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February 8
1885
SURVEYOR EXPECTED TO LAY OUT TOWNSITE OF LETHBRIDGE.
1909
R.V.GIBBONS IN THE OTT BLOCK OFFERING LOTS IN DUFF SUBDIVISION FROM $75.00 -- EASY PAYMENT PLAN.
1910
ONE MAN DEAD AND FOURTEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT AT WHOOP-UP.
1910
CITY TO SPEND $50,000 ON PARKS AND BOULEVARDS.
1921
MOSCOVITCH'S BARN CATCHES FIRE -- $10,000 DAMAGE.
1928
NEW LETHBRIDGE TRAVELERS AID INN OPENS.
1940
RETIRED BRIG.GEN. STEWART IS THE CONSERVATIVE CHOICE TO RUN IN THE PROVINCIAL ELECTION.
1941
E.R. MC FARLAND ORGANIZES A WAR LOAN PARADE.
1944
JUDGE JACKSON RE-ELECTED PRES. RED CROSS.
1945
LETHBRIDGE.'S FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MRS. M.E.VAN HARLEM DIES.
1950
NEW UP-TO-DATE MAP OF CITY PREPARED BY BUILDING INSPECTOR LEE WATTS.
1951
RECORD SET AT STOCKYARDS -- 35 CENTS PER POUND FOR CALVES.
1955
$250,000 BRIDGE TO BE BUILT OVER WATERTON RIVER.
1957
GALT MINE #8 CLOSES
1960
CITY TO HAVE AN ALCOHOLISM CLINIC.
1961
PRESBYTERIANS PLAN $199,000 CHURCH.
1962
LETHBRIDGE FEED MILL PURCHASED BY CANADA PACKERS.
1963
EXPERIMENTAL STATION LEADING IN RESEARCH ON BEES TO IMPROVE ALFALFA AND CLOVER.
1964
CAMPAIGN PLANNED FOR NEW YMCA BUILDING.
1972
STUDENTS AT LCC VOTE FOR LIQUOR ON CAMPUS.
1975
RAIL YARD RELOCATION ON ALD. LIST.
RAILWAY RELOCATION, DRAG STRIPS AND A PATH AROUND HENDERSON LAKE TO BE DISCUSSED
1982
RAILWAYS WIN MAJOR CONCESSIONS
CANADA'S RAILWAYS TODAY WON MAJOR GRAIN TRANSPORTATION RATE CONCESSIONS FROM THE FED. GOVT.
1984
PROVINCE TO STUDY POLLUTANTS BEFORE THE DEFUNCT PINCHER CREEK GAS PLANT SITE CAN BE CLEANSED OF CONTAMINANTS WHICH LEAKED OUT DURING ITS 26 YEAR LIFE.
February 9
1910
DIAMOND CITY BAPTIST CHURCH OPENED.
1912
GREAT LAND RUSH EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
1923
LETHBRIDGE MOST TEMPERATE CITY IN PROVINCE ACCORDING TO GOVT.
1924
$50,000 FIRE HITS NANTON.
1928
GRAIN FED STEERS BRING $120 A HEAD AT LOCAL STOCKYARD.
1935
NET PROFITS FROM LIQUOR SHOW DROP.
DECREASE OF $128,847 COMPARED WITH 1934 IS REPORTED.
1940
WESTERN TRANSFER ANNOUNCED THEY HAD 2,500 TONS OF THE BEST ICE THEY HAVE EVER CUT.
IT WAS TAKEN FROM THE OLDMAN RIVER.
1940
J.M.CAMPBELL DIVISIONAL ENGINEER CPR WAS ELECTED DISTRICT COUNCILLOR OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF CANADA IN TORONTO.
1942
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTS.
1950
HARD-SURFACING OF HIGHWAY #3 URGED AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
1952
HENDERSON LAKE PAVILLION SOLD TO CITY MEN FOR $20,000.
1952
NEW WAREHOUSE OF MARSHALL WELLS LTD. OPENED AT 1014 3RD AVE.
1954
CRESCENT SUBDIVISION BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH AVE. AND 10TH AND 12TH ST.
1959
PROPERTY AT 4TH AVE AND 8TH ST BOUGHT BY IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA.
1960
NEW RECREATIONAL AREA CALLED "INDIAN BATTLE PARK"
NAME SUGGESTED BY LETHBRIDGE RESIDENT, J.B.R. STADDON.
1962
LIVESTOCK SALES ZOOM IN SOUTH ALBERTA.
1962
LETHBRIDGE OPPOSES TV OUTLET IN PICTURE BUTTE.
1962
ANNEXATION HEARING STARTS
THE CITY SEEKS 3,000 ACRES.
1966
LOCAL MP SAYS SLOW MOVEMENT OF GRAIN IS COSTING THE SOUTH $100 MILLION.
