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In 1892, County Line Elementary started out as Beaver Elementary, a one-room school located at the corner of Coghlan (256th St) and Roberts (56th Ave) Roads. In 1918 a new school was built further east on Roberts Road, and the name was changed to County Line. This new school was two storeys and had kerosene lamps and a wood furnace in the basement. In 1931 the school burned down. After the fire a new County Line School was built on the same property. The new school was also two storeys high, and was painted pink and had no windows in the front. It had a wide stairway leading to the front door, which was on the second floor where the three classrooms and cloakroom were. In 1947 the school buildings were transported to Otter Road (248th St.) and became North Otter Elementary. The present (2006) County Line Elementary opened on the corner of County Line and Kendall Roads in 1948. The school was continually added to over the coming decades. In 2004 the school sat on 4.5 acres and had 134 students.
Term Source: History of Langley Schools" by McTaggart, Pepin & Sherritt p. 28.

The Langley School District administered schools in the Langley and Fort Langley areas. It later became part of School District No. 35 (Langley).
See Also: School District No. 35
Term Source: BCAUL

Annie Medd was born in 1891 in Sperling. She was educated in Fort Langley Grammar School and Langley High School.
Annie was an avid farmer and in her 70s, she returned to UBC to become a Master Beekeeper. She was awarded a Life Membership to the BC Honey Producers Association in 1970 (https://bchoneyproducers.ca/about-us/life-members-of-bchpa/).
In 1972, Annie presented $1,000 to the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation which was an accumulated sum from prize monies from agricultural fairs awarded for needlework, cooking, butter, honey, flower and vegetable exhibits.
Annie was married three times. She was first married to George Miller in Washington State and was divorced in 1926. She returned to Sperling to live with her three minor children: Andrew, George and Harriet. She then married Albert Armstrong. Albert Armstrong died after suffering a brain injury from falling off a wagon. Annie later married 49 -year-old bachelor Ralph Medd in 1931/32 and moved to the old farmhouse on Medd Road in Milner. Annie passed away in 1974.

Source: Langley Hospital Foundation Donation Records