Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1973-02-21
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note: Says C. of C. speaker w Remarkable progress seea Norm Williams, a local real estate broker was installed as 1973 president of the Aldergrove and district chamber of commerce at a dinner held in the Alder Inn Saturday evening. His vice chairman will be Gary Smith of Gary's Men's , Wear. Guest speaker at the inaugural meeting was Don Watson, vice president of the B.C. chamber. Watson made special note in his address to the "remarkable progress we have seen take place during the last ' year in Aldergrove." He also urged the Aldergrove chamber to send representatives to the B.C. chamber's annual convention. Commenting on current political ideologies, Watson said that public ownership of sectors of the industry should be restricted to-fields where there is a definite proven need. "At the present we see many cases of such government involvement into fields without aprov- en need," he said, ■ Special invited guests at the banquet were local MP Mark Rose (NDP) and MLA Bob McClelland (Socred), mildly needling each other on partisan lines, and Mayor George Preston trying to gloss over any differences the two senior politicians might have. All in all, a very pretty evening. The dinner was attended by about 30 local businessmen and politicians accompanied by their wives. Lacrossebox approved The long awaited lacrosse box has finally become a reality for Aldergrove. At Monday's meeting Langley district council approvedacost sharing agreement with Langley school board on the construction. The box will be located on the Aldergrove senior secondary school grounds, and is according to Aid. Bill Blair supposed to be ready for play on May 15. Couple charged with XSrove girl's murder Two people were arrested in Victoria on Sunday in connection with the death of Kathleen Mary McKenzie, formerly of Aldergrove. Kathleen's body was found January 28 in bush- land near Cade Bar Road in Mission by a group of children on a bottle hunt. She was, seventeen years old and had' been living in Vanco…
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: 10.14288/1.0420263
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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