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October 5
1897
FIRST AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION HELD IN LETHBRIDGE AT THE GROUNDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SOUTH OF VICTORIA , NOW GYRO PARK.
1921
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RECORDED AT THE BOWMAN AGENCY THERE WERE MORE MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS AND FEWER DEATHS THAN IN THE CORRESPONDING MONTH OF LAST YEAR.
1931
24 HOUR PROTEST STRIKE IS CALLED BY COAL MINERS FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY. ACTING PRES. MAURICE ANNOUNCES THAT CALLS HAVE GONE OUT. URGE DEMANDS ON GOVTS.
1944
CHIEF JUSTICE TWEEDIE DIES FOLLOWING BANQUET IN HIS HONOR AT MARQUIS HOTEL.
1944
$530,000 IN BUILDING PERMITS SETS WARTIME RECORD FOR 9 MONTHS.
1957
WATERTON DAM TO BE BUILT AT HILLSPRING IN 1958.
1963
SEVERAL ARTICLES OF INTEREST DATING BACK TO 1904 FOUND IN CORNERSTONE OF STERN FURNITURE STORE, FORMERLY WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH.
1974
COMMITTEE URGES A RESTRUCTURING OF U OF L SENATE
1974
LETHBRIDGE SOCIAL WORKERS CHECK INTO FREE UNLICENSED BABYSITTING AT CITY BOWLING ALLEYS.
October 6
1921
DR. MEWBURN FORMERLY OF LETH TO BE HONOURED BY MCGILL WITH HONOURARY LLD. DURING THE WAR YEARS HE WAS IN CHARGE OF A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND.
1927
GALT HOSPITAL UNDER QUARANTINE FOR SMALLPOX. FIVE PATIENTS CONTRACT THE DISEASE.
1928
PRAIRIE FIRE SAID TO BE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ON RECORD LEAVES 50,000 ACRES IN STATE OF DESOLATION. OVER 100,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN DESTROYED.
1930
VERDEN LARSON RAYMOND BOY SHOT KILLED. SUSPECTING PROWLERS OUTSIDE WINDOW, JACK COOMBS 15 USES GUN.
1931
LETHBRIDGE MINERS DIVIDED OVER MOVE FOR PROTEST STRIKE. SPECIAL UNION MEETING HELD MONDAY EVENING WHEN VOTE REVEALS 37 FOR AND 25 AGAINST WALK-OUT.
1940
GUS NEIDIG PASSED AWAY IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. HE CAME WITH THE FAMILY IN 1888 AND FOLLOWED HIS TRADE AS A PAINTER AND DECORATOR FOR SOME TIME. HE THEN WENT INTO THE FURNITURE BUSINESS AND LATER AUCTIONEERING UNTIL MOVING IN 1915.
1941
DUKE OF WINDSOR PINS WINGS ON GRADUATING AIRMEN AT CLARESHOLM.
1942
PATRONAGE ON CITY STREET CARS UP 30%, CITY BUSES 135%.
1943
DEATH ANNOUNCED IN MONTREAL OF ALEXANDER TILLOCH GALT, YOUNGEST SON OF SIR ALEXANDER TILLOCH GALT, FOUNDER OF LETHBRIDGE.
1943
MISS A.M. TILLEY M.B.E. RESIGNS AFTER 30 YEARS WITH LOCAL NURSING MISSION.
1948
BUY RITE CLOTHING STORE ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1905 MOVE TO 5TH STREET NORTH OF THE CAPITAL
1951
CJOC RADIO TO BRING COMPLETE RADIO PICTURE TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA OF ROYAL VISIT BEGINNING OCT.9.
October 7
1921
INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION DECIDED THAT ONLY WATER CROSSING THE BOUNDARY TO BE DIVIDED. CANADA GETS PRIOITY OF ST. MARY'S RIVER FLOW.
