tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45918057823346559672024-03-15T18:09:26.759-07:00Historic Wintersburg, CaliforniaHistoric Wintersburg, Huntington Beach, California. An endangered National Treasure historic place, with six extant historic structures of the Furuta Gold Fish Farm and Wintersburg Japanese Mission.Surf City Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225762095381159427noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591805782334655967.post-56680479549608116092022-06-26T14:41:00.002-07:002022-06-27T13:41:10.637-07:00The Politics of Race, Place, and Waste in Huntington Beach<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6X_H-DCIC2bfNB-OJxeCkENT-KpgZ6rrpVH-XbJV3eAoceifHfdv6pRvwbRRutVgifSGbuUeh2FR1kh5fVoqZ0Kk1Ul5WjIraTL8ZJrK5qwgfXpmKsurZy911fAFPKtMzc-mdxQa2x4t6IkrC4kDGogV-KnX8vgKsS7WV_GDtvf_6TG5liNyZSYC/s1280/Yukiko%20Furuta%20at%20ocean%20-%201913%20rev_watermark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1280" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6X_H-DCIC2bfNB-OJxeCkENT-KpgZ6rrpVH-XbJV3eAoceifHfdv6pRvwbRRutVgifSGbuUeh2FR1kh5fVoqZ0Kk1Ul5WjIraTL8ZJrK5qwgfXpmKsurZy911fAFPKtMzc-mdxQa2x4t6IkrC4kDGogV-KnX8vgKsS7WV_GDtvf_6TG5liNyZSYC/w640-h372/Yukiko%20Furuta%20at%20ocean%20-%201913%20rev_watermark.jpg" width="640" /></a><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">ABOVE: Yukiko Yajima Furuta at the Long Beach Pike after her arrival from Japan with her new husband, Charles Mitsuji Furuta, in 1913. Misuji had been in the US since 1900 and had traveled back to Japan to meet his bride, after saving money and acquiring land. They moved into their newly built home in Wintersburg Village in 1913, just months before California passed the first alien land law prohibiting Japanese from owning property. (Courtesy of the Furuta family) </span></span></b><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span><br /></span></p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>JUST PUBLISHED: Click on the title below to read the overview by Preserve Orange County on the history and decade-long effort to save Historic Wintersburg.</b></span></span></p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.preserveorangecounty.org/tracts/2022/5/30/the-politics-of-place-race-and-waste-in-huntington-beach" target="_blank">"</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.preserveorangecounty.org/tracts/2022/5/30/the-politics-of-place-race-and-waste-in-huntington-beach" target="_blank">The Politics of Race, Place, and Waste in Huntington Beach"</a> by Jason Foo, Preserve Orange County </span></span></b></p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i> "When Urashima began her research in 2004, she could find no reference to Japanese American history in Huntington Beach historical files. In 2012, she started the Historic Wintersburg blog<a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a> to address the gap in the historical record and to underscore its significance when it was threatened with demolition. 'I thought the one thing I could do is start putting faces on these buildings, start personalizing the place, start telling the stories and the history of the place, help people understand the significant history it’s tied to.' Huntington Beach maintains an inventory of historic properties, but it lacks a preservation ordinance to designate and protect them as well as to administer consistent application of policy. As a result, an alarming number of resources have been lost to alteration or demolition.</i></span></span></p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> June Aochi Berk of the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition stresses the importance of saving places associated with <i>Issei</i> history. 'These places are valuable in the sense of keeping the story alive, of the first generation who came here and struggled to build a community in California.' As Legacy Project<a href="https://www.tunacanyon.org/legacy-project-1/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a> Director for the TCDS Coalition, Berk interviews descendants of <i>Issei</i> men who were imprisoned at the Tujunga center. She learned about one such prisoner, Charles Furuta, by interviewing his grandchildren, Norman and Ken Furuta. Berk, a <i>Nisei</i>, or second-generation Japanese American, was incarcerated as a child. She compares the threat to <i>Issei</i>-related sites to another kind of removal. 'That’s what makes me want to preserve these places – to honor our first generation <i>Isseis</i>.'"</span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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The 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission is standing at right, the south end charred, and the 1910 Manse is at left in front of the firefighters. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Singer, February 25, 2022) </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> [Huntington Beach, California] As an update today, the <b>Huntington Beach Police Department</b> informed preservationists that the fire investigation is ongoing and that the official investigation reports are not yet complete. The official investigation reports from the police department and <b>Huntington Beach Fire Department</b> are expected to be completed and released within the next two weeks, per a police investigator.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EvuuFDMcKEEpJfyzX_hDtj2mGMulGg6UO8-5ZrngdFIFeroKujgYv1gtN8ed1Chh2NKhoFLb2n0W6KMbd7DiI7kIbY1GC-bdn70dObb609kT2VkAi_MHKo1SLmRLWOye83pUW6C3j5zpCzcnAD2dAQepYraWO_Ln6CwkuKHodXCOZbaM8U7kBjD-/s674/HBFD%20and%20HBPD%20news%20release%20re%20fire_March%2018%202022.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="674" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EvuuFDMcKEEpJfyzX_hDtj2mGMulGg6UO8-5ZrngdFIFeroKujgYv1gtN8ed1Chh2NKhoFLb2n0W6KMbd7DiI7kIbY1GC-bdn70dObb609kT2VkAi_MHKo1SLmRLWOye83pUW6C3j5zpCzcnAD2dAQepYraWO_Ln6CwkuKHodXCOZbaM8U7kBjD-/w400-h385/HBFD%20and%20HBPD%20news%20release%20re%20fire_March%2018%202022.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: News release issued by the City of Huntington Beach on March 18. (Source: City of Huntington Beach) </b></span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> On Friday, March 19, the <b>City of Huntington Beach</b> issued a press release stating "<i>the <b>Huntington Beach Fire Department</b>, in collaboration with the <b>Huntington Beach Police Department</b>, has completed a rigorous investigation into the cause of the fire that took place at the Wintersburg property</i>." However the information received today indicate the investigation is ongoing and the official investigation reports are still pending.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The fire resulted in the loss of two historic structures, the 1910 <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> and the 1910 <b>Manse</b> (parsonage). The sole remaining structure of the three buildings representing the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission Project</b>, founded in 1904 by both Christians and Buddhists, is the 1934 <b>Wintersburg Japanese Church</b>. The 1934 Church structure was funded and constructed during the Great Depression through individual small donations from around <b>Orange County</b>.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4xxabdt4bEwwgALJDdZSiL7fBjeZEpUdsSvg_kEhI6Qmspg9P8sxXvM9uCeK86QWkY8SzLP6cgQSzZZjirFxjddZTEDCWrJycq2dSkcK83xTplM-zoUbM7MVNWusk7CxZ-Yd0h2NrTddOLbGrUYtOeKRkeGTAifhEIstrh42zq3zQFpZKUVu6Y-u/s4208/Site%20condition_1934%20Wintersburg%20Japanese%20Church%20building_September%2011%202018_2-rev_watermark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="4208" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4xxabdt4bEwwgALJDdZSiL7fBjeZEpUdsSvg_kEhI6Qmspg9P8sxXvM9uCeK86QWkY8SzLP6cgQSzZZjirFxjddZTEDCWrJycq2dSkcK83xTplM-zoUbM7MVNWusk7CxZ-Yd0h2NrTddOLbGrUYtOeKRkeGTAifhEIstrh42zq3zQFpZKUVu6Y-u/w640-h360/Site%20condition_1934%20Wintersburg%20Japanese%20Church%20building_September%2011%202018_2-rev_watermark.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: The 1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church at the intersection of Nichols Lane and Warner Avenue is in the Spanish Revival style with an engineered interior structure old-growth redwood. The Historic Wintersburg property was under the ownership and stewardship of Republic Services at the time of this photograph in 2018 and currently remains under their ownership. (Photo, M. Urashima, September 11, 2018) </b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b> In the above image, the front door to the 1934 Church has been vandalized. The building shows patchy and mismatched painting over tagging. Volunteers offered numerous times to <b>Republic Services</b> to help repaint the building and remove trash around the exterior of the property. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWiwHFDURLxGI-cFPscw5fiUJLQwjOlPd1sj0Bvm-YBlEPY5JvksYDN6wGPVwAl1lQVMUdlFN8w5O7UwX67W8fMDVihC5fs0byx7zGsWau1FK870M8-qlX3lOuvE6q5kwKsYi8-FDT9UDZRDZAUb2XK302d2LsDC3NCbZMtbqFDDduUh0kX0dmIcy/s640/Historic%20Wintersburg_Site%20condition_1934%20Church%20front%20door_February%2010%202022.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="640" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWiwHFDURLxGI-cFPscw5fiUJLQwjOlPd1sj0Bvm-YBlEPY5JvksYDN6wGPVwAl1lQVMUdlFN8w5O7UwX67W8fMDVihC5fs0byx7zGsWau1FK870M8-qlX3lOuvE6q5kwKsYi8-FDT9UDZRDZAUb2XK302d2LsDC3NCbZMtbqFDDduUh0kX0dmIcy/w400-h235/Historic%20Wintersburg_Site%20condition_1934%20Church%20front%20door_February%2010%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: The vandalized front door of the 1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church building. (February 10, 2022) </b></span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The front door to the 1934 Church building was vandalized again more severely in early February and notification was sent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Services" target="_blank"><b>Republic Services</b></a> and the <b>City of Huntington Beach</b> on February 10, 2022, requesting the front door be boarded over to prevent further damage. This notification two weeks before the February 25 fire included ongoing and reported concerns about vandalism, trespass, lack of security, and lack of maintenance being a fire risk at the property. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> An update will be provided when the official fire investigation reports from the <b>Huntington Beach Fire Department</b> and <b>Huntington Beach Police Department</b> are released.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFsitx-Booqy0jotdpmrq-ufyTl17YJsF4xovlZj0K76nlm_m7myg57VRq1DYKtX5gtgnyQBcqkc59h_UjxCBe38gRvWIhUVffUrr752tZONxorYoOcd36DQzwwaDTWjDaweP_yDxMfOtNPyTN4GATiSpIR5s2-HE3diN3Jw9v9_jpN66ZV5anzkw/s1217/CHURCH%20-%20Dedication%20of%201934%20building_Santa_Ana_Register_December%2010%201934%20rev.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1217" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFsitx-Booqy0jotdpmrq-ufyTl17YJsF4xovlZj0K76nlm_m7myg57VRq1DYKtX5gtgnyQBcqkc59h_UjxCBe38gRvWIhUVffUrr752tZONxorYoOcd36DQzwwaDTWjDaweP_yDxMfOtNPyTN4GATiSpIR5s2-HE3diN3Jw9v9_jpN66ZV5anzkw/w640-h336/CHURCH%20-%20Dedication%20of%201934%20building_Santa_Ana_Register_December%2010%201934%20rev.PNG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">ABOVE: The 1934 Wintersburg Japanese church upon its dedication in Wintersburg Village, following four years of fundraising and construction during the Great Depression. (<u>Santa Ana Register</u>, December 10, 1934)</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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Urashima.</span> </span></i></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Surf City Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225762095381159427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591805782334655967.post-65584216165947809192022-03-18T17:50:00.001-07:002022-03-18T17:50:58.540-07:00STATEMENT: In response to March 18 news release by HBFD and HBPD<p> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> [Huntington Beach, California} We appreciate the <b>Huntington Beach Fire Department (HBFD)</b> and <b>Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) </b>conducting their investigations. We are relieved to hear they do not consider it an intentional fire. It does point to the inadequate security and lack of care and maintenance by the current property owner, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Services" target="_blank"><b>Republic Services</b></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> We will request copies of the full investigation reports. We hope those reports will provide more details about the details of the demolition of the two structures, not mentioned in the HBFD and HBPD news release.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OPvrA9OGrqwHLoDVun88kgSW9IrtRutla77Yb2hnSsJTWNFdRd3J_7vENMvQAX6-SIEPqgW10OXn5dVPqLtEH8YsNjZc55JxFjVWQIfrAd_WxymmK2oxWEvi40I6495kjl5XEf4-HThGnQBcUVC6_Fad6URK9b1PS79mMU4GETvgT63ofm96X7sV/s674/HBFD%20and%20HBPD%20news%20release%20re%20fire_March%2018%202022.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="674" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OPvrA9OGrqwHLoDVun88kgSW9IrtRutla77Yb2hnSsJTWNFdRd3J_7vENMvQAX6-SIEPqgW10OXn5dVPqLtEH8YsNjZc55JxFjVWQIfrAd_WxymmK2oxWEvi40I6495kjl5XEf4-HThGnQBcUVC6_Fad6URK9b1PS79mMU4GETvgT63ofm96X7sV/w400-h385/HBFD%20and%20HBPD%20news%20release%20re%20fire_March%2018%202022.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><b>LEFT: News release issued by the Huntington Beach Fire and Police Departments. A copy of the full investigation reports is being requested. (City of Huntington Beach, March 18, 2022) </b><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> An important clarification on the statement that HBFD was "able to limit the amount of damage and protect the church." One church was lost.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>There were two church or sanctuary structures on the property. There is now only one.</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>The <b>1910</b> <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> is a church. The <b>1910 Manse </b>was used as a parsonage for both the 1910 Mission and the <b>1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church</b> for half a century, up until the 1960s when the congregation moved to a new location in Santa Ana. <br /></span></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0ZMP-N6G8yAfuZxzPSi16YeRZSDkk-18TjllstAmUm8gfArrQrb35W58ilb887eyCWd5pCjbcBuX_9hrYS9IAbVyiVhl0dzvjChjvZRadkyxZNxnDx94ZMEBzdpwA6k15eFQxucCKkx38FY1hJ_wxDjxGWBhtKYl6EkDKGIlkAbuhQvyMSsMbEiz/s770/ALTA%20survey%20snip_City%20of%20Huntington%20Beach_11-9-2004_Anacal%20Engineering%20Co_La%20Palma%20CA_annotated.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="770" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0ZMP-N6G8yAfuZxzPSi16YeRZSDkk-18TjllstAmUm8gfArrQrb35W58ilb887eyCWd5pCjbcBuX_9hrYS9IAbVyiVhl0dzvjChjvZRadkyxZNxnDx94ZMEBzdpwA6k15eFQxucCKkx38FY1hJ_wxDjxGWBhtKYl6EkDKGIlkAbuhQvyMSsMbEiz/w400-h360/ALTA%20survey%20snip_City%20of%20Huntington%20Beach_11-9-2004_Anacal%20Engineering%20Co_La%20Palma%20CA_annotated.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>The <b>1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church</b> structure with its cornerstone is the only visible and only remaining church structure at the corner of Warner Avenue and Nichols Lane. The 1910 Mission and 1910 Manse structures were hidden from public view, directly behind the 1934 Church structure.</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>LEFT: A portion of the official ALTA survey conducted for the Historic Wintersburg property in 2004 by a licensed surveyor. The survey map shows two distinct structures for the 1910 Mission and the 1910 Manse, each also noted separately as two of the six historic structures at Historic Wintersburg in the City of Huntington Beach General Plan. An ALTA survey is</b> </span><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc"><b>a detailed land parcel map, showing all existing improvements of the property, utilities, and significant observations, and must be signed on the document by the licensed surveyor with the name of the engineering firm. The ALTA survey for Historic Wintersburg is a public document of the City of Huntington Beach. (City of Huntington Beach, ANACAL Engineering Co., November 9, 2004)</b></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Also to clarify, all six structures at <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> are designated as eligible for the <b>National Register of Historic Places</b> in the <b>City of Huntington Beach General Plan</b>, which is a higher designation than a local landmark. There were six structures; there are now only four. The 1910 Mission (church) and the 1910 Manse (parsonage) were lost to fire of unknown origin on February 25, 2022. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyECy8n3S7Ws1wMwreB2kq2Zf_MneJp8lSKGz42JpO9QSWbcyMnehioeGbjMZ1YJ1p-8YvT-3R7Zp6WPxKvXwV-AOdDJuoqMSaYxoR9IMWZY4b1NmuD4waUOUNOKwBHzucla0C2lb386n4RPgvkYogvNajmgbwo47PRQyL1aBnCMh3JXxnCniFwZx/s1018/HISTORIC%20WINTERSBURG_Wintersburg%20Japanese%20%20Mission%20and%20congregation_March%208%201910_watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1018" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyECy8n3S7Ws1wMwreB2kq2Zf_MneJp8lSKGz42JpO9QSWbcyMnehioeGbjMZ1YJ1p-8YvT-3R7Zp6WPxKvXwV-AOdDJuoqMSaYxoR9IMWZY4b1NmuD4waUOUNOKwBHzucla0C2lb386n4RPgvkYogvNajmgbwo47PRQyL1aBnCMh3JXxnCniFwZx/w400-h325/HISTORIC%20WINTERSBURG_Wintersburg%20Japanese%20%20Mission%20and%20congregation_March%208%201910_watermark.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT:
The 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission (at right) and the 1910 Manse
(parsonage) within the first few months of opening. Both were old growth
redwood structures. </b></span><span><b>The 1910 Mission was moved 95
years ago to the east of (left side) of the smaller 1910 Manse to
provide congregants with more parking space along the dirt road now
known as Nichols Lane. (Courtesy of Wintersburg Church, March 8, 1910) </b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> Regarding the HBFD and HBPD stating there is "no evidence of a hate crime," that is a technical distinction which we understand.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>To clarify, there have been <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2022/03/update-loss-of-two-1910-structures-of.html" target="_blank">numerous reported online hate incidents and a few threats including anti-Asian hate targeting the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b></a> preservation project and myself personally that have been reported to the <b>Huntington Beach</b> police since 2016. One of those threats stated they would "<i>burn it [Historic Wintersburg] f-ing down to a cinder</i>."</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Republic Services</b> was notified about online anti-Asian hate targeting <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> and referencing them by name and remained silent. They did not disavow it. <br /></span></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>The purpose of the multi-year online and public <a href="https://stopaapihate.org/" target="_blank">anti-Asian hate</a> was a tactic to intimidate and discredit preservationists. Without local leaders speaking against this targeted hate, this environment can empower a property owner to continue their lack of care and lack of security for the property with what appears to be intentional demolition by neglect.</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJry-mOMStE-poHq8RNhgDslFak-AMe537wGYBusMXTQ4ExqLhWubhDnErw8F2aYaeNEiJoPjDjTXwWT99gxgCTtLxfeL8dTj24-MVGU_Buqxj3FwCev51Y4fY_fwWky7j8MpEgPeM7IyKigdSi49yNYJjC87JwBlXuaBOhv3gyQOYQA_MPvcEygD/s640/Electrical%20meter_1910%20Manse_September%2030%202011_rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJry-mOMStE-poHq8RNhgDslFak-AMe537wGYBusMXTQ4ExqLhWubhDnErw8F2aYaeNEiJoPjDjTXwWT99gxgCTtLxfeL8dTj24-MVGU_Buqxj3FwCev51Y4fY_fwWky7j8MpEgPeM7IyKigdSi49yNYJjC87JwBlXuaBOhv3gyQOYQA_MPvcEygD/w400-h299/Electrical%20meter_1910%20Manse_September%2030%202011_rev.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>LEFT: An electrical meter on the south side of the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Manse, photographed during a property inspection with then-owner Rainbow Environmental. This was pointed out to Rainbow Environmental, with questions about whether there was live electrical to shuttered buildings. This was prior to the installation of smart meters on the shuttered buildings. (Photo, M. Urashima, September 30, 2011) </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED </span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b> <br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmhA7_XIGmb5H2CLzodSEmScs93_RLCAKngdMRm2H3Lum4WceRpEXeAjM1lg6s4XEn4w4PN_4MjjTcxtDPiWkONRvwzbeKldLjigRooh5QvXbMvdD00cJ9-0gR0390lQFuwnQEVRUq196WyqlmWJUTCo6v8xa2jsMo1fli4cjRl0G8wHQq-8knudC/s769/Site%20conditions%20-%20Feb%2013%202017%204_rev_watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmhA7_XIGmb5H2CLzodSEmScs93_RLCAKngdMRm2H3Lum4WceRpEXeAjM1lg6s4XEn4w4PN_4MjjTcxtDPiWkONRvwzbeKldLjigRooh5QvXbMvdD00cJ9-0gR0390lQFuwnQEVRUq196WyqlmWJUTCo6v8xa2jsMo1fli4cjRl0G8wHQq-8knudC/w225-h400/Site%20conditions%20-%20Feb%2013%202017%204_rev_watermark.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>There is a record of <i>written notifications to the property owner</i> and City of evidence of <b>trespassing,
vandalism, break-ins, damage to buildings, removal of parts of
structures, removal of artifacts from structures, and fire risk</b>
(lack of tree trimming and weed abatement) for the past decade, since
2011. These notifications frequently were met with no response.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>LEFT: One of the incidents reported to Republic Services in 2017. The fence was cut and pried open on the northern end of the property, facing Warner Aveune. This was large enough for a person to enter the property. (Photo, M. Urashima, February 13, 2017) </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"> </span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">BELOW RIGHT: One of the incidents of trespassing and risk to structures reported on March 7, 2017. The boarding on the 1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church was removed by transients and the building was left open. <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2022/03/update-loss-of-two-1910-structures-of.html" target="_blank">Inside the building was clothing and debris, and a Bunsen burner.</a> (Photo, M. Urashima, March 7, 2017) </span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"> <br /></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Concerns such as this electrical "smart meter" were pointed out to then
property owner Rainbow Environmental and later to Republic Services, who
announced their purchase of the property on October 1, 2014. Prior to
this property inspection on October 2, 2014, Southern California Edison
had entered the property to remove older meters and install smart meters on both the shuttered 1913 Furuta
bungalow and the shuttered 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Manse. Both structures had been shuttered prior to the purchase of the property by Rainbow Environmental in 2004, ten years earlier.<br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>The meters were raised as a fire risk to Rainbow Environmental on October 2, 2014, and later to Republic Services,
with questions about whether there was live electrical to obviously shuttered
buildings. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>This property inspection was conducted with the National
Trust for Historic Preservation and expert preservation architects to
develop a report on structural stabilization priorities. It was
scheduled prior to Republic Services purchase, which was announced the
previous day. (Photo, M. Urashima, October 2, 2014) </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span> </span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYZrXUF6gQvY3Nnj-4ohytjxrodytF_1IAufBw3Ej1mZdgfFTKgh4UEoKH39d2GnEqFvAT1Sww-tC0UuQGaoL7RyIIYaeUHQzKh1GeKx5H3kqFD52Q-3pqKA9KqXfRDapEmR5zKvSNlkcs_l3JDnXk3ZIrZ-kC38yPVIvskXftFebl6OZqcPa7wvm/s1132/Smart%20Meter%20-%2010-2014_rev_watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1132" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYZrXUF6gQvY3Nnj-4ohytjxrodytF_1IAufBw3Ej1mZdgfFTKgh4UEoKH39d2GnEqFvAT1Sww-tC0UuQGaoL7RyIIYaeUHQzKh1GeKx5H3kqFD52Q-3pqKA9KqXfRDapEmR5zKvSNlkcs_l3JDnXk3ZIrZ-kC38yPVIvskXftFebl6OZqcPa7wvm/w400-h226/Smart%20Meter%20-%2010-2014_rev_watermark.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> One of the remaining concerns is the environment that was created during the <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2022/03/update-loss-of-two-1910-structures-of.html" target="_blank">public online anti-Asian social media</a> concurrent with ongoing "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_by_neglect" target="_blank"><i>demolition by neglect</i></a>" and lack of security at the property. These are root causes for the fire for which questions still remain.</span></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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rally and press conference is organized by the Japanese American
& Asian American community in support of and in solidarity with the
effort to save and preserve <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>. <br /><br /> We are deeply moved by the support.<br /><br /> There
has been an alarming increase nationwide in hate incidents and attacks
against Asian Americans, an 1800% increase in hate incidents motivated
by anti-Asian hate reported at the end of 2021 by <span><span class="nc684nl6"><span><a href="https://www.ochumanrelations.org/" target="_blank"><b>Orange County Human Relations</b></a>.</span></span></span><br /><br /> There
also has been an increase nationwide in vandalism and arson at Asian
American places of worship over the past two years, including six
Buddhist temples in <b>Orange County</b>. The <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> was
founded in 1904 by both Buddhists and Christians. Acts of hate,
vandalism, negligence, and destruction touch us all.<br /><br /> More are signing on every day from around the United States to add their name. <br /><br /> Elders will be participating in this peaceful gathering. ️</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> It is important these voices be heard. <br /><br /> Thank
you to all who are organizing and participating this Saturday. Our deep
gratitude for your support and our solidarity with the larger message
about the harm and pain caused by hate. We stand together. <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" width="16" /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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California</i>]—Shortly before 9 am, Friday, February 25, there was notification of
a fire at endangered National Treasure <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>, located at Warner
Avenue and Nichols Lane in <b>Huntington Beach, California</b>. Community
preservationists have worked since 2012 to save and preserve this property,
which holds over a century of nationally significant Japanese American history.
