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October 12
1905
NORTH STAR LODGE #4 FORMED IN LETHBRIDGE
1908
THE LYCEUM THEATRE OPENED. LATER CALLED THE EMPRESS THEN THE ROXY.
1943
A.G.T. SAYS LONG DISTANCE CALLS HAVE INCREASED 4255% SINCE PEARL HARBOUR, NOT INCLUDING AMERICAN ARMY CALLS.
1943
CITY BUSES HANDLED 9000 PASSENGERS TO #8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL JAMBOREE ON OCT. 7TH.
1943
VICTORY LOAN COMMITTEE ASKS RESIDENTS FOR PICTURES OF FAMILY MEMBERS ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
1944
LETHBRIDGE. VICTORY LOAN COMMITTEE HAS PURCHASED FLAGS AND FIREWORKS FOR VICTORY DAY CELEBRATIONS.
1944
BOARD OF TRADE URGES IMMEDIATE MOVE IN AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.
1945
ALBERTA MINERS VOTE TO REMAIN ON STRIKE - MEAT RATION INADEQUATE
1961
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MARKS 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
1976
GRANDSTAND TO BE TOTALLY DEMOLISHED IN 60 DAYS.
October 13
1882
PARTY OF 12-15 COAL MINERS UNDER DIRECTION OF WILLIAM STAFFORD OPENED DRIFT MINES NO. 1 & 2.
1904
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN AT ONCE ON NEW C.P.R. STATION IN LETHBRIDGE.
1905
NEW CEMETERY NOW OPEN.
1920
BASOFF, ONE OF PASS TRAIN ROBBERS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING CONSTABLE BAILEY AND SENTENCED TO HANG DEC. 22.
1927
CITY GETS LICENSE FOR PUBLIC CUSTOMS AIR HARBOR. SECOND CITY IN PROVINCE TO TAKE THIS STEP.
1943
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO JAPANESE LABOUR SITUATION AT BRODERS CANNERY.
1944
MAY SHIMBOSKI OF BARNWELL GIVEN PERMISSION TO LIVE IN EDMONTON AND ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA. GALT HOSPITAL BOARD WILL CONSIDER CASE OF HELEN SHIMBOSKI NEXT FRIDAY
1956
CAMPAIGN FOR CIVIC ELECTION NEARING END.
1976
TWO LARGE METAL GLOBES AND LETHBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SIGN REMOVED FROM OLD GRANDSTAND AS MEMORABILIA.
1979
STORAGE SHED OF DAVIS STEEL & METALS LTD., 1505 2ND AVE. S. DESTROYED BY FIRE.
October 14
1885
LETHBRIDGE GETS ITS NAME
1903
FIRST SOD TURNED FOR NEW WATERWORKS SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE DUE WEST OF HOSPITAL.
1924
CROWS NEST FREIGHT RATES ARE ABOLISHED. RATES REVERT TO THOSE IN EFFECT BEFORE JULY 6, 1924. DECISION WILL BE APPEALED.
1929
J.D.HIGINBOTHAM, PIONEER PHARMACIST, WHO CAME WEST WHEN INDIAN UPRISINGS WERE STILL COMMON, RETIRES FROM ACTIVE BUSINESS.
1941
WORK TO START IMMEDIATELY ON CUSTOMS WAREHOUSE AT KENYON FIELD.
1941
39TH BATTERY N.C.O.'S LEAVE FOR EAST. STILL NEED 94 MEN.
1942
CITY COUNCIL GAVE PERMISSION FOR A JAPANESE BOY TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL HERE BUT HE MUST NOT STAY IN CITY ONCE SCHOOL IS FINISHED AND THAT THIS MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED A PRECEDENT BY OTHER JAPANESE.
1960
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON 20 UNIT MOTEL OM MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVE.SO.
1965
AGRICULTURE MINISTER HARRY STROM OFFICIALLY OPENS VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IN LETHBRIDGE.
1967
UFO. SPOTTED OVER INDIAN BATTLE PARK
1971
ANDY ANDERSON DEFEATS GREGORY HALES IN MAYORALTY RACE AND RETURNS TO ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM.
1976
300 PROTESTORS MARCH THROUGH CITY STREETS JOINING FIRST NATIONAL WALKOUT BY ORGANISED LABOR IN CANADA.
October 15
1885
POSTAL SERVICE CHANGED ITS MIND AND DECIDED TO CALL ITS NEW POST OFFICE "LETHBRIDGE" INSTEAD OF "COALHURST."
1885
LETHBRIDGE MOVED FROM THE RIVER VALLEY TO THE PRAIRIE LEVEL.
