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| 1920
- Joint boards recommend school consolidation - the most efficient and cheapest scheme for our schools.
- Councils reject daylight saving - City and Township endorse request that British Columbia Electric Railway revert to normal time.
- Smallpox again among Indians - Dr. McCaffrey points out that smallpox is still prevalent among the Indians of the district
1921
- Cecil B. Demille's production of "Why Change Your Wife?" plays at Imperial Theatre.
- Sardis Community Hall officially opens
- Ford touring car with starter available for $775.00 F.O.B. the factory from A.S. Goard Motors Ltd.
1922
- Fire wipes out the Vedder Hotel. Famous resort of hunters and fishermen a total loss.
- Chilliwack potatoes capture many prizes. Fairfield Island growers produce first class seed.
1923
- Chilliwack War Memorial dedicated to those who died in the Great War, 1914-1918.
- Columbia Bitulithic will hard surface 2.5 miles from City limits to BCER tracks in Sardis.
- Township celebrates 50th Anniversary - First Reeve John McCutcheon honored.
1924
- Sumas Lake Reclamation project - It took nearly a full year, until June 1924, to completely drain Sumas Lake.
- The new $200,000 Coqualeetza Residential School opens at Sardis
- Official opening of Cultus Lake Park deemed an outstanding success.
1925
- Construction of big Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association Plant at Sardis
- Lord Byng of Vimy, Governor General of Canada visits July 8.
- New trans-provincial highway through Fraser Canyon will carry much traffic.
1926
- Hop harvest one of the best; Valley hop industry growing with 1,000 acres in crop
- Canada from sea to sea has rejected prohibition
1927
- Birth of C.H.W.K. radio- Department of Marine and Fisheries issues License no. 100 to Clarence C. Wells of Chilliwack, B.C., call signal 5 C G.
1928
- Immigration of Mennonites into Yarrow. The Bargan and Sawatzky families take up residence on land purchased from Mr. Chauncey E. Eckert.
1929
- City and Municipal bodies accept proposal for Provincial policing.
- Rosedale Community Hall officially opened with fine banquet
- Chilliwack Telephone Ltd. erects new telephone building at corner of Yale and Kipp
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