</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;">A fire of unknown origin destroyed the
112-year-old manse (parsonage) of the <b>1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b>. The
nearby <b>1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> was lost to demolition a</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> few hours after the fire. Both historic
structures were demolished within a few hours of the fire before the investigation was completed and the investigation is ongoing per the City of
<b>Huntington Beach</b>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieBbo1o8tLe62F2wSrjBmrsIQiH652G33IM2F3IsYvwOhcwZ2to4koSfXC6grnYMx-2iOFI0iDEwv7Ic-czSMnuO2wO7p58XIQCffYwxV6Pf2_sgaNXo5z3bH_V8wCMS2XvEigMDVQQcvbowEIqxIqZRYRtVOdEDUWVIUq1PwmS_xggQjGiDmcjcqg=s1161" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1161" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieBbo1o8tLe62F2wSrjBmrsIQiH652G33IM2F3IsYvwOhcwZ2to4koSfXC6grnYMx-2iOFI0iDEwv7Ic-czSMnuO2wO7p58XIQCffYwxV6Pf2_sgaNXo5z3bH_V8wCMS2XvEigMDVQQcvbowEIqxIqZRYRtVOdEDUWVIUq1PwmS_xggQjGiDmcjcqg=w400-h224" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>LEFT: The 1910 Manse is located at the far left of this image, with the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission near it at left. The Barn, circa 1908-1913, is at right. The field of nopale (prickly pear cactus) is not original to the property and planted by employees of Rainbow Environmental Services, formerly Rainbow Disposal. (Photo, M. Urashima, February 13, 2017) </b></span><span><span><b><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></b> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> property
was named one of <b>America’s Most Endangered Historic Places</b> in 2014 and
designated a <b>National Treasure</b> in 2015 by the <b>National Trust for Historic
Preservation</b>. <b>Preserve Orange County</b> named <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> one of<b> Orange
County’s Most Endangered Historic Places</b> in 2017. In recent years beginning in
early 2016, <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> was targeted with <a href="https://rafu.com/2021/04/og-san-just-below-the-surface/" target="_blank">anti-Asian hate, social media harassment and threats</a>, prompting police reports filed with the City of <b>Huntington Beach</b> Police Department. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> We do not want to share publicly all the language and graphics used--particularly those with images of private individuals--in order to not amplify the hate they represent and respect the privacy of those targeted. We share some examples here to help readers understand the types of things being posted online. It appears the online publications and social media were locally generated and circulated in <b>Huntington Beach</b>.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgprUByR1n7a50C4DcH0HBdfT_q2Q_43rXzYKQP5PTOGx4Na2P6ZCAXbo7-v2Xnbotv6sXJrC65LiPuBK-8Ua2UMyE7IVTByiLT9KP6DuplbHj3ehAG58mdjm9xfVrC6wxZxZJVij-pdU0Us5zzKNVkxIY0e6b8PELHve_yXEgQkG8Kxg62XvYdqQTq=s1273" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="1273" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgprUByR1n7a50C4DcH0HBdfT_q2Q_43rXzYKQP5PTOGx4Na2P6ZCAXbo7-v2Xnbotv6sXJrC65LiPuBK-8Ua2UMyE7IVTByiLT9KP6DuplbHj3ehAG58mdjm9xfVrC6wxZxZJVij-pdU0Us5zzKNVkxIY0e6b8PELHve_yXEgQkG8Kxg62XvYdqQTq=w400-h156" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: Online and social media included a blog, "The Sledgehammer," with a masthead graphic including the old Rising Sun flag of Japan, a World War II era Japanese zero airplane, and a person taking a sledgehammer to it. The Anti-Defamation League explains </b><span><b><a href="https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/thors-hammer" target="_blank">the hammer</a> symbol has been appropriated by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerskins" target="_blank">Hammerskins</a> or Hammerskin Nation </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>were one of the most prominent American white power skinhead groups and utilized the hammer symbol. (Graphic, The Sledgehammer, August 2017) </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir4H9RzrqUD9iGifUCIGCF-gjzMLtGg65QsWd4nv9CqyHZ57bw_2P7Ls5Y_CsUj-EhiVD43K7N2GJFyoXJhY740FjJOdFJqjmAZowXATC3EKzZOojuGa6teiSwma-pf8anbdPs8nqQdiPCqGVvXdl3PATsNdnriy4mkouKfOrQoFShxu3cqn2JwAOT=s788" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="788" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir4H9RzrqUD9iGifUCIGCF-gjzMLtGg65QsWd4nv9CqyHZ57bw_2P7Ls5Y_CsUj-EhiVD43K7N2GJFyoXJhY740FjJOdFJqjmAZowXATC3EKzZOojuGa6teiSwma-pf8anbdPs8nqQdiPCqGVvXdl3PATsNdnriy4mkouKfOrQoFShxu3cqn2JwAOT=w400-h398" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: Posts and graphics from The Sledgehammer were regularly shared on social media, primarily in Huntington Beach. The use of Japanese imagery and rhetoric repeats the rhetoric and graphics used during World War II which conflated Americans of Japanese ancestry with the actions by Japan, aka the "fifth column." The intention of propaganda then, as it is with social media today, is to separate and demonize a specific group. (The Sledgehammer, January 27, 2018)</b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr81uelL3G_9Cw0z9x-k62ZNRVm9F4gB5rtmDK_izeScVdanYuEwMrTpEVocX3t1jsCdNYC0hPppHYKbuCs8N17xSibQUrXM27jeRGEFxJr0zQfALt7xykrb1klpagMNnslKJ7towQ36t9UO8WoMk8R3eg4ojpXJ3YtcbuhrbOzxl-dYI23Evs8ZJ8=s559" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="559" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr81uelL3G_9Cw0z9x-k62ZNRVm9F4gB5rtmDK_izeScVdanYuEwMrTpEVocX3t1jsCdNYC0hPppHYKbuCs8N17xSibQUrXM27jeRGEFxJr0zQfALt7xykrb1klpagMNnslKJ7towQ36t9UO8WoMk8R3eg4ojpXJ3YtcbuhrbOzxl-dYI23Evs8ZJ8=w400-h260" width="400" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: Almost daily blog and social media posts indicated monitoring of <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2018/02/above-image-of-preservation-noodles.html" target="_blank">Historic Wintersburg</a>. When the China Alley Historic District in Hanford, California, (also named one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in 2011) published information about Historic Wintersburg to support the preservation of Asian American heritage sites on February 7, 2018, a blog post by The Sledgehammer the next day included a stereotypical image and dismissed the historic recognition by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Taoist Temple in the <a href="https://www.chinaalley.com/" target="_blank">China Alley Historic District</a> was heavily <a href="https://abc30.com/hanford-museum-fire-taoist-temple-china-alley-hanfore-firefighters/10635743/" target="_blank">damaged by fire</a> in May 2021, Asian American Heritage Month. Hanford, California police were able to <a href="https://abc30.com/hanford-taoist-temple-fire-china-alley-museum-arson-arrest/10843972/" target="_blank">identify and arrest the arsonist</a> by June 2021. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>(The Sledgehammer, February 8, 2018)</b></span></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtMDTQZQeZmfbwo1akJNazt_ygiaMcbGh-ueChQVa2V21Zki7_TFYYvUNck09r1Q1Gr5XLV27RJo2pdMhlvc_nzSeEjGHt_SJPSrDPwy4Ep1YSmqxh1btDWfAZfLRTiBN1v4vmTjlo901ZQj24SxkavnR2ltoCq889Poxa409CnfCBuKwC2jMtjyy=s800" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtMDTQZQeZmfbwo1akJNazt_ygiaMcbGh-ueChQVa2V21Zki7_TFYYvUNck09r1Q1Gr5XLV27RJo2pdMhlvc_nzSeEjGHt_SJPSrDPwy4Ep1YSmqxh1btDWfAZfLRTiBN1v4vmTjlo901ZQj24SxkavnR2ltoCq889Poxa409CnfCBuKwC2jMtjyy=s320" width="275" /></a></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br />LEFT: The Sledgehammer blog also included "merchandise" with World War II era anti-Japanese references, photo shopping preservationists into graphics. The merchandise also included items referencing person conversations with a representative for Rainbow Environmental. Four days after this was posted on January 31, 2018, The Sledgehammer posted an image of the preservation project leader being tied to a railroad track to be hit or killed with a sledgehammer. The post contained a caption referencing fire, "<i>we'll burn it f-ing down.....to a cinder</i>." (The Sledgehammer, January 27, 2018)</b></span></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All six historic structures at
</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Historic Wintersburg</b> </span></span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">are listed in the City of </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Huntington Beach General Plan</b>
</span></span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">historic and cultural element as <b>eligible for the</b></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> National Register of Historic
Places</span></span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">, which automatically places</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> </span></span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the State of
</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>California</b> </span></span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">list of historic and cultural resources. This then triggers a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of any action on the property and its structures.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">BELOW: In 2018, The Sledgehammer established and linked to a Go Fund Me for a plaque at Historic Wintersburg (with the assumption it would be demolished) with a prototype that there were "<i>unremarkable buildings</i>" and "<i>some Japanese people lived here</i>." There were reports to Go Fund Me and the the fundraiser was taken down. Historic Wintersburg also has never used Go Fund Me. On February 28, 2022, after the fire, we again received reports that there was mention of a Go Fund Me for Historic Wintersburg and we posted a statement to our followers that it was not legitimate. Historic Wintersburg has never used Go Fund Me. (The Sledgehammer, January 28, 2018)</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> <br /></b></span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP1TG34NhtOe8sns77Zbqxza0OaaxJ2KZ0i3ZHUMx10hHGan08NKzTrq3nZwoq-my5_Yu4z-Yn4xzbsYL4nurxEnKmqyv-v90HVH3Tcmz09L8B7nNkVdUODBfTxKp7c6YlR2-VN6bjqmksOgUzt2tTgSEI9nzSFqUiHch7O2nJXxieSrg1OxphX0_4=s841" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="841" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP1TG34NhtOe8sns77Zbqxza0OaaxJ2KZ0i3ZHUMx10hHGan08NKzTrq3nZwoq-my5_Yu4z-Yn4xzbsYL4nurxEnKmqyv-v90HVH3Tcmz09L8B7nNkVdUODBfTxKp7c6YlR2-VN6bjqmksOgUzt2tTgSEI9nzSFqUiHch7O2nJXxieSrg1OxphX0_4=w400-h363" width="400" /></a></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span> </b>With local and national partners,
the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> community preservation group has engaged since 2012
<b>Rainbow Disposal</b> and in 2014 new owner <b>Republic Services</b> in discussions to
purchase the property for historic preservation purposes. <b>Republic Services</b> has
publicly stated to the media they would work with the community effort on the
sale for historic preservation purposes but have disengaged the past two years.</span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Preservationists raised $30,000 in
funding to conduct an outside review in 2015 by a multi-party panel of historic
preservationists, city planners and economic/business professionals—including
participation by <b>Rainbow Environmental Services-Republic Services</b>—to
demonstrate adaptive re-use options to save the property and prevent its demolition
and development. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Months after that analysis, <b>Rainbow Environmental
Services=Republic Services</b> reached legal settlement with the <b>Ocean View School
District, </b>in which the school district won a favorable decision. The settlement agreement legally encumbered the property in perpetuity, changing the
circumstances and restricting development. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWPBGSyvXMdBg64seWzPnMG1NvKTrfnmipWsAf21W9WFNC8uV3tX40_4pklp5agtet8KU5ntsEbXd03KoL3ZWF_9Bi9SL1CrxGh67Vh5mLlV-VYdNlVXIR3YX9HmSYkbWRtCz-6o9Tx6hwoUXZggfs52dZ95YmxeUZS-GOebhqHCne1ueuzdG9V9xp=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="640" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWPBGSyvXMdBg64seWzPnMG1NvKTrfnmipWsAf21W9WFNC8uV3tX40_4pklp5agtet8KU5ntsEbXd03KoL3ZWF_9Bi9SL1CrxGh67Vh5mLlV-VYdNlVXIR3YX9HmSYkbWRtCz-6o9Tx6hwoUXZggfs52dZ95YmxeUZS-GOebhqHCne1ueuzdG9V9xp=w400-h270" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>LEFT: The 1910 Manse (parsonage) as it looked in 1991. At that time the property was occupied and maintained. The Manse still retained its glass windows and doors, and was secured. (Photo courtesy of Douglas McIntosh, November 1991) </span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a result of a 2016 legal
settlement agreement between the<b> Ocean View School District</b>—which has a
preschool and elementary school adjacent to <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>—and </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rainbow
Environmental Services-Republic Services</b></span></span>, there are land use encumbrances on
the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> property that prevent its development and safeguard the
property for historic preservation. City of <b>Huntington Beach</b> planning
requirements also impose restrictions that hinder development. The <b>Ocean View
School District </b>owns land adjacent to the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> property,
including the entirety of Belsito Street to the south and land and/or
right-of-way on adjoining and nearby streets. The school district has expressed
support for the full preservation of <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The encumbrances imposed by the legal settlement agreement and the restrictions imposed by City planning requirements for ingress, egress and offsite improvements result in the property being undevelopable for commercial, industrial or residential use. Additionally, outside experts in appraisal of
and planning for complicated historic properties do not consider the <b>Historic Wintersburg
</b>property developable other than as a heritage park with museum type uses.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZAHO-VTyShdElOcI07ymFoPJSb3xD9Sge35cjsnv2KbEYqCPBw9UkdYJpreb6mDXPq9JFMPM1b5zjHpckXIkQd9DbnWa_GgHG5b3Foa5e3zO_eeyQVSsLAP5GFkS_y03KpiVDWEeOHcNjwUTfXlePSNDYmf2YRC7R9OwJUDrZdS-qGUuKoTgV6Q13=s4208" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="4208" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZAHO-VTyShdElOcI07ymFoPJSb3xD9Sge35cjsnv2KbEYqCPBw9UkdYJpreb6mDXPq9JFMPM1b5zjHpckXIkQd9DbnWa_GgHG5b3Foa5e3zO_eeyQVSsLAP5GFkS_y03KpiVDWEeOHcNjwUTfXlePSNDYmf2YRC7R9OwJUDrZdS-qGUuKoTgV6Q13=w400-h225" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: One of the instances of lack of adequate security reported to</b> </span><span><span><span><span><b>Rainbow Environmental
Services-Republic Services during an inspection of the property with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Trust for Public Land, and a representative for </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><b>Rainbow Environmental
Services-Republic Services</b></span></span></span></span>. Boarding had been removed from the 1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church building and there was evidence of clothing, food and miscellaneous debris, and a flammable Sterno can (center of image). In another onsite visit in 2012, Rainbow Environmental Services was alerted to a can of kerosene in the front room of the 1912 Furuta bungalow. (Photo, M. Urashima, March 7, 2017) </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></b> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;">Over the past decade, the community
preservationists have contacted <b>Rainbow Environmental Services-Republic
Services</b> repeatedly to provide more security and regular maintenance of the
property, which has experienced vandalism, tagging, trespassing to steal items,
and trespassing to enter the buildings for shelter. During inspections of the
property, items such as a can of kerosene and Sterno </span>cans have been found inside
buildings and brought to the attention of <b>Rainbow Environmental
Services-Republic Services</b> for removal. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn36l4_8zdBrD-FM2BSV5EoZJV_puZq3E828qgji8-t-1IjbBNvGkGiVY3-ykVi4hHBz6rosZjZ_1p7DNAqSVQjp_QR4RTIgBj0lxAcQfLLz8aDzcq996EfcsCDiBqORylV89ewz6vI_Yhwshpc359gJzy5y_wpWKIgm2O1K-N3Ehr1aQ31nqD21G2=s1116" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="1116" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn36l4_8zdBrD-FM2BSV5EoZJV_puZq3E828qgji8-t-1IjbBNvGkGiVY3-ykVi4hHBz6rosZjZ_1p7DNAqSVQjp_QR4RTIgBj0lxAcQfLLz8aDzcq996EfcsCDiBqORylV89ewz6vI_Yhwshpc359gJzy5y_wpWKIgm2O1K-N3Ehr1aQ31nqD21G2=w400-h226" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: The Historic Wintersburg preservation volunteers arranged for thousands of dollars worth of tree trimming and brush clearance by </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span>Tsuzuki Enterprises--</span>a licensed and professional landscaper with commercial equipment and crew--at no cost to</b> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rainbow
Environmental Services-Republic Services. The work was covered under proof of million-dollar liability coverage. Its purpose was reduce risk to the structures and property, and to prevent fire risk. This later was offered again, along with trash cleanup and tagging removal, with no response from </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rainbow
Environmental Services-Republic Services. (Photo, M. Urashima June 8, 2016) </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></b> <br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span>The community previously provided thousands of
dollars’ worth of tree trimming and brush removal—at no cost to <b>Rainbow
Environmental Services-Republic Services</b>—to remove vegetation that put not just
the six historic structures at risk, but also the adjacent homes, and the Oak
View preschool and elementary school. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirfIsTMPBghl1BXukpQpCF2spjnYtPU0wQsOIa4gv2RCHpuKXh6RUIHbAJkFXvJAsEYneyB00hP7UTUxr6B6oy-7yVd-EF5Rb1DkkYs6AQ3jQGOhj7apFulvdnOhP4PjN_eHPWBOvG21am9QPS2vp_9hEDnteAEAAKhgsLBN8boWsZ_FZTzIu2rz6_=s640" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="640" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirfIsTMPBghl1BXukpQpCF2spjnYtPU0wQsOIa4gv2RCHpuKXh6RUIHbAJkFXvJAsEYneyB00hP7UTUxr6B6oy-7yVd-EF5Rb1DkkYs6AQ3jQGOhj7apFulvdnOhP4PjN_eHPWBOvG21am9QPS2vp_9hEDnteAEAAKhgsLBN8boWsZ_FZTzIu2rz6_=w400-h270" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: The 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission as it appeared in 1991. The hedge row was maintained, there was glass in the windows and the property and its structures were being maintained. (Photo courtesy of Douglas McIntoch, November 1991) </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></b></span></span></span></span> <br /></b></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As recently as two weeks before the
fire on February 25, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rainbow
Environmental Services-Republic Services</b></span></span> and City of <b>Huntington Beach</b> leaders
were contacted in writing with photo documentation about vandalism and lack of
security and maintenance at <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>. They did not respond.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2Ooog9tLm_94LcVFWtF7DnrEYKeAOuwXPrkqPA8MhDa7SUJmUH3pFAQLnYl-Iav8maKMIN73gIK3VymkgWFBd00qaC6BdqptENp8nr_OYn2u-8D63_P4YrgZJCmM5Hc0KSuauKFcHdET_LAJVB7FXMQ77YGvCOMxrJA0E-YjyWe_L5t78vMBZbp-M=s4032" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2Ooog9tLm_94LcVFWtF7DnrEYKeAOuwXPrkqPA8MhDa7SUJmUH3pFAQLnYl-Iav8maKMIN73gIK3VymkgWFBd00qaC6BdqptENp8nr_OYn2u-8D63_P4YrgZJCmM5Hc0KSuauKFcHdET_LAJVB7FXMQ77YGvCOMxrJA0E-YjyWe_L5t78vMBZbp-M=s320" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: The demolished remains of the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission and 1910 Manse two days after the fire. (Photo, M. Urashima, February 27, 2022) </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></b> <br /></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <b>Historic Wintersburg
Preservation</b> group, and partners <b>Preserve Orange County</b> and <b>Heritage Museum of
Orange County</b>, call upon <b>Republic Services</b> and community leaders in <b>Huntington
Beach </b>and <b>Orange County</b> to take action to save and preserve this rare and
significant <b>National Treasure</b> historic place. <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> is endangered and two of the six structures designated as eligible for the <b>National Register of Historic Places</b> are gone forever. We are calling for a thorough
arson investigation.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Individuals and organizations with
the Japanese American community are calling for:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> 1) </b>an arson investigation, <b> </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>2)</b>
the right of Japanese Americans to collect ash and remains or artifacts from
the two buildings to honor the heritage and history of a sacred site, and <b> </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>3)
</b>action by the City of <b>Huntington Beach</b> to bring <b>Rainbow Environmental
Services-Republic Services</b> back to the table in genuine negotiations to allow
the purchase of the property by preservationists and museum professionals
partnered with <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> for the purpose of historic preservation as
a heritage park.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A partial list of those sending letters to the City of <b>Huntington Beach</b> calling for the actions above include:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles)</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span>Japanese American Citizens League (Washington,
DC)<span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium
(national) </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
