Yamashita 12 Philip Street Strathfield, NSW Aus 2135 02-9745-3228 Tachiki Mitsuko Kato 723 Alpine Avenue Chula Vista CA 91910 619-427-2167 20 Tahara Yoko Takagi Asaye Ashizawa 1306 Monterey Street Berkeley CA 94707 510-526-6642 12 Takaha Andrew 10 Huron Court San Mateo CA 94401 650-343-4312 Takaha Chikara 606 Crane Avenue Foster City CA 94404 650-574-9020 30 Takaha Fujie Matsuzaki 1235 Talbot Avenue Berkeley CA 94706 510-524-5019 30 Takaha Yoneji 10 Huron Court San Mateo CA 94401 650-343-4312 30 Takahashi Ida Fujie 208 Astrip Pleasant Hill CA 94523 925-939-0382 23 Takahashi Machiko Matsuoka 2560 Tipperary Avenue So. San Francisco CA 94080 650-583-0950 40 Takano Betty Wada 1125 Pearl Street Alameda CA 94501 510-522-7683 10 Takata Paul &Aiko 1604 California Street Berkeley CA 94703 510-525-4277 16 Takata Shogi 2323 Oregon Street Berkeley CA 94705 510-848-3198 16 Takayanagi Tel~uo &May Oshima 12 Oakwood Road Auburndale MA 02166 617-244-7426 Takeda Bill & Mary Matsumoto 247 Delia Street San Jose CA 95127 408-259-4013 5 34 Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Takei Tak & Lilly 11235 Mt. Crest Place Cupertino CA 95014 408-255-5380 4 Takemoto Ko & Hisako 3036 - 20th Avenue San Francisco CA 94134 415-566-8145 29 Taki ta Aiko 1217 Delaware Street Berkeley CA 94702 510-526-6269 27 Tamaki Kuni & George Sumi 253 Knoll Drive Park Ridge NJ 07656 201-391-0363 12 Tamaki Ossie & Faye 3409 Ridgemont Drive Mt. View CA 94040 650-964-2333 6 Tamanaha June Yamada 1134 So. Elmwood Oak Park IL 60304 708-848-8274 9 Tanabe Miyeko & Masato Takita 972 Moreno Avenue Palo Alto CA 94303 650-856-6585 27 Tanaka Tatsuo 1431 W. 180th Street Gardena CA 90248 310-516-8491 37 Tatai Koh &Tomoye Katayama 2952 Carmel Street #2 Oakland CA 94602 510-530-1508 12 Tatai Sharon K. 2952 Carmel Street #2 Oakland CA 94602 510-530-1508 Tate "Duke" 3483 Grossmont Drive Sanjose CA 95132 408-251-3289 11 Tatsuno Dave &Alice Okada 920 N. Second Street Sanjose CA 95112 408-294-9274 41 Tatsuno Sheridan 510 Woodhaven Court Aptos CA 95003 408-685-8818 41 Tazoi Norma Shimada 2504 View Lake Santa Ana CA 92705 714-532-2635 4 Tekawa Harry 764 Upton Court Sanjose CA 95136 408-266-9965 35 Toguchi Eichi 1262 W. Argyle Chicago IL 60640 773-728-2925 10 Tohei Joanne Shimamoto 1318 W. Norwood Street Chicago IL 60660 773-338-4957 36 Tominaga Joe 1244 Brighton Albany CA 94706 510-526-7266 42 Tomiyasu Kiyo & Eiko Nakamizo 366 Hilltop Road Paoli PA 19301 610-644-8521 42 Tomomatsu Huddy& Kiyo Aoki 6565 Whitman Avenue Van Nuys CA 91406 816-786-6490 36 Tondo Joe &Yae Yoshifuji 639 - 25th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-752-2342 31130 Tono Doris Uyeda 111 Mirada Drive Daly City CA 94015 650-992-8972 9 Towata Anna 639 Larchmont Isle Alameda CA 94501 12 Tsujimura Reuben & Janis 3075 Valleywood Court Sanjose CA 95148 408-274-2813 28 Tsumori Himeo & Lumiko Uchiyama 245 - 29th Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 415-751-6921 36137 Uchida Michiko Fujii 1201 Hopkins Street Berkeley CA 94702 510-526-4725 4 Uchiyama Archie &Yuri 11233 Kerrigan Drive Oakland CA 94605 510-569-1599 37 Uchiyama Mary &Aiji Kawaguchi 1600 Mar Vista Pasadena CA 91104 626-794-5950 8 Ujihara George 1052 Charwood Lane Santa Ana CA 92705 714-832-9313 38 Umena Flora Nomura 3212 Annapolis Richmond CA 94806 510-222-0757 12 Ushijima Helen Mori 407 Ridge Gate Road Orinda CA 94563 510-254-4925 12 Ushijima Terry Akagi 500 Joaquin Avenue San Leandro CA 94577 510-352-8668 4 Utsumi Bob &Yas Honda 3548 Monterey Blvd. Oakland CA 94619 510-531-4384 13 Utsumi Barbara Utsumi-Puryear Chris Utsumi Maki & Patti Utsumi Kyoko, Kiyomi & Kiko Utsumi Donald & Mari Honda 1665 Cedar Avenue San Leandro CA 94579 510-357-4397 13 Uyeda Art& Sumi Kato 1500 Tanager Lane Petaluma CA 94954 707-763-8585 13 Wada Yae Tokunaga 1512 Sacramento Berkeley CA 94702 -510-525-7598 6 Wada Yoshie 1808 Mendocino Richmond