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July 12
1893
REV. JAMES ENDICOTT MARRIED SARAH DIAMOND.
1906
MORE TEACHERS HIRED FOR LETHBRIDGE SCHOOLS.
1928
WHOLE CITY JOINS IN A WELCOME TO GOVERNOR GENERAL AND LADY WILLINGDON ON THEIR FIRST VISIT TO LETHBRIDGE
1941
TORRENTIAL RAIN SOAKS CITY 1.3 INCHES
1956
POLICE DRAGNET OUT AS TWO WANTED MEN SOUGHT IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1957
DESPITE RECORD WATER USAGE, NO DANGER OF WATER RATIONING IS SEEN.
1960
COUNCIL EXPLODES ON ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW BEER PARLORS IN MOTELS.
1962
ESTABLISHMENT OF SECOND FARMERS MARKET IN CITY APPROVED BY INTERIM DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
1963
FLASH FLOOD HITS CITY.
1966
LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS ARE POOREST BEER DRINKERS IN PROVINCE CITY COUNCIL IS TOLD.
1969
JUSTICE J.H.SISSONS FORMERLY OF LETHBRIDGE AND FIRST JUDGE OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES COURT DIES IN EDMONTON.
1975
OLDER CITY HOMES FACING 50% BOOST IN TAXES.
1977
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES CITY HALL TO BE TORN DOWN AND NEW $4 MILLION ONE BUILT TO REPLACE IT.
July 13
1927
DR.CONYBEARE, DEAN OF ALBERTA BAR DIED SUDDENLY IN HIS 67TH YEAR HE WAS THE FIRST CITY SOLICITOR WHEN LETHBRIDGE BECAME A CITY AND THE FATHER OF THE CITY CHARTER
1942
NAVY MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES 3 SHIPS OF A 14 SHIP CONVOY WERE SUNK IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER DUE TO ENEMY ACTION.
1942
ORIGINAL ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH ON 8TH ST. AND 2ND AVE. S. BUILT IN 1886 TO BE RAZED.
1943
POWER PLANT AWAITS ACTION FROM OTTAWA ON DRAFTING OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES INTO ARMED FORCES.
1943
DR. H.A. ARNOLD BECOMES COMMANDING OFFICER OF SEA CADET UNIT.
1943
MANY CITY STORES ARE CLOSING FOR AN HOUR AT NOON DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGES.
1944
MAYOR ISSUES FINAL APPEAL TO BRING TIMOSHEVSKAYA FUND TO $5000 TO AID THE STARVING.
1951
ORTON, WEST OF FORT MACLEOD, CELEBRATES ITS 50 TH BIRTHDAY.
1956
IRATE FARMERS MEET WITH C.P.R. SUPT. HERE AND DEMAND FAIR SHARE OF BOXCARS.
1957
ACTING MAYOR CLIFF BLACK HOLDS UP RIVER DIVERSION WIER PROJECT.
1961
NEW $30,000 ORGAN BEING SET UP IN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
1965
155 TRAILER CARAVAN ON WAY TO ALASKA STAYS OVERNIGHT AT EXHIBITION GROUNDS.
1968
CITY POSTAL WORKERS READY TO GO ON STRIKE.
1981
NEWSPRINT SUPPLIES UNCERTAIN DUE TO LABOR PROBLEMS IN B.C.'S FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
July 14
1911
THE 1ST PLANE IN LETHBRIDGE WAS FLOWN BY STUNT PILOT EUGENE B. ELY. THE AIRPORT WAS THE SMALL FIELD ENCLOSED BY THE RACE TRACK AT THE LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION GROUNDS
IT WAS THE 1ST TIME MOST LETHBRIDGIANS HAD SEEN A PLANE
1921
ALMOST 5,000 VOTERS ON LETHBRIDGE LIST. WOMEN CONSIST ONE THIRD.
1944
1000 PRISONERS OF WAR FROM NORMANDY ARRIVE AT MEDICINE HAT CAMP.
1965
18,000 SQUARE FOOT SECTION OF COULEE SLIDES DOWN TO RIVER NEAR LETHBRIDGE DUE TO HEAVY RAINS.
