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November 16
1911
MORRIS THEATRE OPENED. LATER KNOWN AS "SHERMAN T" 1913, "ORPHAN" 1917, "COLONIAL" 1920 "PALACE" 1924, AND "CAPITAL" 1929,. IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1974 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LETHBRIDGE. CENTRE.
1923
LETHBRIDGE IS TO HAVE A HOME FOR OLD MEN. THE FORMER CHILDREN'S SHELTER HAS BEEN ADAPTED FOR THE PURPOSE.
1928
INCREASED ENROLLMENT AT NEW COLLEGIATE LEADS TO OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS, MORE TEACHERS AND MORE ROOM NEEDED.
1940
A TRAINING PLANE CRASHED NEAR MAGRATH KILLING BOTH CREW MEMBERS.
1940
WORK STARTS ON LEALTA THEATRE ADDITION IN OLD BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING.
1942
LETHBRIDGE SCHOOLS COMMENCE OPENING AT 0930 HRS. SHORTEN LUNCH HOUR TO COOPERATE IN SAVING ELECTRICITY. LIQUOR STORES WILL CLOSE AT 10 P.M. INSTEAD OF MIDNIGHT.
1943
BANQUET HONORS MISS A.M. TILLEY M.B.E. ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE NURSING MISSION.
1943
CITY OFFERS ARENA CO. $3875 TO OPERATE THIS WINTER, FOR ICE SPORTS.
1953
FIRES NEAR CITY CAUSE DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $500,000. 220,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT LOST AT PICTURE BUTTE.
1967
CJLH-TV PRESIDENT NORM BOTTERILL OFFERS THEIR STUDIOS TO CFCN-TV OF CALGARY DUE TO DEMAND FOR ALTERNATE STATION VIEWING.
1977
LCC HAS NOON HOUR FORUM ABOUT SUICIDE PROMPTED BY DEATH OF 19-YEAR-OLD LCC RECREATION STUDENT.
November 17
1885
RIEL'S EXECUTION.
1904
WATER TURNED ON TO DEMONSTRATE THE MILK RIVER COULD IRRIGATE THE RAYMOND AREA.
1921
GOLD STRIKE IN SWEET GRASS HILLS AND RUSH TO FILE CLAIMS NOW UNDER WAY.
1923
NO DRUG ADDICTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE GALT HOSPITAL. NEW RULING ADOPTED OWING TO THE GREAT TROUBLE THEY CAUSE.
1941
LABOR MEETING VOTES TO FIELD FULL SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR ALL VACANCIES IN UPCOMING COUNCIL ELECTION.
1943
BILL CHERLENKO, LETHBRIDGE GREYHOUND BUS DRIVER, TAKES FIRST BUS OVER ALASKA HIGHWAY AS SERVICE OPENS.
1943
LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF TRADE SAYS FACT THAT HUTTERITES ARE BUYING MORE LAND IS PROOF THEY HAVE AN EXCESS OF MANPOWER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LABOUR SHORTAGE ON FARMS.
1945
THREE GERMAN POW.'S COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FOR MURDER
1948
THE SEA CADETS MOVED INTO THEIR " SHIP" ON 10TH AVE AND 17TH STREET.
1961
LETHBRIDGE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER EARL J.MACLEOD RETIRES TO ENTER BUSINESS AT CALGARY.
1969
PETER LOUGHEED LEADER OF PROV. PC PARTY VISITS CITY.
1977
LOCAL SCHOOL ZONE HOURS SHOULD NOT BE EXTENDED, WOULD CAUSE DANGER TO CHILDREN, AMA SAYS.
November 18
1921
NEW FEMINISM IS NOT ROCKING THE CRADLE BUT RATHER THE FAMILY BOAT. AMERICAN HOMES SAID TO BE DISINTEGRATING UNDER ITS INFLUENCE.
1941
BRODER CANNING CO. QUESTIONS COUNCIL RE TAXATION IF THEY WERE TO DOUBLE SIZE OF CANNERY
1942
ALBERTA FACING SERIOUS COAL SHORTAGE DUE TO LACK OF MINERS
1942
MELODY LANE, CITY'S NEWEST DANCE PAVILION OPENS TOMORROW NEXT TO POST OFFICE.
1953
CRASH IN FOOTHILLS WEST OF CLARESHOLM ENDS HAPPILY AS SPOTTER PLANE GUIDED TO SCENE BY LAST FLARE.
1977
23-YEAR-OLD BEETWORKER JAILED FOR SHOOTING 2 DRINKING BUDDIES.
1983
JOHN WOODS RENAMED PRESIDENT OF U. OF L. FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.
November 19
1902
SASH AND DOOR FACTORY TO BE BUILT IN LETHBRIDGE.
1921
UNEMPLOYED NUMBER AROUND 400.
1923
EARLY MORNING BLAZE WIPES OUT ELLISON FLOUR MILL AT RAYMOND.
1924
THE HERALD INTRODUCES A NEW FEATURE IN THE FORM OF CROSSWORD PUZZLES. AS A 'BRAIN DUSTER' THEY ARE SUPREME.
1926
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND BY ARRANGEMENT WITH 'JOCK' PALMER WELL KNOWN RADIO PIONEER, THE SERVICE OF EVENSONG WILL BE BROADCAST FROM ST.AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH.
1930
INDIAN CRUSHED AT RIVER MINE NEAR MAGRATH. MISTAKING CHIEF OF BLOOD TRIBE KILLED IN FALL OF EARTH AND ROCKS
1940
KENYON FIELD TRANSFERRED TO FEDERAL CONTROL UNTIL AFTER THE WAR.
1940
CITY COUNCIL REFUSES MEDICAL SOCIETY OFFER TO DO RELIEF WORK FOR $2,500 PER YEAR.