1967
MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE FORECAST FOR LETHBRIDGE.
1972
NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WESBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION LTD. IS FORMED IN CITY.
1973
DEPARTMENTAL EXAMS NO LONGER USED IN ALBERTA AS OF SEPT 73.
1974
NEW GRANDSTAND TO BE BUILT AT EXHIBITION GROUNDS.
1977
THREINEN ADMITS KILLING CHILDREN.
1982
GALT MUSEUM RENOVATION PUT ON HOLD FOR 12 MONTHS.
THE $3.1 MILLION GALT MUSEUM RENOVATION WAS DELAYED AT LEAST ONE YEAR BY CITY COUNCIL
February 10
1920
HON. C.R.MITCHELL, PROVINCIAL TREASURER SPEAKS AT ROTARY LUNCHEON.
1925
BUILDING REVIVAL FORECAST. SEVERAL NEW BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT.
1928
DR.W.S.GALBRAITH ELECTED PRES OF BOARD OF TRADE.
1928
LOCAL ALEXANDRA AND DALLAS HOTELS BEGIN RENOVATIONS.
INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE ARE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.
1943
CALL FOR ROOMS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES.
1947
JUDGE L.S.TURCOTTE CHARGES EFFORTS MADE TO DRIVE HUTTERITES FROM ALBERTA.
1947
LETHBRIDGE. LANDMARK HOME OF DAVIS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN RIVER- BOTTOM.
1948
ROTARY SPEAKER ENVISAGES JR. COLLEGE FOR LETHBRIDGE.
1953
PICTURE IN PAPER OF BARONESS, ONLY STEAMER EVER BUILT IN LETHBRIDGE. TO HAUL COAL TO MEDICINE HAT.
1953
MRS. ELIZABETH HAMMOND FIRST WHITE PERSON BORN IN WHAT WAS THEN NORTH WEST TERRITORIES DIES.
1955
PAVING OF HIGHWAY NO.5 BETWEEN CARDSTON AND WATERTON TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.
1956
FLEMING MOTORS LTD. MOVES FROM 5TH AVE AND 5TH ST. TO 1ST AVE. AND 7TH ST.
1958
CANADIAN LEGION MEMORIAL HALL FIRE CAUSES $15-20,000 DAMAGE.
1960
EIGHTY ACRES OF LAND PURCHASED FOR SITE OF NEW JUNIOR COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION TO START IN 1961.
1965
WOODWARDS TO LOCATE IN NEW SHOPPING CENTER.
1966
FISCAL PLANS SHAPED FOR UNIVERSITY.
1967
LETHBRIDGE CONSUMERS ASK FOR INVESTIGATION OF SAFEWAYS.
WONDER WHY THEY PAY MORE FOR FOOD HERE THAN IN THE EAST.
1968
DR.W.BECKEL ACCEPTS POST OF ACADEMIC VICE-PRINCIPAL OF UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE.
1971
FIRE IN ALBERTA HIGHWAYS DEPT. ASPHALT TRUCK AT 4TH AVE AND 5TH ST.
1972
STUDIES SHOW ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF STUDENTS AT WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL USE DRUGS REGULARLY.
1973
VALUE VILLAGE WILL BE REBUILT.
1975
ATHLETES ARRIVING ABOARD AIR FERRY.
THE FIRST WINTER GAMES ATHLETES BEGAN ARRIVING TODAY.
1977
CITY TO DEBATE 10 CENT HIKE IN TRANSIT FARE.
1981
CITY ENDS 1980 WITH 41.6 MILLION SURPLUS.
February 11
1909
LETHBRIDGE HIGHLY FAVOURED BY E.B. EDDY MATCH COMPANY LOOKING FOR BRANCH FACTORY IN WEST.
1920
CPR APPLIES FOR CHARTER FOR THE KIPP-RETLAW BRANCH.
1921
RETAIL MERCHANTS HEAR THAT CONDITIONS HERE ARE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE PROVINCE.
1922
BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING ON GALT GARDENS BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE.
1927
$40,000 ASKED FOR ADDITION TO WESTMINISTER SCHOOL.
1928
MASSEY HARRIS BUYS WEST CANADIAN HARDWARE WAREHOUSE PROPERTY ON FIRST AVE.
1931
PLATINUM FIND STIRS FOOTHILLS
AN EXTENSIVE STRIKE WEST OF STAVELY IS REPORTED.
1935
GAIN FREEDOM AND BELIEVED HEA- DED EAST IN STOLEN CAR. RONALD BOTTRELL, CLIFFORD BUCKLEY AND ERNIE VOSZLER ESCAPE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
1940
DEATH OF GOV. GEN.TWREEDSMUIR FIRST COMMONER TO BE GOVERNOR GENERAL.
1941
CITY TO REVISE WATER RATES.
1942
CPR STATION TO BE EXTENDED AND REMODELED.
