Michael Kluckner and Alice Johnson at the opening of the restored Willoughby School.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

5225

Title

Michael Kluckner and Alice Johnson at the opening of the restored Willoughby School.

Date

[ca. 1994].

Description

Michael Kluckner and Alice Johnson at the opening of the restored Willoughby School. Alice Johnson was officiating the event, and had babysat the donor and her sister (Jennifer and Sylvia Oates) when they were small. Taken the same day as #5226 and 5227.

People/Subject

Johnson, Alice

Alice Johnson (1933-) is the daughter of Margaret Sophia and Eskil Kilian Johnson of the Willoughby area of Langley. She is a lifelong Willoughby resident. She is also an avid volunteer and a member of multiple groups and societies, including the Willoughby Community Hall and Willoughby School Committees, the Township’s Heritage Advisory Committee, Langley Heritage Society, Douglas Day Committee, Pitch-In B.C., and the Langley Centennial Museum's History Group. In 1992, she began the Willoughby Women’s Community Institute. She is secretary of the Willoughby Community Hall Society, and has been since 1992. She was also chairperson for the restoration of the original Willoughby Elementary School, which was slated for demolition but has been preserved as a heritage building. Johnson was awarded the Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award in 2017 for her volunteer efforts. At Douglas Day on November 19, 2019, Alice Johnson was given the Freedom of the Township.

Kluckner, Michael

Sometime-local artist and member of the heritage community.

Willoughby School

Earliest mention of Willoughby School goes back to 1921 when classes were held in the original Willoughby Community Hall at the corner of 83rd Ave. and 208 St. known in those days as the corner of Scholes Rd. and Alexander Rd. For three years students in every grade were accommodated in the hall but in 1924 that arrangement was closed and the children in this area for the next 7 years went to either Milner or West Langley schools.

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