"Events - Parties" found 6 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 6, 1952

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 523-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.

Subjects: Events - Parties

Names: Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"; Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960; Gai Paree Supper Club

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto of card mount reads: "2004 January I believe the Gai Paree has disappeared"; Notes inside card on recto of photograph mount read: "Maybe wartime?", "Bill Grieve, Chair of Burnaby School Bd circa 1955?" and "Clifford [sic] G. Brown, a school superintendent after whom a Pool named by Burnaby Lake"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6669 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Donnie's birthday

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the celebration for Donnie Yanko's birthday. Rhonda Yanko, Kenny Yanko, Donnie Yanko, Sherrie Yanko and Carol Yanko are sitting together on a couch. A cake with one lit candle is on the floor directly in front of Donnie. Siblings Kenny, Donnie and Carol Yanko are cousins to Sherrie an…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-204

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the celebration for Donnie Yanko's birthday. Rhonda Yanko, Kenny Yanko, Donnie Yanko, Sherrie Yanko and Carol Yanko are sitting together on a couch. A cake with one lit candle is on the floor directly in front of Donnie. Siblings Kenny, Donnie and Carol Yanko are cousins to Sherrie and Rhonda Yanko.

Subjects: Events - Parties

Names: Yanko, Rhonda; Yanko, Kenny; Bayntun, Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko; Yanko, Donnie; Yanko, Carol

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "1955 / Donnie's birthday / Rhonda / Kenney [sic] / Donnie / Sherrie / Carol"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Rhonda Kenny Donnie Sherrie + Carol / Donnie's Birthday"

Geographic Access: Broadway

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area

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Gai Paree Supper Club

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 21, [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm (sight), mounted on green paper 33 x 12 .5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club. Wine, beer and scotch bottles line the table.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 21, [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm (sight), mounted on green paper 33 x 12 .5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 219-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club. Wine, beer and scotch bottles line the table.

Subjects: Events - Parties

Names: Gai Paree Supper Club

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6669 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Images

Gai Paree Supper Club, November 21, [1955] thumbnail

Group at Gai Paree Super Club

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 25, 1950

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 25, 1950

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Richard Hardy family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm

Material Details: Photograph is housed inside a souvenir card

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 312-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1993-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.

Subjects: Events - Parties

Names: Gai Paree Supper Club; Grant, George Jr.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hoyer Studios

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Front cover of souvenir card reads: "Souvenir Photo / Gai Paree Supper Club / on Kingsway / Your Friendly Inter City Rendezvous / DEx. 4505 / Between Vancouver & New Westminster, B.C. Canada / Featuring Rudy Morin & His Orchestra / Canada's Liveliest Band"; Inside front cover of souvenir card reads: "Hoyer Studios / 2321 Kingsway (Burnaby, B.C.) Canada / Photographers / Gai Paree Provides Free Personal Table Cards For Birthdays & Anneversaries [sp] / To reorder No. Scouts / Have this Photo Enlarged to any size / Phone Particulars DEx. 4504"; Photographers name on recto of mat reads: "Hoyer Studios"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6669 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Group at Gai Paree Super Club, March 25, 1950 thumbnail

Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 8

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1990

Length: 00:03:38

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s many photographs of people and events held at his restaurant, and his political activities, including his interest in running for the federal Liberals in 1979 and 1988.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s many photographs of people and events held at his restaurant, and his political activities, including his interest in running for the federal Liberals in 1979 and 1988.

Date Range: 1947-1990

Photo Info: Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712

Length: 00:03:38

Names: Liberal Party

Subjects: Elections; Events - Parties

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: April 4, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.

Total Tracks: 10

Total Length: 00:56:44

Interviewee Name: Morin, Severin "Sev"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.