91Ô­´´

Eighty Years Ago

November 10, 1938

• A delegation of teachers led by Roy Mountain demanded a $50 annual wage increase, retroactive for eight years. The local school board reminded the teachers that the cost of education had already forced three school districts – point Grey, Burnaby, and North Vancouver – into receivership.

Seventy Years Ago

November 11, 1948

• Aldergrove Chamber of Commerce succeeded in its efforts to establish a weekly newspaper in the community. The first edition of the as-yet-unnamed Aldergrove community newspaper was to be published by the 91Ô­´´ Advance for the upcoming weekend. A prize of $10 was being offered for the best name.

Sixty Years Ago

November 6, 1958

• Ten boulders were hurled through the windows and door of the 91Ô­´´ Pentecostal Church, the only major incident of vandalism recorded on Halloween night.

• Plans for a new branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce were unveiled before 91Ô­´´ City council.

• Alderman Bill Lott, 91Ô­´´â€™s civil defence radiation monitoring officer, reported a jump in the ambient radiation level following the explosion of a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. The level peaked at 160 units; the luminous dial on the mayor’s watch gave a reading of 600 units.

Fifty Years Ago

November 7, 1968

• Two fires, possibly caused by firecrackers, were the only incidents recorded on Halloween. Eggs and other Halloween litter left on the sidewalks were blamed for an injury to a young girl the following morning.

• The Fort 91Ô­´´ Board of Trade complained that the warning lights at the CNR’s level crossing at Glover Road were on the wrong side of the tracks.

Forty Years Ago

November 8, 1978

• A truckload of Charolais cattle from Kamloops remained loaded through the night because neighbours complained of noise violations when an attempt was made to off-load them at a feedlot on 248th Street. Mayor George Driediger said the refusal to allow the off-loading constituted the height of cruelty towards the animals.

• Proposals for a Salmon River housing project and an indoor wave-action swimming came under criticism during the annual Township’s stewardship meeting.

Thirty Years Ago

November 9, 1988

• 91Ô­´´ Central Rotary club’s ninth annual Fraser Valley Wine Festival drew 1,000 wine tasters, and earned $14,000 for Ishtar Transition Housing Society.

• Canadian Immigration alerted American authorities after a local RCMP officer determined that a man arrested for a couple of 91Ô­´´ break-ins was wanted by the FBI.