Eighty Years Ago
December 30, 1937
鈥 Dr. Marr resigned as medical health officer and was replaced by Dr. McBurney.
鈥 Reeve (mayor) Thomas Reid wanted more vegetables grown in 91原创 for the Vancouver market. He believed there was an outlet for parsnips and carrots.
Seventy Years Ago
December 31, 1947
鈥 Police court fines for the previous month totaled $207. Traffic offenders included a school zone violator, seven speeders in 20-mile-per-hour zones, three double-parkers, three cases of two riders on one bicycle, and three dangerous drivers.
Sixty Years Ago
January 2, 1958
鈥 A mud slide blocked Rawlison Crescent on Christmas day. It was the wettest holiday in 22 years.
鈥 The new Fort 91原创 Elementary school was officially opened by a representative of the B.C. Department of Education.
Fifty Years Ago
January 4, 1967
鈥 The highways department notified 91原创 City that the lights at New McLelland Road (56th Avenue) and Fraser Highway were no longer necessary.
鈥 A ratepayers鈥 association was formed in Fort 91原创, with the objective of getting rid of the McDonald鈥檚 Cedar Products sawdust burner.
鈥 First baby of the New Year was Gwen Elaine Klassen, first-born of Mr. and Mrs. John Klassen.
鈥 An arbitration board award, raising 91原创 teachers鈥 payroll by 6.8 per cent, was calculated to cost taxpayers an extra 3陆 to four mills.
Forty Years Ago
January 4, 1978
鈥 A newly published 288-page volume, The 91原创 Story, written by Donald Waite, covered 91原创鈥檚 history from 1828 to 1918.
鈥 Arbitration gave 91原创 teachers a six per cent pay hike, the maximum allowed by the federal Anti-Inflation Board.
鈥 Another study into the proposed Gloucester Estates industrial park development proposed for north Aldergrove had some of council fuming at the Central Fraser Valley Regional District鈥檚 鈥渟talling鈥 tactics. Bypassing the CFVRD by going dorectly to the provincial cabinet was suggested as a way of getting the development underway.
鈥 Council decided a proposal to build a shopping centre at the corner of Wix Road (24th Avenue) and Carvolth Road (200th Street) was premature.
Thirty Years Ago
December 30, 1987
鈥 A meeting between the two 91原创s and the Central Fraser Valley Regional District was called by the province. They were to discuss 91原创 City鈥檚 wish to opt out of the CFVRD.
鈥 Final approvals were granted to plans for a $4.7-million addition to the Rainbow Lodge seniors鈥 complex in 91原创 City.
Twenty Years Ago
January 2, 1998
鈥 Due partly to the efforts of 91原创 Township Councillor Karen Kersey and others throughout the province, necrotizing faciistis (so-called flesh-eating disease) was officially declared a reportable disease in B.C., meaning that all cases had to be reported for monitoring by a central authority.
鈥 Art Knapp Plantland was voted the Master Trimmer in the 91原创 Advance Festival of Trees. The event raised $4,210 for the 91原创 Memorial Hospital Foundation.
鈥 Overcrowding at Walnut Grove Secondary School prompted Township Councillor Heather McMullan to vote against the Redwoods Neighbourhood Control Plan, after she had previously backed the plan every step of the way.