91Ô­´´

In decades past, getting an aerial photo in a community was a big deal. Pilots used to sell aerials, a popular purchase with farmers. The 91Ô­´´ Centennial Museum collection includes an aerial photo of Fort 91Ô­´´ from 1983.

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This week in 91Ô­´´ history:

Eighty Years Ago

February 22, 1940

• The local school board wanted $31,100 from 91Ô­´´ municipal council, to cover ordinary expenses for 1940. The board said more might be needed later in the year, to correct over-crowding at County Line and Glenwood Elementary Schools and the high school.

Seventy Years Ago

February 23, 1950

• Farmers in the Brown Road South (Brown Road is now 240th Street) formed a road gang to make their street passable after thawing had turned it into a sea of mud.

Sixty Years Ago

February 18, 1960

• 91Ô­´´ City council put up $15,000, to be matched by local contributions, for a community project such as a swimming pool.
• L.C. Bonner was elected president of the North 91Ô­´´ Ratepayers Association, Roy Seney was elected president of the Fort 91Ô­´´ Board of Trade, and E.B. Hansen was elected president of the North West 91Ô­´´ Hall Association.

Fifty Years Ago

February 19, 1970

• A $52.5-million regional sewage treatment program was being considered – if three more municipalities joined the Greater Vancouver Sewage District.

Forty Years Ago

February 20, 1980

• The fates of 91Ô­´´ City’s two fundamental schools was placed before the school board: 91Ô­´´ Prairie Fundamental appeared set for closure, while major changes were being proposed for 91Ô­´´ Central Fundamental.
• 91Ô­´´ voters stuck with Progressive Conservative Bob Wenman as MP. He handily defeated the NDP’s Joe LeClair by 9,194 votes.

Thirty Years Ago

February 21, 1990

• City Mayor Joe Lopushinsky invited public participation in a provincially funded study into overpass options at Glover Road and 91Ô­´´ Bypass and at 200th Street near Logan Avenue and Fraser Highway.
• Ralph Geske hit the million-dollar jackpot in the provincial lottery.

Twenty Years Ago

February 22, 2000

• 91Ô­´´ City was embroiled in a debate over renters’ rights, as it attempted to pass a bylaw creating greater authority for police to patrol an increasing number of drug houses.

February 25, 2000

• A poll of 91Ô­´´ Township residents showed 53 per cent were in favour of giving homosexual couples the same rights as those enjoyed in heterosexual marriages.
• A task force of local residents was to figure out how future raises for Township councillors would be determined.