1942
1941 CENSUS SHOWS 65% OF LETHBRIDGE POPULATION IS OF ANGLO-SAXON DESCENT.
1951
FIRST CASE OF TYPHOID IN FIVE YEARS REPORTED IN CITY.
1962
PROMINENT FLORIST, A.O.FRACHE DIES.
1963
SVEN ERICKSEN REPLACES A.C. ANDERSON AS PRESIDENT OF LETHBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
1964
JOHN E. PALMER DIED IN CALGARY AT 64 YEARS OLD.
1975
POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING OF WHITETAIL BUCK DEER AT STEWART GAME FARM.
November 20
1929
ENGINEERS RUN SURVEYS FOR NEW NORTHERN HIGHWAY. WORK CONNECTED WITH LETHBRIDGE-ALDERSYDE GRAVELLED ROAD.
1940
JOHN FILCHAK KILLED BY ROCK FALL IN #8 MINE.
1941
PRES. OF CIVIC GOV'T ASSOC. SAYS IT WAS AGREED LAST YEAR NOT TO HAVE CIVIC ELECTIONS DUE TO WAR SITUATION, BUT LABORS VOTE TO FIELD CANDIDATES WILL FORCE CIVIC ELECTION.
1942
LETHBRIDGE GREYHOUND BUS DRIVERS WALTER HYSLOF AND BILL BROWN ARE DRIVING OVER THE ALASKA HIGHWAY WHICH OPENED AT 10 A.M. TODAY.
1943
MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS COMPLAIN HUTTERITES AND DOUKHOBORS GOBBLE UP LAND WHILE CANADIAN BOYS ARE OVERSEAS.
1943
MAYOR ELTON RETIRING FROM CIVIC LIFE.
1953
ED NOAD'S CLARESHOLM STEER TAKES GRAND CHAMPION AT TORONTO FAIR.
1957
$475,000 WEIR ON RIVER AT LETHBRIDGE COMPLETED.
1961
LOCAL CHAPTER OF MOOSE CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY.
1964
LEIGHTON FORD CRUSADE DRAWING BIG CROWDS HERE.
1967
TWO LETHBRIDGE MILITIA SOLDIERS BOTH 17 YEARS OLD KILLED AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE NEAR WAINWRIGHT ALBERTA.
1972
CITY ACCUSED OF BEING A SOCIALIST WELFARE WONDERLAND BY MONA THORBURN
November 21
1901
LETHBRIDGE REAL ESTATE PRICES RISING.
1901
MORMON CHURCH ORGANIZED AT RAYMOND.
1941
WINTER DESCENDS WITH BITING WINDS AND SNOW.
1941
OPENING OF GREENS SEED AND FEED STORE ON 2ND AVE. S.
1951
COUNCIL REJECTS PROPOSALS TO OPERATE LIBRARY ON NORTH SIDE.
1952
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE URGES CITY COUNCIL TO WIDEN 3RD. AVE. S. EAST OF 13TH ST.
1953
JAMES HAMILTON MET HIS DEATH "AS A RESULT OF BLOWS TO THE HEAD BY A BLUNT INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN".
1955
TELEVISION CAME TO LETHBRIDGE ON THIS DATE WHEN CJLH-TV WENT ON THE AIR. THE CALL LETTERS CAME FROM CJOC AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, CO-OWNERS OF THE STATION.
1955
$275,000 ADDITION TO EAST LETHBRIDGE SHOPPING CENTRE.
1957
BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY OVER SOUTH ENJOYS PAY-OFF SEASON.
1961
LETHBRIDGE SAND AND GRAVEL CO. LTD. SUES CITY OF LETHBRIDGE FOR $15,000
1964
CITY ODDFELLOWS MARK 75 YEARS
1977
CITY DUMP CLOSURE WOULD FREE 133 ACRES FOR DEVELOPMENT.
November 22
1901
LETHBRIDGE REAL ESTATE PRICES RISING.
1906
W. L. MAC KENZIE KING, DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOUR ARRIVED TO MEDITATE THE MINE DISPUTE
1921
WAR, DEPRESSION AND DROUGHT OF THE LAST FEW YEARS RESULTED IN A GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY AS TO THE WELFARE OF THOSE IN THE AREA.
1929
AIR MAIL FOR LETHBRIDGE ASSURED. CITY WILL GO ON PRAIRIE ROUTE NEXT SPRING. NEW LIGHTING TO BE INSTALLED AT THE AIRFIELD.
1933
LETHBRIDGE HONORS IN WHEAT AT TORONTO ROYAL WINTER FAIR.
1940
CORVETTE LAUNCHED TO-DAY WAS CHRISTENED "LETHBRIDGE" BY MME PIERRE CASGRAIN WIFE OF MINISTER OF STATE
1943
DEATH OF EDITH NIVEN, LETHBRIDGE ORIGINAL. HUSBAND REPUTED TO BE FIRST WHITE MAN TO HAVE SLEPT ON LETHBRIDGE TOWN SITE.
1945
ALD.ARTHUR BARNSLEY ACTIVE IN CITY LIFE DIES AFTER FALL ON ICE IN DOWNTOWN AREA
1951
HON. IVAN CASEY, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, OFFICIATES AT OPENING OF ALLAN WATSON SCHOOL
1952
LARGEST ROOT CELLAR IN ALBERTA AND PERHAPS ALL OF CANADA, BEING REOPENED AT EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH LETHBRIDGE.
1977
POSTAL RATE TO INCREASE TO 14 CENTS IN APRIL, 1978.
1977
$938,700 EARMARKED FOR ADDITIONS AND REPLACEMENTS TO CITY EQUIPMENT POOL.