(national) </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">50 Objects/50 Stories of the American Japanese
Incarceration (national) </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span>Poston Community Alliance (Poston, Arizona,
confinement site) </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Little Tokyo Historical Society (Los Angeles) </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span>Heart Mountain Foundation (Wyoming confinement
site) </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Friends of Minidoka (Idaho confinement site)</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Minidoka Pilgrimage (Idaho confinement site)</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="d2edcug0">Historical Museum at
Fort Missoula (Montana) <br /></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="d2edcug0"><span class="d2edcug0">South East Los Angeles
North Orange County (SELANOCO) chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League
(California)</span> </span> </span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Tule Lake Committee <br /></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHIP) </span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> We will continue to update as things progress.</span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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The Manse was on fire, however the Mission building was not. Both structures were demolished by Republic Services on Friday, February 25. Over the weekend, historians and preservationists confirmed the loss of the two structures, both designated as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in the City of Huntington Beach General Plan. (Photo, M. Urashima)</b><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Over the weekend after the fire last Friday, we have confirmed the loss of two structures, not only the <b>1910 Manse</b> of the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b>. The <b>1910 Mission</b> was the first structure of the Japanese Mission Project founded in 1904 and was demolished. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> We are informed by the City of <b>Huntington Beach</b> that as of today, an investigation continues.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwFxlkL-18shJW6mSJlwnLZzDBZEAzPB7Z4XT7F8UnmKOkSZgGLjBLxw4IPGiTRwiL4TldMB8dC-JjYRSfg3obd5hhdnoVfO52PuEqzhkhLfkfW8c130UqD9ctpSsKLMEgcf4XyJBuu0Fa5e-OAPvAW0wU30owSnurUf5nWgZNqcS7rJM967BHqvTf=s5607" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4448" data-original-width="5607" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwFxlkL-18shJW6mSJlwnLZzDBZEAzPB7Z4XT7F8UnmKOkSZgGLjBLxw4IPGiTRwiL4TldMB8dC-JjYRSfg3obd5hhdnoVfO52PuEqzhkhLfkfW8c130UqD9ctpSsKLMEgcf4XyJBuu0Fa5e-OAPvAW0wU30owSnurUf5nWgZNqcS7rJM967BHqvTf=w640-h508" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>ABOVE: The 1910 Manse (parsonage) at left and the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission after their construction in 1910. One of the Japanese Mission Project founders Reverend Barnabus Hisayoshi Terasawa, who with Charles Mitsuji Furuta purchased the property in 1908, is in front of the Mission with Reverend Junzo Nakamura and <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-japanese-mission-trail-lost-and-at.html" target="_blank">Ernest Adolphus Sturge</a>. Sturge </b></span><span><span><b><b><span>helped establish fourteen Japanese Presbyterian missions on the Pacific Coast. A small dirt road can be seen in front of the Mission building, parallel to what was Wintersburg Road and now Warner Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Wintersburg Church) </span></b></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><span><span>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b> </b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The wooden 1910 Mission and 1910 Manse were located behind the 1934 <b>Wintersburg Japanese Church </b>building, visible to the public from the intersection of Warner Avenue and Nichols Lane. Statements that only one "minor" structure was lost or that the "church" was not lost are not correct and probably confusing for the public.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-Q85gU2GEVdawUKLhWIeaoSQxj7VFHMnN09QpJF6uReKAL0NBIllcVg1bKN70XPb2Kg63t9cm0RHRfhSaVrHhArBUoK_RViVaEMdxdJOEHkWF5c6ntJr0QR9xDajlZuQbku-7McmG_iKR-PC0ofpeUm6qpeITBowsTNsH4GW5zsNorSfdKIszk3U1=s541" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="541" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-Q85gU2GEVdawUKLhWIeaoSQxj7VFHMnN09QpJF6uReKAL0NBIllcVg1bKN70XPb2Kg63t9cm0RHRfhSaVrHhArBUoK_RViVaEMdxdJOEHkWF5c6ntJr0QR9xDajlZuQbku-7McmG_iKR-PC0ofpeUm6qpeITBowsTNsH4GW5zsNorSfdKIszk3U1=w400-h216" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: The 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission was moved 95 years ago to the east of the 1910 Manse, which is why the configuration today is different than in 1910. The Mission and Manse were connected by a small walkway so the clergy could have a sheltered path from their home to the Mission. (Santa Ana Register, October 19, 1927)</b></span> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> All
six structures at <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> are designated as eligible for
the <b>National Register for Historic Places</b><i>.</i> Two of the six are now destroyed, as of last Friday. The historical designation is noted in
the <b>City of Huntington Beach General Plan</b>'s historic and cultural resource element. This designation on a<b> California</b> municipal document
automatically places these structures and <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> on the
State of <b>California</b> list of historic and cultural resources, which
triggers the <b>California Environmental Quality Act</b> (CEQA).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>, its partnering organizations <b>Preserve Orange County</b> and <b>Heritage Museum of Orange County</b>, as well as supporting organizations such as the <b>Japanese American Citizens League, Poston Community Alliance, Heart Mountain Foundation, Little Tokyo Historical Society, </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages, </span></b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><b>the South East Los Angeles North Orange County (SELANOCO) chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Minidoka Pilgrimage, 50 Objects/Stories of the American Japanese Incarceration</b>, among other organizations and individuals are communicating their alarm and concern to the City of Huntington Beach and Republic Services.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">We ask for: </span></span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>1) A thorough investigation for arson and for the ongoing negligence and purposeful demolition-by-neglect by <b>Rainbow Environmental-Republic Services</b>.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>2) The right of Japanese Americans to enter the property with permission to collect ash, remains of the structures, and artifacts, to honor and save what is left of a sacred site where the 1910 Mission and 1910 Manse stood. This is a significant heritage property and a place of spiritual meaning.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3) Assistance by the City of Huntington Beach to facilitate a genuine response and engagement from Republic Services corporate officers in Phoenix, Arizona, to move forward the discussions for the purchase by and transfer of the property to historical organizations for historic preservation. This includes the <b>Historic Wintersburg, Preserve Orange County, and Heritage Museum of Orange County</b>. The <b>Ocean View School District </b>should be included in this as a key neighbor with a preschool, elementary school and land ownership rights for properties next to and adjacent to <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>.</span><br /></span></div></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> We will continue to update, as more information regarding the investigation and discussions with City leaders and </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><b>Rainbow Environmental-Republic Services </b>move forward.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Urashima.</span> </span></span></i></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Surf City Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225762095381159427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591805782334655967.post-44410603799819363472022-03-01T20:40:00.000-08:002022-03-01T20:40:08.211-08:00Women's History Month <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9OctuTbx9ZgBhRzMJhyidRBqFbzCCDkx8ZoyyzJSRS26ZspCgw7Ooa-WuEA5GqMOk31W844qt4TuO5iaBXpf9y9dUFgHNvtrwSU2kt3gLLYsgCmROd1ybsCiGcAsxdogxx0LwR6YTcJXJpDj_7p4dwQ3F0wN-h9arsfQVs5lv59POOqFl8sDEGjNE=s4050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="4050" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9OctuTbx9ZgBhRzMJhyidRBqFbzCCDkx8ZoyyzJSRS26ZspCgw7Ooa-WuEA5GqMOk31W844qt4TuO5iaBXpf9y9dUFgHNvtrwSU2kt3gLLYsgCmROd1ybsCiGcAsxdogxx0LwR6YTcJXJpDj_7p4dwQ3F0wN-h9arsfQVs5lv59POOqFl8sDEGjNE=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto">ABOVE: Sisters Yukiko Yajima Furuta and Masuko Yajima Akiyama, at the Cole Ranch, circa 1915. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The Cole Ranch was located where Oceanview High
School is today off Warner Avenue and roughly two blocks from <b>Historic
Wintersburg</b> in Huntington Beach.</span></span></span></span> (Photo Courtesy of the Furuta family) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> Welcome to <b>Women's History Month</b>! Front
and center in the image above from the Cole Ranch, circa 1915, is <b>Yukiko
Yajima Furuta</b> (left) and her sister, <b>Masuko Yajima Akiyama</b>, at right. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b>Yukiko</b>'s husband, <b>Charles
Mitsuji Furuta</b>, is at left holding their first child, <b>Raymond</b>. <b>Masuko</b>'s
husband and fellow goldfish farmer, <b>Henry Kiyomi Akiyama</b> is at right holding
their child. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <b>Masuko</b>'s body language tells a story. These were strong women who came
to a new country and a new culture to create a new life. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirplOF1pv4wpCDc_9gsBw9yVkPC_UtE4tLPEjsOumx5U6EYI-wtnYFFqJxdwJ0RAl8fl-59kueNRidU-yuI0-RK4TLeOFeqsmv1D6IenaUlFP9XT3MiEqGrhQXS0GpPjomg0zg-j-DdnkQFca3UnFamCsF5obnD_7NtyG1xyA7ky1siHDJwuBpdxX1=s762" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="762" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirplOF1pv4wpCDc_9gsBw9yVkPC_UtE4tLPEjsOumx5U6EYI-wtnYFFqJxdwJ0RAl8fl-59kueNRidU-yuI0-RK4TLeOFeqsmv1D6IenaUlFP9XT3MiEqGrhQXS0GpPjomg0zg-j-DdnkQFca3UnFamCsF5obnD_7NtyG1xyA7ky1siHDJwuBpdxX1=w400-h297" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">LEFT: Yukiko Yajima Furuta at Senjokaku (千畳閣, "pavilion of 1000 mats") at Hokoku Shrine on Miyajima in 1912, prior to her leaving with Charles Furuta for America. Hokoku Shrine dates back to 1587 and is still open to the public as of 2022. </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Miyajima is a small island in Hiroshima Bay in western Japan.</span> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>(Photo Courtesy of the Furuta family) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b> Yukiko</b> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto">was born on March 23, 1895, in <b>Hiroshima-ken</b> in a family of five children and was the oldest daughter. At the time she met <b>Charles Furuta</b> on his trip back to <b>Japan</b> in 1912, she was 17 and he was 31.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSP-01UJgq8dreM7IHyczmbW3GY_fX7cwN3iOGjmW-0AMMebwx-jrWIb5K9B6ejscKlg_tPXiXO1sF1HyiufdbTE9EECNIoA65-9ZrKB9jbU0p8DlUCWKiGix5ixdRycXAU3XVMOkEmv2v2caMZX4-XuOgiFV7qya0W0ZSZ2WU6AvlFf7_NQHj02Q7=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1280" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSP-01UJgq8dreM7IHyczmbW3GY_fX7cwN3iOGjmW-0AMMebwx-jrWIb5K9B6ejscKlg_tPXiXO1sF1HyiufdbTE9EECNIoA65-9ZrKB9jbU0p8DlUCWKiGix5ixdRycXAU3XVMOkEmv2v2caMZX4-XuOgiFV7qya0W0ZSZ2WU6AvlFf7_NQHj02Q7=w640-h372" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>ABOVE: Yukiko Yajima Furuta after her arrival in California in 1913, on the beach at Long Beach. She had acquired western clothing before leaving Japan after her marriage to Charles in 1912.</b> </span><span><span><b>(Photo Courtesy of the Furuta family) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQz-bvSc7bVG3Spcj0taktR4adHG7zXY6EPr1lzlBzJg3nhEiIxNaiaDXljxakjzAFglQdHqngD-En9SNSKwkqrpeLmENCiUPOyNV3mDzqQ3Oq7BBpgHDbkINOozMp7Ww5pFRPQCNmrFWe5pMjys_GT0aylaTm7gq3ZmB-EY8O1GCWV7Yh05n1tU1E=s1799" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1799" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQz-bvSc7bVG3Spcj0taktR4adHG7zXY6EPr1lzlBzJg3nhEiIxNaiaDXljxakjzAFglQdHqngD-En9SNSKwkqrpeLmENCiUPOyNV3mDzqQ3Oq7BBpgHDbkINOozMp7Ww5pFRPQCNmrFWe5pMjys_GT0aylaTm7gq3ZmB-EY8O1GCWV7Yh05n1tU1E=w640-h378" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>ABOVE: Yukiko with Charles riding in style in 1913. They are parked on the unpaved Wintersburg Road in front of the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission, lost to demolition in February, 2022. </b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b>When the Furutas bought their own car in 2016, </b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b>Yukiko was scared to ride in it, the street was not well paved, and they could drive only twenty
to twenty-five miles an hour. (Photo Courtesy of the Furuta family) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span> </span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn4Jp9ieZUOHeA8M6Cxqa2YqLMLeExz-dneofGOFowWn3QOxTLe9iEOYrRatvUVypoWjJV499hbarS4SK2jVvyqBtQI0VLrRfkl7Pap4-9Tq9dE7_BvNay-lw2Ms8J1oCKzKldcIO3jVdBR_WifE_pwe2P_QuzN1PnWXUvEN-_HIJQSJkJ50aK-5dO=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1280" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn4Jp9ieZUOHeA8M6Cxqa2YqLMLeExz-dneofGOFowWn3QOxTLe9iEOYrRatvUVypoWjJV499hbarS4SK2jVvyqBtQI0VLrRfkl7Pap4-9Tq9dE7_BvNay-lw2Ms8J1oCKzKldcIO3jVdBR_WifE_pwe2P_QuzN1PnWXUvEN-_HIJQSJkJ50aK-5dO=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ABOVE: Charles took this contemplative photo of Yukiko in 1914. She describes rural Orange County on her arrival as "</b><b> a vast and lonely place." </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><span><span><b>(Photo Courtesy of the Furuta family) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></b></span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span> <b> </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Yukiko</b> and <b>Charles</b> moved into their new home in <b>Wintersburg Village</b> in 1913. </span></span></span></span></span></span>She began to learn
English from <b>Charles</b>, ventured out on the Pacific Electric Railway
trolley into Los Angeles' <b>Little Tokyo</b> for shopping, and began to meet
families through the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b>. Her sister </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b>Masuko</b> arrived in 1915, after <b>Yukiko</b> arranged for her marriage to their friend, <b>Henry Akiyama</b>.</span></span></span> Life in <b>California</b> became more familiar.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikNTYfUp_52SsMrIHaaMPaur7sYNIAGGpbH9U7LDDi6zlX7pHjkWfW4z_65aPIvq5XzKlgg73caTwDq987szckbctj7hOy9hUKYOpq37c1sUpO9QnfprOR9ES1Qnf2RAnNgePnkqpNC0uHtpyThRRN4R9PyclFLpk7HPF1eIwO4NTl2wn2dbE91teW=s3706" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="3706" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikNTYfUp_52SsMrIHaaMPaur7sYNIAGGpbH9U7LDDi6zlX7pHjkWfW4z_65aPIvq5XzKlgg73caTwDq987szckbctj7hOy9hUKYOpq37c1sUpO9QnfprOR9ES1Qnf2RAnNgePnkqpNC0uHtpyThRRN4R9PyclFLpk7HPF1eIwO4NTl2wn2dbE91teW=w400-h264" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><b>RIGHT: Yukiko and Charles with their granddaughter Marilyn on the Furuta farm in Wintersburg Village in 1953. This was after the passage of the Immigration Act of 1952. </b></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>By removing race as a basis for citizenship eligibility, the 1952
Act, allowed for the first time a path to citizenship for the <i>Issei</i>. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Yukiko</b> held her family together and when they were separated after <b>Charles</b> was arrested by the FBI in February 1942 after <b>Executive Order 9066</b>, as were many Issei (first generation immigrant) men in Orange Couty. She packed the family's belongings and prepared them for their incarceration at <b>Poston</b>, Arizona. She endured life at Poston, rejoicing when <b>Charles</b> was finally reunited with her after more than a year. When the <b>Furuta</b>s returned to <b>Wintersburg Village </b>in 1945, <b>Yukiko</b> helped transition their goldfish business to flower farming and they began again. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Yukiko</b> watched her children thrive. Her grandchildren attend college and become successful in professional careers. <b> <br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Yukiko</b> watched the once rural farmland and dirt country roads disappear and change. She became a lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers fan. During her lifetime, there were dramatic leaps in technology, from early aviation to space flight and a man on the moon. Silent movies to talkies. Horse and buggy to freeways and fast cars. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">All American women gaining the right to vote. The dream of citizenship realized in 1952. A trip to Japan in the late 1950s to find her family had survived, but the Hiroshima she knew as a girl was gone. And before she passed, a formal apology and reparations from the U.S. government in 1988.</span></span></span></span></span></span> Snapshots of a remarkable journey.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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Urashima.</span> </span></span></i></b></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Surf City Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225762095381159427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591805782334655967.post-46169583009333984952022-02-25T18:48:00.003-08:002022-04-16T11:14:37.687-07:00Fire at endangered National Treasure Historic Wintersburg <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDlsEktH6-gr0y4WANHtTpmAN0r0i6l2fBo2oywtYHgXJjSMYwGOrhxvhQrOzlzOqRJkYzfdON2jO1B9SgHoPnvx7poDzZg1EMUiQX8-MAyGLIF8Xb534s_Mhd1O0OPnzsQeMwnSeeWFNVxLsP0iH564QSNNoEKxP1A04UbcFKB5B7Bv3bkOjXTT8y=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDlsEktH6-gr0y4WANHtTpmAN0r0i6l2fBo2oywtYHgXJjSMYwGOrhxvhQrOzlzOqRJkYzfdON2jO1B9SgHoPnvx7poDzZg1EMUiQX8-MAyGLIF8Xb534s_Mhd1O0OPnzsQeMwnSeeWFNVxLsP0iH564QSNNoEKxP1A04UbcFKB5B7Bv3bkOjXTT8y=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: On the morning of February 25 just before 9 a.m., fire destroyed the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission's manse (parsonage), one of six historic structures noted as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in the City of Huntington Beach General Plan. Historic Wintersburg was designated a National Treasure in 2015 and one of America's 11 Most Endangered in 2014 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It was named one of Orange County's Most Endangered Historic Places by Preserve Orange County in 2017. It is considered a historic and cultural resource by the State of California. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Singer, president of the Ocean View School District board of trustees) </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shortly before 9 am, Friday,
February 25, there was notification of a fire at endangered National Treasure
<b>Historic Wintersburg</b>, located at Warner Avenue and Nichols Lane in <b>Huntington
Beach</b>. Community preservationists have worked since 2012 to save and preserve
this property, which holds over a century of <b>Japanese American</b> history. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The 112-year-old
manse (parsonage) of the<b> Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> has been lost. Within a few hours, <a href="https://www.republicservices.com/municipality/huntington-beach-ca" target="_blank"><b>Republic Services</b></a> brought in a bulldozer, demolishing and potentially removing evidence needed for an arson investigation and archaeological artifacts. We await further confirmation and information regarding the circumstances of the fire and demolition.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTDjg8hI7YcyaUFIoNwrn8mfYSEiCOMks_YxGi-egiVPR39iLBodYWPZUxwpfwoImTDFJAW2T-DugHSJ7mohZxC_aD5ARN3JKsytgPonrnaubmKtkKawDq4YeIg1V5-O4tWVYwgDoaszyUvCMRdnfIi0BEXHfDEyb2L97cO52RCLwbJlO-2yHvnnD_=s5607" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4448" data-original-width="5607" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTDjg8hI7YcyaUFIoNwrn8mfYSEiCOMks_YxGi-egiVPR39iLBodYWPZUxwpfwoImTDFJAW2T-DugHSJ7mohZxC_aD5ARN3JKsytgPonrnaubmKtkKawDq4YeIg1V5-O4tWVYwgDoaszyUvCMRdnfIi0BEXHfDEyb2L97cO52RCLwbJlO-2yHvnnD_=w400-h318" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: The manse (parsonage) of the Wintersburg Japanese Mission to the left of the Mission building, after both were finished with construction in 1910. The first to live in the manse in 1910 was </b></span><span><b><span><b>Reverend Joseph K. Inazawa and his wife, the former Miss Kate Alice Goodman, whose marriage was illegal in California and made international headlines. Read their story: <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-marriage-that-made-headlines.html" target="_blank"><u>The marriage that made headlines</u></a>.</b></span> (Photo courtesy of Wintersburg Church) </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span> <br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Historic Wintersburg</b> and its six structures were named one of <a href="https://savingplaces.org/collections/11-most-endangered-2014#.YhmOCpaIaM9" target="_blank"><b>America’s Most Endangered Historic Places</b></a> in 2014 and designated a <a href="https://www.republicservices.com/municipality/huntington-beach-ca" target="_blank"><b>National Treasure</b></a> in 2015.
