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Ernest E. Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 12, 1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch holding a telephone receiver up to his ear to receive the election results as he smiles at the camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 12, 1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch holding a telephone receiver up to his ear to receive the election results as he smiles at the camera.

Subjects: Elections; Telecommunication Tools and Equipment; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note on recto of photograph reads: "Ernest E. Winch M.L.A. / Burnaby June 12 1952 / 1933 - 34 - 41- 45 - 49 - 52"; Note on verso of (destroyed) copy print read: "Ernest Winch Aged 73, Receiving Election Results in 1952"

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Ernest E. Winch, June 12, 1952 thumbnail

Simnett political papers series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956-1998

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 7 files of textual records: ill. (some col.)

Scope and Content: Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956-1998

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett political papers series

Physical Description: 7 files of textual records: ill. (some col.)

Description Level: Series

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.

Subjects: Elections; Officials - Elected Officials; Government - Local Government; Government - Provincial Government

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Douglas, Tommy; Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"; New Democratic Party

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series; Simnett political papers series

CCF MLA's in their seats in the B.C. Legislature

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1949 and 1956]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Members of the Legislative Assembly at their seats inside of the British Columbia Parliament buildings in Victoria. Photograph is taken inside the legislature. Members are identified as; Frank Calder, Rupert Haggen, Leo Nimsick, Frank Mitchel…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Members of the Legislative Assembly at their seats inside of the British Columbia Parliament buildings in Victoria. Photograph is taken inside the legislature. Members are identified as; Frank Calder, Rupert Haggen, Leo Nimsick, Frank Mitchell, Arthur Turner, Harold Winch, Ernest Winch, and Ran Harding.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government; Officials - Elected Officials; Organizations - Political Parties

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Harold Edward; Calder, Frank; Haggen, Rupert; Nimsick, Leo; Mitchell, Frank; Turner, Arthur; Harding, Ran; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"

Accession Code: BV013.12.56

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1949 and 1956]

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Portley, John S.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph provide identification and read from left to right: "Frank Calder_Rupert Hagen_Leo Nimsick_Frank Mitchell / Arthur Turner_Harold Winch_Ernest Winch_Ran Harding / CCF MLA's / in their seats in the B.C. Legislature"; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Our fighting '8' in the BC Legislature : / Were we downhearted? / Yes & No / HW"; Stamp in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "John S. Portley [sic]"

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CCF MLA's in their seats in the B.C. Legislature, [between 1949 and 1956] thumbnail

CCF Opposition Members

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) opposition members of the B.C. Legislature. Front row, left to right: Ernie Winch (MLA), Harold Winch (MLA), and Arthur Turner (MLA). Back, left to right: Ran Harding (MLA), Frank Calder (MLA), Rupert Haggen (MLA), and Leo Nimsick, Vict…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-505

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) opposition members of the B.C. Legislature. Front row, left to right: Ernie Winch (MLA), Harold Winch (MLA), and Arthur Turner (MLA). Back, left to right: Ran Harding (MLA), Frank Calder (MLA), Rupert Haggen (MLA), and Leo Nimsick, Victoria. Ernie Winch was Leader of the Opposition. He and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure. Frank Calder was the First Status Indian elected to the Legislature.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Calder, Frank; Haggen, Rupert; Harding, Ran; Nimsick, Leo; Turner, Arthur; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Harold Edward

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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CCF records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956-1978

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records: ill. (some col.)

Scope and Content: File consists of two booklets and a newsclipping. The first booklet entitled "Pertinent Portraits" by Barry Mather and Fraser Wilson was originally published in The Commonwealth newspaper in 1934 and re-published by the Boag Foundation in 1978. It contains biographies of CCF members and is signed b…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956-1978

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett political papers series

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records: ill. (some col.)

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-004

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of two booklets and a newsclipping. The first booklet entitled "Pertinent Portraits" by Barry Mather and Fraser Wilson was originally published in The Commonwealth newspaper in 1934 and re-published by the Boag Foundation in 1978. It contains biographies of CCF members and is signed by Harold Winch. Second booklet entitled "Canadian Labour and Politics" by Clifford A. Scotton provides a short history on the Canadian Labour movement with a chapter focusing on the CCF and the NDP. The newsclipping is from the Seattle Post Intelligencer, dated November 1, 1956. It features an article of President Eisenhower claiming the United States will not get involved in Middle East issues.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: New Democratic Party; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"; Winch, Harold Edward

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Simnett political papers series

Ernest and Alfred Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1951

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) standing at the edge of a fenced property, next to his older brother Alfred (Alf) Winch, who is leaning on a cane. They are at "Feltimore" (now Feltimore Park) at Harlow, Essex, England.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1951