1922
ANXIOUS TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES ELDERLY MATRONS WITH BOBBED HAIR, SHORT SKIRTS AND PA- INTED FACES ARE BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE UNDER 18 CURFEW LAW IN EDMONTON.
1938
TABER IS SEEKING SUGAR FACTORY - DELEGATION MEETS WITH E.T. ROGERS.
1940
GLADSTONE VIRTUE CHAIRMAN OF THE YMCA MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN.
1941
CORA CASSELMAN (LIB. M.P. EDMONTON) PUSHES IN HOUSE OF COMMONS TO REDUCE PENSION AGE FROM 70 TO 65 AND INCREASE MONTHLY PAYMENTS FROM $20 TO $30.
1941
ONLY 276 OF QUOTA OF 592 REQUIRED TO REINFORCE CANADIAN ARMY ACTIVE ENLISTED HERE. REGION HEAD SAYS SOONER OR LATER WE MUST HAVE CONSCRIPTION.
1950
CURTAIN RISES ON LETHBRIDGE NEWEST THEATRE. SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S BEST PICTURES ALREADY BOOKED FOR THE NEW PARAMOUNT.
1952
GOV.- GEN. VINCENT MASSEY VISITS CITY.
1960
500 ACRES OF HAY DESTROYED ON BLOOD RESERVE BY PRAIRIE FIRE.
1966
SALVATION ARMY HARBOR LIGHT CENTRE AT 407-2ND AVE.SO. OFFICIALLY OPENS.
1967
PHOTOGRAPH OF NIKKA YUKO GARDEN TO BE GIVEN TO PREMIER JOEY SMALLWOOD OF NEWFOUNDLAND BY MAYOR FRANK SHERRING.
October 8
1903
LIEUT. - GOV. FORGETS ABOUT VISIT TO CITY.
1927
VOTERS GIVE FOUR TO ONE MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF MANAGERIAL GOVT.
1940
FEDERAL GOVT. WILL PAY CAPITAL COST OF WATER EXTENSION TO AIR PORT. THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN IT AFTER CONSTRUCTION
1941
AIRMEN MOVE INTO # 8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL.
1943
LOCAL HOSPITALS IN ACUTE NEED OF DOMESTIC HELP. REQUEST CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW USE OF JAPANESE EVACUEES.
1952
GOV.- GEN. VINCENT MASSEY GOES ON TOUR OF CITY.
1963
SOME 20 MINUTE PARKING METERS CHANGED TO 12 MINUTE METERS
1970
CENTRE VILLAGE MALL OFFICIALLY OPENED
October 9
1874
COL. MACLEOD & NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE ARRIVED AT THE GATES OF FORT WHOOP-UP.
1902
1ST X-RAY PICTURES TAKEN IN TOWN ON THE HOSPITAL'S NEW X-RAY MACHINE.
1924
GASOLINE HITS NEW LOW PRICE IN CITY. SELLING AT 31 CENTS A GALLON INCLUDING TAX.
1928
LETHBRIDGE IS TO HAVE A NEW $200,000 THEATRE. WILL HAVE A PIPE ORGAN, TALKIES AND STAGE PRODUCTIONS.
1929
NEW CAPITOL THEATRE ONE OF FINEST IN FAMOUS PLAYERS CHAIN. SAID TO EMBODY THE NEW LETH SPIRIT OF PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.
1941
PUSH TO MAKE UP SHORTFALL IN ARMY RECRUITING.
1941
CITY HALL TO GET NEW LAWN, NO HEDGE.
1943
SEA CADETS SHIP CHINOOK TO BE DEDICATED OCT. 14TH. COUNCIL TO ALLOW USE OF JAPANESE EVACUEES.
1943
NEW PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE AT 520 7TH ST. S. TO BE DEDICATED OCT. 10TH.
1950
THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE OPENED 960 SEATS. OPENING ATTRACTION BOB HOPE, & LUCILLE BALL IN FANCY PANTS.