Preserve Orange County named <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> one of <a href="https://www.preserveorangecounty.org/most-endangered" target="_blank"><b>Orange County’s Most Endangered Historic Places</b></a> in 2017. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In recent years beginning in early 2016,
<b>Historic Wintersburg</b> was targeted with anti-Asian hate, social media harassment
and threats for which police reports were filed.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With local and national partners,
the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> community preservation group has engaged since 2012
<b>Rainbow Disposal </b>and in 2014 new owner <b>Republic Services</b> in discussions to
purchase the property for historic preservation purposes. <b>Republic Services</b> has
publicly stated to the media they would work with the community effort on the
sale for historic preservation purposes but have disengaged the past two years.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTfRrzsN2LZtzJ-gulLyWURwSgd4Q3TXiuCzsG5O729gkyITFbUGakX5-DIG8oGURU0etopI0EPMm48xLYHjNalDpLYMzGsMAuj4hY1YcJNGIUQsq02dKxqEbwPZMSylCAKH0owZsaYWQDQaxqMKvM-9zhcHsEA76BvN06bQHRkrR3xSbsVGRDSto_=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTfRrzsN2LZtzJ-gulLyWURwSgd4Q3TXiuCzsG5O729gkyITFbUGakX5-DIG8oGURU0etopI0EPMm48xLYHjNalDpLYMzGsMAuj4hY1YcJNGIUQsq02dKxqEbwPZMSylCAKH0owZsaYWQDQaxqMKvM-9zhcHsEA76BvN06bQHRkrR3xSbsVGRDSto_=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: Tadashi Kowta in front of the manse in 2013. He lived in the manse as a child when his father, Reverend Sohei Kowta, was clergy for the Wintersburg Japanese Mission. Tadashi Kowta recalled his father being interrogated by the FBI after the attack by Japan at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and their life during WWII incarceration at Poston. He remembered children with the Ocean View elementary school coming to say goodbye to his family. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span><i>"The whole school seemed to have come to say, </i><i>'good bye'</i><i> to us."</i></span> Read his story: <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2013/02/reverend-sohei-kowta-sunday-before.html" target="_blank"><u>Reverend Sohei Kowta, The Sunday Before</u></a>.(Photo, M. Urashima, 2013) </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Over the past decade, the community
preservationists have contacted <b>Rainbow/Republic</b> repeatedly to provide more
security and regular maintenance of the property. The community has provided
thousands of dollars’ worth of tree trimming and brush removal, to remove
vegetation that put not just the six historic structures at risk, but also the
adjacent homes, and the <b>Ocean View School District</b>'s <b>Oak View </b>preschool and elementary school at risk.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As recently as two weeks ago,
<b>Republic Services </b>and <b>City of Huntington Beach</b> leaders were contacted in
writing with photo documentation about vandalism at the property. They did not
respond.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-pmrh5qxH5HF4SFPi4MgCcW76t64_IMADFitU_NCi7jYmODOSfZEr37IK84lLeCtzTeXDy_VQUkSO9TMUDNCWkzSLkiK7DI6VqAOk6bBWLos51151OMoJGg5bV4MHZ1wxv3hHRyc8vQQI1atnOoR540ujx2ScT1k2BnfDjU5eq2qKdkbJdTSTfUeN=s1182" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1182" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-pmrh5qxH5HF4SFPi4MgCcW76t64_IMADFitU_NCi7jYmODOSfZEr37IK84lLeCtzTeXDy_VQUkSO9TMUDNCWkzSLkiK7DI6VqAOk6bBWLos51151OMoJGg5bV4MHZ1wxv3hHRyc8vQQI1atnOoR540ujx2ScT1k2BnfDjU5eq2qKdkbJdTSTfUeN=w640-h354" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: Within a few hours, Republic Services drove a bulldozer across the street and began demolishing the remains of the manse, potentially damaging evidence for an arson investigation as well as archaeological artifacts. (Photo image from video courtesy of Oscar Rodriguez, February 25, 2022)</b> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <b>Historic Wintersburg
Preservation</b> group, and partners <a href="https://www.preserveorangecounty.org/most-endangered" target="_blank"><b>Preserve Orange County</b></a> and <b><a href="https://www.heritagemuseumoc.org/historic-wintersburg" target="_blank">Heritage Museum of Orange County</a> </b>call upon <b>Republic Services</b> and our community leaders in
<b>Huntington Beach</b>, <b>Orange County </b>and <b>California </b>leadership, and national preservation organizations to take action to save and preserve this
rare and significant <b>National Treasure</b> historic place. <i>We are calling for an
arson investigation on today’s fire.</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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bible of <b>Charles Mitsuji Furuta</b>, Furuta Gold Fish Farm at <b>Historic
Wintersburg</b>, is included in an upcoming exhibit, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><a href="https://www.janm.org/events/2022-02-26/virtual-curator-preview-gallery-talk-sutra-and-bible?fbclid=IwAR0RPU8Udb7J6ZK_5J5JcTl13L2UQzUS0vdmc-STKH_jAAk6TqFTU0Wc2SA" target="_blank"><b>Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration</b></a><i>,</i> at the <a href="https://www.janm.org/" target="_blank"><b>Japanese American National Museum</b></a>. He was the first Issei baptized as Christian in <b>Orange
County</b> and was an elder in the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b>. At the time of his arrest by the <b>FBI</b>, he had been a legal resident of the United States for over four decades.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><b> Charles Mitsuji Furuta</b> held</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> the bible with him after his arrest in February 1942, when he was taken to the
<b>Huntington Beach</b> jail, then to <b>Tuna Canyon Detention Station</b> in Los Angeles County, then to
military prison camps in <b>Santa Fe</b> and then <b>Lordsburg, New Mexico</b>, and,
finally, to <b>Poston</b>, the Colorado River Relocation Center in <b>Arizona</b>, where he was reunited with his wife,
<b>Yukiko</b>, and their family. He kept a small photograph of <b>Yukiko</b> inside
the bible.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Ljl8oIHsBhDYVum-o909c3UE5Sbc8dEn2eHJiXg_jlr9ZzT2WR8OQhyx07LBRisBSzuQWryfvNSwwkTHdU68OT-HIIAO1lDKGzeWUWvvO8e3_qWiYFKpB4cdXFOIbaDvuCEoMQLY-GLEofLueqYeRU7bXYthCloVFV6kumFN8dbUpwpanj8MFglu=s3204" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="3204" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Ljl8oIHsBhDYVum-o909c3UE5Sbc8dEn2eHJiXg_jlr9ZzT2WR8OQhyx07LBRisBSzuQWryfvNSwwkTHdU68OT-HIIAO1lDKGzeWUWvvO8e3_qWiYFKpB4cdXFOIbaDvuCEoMQLY-GLEofLueqYeRU7bXYthCloVFV6kumFN8dbUpwpanj8MFglu=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: A notation in Charles Mitsuji Furuta's bible marking the time of his arrival at the military prison camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico in May 1942. He was imprisoned there roughly four months before being moved to the military prison camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. He highlighted a passage in the bible. </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><b>(Photo, Courtesy of the Furuta family) </b></span></span><span><span><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span> <br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> <b>Charles Mitsuji Furuta</b> arrived at the prison camp at <b>Lordsburg, New Mexico</b>, less than two months after the "Lordsburg killings." Two California men in their late 50s, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Toshiro Kobata</b> and <b>Hirota Isomura</b>, were shot at close range by <b>Private First Class </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Clarence Burleson</b> during a two-mile trek through the Chihuahuan Desert. The men had been involved in a camp protest </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">regarding <i>forced labor conditions</i>, illegal under the <b>Geneva Convention</b> as the prisoners were classified as "enemy alien."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The incident prompted <b>Spain</b>, the intervening power under the <b>Geneva Convention</b>, to issue a memorandum from the <b>Spanish Embassy</b> to the <b>U.S. Department of State</b>. "</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">...<i><b>Shiro Kobata</b> and <b>Hirota Insomura</b>, who were invalids
aged nearly sixty years (60), former suffering from
tuberculosis and latter from spinal disease caused by injury
sustained while at work in fishing boat, were unable to walk
any further, and had to follow party in automobile escorted
by soldiers. Party felt uneasy about these two persons, as
they failed to join them at <b>Lordsburg</b> Camp. Moreover reports
of gun heard in direction of station gave them evil
forebodings...It was announced by camp office next morning two
invalids had been shot at dawn 27th on charge of attempt to
escape. It is inconceivable that aged invalids hardly able
to walk should while under military escort have attempted to
escape.</i>"</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The <b>Spanish Embassy</b> noted the <b>Lordsburg</b> killings and other troubling incidents in an official communication to the <b>State Department </b>in March 13, 1944. "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">...<i>a Captain fired revolver to urge internees to
hasten their work, at another time an internee requesting a
sentry to fetch golf ball which had fallen out of fence was
fired at from watchtower, and on third occasion internee was
fired at while within twenty feet of fence. During 1942 some
20 American convict soldiers were interned at <b>Lordsburg</b>
Camp. Japanese internees requested Commandant to remove
these convicts to another place, but request was not
complied with. On Thanksgiving Day one of convicts, under
influence of liquor, intruded into Japanese internees
quarters used abusive language, sat astride <b>Doctor Uyehara</b>,
and wounded him in back with a knife</i>."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> It was a frightening time during which all civil liberties were lost and the threat of violence was real. <b>Charles Mitsuji Furuta</b> held onto his faith, and the tiny bible with the photograph of <b>Yukiko</b> tucked inside. The upcoming exhibit shares other items of faith held onto by those enduring WWII incarceration.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAu3Ph14ocIRzg2hpSK8q2-K-5Ai1PNZDmPAyb9PccpwEzmVD1boxIl-j50aZkH7dk64igOKUo08lQhCOAm0NWdgnDYDyl-XLszNVUbI1ovdV4nWdezcaoQ8BLTYQ6zQc6c7fhOvB-YKg1wQGULUPrqKJGEtaQ7quEW_z4M8txtJEdcKptu8CTLlC8=s4275" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2980" data-original-width="4275" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAu3Ph14ocIRzg2hpSK8q2-K-5Ai1PNZDmPAyb9PccpwEzmVD1boxIl-j50aZkH7dk64igOKUo08lQhCOAm0NWdgnDYDyl-XLszNVUbI1ovdV4nWdezcaoQ8BLTYQ6zQc6c7fhOvB-YKg1wQGULUPrqKJGEtaQ7quEW_z4M8txtJEdcKptu8CTLlC8=w400-h279" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><b>LEFT: The Furuta family finally was reunited at Poston, the Colorado River Relocation Center near Parker, Arizona. Charles Mitsuji Furuta (front row, far right) had been separated from his family for over a year. The Furutas were able to return home to Wintersburg Village in 1945. </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span><b>(Photo, Courtesy of the Furuta family) </b></span></span><span><span><b>© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</b></span></span></span></span></span></b> <br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> The <b>Japanese American National Museum</b> in Los Angeles will host an online preview at <b>10 a.m., Saturday, February 26</b>, with a "</span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><i>virtual preview of many never-before-seen artifacts that tell the
stories of how Japanese Americans drew on their faith to survive forced
removal and incarceration at a time when their race and religion were
seen as threats to national security</i>."
</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i> "<b>Sutra and Bible</b></i> <i>brings the stories of those faced with
sudden, heartbreaking exile to light through an array of astonishing
artifacts: from the prayer books and religious scrolls they carried with
them into camp, to the altars, prayer beads, embroidered senninbari
prayer belts, and memorials they handcrafted through the bleakest times,
to keep their spirits alive</i>."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><b>REGISTER </b>for the <b>free online preview</b> at <a href="https://www.janm.org/events/2022-02-26/virtual-curator-preview-gallery-talk-sutra-and-bible?fbclid=IwAR0RPU8Udb7J6ZK_5J5JcTl13L2UQzUS0vdmc-STKH_jAAk6TqFTU0Wc2SA"><b>Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration</b></a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><span><span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and
communities and incarcerated, simply because of their heritage. For
years, many Japanese Americans lived in harsh, overcrowded conditions,
surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed guards. Not only did they
lose their homes, businesses, property, and savings — they also lost
their liberty, security, and the fundamental freedoms that belong to all
Americans in equal measure</i>." <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The national <b>Day of Remembrance</b> this year initiated on February 18 and includes a three-day program with the <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/" target="_blank"><b>Smithsonian's National Museum of American History</b></a>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b><u>WATCH</u>:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on_DKBf-SoQ" target="_blank"><b>National Day of Rembrance: 80 Years of Reckoning.</b></a><b> </b>(<i>click link</i>)<b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> <u>ONLINE PROGRAM SCHEDULE</u>:</b> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Smithsonian's National Museum of American History <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/day-of-remembrance" target="_blank">program schedule and links</a></b> (<i>click link</i>) to online programs <b>February 18 to 20</b>, including the o</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">pening program and six live-streamed panel discussions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho9cteY3AWa04VIHiOkWs0EyMuSOYKRdsGEiL6Wnrupkhv9mGlJVguDWZE7GgOI1mL4Sl7ZVHT2SQEv9bhqMUlipEZJOsQMWZm1U4UfPzCP-H1dpEDmjP8ZRtQOk7byyyJKl3uDpC6jfJz7y-067wZqGz-ZqO5eNfiR28pvz_VGbSQ2VuauivXIUWR=s4208" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="4208" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho9cteY3AWa04VIHiOkWs0EyMuSOYKRdsGEiL6Wnrupkhv9mGlJVguDWZE7GgOI1mL4Sl7ZVHT2SQEv9bhqMUlipEZJOsQMWZm1U4UfPzCP-H1dpEDmjP8ZRtQOk7byyyJKl3uDpC6jfJz7y-067wZqGz-ZqO5eNfiR28pvz_VGbSQ2VuauivXIUWR=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: The bible carried by Charles Mitsuji Furuta, Furuta Gold Fish Farm at Historic Wintersburg, as he was taken first to the Huntington Beach jail, then to Tuna Canyon Detention Station, to military prison camps in Santa Fe and Lordsburg, New Mexico, and finally, to Poston, the Colorado River Relocation Center in Arizona. He was arrested and separated from his family within two days of Executive Order 9066 and was reunited with them over a year later at Poston. He had been a legal resident of the United States for over four decades. (Photo, M. Urashima, Courtesy of the Furuta family) </b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> "<i>Executive Order 9066 sounds so bureaucratic, so government, so normal. But behind the blandness is pain. Behind the plainness, is grave injustice." </i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>says <b>Koji Tomita</b>, <b>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States</b> in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on_DKBf-SoQ" target="_blank"><b>opening program</b></a> with the <b>White House</b>. "<i>Why do we remember an event that caused so much anguish? We do so to remember those who suffered as a result of it. We do so that we will not forget the lessons we learned from those dark times. The significance of this American national experience is not confined to Americans only or to Japanese Americans only. It matters to all of us around the world who believe in liberty and justice for our citizens. It matters today and it will matter for all the years ahead."</i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOkUhtACtP9niznZ1V7YEtHn3hsB93E811sQSaNUMytWKIuTAVsQtPIqFmAQpadyDbxyaZSmm8yS8oacXvi8KJfPEbKElhH91LaF4e72CUwzWoAwmOjv9QWbHbc5_kCHIZfymGUCY7zHwG_DEr2hwSZOepUtf787bALjYNR7rC1cdgVM8mKM_ZizuX=s640" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOkUhtACtP9niznZ1V7YEtHn3hsB93E811sQSaNUMytWKIuTAVsQtPIqFmAQpadyDbxyaZSmm8yS8oacXvi8KJfPEbKElhH91LaF4e72CUwzWoAwmOjv9QWbHbc5_kCHIZfymGUCY7zHwG_DEr2hwSZOepUtf787bALjYNR7rC1cdgVM8mKM_ZizuX=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></i></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b>LEFT: Tadashi Kowta at Historic Wintersburg in 2013, standing in front of the manse where he lived as a child while his father, Reverend Sohei Kowta, served as clergy for the Wintersburg Japanese Mission. Read the Kowta family's story, <a href="https://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2013/02/reverend-sohei-kowta-sunday-before.html" target="_blank">Reverend Sohei Kowta: The Sunday Before</a>."<i> <br /></i></b></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i> </i><b>Ambassador Tomita</b> spoke about the strength of the relationship between <b>Japan</b> and the <b>United States</b> and recognized the years of effort by Japanese Americans to gain formal apology and redress, ultimately leading to the signing by <b>President Ronald Reagan</b> of the <b>Civil Liberties Act of 1988</b>. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> "<i>This redressing of injustice says something about the fundamental strength of American society in having the courage to admit an error and right the wrong...The struggle for perfection amid imperfection---I believe this is one of the attributes that has made the <b>United States</b> a great and respected nation." <br /></i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">© </span>All rights reserved.
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(Santa Ana Register, September 25, 2021)</span></span></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> Days before <b>California</b> women gained suffrage after election day, October 10, 1911, Japanese women in north <b>Orange County </b>organized. Scattered across the rural countryside, ladies society meetings were a way to connect and talk with other women who shared a common culture and experience. As most were new to the country, they could freely talk about how to navigate their new surroundings and share their confusion, experiences, and lend each other support. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> Prohibited from becoming U.S. citizens due to their Japanese ancestry, the majority were women who had been permitted to join their spouses in the <b>United States</b> following the 1907 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_Agreement_of_1907"><b>Gentlemen's Agreement </b></a>between the U.S. and <b>Japan</b>. It was only two years prior to the first of California's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1913"><b>alien land laws</b></a> in 1913.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IJ8tJuBQ97w/YU9khwzAt0I/AAAAAAAAdl0/rWpTODxxYq8p5fnk8crI0m_REo6IMQ-IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/HOLIDAYS%2BIN%2BHUNTINGTON%2BBEACH%2B1916%2B-%2Bvotes%2Bfor%2Bwomen%2B2%2Brev.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IJ8tJuBQ97w/YU9khwzAt0I/AAAAAAAAdl0/rWpTODxxYq8p5fnk8crI0m_REo6IMQ-IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/HOLIDAYS%2BIN%2BHUNTINGTON%2BBEACH%2B1916%2B-%2Bvotes%2Bfor%2Bwomen%2B2%2Brev.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> The Japanese women of <b>Wintersburg Village</b>, <b>Talbert</b>, and <b>Smeltzer</b> may have been aware of the organizing effort in rural areas of <b>California</b> by women for Equal Suffrage. There was opposition to women's suffrage in the urban communities of <b>San Francisco</b> and<b> Los Angeles</b> and on election night, October 10, 1911, suffragists thought they had lost due to that opposition. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <b>San Francisco</b> had voted "no" by almost 14,000 votes. <b>Los Angeles</b> had voted "yes" by slightly over 2,000 votes. The Southern California counties had "<i>rolled up a slight majority for woman suffrage</i>" reported the <u>Santa Ana Register</u>. There were election observers watching the ballot count, tagging approximately 3,000 as "fraudulent." But after several days of ballot counting, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Equal Suffrage</b> had passed statewide by 3,587 votes (</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>final tally 125,037 to 121,450). The rural precincts had come through. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FO13jFc60Q/YU9yJLuStUI/AAAAAAAAdl8/-FBxf-bjf0UhW3M-9NSF_OdYmwalJy2yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Women%2Bsuffrage_Register%2Bwrongly%2Bpredicts%2Bdefeat_Santa_Ana_Register_Wed__Oct_11__1911_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1540" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FO13jFc60Q/YU9yJLuStUI/AAAAAAAAdl8/-FBxf-bjf0UhW3M-9NSF_OdYmwalJy2yQCLcBGAsYHQ/w301-h400/Women%2Bsuffrage_Register%2Bwrongly%2Bpredicts%2Bdefeat_Santa_Ana_Register_Wed__Oct_11__1911_.jpg" width="301" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: In go-big-or-go-home fashion </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>the <u>Santa Ana Register</u></b></span></span></span> wrongly predicted the night of October 10, 1911, that the State defeated women's suffrage. The next day, the Register corrected and reported suffrage was "<i>still in balance</i>" statewide, but had lost in Orange County by 38 votes out of the 3,600 ballots cast. By Friday evening, October 13, the Register conceded in a much smaller news item halfway down the page, "<i>Suffrage surely carried in State</i>." By October 17, buried on page 4 there were small news items on women registering to vote and possibly voting in the November election on the "wet or dry" issue in Fullerton. (Santa Ana Register, October 10, 1911)</b></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> </b>In <b>Southern California</b>, </span></span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Lopez"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez</span></b></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> was a prominent organizer for women's suffrage, frequently speaking to majority men audiences as they would vote on suffrage. "<i>The first suffrage speech in Spanish that has ever been made in the State in this or any other campaign was made at Ventura on Saturday by Miss Maria G. de Lopez, a member of the Los Angeles High School faculty. Many of the Spanish speaking people of Ventura heard the address which will be given in other parts of the State during the summer months when the State will be canvassed by the suffrigists (sic)</i>," noted the <u>Concord Transcript</u> newspaper in Concord, California.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> was certain the night of October 10 that women's suffrage had been defeated, running a large, below the banner headline, "State defeats woman suffrage." The newspaper's corrections continued over the next several days in increasingly smaller headlines. On November 21, 1911, following state vote certification and women registering to vote, the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> predicted that "<i>Riverside seems to have elected a socialist mayor</i>" with the "<i>woman vote practically all in by noon</i>." By November 29, the Register seems to have accepted their new overlords, running a tiny article that bills had been introduced in Sacrament to make women voters eligible for all public offices "<i>to harmonize the political code with the equal suffrage regime</i>." <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wRDnPRYUC7I/YU93bvi3jRI/AAAAAAAAdmE/9d-_lY2gJBwjZvt-6V8rUsZxdvdr_MPYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s603/Womens%2Bsuffrage_Huntington%2BBeach%2BNews%2Brejoices_Santa%2BAna%2BRegister_October%2B20%2B1911.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="382" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wRDnPRYUC7I/YU93bvi3jRI/AAAAAAAAdmE/9d-_lY2gJBwjZvt-6V8rUsZxdvdr_MPYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w254-h400/Womens%2Bsuffrage_Huntington%2BBeach%2BNews%2Brejoices_Santa%2BAna%2BRegister_October%2B20%2B1911.PNG" width="254" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>LEFT: Ten days after the vote on women's suffrage, the Santa Ana Register shared on page 4 opinions published by other Orange County newspapers, including the Huntington Beach News, which "<i>rejoices in the victory of the woman's suffrage amendment to the California constitution</i>." (Santa Ana Register, October 20, 1911)</b></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> Japanese women organizing a ladies society in <b>Orange County</b> knew they would not be permitted to vote, since U.S. law considered them "ineligible for citizenship." But, their U.S.-born daughters would be citizens. The organization of women's society groups, sewing groups, and teas had long been a place where women could receive information and speak freely on political issues, and organize community causes. While there are no documents found to-date on the ladies society, the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> makes a reference in January 1920 of the organization meeting monthly and having met at the Garden Grove Japanese Institute.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> The year of 1911 saw significant social change and innovation in <b>Orange County</b>. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> The <b>Smeltzer Japanese Association</b> entered its sixth year in 1911, electing a new board of officers (including <b>Charles Mitsuji Furuta</b>, Furuta farm at <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>). The Association had been supplying <b>Huntington Beach </b>with <a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-wintersburg-village-japanese.html">day and nighttime fireworks</a> for the annual July 4th events since 1905.<b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TIXFEmGbVZM/YU_B_lzTZrI/AAAAAAAAdmU/nejL9gHNqokiQ56yJ85WIc9YyY7OejaswCLcBGAsYHQ/s725/Japanese%2BAssociation_Santa_Ana_Register_April%2B21%2B1911.PNG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="271" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TIXFEmGbVZM/YU_B_lzTZrI/AAAAAAAAdmU/nejL9gHNqokiQ56yJ85WIc9YyY7OejaswCLcBGAsYHQ/w150-h400/Japanese%2BAssociation_Santa_Ana_Register_April%2B21%2B1911.PNG" width="150" /></a></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: The Smeltzer Japanese Association holds its annual election of officers and states a mission "<i>to reform the public morality and prevent misunderstandings among the Japanese and any other nations</i>." (Huntington Beach News, republished in Santa Ana Register, April 21, 1911) <br /></b></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b> Reverend Joseph Kenichi Inazawa</b> moved to <b>Wintersburg Village </b>in 1911 to replace <b>Reverend Junzo Nakamura</b> at the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b>. <b>Reverend Inazawa</b> was joined by his wife, <b>Kate Alice Goodman</b>. They had attracted <a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-marriage-that-made-headlines.html">international attention in 1910</a> when they eloped to marry in New Mexico because the <b>Inazawas'</b> interracial marriage was illegal by California law. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><b> Y</b><span><b>asumatsu Miyawaki, </b>who had opened the first Japanese market at 217 Main Street in <b>Huntington Beach</b> in 1907, filed his business name in 1911 as the Sun Rise Co. He opened his second market location in Talbert (Fountain Valley). <b>Tsurumatsu "T.M." Asari,</b> who had opened the first Japanese market in <b>Wintersburg Village</b> soon after his arrival in 1899, filed his business name in 1911 as the T.M. Asari Co. He became a prominent goldfish farmer and grower, helping earlier found the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> and then the first <b>Buddhist church</b> in Orange County.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span> The <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> was recognized by the Orange County's </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span>Young Christian Endeavor Union in 1911, presenting them with a banner they proudly displayed . They had raised funds throughout Orange County beginning in 1904 and worked to construct their Mission beginning in 1909.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span> The <b>Holly Sugar</b> company began building their sugar beet factory in <b>Huntington Beach</b> in 1911, a boon for Japanese farmers who grew sugar beets. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-63fVmth3pso/YU_DxaLuD0I/AAAAAAAAdmc/fX8PeaOw9CYHXs_yCEWKtRCIlBds94fGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1638/Sugar%2Bbeet%2Bwagon%2Bon%2BWintersburg%2BAve%2Bnear%2BFuruta%2Bhome%2B-%2Bcirca%2B1914%2B-%2BFuruta%2Bfamily%2Bwatermark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1638" height="368" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-63fVmth3pso/YU_DxaLuD0I/AAAAAAAAdmc/fX8PeaOw9CYHXs_yCEWKtRCIlBds94fGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h368/Sugar%2Bbeet%2Bwagon%2Bon%2BWintersburg%2BAve%2Bnear%2BFuruta%2Bhome%2B-%2Bcirca%2B1914%2B-%2BFuruta%2Bfamily%2Bwatermark.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">ABOVE: A wagon loaded with sugar beets races down Wintersburg Road in front of the Furuta farm, circa 1914. (Courtesy of the Furuta family)</span> </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><b><span><b><b><b><b><b><i><span class="st">© </span></i></b></b></b></b></b></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span class="st">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span> <b>Japan</b> sent the <a href="http://historichuntingtonbeach.blogspot.com/2018/02/huntington-beach-cherry-blossom.html">first shipment of 3,000 cherry blossom trees</a> to <b>First Lady Helen Taft</b> in 1911, as a national gift to create an avenue of trees near the tidal basin in Washington, D.C. A gift that draws visitors more than a century later.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span> Women aviators <b>Mathilda Moisant</b>, <b>Harriet Quimby</b>, and <b>Mlle. Detrieu</b>--aka "bird women"---flew in the <b>Dominguez Field</b> air show in 1911. <b>Glen Martin</b> was flying over Orange County skies at the speed of 60 mph in biplanes he constructed in a Santa Ana church building in 1911. This would inspire Japanese celery field worker and college student <b>Koha Takeishi</b> to attend the famous <b>Curtiss Flying School </b>in north San Diego county and the formation of the <a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/04/smeltzer-flying-company-members-of.html"><b>Smeltzer Flying Company</b></a> in <b>Wintersburg Village</b>. Takeishi's later demonstration flights in the U.S. and his final flight in <b>Japan</b> would make international news.