SHARING STORIES

Your grandparents, parents, relatives, and friends may have shared their memories from Greenwood that can contribute to our understanding of their experiences. If you would like to share any, please contact Chuck Tasaka at info@greenwoodnikkei.ca.

Fishing in Boundary Creek
by Martin Teiji Kuramoto

Date:    During internment summer of 1945
People involved:  Joe Susumu Kuramoto, age 9; Martin Teiji Kuramoto, age 7; RCMP Constable Rogers(?) who trained blood hounds

My brother, Joe and I were fishing at the Boundary Creek which runs along Greenwood, B.C. While we were walking along the creek, with our fishing rods on our shoulders, the police car was travelling on a nearby road. Joe told me to put our fishing rods down. The Constable must have seen us. He stopped his car and looked towards us. For some reason we ran. We looked back and saw the Constable get out of his car and chased us with his two blood hound dogs barking. There was a bridge near by which we ran across and hid under the bridge. The Constable thought we ran further down the road but one of the dogs spotted us under the bridge. The Constable caught us and had questioned us. (The Japanese were not allowed to fish during the internment). He took our names and wrote it in his book. Nothing more came of it. We were the talk of the town for a short while. 

May Day in Greenwood

Sacred Heart School Yearbook, 1953

Greenwood’s May Day was held on the 22nd of May. Everyone was worried because it looked as if it was going to rain, but it didn’t, thanks be to God.
(Rita Hamaguchi Grade 8)

The Queen was from Westbridge and the retiring Queen from Bridesville. The attendant was from Midway and the retiring attendant from Greenwood. The ceremony started around 10:00 am.
(Marcelline Shinde Grade 8)
 
After the speeches by the Queens, there was a program of May Pole Square, Folk dances, a French Minuet and Schottische. After all this it was lunch time, so we went home and returned to the grounds at 1:00 pm for the track meet. (Sumiko Oye Grade 7) 

We all tried hard to get points for our school to get the big silver cup. Greenwood school was winning and next was Sacred Heart but in the end the Rhone School won the cup. They have only nine pupils in their school.

Sacred Heart boys and girls both won a silver cup for the relays. Katrina Izumi won the individual cup for beginners. We all had a nice time on May Day—our only worry was the weather.

We hope they keep on having a nice track meet every year.
(Nobuko Murao Grade 7)