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June 21
1906
LADIES CANNOT PASS YOUNG MEN LOAFING ON ROUND ST. WITHOUT GETTING TOBACCO JUICE ON THEIR SKIRTS.
1920
GENERAL CONTRACT LET FOR THE LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT.(LNID)
1924
NATHAN WALLWORK DIED. HE CAME IN 1885 AND AT THAT TIME HELPED BUILD THE TELEGRAPH FROM THE HAT TO MACLEOD. LATER BOUGHT 40 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13 ST. AFTER SELLING THE WALLWORK ADDITION HE BOUGHT A RANCH AT BOW ISLAND.
1926
NEW PAVILION AT EXHIBITION GROUNDS READY FOR FAIR. REPLACES BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE A YEAR AGO.
1930
CPR. EMPLOYEE DIES OF INJURIES JOHN HARDON FATALLY HURT STANDING ON PILOT OF LOCOMOTIVE. THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE NEAR WILSON SIDING.
1941
GERALD TAILFEATHERS WINS HONOURS FROM ALBERTA ART SOCIETY.
1963
CANON LESLIE L.GRANT OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH DIES.
1972
WESTERN CANADIAN SEED PROCESSORS LTD. WILL START PRODUCING BUTTER COLOURED MARGARINE.
1972
DR.DAVID SUZUKI AND DR.JAMES MILLER, GENETICISTS FROM UBC SPEAK IN CITY.
June 22
1909
STEEL WORK COMPLETED ON HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE
1929
BIG COAL MINE, COMPLETELY ELECTRIFIED, TO BE OPENED ACROSS RIVER FROM CITY. TOTAL OUTLAY IS $500,000.
1930
HENDERSON LAKE CLAIMS TWO LIVES. HORRIFIED SPECTATORS WATCH MEN DROWN. HAROLD KUEHN AND ALEX CHRISTENSEN PERISH WHEN BOAT OVERTURNS NEAR BATTERY POINT.
1940
SIX CASES OF TYPHOID IN THE CITY.
1943
RAIN URGENTLY NEEDED.
1961
75 GRADE 10 AND 11 STUDENTS OF LCI WHEEL HOSPITAL BED THROUGH CITY STREETS AND OUT TO COALDALE.
1962
VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORM HITS CITY.
1964
T.RUSSELL HAIG, FORMER MAYOR AND ALDERMAN DIES.
1965
FT.MACLEOD'S FIRST WHITE CHILD DIES AT AGE 73 YEARS.
1966
CITY MERCHANTS PROTEST SHOPPING CENTRE PROJECT.
1970
THE LETHBRIDGE FRIENDSHIP CENTER OPENS.
1971
LEALTA THEATRE BEING REMODELED INTO OFFICES AND A RETAIL STORE.
1977
LETHBRIDGE WOMAN FATALLY STABBED HOURS AFTER RECEIVING DIVORCE.
June 23
1904
W. OLIVER'S NEW PLANING MILL BEGINS OPERATION.
1905
TWO STEAM PLOWS ARRIVE IN COALDALE FOR FARMERS.
1920
CITY TO GET FOUR CAPTURED GERMAN FIELD GUNS AS WAR TROPHIES. WILL BE PLACED IN GALT GARDENS.
1920
CONTRACT LET FOR $52,000 ADDITION TO PHONE EXCHANGE.
1928
NICHOLAS SHERAN'S MEMORY TO BE HONOURED. A CAIRN WILL BE UNVEILED IN GALT GARDENS ON JULY 18TH.
1935
WESLEY & KNOX UNITED CHURCHES FORMED ONE CONGREGATION, WORSHIPING IN THE WESLEY BUILDING UNDER THE NAME OF SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, WITH REV. J.M. PRITCHARD AS ITS FIRST MINISTER.
1942
A.W.SHACKLEFORD MOVES TO SUSPEND CITY MILK BYLAW.
1944
MCINTYRE RANCH CO. PURCHASED 1,074 ACRES OF LAND, IN BORDER COUNTRY.
1955
DISTRICT PLANNING DIRECTOR SEE LETHBRIDGE POPULATION AT 70,000 BY 1970.
1965
CITY RECEIVES NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AWARD.
1966
FT.MACLEOD MAN RECEIVES PATENT FOR ALARM WRIST WATCH.
1966
TWO LANES BEING ADDED TO THE OLD MAN RIVER BRIDGE.
1976
ABOLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BILL GETS MIXED REACTIONS IN CITY.
June 24
1942
CITY MAIL DELIVERY CUT TO ONE A DAY.
1944
SITES CHOSEN IN CIVIC CENTER FOR CITY HALL AND SICK MEMORIAL POOL.