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span> While these 1911 events drew more attention and media coverage, the tiny news item about Japanese women forming a ladies' organization at the time <b>California</b> women were campaigning for suffrage speaks volumes. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDdRpGgfexs/YU-zmfJ581I/AAAAAAAAdmM/bqRSpWZoEyAqRnPak6dvOnUfJiY62QEvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/MISSION_1911_watermark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDdRpGgfexs/YU-zmfJ581I/AAAAAAAAdmM/bqRSpWZoEyAqRnPak6dvOnUfJiY62QEvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h500/MISSION_1911_watermark.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">ABOVE: Charles Mitsuji Furuta, standing near the entrance of the Wintersburg Japanese Mission, holds the Young Christian Endeavor Union banner presented in 1911 by Orange County Christian groups for their work opening the Mission in 1910. Reverend Junzo Nakamura is second from right, standing. They are facing the unpaved Wintersburg Road, now Warner Avenue. The women seated in this photograph most likely were members of the Japanese ladies' society. 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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chili peppers drying in the sun, the traditional method to dry chilies before Masami Sasaki perfected the use of an assembly line process for dehydrating at his Huntington Beach warehouse complex. (Postcard image, Anaheim Public Library)</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> <b>Huntington Beach</b> weathered the Great Depression better than many communities, partly due to one hot reason: chili peppers. Chili peppers were first planted in the <b>Anaheim</b> area circa 1890 and their popularity as a crop ballooned into major enterprise for <b>Orange County</b>. The estimated crop value in 1919 was over $1 million and, by 1921, <b>Orange County</b> was the top producer of chili peppers in the country. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPcQXvs8wpc/YISUoDKyKKI/AAAAAAAAdGE/yurjEf4kKqcxrdGAr4vSKruLF1v-f_jNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s420/Spanish%2Bflu_chili%2Bpepper%2Bfumes_SA%2BRegister_October%2B28%2B1918.PNG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPcQXvs8wpc/YISUoDKyKKI/AAAAAAAAdGE/yurjEf4kKqcxrdGAr4vSKruLF1v-f_jNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Spanish%2Bflu_chili%2Bpepper%2Bfumes_SA%2BRegister_October%2B28%2B1918.PNG" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> "<i>The commercial cultivation of chilis is almost wholly confined to a small territory in Southern California, between the mountains and the sea</i>," reported the <b>California</b> state legislature in 1921. "...<i>the bulk of the chili peppers produced in the United States are from <b>Orange County</b></i>." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The state report noted there were 5,300 acres in Orange County planted in Mexican chili, California chili, and sweet peppers, or pimiento. (</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Journals of the Legislature of the State of California</u>, Volume 4, 1921).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: As is the case a century after the 1918-1920 flu pandemic, hopeful rumors of antidotes spread like wildfire. One rumor was that chili peppers acted as an antiseptic and that workers in chili pepper canneries were immune due to the pungent odor of chilies. Peppers were good for the cuisine and for Orange County farmers, but not a cure for the flu. (Santa Ana Register, October 28, 1918)</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J0pElA9loTo/YISHzNe27yI/AAAAAAAAdF0/BPPBop9pFv0FM5kxY22m-eMjhmzjp0c5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s676/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_Santa%2BAna%2BRegister_April%2B24%2B1923.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="552" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J0pElA9loTo/YISHzNe27yI/AAAAAAAAdF0/BPPBop9pFv0FM5kxY22m-eMjhmzjp0c5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w326-h400/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_Santa%2BAna%2BRegister_April%2B24%2B1923.PNG" width="326" /></a></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The chili pepper kings <br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Known as one of Orange County's chili pepper kings, <b>Masami Sasaki</b> farmed peppers in the <b>Garden Grove</b>, <b>Smeltzer</b> and <b>Wintersburg Village</b> farmland, setting up his pepper drying operation in <b>Huntington Beach</b>. <b>Sasaki</b>'s compound of chili pepper dehydrating warehouses was on ranch land owned by <b>William Newland</b>, east of present-day Beach Boulevard and north of Adams Avenue. The warehouses were located where the Newland Shopping Center is today, at the north end.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: An advertisement in the Santa Ana Register boasted of the "one million dollar pepper crop" industry, citing Masami Sasaki, who "lives south of Garden Grove," as one of the major pepper producers. (Santa Ana Register, April 24, 1923). </b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Sasaki </b>was born in <b>Hiroshima, Japan</b>, and immigrated to the <b>United States</b> in 1907 at age 19. By 1929, <b>Sasaki</b>'s chili pepper dehydrating operation was described by the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> as "<i>the largest pepper drying plant in the world</i>", with a growing annual output of a quarter of a million dollars. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddttfymLX9M/YISb5ImhAkI/AAAAAAAAdGk/w4jmqYNhJ9gj9iT9uXNdztWf82WsrronACLcBGAsYHQ/s561/Smelzter%2BJapanese%2BAssociation_chili%2Bpepper%2Bthieves_SA%2BRegister_July%2B15%2B1929.PNG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddttfymLX9M/YISb5ImhAkI/AAAAAAAAdGk/w4jmqYNhJ9gj9iT9uXNdztWf82WsrronACLcBGAsYHQ/w188-h320/Smelzter%2BJapanese%2BAssociation_chili%2Bpepper%2Bthieves_SA%2BRegister_July%2B15%2B1929.PNG" width="188" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <u>Preserving California's Japantowns--</u></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>a statewide project that documented historic resources from pre-World War II Japantowns--reported that "<i>by the 1920s, Japanese Americans were responsible for half of all chili production</i>." They also perfected the method of dehydrating peppers to move them to market quicker, much like Henry Ford's method for manufacturing Model Ts.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> "</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><i>They
had modern dehydrators with heat from a gas furnace blown through a
tunnel
stacked with chili trays, which dried in a day
or so as compared to the about two weeks it took to dry chili pepper in
the
old kiln dryer</i>," explained <b>Clarence Nishizu</b> in his 1982 oral history with California State University Fullerton. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>RIGHT: As chili peppers became a lucrative crop, chili pepper thievery became a growing concern. The targets of chili pepper thefts reported in the Santa Ana Register were the biggest producers: Japanese American farmers. The Smeltzer Japanese Association in Wintersburg Village and local growers offered rewards for information leading to the arrest of thieves who stole from local chili pepper drying houses. (<u>Santa Ana Register</u>, July 15, 1929) </b><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wVj4Cee2-6c/YISR_hwtCdI/AAAAAAAAdF8/2Ns2P8N4LwgluGxRR6z5XKzQhhjLjs5xACLcBGAsYHQ/s1030/chili%2Bpepper_chilli%2Bpeppers%2Bride%2Bon%2BFirestone%2Btires_SA%2BRegister_November%2B3%2B1929%2Brev.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1030" height="249" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wVj4Cee2-6c/YISR_hwtCdI/AAAAAAAAdF8/2Ns2P8N4LwgluGxRR6z5XKzQhhjLjs5xACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h249/chili%2Bpepper_chilli%2Bpeppers%2Bride%2Bon%2BFirestone%2Btires_SA%2BRegister_November%2B3%2B1929%2Brev.PNG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>LEFT: Chili peppers were precious cargo in 1929. A few days after Black Friday, this advertisement for Firestone Tires boasted their tires could handle a load of "15 1/2 tons worth $4,280." (Santa Ana Register, November 3, 1929) </span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Chili peppers during the Great Depression </span><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> Just five days before the <b>Great Depression</b> stock market crash on October 25, 1929, <b>Sasaki</b> completed major improvements to his pepper operation in <b>Huntington Beach</b>. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> "<i>M. <b>Sasaki</b> and associates have just completed and put in operation at their pepper drying plant here, the first commercial pepper dehydrating plant for peppers ever operated on a commercial scale</i>," reported the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> on October 20, 1929, adding the dehydrating equipment was from the Chapman Dehydrating company, makers of most of the fruit dehydrating plants in <b>California</b>. The equipment cost <b>Sasaki</b> a whopping (in 1929) $15,000 to install and the faster drying time saved him $30,000 annually. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEpYpiZGsoY/YISYsZJmluI/AAAAAAAAdGU/QsXCORqGjN06MBgFGGFYq9F2ZHQH9OAEACLcBGAsYHQ/s651/Chili%2Bpeppers%2B-%2BEcho%2B1933_rev_watermark.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="651" height="528" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEpYpiZGsoY/YISYsZJmluI/AAAAAAAAdGU/QsXCORqGjN06MBgFGGFYq9F2ZHQH9OAEACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h528/Chili%2Bpeppers%2B-%2BEcho%2B1933_rev_watermark.png" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: Scenes from chili pepper production in Orange County from the 1933 publication, Echo, produced by the Nisei (second generation) associated with the Smeltzer Japanese Association in Wintersburg Village. Local residents recall the pungent odor of roasting chilies vented from the dehydrating warehouses on the Newland Ranch land off Beach Boulevard. (Echo, 1933)</b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b><span> "<i>The pepper plant pay farmers near <b>Huntington Beach</b> over $100,000 a year in land rentals, the pepper growers paying the highest rental on land of any agricultural industry</i>," reported the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> in 1929, adding the local pepper crop was sold all over the nation and that <b>Sasaki</b>'s annual output from his dehydrating plant was 40 train carloads and that he also shipped "immense quantities" of peppers for canning. "<i>It is said the majority of the pepper crop is produced in <b>Orange County</b>, with the <b>Huntington Beach</b> district leading in production</i>." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Q2yPxtHzwo/YIhAUs1TOSI/AAAAAAAAdHI/T2cFxekIkBgJV-33nNv2W4Dizg_pcR4AACLcBGAsYHQ/s665/Sasaki_chili%2Bpeppers%2Bbring%2Bover%2B%2524800%252C000_SA%2BRegister_December%2B30%2B1929.PNG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Q2yPxtHzwo/YIhAUs1TOSI/AAAAAAAAdHI/T2cFxekIkBgJV-33nNv2W4Dizg_pcR4AACLcBGAsYHQ/w368-h400/Sasaki_chili%2Bpeppers%2Bbring%2Bover%2B%2524800%252C000_SA%2BRegister_December%2B30%2B1929.PNG" width="368" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">The chili pepper crop returns of over $800,000 in December 1929, following the "<b>Black Tuesday</b>" stock market crash two months earlier, were greeted with enthusiasm in <b>Huntington Beach</b>. <b>Sasaki</b>'s dehydrating and drying operations on the <b>Newland</b> ranch were credited with processing 600 tons for market, roughly two-thirds of the local pepper crop. Chili peppers were providing jobs and revenue during the Great Depression.</span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">RIGHT: The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> reported a 1000-ton crop at the end of 1929, with the majority of chili peppers processed by Masami Sasaki and his associates,</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Yamamoto, Yoshikawa, Aoki, and Tatsukawa. Sasaki's drying warehouses were on land leased from William Newland off Hampshire Avenue, the old name for the section of Beach Boulevard near present day Adams Avenue. (Santa Ana Register, December 30, 1930)</span></b></span></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pWwCzB2lIQU/YIikGgDyRlI/AAAAAAAAdHo/qMS-mW-YNTg8mSvwpoDg9Q_uzzTgIP6tACLcBGAsYHQ/s436/Sasaki_chili%2Bpeppers_CB%2BGentry%2Bchili%2Bpower%2Bcompany_employ%2B20%2Bmen_SA%2BRegister_August%2B1%2B1933.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pWwCzB2lIQU/YIikGgDyRlI/AAAAAAAAdHo/qMS-mW-YNTg8mSvwpoDg9Q_uzzTgIP6tACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Sasaki_chili%2Bpeppers_CB%2BGentry%2Bchili%2Bpower%2Bcompany_employ%2B20%2Bmen_SA%2BRegister_August%2B1%2B1933.PNG" /></a></span></b></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">LEFT: Dried chili peppers were quickly bought up by the spice industry, including companies like Ben Hur, </span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Gebhardt Chili Powder Company, and C.B. Gentry Chili Powder company. C.B. Gentry located their onion dehydrating operations near Masami Sasaki's pepper drying warehouses in Huntington Beach. C.B. Gentry, founded in 1919, also produced onion and garlic powders. The owner, George Clausen, hired Japanese Americans returning from WWII incarceration in 1945. (Santa Ana Register, August 1, 1933) </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A community leader</b></span><br /><span><span><span><b> Sasaki</b> was one of the "prominent Japanese" reported by the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> to be invited as a regular speaker at <b>Huntington Beach High School</b> Parent Teacher Association<b> </b>meetings
in the 1930s. He also had been part of a local Business Men's
Association, supporting the formation of an Orange County Red Cross chapter in
1917. </span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> For the Nisei (second generation), he was an advisor to the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b>Orange County Young Men's Association</b>, coaching them about how to get ahead in business. He also helped organize the first<b> Japanese American Citizens League </b>chapter in<b> Orange County </b>and served as president of the<b> </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b>Smeltzer Japanese Association</b>, which met in<b> Wintersburg Village. Sasaki</b> was embraced as a local community leader.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-617SOq72Qbs/YISmhmRYVUI/AAAAAAAAdG4/IRwJaDaJsR8EbCLsErfOO4VN9-Kh0xmBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s904/Judo%2Bat%2BAoki%2BKendo%2BHall%2BHB%2B1930%2B-%2BPJA%2B260%2Bsnip.PNG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="904" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-617SOq72Qbs/YISmhmRYVUI/AAAAAAAAdG4/IRwJaDaJsR8EbCLsErfOO4VN9-Kh0xmBgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h239/Judo%2Bat%2BAoki%2BKendo%2BHall%2BHB%2B1930%2B-%2BPJA%2B260%2Bsnip.PNG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> One of <b>Sasaki</b>'s and his business associate, <b>Kamenosuke Aoki</b>, generous acts was to offer his warehouse for local students to learn martial arts, circa 1930. <b>Orange County</b>'s martial arts' team won awards and was invited to be part of the first martial arts demonstration at the <b>Xth Olympiad</b> in <b>Los Angeles</b> in 1932. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><b>RIGHT: Masami
Sasaki provided practice space for an award-winning martial arts group taught by </b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><b>Yaju Yamada in the Aoki warehouse at Sasaki's Huntington Beach chili pepper production complex, circa 1930. Orange County judo students were invited to participate
in the first Olympic martial arts demonstration at the </b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><b> Xth Olympiad in 1932 at the </b></span></span></span></span></span>Los Angeles Coliseum. (Photo snip, Center for
Oral and Public History, California State University Fullerton, PJA 260)
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</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>War and loss</b></span><br /> In April 1941, "well known pepper grower"<b> Masami Sasaki </b>was a featured speaker, along with <b>Reverend Sohei Kowta</b> of the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b>, at a large community banquet at the <b>Huntington Beach Memorial Hall </b>honoring Japanese American youth who had enlisted in or were drafted into the U.S. military. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Other speakers at the 200-person banquet included <b>W. H. Gallienne</b> of the <b>Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce</b>, Col. M.B. Wellington, and G. Nakamura of the <b>Central Japanese Association of Southern California</b>, for which <b>Sasaki </b>had served as vice president. The event included a violin solo by Mary Toyoda of Santa Ana and a koto performance by a Miss Takahashi of Los Angeles.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><b> </b>Eight months later on December 7, 1941,<b> Sasaki </b>was</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> arrested by the FBI and taken first to the Santa Ana jail.* </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Sasaki</b>'s prominence and success as a businessman, his role as a community leader in numerous organizations, and his connection with martial arts put him on a list. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> With the arrest and incarceration of community leaders in the agricultural industry, "<i>wartime incarceration of <b>Orange County</b>'s Nikkei farmers led to a 75-percent drop in chili production</i>" by 1942.** The removal and incarceration of Japanese American farmers opened the door for those who would take advantage of the loss.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Possession of farms and equipment</b></span><br /> In </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span>May 1942, with only days before Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from <b>Orange County</b>, the <b>Wartime Civil Control Administration</b> announced that "<i>Japanese farm machinery will be kept in motion on west coast land through direct transfer to new operators or redistribution by cooperating equipment dealers</i>." </span></span></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zPX2AjyJGg/YItwlSJ69BI/AAAAAAAAdIw/fl9cMDKr7xYc0X8dZyWhPJ6LfRw8RMkLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s501/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_truck%2Bloaded%2Bwith%2Bchili%2Bpeppers_1937_Walk%2Bthe%2BFarm.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="501" height="269" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zPX2AjyJGg/YItwlSJ69BI/AAAAAAAAdIw/fl9cMDKr7xYc0X8dZyWhPJ6LfRw8RMkLwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h269/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_truck%2Bloaded%2Bwith%2Bchili%2Bpeppers_1937_Walk%2Bthe%2BFarm.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: Masami Sasaki with a truck loaded with chili peppers, circa 1937. (Photo courtesy of <a href="https://www.walkthefarm.org/sasaki-chili-pepper-farm">Walk The Farm</a>, Tanaka Farms) </b><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Those unable to sell their equipment in the remaining days were told to give it to equipment dealers or agents with the <b>Farm Security Administration</b> <b>(FSA)</b>. Equipment frequently was sold for pennies on the dollar. Equipment deemed "abandoned" could be possessed and sold through the <b>California Evacuated Farms Association</b> under </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">provisions of Section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, an indication that all Japanese Americans, including U.S. citizens, would be treated as the enemy. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The total number of farms operated by Japanese Americans in the four states in Military Area No. 1 (Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington) was </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6,664, but </span></span></span></span>involved only .3 percent of the total farm
acreage. The <b>FSA</b> reported in 1942, "<i>These percentages, however, give an entirely misleading
indication of
the importance of Japanese farming enterprise in
the area. The average value per acre of all farms in 1940 was $37.94,
whereas
that of Japanese farms was $279,96. This
difference in value is due primarily to the fact that Japanese
agriculture has been
a highly intensive and productive enterprise."</i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>BELOW RIGHT: A complex of warehouses on the William Newland ranch land, circa 1938, including the Masami Sasaki chili pepper dehydrating operations. The warehouses were located on the east side of Beach Boulevard, north of Adams Avenue, the location of present-day Newland Shopping Center. </b><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdf6UZSp4U0/YIxPuRbEv_I/AAAAAAAAdI8/ktyhc1AcW7MA4ajysHCvutZb5FHW1gRFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1263/Chili%2Bpeppers%2B-%2BSasaki%2BWarehouses%2B1938_rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="897" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdf6UZSp4U0/YIxPuRbEv_I/AAAAAAAAdI8/ktyhc1AcW7MA4ajysHCvutZb5FHW1gRFgCLcBGAsYHQ/w284-h400/Chili%2Bpeppers%2B-%2BSasaki%2BWarehouses%2B1938_rev.jpg" width="284" /></a></i></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i> "</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The estimated value of crops grown by Japanese farmers in 1940 in California was $32,317,700," </i>continued the <b>FSA</b>.<i> "</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>it may be fairly stated that the Japanese people were the most important
racial minority group engaged in agriculture
in the Pacific Coast region. Their systems of
farming, types of crops, and land tenure conditions were such that their
replacement
by other farmers would be extremely difficult.
Highly technical personnel would be required to handle such a
transition...</i>" </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Laurence I. Hewes, Jr.</b>, Regional Director
for the <b>FSA</b> reported on June 5, 1942 to <b>Col. Karl R. Bendetsen</b>, on the "agricultural phase of the Japanese evacuation" in Western Defense Command Military Area
No. 1.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b> Hewes</b> wrote, "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>For purposes of historical interest and the record, it should be borne
in mind that the undertaking involved, namely that
of transferring, during a period of ten weeks,
the farming interests of 6,789 farm operators and 231,492 acres of
intensively
cultivated land is probably one of the most
dramatic events in the agricultural history of the United States. No
function
heretofor [sic] performed in so short a period
in the domestic affairs of the United States can compare in magnitude
and intensity
with the Japanese evacuation in Military Area
No. 1.</i>"
</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten weeks</b></span><br /> </span></span></span></span>In ten weeks, the farms and equipment of Japanese American farmers had been transferred or possessed by the U.S. government. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span> <b>Sasaki </b>and his business associates </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span>gave "<i>power of attorney to Mr. Monroe, president of the <b>Garden Grove National Bank</b>...to assign the ongoing chili business and the dehydrator operation</i>," recalled <b>Clarence Nishizu</b> in his 1982 oral history with California State University Fullerton. <b>Nishizu</b> also was in the chili pepper business and had been one of the martial arts students at the <b>Sasaki</b> warehouses. <i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><i> "</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span>Mr. Monroe, according to Iwao Aoki,
consented to let Yoshimura's Caucasian neighbor
take control of the whole property including the chili growing
operation," </span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span>remembered <b>Nishizu</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span> "This fellow became very wealthy by taking over
these farms. After all, with the Japanese growers gone, he had control
of chili
growing and dehydration." <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fighting for civil liberties</b></span><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><b>Sasaki </b>was taken from the <b>Santa Ana</b> jail in <b>Orange County</b> to <a href="https://fortmissoulamuseum.org/exhibit/fort-missoula-alien-detention-center/"><b>Fort Missoula Alien Detention Center</b></a>, Montana, then to a detention center in <a href="https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Fe_(detention_facility)"><b>Santa Fe</b></a>, New Mexico, then to the <a href="https://amache.org/"><b>Amache</b></a> prison camp, Granada, Colorado, and finally, to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/tule/index.htm"><b>Tule Lake</b> Segregation Center</a>, California. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H-AD0whMvWs/YIteU6nHjmI/AAAAAAAAdIo/oM4Mrc5TYwkXv0OjbbuskAGfXkrNcLstwCLcBGAsYHQ/s552/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_Wayne%2BCollins_renunciants_citizenship_American%2BCivil%2BLiberties%2BUnion%2BNews_December%2B1946.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="272" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H-AD0whMvWs/YIteU6nHjmI/AAAAAAAAdIo/oM4Mrc5TYwkXv0OjbbuskAGfXkrNcLstwCLcBGAsYHQ/w198-h400/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_Wayne%2BCollins_renunciants_citizenship_American%2BCivil%2BLiberties%2BUnion%2BNews_December%2B1946.PNG" width="198" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> At <b>Tule Lake</b>, <b>Sasaki</b>, was among the 5,500 prisoners forced to sign papers regarding repatriation to Japan or renunciation of citizenship in the <b>United States</b>. The government planned to remove the citizenship of U.S.-born Japanese Americans and then deport them to Japan. This included those who had never been to Japan. <b>Sasaki</b> helped lead a legal effort to halt the deportations and protect civil liberties.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>American Civil Liberties Union</b> (ACLU) attorney <b>Wayne Collins</b> worked for years to restore the rights of those who would be known as "renunciants." The renunciants included children made to sign documents at legal disability (minors with no representation). Among the recorded counter affidavits submitted by <b>Wayne Collins</b> was the affidavit of <b>Masami Sasaki</b> testifying that he was made to sign documents under duress. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">LEFT: The American
Civil Liberties Union News reported on the legal cases of the
renunciants, specifically mentioning Masami Sasaki. (American Civil Liberties Union News, Volume XL,
December 1946)</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The renunciations were voided</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> as they were forced "<i>under pressure of duress and coercion induced by actions of the
United States Government</i>" and that their </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">hearings were unfairly conducted and lacking in procedural due process, and that the law applied </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">was unconstitutional.*** </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Subsection (i), of Section 801 of Title 8 U.S.C.A. was added to Section
801 by the Congress on July 1, 1944, prescribing
the "<i>means of losing United States nationality</i>." It was a law specifically created during World War II to remove citizenship of Japanese Americans for the purpose of deportation, or as the federal government referred to it, "involuntary departure."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> In his 2009 oral history interview for Densho Digital Archive about the renunciants, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Tetsujiro "Tex" Nakamura </b>describes <b>Sasaki </b>as "<i>a well-established man in Southern California</i>." <b>Nakamura</b> recalls <b>Sasaki</b> saying, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"<i>We can't let all these kids go back to Japan.
Find a lawyer in San Francisco and see if we could stop the
deportations</i>." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zS3dGP5mbI0/YIx4fNeADKI/AAAAAAAAdJk/h-nXeaVLCSkeEykN5Ef1gj04Y8jDxuahgCLcBGAsYHQ/s519/Attorney%2BWayne%2BCollins%2Bin%2Bhis%2BSan%2BFrancisco%2Boffice%252C%2Bca.%2B1942.%2B%2528Courtesy%2Bof%2BThe%2BBancroft%2BLibrary%252C%2BUC%2BBerkeley%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="519" height="313" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zS3dGP5mbI0/YIx4fNeADKI/AAAAAAAAdJk/h-nXeaVLCSkeEykN5Ef1gj04Y8jDxuahgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h313/Attorney%2BWayne%2BCollins%2Bin%2Bhis%2BSan%2BFrancisco%2Boffice%252C%2Bca.%2B1942.%2B%2528Courtesy%2Bof%2BThe%2BBancroft%2BLibrary%252C%2BUC%2BBerkeley%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: ACLU attorney Wayne Collins </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>in his San Francisco office, ca. 1942. (Photo courtesy of The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley)</b> <br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The <b>Tule Lake</b> prisoners organized with ACLU attorney <b>Collins</b>, who came to<b> Tule Lake</b> to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">talk with them about their constitutional rights. Collins filed a </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">class
action suit in U.S. District Court </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">in San Francisco, in which <b>Sasaki</b> is named as a plaintiff. To fund the lawsuit, </span></span>they collected small amounts from prisoners, raising between $80,000 to $90,000 from thousands of incarcerees to form the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tule Lake Defense Committee</span></span></b>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> "</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>In the San Francisco <b>U.S. District Court </b>we won the case against
deportation on Nov. 13, 1945, but the government soon appealed the case
and it then went to the <b>U.S. Supreme Court </b>in Washington, D.C.</i>," <b>Tex Nakamura</b> told <u>Rafu Shimpo</u> <a href="https://www.rafu.com/2013/03/senior-moments-our-visit-with-tex-nakamura/">"Senior Moments" </a>columnist <b>Phil Shigekuni</b> in 2013. "...</span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span>the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a mass class action suit for 10,000
renunciants could not continue, and we were then referred back to the
San Francisco <b>U.S. District Court</b>.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Each renunciant had to be filed individually and tried individually.
