Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-16
issued: 1972-08-23
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note: All candidate meeting in Aldergrove Monday Another mishap on Fraser -264 th corner by Gai-y Chambers An all candidates meeting will be held this coming Monday at the Aldergrove Legion hall. The meeting is sponsored by the Aldergrove chamber of commerce, and if it is anything like the all candidates meeting held recently in Murrayville it promises to be a lively evening of entertainment. In the Murrayville meeting the four provincial candidates argued the if's, and's and but's of their campaigns with one another in what one could call a 'verbal gladiators' free for all.' In the Murrayville meeting the crowd was as much a part of the show as were the budding MLAs. Hecklers played havoc with the candidates election promises. Candidates at the Aldergrove meeting will be Bob McClelland (Social Credit), Douglas Taylor (Progressive Conservative), Roy Brown (Liberal), and Charlie Powell (NDP). The moderator of the show will be Alan Garr, the host of an open line show onCKLG-FM radio. Alan is also known for the year in which he served with Channel 8, doing special editorial reports with a fellow radio personality, Chuck Davis. Garr lives in Aldergrove. The meeting will start at 8:00 and everyone is more than welcome. There is no charge to attend. Perish the thought! Following a fatal motor vehicle, accident on the corner of the Fraser Highway and Aldergrove - Bellingham Highway a few months ago, two people died. The death of the second parry triggered a coroner's inquest, resulting in a recommendation by the jury that a traffic light be installed on the intersection. Statistics were compiled by the RCMP, showing the number of traffic accidents and classifying them, but it was felt by someone in high places the figures did not warrant a traffic light installation. The figures show there were no fatals in 1971 at the corner, but that there were eight personal injury accidents resulting in 17 injuries. The inter- An ambulance takes away another victim of the poor le gislative p…
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: 10.14288/1.0420197
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text