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April 5
1872
FOUR INDIANS KILLED BY WOLFERS IN THE SWEETGRASS HILLS
1906
RNWMP OFFICERS GUARDING MINES WERE ATTACKED BY A MOB.
1906
THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD REPORTS COALDALE TOWN LOTS ARE TO BE SOLD -- SELLING RAPIDLY.
1906
INFLUX OF DAKOTA SETTLERS TAKE UP DRY LAND SOUTH OF LETHBRIDGE.
1909
ANNOUNCED THAT A NEW HOTEL WILL BE BUILT AT THE CORNER OF DUFF & BURDETT STREETS.
1923
BOARD OF TRADE WANTS LETHBRIDGE COAL TO GO TO ONTARIO.
1927
ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND OFFERED FOR CITY'S UTILITIES.
1930
OLIPHANT IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. PRELIMINARY CONCLUDED IN MILK RIVER.
1951
VANCOUVER FIRM DAWSON AND HALL MAKES SUCCESSFUL BID TO BUILD NEW GALT HOSPITAL. ITS TENDER OF $1,894,600 WAS LOWEST.
1965
TRAIN DERAILMENT NEAR MONARCH STOPS TRAFFIC FROM LETHBRIDGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
1973
SIX U OF L PROFESSORS GET RESEARCH GRANT.
1974
NEW LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY OFFICIALLY OPENS.
1978
KEN HURLBURT LETHBRIDGE-FOOTHILLS MP SAYS GOOD-BYE TO POLITICS.
1983
EIGHT-MONTH OLD GIRL BATTERED TO DEATH BY STEPFATHER IN CITY
April 6
1920
LIVESTOCK INSPECTION TO COST RANCHERS 25 CENTS A HEAD FROM NOW ON.
1921
NATURAL GAS CO. ISSUE ULTIMATUM TO CITY.
GAS WILL BE SHUT OFF ON MAY 10TH. RATE REVISION WILL BE FOUGHT IN COURTS.
1932
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN WATERUSERS TOLD SERVICE CHARGES MUST BE PAID TO DISTRICT
1970
CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON U. OF L.
1972
ARCHIE MOORE, FORMER WORLD LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION COMES TO THE CITY.
1977
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU TO LOOK INTO CJOC TV DISPUTE CHARGES AGAINST CRTC.
1979
MORNING FIRE BURNS OUT SIX BUSINESSES AND CAUSES OVER ONE MILLION DAMAGE WHEN SCHWARTZ AGENCIES BUILDING AT 817 4 AVE SOUTH IS DESTROYED.
1885
MESSAGE SENT TO GENERAL STRANGE IN CALGARY BY MCDOUGALL, HUDSON BAY FACTOR, SIMPSON, J.P. AND DONALD ROSS THAT THE INDIANS WERE ON THE WARPATH AND TO SEND HELP AT ONCE.
1909
C.P.R. VIADUCT CLAIMS FIRST DEATH AS WILLIAM SMITH FALLS 300 FEET. HE WAS 24 AND FROM HAMILTON, ONTARIO AND LEAVES WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN
WORK ON THE BRIDGE STOPPED THE REST OF THE WEEK.
1925
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN SETTLERS GIVEN 50 YEARS TO PAY FOR LAND. TERM SHOULD ATTRACT INFLUX OF SETTLERS.
1927
VACCINATION TO BE DONE FREE TO PROTECT CITIZENS AGAINST SMALLPOX WHICH IS PREVALENT IN AREA.
1928
NEW STUDIO ON ROOF OF MARQUIS HOTEL FOR RADIO CJOC. W.GRANT OF CALGARY WILL RUN STATION.
1928
MARTIN BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ACQUIRE PART OF MEWBURN PROPERTY FOR $11,225.
1930
THREE MONTH TEST OF AIR MAIL FROM VANCOUVER TO LETHBRIDGE USING CROW'S NEST PASS ROUTE TO BE UNDERTAKEN.
LETHBRIDGE TO VANCOUVER AIR MAIL MEANS CITY WILL BE JUNCTION POINT FOR NORTH - SOUTH MAIL LINK.
1942
DECLINE TO RECEIVE JAPANESE FAMILY IN MEDICINE HAT.
