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Let's check out the local gossip as printed in the Langley Advance, Spring 1944.

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Did you know that there was an Aldergrove connection to the endless searching for the Lost Creek Mine (Slumach's Gold)? In 1959 three hopeful prospecting farmers set off to try their luck in locating the treasure.

Of the three prospectors, Alf Newman was the easiest to trace as his sister Bessie married Richard Catto, son of early settler Joseph Catto and his other sister Elsie married Trevor Beggs. Alf passed away in 1981, age 66. At the time of his death he lived at the Alderhaven apartments, 27264 30 Avenue.

One of the articles states that Robert Blakey lived on Kendall Road (62 Avenue). According to the 1958 phone book, this also is where his mother lived. Their address was 26191 62 Avenue. Sadly, Robert died when he fell into the Fraser River in October 1975. His body was found near Bowman's Mill, which was located in Chilliwack. On his …

Last Thursday evening Global News had a story by Jay Durante about the only fish cannery still operating on the BC coast - St. Jean’s Cannery & Smokehouse in Nanaimo*. In contrast, here's how many fish canneries were in operation in 1892, according to Williams' BC Directory.

* For the full story, go to the Global News BC site and search "cannery"

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May 1962 saw the opening of the Bachelors' Quarters at HMCS Aldergrove. There were some new arrivals as well as some departures, birthday parties and a wedding. In sports news, the Navy baseball team went down in defeat to the Carling Brewery team.

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Doctors and Teachers in the Williams' 1892 British Columbia - where teachers far outnumbered the doctors. While the directory states that it's a complete list of Medical Doctors for the province, it also then states that some are missing.

With the propriety of the time, overlooked are the many unlicensed Indigenous healers, settler wives and Asian immigrants who were very knowledgeable in regards to providing medical attention to those who were in need.

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Who remembers these planters?

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This week's 1944 Victory Garden article discusses the importance of good health in our plants. We're also looking back at what is becoming a rarity in our town - community halls. They were once the centre of any community and district, offering affordable local space for any type of gathering, and a topic we'll be diving deeper into in the near future.

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You could plan a full weekend of events around town tomorrow - attend the Butterfly Release at Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery and then welcome The Rolling Barrage to the @Royal Canadian Legion Branch #265, Aldergrove BC on Saturday. On Sunday you can take part in Community Day On The Farm at Fraser Common Farm with @FarmFolk CityFolk

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A look back at some 2012 Aldergrove Totems Girls' Volleyball - photos are from the Harry Hunt Collection.

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128 Years ago - Building Roads, Property Taxes and Business Licenses. The map in the lower right corner shows the location of Lot 310, which is mentioned in Bylaw No. 91.

Reference: 1 Chain = 20.1168 metres or 22 yards or 66 feet.

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HMCS Aldergrove - Navy Logs for April 1962, as well as a look at what the RCSCC Columbia cadets were up to that month.

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Starting in 1892, the Township appointed Fence Viewer committees to solve property line disputes and to have farmers move their fences off of roadway allowances. Mr. Arthur Goldsmith was the Aldergrove representative on the committee.

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This 1931 silent promotional film was produced by Home Gas and features the brand's service stations in the Lower Mainland. Aldergrove residents will be most interested in the 9:15 mark in the film.

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Source: City of Vancouver Archives, item MI-97. Film is listed as being in the public domain, meeting the criteria of non-dramatic film, published before 1970, thereby exceeding the 50 year

copyright period.

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Today's 1944 Victory Garden post is paired with an Aldergrove Star article about the importance of community gardens and how they were being encouraged way back in August of 2012.

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There is a lot going on in our community - note that some of these events require registration, so even though they aren't this weekend, we're letting you know about them now. (Open the image in a new tab to get full size)

This weekend we've got two charity car shows, an art show & reception, a chance to buy some sparklies as well as an invasive plant offensive at Kinsmen Heritage Park.

Among the coming events are a Seed Saving seminar on Wednesday, ongoing activities at the Aldergrove Library and a Community Farm visit that might interest some of you. As always, the museum will be open on Sunday afternoon.

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Who lived here 130 years ago? Here are the listings for Aldergrove, Shortreed, Otter, Langley Municipality, Langley Prairie and Mount Lehman from Wrigley's 1894 BC Directory. We have stories and family information on many of the Aldergrove area settlers, and others we're working on, as we wind our way back through history to before the settlers arrived.

Many of the settlers listed as living in Aldergrove actually lived in Matsqui, but for whatever reason, while there is a description of Matsqui in the directory, it doesn't list any people living there and instead refers to Mission City. Note that in its standalone entry, Aldergrove is one word but in the entry for Langley Municipality, it's two - Alder Grove. With the overlap of the many communities, some residents are listed twice. For example, DW Poppy is listed in both Otter and Langley Prairie.

You will also see that the majority …

The 1969 Interact Club Bed Race was hotly contested, but the Aldergrove High School team was first across the finish line. The Interact Club is sponsored by local Rotary Clubs around the world, and while Aldergrove's Rotary Club is very active, there is not currently an Interact Club at ACSS.

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A little baseball news from 1959.

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This week's Navy News looks at HMCS Aldergrove & Matsqui Station for the month of March 1962. There wasn't a news post for the 7th of March, so I've included the Sea Cadet news for the month as well.

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Early indications in the cataloguing of the Harry Hunt Collection of CDs is that there are many 4-H photos. Here is one of them, in a mash-up of the original photo and the information that appeared on page 9 of the 22 March 2012 Aldergrove Star. This photo is one of the few printed photos we have in the collection, but an excellent clue on dating it was the St. Patrick's Day balloon in the background.

We are closing in on our 700th CD to be catalogued, with another large box yet to be processed. Once the CDs are catalogued and numbered, we'll be going back to itemize and number each photo on every CD, which also involves finding the newspaper edition the photo appeared in.

Naturally, Harry took more photos than what we will find in the newspapers, but at the very least we'll be able to nail down …

Hot Weather Alert - the museum will be open at noon, but please be aware that if we can't get the temperature down inside the building to something tolerable for our volunteers (it was 28 degrees in there at 930pm last night), we will be closing early. Please call ahead to check our status if you're planning to visit us today. Thank you for your understanding, here's hoping that our borrowed portable AC unit will kill the heat. =)

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A look back at municipal election activity for 1959 and 1965. The 1959 candidates' occupations were quite indicative of the majority of the population in the township at that time.

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This week's 1944 Victory Garden column is accompanied by photos from the Harry Hunt Collection and a story from the 19 October 2012 edition of the Aldergrove Star that features the garden grown and tended by students at Aldergrove Community Secondary School.

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Langley School District Cross Country Meet, held at Aldergrove Regional Park on the 1st and 3rd of October 2012. Photos from the Harry Hunt Collection. Coverage from the Aldergrove Star, 11 October 2012, page 15.

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A look back at a local no controversy soccer tournament - the 2012 BC Youth B Cup Provincial Championships, held at Aldergrove Athletic Park in July 2012. Photos are from the Harry Hunt Collection. Aldergrove's U16 team placed 8th in the tournament while the U13 team placed 5th and won the Fair Play Team Award.

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