1963
50 AIRPLANES TAKE OFF FROM AIRPORT FOR ALASKA-INTERNATIONAL FLYING FARMERS.
1964
NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILT IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE
1972
$500,000 FILM BEING SHOT NEAR CITY.
1977
LOCAL PAPERBOY ASSAULTED BY ANGRY HERALD SUBSCRIBER.
June 25
1902
FIRST BINDER IN LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT PURCHASED BY CAPT. ANGELL EVANS.
1925
LETHBRIDGE BREWERIES LTD. OPENS NEW STORAGE ADDITION -- A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. MOST MODERN IN WEST.
1930
SOUTHERN ALBERTA AIRLINES HAVE ADDED WACO BIPLANE TO FLEET.
1945
MART MCMAHON BUYS MORRIS BLOCK ON 3RD AVE SO.
1950
THE KOREAN CONFLICT BEGAN WHEN THE NORTH KOREANS LAUNCHED AN ATTACK OVER 38 PARALLEL INTO SOUTH KOREA.
1954
LIBRARY BOARD SEEKS LARGER GOV'T. GRANTS. SAY AN AUDITORIUM NEEDED TO BE USED ENTIRELY FOR CULTURAL EVENTS.
1955
ALBERTA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE EDITION
1963
2,000 SHEEP AND 500 TURKEYS LOST AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH.
1963
RESIDENTS PROTEST SUBDIVISION WITH NO BACK ALLEYS.
1964
HOLIDAY TRAILERS LTD. ORDERED TO MOVE FROM SITE BY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
June 26
1890
LETHBRIDGE HAS A POPULATION OF 1,478.
1906
COUNCIL ACCEPTS OFFER OF ELLISON MILL CO. TO ERECT FLOUR MILL.
1930
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN RATE PAYERS APPEAL FOR AID TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
FACT FINDING COMMISSION SITS AT COALHURST.
1943
KIWANIS DONATES $1,000 TO YMCA TO SET UP A HOSTEL.
1944
REV.E.L.GARVEN OF ST.ANDREWS URGES PARISHIONERS TO FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE AND TREAT JAPANESE CANADIANS THE SAME AS OTHER CANADIANS.
1945
BAALIM MOTORS SOLD TO GENERAL MOTORS HOLDING CO. CHARLES BENY OF MEDICINE HAT WILL TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS.
1953
FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PULLED BY A DIESEL PASSED THROUGH LETHBRIDGE
1961
DEDICATION AND RESTORATION SERVICE AT LETHBRIDGE PIONEER CEMETERY
1964
VANDALS TOPPLED HEADSTONES AND SCATTERED BEER BOTTLES IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY.
1967
ALTAMOUNT HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN COUTTS OPENED.
1967
CENTENNIAL ROSE GARDEN AT HENDERSON LAKE TURNED OVER TO CITY.
1968
MR. LEBARON BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE GREEN ACRES FOUNDATION.
1975
CITY PACKERS OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW 1.4 MILLION RENDERING PLANT NORTH OF CITY.
1976
CJOC-TV LISTS JOB OPENINGS WHILE EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
June 27
1928
IRRIGATION WATER BLAMED FOR OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID.
1940
ROBERT. REID, PRESIDENT OF LETHBRIDGE KIWANIS CLUB HEADS COMMITTEE TO HANDLE OVERSEAS REFUGEE CHILDREN.
OFFICE WILL BE OPEN IN JULY.
1941
ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL MOVES TO MAKE WAY FOR #8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL.
1941
CITY COMMENCES HARD SURFACING 7TH AVE.
1942
MAYOR ELTON TELLS RALLY OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT JAPS SIT LIKE ORANGUTANGS IN BEER HALLS
1945
LINCOLN HOTEL JUST WEST OF CORNER OF 3 AVE AND 5TH ST.SO. OPENS FOR BUSINESS
1957
C.R. MATTHEWS, SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF THE HERALD WILL RETIRE HAVING SERVED 40 YEARS WITH THE COMPANY.
1959
A SPECIAL CONSTABLE HAS BEEN SWORN IN TO PATROL HENDERSON LAKE. VANDALISM IS ON THE INCREASE.
1959
REDCLIFF GAS CO. PLANT SWEPT BY FIRE.
1963
BUS ROUTE TO INDUSTRIAL PARK AREA DISCONTINUED BY CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM.
1967
CITY INVOKES EARLY CLOSING BY-LAW.
1967
NIKKA YUKO GARDEN RECEIVES WELL AS GIFT FROM JAPAN.
1968
WOOLCO DEPARTMENT STORE IN COLLEGE MALL OPENS.
1972
ALBERTA MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MINISTER DAVID RUSSELL SAYS DOWNTOWN AREA IS UNDERDEVELOPED.