1945
E.R.MCFARLAND, SPECIAL CHAIRMAN SAYS CITY HOUSING REGISTRY IS SWAMPED.
1947
SOUTHERN STATIONERS OPENED.
1963
LEALTA THEATRE CLOSES DOWN
1969
ASH TREES REPLACE POPLARS ON 6TH AVE.
1971
WESTERN CANADIAN SEED PROCESSORS LTD. OPENS.
1978
HENRY KENDALL RETIRED OWNER OF NEW FARMERS MARKET RECOVERS IN HOSPITAL AFTER BEING BEATEN AND ROBBED ON A UTAH HIGHWAY.
1979
NEW OFFICE TOWER LIKELY TO REPLACE BURNED DOWN SCHWARTZ AGENCIES BUILDING.
1983
CITY TAKES UP BID FOR ASTROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.
April 8
1907
A NEW MASONIC LODGE MEETING ROOM WILL OPEN IN THE HIGINBOTHAM BLOCK
1921
LOCAL AIRPLANES TO ADVERTISE SOUTH ALBERTA EN ROUTE TO OTTAWA
1930
POWER PLANT BYLAW ORDERED DRAFTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
EXPENDITURE OF $200,000 TO BE PROVIDED FOR CALGARY POWER.
1938
113TH LETHBRIDGE HIGHLANDERS REUNION HELD.
1940
LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT LEARNED OF THE INVASION OF NORWAY AND DENMARK.
1958
TWENTY-FIVE CHERRY TREES FROM JAPAN HAVE ARRIVED HERE TO BE PLANTED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND THE COURT HOUSE, A GIFT OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE JAPANESE CITIZENS ASSN.
1960
MRS.CHRISTINA MCCAIG, DAUGHTER OF LATE REV. CHARLES MCKILLOP DIES.
1962
BAKER HOME APPLIANCES OPENS.
1968
PREDICT A MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT OF 3,250 IN U OF L BY YEAR 2001.
1885
SPECIAL TRAIN ARRIVES AT MEDICINE HAT WITH ELLIOT GALT AND 50 MEN. THE COMPANIES STEAMERS AND 20 BARGES HAD BEEN CHARTERED BY THE DEPT. OF THE MILITIA
1905
C. ALEXANDER MAGRATH LANDS COMMISSIONER WITH THE GALT COMPANIES, CONTRACTED CHARLES RUSSELL TO ARRANGE AN OIL PAINTING OF THE LAST GREAT INDIAN BATTLE FOUGHT IN LETHBRIDGE
1920
HENDERSON PARK TO BE DEVELOPED AS BEAUTY SPOT. ROTARY CLUB GRANTS USE OF 20 ACRES USED BY THEM FOR FARMING.
TREE PLANTING TO BEGIN.
1923
WAGES OF FARM HANDS FIXED AT $40.00 A MONTH.
1927
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS CRASH IN WORST BLIZZARD OF YEAR. TWO CITY TRAIN MEN DEAD AND ONE INJURED.
1929
CITY REDUCES BOND DEBT BY $825,218 IN THE PAST FOUR YEAR
BEST SHOWING IN PROVINCE.
1930
PART OF FOREMOST'S BUSINESS SECTION DESTROYED BY $40,000 FIRE.
1930
LETHBRIDGE MINERS WON'T STRIKE. DEFEAT OF STRIKE PROPOSAL BY 2-1 VOTE
1941
PICTURE OF WHITE WOLF OLDEST INDIAN ON BLOOD RESERVE AND LAST LINK WITH OLD WEST DIED MAR.29
1943
FIVE DAY WEEK FOR MINERS.
1957
NORTH LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN LIBRARY THIS SUMMER. THE LIBRARY BOARD HAS APPROVED PURCHASE OF A BUILDING.
1963
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS ON CITY STREETS.
1964
$120,000 LABOUR CLUB BUILDING APPROVED
1964
COUNTY OF LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL COMMITTEE PLANS $600,000 COUNTY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME.
1968
MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE OF LETHBRIDGE REAL ESTATE BOARD CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY.
1969
FAMILY LIVES FOR TWO MONTHS IN CONDEMNED HOUSE IN CITY.