1944
NEW SALARY SCALE FOR TEACHERS.
1946
BUTTER RATION CUT TO 4 OZ. PER WEEK.
1946
POW'S BEGIN JOURNEY TO BRITAIN
1949
COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUILDING OF 100 NEW HOUSES.
1950
BUILDING OF BUSINESS BLOCK ON CORNER OF 4TH AVE. AND 6TH ST. S. TO START SOON.
1953
LETHBRIDGE STUDENT TO ATTEND CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN JUNE.
1955
POOL TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN HENDERSON PARK.
1955
$400,000 BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED TO INTERPROVINCIAL COLD STORAGE FOR PROCESSING PLANT AT 28TH ST AND 2ND AVE.
1965
TWO SEPARATE SCHOOLS TO BE COMBINED.
TV IN CLASSROOMS NOW UNDER STUDY.
1969
SENATOR J.GLADSTONE AND JUDGE J.H.SISSONS TO GET FIRST U OF L HONOURARY DEGREES.
1972
FIRST BUFFALO USED FOR FEEDING PURPOSES IN SOUTHEN ALBERTA AT VALLEY FEEDERS.
1975
ALDERMEN ALLOW LIMITED SALT USE.
THE SALT IS MIXED WITH SAND AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED ON A FEW STREETS IN THE CITY.
1977
TELEVISION-RADIO TOWER AT LETHBRIDGE HAS STROBE LIGHT.
1982
BOARD PONDERS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FOR PROBLEM TEENS.
1983
"SUPERPHONE" A DEVICE TO HELP HEARING IMPAIRED, INSTALLED AT CITY HALL.
February 12
1909
FIRST BANQUET OF THE BOARD OF TRADE HELD.
1914
LETHBRIDGE TO HAVE CARNEGIE LIBRARY BY FALL, 1914
DECIDED BY CITY COMMISSIONERS.
1924
DEPOT CAFE ON FIRST AVE. COLLAPSES UNDER HEAVY GALE.
1946
TENDERS CALLED FOR NEW POLICE STATION ON CORNER OF 5TH ST AND 5TH AVE.
1947
HUTTERITE COMMISSION ENDS HEARING HERE.
1947
PLAN TO STUDY SELLING WAR TIME HOUSES TO RENTING VETERANS.
1948
PRESS FOR CP AIR SERVICE THROUGH LETHBRIDGE.
1953
CITY MAN LOSES 15 RELATIVES TO FLOODS IN HOLLAND.
1954
NEW COUNTY MAP AVAILABLE.
1962
NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER OUTLINED.
1963
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH STRESSES VALUE OF CIVIL DEFENCE.
1965
OLD GALT HOSPITAL MAY BECOME SIR ALEXANDER GALT HISTORICAL CENTRE.
1970
MORE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES PROPOSED FOR CITY HOSPITALS.
1973
INDIAN BATTLE PARK DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
1974
NEW NORTH LETHBRIDGE POOL NAMED STAN SIWIK FAMILY POOL.
1977
HUTTERITES WIN FIGHT AGAINST INCOME TAX.
1979
SELKIRK COMMUNICATION BOUGHT THE STATION AND CHANGED THE CALL LETTERS TO "CFAC-TV".
1980
AGREEMENT ON RAIL-RELOCATION DELAYED. MAYOR WANTS FURTHER MEETINGS BEFORE CITY CAN SIGN.
1981
WELL-PLANNED ROBBERY NETS $30,000 FROM LOCAL SAFEWAY STORE. SHOT FIRED.
1983
CITY WANTS OUT OF AMBULANCE SERVICE BUSINESS.
February 13
1895
S.B. SMITH STORE BURNS DOWN.
1902
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING ORGANIZED UNDER NAME OF WHITE.
1920
GIRLS AND BOYS MUST BE WITH A GUARDIAN AT PUBLIC DANCES IT IS THE LAW.
1928
GILMORE BAKERY IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE SOLD TO N.G.ELDER.
1931
TRACE OF GOLD, NO PLATINUM. IN LIVINGSTON RANGE
QUARTZ SAMPLES TESTED BY THE ASSAY OFFICE SHOWED NO PLATINUM.
1939
TABER FACTORY CONTRACT IS RATIFIED.
THIRD SOUTH ALTA. BEET SUGAR PLANT IS ANNOUNCED BY WOOD ROGERS CO. AND GROWERS COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
1945
CITY COUNCIL PLANS FOR VETERANS SUBDIVISION.
1946
EMERGENCY HOUSING WILL BE SUPPLIED AT #8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL.
1946
CIVIC CENTRE PLANS TO BE OVERHAULED.
1947
CONTINUE BAN ON HUTTERITES.
1948
TRUSTEES DECIDE TO PROCEED ON NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
1950
ST.PATRICK'S CHURCH AND NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH TO START CONSTRUCTION SOON.
