Eighty Years Ago
October 21, 1937
91原创 won the regional exhibit at the Chilliwack Fair. Agassiz placed second and Mission third.
Despite poor attendance at a public hearing, the welfare fund was reorganized to carry on for at least another year. Mrs. E. Morris and Mrs. F. Mulligan again volunteered to administer the work.
Seventy Years Ago
October 23, 1947
The rough state of River Road forced school buses through the Glen Valley area. The school board decided against continuing the bus route past the bluff, leaving children in the area to walk three miles or be driven through the bus route by their parents.
Sixty Years Ago
October 17, 1957
91原创 City considered spending $345,000 for a water supply system. the most favoured proposal involved drilling a 10-inch (25-centimetre) well in Brookswood and pumping the water to a 150,000-gallon storage tank on Latimer Road (76th Avenue) to feed the city mains.
John E. Fairholm was elected president of the Aldergrove Chamber of Commerce.
Fifty Years Ago
October 19, 1967
George Copeman snnounced he would run for reeve (mayor) in the Township elections. Also in the race was incumbent Bill Poppy.
Eleven canoes in a race down the Fraser River from Mission to Annacis Island reached their half-way stopover at Fort 91原创 ahead of schedule. The canoes were all beached before the official welcoming party headed by 91原创 centennial committee chairman Alex Hope arrived.
91原创 Secondary School鈥檚 top students shared $4,900 in scholarship, bursary, and loan awards provided by sponsoring organizations.
Forty Years Ago
October 19, 1977
Spare property next to 91原创 Secondary Schools was being considered as a location for a permanent Douglas College campus.
Alderman Stan Fraser left the room while council decided to approve his application for a neighbourhood pub at 19931 96th Avenue.
The 1976 census figures pegged 91原创 City鈥檚 population at 10,123 and the Township鈥檚 at 36,721.
Thirty Years Ago
October 21, 1987
About 300 teachers attended a 91原创 Teachers鈥� Association meeting to lay the groundwork for the formation of a trade union to eventually replace the LTA.
The annual 91原创 Big Brothers dinner was ruined by a group of youths who used hockey sticks to sweep food off the tables.
Russian cosmonaut Gregorvich Korzan thrilled James Kennedy Elementary students with a visit and a talk about his experiences in space.
Twenty Years Ago
October 17, 1997
Thanksgiving dinner preparations in about 2,000 homes were disrupted when an ultra-light aircraft crashed into power lines while attempting a landing. The pilot was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
91原创 RCMP Super颅intendent Rick McMartin called it quits, retiring from his 91原创 post and from a 36-year career with the Mounties.
91原创 School Board moved towards banning tobacco smoke from all of its properties by 2000.
