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Langley teacher and administrator. Alice Brown Elementary School is named after her. She began her 47 year teaching career at Belmont School in 1924, and taught until 1975.
Information source: History of Langley Schools, 1867-2004, by Harry McTaggart, Maureen Pepin, and Norm Sherritt.

Constance Jervis was born in Vancouver on March 25, 1915 to Dr. James and Mavis Jervis, nee Gillacorn. The family lived in Alberta for a few years before moving to Langley, where Dr. Jervis became Langley's first veterinarian. Connie married Roger C. Winter (August 9, 1913-January 11, 1997) in 1944, and they had 3 children, Jim, Barbara, and Peggy. Connie was a schoolteacher in Langley. The Knowledge Network's documentary series "Working People: A History of Labour in BC" features a vignette on Connie Jervis and a school strike (the middle episode, near the end). Connie was one of the founding docent group at the Langley Centennial Museum in 1974, and volunteered for many years. Connie Winter passed away on July 26, 1998.