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August 9
1930
LETHBRIDGE AIRCRAFT LTD. BREAKS INTO NEW FIELD OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
CONTRACTS ALREADY SIGNED FOR GOVT. SURVEY WORK.
1934
ELKWATER LAKE BLAZE IS CONTROLLED; CLEAR IN WATERTON PARK AREA.
1940
LIQUOR STORE TO BE OPEN DAILY TILL MIDNIGHT.
1944
LANDERYOU WINS LETHBRIDGE SEAT FOR SOCREDS BY NARROW MARGIN.
1951
GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISCOUNT ALEXANDER BECOMES BLOOD INDIAN CHIEF.
1960
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES AGAINST ALLOWING BEER PARLOR IN MOTEL.
August 10
1926
FREDERICK D.SHAW PIONEER DENTIST AND CUSTOMS COLLECTOR DIES. HE CAME WEST WITH THE NWMP IN 1883.
1940
ARTHUR BALDERSON KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
1940
FUNERAL FOR LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN, J.W. BAWDEN.
1940
10TH FIELD CORP R.C.E. ARRIVES FOR TRAINING IN LOCAL GARRISON
1943
4 LETHBRIDGE MEN FOUND DEAD AFTER EXPLOSION AT KERRALTA MINE ON WEST BANK OF OLDMAN RIVER.
1943
JOHN CRAIG HERE SINCE 1885 (ON FIRST TRAIN FROM DUNMORE) CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY.
1966
DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK OFFICIALLY OPENED.
1968
ANNE CAMPBELL SINGERS RETURN TO CITY FROM FIVE WEEK TOUR OF BRITAIN
1979
NEW $2 MILLION TERMINAL OPENS AT AIRPORT.
August 11
1882
MICHAEL SHERAN WHO HAD TAKEN OVER NICHOLAS SHERAN'S MINE IS BURIED AT THE R.C. CEMETERY AT FORT MACLEOD.
1940
KENNETH FLEETWOOD OF THE 20TH ANTI-TANK OF LETHBRIDGE WAS KILLED AT BRANDON MANITOBA IN AN ACCIDENT.
1941
NORTH LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS PETITION FOR BUSES TO GIVE BELT LINE SERVICE RATHER THAN THE ONE STREET CAR NOW USED.
1942
CITY COUNCIL INSISTS BRODERS CANNERY RETURN EXPERIENCED JAPANESE CANNERY WORKERS TO FARMS WHERE THEY ARE ASSIGNED EVEN THOUGH FIELD WORK IS FINISHED AND CANNERY IS SHORT OF LABOUR.
1942
CITY TAKES CONTROL OF CEMETERIES--WILL HAVE PERMANENT CARETAKER.
1945
HARVEY GREENWAY ELECTED NATIONAL HISTORIAN OF KINSMEN CLUB
1956
"GRANDDADDY" OF HAILSTORMS SWEEPS SOUTH CAUSING CROP DAMAGE UP TO 100%.
1959
MAIN DAIRY BARN AT LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH STATION BURNED IN $100,000 BLAZE.
1960
EXPLOSION IN R.I.BAKER SCHOOL IN COALDALE CLAIMS TWO LIVES.
1964
TICKET SELLER AT LOCAL CPR. STATION FRANK LAWFORD RETIRES
August 12
1922
CHARLES HYSSOP, WELL KNOWN PIONEER RANCHER DIES NINE WEEKS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE.
1930
WANTED TRAIN ROBBER TAKEN WITHOUT A FIGHT AT PINCHER CREEK.
1941
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TAKE CONTROL OF CITY CEMETERY FROM ST AUGUSTINE'S PARISH.
1942
DOMINION FOOD ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL ALLOW JAPANESE TO WORK AT BRODERS CANNERY FOR NEXT 10 DAYS AS NO OTHER HELP AVAILABLE.
1942
WORK IS RUSHED ON MILLION DOLLAR MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT ON NORTHEAST OUTSKIRTS OF CITY
1943
URGENT APPEAL FOR R.C.A.F. AIRCREW, HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION NO LONGER REQUIRED.
1963
MINE NO. 56 (54) ENTRANCES WERE ADEQUATELY SEALED BY MR. DUTTON.
1967
ROBERT STANFIELD CANDIDATE FOR LEADER OF NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY, VISITS CITY.
1974
SIGN UNVEILED IN LUNDBRECK TO HONOR FIRST DOUKHOBOR PIONEERS
August 13
1902
A TOWN BAND SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED SAYS H.J. ANGELL.