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-029

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) standing at the edge of a fenced property, next to his older brother Alfred (Alf) Winch, who is leaning on a cane. They are at "Feltimore" (now Feltimore Park) at Harlow, Essex, England.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Alfred "Alf"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "E.E. Winch with brother Alf in Harlow on a visit."; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Feltimore / June 1951"

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Ernest and Alfred Winch, June 1951 thumbnail

Ernest and Linda Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest and Linda Winch on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest and Linda Winch on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Linda Marian Hendy

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photo By / The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street / New Westminster, B.C."; Handwritten in ink above photographer's stamp: "A."; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 7326; Stamp across verso of photograph reads: "PROOF ONLY"

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernie Winch. He was a long-time CCF MP and MLA for Burnaby. He and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernie Winch. He was a long-time CCF MP and MLA for Burnaby. He and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 19, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch. He was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Ernie and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 19, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch. He was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Ernie and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in white ink on recto of photograph reads: "EEW / Sep 19 '56"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photo By / The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street / New Westminster, B.C."

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Ernest Winch, September 19, 1956 thumbnail

Ernest Winch at a desk

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest Winch sitting at a student desk, and smiling as he looks at a scrapbook. G.J. Fredrickson, Fred Salisbury and a man whose name tag reads "Mr.J.G. [intelligible] are standing around his desk and smiling.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 14.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1027

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest Winch sitting at a student desk, and smiling as he looks at a scrapbook. G.J. Fredrickson, Fred Salisbury and a man whose name tag reads "Mr.J.G. [intelligible] are standing around his desk and smiling.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Frederickson, C. J.; Salisbury, Fred

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ernest Winch at a desk, [195-] thumbnail

Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20.5 [sight], mounted in card 59 cm x 27 cm, folding to 24 cm x 27 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Linda Marian Hendy Winch and her husband Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch (both sitting) at their fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. Standing behind them are their children (from left); Grace, Harold, Charles, Alan, Eric and Eileen.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20.5 [sight], mounted in card 59 cm x 27 cm, folding to 24 cm x 27 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-031

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Linda Marian Hendy Winch and her husband Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch (both sitting) at their fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. Standing behind them are their children (from left); Grace, Harold, Charles, Alan, Eric and Eileen.

Subjects: Events - Anniversaries; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Grace; Winch, Harold Edward; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Linda Marian Hendy; Winch, Alan; Winch, Eileen; Winch, Charles; Winch, Eric

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "The Stride Studios / New Westminster B.C."

Images

Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary, 1955 thumbnail

Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 7

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1937-1990

Length: 00:05:53

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s discussion of the attitudes, energy and time commitment required for operating a seasonal business and needed for politics. He mentions the Nelson Avenue family home, still lived in by his mother

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s discussion of the attitudes, energy and time commitment required for operating a seasonal business and needed for politics. He mentions the Nelson Avenue family home, still lived in by his mother

Date Range: 1937-1990

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length: 00:05:53

Subjects: Occupations - Entrepreneurs; Officials - Elected Officials

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: March 14, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 1:34:40

Interviewee Name: Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

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 business computerization 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.

Images

Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Bill Lewarne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_7.mp3

E.W. Martin for Reeve

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 poster

Scope and Content: Item consists of a campaign poster for Elmer W. Martin who ran as an NPA candidate for Reeve of Burnaby in 1959. Poster reads: "Wake Up Burnaby! / Martin for Reeve / NPA will lead the way".

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Series: Paneloc Marketing Ltd. business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 poster

Scope and Content: Item consists of a campaign poster for Elmer W. Martin who ran as an NPA candidate for Reeve of Burnaby in 1959. Poster reads: "Wake Up Burnaby! / Martin for Reeve / NPA will lead the way".

Subjects: Elections; Government - Local Government

Names: Martin, Elmer Wilson

Accession Code: BV019.40.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1959

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: February 4, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Interview with Bill Gruenthal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Transportation; Transportation - Rail; Religions - Judaism; Cemeteries; Organizations; Elections

Names: Gruenthal, Bill; Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow; O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal; O'Connor, John; Burquest; Jacobson, Max Alec; Temple Shalom; Brentwood Shopping Centre; Brentwood Park School; Alpha Secondary School; Burnaby School Board

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0014_004

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3

Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 7

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory543

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1990

Length: 00:07:36

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s involvement in the federal Liberal Party and in municipal politics with Alan Emmott; his mother Anne Marie Morin’s CCF work in Alberta and his brother Rudy Morin’s union activities and affiliation with Harvey Murphy; the political events held at “S…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s involvement in the federal Liberal Party and in municipal politics with Alan Emmott; his mother Anne Marie Morin’s CCF work in Alberta and his brother Rudy Morin’s union activities and affiliation with Harvey Murphy; the political events held at “Severin’s”; and Sev Morin’s centrist political views

Date Range: 1930-1990

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: 00:07:36

Names: Liberal Party; Emmott, Alan H

Subjects: Organizations - Unions; Elections; Political Theories

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.

