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Helen, John and Mary at Stanley Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1947

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Ivan Yanko standing between Helen Eluck and Mary Eluck and leaning against a large Totem Pole at Stanley Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1947

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

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

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-051

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of John Ivan Yanko standing between Helen Eluck and Mary Eluck and leaning against a large Totem Pole at Stanley Park.

Subjects: Indigenous wood-carving - Totem poles

Names: Eluck, Helen; Eluck, Mary; Yanko, John Ivan

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mary Eluck / Dad / Helen Eluk / 1947 Stanley Pk"; Note written on album page reads: "Helen Eluk / John Yanko / Mary Eluck / 1947 Stanley Park"

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Class reunion 1912-22

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [bewteen 1940 and 1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a school reunion for the class of 1912-1922. Former students, wearing name tags, sit in the desks of a classroom. The school is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [bewteen 1940 and 1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Easthope family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 451-033

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2003-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of a school reunion for the class of 1912-1922. Former students, wearing name tags, sit in the desks of a classroom. The school is unidentified.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Writing in white on verso of photograph reads: "[illegible] School class 1912-22"

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Class reunion 1912-22, [bewteen 1940 and 1960] thumbnail

Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1946 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (13 min., 10 sec.) : digital,col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 15. Film footage opens with Andy and Alice Digney in the yard of the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue and their son Ernest Frank (Dig) and his wife Dorothy (Dot) with thier infant son Paul at age 6 months and later as a toddler wi…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1946 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (13 min., 10 sec.) : digital,col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 15. Film footage opens with Andy and Alice Digney in the yard of the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue and their son Ernest Frank (Dig) and his wife Dorothy (Dot) with thier infant son Paul at age 6 months and later as a toddler with a variety of family members. Footage also includes a view of Prince George, family members with Elephants and ponies from the Bible Brothers Circus, the Crystal Pool and Butchart Gardens in Victoria. The film closes with Paul, grandpa Dig and the family dog, Nero back in the yard of their home on Bonsor Avenue.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Animals; Animals - Horses; Animals - Dogs

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Paul; Digney, Dorothy; Digney, Alice

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Digney family at Bonsor Avenue and family outings, [between 1946 and 1947]

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Friends come for coffee

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Aune and Gus Rintanen sitting at their "all purpose table" with friends; Lil Pasanen, Helmi Rowe, and Mr. Pasanen (standing). Gus Rintanen was working on the cement chimney at the time, as his ladder and bucket are visible in the photograph. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of Aune and Gus Rintanen sitting at their "all purpose table" with friends; Lil Pasanen, Helmi Rowe, and Mr. Pasanen (standing). Gus Rintanen was working on the cement chimney at the time, as his ladder and bucket are visible in the photograph. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters; Furniture

Names: Rintanen, Aune; Rintanen, Gus; Pasanen, Lil; Roine, Helmi

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on accession information; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

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Friends come for coffee, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail

Fund-Raising at Central Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a booth at Central Park oval (note the grandstand) set up in order to raise money for the creation of Forglen (Forest Glen) Park. A sign reads, "Forest Glenn Community Association / Help Our Park."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a booth at Central Park oval (note the grandstand) set up in order to raise money for the creation of Forglen (Forest Glen) Park. A sign reads, "Forest Glenn Community Association / Help Our Park."

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Events - Fundraising

Names: Forest Glenn Community Association

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Fund-Raising at Central Park, [194-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Interview with Betty Blair by Eric Damer October 17, 2012 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1940-1959

Length: 0:07:48

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair's memories of events held at the Church, including her own wedding. She discusses her involvement with the church group Canadian Girls in Training. She also discusses her volunteer years at the Burnaby Hospital and her lif…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair's memories of events held at the Church, including her own wedding. She discusses her involvement with the church group Canadian Girls in Training. She also discusses her volunteer years at the Burnaby Hospital and her life when her children were small.

Date Range: 1940-1959

Photo Info: Graduating class at Burnaby South High School; Betty Warburton is third from the right in the front row, [1942 or 1943]. Item no. BV004.82.5.

Length: 0:07:48

Names: Canadian Girls in Training

Subjects: Persons - Volunteers

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 17, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 17, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.

Biographical Notes: Betty Warburton (later Atkinson) (later Blair) was born in 1926 and grew up at three different locations on Frederick Avenue in Burnaby. She went to school in Burnaby; first at Kingsway West for two years, then Nelson Avenue and then Burnaby South High School where she completed senior matriculation. After graduation, Betty worked for a few years in Vancouver before marrying her first husband Don Atkinson and raising their children in Burnaby. Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair has participated in a range of activities from hiking and Girl Guides to volunteer arthritis care. By the nineteen-sixties she had began to learn pottery and take lessons at Mather House in Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 0:59:03

Interviewee Name: Blair, Betty Warburton Atkinson

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Images

Graduating class at Burnaby South High School; Betty Warburton is third from the right in the front row, [1942 or 1943]. Item no. BV004.82.5. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of recording of interview with Betty Blair

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Interview with Hazel Simnett by Eric Damer October 27, 2012 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1942-1975

Length: 0:08:03

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Hazel Simnett's volunteerism and her political activism. Hazel discusses being an organizer for the Burnaby Citizen's Association (BCA) and an active supporter of the libraries in Burnaby. She also discusses what it was like to be a student in the elementar…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Hazel Simnett's volunteerism and her political activism. Hazel discusses being an organizer for the Burnaby Citizen's Association (BCA) and an active supporter of the libraries in Burnaby. She also discusses what it was like to be a student in the elementary school classroom in the nineteen-thirties. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview.