1923
HUGH MACBETH, REAL PIONEER OF WEST DIES. HE CAME TO LETH WHEN THE CITY WAS FIRST FOUNDED.
1927
HOYT HARDWARE CO. WILL DO RETAIL AND WHOLESALE BUSINESS. B.B.HOYT IS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW CONCERN.
1928
METROPOLITAN STORES BUYS THE CONYBEARE BLOCK. NEW STORE OPENING PLANNED FOR SPRING.
1929
JACK MINER, WELL KNOWN NATURALIST SPEAKS TO LARGE CROWD IN CITY AND PLEADS FOR BIRD SANCTUARIES.
1930
STORAGE ELEVATOR CONTRACT LET - SUPERSTRUCTURE GOES TO VANCOUVER CONCERN.
1941
$54,000 IS OBJECTIVE OF COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE TO BE LAUNCHED OCTOBER 27TH.
1943
GRAHAM TOWERS, GOV. OF BANK OF CANADA IS HERE FOR OPENING OF VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN.
1943
LETHBRIDGE SCHOOLS OPENED OCT. 12, AFTER LONGEST HOLIDAY IN LOCAL HISTORY.
1943
SENATOR W.A. BUCHANAN IN WINNIPEG TO ATTEND DINNER CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS IN JOURNALISM OF DR. J.W. DAFOE.
1952
FIRST TWO RESIDENTS OF SENIOR CITIZENS' HOME MOVE IN.
1962
CAIRN HONOURING FATHER VAN TIGHEM FIRST ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN AREA UNVEILED AT ST PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
1964
FRANK SHERRING RE-ELECTED MAYOR AND LETHBRIDGE VOTES IN FAVOUR OF NIGHT SHOPPING.
1965
LETHBRIDGE HERALD RECEIVES GOLDEN HERITAGE OF FREE SPEECH CERTIFICATE FROM GREEN ACRES KIWANIS CLUB.
1970
CONST.M.A.CLANDFIELD PRESIDENT OF LETHBRIDGE CITY POLICE ASSOCIATION FIRED FOR HAVING OUTSIDE INTERESTS.
1972
FORT MACLEOD GOES THROUGH OPENING CEREMONIES FOR ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR
October 16
1885
W. TAYLOR TO ESTABLISH MILK DELIVERY SERVICE.
1926
TWO THOUSAND TONS OF LETHBRIDGE COAL HEAD EAST BY TRAIN.
1940
BANK OF COMMERCE BUILT IN 1914 ON 13TH ST.NO. IS SOLD TO DOUGHTY TO BE TURNED INTO NORTH SIDE THEATRE
1941
ALBERTA LICENSE PLATES FOR 1942-43 WILL BE WHITE ON BLUE.
1941
FURNITURE SALES DROP AS A RESULT OF INSTALMENT BUYING CURBS.
1942
A THOUSAND PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO ARENA LAST NIGHT TO DANCE TO MUSIC OF MART KENNEY AND HIS WESTERN GENTLEMEN.
1942
LESLIE GRANT ARRIVES AS NEW RECTOR AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S.
1943
72,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGER BEING BUILT AT #8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL.
1944
602 PUPILS ENROLLED AT L.C.I.
1962
ALD CLIFF BLACK SAYS GOODBYE TO CITY ADMINISTRATION HE SERVED FOR TEN YEARS.
1976
SOME OF LETHBRIDGE'S PROMINENT CITIZENS RECALL PAPER-TOTING DAYS ON INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER CARRIER DAY.
October 17
1894
H. BENTLEY GIVEN CONTRACT TO FURNISH COURT HOUSE.
1901
CLARK HOUSE GRANTED LIQUOR LICENSE DESPITE PROTEST.
1931
VULCAN ACCIDENT IS FATAL. CALGARY LADY SUCCUMBS TO BAD INJURIES. MRS.GEO.STODDARD ON WAY TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF CHAMPION GIRL IS VICTIM.
1938
T.C.A. INAUGURATES EXPRESS SERVICE ACROSS CANADA.
1940
WORK COMMENCES ON KENYON FIELD FOR THE NEW BOMBING SCHOOL
1941
MOBILIZATION OF 112TH BATTERY R.C.A. CANADIAN. ARMY ACTIVE WAS ORDERED TODAY. THERE WILL BE NO RECRUITING UNTIL A C.O. IS NAMED.
1941
A.T.A. ADMITS SHORTAGE OF $700 TEACHERS BUT CLAIMS THERE WOULD BE NO SHORTAGE OF $1000 TEACHERS. (YEARLY SALARY.)
