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June 14
1874
FIRST RECORDED BAPTISM IN LETHBRIDGE AREA CARRIED OUT BY FATHER C. SCOLLEN OMI
1923
CPR SURVEYING NORTHERN ROUTE TO PACIFIC.
1927
WATERTON PARK HIGHWAY TO BE BUILT. WORK TO START IMMEDIATELY.
1928
EMMELINE PANKHURST, NOTED SUFFRAGETTE DIES IN ENGLAND. SHE VISITED THE CITY TWICE DURING THE WAR YEARS.
1930
BAALIM,STEWART AND KING NOMINATED. LIBERALS, CONSERVATIVES AND UFA. SET FOR POLITICAL FIGHT IN THE LETHBRIDGE RIDING.
1940
LCI STRUCK BY LIGHTNING- SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.
1941
MR. & MRS.DAN WILSON DROWN IN PARK LAKE WHEN THEIR BOAT CAPSIZES.
1943
GALT HOSPITAL SUFFERING SHORTAGE OF NURSES
1944
HIGHWAY MINISTER STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF ALL WEATHER ROAD BETWEEN COUTTS AND LETHBRIDGE
1955
MEMBERS OF THE HEBREW CONGREGATION TURN THE SOD FOR THEIR NEW SYNAGOGUE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 15TH ST. AND 9TH AVE.
1960
STREET NAMING SYSTEM OK.
1966
JAPANESE GARDEN OPERATION TO BE TURNED OVER TO CITY.
1967
DR.ARTHUR HAIG HONOURED BY CMA
1967
SEMESTER SYSTEM TO BE TRIED AT WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH.
1971
CBC FILM CREW SHOOTING FOOTAGE IN CITY FOR PROGRAMME ABOUT TO LETHBRIDGE
1973
AMA VEHICLE EMISSION TESTER IN CITY.
1911
THE 8TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF ASSOCIATE BOARDS OF TRADE OF WESTERN CANADA MET AT LETHBRIDGE
1926
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON BLOOD RESERVE BLESSED BY BISHOP KEDD OF CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CALGARY.
1930
LETHBRIDGE ELEVATOR CONTRACT WILL BE SIGNED ON PREMIER KING'S RETURN TO OTTAWA THIS WEEKEND.
1936
DEATH TAKES MAYOR MEEKS. RAYMOND CHIEF MAGISTRATE SUCCUMBS TO HEART SEIZURE.
1940
RCMP REGISTERING ALL PEOPLE OF ITALIAN NATIONALITY.
1942
PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL WILL NOT OPEN THIS YEAR.
1944
NEW BRIDGE OVER OLD MAN RIVER PROMISED.
1962
PRICE OF FLOUR INCREASES IN LETHBRIDGE INCREASE RANGING FROM 36 TO 60 CENTS PER HUNDRED POUNDS
1963
FIRST SUMMER SESSIONS SET UP AT JUNIOR COLLEGE OFFER GRADE 12 COURSES.
1967
6,000 ATTEND FT.MACLEOD CENTENNIAL PROGRAMME.
1976
GENERAL FOODS LTD.PLANS TO BUILD PLANT IN LETHBRIDGE
June 16
1920
SOD BREAKING FOR THE LNID TAKE PLACE AT SAUNDERS CAMP NEAR ALLION RIDGE.
1920
MINER SIGN TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT. GENERAL INCREASE OF 27 PER CENT
1921
ALL LETHBRIDGE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT TO SEE SOD TURNING FOR LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN CONSTRUCTION DITCH.
1923
FLOOD LOSSES IN CROWSNEST PASS RUN INTO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
1924
A.W. SHACKLEFORD FORMER MANAGER OF THE COLONIAL THEATRE PURCHASED THE LEASE ON THE KING'S THEATRE FROM ROGERS & CO. AND OPENED TODAY
1924
POSTAL STRIKE LOOMS. TEN THOU- SAND POSTAL WORKERS ON VERGE OF QUITTING JOBS ACROSS COUNTRY. NO EFFECT AT LOCAL LEVEL.
1924
GALT MINES VOTE 3-1 FOR NEW WAGE AGREEMENT. ACCEPT WAGE CUT WITH 264 TO 99 VOTE.
1926
AERIAL SURVEY BEING MADE OF LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN FARM PROJECT.