Date Range: 1942-1975

Photo Info: Hazel Simnett standing in a garden, with a small dog in her arms [194-]. Item no. 549-063.

Length: 0:08:03

Names: Burnaby Citizen's Association

Subjects: Persons - Volunteers

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 27, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Hazel Simnett conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 27, 2012. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview. Major theme discussed: political activism in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Hazel Simnett was born in Burnaby in 1922 and grew up looking up to her father Frederick Simnett who was very involved in labour and unions. A politically active citizen, Hazel Simnett has supported the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP). She once ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Burnaby City Council. In 2006, Hazel Simnett won the Burnaby Local Hero Award for her volunteer work at the New Vista Society where she served as chair for a number of years. She also served as a member of the Burnaby Historical Society and established the Hazel Simnett Endowment with the Burnaby Public Library to bring a collection of books on Canadian history and social issues.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:36:12

Interviewee Name: Simnett, Hazel

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Images

Hazel Simnett standing in a garden, with a small dog in her arms [194-]. Item no. 549-063. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Hazel Simnett

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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 5

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1935-1956

Length: 00:04:56

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s marriage and move to Burnaby in 1953, and settling at the house near Cliff Avenue United Church in 1956. He talks about his first encounters with volunteering at Ratepayer meetings attended by his father, and in dance and drama activities at s…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s marriage and move to Burnaby in 1953, and settling at the house near Cliff Avenue United Church in 1956. He talks about his first encounters with volunteering at Ratepayer meetings attended by his father, and in dance and drama activities at school.

Date Range: 1935-1956

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263

Length: 00:04:56

Subjects: Persons - Volunteers; Education

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: March 19, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 1:31:44

Interviewee Name: Gordon, Merrill

Interview Location: unknown

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

Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of interview with Merrill Gordon

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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1893-1944

Length: 00:05:35

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s parents’ history (Ethel Leer and Alfred Lewarne) and growing up in South Burnaby.

Date Range: 1893-1944

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

Length: 00:05:35

Names: Lewarne, Ethel Leer

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Persons - Children

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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 two of interview with Bill Lewarne

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Investment in Youth

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Norm Henderson collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film reel [19 min, 37 sec] : kodak kodachrome, col., sd.; 16mm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a motion picture film entitled 'Investment in Youth'. The film was created between October 1945 and March 15, 1946 and had its first public screening in April of 1946 at the North Burnaby High School with The Deputy Minister of Education of British Columbia, Dr. F.T. Fairey in atte…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Norm Henderson collection

Physical Description: 1 film reel [19 min, 37 sec] : kodak kodachrome, col., sd.; 16mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 565-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-33

Scope and Content: Item consists of a motion picture film entitled 'Investment in Youth'. The film was created between October 1945 and March 15, 1946 and had its first public screening in April of 1946 at the North Burnaby High School with The Deputy Minister of Education of British Columbia, Dr. F.T. Fairey in attendance. It was produced for the Burnaby School Board as one method of demonstrating the importance of education as well as pointing out the need for school improvements. The depression of the 1930s left Burnaby in a difficult position with limited school construction and during World War II there were little resources for maintenance. Ken West was the producer and amateur cinematographer while Vancouver teacher, Roth Gordon assisted with the cinematography as well as providing technical assistance. The script was written by Norman D. MacDonald, who was the principal of Burnaby South High School while Inspector of Burnaby Schools, Cliff G. Brown, provided the overall supervision and idea for the production. Norm Henderson worked as a student assistant during the filming and assisted with much of the sound work. The speed of the film was ASA 2 ( artifical lighting) to 4 (natural lighting). As a result many of the sets had to have outside lighting. A 16 mm Bolex camera was used to film the entire production with sound being added later.

