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Al Anderson was born in Coronation, Alberta on August 4, 1926. His father, Victor Anderson, was a hardware merchant and funeral director and had come from Sweden when he was young. Al met his wife, Marjorie Walton, in Innisfall, Alberta, where she was a dental assistant. Al came to Langley briefly in 1947 after he was discharged from the army to work for a branch of the Columbia Funeral Home, which was located in the Lyttleton Block. He later worked at New Westminster and White Rock locations before returning to the Langley branch as the manager at a new location, a position he continued until he purchased the local business for himself in 1960. The Anderson funeral home also maintained an ambulance service for the area. Al and Marjory had four children (3 girls and a boy): Lee, Vicki, Roni and Alan. Al Anderson later became a Langley City Councillor, and was appointed as a council member to chair the Public Works Department. He received a Life Membership in the Kinsmen Club, and was a member of the Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and the Masonic Lodge. He was also very active on a citizens committee that got three outdoor pools built in the community: Fort Langley, Aldergrove, and Langley. After the pools were built, he was the administrator for the Langley City pool as a member of the Langley Parks Board. The Langley pool was later renamed "Al Anderson Pool." He died on August 2, 1974 and was buried in the Murrayville Cemetery.

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Constructed in Langley Prairie in 1922 on land donated by farmer Brian Harrison on the north side of the Yale Road at Telephone Road (206th). Both church and a vicarage were constructed through the efforts of volunteers. The church remained in use for 57 years (it was destroyed by fire in 1979).

Source: Warren Sommer, From Prairie to City, pg. 144.

Hunter Bertram A. Vogel was born on August 4, 1903, in Vancouver. He was employed by the Vancouver Milling Grain Co. (later Buckerfields) after high school. He moved to Duncan as a branch manager in 1929, and then served on the Cowichan District School Board. While in Duncan, he was the president of the Chamber of Commerce, as he later was in Langley. He was a founder, president and principal owner of Cloverdale Paint and Chemicals Ltd. He married Margaret Isabel (b. February 8, 1907, d.April 10, 1965), and they had 3 sons. Vogel was the first Mayor of Langley City in 1955 (for a short term, before Ernie Sendall became the first ELECTED mayor), and served as a deputy magistrate. He was Langley's Social Credit MLA for 9 years (1963-1972). He was the director of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, and spent two years as the National director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Vogel died on April 25, 1990.