91原创 Township was created April 26, 1873. In 1914, the municipality built a hall in Murrayville. In 2006, the Township moved its operations to the new Civic Facility in Willowbrook.
This week in 91原创 history:
Eighty Years Ago
January 25, 1940
- School trustee Mrs. Rogers gave notice of motion calling for drastic changes at the high school, to cope with the lack of discipline. Petty theft and acts of mischief were reported to be rampant. Outlawing of corporal punishment was blamed for the inability of some teachers to maintain order.
Seventy Years Ago
January 26, 1950
- Record-breaking cold weather caused significant damage at 91原创 High School when the power failed and the hot-water heating system ceased to function. During the 20 hours that the power was off, water froze in pipes, seven radiators burst, and several toilets cracked.
Sixty Years Ago
January 21, 1960
- The Fort 91原创 Board of Trade asked for more police presence in the wake of three break-in attempts at village businesses.
- 91原创 school enrolment had dropped in December from 3,965 to 3,946.
Fifty Years Ago
January 22, 1970
- The $750,000 H.D. Stafford Junior High School on Grade Crescent was expected to open in April.
- A cement-makers鈥� strike in B.C. forced builders to import material from Alberta and Washington.
- Township Mayor Bill Poppy was re-elected chairman of the board of the Central Fraser Valley Regional District.
Forty Years Ago
January 23, 1980
- Auditors who had been watching the Township鈥檚 books for the past 30 years were replaced by a narrow majority vote of council.
- Despite the solid defeat of the 1978 indoor swimming pool referendum, Township council formed a new swimming pool committee to begin anew.
Thirty Years Ago
January 24, 1990
- The 91原创 Waste Consortium, comprised of Right Way, Quickie, Big W., Lower Mainland, and Advance disposal companies came through with the lowest overall bid and the most acceptable terms for garbage collection in 91原创.
Twenty Years Ago
January 25, 2000
- A 15-year-old boy who phoned in a bomb threat to Aldergrove Community Secondary School moved to another part of the province to continue his schooling. A 13-year-old whose threatening graffiti was believed to have prompted the bomb threat was back at school after serving a suspension and signing a 鈥渂ehaviour contract.鈥�
- The 91原创 Advance鈥檚 weekly telepoll asked, 鈥淒o you want a bridge across the Fraser, from Maple Ridge to somewhere in 91原创?鈥� More than one in 10 of the 532 respondents voted 鈥測es鈥�.
January 28, 2000
- Fort 91原创-Aldergrove MLA Rich Coleman argued against a Kinsmen Club plan to build 61 low-income townhouses in Walnut Grove.
- More than 49 kilograms of pot and 3,400 marijuana plants were seized during a drug bust at a 91原创 home.