1967
JAPANESE "NIKKA YUKO" GARDENS OPENED BY PRINCE AND PRINCESS TAKAMATSU OF JAPAN AND 14 SR. JAPANESE GOV'T OFFICIALS.
1967
JAPANESE ROYAL COUPLE OFFICIALLY OPEN NIKKA YUKO GARDENS
1975
MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN 24 MINUTES FALLS ON CITY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND SOUTHSIDE FLOOD.
1981
FIERCE HAIL STORM BATTERS CROPS, HOMES AROUND CITY.
July 15
1912
WESLEY CHURCH SOLD.
1929
NEW MCFARLAND BLOCK COMBINES BEAUTY AND UTILITY TO INTRODUCE INNOVATION IN CITY BUILDING CIRCLES.
1941
7TH AVE.SO. RECENTLY HARD SURFACED WILL OPEN TO TRAFFIC TOMORROW.
1942
LETHBRIDGE COLLIERIES STEP UP COAL PRODUCTION TO FILL RUSH ORDERS--SHORT OF MINERS.
1944
R.C.A.F.'S CITY OF LETHBRIDGE "BISONS" ATTACK ROBOT BOMB BASES.
1950
A PLEBISCITE APPROVED THE BUILDING OF A $1 A DAY HOSPITAL HERE BY A MARGIN OF 81
1952
LETHBRIDGE CARPENTERS GET WAGE HIKE OF 3 CENTS PER HOUR. NOW GETTING $1.78 / HOUR.
1953
$5000 FIRE DAMAGE CAUSED TO KENYON FIELD RECREATION CENTRE
1953
CAPT. E.W. ALFORD RETIRES FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT AFTER 38 YEARS
1957
BOXCARS SHATTERED IN DERAILMENT NEAR SKIFF.
1960
NEW PICTURE BUTTE HOSPITAL OPENED.
1960
NEW HIGHWAY ENTRANCE TO CITY OPENS. IT SWEEPS UNDER THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE PAST THE BREWERY.
1967
INDIAN HEADDRESSES PRESENTED TO JAPANESE PRINCE AND PRINCESS
1972
LETHBRIDGE MAN CHARGED WITH NON-CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH OF 16 YEAR OLD LOCAL GIRL.
1981
COUNTY OF LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISQUALIFIES PICTURE BUTTE REPRESENTATIVE HANK BROUWER AFTER HE MOVED OUTSIDE OF TOWN LIMITS.
July 16
1890
A PROCLAMATION WAS MADE CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION OF LETHBRIDGE.
1925
ELLISON MILLING ANNOUNCES NEW ELEVATOR TO BE BUILT THIS FALL
1926
SOD TURNED FOR PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL
1929
MC FARLAND BUILDING OPENED
1929
NEW MARQUIS HOTEL OFFERS LUNCHEONS AT 75 CENTS.
1938
WANTED MAN ELUDES POLICE, POSSES. BABE BEATEN TO DEATH AND 3 OTHERS HURT. INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR HARRY SHIRE OF TWO HILLS.
1940
BOARD OF TRADE TAKES STRONG STAND AGAINST MILITARY EXEMPTIONS FOR HUTTERITES AND TO FURTHER IMMUNIZATION.
1942
CITY FACING SERIOUS WATER SHORTAGE DUE TO INCREASED CONSUMPTION AND HEAT WAVE.
1942
CANADA WILL NOT CAN BERRIES OR JAM THIS YEAR.
1942
DEATH OF PIONEER, MRS. C.B. BOWMAN. WAS SUPT. OF NURSES OF GALT HOSPITAL IN 1896, MOTHER OF PADDY BOWMAN.
1945
ROY DISNEY (BROTHER OF WALT) IS IN CITY BECAUSE HIS 15 YEAR OLD SON IS IN ST.MIKES HOSPITAL FOLLOWING EMERGENCY APPENDICITIS. IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY DR. A.A.HAIG.
1951
JAMES G. GARDINER, FEDERAL MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OFFICIALLY OPENS BIG ST. MARY'S DAM.
1956
PETER MORRISON OF WINDSOR, ONTARIO WILL BE HANGED AT LETHBRIDGE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE ROBBERY - SHOOTING OF NORMAN YESNEY.