It took 10 years to restore all of the renunciants’ citizenships, but
it was done!</i>”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b>In 1952, <b>Wayne Collins</b> announced the renunciations were void by court action. Citizenship for U.S.-born Japanese Americans was restored.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> "<i>You may now register as a voter and vote at elections. You can purchase and lease land and buildings, hold public office, obtain civil service positions and hold public employment on the same basis as any other citizen</i>," wrote <b>Collins</b>. "<i>You cannot be classed or treated as an alien. You cannot be required to register as an alien or to apply for an alien registration card. You can obtain a California fishing license and all other licenses on the same basis and on the same rates as other citizens</i>."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kUhvwPT1mts/YIxnFOE4ZSI/AAAAAAAAdJU/dFB-Lhf1hxAtcPhPgLZiYhCaSN3QS7YAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s614/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_friendship%2Bflight%2Bto%2BJapan_Nagoya%2Btyphoon%2Baid_LA%2BTimes_November%2B4%2B1959.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="280" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kUhvwPT1mts/YIxnFOE4ZSI/AAAAAAAAdJU/dFB-Lhf1hxAtcPhPgLZiYhCaSN3QS7YAgCLcBGAsYHQ/w293-h640/MASAMI%2BSASAKI_friendship%2Bflight%2Bto%2BJapan_Nagoya%2Btyphoon%2Baid_LA%2BTimes_November%2B4%2B1959.PNG" width="293" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rebuilding a life</b></span><br /><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b>Sasaki</b> did not return to <b>Huntington Beach</b> after his release from <b>Tule Lake</b>.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="font-size-NaN m-font-size-NaN"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span><span><span><span> <a href="https://www.walkthefarm.org/sasaki-chili-pepper-farm"><b>Walk The Farm</b></a>, a project initiated by <b>Orange County</b>'s <b>Tanaka Farms</b>, reports that <b>Sasaki </b></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">"<i>invested in real estate after the war. He owned and operated the <b>New Olympic </b></i></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><i><b>Hotel </b>and later the <b>Miyako Hotel</b> in <b>Little Tokyo</b>, Los Angeles.</i>" </span></span></span></p><p class="font-size-NaN m-font-size-NaN"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> He again involved himself in civic activities, serving</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> as chairman of the <b>Evergreen Cemetery Preservation</b> committee, raising </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">funds for a monument to commemorate Nisei servicemen killed in </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">action, serving on the<b> Japanese Chamber of Commerce</b>, and helping raise funds for the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b>New Hompa </b><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b>Hongwangi Buddhist temple</b> in Los Angeles.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="font-size-NaN m-font-size-NaN"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b>RIGHT: Masami Sasaki, representing the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, assists with a friendship flight of food and relief aid heading to Nagoya, Japan, following Typhoon Vera. The humanitarian effort was coordinated with the City of Los Angeles and U.S. military. (Los Angeles Times, November 4, 1959)</b><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In 1984, <b>Masami Sasaki</b> was recognized with 38 pioneer Issei of <b>Orange County</b> at a tribute banquet emceed by <b>Tritia Toyota </b>with KNBC-TV.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The Issei honored included <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> clergy, <b>Reverend Kenji Kikuchi</b>, and <b>Wintersburg Village </b>goldfish farmer, <b>Henry Kiyomi Akiyama</b>. Honors included messages from <b>President Ronald Reagan</b>, <b>California Governor George Dukemejian</b>, <b>Orange County</b> Board of Supervisors, state legislators and city councils, and recognition scrolls from the <b>Consulate of Japan</b>. A year earlier, a federal commission issued a report condemning World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans by the U.S. government, stating it was a result of race prejudice, wartime hysteria, and political expediency, following a history of anti-Japanese agitation and legislation.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "<i>You
are our nurturing generation, the one who has passed on our heritage,
who paved the way (in America), who led us through the troubled and
confused times of the internment</i>," said <b>Ernest Nagamatsu</b> to the group. The tribute was organized by the <b>Bowers Museum Foundation's</b> newly formed <b>Japanese American Council</b>, noting that the Japanese American community's origins in <b>Orange County</b> date back to 1893 yet the history had not been recognized.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> When it was time for <b>Masami Sasaki</b>, age 97, to receive his honors, he strode up to the podium "a frail, but still stately-looking man," reported the <u>Los Angeles Times</u>, adding that "<i>he charmed the crowd with a candid admission that he had forgotten what he was going to say,</i> '<i>but thank you anyway</i>.'" </span></span> From the chili pepper fields and warehouses, to the legal fight for the civil liberties of thousands, <b>Sasaki</b>'s work, advocacy, and civic deeds were his statement.</span></span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzuSu_26Y-A/YIxnX48jR_I/AAAAAAAAdJc/oTRpBs72E80NZnA9v7X7AtPvxXSxuXLNACLcBGAsYHQ/s920/Tribute%2Bfor%2B38%2BIssei%2BOC%2Bpioneers_Sasaki_Kikuchi_Akiyama_LA%2BTimes_April%2B4%2B1984.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="920" height="322" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzuSu_26Y-A/YIxnX48jR_I/AAAAAAAAdJc/oTRpBs72E80NZnA9v7X7AtPvxXSxuXLNACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h322/Tribute%2Bfor%2B38%2BIssei%2BOC%2Bpioneers_Sasaki_Kikuchi_Akiyama_LA%2BTimes_April%2B4%2B1984.PNG" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>ABOVE: Thirty-eight surviving Issei (first generation) of Orange County at a banquet in their honor in 1984. Huntington Beach's chili pepper king Masami Sasaki, </b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission's</b> <b>Reverend Kenji Kikuchi and his wife, Yoshi</b>, and <b>Wintersburg Village </b>goldfish farmer, <b>Henry Kiyomi Akiyama</b></span></span>, were among the honorees. (Los Angeles Times, April 4, 1984)</b></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span>*</span></span></span></span><span><span>Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Communications Section, </span></span><span><span><span><span>Los Angeles bureau telegram to Washington, D.C.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span>**</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Preserving California's Japantowns</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>***</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span> (<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/77/806/2091734/">Tadayasu Abo v. Clark</a>, 77 F. Supp. 806, N.D. Cal. 1948)</span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© <i>All
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author and publisher, Mary Adams Urashima. <br /></i></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>Surf City Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225762095381159427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591805782334655967.post-26683124787262557162021-03-24T18:45:00.000-07:002021-03-24T18:45:34.635-07:00Announcement: Collaboration with Heritage Museum of Orange County!<p> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1RL6AF4x3xw/YFvFQ-dPNnI/AAAAAAAAc4s/VcZ8fOo_2UQbogs598D1qxYHOHa98Al_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Hometown%2BTeams_Opening%2BDay_August%2B19%2B2017%2B10_rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1RL6AF4x3xw/YFvFQ-dPNnI/AAAAAAAAc4s/VcZ8fOo_2UQbogs598D1qxYHOHa98Al_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Hometown%2BTeams_Opening%2BDay_August%2B19%2B2017%2B10_rev.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: An exhibit installed by Historic Wintersburg at Heritage Museum of Orange County for the Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit "Hometown Teams." The display focused on Japanese American sports in early 1900s Orange County, including the first Japanese American baseball team in Orange County circa 1920s and Orange County Japanese Americans participating with martial arts demonstrations at the Xth Olympiad in 1932 in Los Angeles. (Photo, M. Urashima, August 19, 2017) </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© All
rights reserved.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> is pleased to announce our formal partnership with a longtime collaborator <a href="https://www.heritagemuseumoc.org/"><b>Heritage Museum of Orange County</b></a> (HMOC). We will work together on the future preservation of the <b>Furuta</b> farm and <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> at <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> HMOC has been a
cultural and natural history center in Southern California </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">for three decades. The Museum property covers</span></span> 12 acres, with a historic plaza featuring several buildings from the 1890s set amid
extensive floral gardens and citrus groves. The </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gospel Swamp Farm at HMOC is maintained by local high school and college volunteers. They are an established 501c3 nonprofit and will be the umbrella nonprofit organization for donations to the <b>Historic Wintersburg </b>preservation project.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7jq93dtoDRI/YFvmKu3h43I/AAAAAAAAc5M/I2_0igFuGV4Qxfm3jHlhzijVWZF95QSWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s866/Heritage%2BMuseum%2Bof%2BOrange%2BCounty%2B3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="866" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7jq93dtoDRI/YFvmKu3h43I/AAAAAAAAc5M/I2_0igFuGV4Qxfm3jHlhzijVWZF95QSWQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/Heritage%2BMuseum%2Bof%2BOrange%2BCounty%2B3.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: The Kellog House at the Heritage Museum of Orange County. This favorite of school groups is one of several historic structures on the 12-acre property. (Photo, Heritage Museum of Orange County)</b><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Importantly, HMOC's board of directors is committed to honoring and sharing the diversity of <b>Orange County</b> history and actively working with the neighborhoods and communities where history lives. HMOC also has taken a stand against rising hate crimes and incidents targeting Asian Americans. "<i>As a cultural museum, we celebrate and cherish the beautiful diversity that exists around us. And, as a community museum, we provide support through provision of services and resources.</i>"<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> They're excited about working with <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> and the neighborhood around the property, as well as <b>Huntington Beach</b>'s civic, education and arts leaders. And, we're excited about working with HMOC. As a county museum with a large acreage and multiple historic structures, HMOC is a working model for the future of <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C6hBlm6B_I0/YFva7b4kuvI/AAAAAAAAc40/oivQEiWqr2oFV2ITKBya4qGaF4P5IKgbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s606/Heritage%2BMuseum%2B-%2B10-25-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="606" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C6hBlm6B_I0/YFva7b4kuvI/AAAAAAAAc40/oivQEiWqr2oFV2ITKBya4qGaF4P5IKgbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Heritage%2BMuseum%2B-%2B10-25-14.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">LEFT: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>The 29-year-old taiko collegiate group <a href="http://www.jodaiko.com/">Jodaiko</a>, with University of California, Irvine, joined Historic Wintersburg at Heritage Museum of Orange County in 2014 for the Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit Journey Stories. Historic Wintersburg's exhibit shared the journey stories of Japanese Americans. (Photo, M. Urashima, October 25, 2014) </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© All
rights reserved.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> There will be future updates on the progress of discussions with Republic Services regarding the sale of the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> property for preservation, as well as on our collaborative vision with HMOC and Historic Wintersburg's neighbors and schools.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Meanwhile, take a stroll through the 12-acre HMOC's <a href="https://www.heritagemuseumoc.org/">website</a> to learn more about them. Join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HistoricWintersburginHuntingtonBeach"><b>Historic Wintersburg</b> Facebook page</a> and also the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HeritageMuseumOC/">Facebook page for HMOC</a>. If you would like to support the Historic Wintersburg preservation effort, you can contact HMOC at </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="color_11"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:info@heritagemuseumoc.org" target="_self">info@heritagemuseumoc.org</a></span></span></span> and your donation can be sent to: Heritage Museum of Orange County, <span class="color_11"><span>3101 W. Harvard St. Santa Ana, CA 92704, with a notation in the subject line for "Historic Wintersburg Preservation." <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hbzol3pOu7g/YFvjZ7JooeI/AAAAAAAAc5E/HElWP3gHTpAdHogH9ccAJA_p3OVqubIsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s952/Hometown%2BTeams_movie%2Bnight%2B38%2Brev.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="952" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hbzol3pOu7g/YFvjZ7JooeI/AAAAAAAAc5E/HElWP3gHTpAdHogH9ccAJA_p3OVqubIsgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/Hometown%2BTeams_movie%2Bnight%2B38%2Brev.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: Film and television actor Derek Mio--a Huntington Beach High School alumnus--and Academy Award-winning director and actor Chris Tashima, at an outdoor screening of their film, Day of Independence, with Historic Wintersburg at Heritage Museum of Orange County during the Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit, Hometown Teams. (Photo, M. Urashima, 2017) <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© All
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author and publisher, Mary Adams Urashima. </i></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p>Surf City Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225762095381159427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591805782334655967.post-75496809801493612922020-11-25T18:10:00.000-08:002020-11-25T18:10:37.222-08:00Giving Thanks: Opening doors during hard times<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LzyeameMCm0/X77JG0rEvhI/AAAAAAAAcjo/XJk2vDU1WCYT9WD2hI5bHi8DH9j3L8NdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1253/1934%2BChurch%2Bdedication_December%2B10%2B1934_watermark.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="1253" height="194" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LzyeameMCm0/X77JG0rEvhI/AAAAAAAAcjo/XJk2vDU1WCYT9WD2hI5bHi8DH9j3L8NdACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h194/1934%2BChurch%2Bdedication_December%2B10%2B1934_watermark.png" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ABOVE: The Wintersburg Japanese Church building is the third of the Wintersburg Japanese Mission buildings, following construction of the 1910 Mission building and 1910 manse (parsonage). It was constructed during the Great Depression, funded by small donations from around Orange County. This photograph was taken for the official dedication in December 1934. At this time, the mission effort had been official recognized as a church by the Presbyterian USA. (Photo: Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Church, December 10, 1934. Courtesy Wintersburg Church.)</span></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Thirty years after the founding of the <b>Wintersburg Mission</b> in 1904, the third of the Mission buildings was planned for completion by Thanksgiving 1934. It had not been easy. Fundraising for the new mission building had begun before "Black Friday" shocked the nation in October 1930, shutting down banks and freezing funds. The Church fund lost over $500, its initial seed money for the project.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i>"We collected donations little by little. First, we deposited the money
in the Huntington Beach Bank, a state bank. But in
the prime of the Depression, the deposits were
frozen</i>," remembers Rev. Kikuchi. "<i>Charlie's (Ishii) father and I ran to the Huntington Beach Bank
but
the bank was closed. We almost felt like crying. But, later, when we fixed
pews in the church, we could draw our deposit from
the bank after the arrangement by the
government. In this way, we collected small amounts of money little by
little</i>."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oUISLyziqOs/X77NivDyE0I/AAAAAAAAcj4/lMi3szCq8vUz4ZjiyRAZ4H8gzFwVM7BbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Historic%2BHuntington%2B-%2Bbank%2B-%2BFirst%2BNational%2BBank%2Bof%2BHB%2Bcirca%2B1900.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oUISLyziqOs/X77NivDyE0I/AAAAAAAAcj4/lMi3szCq8vUz4ZjiyRAZ4H8gzFwVM7BbgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/Historic%2BHuntington%2B-%2Bbank%2B-%2BFirst%2BNational%2BBank%2Bof%2BHB%2Bcirca%2B1900.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: The Huntington Beach Bank at Main and Walnut streets in Huntington Beach, circa 1910. The bank was established in 1904, the same year the Wintersburg Mission effort was founded. It eventually became the First National Bank of Huntington Beach and the Savings Bank of Huntington Beach. (Photo courtesy of City of Huntington Beach archives) </b></span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> As construction neared completion in 1934, the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> noted, "<i>the building plans of the congregation were set back several years ago when the closing of a bank wiped out more than $500. Through contributions from Japanese of Orange county and members of other county Presbyterian churches, the fund has been replenished</i>". The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> also noted the building would open on the 30th anniversary of "<i>one of the oldest Japanese missions in California</i>".<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The cost of the 1934 Church building was $5,500. The main sanctuary space was set to seat 300 people, initially divided by a folding partition to provide quarters for the Christian Endeavor and Sunday school groups. The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> reported the Church also was "fitted up" with a kitchen, a pastor's study, restrooms and a cloak room, and would be finished with a white stucco exterior. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WlHz4d6iI4k/X77bNQLuKeI/AAAAAAAAckE/VZhTfN0ZB9gJyL3m2HAGx_47xzbZyh2PACLcBGAsYHQ/s1638/Sugar%2Bbeet%2Bwagon%2Bon%2BWintersburg%2BAve%2Bnear%2BFuruta%2Bhome%2B-%2Bcirca%2B1914%2B-%2BFuruta%2Bfamily%2Bwatermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1638" height="230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WlHz4d6iI4k/X77bNQLuKeI/AAAAAAAAckE/VZhTfN0ZB9gJyL3m2HAGx_47xzbZyh2PACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h230/Sugar%2Bbeet%2Bwagon%2Bon%2BWintersburg%2BAve%2Bnear%2BFuruta%2Bhome%2B-%2Bcirca%2B1914%2B-%2BFuruta%2Bfamily%2Bwatermark.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: A sugar beet wagon races down an unpaved and dusty Wintersburg Road in front of the Furuta farm, circa 1914. The road was still unpaved when the Church building opened in 1934 and wooden planks were placed on the ground as walkways. (Photograph courtesy of the Furuta family) </b><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> In order to construct the 1934 Church building in a prominent location in <b>Wintersburg Village</b> fronting Wintersburg Road (Warner Avenue) and Southern Street (Nichols Lane), the 1910 wooden Mission building was moved back from the main road. The three mission buildings were constructed on a parcel of land donated to the mission by <b>Charles Mitsuji Furuta</b>, who owned the entire five-acre goldfish farm now known as <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>. The 1910 Mission building would be used as a social hall, for Sunday school, and as a boys club, once the new, larger Church building opened.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>Orange County</b> architect <b>Everett E. Parks </b>designed the 1934 <b>Wintersburg Japanese Church</b>. Parks architecture office was in <b>Santa Ana</b>, which he shared with his partner, <b>Irene McFaul</b>, one of the few women licensed to practice architecture in the state of <b>California</b> at the time. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-42EcB5ludcQ/X77xjJzuZxI/AAAAAAAAckQ/I7due7Q8VTERY3rJ0tQO_ZvH4Fqp8bvngCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tonys%2BCafe_Santa%2BAna_architect%2BEverett%2BE%2BParks_Santa_Ana_Register_Fri__Aug_6__1937_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1515" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-42EcB5ludcQ/X77xjJzuZxI/AAAAAAAAckQ/I7due7Q8VTERY3rJ0tQO_ZvH4Fqp8bvngCLcBGAsYHQ/w296-h400/Tonys%2BCafe_Santa%2BAna_architect%2BEverett%2BE%2BParks_Santa_Ana_Register_Fri__Aug_6__1937_.jpg" width="296" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LEFT: An advertisement placed by architect Everett E. Parks is on the upper right of a full-page feature with congratulatory messages in the Santa Ana Register for the opening of a new, larger venue for Tony's Cafe in Santa Ana. Parks designed the new cafe in the Spanish Revival style popular during the 1930s in southern California. (Santa Ana Register, August 6, 1937) </b><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Parks is noted as the architect for the <b>Automobile Club of Southern California</b> office in Anaheim and the second building for the <b>First Baptist Church</b> of <b>Santa Ana</b> in 1953. He also designed <b>Tony's Cafe</b> on Bush Street in Santa Ana for longtime, popular Orange County restaurateur Tony Barrio in 1937. Parks was president of the <b>American Institute of Architects</b> Orange County chapter in 1952, bringing national affiliation for the former Orange County Architects organization. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Designed in the Spanish Revival style, the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Church</b> kept with a simple aesthetic. The interior structure is comprised of old growth redwood, which has retained an almost new appearance today when viewed through the open ceiling. Additional investment was made for two features of the Church building: the front entrance door and the tall windows running down each side of the rectangular shaped sanctuary space. The front door, when viewed from the interior is carved walnut. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1AoEmYmchOI/X771Tak4c9I/AAAAAAAAckc/d1aRZHU096EgrtqcY_PwWDnj0IHsI2XqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Instagram%2B-%2B1934%2BChurch_gold%2Bwindow%2Bglass_Oct%2B24%2B2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1AoEmYmchOI/X771Tak4c9I/AAAAAAAAckc/d1aRZHU096EgrtqcY_PwWDnj0IHsI2XqACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/Instagram%2B-%2B1934%2BChurch_gold%2Bwindow%2Bglass_Oct%2B24%2B2016.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>RIGHT: Fragments of the original amber-color glass from the 1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church building. It was intended to fill the sanctuary space with light and energy. (Photo, M. Urashima, 2016)</b><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The windows were amber-colored glass. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The
ancient Greek word for amber is "elektron" meaning sun. Ancient
Greeks knew that amber, when rubbed, produces an electric charge. The
use of the color amber in ancient religious settings is a
reference to spiritual energy and light, the sun or fire, including its
use in Zoroastrian temples. The symbolism of the color amber as relates
to a Christian house of worship is referenced in the Bible (Ezekial
1:27) as representing a bright and overwhelming presence. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">When
it came time to choose the glass for the windows of the 1934 Church
building---which was washed with white paint on the interior and
exterior---the color amber was chosen to fill the space with light and
energy.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> The goal of completing construction by Thanksgiving was accomplished, with the official dedication of the Church building on December 10, 1934. Over 700 people attended the dedication event in <b>Wintersburg Village</b>, contributing that day an additional reported $667.29 toward the $5,500 budget to help with interior furnishings. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv0AYRASTn4/X774XvRXAnI/AAAAAAAAcko/0EjP31_IF9s8I41v1ufG229E20-cIb5RgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1934%2BChurch%2Bdedication%2Bprogram_December%2B10%2B1934_watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1648" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv0AYRASTn4/X774XvRXAnI/AAAAAAAAcko/0EjP31_IF9s8I41v1ufG229E20-cIb5RgCLcBGAsYHQ/w323-h400/1934%2BChurch%2Bdedication%2Bprogram_December%2B10%2B1934_watermark.jpg" width="323" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b>LEFT: The program for the dedication ceremony of the Wintersburg Japanese Church on December 10, 1934. Charles Mitsuji Furuta, an elder with the mission and the first Japanese to be baptized as Christian in Orange County, spoke at the dedication which featured a violin solo, </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b>"Romance" by composer Johan Svendsen,</b></span></span></span></span> by Furuta's niece, Sumi Akiyama. Sumi would marry Judge John Aiso, who directed the Military Intelligence Language School and was the highest ranking Japanese American in the U.S. Army during WWII. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thiNf8y_ano">Listen to a version of "Romance."</a> (Image courtesy of the Furuta family)</b><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Reverend <b>Kenji Kikuchi</b>, who had been with the mission throughout the planning and building process said during his address that "Go Forward" had been the congregation's slogan as they continued fundraising and building through the <b>Great Depression</b>. Earlier clergy for the mission were at the dedication, including founder Reverend <b>Barnabus H. Terasawa</b> of San Francisco, Reverend <b>Paul Nakamura</b> of Los Angeles, and Reverend <b>Watanabe</b> of San Diego. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> Another featured speaker was <b>Hisamatsu Tamura</b> on behalf of the <b>Smeltzer Japanese Association</b> in <b>Wintersburg Village</b>. Hisamatsu Tamura is the father of <b>Stephen Kosaku Tamura</b> for whom the West Justice Center in Westminster, California, was <a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2020/06/orange-county-west-justice-center-to-be.html">renamed on November 6, 2020</a>. <a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-honorable-stephen-k-tamura-lawyer.html">Historical background</a> on Stephen Tamura provided by <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> was used in the renaming application that went before the <b>California Judicial Council</b>.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> reported on December 10, 1934, that congratulatory telegrams were received from around California and that there were speakers and well-wishers from other <b>Orange County</b> and <b>Los Angeles</b> churches. The dedication program included official photographs and "motion pictures" were planned to have been filmed*, after which there was </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">a reception serving "Japanese dainties and tea." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> In its life, the 1934 Church would be witness to the upbringing of <b>Fountain Valley</b>'s first mayor <b>James Kanno</b>, <b>Orange County</b>'s first Japanese American attorney <b>Stephen Tamura</b>, community carnivals, marriages, funerals, and the interrogation of clergy and congregation by the FBI in 1942. The Church would be shuttered during the forced removal and incarceration of <b>Orange County</b>'s Japanese American community during WWII, reopening in 1945. In 1948, the memorial services for <b>SSgt. Kazuo Masuda</b>, a hero of the <b>"Go For Broke" 442nd Regimental Combat Team</b> recognized in 1945 and again in 1988 by <b>President Ronald Reagan</b>, were held inside the Church with military honor guard. There are multiple <b>Congressional Medal of Honor </b>recipients among the congregants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> Conceived prior to the <b>Great Depression</b>, the 1934 <b>Wintersburg Japanese Church</b> building--one of six historic structures on the <b>endangered National Treasure Historic Wintersburg</b> property--was born during hard times, and achieved through the perseverance and "<i>go forward</i>" mindset that would see the community through the years ahead.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jKxWYOZUSOk/X78Iqal0cXI/AAAAAAAAck0/xG0bIxgBWp8wqzdu8CfDKpMuwduo1_5KwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1016/Wintersburg%2BChurch_dedication%2Bof%2B1934%2Bbuilding_SA%2BRegister_December%2B10%2B1934.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="1016" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jKxWYOZUSOk/X78Iqal0cXI/AAAAAAAAck0/xG0bIxgBWp8wqzdu8CfDKpMuwduo1_5KwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h334/Wintersburg%2BChurch_dedication%2Bof%2B1934%2Bbuilding_SA%2BRegister_December%2B10%2B1934.PNG" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ABOVE: An image from the Santa Ana Register, reporting on the dedication of the 1934 Church building of the Wintersburg Japanese Mission. (Santa Ana Register, December 10, 1934)</b></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><b>*</b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Motion pictures referred to in the program for the December 10, 1934, dedication have to-date not been found. Please contact Historic Wintersburg if you have information.</span></i><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© <i>All
