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Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-36/922)

See Also: streets and roads

Langley Prairie became Langley City in 1955.

Term Source: dhv

Alf R. Marr, brother of Dr. B. B. Marr, started the Yale Garage when he moved to Langley Prairie from New Brunswick in 1926. It burnt down on New Year's Eve, 1935. Marr rebuilt, but was in poor health and took an early retirement in 1940. Clayton E. Reid took over from 1941-1943, and in 1945 the garage was acquired by Willoughby Rooke and William Barkhausen. At some point the Garage sported a large "Union 76 Gasoline" sign. In 1947 the pair went their separate ways, and Rooke bought Barkhausen' s share of the garage. He rented it to a number of car dealerships, including Trapp-Peters GM and Becker Motors. Later, he sold it to Henry and Agnes Herlihy, who turned it into a store.

Source: Warren Sommer's "From Prairie to City: A History of the City of Langley," p. 67; HPC Record (HPC-452/1208)