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Do you recognize anyone in this Aldergrove News photo from 1959? I think I saw one of those old typing skills textbooks recently - you remember the one, it opened on the short side and stood very nicely displaying the lessons that needed to learned that day - until you whacked it off the desk with the paper carriage.....

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This day in Aldergrove's history: George McAdam clowning it up with Mrs. Langmann at the official opening of the original Aldergrove Ice Arena on 22 January 1974. The arena had unofficially started operations on 22 December 1973.

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Instead of our usual HMCS Aldergrove Tuesday post, we are featuring a military treasure found during this month's museum clean, sort and scan activities. We were beyond thrilled to find these two photographs that had been stored in an unlabelled box in a nondescript manila envelope with "from Joe Breier" written in very small letters near the envelope's flap. In these photos is Harry Patrick Breier, Joe's older brother, who never came home from WW2. We've featured Harry's story in a past Veterans' Month post which you can find by using the search function.

The top photo was taken in Edmonton, where Harry was stationed from 28 July - 11 September 1942. The bottom photo was taken in Regina, where he was stationed from 7 February - 15 May 1943. He headed overseas on the 5th of March 1944, taking part in many flight assignments and proving himself to be …

Aldergrove High School Graduation - 1959

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Some of this weekend's events going on around our community. Note that we've included a few upcoming events that require pre-registration.

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It would be so nice to have a park with a usable lake in our modern community like the one built by Mr. Parish. According to satellite view on Google Maps, the lake is still there.

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The Young Canada Book Week was established by the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians in 1949 and was held in November, coinciding with Book Week in the USA. It was later moved to the week of April 23rd, which is World Book and Copyright Day. Some areas in Canada and the US hold a Young Readers Book Week in both April (May in the US) and November.

My school librarians were Mrs. Parks and Mrs. Nash at Aldergrove Elementary. I believe Mrs. Parks also visited Patricia School, where our library was in the hallway that connected the two classrooms, the teachers' office and the washrooms.

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The CN Station Museum in Fort Langley will be open on Family Day (17 February). Stop by and say hello to their wonderful volunteers.

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Who remembers the little church that once sat on the southwest corner of 264th and 24th?

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Hoisting the Ensign at the Sea Cadets open house at HMCS Aldergrove, December 1959.

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This 1959 photo will be of interest to those who live on Bradshaw Road east of Otter Road. @Bonetti Meats is now located at the Cold Storage plant mentioned in the caption.

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Aldergrove Super Valu 1959, when the store was located at 27185 Fraser Highway. Richard Fatkin worked at the store as produce manager for many years and was an avid community supporter. He passed away in April 2015 at the age of 89.

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The 1959 Aldergrove High School talent show "Alderama" was turning people away at the door due to a capacity crowd.

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Here is another early Aldergrove Elementary school photo that was not included in The Place Between. This was the 1924-1925 school photo.

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Looking northeast towards Fraser Highway from the old fire hall. Most of those houses are still standing, of course the barn is long gone. Look how nice and green the scenery is - until the blizzard arrived a week later as seen in yesterday's post.

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Mid December 1958 saw a blizzard come through town that did a bit of damage to businesses in the downtown core.

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In March 1976, George McAdam was recognized for his long and faithful service to the Royal Canadian Navy as well as to our community (but more about that at a later date).

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How was the weather in January 1959 - I'd say it was snowy.

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This is the first ground-level photo we've come across thus far of the original Aldergrove Gospel Chapel, built in 1958, located at 3118 272 Street. We've seen the chapel in several aerial photos, but there seem to few taken on the ground. The second photo we found was in an Aldergrove Star article from June 1976, after the property was sold to the Aldergrove Centre Mall owner, when there was much controversy in trying to relocate the building.

The new Aldergrove Gospel Chapel opened in 1977 at 26580 29 Avenue. Its founder, Mun Hope, passed away in 2011 and by 2014 the Chapel was inhabited by the Congregation of the Assembly of Christians. It is now home to the Indian Brethren Assembly.

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This is how many police officers served at the Langley RCMP detachment in 1959, covering the entire Township.

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A fine group of young Aldergrove musicians and lots of familiar surnames.

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#newvolunteers and #newmembers welcome.

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John McMillan was a popular business owner in Aldergrove, sadly both of his buildings are long gone. His first store location was sandwiched between what is now the car wash and the parking lot for the Telus substation. His second store was just to the east of the Elk's Hall, many of you will remember it as the location of the OK Corral convenience store which burned down a number of years ago.

John was also a member of the Aldergrove Volunteer Fire Department and the Chamber of Commerce as well as other community groups. While his house address was on what is now Fraser Highway, it was actually behind Doc Findlay's Medical Clinic and accessed off the alley. If you look at the photo in the post about Doc Findlay, you'll see the corner of John's house in the background.

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Happy 46th Birthday to Barry Braun, born 1 January 1979 to Hall 7 volunteer firefighter Dave Braun and his wife Debbie.

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We're sending 2024 out with the big gun himself, George McAdam. George was a huge part of the Aldergrove community, always volunteering wherever and whenever he could, and he made our town that much better for it.

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