1930
FATHER TENNANT, FIRST LOCAL BOY TO RECEIVE HOLY ORDERS, ORDAINED AT ST.PATRICK'S CHURCH.
1941
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER MALCOLM MACDONALD VISITS LETHBRIDGE
1942
EX MAYOR W.D.L.HARDIE DIES.
1944
CITY TAX LEVY AND RATE LOWEST SINCE 1918.
1954
LONGEST FREIGHT TRAIN EVER TO PASS THROUGH LETHBRIDGE PICTURED ON THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE. A FOUR-UNIT DIESEL HAULED THE MILE LONG TRAIN.
1958
A BONE-LIKE OBJECT DISCOVERED IN A NEWLY EXCAVATED SEWER DITCH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A TUSK, PROBABLY FROM A MAMMOTH AND COULD BE FROM 20 TO ONE THOUSAND YEARS OLD.
1959
COUNCIL PICKS CIVIC CENTRE AS SITE FOR A 500 SEAT AUDITORIUM
1959
500 SEAT AUDITORIUM FOR CIVIC CENTRE APPROVED.
1961
PAT HAMILTON FIRED AS MANAGER OF LEGION.
1961
POSSIBILITY OF PARK AT KEHO LAKE LOOKED INTO.
1963
JAMES F.HAMILTON, PIONEER RESIDENT DIES.
1964
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WILL REST IN GALT GARDENS.
1965
PARK PLAZA MOTOR HOTEL PLANS TO DOUBLE ITS CAPACITY.
June 17
1920
BIG SHAKE-UP IN PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF.
SUPT. AND FOUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RESIGN. INSPECTOR REPORT SLAMS TEACHERS,TEACHING AND BUILDINGS.
1927
NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WILL BE BUILT AT 5TH AVE AND 8TH ST
1928
TOURIST FIGURES SHOW DOUBLING OF VISITORS, MAY COMING LONG DISTANCES.
1942
EXPERIENCED MINERS MUCH IN DEMAND BY LETHBRIDGE OPERATORS.
1961
LETHBRIDGE POLICE START MOUNTED PATROL WITH HORSES IN INDIAN BATTLE PARK.
1961
GRANDSTAND AT LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION GROUNDS HAS 600 MORE SEATS.
1969
PROVINCIAL CABINET APPROVES U OF L CAMPUS.
1970
LETHBRIDGE POSTAL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE FOR DAY.
1869
THE 65TH CARABINIERS MOUNT ROYAL WERE FORMED IN MONTREAL AT A TIME WHEN THERE WAS FEAR THAT THE FINIAN RAIDS OF 1866 MIGHT BE REPEATED. THEY PROVIDED CEREMONIAL GUARD AND GARRISON DUTY AS REQUIRED IN MONTREAL.
1921
ALEXANDRA HOTEL BLOCK OWNED BY P.BURNS CO. IS SOLD TO W.PORTER FOR $100,000.
1929
CITY POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 14,000. CITY MANAGER ASKS FOR CENSUS.
1936
COALHURST MAN KILLED. JOE LUKAS, WHO LOST SON IN MINE BLAST FALLS UNDER TRAIN.
1940
HAROLD ORR INFORMED CITY COUNCIL LETHBRIDGE HAS HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF VENERAL DISEASE IN THE PROVINCE DUE TO THE FACT A RED LIGHT DISTRICT IS STILL FLOURISHING IN LETHBRIDGE
1940
ALD.SHACKLEFORD COMING BACK FROM A MEETING ON ENEMY ALIENS TOLD COUNCIL THAT HUTTERITES, MENNONITES AND DOUKOBOURS CANNOT GRADUATE IN SCHOOLS IN ANY LANGUAGE BUT ENGLISH OR FRENCH
1942
DR.P.M.CAMPBELL MLA. PIONEER PHYSICIAN HONOURED BY MEDICAL BODY.
1954
IODE GIVES $1,200 TO FURNISH A FOUR-BED WARD FOR WOMEN IN THE NEW MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL.
1955
A FEATURE OF THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITION AND RODEO WILL BE A PARADE OF THE NATIONALITIES WHO HAVE SETTLED THE SOUTH IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.
1965
HULL BLOCK BEING DEMOLISHED WILL BE USED AS A CITY PARKING LOT.
