Eighty Years Ago
June 30, 1938
鈥� A year after local merchants collected $80 for a fire siren, the warning system was slated to be installed. B.C. Telephone Co. wanted $60 for the installation, but council had been willing to pay only $30. The phone company finally agreed to forego a portion of its fee.
Seventy Years Ago
July 1, 1948
鈥� Zoning for 91原创 Prairie was approved at a public hearing at Municipal Hall.
Canada鈥檚 parliament approved $75,000 for the construction of a new post office in 91原创. It was to be built at the corner of Topping Road (204th Street) and Douglas Crescent.
Sixty Years Ago
July 3, 1958
鈥� 91原创 Board of Trade supported a 91原创 City water system bylaw.
Fort 91原创鈥檚 celebration of B.C. centennary began with a colourful ceremony at Derby Townsite. Included were a reenactment of Simon Fraser鈥檚 arrival by canoe, and a flag-raising with an honour guard from the Royal Canadian Engineers.
鈥� 91原创鈥檚 cricket team had won eight straight matches.
Fifty Years Ago
July 4, 1968
鈥� Lower Fraser Valley SPCA headquarters were transferred from Whalley to 91原创. A new building was put up in the Jorgenson gravel pit off Mitchell Road (93rd Avenue) in West 91原创.
鈥� 91原创鈥檚 15-year-old Debbie Brill was the youngest athlete named to the Canadian athletic team to compete in Europe. She earned her spot on the team by jumping 5鈥�4鈥�, tying for first place with an 18-year-old Saskatchewan girl at a meet in Toronto. Both girls made the team.
Forty Years Ago
July 5, 1978
鈥� 91原创 Mall Super Valu manager Lloyd Bellamy won $40,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes.
Thirty Years Ago
June 29, 1988
鈥� A second backyard swimming pool tragedy claimed the life of a three-year-old. The fourth boy under the age of four to have died in 91原创 within eight weeks, he was found in his family鈥檚 pool.
鈥� A Parks Canada archaeologist uncovered what was likely a 100-year-old privy, including a number of interesting artifacts, while digging inside the west palisade of Fort 91原创.
The trial of a 91原创 man accused of the shooting death of his wife continued in B.C. Supreme Court.
Twenty Years Ago
July 3, 1998
鈥� A vehicle was annihilated when it rammed into a moving train at 194th Street and 56th Avenue. Police said it was 鈥渕iraculous鈥� that the car鈥檚 driver suffered only minor injuries.
鈥� Thousands celebrated Canada Day at Fort 91原创 National Historic Site.
鈥� 91原创 City Mayor Marlene Grinnell was appointed to the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority board.
