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Noel Bowman Booth was born in Nottingham, England on 23 May 1897. His father died in 1906, after which his mother, Edith Maude Booth, brought the family to Canada. Noel traveled around northern BC before settling in Langley. He enlisted in the Canadian military in 1918. Noel married Gertrude Lillian Osterberg on 1 June 1921. He was a School Trustee from 1938-1939 and Councillor in 1945, 1949-1955 and 1959; and Reeve 1933-1935, and 1946-1947. Noel and Lillian were the long-term owners of the Noel Booth General Store, and they ran a fleet of buses that acted as mobile stores around the community. Noel Booth is known for launching the celebration of Douglas Day, and he helped facilitate the building of the Fraser Valley Regional Library. In 1943 the Booths donated the land upon which Glenwood School stands, and in May 1977 a cairn and plaque were placed in a corner of the school yard to honour his donation. Noel Booth Park and Noel Booth Elementary School were later named for him. Noel Booth died 22 May 1979.