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May 17
1884
1ST CATHOLIC MASS SAID BY FATHER VAN TIGHEM IN MICHAEL SHERAN'S CABIN.
1898
WHITE-TAILED DEER WOMAN OR MARY BROWN- FORMER COMMON LAW WIFE OF NICHOLAS SHERAN WAS MARRIED FOR YEARS, AND SECOND HUSBAND BAD ARROWS.
1901
COMPULSORY VACCINATION FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.
1926
RABBIT INDUSTRY STARTS UP IN NORTH END OF CITY. FROM FURS TO MEAT PROCESSED. NOTHING IS WASTED.
1928
EIGHTY-TWO MILES OF MAIN HIGHWAY TO BE BUILT IN THIS AREA.
1930
LETHBRIDGE WOMEN TOLD THAT 18 OR 20 MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STERILIZED.
1930
TENDERS CALLED FOR AIR MAIL WEST. CROW'S NEST PASS ROUTE IS CERTAIN CHOICE
1940
LIEUT-COL. W.E. HUCKVALE APPOINTED TO COMMAND OF THE 20TH ANTI-TANK REGIMENT.
1944
LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT TEACHERS ASK FOR BASIC MINIMUM WAGE OF $1,000.
1954
DR.P.M.CAMPBELL WHO HAS PRACTISED MEDICINE IN LETHBRIDGE FOR OVER 50 YEARS WAS GIVEN AN HONORARY DEGREE AS DOCTOR OF LAWS BY UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA.
1960
CITY PACKERS LTD. TO BUILD MILLION DOLLAR PLANT EAST OF STOCKYARDS.
1962
CITY WORKMEN, WARMING UP A LINE-PAINTING MACHINE WHICH BLEW A VALVE, WORK QUICKLY TO REMOVE PAINT FROM CAR WHICH GOT COVERED AS A RESULT.
1965
NEW ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL WING OPENS.
1972
LETHBRIDGE FRIENDSHIP CENTER REOPENS DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND.
1978
LNID ASKS OTTAWA FOR ACCESS ACROSS PEIGAN RESERVE TO THE WEIR.
1884
FIRST BAPTISMS IN LETHBRIDGE WERE PERFORMED BY FR. VAN TIGHEM; CHILDREN INVOLVED WERE CHARLES & WILLIAM SHERAN, SONS OF NICHOLAS SHERAN & MARY BROWN.
1911
AFTERNOON -- 116 WOMEN MET IN AUDITORIUM OF YMCA TO ORGANIZE LETHRIDGE'S WOMEN CIVIC CLUB OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.
1912
MORMON TEMPLE AT CARDSTON OPENED.
1920
SUNDAY FUNERALS BANNED BY CITY COUNCIL
1927
LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMEN RAISE MONEY FOR A COMMUNITY HOTEL WHICH IS NAMED THE MARQUIS AFTER THE WHEAT.
1938
SOAKING RAINS COVER ENTIRE SOUTH. OVER 1 INCH OF MOISTURE IN PAST 24 HOURS.
1940
WELL-KNOWN LETHBRIDGE WOMAN, KATIE PALEN DIED.
1940
CANADIAN. LEGION PRESSES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE INTERNMENT OF ALL ENEMY ALIENS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16-60.
1962
FIRST SOD TURNED FOR LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL NURSES RESIDENCE.
1963
CITY GROUND WATER TESTED.
1967
PROVINCIAL WELFARE MINISTER L.C. HALMRAST OPENS LETHBRIDGE REHABILITATION CENTRE.
1968
INAUGURAL CONVOCATION CEREMONIES HELD AT THE U. OF L.
1972
RESIDENTS PROTEST TWO-HOUR PARKING.
May 19
1860
C.F.P. CONYBEARE, PIONEER LAWYER, BORN
1927
CITY BUSINESSMEN COMMIT THEMSELVES TO THE BUILDING OF A $250,000 HOTEL TO TAKE CARE OF EVER-INCREASING CONVENTION AND TOURIST TRADE.
1928
TEN NEW WELLS DRILLED IN MILK RIVER AREA. HUGE OIL DEAL NOW IN THE MAKING.
1930
EIGHT HUGE 31 PASSENGER GREYHOUND BUSSES ARRIVE IN LETHBRIDGE TO BE USED IN ALBERTA
1932
ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SWEET GRASS. EDITOR GETS THREE SHOTS.
1965
CITY BUYS HULL BLOCK.
May 20
1882
NICHOLAS SHERAN WAS DROWNED AT KIPP'S CROSSING OF THE-THEN OLD MAN'S RIVER.
1920
LETHBRIDGE AIRCRAFT LTD. TOOK DELIVERY OF A CURTISS JN-4
1920
H.E.MEIBACK TO BUILD $50,000 GARAGE FOR FORD AGENCY
1920
FIRST LETHBRIDGE-OWNED PLANE ARRIVES IN CITY.
CAPT.J.E. PALMER WILL PILOT FIRST FLIGHT ON MAY 24TH
1924
PAVEMENT ON 13TH ST. GOES DOWN IN RECORD TIME.
