Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1974-03-27
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note: VOL.17 NQ-12 Fiat justitia, ruat coelum _\jT^ , 24 PAGES THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1974 /^ tff THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1974 10 CENTS 33 to H a NEXT MONDAY Two 'freemen of the Mount' to be named tr/Kurt Langmann This April 1st will be a very special day for residents of Mt. Lehman as it will mark the 100th Anniversary of the first settle* ment of the area fay Albin Hawkins, carpenter, bricklayer, Royal Engineer, and pioneer. Mayor Doug Taylor recommended that Matsqui municipal council honor the occasion by appointing two Freemen In Mt. Lehman, Alfred Hawkins, 94, farmer, soldier and son of Albin Hawkins, and James Simpson, 83, farmer, soldier, councillor, and war-time reeve. Council will approve motion to make these outstanding resi- I k \ Alf red Hawkins- dents "citizens of the year" and the designation of April 1, 1974 as the Mt. Lehman centennial day, at the next regular council meeting. Alfred Hawkins , Albin Hawkins, born in London in!838, arrived in thecolony of BritishColumMaatthe height of the '58 Gold Rush as an engineer in the Royal Engineers and after his service was grant- ed 328 acres in what is now known as Mt. Lehman. Albin made the first settlement In the 10,000 acres of forest of Matsqui Prairie on April 1, 1874 by erecting an alder log house. Albin reared a dairy herd on his farm and shipped butter; fay the keg to the New Westminster market by river- boat. In 1878, Albin was married to Agnes Anderson, an Australian emigrant. The Lehman family settled nearbry a- round 1879 and- Mrs. Lehman acted as midwife for Agnes FLOWERSHOW IN TWO WEEKS The annual Bradner Flower Show will be held in the community hall* on Brader Road Friday,- Saturday and Sunday, April 12 -14. Hawkins ih 1879 when she gave birth to Alfred Hawkins. Albin later refused the honor of naming the area Mt. Albin and recommended that it be called Mt. Lehman instead.Albin passed away in 1903 and was buried in Aberdeen Cemetery. Alfred worked onhis parent's farm except for a per…
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: 10.14288/1.0420231
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
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