History: Norm Henderson came from Saskatchewan to Burnaby with his parents in December of 1940 to visit his grandmothers. Norm and his parents stayed on and bought the Old Orchard Auto Park on the corner of Kingsway and Willingdon Avenue, which they ran until 1944. Norm attended Burnaby South High School from 1941 to 1947, during which time he was involved in the production of the Burnaby School Board film; “Investment in Youth." In 1945 Norm got a part time job at Woodward’s Department Store in Vancouver where he worked until he went into teacher training at Vancouver Normal School in the early nineteen-fifties. Kathleen MacFarlane (later Henderson) was born in 1929 and grew up in Vancouver. Kathleen also went through teacher training at Vancouver Normal School. Norm Henderson and Kathleen MacFarlane were married in 1953 and moved to a small suite located at Patterson Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Norm taught at Gilmore Avenue School and Kathleen taught at Nelson Avenue Elementary School. Norm was a member of West Burnaby United Church from 1941 until he and Kathleen moved to Richmond in 1959.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Persons - Children

Names: Henderson, Norm; Burnaby School Board; West, Ken; Gordon, Roth; MacDonald, N.D.

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Gordon, Roth; West, Ken

Responsibility: Burnaby School Board

Notes: Transcribed title

Images

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Investment in Youth, 1946

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Jack Nichols at the parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-752

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Crowds; Events - May Day; Events - Parades; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Nichols, Jack

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue; Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Images

Jack Nichols at the parade, May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

New house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 cm x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the newly-built Easthope family home at 6671 Halifax Street. Photograph is comprised of two photographs glued together to create a panorama image of the exterior of the house and surrounding property.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Easthope family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 cm x 18 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 451-034

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2003-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of the newly-built Easthope family home at 6671 Halifax Street. Photograph is comprised of two photographs glued together to create a panorama image of the exterior of the house and surrounding property.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "New house 1946. 6671 Halifax St. Burnaby, BC"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "View from iddle of 1 acre lot towards south"

Geographic Access: Halifax Street

Street Address: 6671 Halifax Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

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Paul Digney and family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85250

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1948 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 21 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 13. Film provides footage of Paul Digney as a young child as he interacts with family members and pet dogs at the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby. The film contains views of the Digney family home, yard and neighborhoo…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1948 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 21 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 13. Film provides footage of Paul Digney as a young child as he interacts with family members and pet dogs at the Digney family home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby. The film contains views of the Digney family home, yard and neighborhood in summer and winter time. Some of the footage shows some wear.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Persons - Children

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Paul; Digney, Alice

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Paul Digney and family, [between 1948 and 1949]

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Rinsing the wash

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37217

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen rinsing the wash in the Burrard Inlet with their mother, Aune Rintanen. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen rinsing the wash in the Burrard Inlet with their mother, Aune Rintanen. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters

Names: Topalian, Aili Rintanen; Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen; Rintanen, Aune

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note on verso of print; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Crabtown

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Rinsing the wash, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail

Rintanen sisters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37218

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 14 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen with pets in their arms. Trudi is holding their bantam rooster, and Aili is holding a cat. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 14 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters; Trudi and Aili Rintanen with pets in their arms. Trudi is holding their bantam rooster, and Aili is holding a cat. The Rintanen family lived on the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters; Animals - Cats; Animals - Poultry

Names: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen; Topalian, Aili Rintanen

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

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Rintanen sisters, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail

Roy Kivisto with Aili and Trudi Rintanen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37216

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Roy Kivisto, Aili Rintanen, and Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sitting on a rock together at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown. Roy Kivisto was a family friend of the Rintanen's who enjoyed spending the summer on the waterfront. The first version of the Second Narrows …

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of Roy Kivisto, Aili Rintanen, and Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sitting on a rock together at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown. Roy Kivisto was a family friend of the Rintanen's who enjoyed spending the summer on the waterfront. The first version of the Second Narrows Bridge is visible in the background.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Inlets

Names: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen; Topalian, Aili Rintanen; Kivisto, Roy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

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Roy Kivisto with Aili and Trudi Rintanen, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail

Sweeping off the stairway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37219

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sweeping of the stairway at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown, where she and her family lived. Her cat is sitting at her feet as she sweeps. The Burrard Inlet is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 337-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Photograph of Trudi Rintanen (later Tuomi) sweeping of the stairway at the Burrard Inlet squatters' site known as Crabtown, where she and her family lived. Her cat is sitting at her feet as she sweeps. The Burrard Inlet is visible in the background.

Subjects: Persons - Residents - Squatters; Animals - Cats

Names: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note on verso of print; Print is a colour copy of a sepia original

Geographic Access: Crabtown

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Sweeping off the stairway, [between 1937 and 1945] thumbnail

Three children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77694

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 20, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified children.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 20, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified children.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph [not in English]; Date is noted on album page

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Three children, September 20, 1947 thumbnail

Valleyview Community Centre celebrations

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34084

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of costumed children at the Valleyview Community Centre celebrations. One girl is dressed as a cake with two candles. The cake partially reads, "Anniversary / [Valleyview] Fair." There is a crowd watching as the children pass by.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 009-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of costumed children at the Valleyview Community Centre celebrations. One girl is dressed as a cake with two candles. The cake partially reads, "Anniversary / [Valleyview] Fair." There is a crowd watching as the children pass by.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Crowds; Events

Names: Valleyview Community Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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