1936
WELCOME RAIN SOAKS SOUTH ALBERTA
GROWING CROPS WILL BENEFIT BY TIMELY FALL OF MOISTURE.
1955
SIX LOW-SWOOPING DIVE BOMBERS WREAKED IMAGINATIVE HAVOC AND DESTRUCTION IN THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. EXERCISE SURPRISE WAS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL DEFENCE AUTHORITIES.
1964
EXPANSION OF SUGAR BEET FACTORY AT PICTURE BUTTE.
1965
JAMES E. HARTLEY NAMED NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OLDMAN RIVER REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
1970
GOLF COURSE PROPOSED FOR NORTH LETHBRIDGE
May 21
1924
AIR TAXI SERVICE BETWEEN LETHBRIDGE AND WATERTON STARTING THIS SUMMER.
1926
100 DUTCH FAMILIES SEEK LOCATION IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
1938
SUICIDE LEAP BY PRISONER
FRANK KISTULINAC NOW RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL AFTER LEAP TO CEMENT.
1940
CITY COUNCIL MOVES RESOLUTION FOR REGISTRATION OF ALL CITIZENS 16-60 AS TO PLACE OF BIRTH AND NATURALIZATION.
1941
WESTERN AIR WILL INAUGURATE SERVICE JUNE 1ST.
1955
ART BATTY CONSTRUCTION LTD. ANNOUNCED A $6,000,000 HOUSING PROJECT IN THE AREA OF THE NEW GILBERT PATERSON SCHOOL ON 12TH AVE.
1957
HON.LESTER B.PEARSON, MIN.FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SPEAKING TO A LIBERAL RALLY HERE TELLS HIS AUDIENCE "DON'T GET SMUG ABOUT PROSPERITY".
1963
R.H. ROUTLEDGE, EARLY RAILROAD MAN DIES.
1966
LCI. GRADUATION BANQUET BIGGEST EVER -- OVER 800 PEOPLE ATTEND
1969
NON-GRADED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXPERIMENT APPROVED BY LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
1970
CITY BUSINESSMEN PROTEST POSSIBLE PACIFIC WESTERN AIRLINE'S TAKEOVER OF AIR CANADA'S LETHBRIDGE-CALGARY RUN.
1902
BRIDGES AND HOUSES SWEPT AWAY AND RAILWAYS TIED UP AS BIG FLOOD HITS CITY.
1930
A MODERN 10 SUITE APARTMENT BUILDING WILL BE BUILT THREE BLOCKS FROM POST OFFICE.
1940
DR. PETER CAMPBELL ELECTED TO PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.
1940
CJOC MOVES TO 1370 K.C
1943
POW'S BEGIN WORK IN BEET FIELD NEXT WEEK.
1964
COLOURED MARGARINE TO BE ON SALE HERE SOON.
1970
CITY MAN, JOHN ROBERT TROMAN ORDAINED AS ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST.
1974
CITY URGED TO SELL POWER PLANT BY COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
1976
NELSON SMALL LEGS JR. SOUTHERN ALBERTA DIRECTOR OF A.I.M. IS BURIED ON THE PEIGAN RESERVE, AFTER HIS SUICIDE.
1979
VOTERS GO TO POLLS IN FEDERAL ELECTION.
1885
RIEL'S CAPTURE.
1907
STEAMER ON THE BOW RIVER - CITY OF MEDICINE HAT.
1911
THE BOARD OF TRADE STARTED ORGANIZING CELEBRATIONS FOR THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE V
1929
PIONEER LETHBRIDGE JEWELLER R.A.WRIGHT KILLED IN CAR CRASH. IN BUSINESS HERE SINCE 1899.
1936
BEET INDUSTRY THREATENED. BOARD OF TRADE DEMANDS ACTION TO PROTECT IT.
1940
A PARKLAND FARMER RAN AMUCK KILLING HIS SON AND LATER CONST. GORDON COUNSELL OF THE RCMP, LETHBRIGE BEFORE POLICE BULLETS FINISHED HIM.
1942
LCI.CADETS WILL PARADE TO CHURCH SUNDAY.
1956
RADIO CJOC WILL NO LONGER BE PERMITTED TO RECORD AND BROADCAST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
RESOLUTION SAYS THAT RECORDING PROCEEDINGS RESTRICTS DISCUSSION.
1962
FINAL PLANS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY #3 EAST APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
1964
PRANKSTERS HOIST PROPOSED NEW CANADIAN FLAG AT LEGION.
1967
CPR DIVISION HERE MOVES 70,000 CARS OF LOCAL PRODUCE.
1969
BEEF PRICES SKYROCKET IN CITY DUE TO SHORTAGE OF MARKET CATTLE.
1970
CITY STRIKE IS OVER AS AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND OUTSIDE WORKERS.
1975
26,000 TREES PLANTED IN COUNTY OF LETHBRIDGE ANNUAL FARM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME.
1979
STAFF INSPECTOR MAX COUPLAND RETIRES FROM CITY POLICE FORCE