CA 94804 510-525-4945 10 Yamada Tadashi 1529 McGee Avenue Berkeley CA 94703 510-525-9016 9 Yamada Yoshio 420 Belmont Chicago IL 6o657 312-528-5379 9 Yamaguma Frank & Mary Asano 458 N. 750 E Bountiful UT 84010 801-295-1197 Yamaguma Joe & Kimi Tamura 140 Mira Street Foster City CA 94404 650-349-7881 11/30 Yamamoto Bettie Nakamura 162 N. Llewellyn Ave. Campbell CA 95008 408-378-3096 36 35 Last Name First Maiden Address City State Zip Phone Block Yamamoto Eiji & Kiyoko Hironaka 6364 Conlon Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 510-23 5-6643 10 Yamamoto Joyce 162 N. Llewellyn Avenue Campbell CA 95008 408-378-3095 Yamamoto Kiyoshi & Naomi Shibata 12724 Sunny Acres Ave. Turlock CA 95380 209-634-1279 28 Yamamoto Ko 236 Sondra Way Campbell CA 95008 408-374-5442 Yamamoto Victor 12724 Sunny Acres Ave. Turlock CA 95380 209-634-1279 Yamamura George Yami & Norine Pat Wong 834 Masonic Avenue San Francisco CA 94117 415-563-0110 41 Yamamura Craig Yamamura Jaime Yamane Kio & Mihoko Shimizu 1957 Deodara Drive Los Altos CA 94024 650-961 -8127 30 Yamasaki Keijiro 2543 Dallin Street Lancaster CA 93536 Yamashiro Richard 1274 Solano Avenue Albany CA 94706 510-524 -6860 5 Yamashiro Yoshiye 1494 Solano Avenue #16 Albany CA 94706 510-527-2188 5 Yamashita Asako Sakai 17508 Catalina Avenue Gardena CA 90248 310-329-6506 11 Yamashita Haruno Wada 5636 Jefferson Avenue Richmond CA 94804 510-235-6874 10 Yamashita Michi Barbara 5637 Jacks Lane Sacramento CA 95822 Yamauchi Sam & Norma Matsumoto 6 Fleuti Drive Moraga CA 94556 925-631-9874 11 Yanase Ayako & Kazuo Miyazaki 28505 Matadero Creek Lane Los Altos Hills CA 94022 650-941-4876 Yasukochi Erin Yatabe Kay 1327 Navellier Street El Cerrito CA 94530 510-236-5297 Yatabe Mot & Mitsie Ozeki 744 Liberty Street El Cerrito CA 94530 510-5 26-4664 11/4 Yokota Yuriko Sugihara 467 Marina Blvd. San Leandro CA 94577 510-352-0973 28 Yoshida Aiko Maruoka 8417 E. Clanton Street San Gabriel CA 91776 42 Yoshida Frank & Mickey Hananouchi 13765 W. Harding Road Turlock CA 95380 209-634-6765 30 Yoshida Robert & Yoshiye Kuniyuki 2130 - 7th Avenue Los Angeles CA 90018 213-734-8325 19 Yoshida Ronald Tubby & Miye Yoshimori 10836 Des Moines Avenue North ridge CA 91326 818-363-5198 4/12 Yoshida Toshiko Sagimori 5156 Sunlight Place Los Angeles CA 90016 213-931-8369 4 Yoshii Katherine 555 Pierce Street #527 Albany CA 94706 510-559-9277 Yoshii Kazuo & Hannah Tajima 532 Seaview Drive El Cerrito CA 94530 510-527-2940 5 Yoshii Midori Ogo 25180 Soto Road Hayward CA 94544 510-886-4005 29 Yoshimine Mike 607 Ashbury Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 510-524-8210 42/3 Yui Henry & Etsu Ogi 504 Valim Way Sacramento CA 95831 916-393-0412 14/4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Topaz Reunion '98 committee wishes to express its grateful appreciation to the following for their generous contributions and support:

Japan Air Lines Yamato Flight Kitchen Snelling Personnel Services (Chris Utsumi-Puryear), Alameda Karolyn Fujimoto Designs Nobe Yamabe Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles Yone Satoda David Taxy Hironaka (in memory) Richard's Jewelers Helen Mori Ushijima, Orinda Alice Mori Shibata, El Cerrito Lynn Nakaso, Danville Mary Mori Hiromoto, Walnut Creek Growers Produce Jack Hirose, San Francisco Hats Aizawa, San Francisco Yamane Jewelers (Tom Yamane), Los Altos Cafe d'Espresso Oensen Wong), El Cerrito NB Department Store, San Jose Helen Yamanashi Kato • PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS & ARTICLES SUPPLIED BY: Daisy Uyeda Satoda Bill Fujita Chuck Kubokawa Kimi Kodani family Linda Shoji Chin Jo Ann Tsujimura Johnson Ibuki Hibi Lee Yone Kato Ito • ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Yoshio Wada Bong Mo Yuen Bennie Nobori • TOPAZ LOGO DESIGN Nobe Yamabe . ·- •-...... - ______..,,,, --

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