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Join the <a href="https://www.jampilgrimages.com/virtualpilgrimageregistration"><b>Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage</b></a> this weekend for the opening ceremony, 2 pm Pacific Time, Saturday, June 13. The opening program is hosted by KABC news anchor <b>David Ono</b> and actress <b>Tamlyn Tomita</b> (Karate Kid II, Come See the Paradise, The Joy Luck Club).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <br /> In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, each of the annual
pilgrimages to sites of wartime Japanese American incarceration have
been canceled. These pilgrimages provide important educational and
community-building opportunities for both descendants of the camps and
the wider public. Recognizing the ongoing and multi-generational significance of these
pilgrimages, <b>Tadaima! A Community Virtual
Pilgrimage</b>, is hosted by <a href="https://www.jampilgrimages.com/"><b>Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) </b></a>over the course of nine themed
weeks, bringing the pilgrimage experience online. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> JAMP explains, "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage</b> is a collaborative undertaking,
involving representatives from many different contingents of the Nikkei
community, as well as scholars, artists, and educators committed to
actively memorializing the history of Japanese American incarceration
during World War II. <i>Tadaima! </i>means “<i>I’m home!</i>” in Japanese - it is our
way of acknowledging that we are all home and the important reasons for
why that is, while also celebrating the history, diversity, strength,
and vibrancy of the Nikkei community."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> is among the many <a href="https://www.jampilgrimages.com/partner-organizations">partner organizations</a> included in the 2020 virtual pilgrimages, which include the <b>National Park Service</b>, <b>Japanese American National Museum</b>, <b>Densho</b>, the <b>Manzanar Committee</b>, <b>Tuna Canyon Detention Station</b>, <b>Friends of Minidoka</b>, <b>Heart Mountain</b>, <b>Angel Island</b>, <b>Go For Broke National Education Center</b>, the <b>University of Queensland Australia</b>, and the <b>Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage</b>, among many more historical institutions and organizations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The pilgrimage with <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> is scheduled for <b>June 21</b>, which will be archived on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxj0CuU7rcxrj2GfCS3LcqA">JAMP YouTube channel</a>.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> We invite you to join us as we journey in virtual pilgrimage. <i><b>Register for free</b></i> to receive updates and the nine-week pilgrimage schedule on the <a href="https://www.jampilgrimages.com/virtualpilgrimageregistration"><b>Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages</b></a> website.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ABOVE: Stephen Kosaku Tamura grew up attending the Wintersburg Japanese Mission and was involved when it was officially recognized as a church in 1930, twenty-six years after its founding as a mission. Tamura was Orange County's first Japanese American attorney. He was </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the first Japanese American and first Asian American to sit on the </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><b><b>Orange County Superior
Court in 1961, the </b>California Court of
Appeal</b> in 1966, and also served as Justice Pro Tem on the <b>California Supreme
Court</b> until his retirement. (Image, Santa Ana Register, May 19, 1930)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b>On April 16, 2020, in the middle of statewide stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, the California Judicial Council approved the re-naming of the
<b>West Justice Center</b> of the <b>Orange County Superior Court </b>in Westminster, California, for
<b>Stephen K. Tamura</b>. An effort led by <b>Presiding Judge Kirk H. Nakamura</b>, Central Justice Center, County of Orange, Superior Court of California, a supporting document in the package requesting the name change is a 2012 feature about Stephen K. Tamura from the <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> blog, <a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-honorable-stephen-k-tamura-lawyer.html"><u>The Honorable Stephen K. Tamura: Lawyer, Judge, Wintersburg Mission congregant</u></a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Tamura </b>is an alumnus of <b>Huntington Beach High School</b> class of 1928 and served with the “Go For Broke” 442<sup>nd</sup> Regimental Combat Team. He was
posthumously was awarded in 2011 the <b>Congressional Gold Medal </b>along with the
100<sup>th</sup> Infantry Battalion and Military Intelligence Service.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> "It was a real privilege to submit the application to name West Justice
Center in honor of the late judge</i>,” said Superior Court <b>Presiding Judge
Kirk Nakamura</b>, about the application submitted by <b>Orange County</b>
community members to the <b>Judicial Council of
California</b>, which owns and oversees all Court facilities throughout the
state. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“<i>He was a man of many ‘firsts’ and I am very proud to have followed his footsteps to the Bench</i>".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>ABOVE: An excerpt from a letter included in the re-naming application from Stephen Tamura's daughter, Susan Tamura Kawaichi, referencing the support her father had to pursue law from Reverend Kenji Kikuchi, M.Th. of the Wintersburg Japanese Church. In his 1981 oral history, Reverend Kikuchi referred to Stephen Tamura </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as one of "<i>my Sunday school boys</i>." </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pastor for the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission </b>from 1926 to 1936, Rev. <b>Kikuchi </b>had witnessed <b>Tamura</b>'s path from youth to young adult. In 1930, Rev. <b>Kikuchi </b>penned a brief history of the <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> at a time when there were about 150 Japanese American families in the immediate vicinity of <b>Wintersburg Village</b>. </span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>LEFT: From a 1982 tribute for Justice Tamura in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The signatures include his brother, Noburu, and fellow justice, John Aiso, who married, Sumi, the daughter of goldfish farmers Henry and Masako Akiyama, who were related to Charles and Yukiko Furuta of the Furuta farm at Historic Wintersburg. (Photo, M. Urashima) </b></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "... <i>Most
of them are dry chili pepper farmers-they raise half million dollars a
year production from peppers," </i>wrote Rev. <b>Kikuchi</b>, <i>" Also there are three...</i><i>gold fish farms owned by our church members</i>." These would have been the gold fish farms of <b>C.M. Furuta</b>--who donated the land for the Mission--and the <b>Asari</b> and <b>Akiyama </b>families</span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Tamura</b>'s father, <b>Hisamatsu Tamura</b>, arrived in <b>California</b> in 1901 and was a prominent farmer in <b>Smeltzer</b>, north of <b>Wintersburg Village</b>. He was president of the school board in <b>Smeltzer,</b> a member of the board of directors of the vegetable marketing division of the <b>Orange County Farm Bureau</b>, and a director of the <b>Japanese Farming and Growers' Association</b>. <b>Hisamatsu </b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tamura</b> was remembered by another <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> congregant, <b>Clarence Nishizu, </b>in his 1982 oral history interview* as one of "<i>the original <b>Talbert</b> (Fountain Valley) pioneer Issei who first moved into this area to
farm various vegetable crops and they were
the ones who, with the future in mind, purchased
the land in Talbert to build the Japanese language school</i>." </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">RIGHT: The building that was home to the original law office of Stephen Tamura still stands on East 4th Street, Calle Cuatro, in Santa Ana, California. (Image, Google Earth)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Hisamatsu Tamura</b>--along with fellow farmer </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Isojiro Oka</b> and others</span>--purchased "<i>an old Standard Oil Company wooden building</i>" to serve as the school and an old house to serve as the teacher's residence, moving both buildings to the school site in Talbert (off Bushard Avenue). </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By 1935, they had 100 students. These pioneers are honored for their many efforts supporting education in <b>Orange County </b>with the<b> Isojiro Oka Elementary School</b> in <b>Huntington Beach</b> and the <b>Hisamatsu Tamura Elementary School</b> in <b>Fountain Valley</b>. <b>Hisamatsu Tamura</b> passed in 1936, not knowing his son, Stephen, would become one of California's legal icons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In 1949, <b>Tamura</b> became Deputy Counsel for the <b>Orange County
</b>Counsel’s Office, before elevated to County Counsel in 1960. He served the County of Orange</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for 12 years before
his appointment to the Superior Court i</span></span>n 1961 by <b>Governor Pat Brown</b>. He was the first
Japanese American and first Asian American to sit on the California Court of
Appeal in 1965. After
his appointment as a Superior Court judge, he was elected presiding judge of
the <b>Orange County Superior Court</b>. In
1966, Governor Brown elevated him to the Fourth District, Division Two, and in 1979, <b>Tamura</b>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>LEFT: Tamura was a founding board member of the Orange County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in 1935, which held its first meeting in the Wintersburg Japanese Church. In December 1941, the Orange County JACL chapter denounced the attack by Japan. As an attorney, Tamura was assisting those documenting U.S. birth up until days before the forced removal of Japanese Americans from Orange County in May 1942. Incarcerated at Poston, the Colorado River Relocation Center near Parker, Arizona, Tamura was permitted to leave to attend Harvard Law School in 1943. He enlisted in the Army in 1945, serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for which he was awarded posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal in 2011. (Image, Santa Ana Register, December 11, 1941)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="ls"> In addition to his 43 years in law, Tamura
was a founding board member in 1935 of the <b>Orange County Japanese American Citizens
League</b> and the</span><span class="body"> <a href="https://www.jaccc.org/"><b>Japanese American Cultural and CommunityCenter</b></a> in <b>Little Tokyo</b>, Los Angeles. He was serving as a justice with the Court of Appeals when asked to serve as chairman for <b>Disneyland</b>'s Community Service Awards in 1966.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Among his recognition and awards:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Orange County Press Club, 1965</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Disneyland Community Service Awards, 1966</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Orange County Bar Association Franklin G. West Award, 1972</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Pomona College Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws, 1976 </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">California Trial Lawyers Association Appellate Justice of the Year, 1977</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Japanese American Citizens League, 1981</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">Orange County Board of Supervisors, 1981</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">California State Assembly Resolution, 1982</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="body">California State Senate Resolution, 1982</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b>We're grateful to Superior Court <b>Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura </b>leading this effort and for the opportunity to support the re-naming of the West Justice Center for <b>Stephen K. Tamura </b>with historical research.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* <i>The California State University Fullerton Center for Oral History collection of oral histories with Orange County's Japanese American community is named after Stephen Tamura, the "</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span class="st">Honorable Stephen K. Tamura Orange County Japanese American Oral History Project". </span></i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>BELOW: Office nameplates and a law book belonging to Stephen K. Tamura are among the artifacts collected in 2018 by historian and Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach author Mary Adams Urashima. These and other items are safeguarded for a future exhibit in the Stephen K. Tamura West Justice Center. (Photo, M. Urashima)</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In December 1908, at the age of 25, the "father of surfing" <b>George Freeth</b> saved the lives of nine Japanese American and two Russian American fishermen off <b>Venice</b> beach when a violent Pacific storm lashed the coast. For his heroic actions, <b>Freeth</b> was awarded the <b>Congressional Gold Medal </b>for bravery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In April 1919, <i>at the age of 35</i>, the Hawaiian-born <b>Freeth</b>--noted for his physical fitness and still in his prime--died after a long battle with the flu virus spreading across the globe. He was the first person to surf the <b>Huntington Beach</b> pier at its re-dedication in 1914</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>LEFT: George Freeth in 1909, a year after he rescued fishermen off of Venice beach after the "<i>sudden appearance by a heavy northwester</i>." He was 25 at the time and was reported to have "<i>made a spectacular dive from the wharf,"</i> swimming through the boiling water to pilot the fishing boats to safety. (Image, <u>Los Angeles Times</u>, October 9, 1909)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span> <b>Freeth</b> was a remarkably skilled surfer, the one <b>Jack London</b> described during his 1907 visit to <b>Hawaii</b> as "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>his heels are winged, and in them is the swiftness of the sea</i>." But, he isn't remembered just because he was a surfer. In Southern <b>California</b>, he was a local hero who dedicated his life to saving others.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> On December 16, 1908, the "<i>heavy northwester</i>" hit the Southern <b>California</b> coast, catching local fishermen by surprise. Boats were floundering and being pushed toward the rocky breakwater. As a powerhouse alarm sounded, <b>Freeth</b> "<i>made a spectacular dive from the wharf</i>" into the water and swam to the most endangered boat first. The ocean water temperature off the coast of <b>Los Angeles County</b> in December averages a chilly 60</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">°F (16</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">°C).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The <u>Los Angeles Times</u> reported the next day that <b>Freeth </b>"<i>successfully piloted the craft, which contained two Japanese fishermen, around the pier to a safe landing</i>." Freeth dove into the water repeatedly until he had helped eleven fishermen safely to shore. He crawled onto one of the Japanese American fishing boats and "<i>by a trick known only to himself, piloted the craft through the surf at railroad speed and made a safe landing on the beach</i>." <b>Freeth</b> was a surfer and followed his instincts, surfing the boat to shore.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> One Japanese American fishing boat capsized as they tried to make their way to shore, with three men falling overboard and too far ashore to be thrown a life buoy. <b>Freeth </b>again dove off the pier carrying a life belt for each of the three men so they could stay afloat until his<b> </b>volunteer lifeguards arrived by rescue boat. All were saved.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>RIGHT: George Freeth with a life-saving buoy he designed, described as a "hollow, air-tight, copper torpedo forty-two inches by eight, which will hold up a dead weight of five-hundred pounds." (Image, <u>Recreation,</u> Volumes 52-53, 1915)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A few of the fishermen caught up in the storm were identified by the <u>Los Angeles Times</u> as <b>T.O. Shiro, T. Caneshira, I. Igi, T. Yamauchi, Y. Kato</b>, and <b>T. Tokushima</b>.* The majority of the fishermen are identified as being from the small fishing village off present-day <b>Pacific Palisades</b>, in a beach area near the "Long Wharf" known as <b>Maikura</b>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Vgvyo0ZOPM/Xnpwq9ebZNI/AAAAAAAAbaY/up9E3VP9-0UvA5C4g3BTYTbRVOD4fXozQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/George%2BFreeth_Japanese%2Bfishermen%2Bpresent%2Bgifts%2Bfor%2Brescue_LA%2BTimes_December%2B18%2B1908.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="471" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Vgvyo0ZOPM/Xnpwq9ebZNI/AAAAAAAAbaY/up9E3VP9-0UvA5C4g3BTYTbRVOD4fXozQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/George%2BFreeth_Japanese%2Bfishermen%2Bpresent%2Bgifts%2Bfor%2Brescue_LA%2BTimes_December%2B18%2B1908.PNG" width="319" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The day after <b>Freeth</b>'s heroic rescue of the<b> Maikura</b> fishermen, they returned to see him, bearing gifts. In addition to a cash gift of $50---an equivalent of about $940 today---they presented <b>Freeth</b> with a gold watch (average price of a gold watch in 1918 was $12.93, an equivalent of about $240 today). They donated an additional $37 to the volunteer lifeguard benefit fund. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The fishermen reportedly announced to <b>Freeth</b> that they were renaming <b>Maikura</b> as "<b>Port Fre<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eth</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" (<u>Our L.A. County Lifeguard Family</u>, LACoFD, Lifeguard Operations) A 1910 <u>Los Angeles Times</u> article about a <b>Yamato Association</b> picnic on the beach near the fishing village north of <b>Port Los Angeles</b> noted "<i>which by some is called Freeth--so named in honor of <b>George Freeth</b>, the Hawaiian life-saver, who rescued a number of Japanese fishermen who were caught at sea during the storm of two years ago</i>."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ABOVE RIGHT: Local media reported on the daring rescue and on the gestures of appreciation from the fishermen the following day. ("Japanese fishermen thank life saving crew," <u>Los Angeles Times</u>, December 18, 1908)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Fast forward to 1918, a decade after his nationally-reported heroics rescuing the Japanese American fishermen, <b>Freeth</b> was working a lifeguard job at <b>Ocean Beach</b> in <b>San Diego</b>. He continued to demonstrate his surfing skills for awestruck beach crowds, including one stunt where he "<i>suddenly leaped clearing the board by at least three feet, turned a sumersault, regained his balance on the board again, then completed his stunt with a dive. The trick was a thriller, and evoked a storm of applause</i>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>LEFT: A stone plaque for G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eorge Freeth embedded in the Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame on Main Street in 2014, one hundred years after he first surfed the Huntington Beach pier. (Photo, M. Urashima, 2014) </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><b><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b></b></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Months later in January 1919, <b>Freeth</b> was overtaken by the flu virus. The pandemic had taken root in the military bases in <b>San Diego</b> and, despite flu masks and a citywide quarantine in December 1918, the virus continued to spread in the surrounding community. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Freeth</b> recovered, then relapsed, and was hospitalized again. He would not fully recover. On the evening of April 7, 1919, he passed. The <u>Honolulu Star Bulletin</u> reported on April 8, 1919, that "<i><b>George Douglas Freeth</b>, well known local athlete and swimmer, died at <b>Ocean Beach, California</b>, last night of pneumonia, according to a cablegram received by Honolulu relatives today. In December 1908, <b>Freeth</b> rescued nine Japanese fishermen during a storm at <b>Venice, Cal.</b>, for which he was awarded the Congressional medal for heroism</i>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>RIGHT: The Japanese American fishing village of Maikura (aka Port Freeth) as it appeared the year Freeth died in 1919. The <u>Los Angeles Times</u> described Maikura as "<i>one of the most picturesque spots on the coast and a large number of the houses are built after Japanese plans. The customs of the settlement are entirely Japanese</i>." Both Maikura and George Freeth met their demise in 1919. This photograph was taken before the 2,000 residents of Maikura were displaced by the Pacific Electric Railway. Japanese American fishing villages were targeted by those fomenting anti-Japanese politics in California. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. campaigned against the villages</b></span></span> in the <u>San Francisco Examiner</u> in 1923, characterizing the communities as "aliens" monopolizing an industry. Forced to move from Maikura in 1919, the residents relocated to the fishing village on Terminal Island, where they would lose their community again in 1942. ("Old Japanese fishing village at Port Los Angeles to disappear," <u>Los Angeles Times</u>, September 16, 1919)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> During the 1918-1920 pandemic, the mortality was a "W" curve. The virus hit hardest those younger than five, 20-40 years old, and those sixty-five and older. Many who succumbed were fit and healthy before the virus</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, like <b>George Freeth</b>.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">LEFT: George Freeth, of Hawaiian-British descent (ethnically Hawaiian-Irish), with his Congressional Gold Medal and </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving medal for Valor pinned on his lifeguard uniform. (Photo, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Los Angeles County Lifeguard Trust Fund)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The number of lives lost during the 1918-1920 pandemic is estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States, according to the <b>Centers for Disease Control </b>(CDC). The CDC also notes, "<i>w</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>ith no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no
antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be
associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were
limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such
as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants,
and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly</i>." (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html">1918 Pandemic - H1N1 Virus</a>, Centers for Disease Control)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>George Freeth</b>, the son of <b>Elizabeth Kailikapuolono Green Freeth</b> was laid to rest in the O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu County, <b>Hawaii</b> after friends in <b>California</b> sent his ashes home to his mother. <b>Freeth</b>'s legacy in Southern <b>California</b> is not just as the "father of surfing", but also the lives he saved during his short time on earth. His story is one out of the millions of souls lost to the 1918-1920 virus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> At the time of this writing, the <b>Huntington Beach</b> pier that <b>George Freeth</b> famously surfed in 1914 is closed to limit public gatherings due to the global pandemic coronavirus, COVID-19. For those reading this in the present day, stay home. Flatten the curve.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A 1915 Model T two-door sedan, the automobile driven over bumpy country roads to the Nishizu home by Mr. Goya when he came to their aid during the flu pandemic, circa 1918-1920. (PHOTO: Courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In October 1918, the flu pandemic spreading in <b>Orange County</b> prompted the County's Board of Health to appoint three doctors to head up an emergency response. A "<i>scarcity of doctors and nurses adds to the gravity of the situation</i>," reported the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> on October 26, 1918. "<i>That the situation is more serious than many people think was brought out yesterday...doctors are going night and day and are worked to the limit of their physical ability, that there is a decided scarcity of nurses and that there are a good many people who are not reporting their cases and others who are not observing quarantine regulations</i>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Orange County</b> had a population estimated at 55,195 in 1918. The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> reported six county doctors who came together for the emergency response planning. They described a rapid spread of the virus and "<i>an increase of fifty to 100 percent</i>" west of the <b>Santa Ana River</b>. The shortage of nurses was so severe, the County called on "<i>volunteers of any kind, women who may not have had any special training even as practical nurses, are needed in homes here, and women who are willing to volunteer for assistants for the county hospital should take the matter up over the telephone at once with the hospital, Orange 417 on the Pacific...</i>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Y_oB7YgbyU/XnU2d86X6II/AAAAAAAAbX0/bkOdnaIVvYsJrwqXjb_trrLqlXz8JLwLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Cain%2BDrive%2Bat%2BGothard%2BAvenue%2B-%2BFoley%2B%2526%2BCo%2Bbottle%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1119" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Y_oB7YgbyU/XnU2d86X6II/AAAAAAAAbX0/bkOdnaIVvYsJrwqXjb_trrLqlXz8JLwLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cain%2BDrive%2Bat%2BGothard%2BAvenue%2B-%2BFoley%2B%2526%2BCo%2Bbottle%2B2.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">RIGHT: A Honey and Tar bottle uncovered in the former Wintersburg Village in 2015. Foley & Co.'s Honey and Tar syrup was marketed from the 1870s
through the 1960s. It was widely promoted during the 1918 flu
pandemic, which affected Wintersburg Village and Huntington Beach. The original mixture was seven percent alcohol mixed with a special
solution of pine tar and honey, terpin hydrate, sodium benzyl succinate
and gum arabic. Pine tar historically is used as a wood
preservative on baseball bats and as a cure for skin ailments. In the
case of Foley & Co.'s Honey and Tar, it was recommended for nagging coughs, pneumonia, and consumption. Pine tar was banned by the
FDA in the 1990s due to a lack of proof of effectiveness. Even with honey, this did not taste all that good. (Photo, M. Adams Urashima, 2015) </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1982, <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> congregant <b>Clarence Nishizu </b>recalled the global flu pandemic during his oral history interview with Arthur Hansen for the <u>Honorable Stephen K. Tamura Orange County Japanese American Oral History Project </u>with California State University Fullerton. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "<i>After World War I...there came a time in the United States when an epidemic of
influenza spread throughout the country and
resulted in 548,000 deaths. Influenza is an acute infectious respiratory
disease
caused by a filterable virus. It was taken for
granted that all members of every family would be afflicted by this flu.