1971
LETHBRIDGE POLICE USE TEAR GAS TO FLUSH MAN OUT.
1974
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO SELL RIVER VALLEY POWER PLANT TO CALGARY POWER.
1979
ST.PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH ON BLOOD RESERVE MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
1982
$1.50 ISSUED STAMP - WATERTON NATIONAL PARK BY BRENT LAYCOCK
1928
WOOLLEN INDUSTRY A POSSIBILITY HERE. WOOL GROWERS SEEK TO ESTABLISH CO-OPERATIVE PLANT.
1930
MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER SENTENCED TO HANG ON SEPT.10 AT LETHBRIDGE JAIL.
1930
ALBERTA. VOTERS GO TO POLLS-BROWNLEE GOVERNMENT RE-ELECTED.
1930
OLIPHANT IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH SLAYER OF MILK RIVER CHINAMAN IS FOUND GUILTY.
1942
GEORGE DENHAM RAIL EMPLOYEE KILLED IN YARD ACCIDENT.
1943
CITY APPEALS TO FEDERAL GOV'T TO TRANSFER MEN FROM CITY POWER AND WATER PLANTS.
1945
CITY POLICE TO GET MOTOR CYCLE TRAFFIC LAWS WILL BE MORE RIGIDLY ENFORCED
1956
75 PEOPLE MOSTLY WOMEN, APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO PROTEST THAT THE CITY'S NEW ASPHALT PLANT BY MOVED. THE ODOUR AND DUST NUISANCE SINCE THE PLANT BEGAN OPERATION FORMS THE BASIS OF THEIR COMPLAINTS.
1959
VOTERS GIVE JOHN LANDERYOU, SOCIAL CREDIT, A RECORD BREAKING MAJORITY IN THE PROVINCE. HE BECOMES THE MLA FOR THIS AREA FOR THE FIFTH TERM.
1961
TWO LIVESTOCK BARNS AT EXHIBITION GROUNDS DESTROYED BY FIRE
1964
NEW ADMINISTRATION WING FOR ANIMAL DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE WEST OF LETHBRIDGE TO BE BUILT.
1965
PHIL'S RESTAURANT AND PANCAKE HOUSE OPENS AT 1303 MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE.
1970
TWO ACRES OF LAND WEST OF LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT APPROVED AS HISTORIC SITE.
1974
PALLISER DISTILLERS LTD. OPENS OFFICIALLY AND PRESENTS $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP CHEQUE TO U OF L.
June 20
1883
ANOTHER BARGE STARTED FROM FT. MACLEOD FOR COALBANKS WITH LUMBER
1883
WILLIAM STAFFORD RETURNED TO COALBANKS WITH HIS WIFE AND 9 CHILDREN.
1890
BOARD OF TRADE MET
GRANTED A. T. GALT 20 YEARS OF TAX EXEMPTION ON NW INDUSTRIES. C. A. MAGRATH DISPLAYED A PLAN OF THE TENTATIVE BOUNDARIES OF LETHBRIDGE.
1894
A.J. HIPPERSON EXPANDS STOCK LINES TO INCLUDE STOVES AND TINWARE.
1925
MAIN EXHIBITION BUILDING BURNS
1930
ANDREW SMEATON, LABOR CANDIDATE WINS LETHBRIDGE SEAT IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS.
1930
LABOUR MEMBER ANDREW SMEATON RE-ELECTED TO PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE
1940
LETHBRIDGE.TECHNICAL SCHOOL WILL TRAIN 350 RCAF TRADESMEN DURING SUMMER.
1944
LETHBRIDGE TO CHAMPION RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE SETTLEMENT OF JAPANESE IN ALBERTA.
1945
CITY SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN SERIOUS NEED OF MODERNIZING
1950
COUNCIL CALLS FOR PLEBISCITE ON GALT HOSPITAL. RATEPAYERS WILL DECIDE WHO IS TO OWN AND OPERATE THE PROPOSED ONE AND HALF MILLION HOSPITAL.
1957
DR.ARTHUR A.HAIG OF LETHBRIDGE WAS INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ALBERTA DIVISION OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL SOCIETY.
1961
EXTRAVAGANT CONCORD STAGECOACH DRIVES THROUGH DOWNTOWN LETHBRIDGE
1968
EXPLOSION ROCKS STREET AND RESIDENCE AT 924 13TH ST.