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Object Description

Object Name

Picture postcard

Object ID

2016.002.004

Title

1945-46 Langley High School Basketball team.

Date

1945-1946.

Description

Postcard photograph: b&w ; there are two rows of teenaged boys, with three kneeling in the front and six standing behind, and their coach standing in the centre of the back row; all the boys are wearing a L.H.S. sweatshirt, and the coach is wearing a suit and tie; the boy in the centre of the front row is holding a basketball with 'LHS 1945-46' written on it in white; the boys standing in the back row are identified on the back of the postcard from left to right as Kenny Docksteader, James Gray, Bob Hunter, Mr. Pillar (coach), Bill Kushner, Ronald Howard, and Freddy Doupe; in the front row the boy are identified from left to right as Dave Macleod, Stevie Rizim, and Ken Persall.

People/Subject

Docksteader, Ken

Ken Docksteader was a Langley High School student in the mid 1940s. He played on the basketball team in the 1945-46 season.

Gray, James Scroggy

James Scroggy Gray was a local farmer and the Reeve of Langley from 1892-1894. He was married to Margaret Lawrence, and they had a daughter named Kathleen. He and his brother-in-law, William Lawrence, worked together for a time framing barns.
Term Source: Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg. 26 (Pepin).

Hunter, Robert John

Robert John Hunter was a Langley High School student in the mid-1940s, and played on the basketball team. He later married Louise.

Kushner, Bill

Bill Kushner was a Langley High School student in the mid 1940s. He played on the basketball team for at least the 1944-45 and 1945-46 seasons.

Langley High School

In 1909 the first high school class was organized and held in rented quarters in Murrayville. From 1911-18, classes were held in Belmont Superior School (later Murrayville Elementary), but the school became overcrowded with elementary and high school students. The school board approached the Municipal Council, but their request for a new schol was turned down twice. The board resigned, but the next board was more successful and local contractor Owen Hughes was hired on a low bid of $11,900. The School Board temporarily found room for the overflow pupils from Murrayville in the downstairs portion of Milner Hall and by renting the Sharon Presbyterian Church Hall. In 1922, Langley High School moved from Murrayville to Milner School, where it remained until Langley High School was built on Yale Road in 1924. Langley High School opened in 1924 with two classrooms and one science room. It taught grades 9 to 12. Additional rooms were built in 1934. In roughly 1947 the new school on the current property (2005) was built, and it included Grades 11 and 12. In 1948, the old building on Fraser Highway became Langley Central Elementary, and the high school students moved to the current location (2006) at Langley SECONDARY School. In 1985 the school went from Grades 8-12.
See Also: Langley Secondary School
Term Source: History of Langley Schools" by Harry McTaggart, Maureen Pepin, and Norman Sherrit.

McLeod, Dave

Dave McLeod was a Langley High School student in the mid-1940s. He played on the basketball team in the 1944-45 and 1945-46 seasons.

Pillar, Mr. Charles

Mr. Pillar was a teacher at Langley High School. He was the coach of the boys basketball team, at least for the 1944-45 and 1945-46 seasons.

Rizun, Steve

Steve Rizun was born in approx. 1927 and was a Langley High School student in the mid 1940s. He played on the basketball team in the 1945-46 season. He married a woman named Hilda.

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