Our
family was no exception. Every member of our
family came down with the flu. I was only ten or so years old when this
epidemic
hit. One day we found out that my parents both
had been infected, and that there was nobody to care for us. Suddenly,
Mr.
<b>Goya</b> came to our house. My mother asked him to
please leave, or otherwise he would certainly contract the flu himself.
But
he utterly refused to go." </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>LEFT:
The situation was hinting at improvement by January 1919 in Wintersburg
Village. Henry Winters, for whom Wintersburg Village was named,
restarted construction on his ranch home which had been delayed due to
flu. In Orange County, entire households were sick at the same time.
Four members of the Winters family were reported as succumbing to the
flu in December 1918. The Oceanview school reopened for the third time
in January 1919, optimistic that students were healthy and could return
to their studies. (News clip, Santa Ana Register, January 10, 1919)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "<i>Let me tell you about Mr. <b>Goya</b>.
He was the most respected, intelligent, and eloquent Issei pioneer
among the <b>Kasuya Gun Jin
Kai</b>, a close-knitted group or club organized
among the Issei who had come from my parents' area in <b>Fukuoka</b>. He had a
mustache
like <b>Charlie Chaplin</b>. He had his serious moments
where he would just sit there thinking, but he also had his hilarious
moments
when he would laugh and tell funny, sexy
stories. I overheard some of these stories, but I hesitate to repeat
them now. His
speech was full of humor, yet to the point, not
long like the speeches my father used to make. When he spoke everybody
was
all ears and his remarks, filled with wisdom and
humor, were the talk of the whole Kasuya group. </i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">
The most important thing is
that he came to nurse our family knowing that we were all sick. To come
to our rescue at the risk
of his own exposure is a trait that is so
beautiful. It is like the story of Father Damien, the Catholic priest
who saw the
sad condition of the lepers on Molokai island in
Hawaii in 1873 and volunteered to tend to their spiritual needs. He
managed
by the labor of his own hands and by appeals to
the Hawaiian government to improve the water and food supplies and
housing.
Thus, he gave his own life and died of leprosy
[on April 15, 1889]. Anyway, Mr. <b>Goya</b> came to our place in an old Model T
two-door
sedan." </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Nishizu family recovered and <b>Clarence Nishizu</b> became a key individual in the growth of <b>Orange County</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>RIGHT: An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar from 1919, promoting the "<i>clean and wholesome tar of the pine and the balmy, tasteful, demulcent honey of the bees combined with curative plants found in the forest and field</i>.</b></span></span></span></span><b>"</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b>Reported cases of the virus appeared to have peaked by March 1919 and some quarantine cases were beginning to walk out into the sunshine. However through 1920, the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> continued to provide reports on flu or suspected flu, including reports from other states and around the world. Having seen friends and communities suffer, a vigilance about public health practices remained for a generation as efforts to develop immunizations and means to combat disease became a global mission.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> On New Year's day 1920, the <u>New York Times</u> reported "<i>there were times during 1919 when the era leading up to the war seemed, in the casual retrospect, like some far-off Golden Age</i>." While some communities improved, the virus continued to return in various parts of a tired country in 1920. In <b>California</b>, every resident of the <b>Paiute</b> community in <b>Inyo County</b>--later home to the <b>Manzanar Relocation Center</b> during WWII--was found by a mail carrier to be stricken with the virus and without medical care. One hundred died.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Communities coming together to help each other through tough times is the history of the peatlands. It's how missions were built and barns were raised, how schools set up classes in donated buildings, and how the harvest was done. It's how families endured loved ones heading off to a world war. And, it's how families survived a global pandemic a century ago. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>ABOVE: The celery harvest in the peatlands of Wintersburg Village and Smeltzer. (Photo courtesy of Center for Oral and Public History, PJA 026) </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Historic Wintersburg</b> was designated one of <b>America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places</b> in 2014 and one of America's <b>National Treasures </b>in 2015. The <b>Furuta </b>farm and <b>Wintersburg Japanese Mission</b> mark more than a century of Japanese American history and represent pioneer arrival and settlement of the American West, <b>Orange County</b>'s agricultural history, pioneer achievement, and the struggle for civil liberties.</span></span><br />
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Russell Cleary (standing, far right) with a Sea Scout troop at Newport Beach in
1940, viewing a diving helmet and breathing apparatus as part of training for a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Bridge of Honor program. To qualify for honors, the
boys planned to "<i>descend beneath the sea with the helmet on</i>".
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didn't know what else to do. The world was at war. <b>Russell Cleary</b>'s childhood friend had
been taken from <b>Orange County</b> to a desert camp by the U.S. government,
before they'd even had a chance to finish their senior year at <b>Santa Ana High School</b>. The
two friends had been looking forward to the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)</span></span> Citrus Belt League championship
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<![endif]--><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Cleary</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">
only did what made sense to him. He mailed a talisman of hope to his
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Relocation Center</b>, Arizona: a pole vault medal. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>RIGHT: Two months before the Yoshimi family and all Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from Orange County in May 1942, childhood friends Russell Cleary and Ichiro Yoshimi competed at the southern California counties track meet in Huntington Beach. Russell competed in high jump and Ichiro in the pole vault competition. Competing at the same meet was James Kanno, who would become in 1957 the first mayor of Fountain Valley (formerly Talbert). Kanno's father, Shuji, was an elder in the Wintersburg Japanese Mission in Wintersburg Village, where the Kanno family were congregants. (Santa Ana Register, March 20, 1942)</b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> "<i>Dear
Cheesy, I got 4th place in the meet with 10'6". I am sending you this
medal because you deserve it</i>," wrote <b>Russell</b> of the . <i>"I know
you could have done as good or better."</i></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i> </i>Enclosed was a small bronze medal with a yellow ribbon. <b>Ichiro </b>attached it to his watch chain and proudly wore it during his incarceration at <b>Poston</b>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> The story of the gift was shared in detention center and camp newspapers at <b>Santa Anita</b> and <b>Poston</b>, as well as in the <u>Santa Ana Register</u> by sports columnist <b>Eddie West</b> in his "West Wind: Here and There in Sports" column on August 5, 1942. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i> </i>"<i>A 'Medal for Cheesy' is the title of the little human interest yarn below</i>", wrote <b>West</b>, "<i>which comes from the <u>Poston Press Bulletin</u> by way of <b>Kaz Oshiki</b> of the <u>Santa Anita Pacemaker</u>, which published it as its story-of-the-week</i>."</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i> "I think you'll like it," </i>added <b>West</b> about the story of the two high school friends, "<i>...it is young democracy in action and at its best</i>".</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>LEFT: Ichiro Yoshimi's father, Fred S. Yoshimi, owned the Rose Chop Suey Parlor at 404 West Fourth Street in Santa Ana (also sometimes listed at 402 West Fourth Street). This location is extant and is the 1915 red brick "Lawrence" building on West 4th Street, across the street from the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and United States Courthouse. Chop suey is an American invention and not authentic Chinese cuisine. It first started appearing in the United States in the 1880s and by the 1920s was a popular dish around the country. The advertisement at left was published on Christmas Eve in 1930. (Santa Ana Register, December 24, 1930)</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <b>West</b>'s republishing of the "A Medal for Cheesy" story included the back story that the two friends were "<i>both looking forward to the Citrus Belt League Championships when they could match poles with vaulters from other schools. But in May, just before the event, <b>Yoshimi</b> with his family, suddenly became a resident of <b>Poston, Arizona</b>. Instead of gripping the thin, strong bamboo in his hands, instead of his body agilely soaring through the air, <b>Yoshimi</b> took a firm hold of a paint brush and went to work in the sign department</i>." </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>West</b> already was familiar with <b>Ichiro</b>, who had been reported on in local sports articles and columns for his achievements in track and field. <b>West</b> also was in alignment with the newspaper in which his column was published, The <u>Santa Ana Register</u>. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The <u>Santa Ana Register</u>'s publisher <b>R.C. Hoiles</b> stood against the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, remarking in an opinion piece on October 14, 1942, that "<i>few, if any, people ever believed that the evacuation of the Japanese was constitutional. It was a result of emotion and fright rather than being in harmony with the Constitution and the inherent rights that belong to all citizens</i>...</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>true democracy is always dangerous but it is the safest thing we have.
If we are not willing to run any risks and cannot have faith in humanity
and regard people innocent until they are proved guilty, we are on the
road to losing our democracy</i>."</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">RIGHT: Like many Japanese American-owned businesses, the Rose Chop Suey Parlor supported community events, such as the 1933 Fiesta del Oro and Rodeo for which the restaurant is listed as one of the "<i>public spirited citizens and business institutions</i>". (Santa Ana Register, July 26, 1933)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>Russell Cleary</b>, who passed in 2005, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">married his high school
sweetheart, <b>Louise Kenyon</b>, before joining the Air Force after graduating from <b>Santa Ana</b> <b>High School</b>. His obituary, published in the <u>Orange County Register</u> (the former <u>Santa Ana Register</u>), notes that </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Russell operated fishing
concessions at <b>Irvine Lake</b> and <b>Anaheim Lakes</b> until his retirement, and that "<i>he lived his life to the fullest with
unmatched enthusiasm, tending his fruit trees and grapevines, cooking
and canning, eagerly reading anything about the Old West, walking, going
to swap meets and farmer's markets...</i>" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Ichiro Yoshimi</b>, a 1942 alumnus of <b>Santa Ana High School</b>, passed in 1995 at the age of 71, with services held at </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the Honpa Hong-Wanji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He is noted as the "beloved husband of Sachiko, father of Robert, Jon and Richard...". </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In <b>Poston</b>, he was listed as a member of the camp's Red Cross, along with his father, <b>"Fred" Saishichi (sic) Yoshimi</b> (<u>The First Year, Story of the Red Cross in <b>Poston</b></u>, September 1, 1943). <b>Ichiro</b>'s older sister, <b>Lily Yuriko Yoshimi</b>, had been attending <b>Santa Ana College</b> in 1942 when her college aspirations were interrupted. In 2010, she was one of 22 students listed to whom the college wanted to provide a diploma (after the 2009 <b>California</b> law requiring </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">public college and university systems to retroactively grant an honorary degree "<i>to any student of
Japanese American descent, living or deceased, who was forcibly removed
and subsequently incarcerated during World War II</i>").</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">LEFT: The Santa Ana Register reported high school graduation ceremonies held three weeks after Ichiro Yoshimi and his family arrived at Poston. The article noted that 14 members of the class were already with the armed forces and three were "<i>Japanese students moved to the interior during the recent evacuation</i>." Ichiro Yoshimi was one of the three, along with Yone Sasaki (Munemitsu) and James Kanno. Not all high schools in Orange County listed the Japanese American students who received their diplomas in absentia. In 1999, the graduating class of Santa Ana High School asked former Fountain Valley mayor James Kanno to walk with them at their commencement ceremony. (Santa Ana Register, June 9, 1942)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Between 1942 to 1945, the CIF did not hold state meets for track and field, due to World War II. There were restrictions relating to gasoline rationing and no rubber for balls and other sports equipment. The Citrus Belt League competition in 1942 was as far as <b>Orange County</b> athletes would go that year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A history of the CIF written by Forrest William Fraasch in 1972 records that in 1942 "<i>discontinuation of the use of the bamboo pole for the pole vault became complete during this period. Bamboo shipments ceased because of the war with Japan</i>." CIF also notes the bamboo pole "<i>really required a science in vaulting</i>" and that the war was a "<i>catalyst in changing the types of poles to the present fibre glass since it was so hard to obtain the bamboo pole</i>..."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>RIGHT: Raymond Furuta, son of Charles Mitsuji and Yukiko Yajima Furuta of the Furuta farm at Historic Wintersburg, during a track meet circa 1932. A star athlete who graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1932, Ray participated in track during the bamboo pole era. (Photograph courtesy of the Furuta family collection) </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd">© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In 1945, when Japanese Americans began returning home to <b>California</b>, the CIF Southern Section initially placed restrictions on their participation in high school sports following a letter by the Burbank High School Registrar and Assistant Principal <b>Theo. Kopp</b> to Commissioner <b>Seth Van Patten </b>in November 1945. It was published on the front page of the <u>CIF Southern Section Monthly Bulletin</u> in December 1945 with the title, "Japanese boys create problem". </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "<i>With the return of a considerable number of Japanese boys to Southern California, it will be necessary for the CIF to come to some decision regarding the eligibility of these boys for next semester</i>," wrote <b>Kopp</b>. The eligibility requirement was related to credits missed for academic subjects during the fall 1945 semester for which they had not been able to fully participate due to their incarceration. The "problem" was referred to the CIFSS council for their February 1946 meeting (there is no mention of the resolution in subsequent Monthly Bulletins).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The politics and wartime hysteria that separated <b>Russell Cleary </b>and <b>Ichiro Yoshimi</b> in 1942 were bigger than the two friends, but <b>Russell</b>'s tiny gift to <b>Ichiro</b> was noticed by many. The medal for "Cheesy" in <b>Poston</b> was a message from the outside world to hang on. He was not forgotten.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UQIFsFtZyM/XdGIG4ZvtxI/AAAAAAAAaqM/mxZw6plxACEJc4Vo5ZJI-Pq0EI7nDnmmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Consulate%2Bof%2BJapan_new%2Bconsul%2Bgeneral_10-3-19_8.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1211" height="342" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UQIFsFtZyM/XdGIG4ZvtxI/AAAAAAAAaqM/mxZw6plxACEJc4Vo5ZJI-Pq0EI7nDnmmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Consulate%2Bof%2BJapan_new%2Bconsul%2Bgeneral_10-3-19_8.PNG" width="640" /></a></b></span></span><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b>ABOVE: California Senate Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg greeting the new Consul General of Japan Akira Muto at the assumption of post reception. Representatives for Historic Wintersburg were invited guests, along with representatives for the Huntington Beach Sister City Association. Huntington Beach has been a Sister City with Anjo, Japan, since 1992. (Photograph, October 3, 2019, M. Urashima)</b> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><i><span class="st">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">Southern California welcomed a new Consul General of Japan at a recent reception held in Los Angeles. <b>Consul General Akira Muto</b> has served in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">Washington D.C., and Boston, and was a visiting scholar at
Stanford University's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research
Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. The Los Angeles consulate post includes Southern California and Arizona.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">LEFT: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Consul General Akira Muto speaks at the Assumption of Post reception. The ever gracious consulate staff at right. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b>(Photograph, October 3, 2019, M. Urashima)</b> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><i><span class="st">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> In his remarks upon the assumption of his new post, <b>Consul General Muto</b> stated, "</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><i>I am greatly honored to be able to serve as consul general in a region
with such deep ties to Japan, and look forward to wonderful new
encounters that may differ from those during my time as Consul General
of Japan in Boston</i>." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> <b>Consul General Muto</b> takes his position as the <b>Emperor of Japan Naruhito</b> ascends to the Throne in the new
era of <i>Reiwa</i>. Japan also is readying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic
games in July. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span class="st">Surfing will make its debut in the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.<wbr></wbr> The shortboard competition will take place at <b>Tsurigasaki Beach</b>, in <b>Chiba</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">"<i>Once engaged in war, our nations have overcome those past troubled times
to become close allies connected in deep friendship. Japan's solid
relationship with Southern California and Arizona exemplifies our strong
Japan-U.S. ties</i>, " remarked <b>Consul General Muto</b>. "<i>My utmost duty as Consul General of Japan in Los
Angeles will be to further cultivate goodwill between Japan and the U.S.</i>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> <b>Wintersburg Village</b> and <b>Huntington Beach</b> have a long history with <b>Japan</b>, with Japanese pioneers contributing significantly to regional agriculture and development. The growing communities welcomed an important consulate visit in 1912, holding a luncheon at the Huntington Inn for <b>Consul General Matsuzo Nagai</b>, who was stationed in San Francisco. The Consul General arrived at 8:30 a.m. for a meeting at Huntington Beach city hall with <b>Mayor W.D. Seely </b>and then spoke to an assembly of students at <b>Huntington Beach High School</b>, before the luncheon.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b>RIGHT: A 1917 advertisement from the Santa Ana Register for the Dragon Cafe in Santa Ana, which hosted a banquet for the Consul General of Japan Matsuzo Nagai in May 1912 (with leading Japanese and American citizens of Orange County). The Dragon Cafe hosted many important Orange County events in the 1910s. They advertised heavily for Valentine's Day, offering to deliver heart-shaped cakes, ice cream and chocolate in heart-shaped satin candy boxes. (Advertisement, Santa Ana Register, November 2, 1917)</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> The <u>Santa Ana Register</u> reported, "<i>In addition to leading Japanese of this section there will be present 25 American guests. Those from this City will be <b>Mayor W. D. Seely</b>, Principal <b>A.E. Paine</b> of the High School, President <b>T.B. Talbert</b> of the Board of Trade, <b>Louis Paul Hart</b> of the Huntington Beach News, and <b>Rev. E.J. Harlow</b></i>." <b>Consul General Nagai</b> then spoke at the Talbert Hall in what is now <b>Fountain Valley</b> and then enjoyed a banquet at the famous Dragon Cafe in <b>Santa Ana. </b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b>LEFT:
Consul General Matsuzo Nagai, circa 1917, five years after his visit to
Orange County. Consul General Nagai would have been
enthusiastic about the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He served on the
governmental committee in Japan charged with preparing for the Tokyo
games in 1940 (which were cancelled) and also as a member of the
International Olympic Committee until 1950. (Photograph, WikiCommons)</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"> An activist for the Olympic Games, <b>Consul General Nagai</b> would not have been introduced to surfing during his 1912 visit to "Surf City", as the sport was just beginning to take hold along the southern California coast. Irish Hawaiian <b>George Freeth</b> is considered the first to surf the <b>Huntington Beach</b> pier at its re-dedication in 191<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Delbert "Bud" Higgins, one of the first local surfers, noted that <i>"t</i><i>he first use of boards was about 1912 when they
used a piece of 1 by 12 board about 4 feet long and pushed off from 5
foot water. </i><i>There were no surfboards on the coast except the one
belonging to <b>George Freeth</b> of Redondo Beach and it was a very makeshift
one made of several boards with cross pieces nailed to hold it
together."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b> Consul General Nagai</b> undoubtedly would have been delighted that 107 years after his visit to <b>Orange County</b>, surfers from <b>Japan</b> are training near the <b>Huntington Beach</b> pier as they prepare for the <b>Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span class="st"><b>Huntington Beach</b>'s </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span class="st"><b>Kanoa Igarashi</b>--a two time champion of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span class="st"><b>U.S. Open of Surfing</b> competition near the <b>Huntington Beach</b> pier--</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span class="st">has qualified for the 2020 surfing competition and will join them in <b>Japan</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b>More about Huntington Beach's long history with Japan: Read about the 1935 reception for Japanese Consul General Tomokazu Hori,</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b> </b><u><a href="http://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2016/08/cherry-blossoms-and-poppies-1935.html">Cherry blossoms and poppies: A 1935 banquet with the Japanese Consul in Huntington Beach</a>.</u></span></span><br />
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Beach's first mayor, Ed Manning, is second row, far right in
light-color suit. Another Huntington Beach mayor, Orange County
supervisor, and pioneer realtor, Thomas Talbert, is in the second row
(on step), fourth from left with hat in hand. </span></span></b>(Photograph courtesy of Wintersburg Church, May 31, 1912)</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><i><span class="st">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ABOVE: Nancy Teramura Hayata performs classical Japanese dance to Nada Sōsō in the Wintersburg / Furuta Courtyard. The song speaks of turning the pages and looking at old photographs, "h</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">owever far your memories may fade, traces of you I hope to find." (Photograph courtesy of Jason Kusagaya) </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><i><span class="st">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span> </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The <b>Wintersburg / Furuta Courtyard</b> is open to the public from dawn to dusk, at the residential community of LUCE at the intersection of Gothard Street and Edinger Avenue. Enter through the pedestrian gate on the north side of LUCE--facing Edinger Avenue and nearest to Gothard Street--and walk through two public art courtyards inspired by local history.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ABOVE: Artist Michael Davis speaks at the dedication of the Wintersburg / Furuta Courtyard, in front of the work "Fish Pond". (Photograph courtesy of Mark Bixby) </b><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;"><i><span class="st">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="st"><span style="color: black;">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The artist, <b>Michael Davis</b>, was selected several years ago for the artworks by the developers of LUCE. He took inspiration from the early history of <b>Huntington Beach</b>, particularly the history of the Japanese American farmers. During his research, he found <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> and was further inspired by the goldfish and flower farming history of the Furuta family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "<i>The book, 'Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach' by Mary F. Adams Urashima was a valuable resource for my research into the Furuta farm and the legacy of the early Japanese community</i>," noted <b>Davis</b>, in a brochure explaining the artwork (below). <b>Davis</b> is a <b>Los Angeles</b>-based artist whose </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">work is in museums and galleries, with public art installations in public parks and civic
buildings across the <b>United States</b> and in <b>Japan</b>. At the dedication of the <b>Wintersburg / Furuta Courtyard</b>, <b>Michael Davis</b> was presented with a proclamation by <b>Mayor Pro Tem Lyn Semeta</b>, recognizing his contribution to local history and public art. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Water, one of the elements that sustained local farmers, meanders through the first courtyard reminding of the Colorado River. In the <b>Wintersburg / Furuta Courtyard</b>, water takes the form of a goldfish pond, with art glass water lilies and the shimmering gold of the living jewels that once swam at the <b>Furuta Gold Fish Farm</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> One of <b>Wintersburg Village</b>'s most unique business enterprises were the goldfish farms, all owned by <i>Issei</i><i> </i>(Japanese immigrants), including the <b>Furuta</b>, <b>Akiyama</b> and <b>Asari</b> families. Evidence of the first goldfish pond on the <b>Furuta</b> farm is noted in 1917. <b>Charles M. Furuta</b> and his brother-in-law, <b>Henry Kiyomi Akiyama</b>, put in a pond and found the fish multiplied quickly. By the 1920s, goldfish ponds covered most of the <b>Furuta</b> farm, each species in its own little pool, including Comets, Black Moors, Fantails, Shubunkin, and Nymphs. To this day, goldfish and <span class="st"><i>Nishikigoi (</i></span><i>koi</i>) ponds are found in landscapes around <b>Orange County</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>.</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The <b>Historic Wintersburg Preservation Task Force</b> hosted the dedication of the <b>Wintersburg / Furuta Courtyard</b>, joined by </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the extended <b>Furuta</b> family,</span></span> <b>Consul Shigeru Kikuma</b>, Consulate of Japan; <b>Mayor Pro Tem Lyn Semeta</b>, City of <b>Huntington Beach</b>; the artist, <b>Michael Davis</b>; representatives of the <b>Huntington Beach Sister City Association</b>, <b>Little Tokyo Historical Society</b>, <b>Huntington Beach Historical Society</b>, and supporters of endangered <b>National Treasure</b> <b>Historic Wintersburg</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> We extend our thanks to artist <b>Michael Davis</b> for his beautiful representation of the history and contributions of Japanese American pioneers in <b>Orange County</b>, and for the permanent tribute to the <b>Furuta Gold Fish Farm</b> and National Treasure <b>Historic Wintersburg</b> in <b>Huntington Beach</b>. </span></span></div>
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