1952
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD BUYS FIVE ACRES FOR $4,800.
1952
CITY HAS REPUTATION OF "RECREATION CENTRE OF CANADA"
1954
$160,000 LDS CHURCH TO BE BUILT ON 10TH AVE.
1954
NEW FILM TECHNIQUE, CINEMASCOPE MAKES DEBUT AT PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
1954
NEW OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE OF G.H. WOOD AND CO. OPENS AT 327 3RD ST.
1956
CHUCKWAGON RACES COME TO LETHBRIDGE THIS YEAR.
1956
RENOVATIONS TO BE MADE TO NORTHSIDE LIONS SWIMMING POOL.
1957
NO.8 MINE CLOSED AFTER 22 YEARS.
1957
SCHOOL CARETAKERS ADOPT 5-DAY, 40 HOUR WORK WEEK.
1964
HISTORIC CANNON IS FIRST PIECE TO BE SHOWN IN NEW CIVIC MUSEUM.
1970
U OF L STUDENTS AND FACULTY PROTEST BEFORE CITY HALL ABOUT LOW GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
1970
NEW MUMPS VACCINE AVAILABLE TO LETHBRIDGE DOCTORS.
1973
CITY PACKERS MAY MOVE FEEDLOT AND RENDERING PLANT OUTSIDE OF CITY AND PACKING PLANT TO INDUSTRIAL PARK.
1979
ALL LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS TO BE WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF BUS ROUTES.
1980
CHARLES J.F.BENY RETIRES. FOUR GENERATIONS OF FAMILY IN AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS IN SOUTH ALBERTA.
1984
SHAKING GROUND -- HIT 4.6 ON SCALE.
RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN ALTA. WERE AWAKENED AT 6:30 A.M.
February 14
1886
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OPENED
1906
LETHBRIDGE NURSES' HOME IS NOW COMPLETED.
1906
SCANDAL AT CLARESHOLM -- LOCAL GIRL IS WHISKED TO CALGARY FOR ILLEGAL ABORTION.
1907
BIG BOOM IN REAL ESTATE HERE AT PRESENT.
1907
SMALL POX HITS CLARESHOLM VIA HIGH RIVER. ADVANCING TOWARDS MACLEOD.
1920
LETHBRIDGE-WEYBURN LINE OF CPR TO BE COMPLETED IN 1920.
1927
NEW FLOWER SHOP (FRACHES) ATTRACTS LARGE CROWDS ON OPENING DAY.
1946
MAGISTRATE SAYS WIFE BEATING TOO COMMON HERE.
1947
MAJ. J.L.MOGRIDGE SUCCEEDS LT.COL. G.S.BROWN AS C.O. OF LOCAL ARTILLERY UNIT HERE.
1948
JAPANESE CITIZENS ASSOC. SECRETARY ADDRESSES LIONS.
1951
JOSEPH HICKS VETERAN OF RIEL REBELLION, PASSES IN CALGARY.
1953
HELP HOLLAND FUND GROWS TO $85,000 IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1955
MOBILE CIVIL DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS TO BE SET UP IN LETHBRIDGE.
1956
LETHBRIDGE TO HAVE JUNIOR COLLEGE BY 1957.
1958
PUBLIC VOTES 62 TO 6 AGAINST PARKING METERS IN DOWNTOWN LETHBRIDGE.
1961
MCGAVINS AND CANADIAN BAKERIES COMBINE OPERATIONS.
1962
GEORGE MCKILLOP TO RETIRE AFTER 42 YEARS SERVICE AS PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR IN SCHOOL SYSTEM.
1962
E.C.H. DAVIS LONG-TIME MANAGER OF EATONS DIES. MR.DAVIS WAS VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
1963
MEDICARE FORECAST IN THRONE SPEECH.
1963
LETHBRIDGE LOSES OUT TO EDMONTON IN BID FOR WESTERN VETERINARY COLLEGE.
1964
WHEAT PAYMENTS BRING $8,400,000 TO SOUTH.
1967
TENDERS CALLED FOR 5 STORY PARKADE DOWNTOWN.
1969
SATURDAY DELIVERY OF MAIL ENDED. POST OFFICE GOES ON FIVE-DAY WEEK.
1972
LCC STUDENTS BOYCOTT CAFETERIA IN PROTEST OF FOOD.
1979
TWO NEW SCHOOLS IN CITY BY FALL 1981 IN WEST AND NORTH LETHBRIDGE.
1982
NO PROBLEM FOR BLOODS TO RENT OUT FARM LAND. THE BLOOD BAND IS HAVING NO DIFFICULTY FINDING FARMERS TO RENT RESERVE FARM LAND DESPITE COMPLAINTS BY MANY WHITE FARMERS THAT A MASTER RENTAL AGREEMENT IS UNFAIR.