1957
ARIEL DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO. LOCATES HERE TO PRODUCE STAGE LIGHTING, DIMMERS AND RELAY PANELS.
1963
PARK PLAZA OPENS
1965
E.S.NEILS BECOMES 9TH PERSON TO BE NAMED TO LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION HALL OF FAME.
1972
LETHBRIDGE IS PROVINCE'S DRUNK CAPITAL WITH MORE LIQUOR RELATED ARRESTS
1976
POLICE REPORT THAT CRIMES HAVE JUMPED 32% IN LAST YEAR.
July 17
1883
THE LILY WENT UP THE SOUTH SASK. R. TO TEST NAVIGABILITY AND SEE IF MEDICINE HAT COULD ACT AS A PORT TO SUPPLY SETTLEMENT ON THE NORTH SASK NOW THAT CPR HAD ARRIVED.
1885
CHARLES WARREN TRIED AT MACLEOD FOR TARRING AND FEATHERING JAMES DONALDSON.
1930
FORTY THOUSAND HARVESTERS NEEDED TO GATHER PRAIRIE CROPS
EXCURSIONS TO RUN TO WEST FROM EASTERN PROVINCES.
1940
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSES BOARD OF TRADE RESOLUTION PROTESTING FURTHER HUTTERITE IMMIGRATION.
1941
4,000 WATCH KINSMEN TIN LIZZIE DERBY AND PARADE
1942
MORLEY WADE IS 1ST LETHBRIDGE AIR CADET TO GO ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
1961
CITY MANAGER SOMERVILLE SUGGESTS RAZING OF OLD GURNEY MUSEUM IN GALT GARDENS
1962
DONALD M.DAVIES VICE PRES. AND GENERAL MANAGER OF LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS IS LEAVING CITY FOR NEW POST IN TORONTO.
1964
SIX MEN ADDED TO LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION'S HALL OF FAME.
July 18
1901
BEGGING TRAMPS A NUISANCE IN LETHBRIDGE.
1907
NEW TOWNSITE OF BURDETT IS SURVEYED.
1922
COMMISSIONER MEECH OUTLINES SCHEME FOR CONCENTRATED CITY LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE POPULATION OF 40,000.
1925
THE HERALD OPENED NEW BUSINESS OFFICES TO PUBLIC. CHAS.MATHEWS, STAFF MEMBER DESIGNED THE RE-MODELLED QUARTERS.
1927
EX-MLA GEORGE SKELDING DIES AT MACLEOD. HE HELPED TO ERECT THE RCMP BARRACKS IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1886.
1928
CAIRN UNVEILED TO HONOUR NICHOLAS SHERAN, ALBERTA'S FIRST COAL MINER
1930
SKELETONS SOLVE ABDUCTION CASE BODIES OF A MAN AND GIRL ARE FOUND IN AUTO. THEY HAD BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST ONE YEAR. A SUICIDE PACT WAS DISCLOSED BY A NOTE FOUND IN THE CAR.
1934
CJOC WILL NOW BROADCAST ON 1230 KILOCYCLES. IT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPT.1.
1944
ESTABLISHMENT OF A WOOL LAB. AT THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM IS ANNOUNCED BY AGRICULTURE MINISTER GARDINER.
1944
PRIME MINISTER KING INTRODUCES RESOLUTION FOR CHILD ALLOWANCES.
1944
CITY CONTRIBUTES $1000 TOWARD CONSTRUCTION OF FARMERS MARKET BUILDING. ON 7TH ST. S. NEAR 1ST AVE.
1944
COUNCIL ACCEPTS OFFER OF JAMES HAYES TO FUND BUILDING OF CHILDREN'S WADING POOL IN GALT GARDENS.
1956
EXPERIMENTAL FARM ACTS AS WATCHDOG FOR THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY.
1957
MINOR CHIEF JIM GLADSTONE OF SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA'S BLOOD INDIAN BAND IS POSSIBLE CHOICE FOR CANADIAN SENATE.
1960
FIRST ACCIDENT OCCURS ON NEW WESTERN HIGHWAY APPROACH TO CITY AND RESULTS IN TOTAL WRECK OF CAR.
1968
PICKET LINES ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE CANADIAN POST OFFICES.