1942
NAZI TORPEDO SINKS NOVA SCOTIA - NEWFOUNDLAND FERRY IN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. 137 LOST INCLUDING 16 WOMEN AND 14 CHILDREN AND MANY WESTERN MILITARY PERSONNEL.
1944
ALL EIGHT DAUGHTERS OF SIR ALEXANDER GALT, ONE OF FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION AND MINISTER IN SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD'S FIRST CABINET, ARE STILL ALIVE
1944
COALDALE MAN GIVEN 12 MONTHS HARD LABOUR FOR FAILURE TO REPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE
1951
SOUTH ALBERTANS GOING TO CALGARY EN MASSE FOR VISIT OF ROYAL COUPLE TOMORROW.
1952
DAVID SHARPE OF CITY ENDS 54 YEAR CAREER IN WHOLESALE BUSINESS AS HE RETIRES AT AGE 75.
1952
NEW DOME CARS TO APPEAR ON CPR TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE IN 1954.
1957
FORMER MAYOR SHACKLEFORD ELECTED ALDERMAN AFTER STINGING 1955 DEFEAT.
1962
ALBERTANS CAST BALLOTS FOR CIVIC ELECTIONS TODAY.
1964
MERCHANTS FAVOUR THURSDAY FOR NIGHT SHOPPING IN CITY.
1966
COUNCIL TO VIEW NUDE PAINTING HANGING IN REFRESHMENT LOUNGE OF THE YATES CENTRE.
1968
FOUR CANDIDATES OF NEW INDEPENDENT CIVIC ASSOC. SOUNDLY DEFEATED IN CIVIC ELECTION
1974
LETHBRIDGE VOTERS VOTE FOR FLOURIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.
1979
ALBERTA TOTAL OF MUTILATED CATTLE NOW 22 SINCE AUG. 13, 1979.
1981
OLD NOLAN BRIDGE NORTH OF COALDALE COMING DOWN - SPANS TO BE USED NEAR GRANDE PRAIRIE.
1983
VOTERS GO TO POLLS IN CIVIC ELECTION.
October 18
1914
THE FIRST MORMON SETTLERS IN LETHBRIDGE ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE ARRIVED DURING THE WINTER OF 1899-1900 FROM STIRLING & MAGRATH. LDS SERVICES WERE HELD IN ELDER'S HOMES & IN VARIOUS HALLS UNTIL THEIR OWN CHURCH WAS OPENED IN OCTOBER.
1924
MINE WORKERS IN CITY GET ORDER TO RETURN TO WORK. STRIKE SETTLED FOLLOWING SIX MONTHS OF IDLENESS.
1927
BASIS OF NEW CITY CHARTER ADVANCED. DUTIES OF CITY MANAGER AND COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL AGREED ON.
1939
MAY TRAIN AIR UNITS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. ADVANTAGES FOUND HERE. BIG FACTOR CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGES ATTRACT GOVERNMENT ATTENTION
1941
DR. AND MRS. EDMUND CAIRNS AND SMALL SON ROSS HAVE MOVED FROM 8TH ST. S. TO THEIR NEW HOME AT 951-13TH ST. S.
1941
125 CITY MEN BELONG TO 112 TH BATTERY -- IS LAST CITY BATTERY TO BE MOBILIZED -- WAS ORGANIZED IN 1936. GREAT LOCAL INTEREST IN WHO WILL BE C.O.
1941
MRS. FRITZ SICK DIES AT VANCOUVER. (IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1901 TO 1930.)
1956
PARRY, VIRTUE RETURNED TO HOSPITAL BOARD AND TURNER HEADS POLLS AS LAKIE, BLACK AND MAYOR HAIG WINNERS IN CIVIC ELECTION.
1961
VOTERS GO TO POLLS FOR ELECTION OF THREE ALDERMEN AND FORCASTING A VOTE FUROR AGAINST HAVING ALDERMEN CHOOSE MAYOR RATHER THAN ELECTORS.
1962
FRANK SHERRING ELECTED MAYOR REPLACING E.C.LONSDALE.
1966
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES THAT NUDE PAINTING WILL STAY IN YATES CENTRE.
1968
LIQUOR SALES FROM THE TWO LIQUOR OUTLETS IN CITY TOTAL TWO POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE YEAR.
1972
ALBERTA GOES ON TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME FOR FIRST TIME AND MOST LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS APPROVE.
1979
HOSTAGE-TAKING AND SHOOTING INCIDENT AT 23 RD ST. AND 6TH AVE. N. LEAVES NEIGHBORHOOD ANXIOUS.
1983
NORM DUCE CHARGES HANDLING OF ELECTION "SLOPPY."