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Interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory224
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1912-1933
- Length
- 0:09:07
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's memories of first coming to Burnaby. He discusses his school years, his father's work and his own employment, including the two years he worked for his uncle at the Orangeville Sun in Ontario.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's memories of first coming to Burnaby. He discusses his school years, his father's work and his own employment, including the two years he worked for his uncle at the Orangeville Sun in Ontario.
- Date Range
- 1912-1933
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:07
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton conducted by Jim Wolf on March 4, 1987 in New Westminster. Major themes include New Westminster businesses and his grandfather's newspaper.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:45:27
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf
Track one of interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-5/MSS137-001-5_Track_1.mp3
Twelfth Avenue Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62707
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 10, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 10, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 503-038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Pasch, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School graffiti clean-up program, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2101-1.jpg?width=280)
Twelfth Avenue Elementary School graffiti clean-up program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96440
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students Keyshaa Hunt, Chad Allen, and Derek Sorensen cleaning graffiti from playground equipment and surfaces as part of a graffiti clean-up program with the Burnaby RCMP at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2101
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students Keyshaa Hunt, Chad Allen, and Derek Sorensen cleaning graffiti from playground equipment and surfaces as part of a graffiti clean-up program with the Burnaby RCMP at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2101-1: "Keyshaa Hunt, 12, scrubs the grafitti off the playground equipment at 12th Ave. Elementary School. Students at the school are participating in a joint program with the RCMP to clean grafitti from their school."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2101-2: "Chad Allen, 12, and Derek Sorensen, 12, clean the grafitti from playground equipment at 12th Ave. Elementary School, in a joint clean-up program with the Burnaby RCMP."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School graffiti clean-up program, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2101-1.jpg)
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School playground fire, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2534.jpg?width=280)
Twelfth Avenue Elementary School playground fire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96980
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two firefighters hosing down burned-up playground equipment at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School after a fire.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2534
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two firefighters hosing down burned-up playground equipment at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School after a fire.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby firefighters hose down the charred remains of the playground equipment behind Twelfth Avenue School, near a large propane storage tank."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School playground fire, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2534.jpg)
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary Terry Fox Run, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2745-2.jpg?width=280)
Twelfth Avenue Elementary Terry Fox Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97369
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified Twelfth Avenue Elementary students participating in the school's Terry Fox Run event. Photographs depict students walking and running the school's 400m outdoor track and taking refreshment breaks during the event.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2745
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified Twelfth Avenue Elementary students participating in the school's Terry Fox Run event. Photographs depict students walking and running the school's 400m outdoor track and taking refreshment breaks during the event.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2745-1: "Students participating in Twelfth Avenue Elementary School's Terry Fox Run line up to get a refreshment break during their first lunch hour running session. The students are running around a 400 meter track before and after school, and during their lunch hour, with the goal for the whole school to accumulate the same mileage as Terry Fox completed on his run."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2745-2: "Kurt Gurney, a Grade 5/6 teacher at Burnaby's Twelfth Avenue Elementary School, hands out tickets to students participating in the school's Terry Fox Run. The students get a ticket for every lap they run around a 400 meter circuit, with the goal to accumulate, by the end of the week, the same mileage that Terry Fox was able to achieve on his cross-country trek."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2745-3: "Students at Burnaby's Twelfth Avenue Elementary School participate in the school's week-long Terry Fox event. Students are given tickets for every lap of a 400 meter track they are able to complete before and after school, and during lunch hours and recess, to compare the school's total accumulated mileage to Fox's actual run."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary Terry Fox Run, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2745-2.jpg)
![Vancouver Opera at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2112-1.jpg?width=280)
Vancouver Opera at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96488
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Vancouver Opera performing "The Magic Potion" as part of a touring presentation at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School. Photographs depict Sung Chung, Julia Bonnett, James McLennan, and Gaetan Labbe posing in costume and Sung Chung performing.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Vancouver Opera performing "The Magic Potion" as part of a touring presentation at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School. Photographs depict Sung Chung, Julia Bonnett, James McLennan, and Gaetan Labbe posing in costume and Sung Chung performing.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2112-1: "Sung Chung, Julia Bonnett, James McLennan and Gaetan Labbe, of Vancouver Opera, perform for students at 12th Ave. Elementary."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2112-2: "Sung Chung, the strongman, performs a number from "The Magic Potion," a touring presentation Vancouver Opera brought to 12th Ave. Elementary School."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Vancouver Opera at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2112-1.jpg)