1923
BRISK BIDDING AT CAMERON RANCH USED EQUIPMENT SALE. BINDERS FETCH AVERAGE PRICE OF $80.
1924
MAGISTRATE W.H.IRWIN WHO HAS DIED IN THE GALT HOSPITAL CAME WEST IN 1878 AND JOINED THE NWMP IN REGINA.
1929
BITUMINOUS STREET SURFACING HOLDS HIGH HOPES THAT THIS IS SOLUTION TO DUST PROBLEM.
1938
SOUTH WHEAT CROP 34,000,000 BUSHELS. YIELD IS BEST SINCE 1932.
1940
LETHBRIDGE CAN TURN OUT 25 ELEMENTARY PILOTS EVERY FOUR WEEKS.
1940
MAYOR ELTON PRESSES FOR OILING OF AIRPORT ROAD.
1940
COUNCIL CENSURES POLICE FOR FAILURE TO CHECK SPEEDERS
1942
MRS. M. SEHAN OF 515-11TH ST. S. HAS 7 SONS IN THE ACTIVE ARMY.
1951
WITH HARVEST WELL UNDER WAY, SOUTH ALBERTA HAS BUMPER CROP.
1952
HOMES FOR THE AGED NOW IN LETHBRIDGE
1960
ELLISON MILLING TAKES OVER BANKRUPT ALCAN SEEDS LTD.
1962
SWIMMING POOL AT HENDERSON LAKE OFFICIALLY OPENED
1969
GRAND REOPENING OF SHOPPERS WORLD.
1979
LETHBRIDGE HERALD ENTERS COMPUTER WORLD WITH $650,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.
August 14
1895
OPENING OF COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL UNDER MANAGEMENT OF O.A. BURGE
1939
WEATHER IS IDEAL FOR FIELD OPERATIONS.
1939
GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL HAS MODERN STYLE ARCHITECTURE
1941
LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER CLOSES PLAY GROUND AND PROHIBITS SWIMMING BY CHILDREN DUE TO POLIOMYELITIS EPIDEMIC IN ADDITION TO ALL PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY.
1945
HOUSING SHORTAGE CAUSES COUNCIL TO DISCUSS MAKING SUITES IN AIR STATION BUILDINGS
1950
SCIENTIFIC MISSION FROM U.K. SAYS IF CANADA BUYS MORE GOODS FROM THEM THEY IN TURN WILL BUY MORE CANADIAN WHEAT.
1964
NEW DENHOED INDUSTRIAL WOOD- WORK LTD. PLANT OPENS IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE
1969
THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF SHOPPERS WORLD
1969
DR. JAMES E. LOVERING'S HOUSE AT CORNER OF 8TH ST AND 4TH AVE SO. BEING TORN DOWN.
1970
LETHBRIDGE SLATED TO BE MAJOR CENTRE FOR TREATMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS
August 15
1886
18 DAY OLD SON OF MR. & MRS. ELI J. HODDER DIED AND WAS BURIED IN THE RIVERBOTTOM.
1901
F. SICK TO ESTABLISH BREWERY IN LETHBRIDGE.
1925
TWO LETHBRIDGE MEN DIE, 16 OTHERS INJURED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION OF PASSENGER TRAIN AND PUSHER ENGINE
1938
HEAVY RAINS CAUSE HARVEST DELAY AS OVER INCH OF RAIN FALLS.
1940
LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS WHO LINE PARADE ROUTES AND INSULT MEN IN UNIFORM FOR THEIR OBJECTION TO HITLERISM ARE WARNED TO DESERT
1944
CITY CENTRE POOL TO BE 150 FT. LONG AND 60 FT. WIDE. WILL HAVE GLASS WALLS BUT NO ROOF.
1944
BIRD CONSTRUCTION, REGINA WINS TENDER FOR MAIDS HOME AT GALT HOSPITAL. CORNER OF 2ND ST. AND 5TH AVE. S. $11,368.
1944
ALDERMEN'S PAY WILL REMAIN $100 PER YEAR AND THERE WILL BE NO TIME LIMIT ON MEETINGS UNTIL CITY CHARTER IS AMENDED.
1945
V.J. DAY VICTORY PARADE
1969
CHIEF JUDGE E.B.FEIR RETIRES AFTER FIFTY YEARS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
1983
MARQUIS HOTEL TO GET FACELIFT UNDER NEW OWNERS.