Images

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

Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Sev Morin

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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.

Images

Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with Sev Morin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%208.mp3

Interview with William J. Copeland by Rod Fowler February 18, 1990 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1955-1990

Length: 00:04:32

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Copeland's election to Mayor in 1987, attributing it to being well known through his work as a fire fighter and as a volunteer with various organizations such as the soccer club Cliff Avenue Union FC, Burnaby Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, CNIB, the firef…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Copeland's election to Mayor in 1987, attributing it to being well known through his work as a fire fighter and as a volunteer with various organizations such as the soccer club Cliff Avenue Union FC, Burnaby Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, CNIB, the firefighters' union, among others

Date Range: 1955-1990

Photo Info: Mayor Bill Copeland cutting the ribbon for the opening of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts accompanied by Jack and Doris Shadbolt and Councillors Doug Drummond and Derek Corrigan, 1995. Item no. 535-0067

Length: 00:04:32

Subjects: Elections

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 18, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with former Burnaby Mayor William J. Copeland conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Copeland 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 Bill Copeland’s education, career and experience as a Burnaby firefighter from 1955 to 1987, and his work for the union International Association of Fire Fighters. He talks about his early family life in Burnaby and Vancouver, war service, training with the Federal Fire Service, the organizations he has belonged to, and the careers of his three children. He briefly talks about Burnaby politics and his unexpected election to Mayor of Burnaby. Major themes of the interview, described by track: Track 1: Organizations - Unions; Public Services - Fire Protection; International Association of Fire Fighters; Track 2: Public Services - Fire Protection; Track 3: Elections; Track 4: family history and education; Track 5: Public Services - Fire Protection; Track 6: Elections

Biographical Notes: William John (Bill) Copeland (1927-2002) was born in Vancouver May 19, 1927. As a young child he lived with his parents on Southwood Street in South Burnaby on a chicken ranch. Bill’s father was a miner and was often away from home. The family moved to Pioneer Mines at Bridge River for a few years and then moved back to Vancouver in 1941 when his father contracted silicosis. Bill served in the navy for about a year near the end of WWII, was in the Canadian Merchant Marine and worked as a pipe fitter, before beginning his career as a fire fighter. He trained with the Federal Fire Service and worked two years at the Wireless Station in Delta. In 1955 he started work as Fire Fighter No. 53 in Burnaby, retiring 33 years later in 1987. Most of his career was spent at the Control Station or Number 1 Firehall, first located at Wiilingdon and Hastings (now No.5 Station) and later on Sperling near Canada Way. Bill worked as a first aid instructor, eventually moving into the training office, and retired as assistant chief. In 1987, shortly after retiring, Bill was asked to run for Mayor for the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). Much to his surprise he won. He served with distinction for three terms (1987-1996). Bill, his wife Ruth, and their three children, Doug and Dan (both firefighters) and Emily (a teacher), lived in North Burnaby on Cliff Avenue, the family home for about 35 years. Bill was active in many organizations including the Cliff Avenue soccer organization, St. John Ambulance, Burnaby Red Cross, and CNIB, among others. He began representing firefighters locally in the International Association of Fire Fighters in the early 1960s, eventually becoming President of the provincial association and then Vice President of the 6th District representing Western Canada.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 0:25:35

Interviewee Name: Copeland, William J

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 business computerization 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.

Images

Mayor Bill Copeland cutting the ribbon for the opening of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts accompanied by Jack and Doris Shadbolt and Councillors Doug Drummond and Derek Corrigan, 1995. Item no. 535-0067 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with William J. Copeland

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-013/MSS187-013_Track_3.mp3

Alan Emmott

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alan Emmott, taken in a studio and used as an official council photograph. He was on the council from 1958-1968, 1971, 1974-1987, serving as Mayor from 1958-1968.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 231-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alan Emmott, taken in a studio and used as an official council photograph. He was on the council from 1958-1968, 1971, 1974-1987, serving as Mayor from 1958-1968.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Emmott, Alan H.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Croton Studio Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Alan H. Emmott

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1955 and 1968] (date of original), copied [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.2 x 12.1 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph (mounted and titled) of Alan H. Emmott, Reeve of Burnaby from 1958 to 1968. He also served as Council member in 1971 and from 1974 to 1987.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1955 and 1968] (date of original), copied [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.2 x 12.1 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 126-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph (mounted and titled) of Alan H. Emmott, Reeve of Burnaby from 1958 to 1968. He also served as Council member in 1971 and from 1974 to 1987.