Glenwood School class in the early 1930s with teacher Mrs. Terpstra.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2010.022.040

Title

Glenwood School class in the early 1930s with teacher Mrs. Terpstra.

Date

[ca. 1931].

Description

1 photograph : b&w ; Glenwood School class in the early 1930s with teacher Mrs. Terpstra; back row (L-R): unknown, Eichi Kitagawa, unknown, Bud McBirney, Clarence Vaughan, Wilfred Rhodes, Reggie Shields, Everet McBirney(?), Mark Booth(?), Fred Ramsden, unknown, unknown, unknown. Middle row (L-R): unknown, Toshiko Kitagawa, Miyoko Fukumoto, Kathleen Andrews (DC), unknown, unknown, Cora Rhodes, unknown, Doris Andrews, Myrtle Reed (?), Ruth (?), unknown, and teacher Mrs. Terpstra. Front row (L-R): unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Yoshiko Kitagawa, unknown, unknown, Sumi Kitagawa, Isabel Andrews, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.

People/Subject

Glenwood School

Glenwood School is located in the Langley School District, later School District 35 (Langley).

Kitagawa Family

Mokichi and Rise Kitagawa came to Canada in 1918, settling in Summerland before coming to Langley in 1930. They purchased 160 acres of land; 15 acres of this was cleared and was used for growing fruits and vegetables. Like many, they were without running water, a telephone, or electricity. They celebrated Christmas, attended the Buddhist temple in New Westminster on special occasions, and got along well with their neighbours. The family grew to include six children, two sons, Eichi and Shigeri, and four daughters, Toshiko, Yoshiko, Sumiye, and Akiko. In 1942, the Kitagawas were not split up by the internment like many other families, but were sent to the sugar beet fields of Alberta. Like most Japanese families, the Kitagawas believed they would return to their home soon. It is believed that many belongings were locked in a shed to protect them from theft. The Custodian of Enemy Alien Property took the Kitagawa's property anyway. An Order in Council was issued on March 27, 1942 that allowed for the liquidation of Japanese property. Property was sold for much less than its worth.

After the war, the Kitagawa family returned to Langley to see the property that was taken from them, but like many Japanese-Canadian families, never resettled in the Fraser Valley.

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