1951
MAYOR TURCOTTE PRESENTS PLAQUE TO PARAMOUNT THEATRE MANAGEMENT ON ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY.
1952
LETHBRIDGE COUPLE, JACOB MANLY GIER AND MINNIE ROGERS GET MARRIED AT 82 AND 78 YEARS OF AGE RESPECTIVELY.
1952
GOV.- GEN. VINCENT MASSEY BACOMES HONORARY CHIEF OF BLOOD TRIBE.
1957
INGRID SCHROEDER, 18, CITY GIRL KILLED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT. TWO MEN HURT.
1965
39 BATTERY CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN LETHBRIDGE.
1974
NEW GRANDSTAND APPROVED FOR LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION GROUNDS.
1974
MONUMENT HONORING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARRIVAL OF NWMP UNVEILED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL
October 10
1889
FRED ARTHUR, LORD STANLEY, GOV. - GEN. OF CANADA VISITED LETHBRIDGE.
1905
GRAND TRUNK BUSINESS COLLEGE OPENING IN LETHBRIDGE.
1940
THE GOLDEN FLEECE WOOLEN MILLS IN MAGRATH JUST FINISHED ITS SECOND ORDER OF ARMY BLANKETS- 6000. IT STOPPED SELLING DIRECT AND IS NOW GOING THROUGH MERCHANTS AND BESIDES THE WAR ORDERS IS SELLING ACROSS THE WEST, MR. TANNER SAID.
1941
CJOC JOINS IN SEARCH FOR 100 RECRUITS FOR LETHBRIDGE'S 39TH BATTERY
1941
76 MILE PER HOUR WIND HITS CITY.
1941
BISHOP OF MUENSTER CONDEMNS NAZI PRACTICE OF MERCY KILLING OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES.
1952
MINISTER OF EDUCATION, A.O. AALBORG PRESIDES AT OPENING OF WILSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
1961
CORNERSTONE FOR NEW ST.ANDREW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LAID.
October 11
1885
LETHBRIDGE'S 1ST SUNDAY SCHOOL HELD BY J. D. HIGINBOTHAM - HE HAD 5 PUPILS.
1918
FIRST CASE OF INFLUENZA IN THE COMING EPIDEMIC
1923
ALBERTA'S 1923 CROP SAID TO BE GREATEST EVER RAISED ANYWHERE, IN ANY COUNTRY, ANY TIME.
1927
BRODIE BLOCK SOLD TO THOMAS G. BATES FOR $25,000. NEW OWNER SEES INDUSTRIES COMING IN FUTURE.
1941
CANADA CURBS INSTALLMENT BUYING--MINIMUM 50% DOWN PAYMENT.
1941
#8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL OPENS OCT. 14 AT KENYON FIELD, NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS NOT REVEALED.
1941
Y.M.C.A. MEMBERSHEP DRIVE-- ANNUAL RATES: BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL MEN (WITH TOWEL SERVICE) $18.00, SINGLE MEN 23+ $15.00 PER YEAR.
1944
CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON NEW WOOL RESEARCH LABORATORY AT EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
1944
STAFF SGT. GEO. HARVEY RCMP HAS BEEN CHOSEN CHIEF OF CITY POLICE.
1944
CITY MANAGER SAYS 12" WOODEN WATER MAIN FROM RIVER BOTTOM TO 14TH ST. TOWER MUST BE REPLACED.
1944
ALD. L.S. TURCOTTE SAYS CITY SHOULD TAKE LEAD IN SHOWING MORE CONSIDERATION TO RETURNING VETERANS.
1945
LOCAL BREWERY FACES SHUT DOWN DUE TO LACK OF COAL
1951
RABBIT MEAT IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA TO BE OFFERED IN CITY FOR 39 CENTS A POUND.
1961
COUNCIL WITHDRAWS APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF LETHBRIDGE CULTURAL CENTRE OUTSIDE OF CIVIC CENTRE AREA.