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Object ID
4607
Title
The opening of the municipal court building (first RCMP office?) in Langley.
Date
[1964].
Description
The opening of the municipal court building (the first RCMP office?) in Langley. Bill Poppy is in front of the microphone. John Conder and a man that appears to be Hunter Vogel are on the left hand side.
People/Subject
Conder, John (Jack)
John Conder was a nurseryman and insurance agent. He was a Langley City Councillor/Alderman from May 1955-1961, and served as the Mayor of Langley City from May 1961 - 1969.
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Term Source: dhv
Poppy, David William, Jr.
David William Poppy was Mayor of the Township of Langley from 1967 - 1971, Reeve 1956 - 1967 and Councillor in 1944, 1946 - 1955.
Term Source: Roads & Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 41(Pepin).
Vogel, Hunter Bertram A.
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.
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