1969
LAST N.W.T. DOG SLED PATROL CARRIES LETTER TO CITY GIRL.
1974
CITY COUNCIL JACKS PARKING METER RATE UP TO 10 CENTS AN HOUR.
1979
STEAM ENGINE TOWING FIVE COACHES COMES TO LETHBRIDGE AND OPENS TO TOURS.
1885
PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY. ALBERTA MOVEMENT FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT.
1923
SOUTHERN ALBERTA CAN HAVE SUGAR FACTORY IN 1924.
1926
THOUSANDS OF TREES AND CUTTINGS READY FOR TREE PLANTING WEEK.
EXPERIMENTAL STATION DONATES 60,000 WILLOWS.
1931
THE #5 MCLEAN CUB PACK, ALONG WITH 2 MEMBERS OF THE #5 MCLEAN SCOUT PACK GATHERED NATIVE SEEDLINGS FROM BARONESS BOTTOM AT THE RIVER, AND TRANS PLANTED 10,500 SEEDLINGS AT PARK LAKE PROV. PARK. THESE WERE THE FIRST TREES OUT THERE.
1940
LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS VOTED FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER TURBO GENERATOR UNIT.
1942
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED.
1943
DEATH OF ROBERT LIVINGSTON WHO WORKED WITH THE GALT COAL CO. FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS.
1944
CLARKE BLOCK ON 6 TH ST SO. IS WIPED OUT BY A $100,000 FIRE.
1951
PIONEER LETHBRIDGE WHOLESALER, JOHN HORNE DIES IN CALGARY. HE CAME TO THE CITY IN 1910.
1954
THREE CHURCH SOD-TURNING CEREMONIES HELD HERE. LUTHERANS, BAPTISTS AND LDS. ALL BUILDING NEW CHURCHES.
1962
COUNCIL OVERRULES PROTESTS AND APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENT BUILDING AT 822 15TH ST.
1962
CITY POLICE STATION TO BE EXPANDED.
1964
SENIOR CITIZEN'S HOME SOCIETY WINS SUIT AGAINST CITY.
1973
CHICK CHICHESTER RESIGNS AFTER 5 YEARS ON COUNCIL.
1885
TELEGRAM FROM GEN. MIDDLETON ORDERED STRANGE AT ONCE TO MARCH TO EDMONTON.
1886
FIRST MALE TEACHER WAS INSTALLED AS PRINCIPAL OF A NEW SCHOOL. MR. LAWRENCE BRUCE LATIMER. PASSED AWAY ON JAN 7, 1941.
1907
CITY SECURES INDUSTRIAL SITES FROM A.R.&I.
1921
MARRIAGE LICENSES TO BE DEALT WITH AT COURT HOUSE. JEWELLERS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO ISSUE THEM.
1926
CJOC RADIO LICENCE RECEIVED APRIL 1. TODAY THE ACTUAL TRANSMISSION BEGAN. W.W. BILL GRANT BUILT THE 50 WATT TRANSMISSION TOWER.
1929
SISTERS OF ST.MARTHA FROM NOVA SCOTIA PROPOSE BUILDING MODERN FIRE-PROOF HOSPITAL IN CITY.
1930
DEMANDS OF FOREIGN BORN UNEMPLOYED PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
1932
ALBERTA MINERS TAKING STRIKE VOTE
COLEMAN MINERS ARE BADLY SPLIT -- FAVOUR SETTLEMENT.
1940
CITY VOTES TO BUY ADDITIONAL POWER UNIT FOR ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
1944
RESIDENTS TOLD TO GUARD GARDEN HOSES BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE
1956
SALARIES UP TO $800 A MONTH OFFERED TO BETWEEN 500 AND 600 MEN FOR WORK ON THE D.E.W. LINE IN THE CANADIAN NORTH.
1959
WESTERN AIR LINES DROPS LETHBRIDGE FROM ITS SERVICE BUT INCLUDES CALGARY WITH TWICE-DAILY FLIGHTS.
1963
NORTH STAR LODGE CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY.
1964
NOTED EDUCATOR GILBERT C.PATERSON DIES.
1967
COUNCIL TURNS DOWN $99,000 OFFER FOR PART OF HULL BLOCK.