Eighty Years Ago
November 17, 1938
鈥� Hiring an engineer to develop a sewage scheme for 91原创 Prairie would cost $50 a day. So council decided to have the works superintendent do the job instead.
鈥� Rev. J.H. Hobins conducted the Memorial Day service in Athletic Hall on Nov. 11.
Seventy Years Ago
November 18, 1948
鈥� PacifcSky Club, a group of local flyers, offered to develop and manage the local airfield on behalf of council. Plans for the field included construction of a clubhouse and hangars.
鈥� E.E. Sendall, secretary of the Poultrymen鈥檚 Association, predicted a successful year for 1949, crediting major flock improvements over the previous three years increasing farmers鈥� profit margins.
Sixty Years Ago
November 13, 1958
鈥� Aldergrove Chamber of Commerce hoped to boost its membership past 100 during the B.C. Centenary year. Charlie Haid succeeded J.E. Fairholm in the chair, and Bill Brown was the new vice-president.
鈥� Work began on the foundation for 91原创 Township鈥檚 $100,000 municipal hall.
Fifty Years Ago
November 14, 1968
鈥� Fernridge ratepayers were to vote on a $2 annual levy to support their community hall 鈥� through a bylaw that was initially believed precluded by the Municipal Act.
鈥� O.T. Gustavson wanted to get out of the water supply business, and wanted council to take over his system which was serving 24 residences.
鈥� Affected property owners were to vote on proposed changes to the Murrayville street-lighting boundaries, as well as on rate increases.
Forty Years Ago
November 15, 1978
鈥� A public hearing on the Benpel housing project proposed for the Salmon River Uplands had to be adjourned from Township council鈥檚 chambers to 91原创 Secondary School鈥檚 gymnasium, to accommodate the overflow crowd that was clearing in opposition.
Thirty Years Ago
November 16, 1988
鈥� Alderman Steve Ferguson said the Fraser Valley Regional Library鈥檚 鈥渆mpire building鈥� might force 91原创 Township out of the F.V. Regional Library District. The 1989 library levy was up 11.94 per cent.
鈥� Reg Easingwood and Joe Lopushinsky were battling for the mayor鈥檚 chair in 91原创 City. In the hunt for six aldermanic seats were Jack Arnold, Sandra Hulbert, Merv Hunter, Ron Logan, Weir Muir, Lorraine Murchison, Mike Omelaniec, Renne Poley, Harry Porter, Ted Schaffer, Bill Tonelli, and Joan Vant Geloof.
Twenty Years Ago
November 17, 1998
鈥� 91原创 City council considered extending the Fraser Highway one-way stretch beyond the current 204th to 206th Street.
鈥� After serving nine years of a 28-year sentence in a Brazilian jail, there was a likelihood that convicted kidnapper Christine Lamont of 91原创 was returning to Canada.
鈥� Contract negotiations with nurses broke down, and a work-to-rule campaign was restarted.
鈥� 91原创 School Board voted unanimously to name its newest Walnut Grove school after the one it was replacing 鈥� Topham.
