Eighty Years Ago
November 3, 1938
鈥� The fourth annual potato seed and root show, sponsored by the 91原创 Farmers鈥� Institute, attracted 122 visitors 鈥� twice the number of the previous year 鈥� to Fort 91原创.
Seventy Years Ago
November 4, 1948
鈥� A campaign started in Aldergrove to build a 22x40-foot United Church hall at the rear of the existing sanctuary.
鈥� B.C. Lieutenant-Governor C.A. Banks accepted an invitation to speak at the Douglas Day banquet.
鈥� Fort 91原创 Board of Trade offered $10 for the best sketch of a welcome arch for the village.
Sixty Years Ago
October 30, 1958
鈥� A Vancouver firm won the contract to build a new municipal hall. The firm bid $97,000 for the job; architects had estimated the work would cost $120,000.
鈥� Christmas trees from Township gravel pits were to be sold to out-of-work residents looking for ways to make money.
Fifty Years Ago
October 31, 1968
鈥� Consolidation of all of 91原创 Township鈥檚 fire zones meant all municipal voters could decide on a money bylaw for a new firehall for the North West 91原创 Volunteer Fire Department, although the burden of the debt, if approved, would still be borne entirely by the ratepayers in the affected area.
鈥� 鈥淪low learner鈥� classes were being phased out of 91原创 schools because of a change in the province鈥檚 cost-sharing formula.
Norman Barichello, Darlene Young, and Bob Berry were named 91原创鈥檚 top 4-Hers during a 91原创 Agricultural Association banquet.
Forty Years Ago
November 1, 1978
鈥� A bomb scare emptied Parkside Centennial Elementary School鈥檚 classrooms. It was a hoax.
鈥� Mayor Bob Duckworth was returned by acclamation when nominations closed for 91原创 City elections. Running for alderman were incumbents Reg Easingwood, Merv Hunter, Iris Mooney, Mike Omelaniec, Bill McMillan, and Aubrey Searler and challengers Pat Boulanger and Weir Muir.
91原创 voters were asked to consider a $2.5-million indoor swimming pool proposal, 68 per cent of the cost of which was to be borne by the Township.
Thirty Years Ago
November 2, 1988
鈥� No one extended help to a 21-year-old Canadian Tire clerk who was mugged and robbed outside Willowbrook Shopping Centre鈥檚 Toronto Dominion bank on Halloween night.
鈥� Marlene Grinnell and Chris Petipas were re-elected to the school board by acclamation.
Twenty Years Ago
November 3, 1998
鈥� Another case of necrotizing fasciitis 鈥� flesh-eating disease 鈥� was reported in 91原创. It was the first since a cluster of six cases in 91原创 made national headlines two years earlier.
鈥� 91原创 City council planned to build a $5.6-million water reservoir.
