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…
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.
Photograph of Mondee Redman, Chair of the Burnaby School Board, and Superintendent Sheila Rooney at a Burnaby School District board meeting regarding budget cuts.
Photograph of Mondee Redman, Chair of the Burnaby School Board, and Superintendent Sheila Rooney at a Burnaby School District board meeting regarding budget cuts.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Kids play happily on a poster in the boardroom of the Burnaby School District administration offices, as Mondee Redman, Chair of the Burnaby School Board, and Sheila Rooney, Superintendant, discuss cuts the Board will have to make in schools to meet its budget."
Photograph of former Burnaby school board trustee Audrey Kenny, who was voted out of being the Burnaby Voters Association cadidate, yet ran independantly and lost in 1984. She went on to win in 1986.
Photograph of former Burnaby school board trustee Audrey Kenny, who was voted out of being the Burnaby Voters Association cadidate, yet ran independantly and lost in 1984. She went on to win in 1986.
Photograph of Bette Zarazun, taken in a photographic studio. She was on the Burnaby Public Library Board from 1977 to 1981, as well as a Burnaby Voters' Association candidate for the School Board in 1973.
Photograph of Bette Zarazun, taken in a photographic studio. She was on the Burnaby Public Library Board from 1977 to 1981, as well as a Burnaby Voters' Association candidate for the School Board in 1973.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby Voters' Association winning candidates Merrill Gordon, George McLean and James Mercier, becoming new Aldermen, and Clifford Murnane, a school board newcomer, sweeping the ground with a broom as a celebration of their "clean sweep" of a victory.
Photograph of Burnaby Voters' Association winning candidates Merrill Gordon, George McLean and James Mercier, becoming new Aldermen, and Clifford Murnane, a school board newcomer, sweeping the ground with a broom as a celebration of their "clean sweep" of a victory.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "For Burnaby Voters' Association candidates this is just how it turned out Saturday - a clean sweep. The BVA took the four two-year spots and one one-year vacancy on council, thwarting the Burnaby Citizen's Associationn bid. Pictured are, from left, Merrill Gordon, George McLean and James Mercier, new aldermanic faces, and Clifford Murnane, a school board newcomer."
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.