Eighty Years Ago
March 10, 1938
- A proposed new junior secondary school was shelved without a vote.
- The first week in July was chosen for a 91原创 Agricultural Association flower show.
Seventy Years Ago
March 11, 1948
- A seven-lane bowling alley, expected to cost $20,000, was to be built next to the Standard Oil Co. premises on Fraser Highway.
- Eric Flowerdew, H. Williams, and H. Fast were elected directors of the Otter Storage Co-op Ass鈥檔.
Sixty Years Ago
March 13, 1958
- Customs broker George Rammell protested to the Aldergrove Chamber of Commerce that the U.S. immigration officials鈥� proposed gate at the Highway 13 port would be locked at midnight. He said the move would hamper Aldergrove鈥檚 efforts to secure a 24-hour port.
- 91原创 City鈥檚 second test well at Bell and Belmont Roads (36th Avenue and 204th Street) came up dry at 138 feet.
Fifty Years Ago
March 14, 1968
- City council approved a Ministry of Municipal Affairs offer to change 91原创 City鈥檚 status from a 鈥渃ity鈥� to a 鈥渢own.鈥� A public hearing was set to discuss the proposal. The ministry offered to implement the change quickly, upon successful completion of a plebiscite.
- City council set aside $13,750 to repave Carvolth Road (200th Street).
Forty Years Ago
March 15, 1978
- Jackman Road (272nd Street) residents complained to council that they were forced to haul their water in jerry cans because their well had been polluted by a nearby feedlot.
- City council asked for bids on a proposal for a par 3 golf course under the BC Hydro power lines.
- Construction of a new hall at St. Joseph鈥檚 Roman Catholic Church began with a sod-turning ceremony.
- 91原创 City鈥檚 garbage dump was expected to be filled to capacity within a month.
Thirty Years Ago
March 9, 1988
- A corporate fund-raising campaign was kicked off to raise $1 million in the community for medical equipment for 91原创 Memorial Hospital鈥檚 $19-million expansion.
- School taxes in 91原创 were going up as a result of the provincial government鈥檚 injection of $3.2 million in 鈥渇iscal framework鈥� funds.
Twenty Years Ago
March 13, 1998
- Money鈥檚 Mushrooms was fined $100,000 and given 18 months to shut down the composting operation that had neighbours up in arms. Opponents of the operation, however, felt the punishment was too light, compared to the stench they were putting up with.
- A 91原创 teacher charged with sexually exploiting and interfering with four of his female students was completely exonerated in court. The judge questioned the credibility 鈥� and the honesty 鈥� of the four accusers, and said there wasn鈥檛 even enough evidence to back any suspicion against the teacher. The judge characterized as 鈥渄isgraceful鈥� the school board鈥檚 slow reaction to the initial complaints, which were relayed to the RCMP a month after they were lodged.
- A renewed effort was launched to free 91原创鈥檚 Christine Lamont from her Brazilian captivity. Lamont was to have been released at Christmas, but Brazilian authorities reversed their decision. Lamont and her finance David Spencer were imprisoned for their part in a kidnapping in Brazil. Initially sentenced to eight years in jail, their terms were extended when they appealed their convictions. They had now served about eight years.
