Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Inge B.
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
contributor: Neame, Laura
contributor: Frye, Dale
issued: 2022-09-15
issued: 1971-04-14
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note: Welfare Outlook Slowly Improving The employment picture in Langley district is only improving at a very slow pace at the present time and the outlook is still far from rosy. Welfare committee chairman Aid. Joseph Breier reported a total of 9.49 percent of the population on welfare during March, as compared to 9.02 percent during February and over 10 percent in January. The figure in March 1970 was 8.39 percent Breier said there were 19 fewer unemployed employables on the rolls last month. B Getting into shape for the Langley Walk on April 25th, some 50 grades 6 and 7 students IK from Aldergrove elementary f| school staged a "Mini Walk" last Wednesday. They started shortly after 9 a.m. and walk- lied eight miles along Bounty I Road and Beliingham Hiway, .across to Jackman Road and §§ back to the school. The students have been soliciting sponsors for their walk and the proceeds WUl go toward Red Cross and school equipment. -Star Photo Students To Mash Brash Agriculturists Langley district council plans to take advantage of federal money-made available through the Society of Pollution and: Environmental Control for a . 1971 student employment programme. The federal government will meet local expenditures in this field on a dollar for dollars basis and since the municipality has set $4,000 aside in its budget for brush cutting along road sides, twice that amount will be available. Langley district will employ students to cut the brush, instead of the usual spraying programme, during the summer months. Spring has finally sprung in the Fraser Valley, and along freeway 401yellow daffodils are forming .massive carpets in the green against the backdrop of ever-white Mount Baker. If you want to see daffodils of (almost) all colors, come to the Bradner Flower Show this coming weekend. Alan Crane, president of the Langley chapter of SPEC, visited' Langley district council Monday afternoon. Crane told council that his group has received the go-ahead from the federal government t…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420146
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove and Fort Langley : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text