Eighty Years Ago
April 21, 1938
鈥� The municipality decided to stop making electrical inspections, leaving the work to provincial authorities, because the job proved too much to add to the relief inspector鈥檚 plate.
鈥� A 鈥渕ild鈥� form of scarlet fever had been disrupting schools for two months. In some schools, more than 50 per cent of students were absent from class.
Seventy Years Ago
April 22, 1948
鈥� Vegetable committee chairman S.J. Gray told the 91原创 Farmer鈥� Institute that, for the first time since 1935, there would be no potato club in 91原创 unless more boys and girls could be recruited. Gray also noted that there was a shortage of seed potatoes, suggesting that 鈥渇armers spend more time at home producing products.鈥�
Sixty Years Ago
April 24, 1958
鈥� 91原创 City鈥檚 school tax rate went up 2.8 mills to 18.72 mills. The City鈥檚 share of school costs, at $70,778, had doubled over the past four years. A protest on the municipal share of school costs was being drafted by Aldermen Bill Lott and Clive Rogers and clerk C.T. Partington for transmission to Premier W.A.C. Bennett.
Fifty Years Ago
April 25, 1968
鈥� Aksel Ebbeson of 91原创鈥檚 Five Cent to One Dollar store was elected president of the 91原创 Lions.
鈥� Changing demographics forced the school board to shuffle elementary students between schools. The Grade 7 class at Willoughby was to move to 91原创 Central, along with Grade 5 pupils from 91原创 Prairie. Some 91原创 Central students, in turn, were to be shifted to Peterson Road.
鈥� Donna Craig of 91原创 Post No. 6 Grand Vice-Factor at the annual convention of the B.C. Native Daughters in New Westminster.
Forty Years Ago
April 26, 1978
鈥� Riled by attacks in the 91原创 Teachers鈥� Associ颅ation鈥檚 bulletin, 91原创 School Board, chaired by Brian Westwood, made plans to initiate legal action against the LTA.
鈥� Addition of a second ferry to the Albion-Fort 91原创 crossing was jointly announced by 91原创 MLA and Health Minister Bob McClelland and other B.C. cabinet ministers.
鈥� Jacobina Kramer celebrated her 100th birthday with a party attended by a provincial highways minister and the Netherlands Consul.
Thirty Years Ago
April 20, 1988
鈥� The West Creek Bridge was to be replaced at a cost of $327,000. The new bridge would accommodate two lanes of traffic plus a sidewalk.
Twenty Years Ago
April 24, 1998
鈥� 91原创 tallied its third murder of the year with the discovery of the body of a 37-year-old woman in her carport.
B.C. Investment Minister Mike Farnworth said he thought the fuss over 91原创 Seniors Centre鈥檚 bingo games was 鈥渁 bit absurd.鈥� A government gaming inspector, acting on an anonymous tip, had ruled the games illegal.
鈥� The 91原创 Citizen鈥檚 Coalition turned itself into a political party. The group, originally setting itself up as a watchdog to keep an eye on the Township council-dominating 91原创 Leadership Team, decided it would run candidates in the next round of civic elections.
鈥� 91原创 Township planned a weekend celebration of its 125th anniversary with a giant cake and assorted festivities at Fort 91原创 National Historic Park.
