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March 8
1906
LETHBRIDGE MINER'S STRIKE
1906
CORP. KIMBERLY CHARGED WITH DRINKING LIQUOR AT PROHIBITED HOUR IN PLACE WITHOUT LICENSE.
1906
FIRST STEEL CAR WHEELS TO BE BUILT WEST OF LAKE SUPERIOR WERE BUILT TODAY IN LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS.
1910
HUDSONS BAY CO. TO EXTEND STORE SPACE HERE. BIG INCREASE IN TRADE FROM OPENING 4 YEARS AGO.
1910
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY TO BUILD ADDITION.
1915
CNR. NOT ABLE TO GET CASH. IT IS UNLIKELY LINE FROM CALGARY TO LETHBRIDGE WILL BE BUILT SOON.
1915
YMCA CAMPAIGN STARTS TOMORROW NEED IS VERY GREAT-PLEDGES FOR $700 PER MONTH ARE REQUIRED.
1916
RAID ON OPIUM DEN NETS BIG SUPPLY OF DRUG. FIVE MEN CHARGED.
1919
YMCA BOYS COUNCIL COLLECTS 2,600 BOOKS LIBRARY NOW REALITY.
1926
HOSPITAL WARD AT LETHBRIDGE JAIL NOW.
1926
CITY TO GET CENTRE SQUARE OF GALT GARDENS FROM CPR.
1927
LETHBRIDGE MAY IMPOSE AUTO LICENSES.
1937
TABER, DEL BONITA WELLS HITS CRUDE. PLAINS PETE IN; SUNSHINE IS PRODUCER.
1940
ALD. A. LAKIE DIED.
1940
HENNESEY AND WILSON OPENING REMODELED STORE.
1941
$100,000 FIRE RAZES SWEETGRASS
1941
BOARD OF TRADE PROTESTS CLOSING OF LAND OFFICE.
1945
LETHBRIDGE WELCOMES NEW INDUSTRY CO-OP PACKERS
1949
TURCOTTE CALLS FOR NEW DEAL FOR WEST IN RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES
1951
LETHBRIDGE URGED TO ELECT MAYOR RATHER THAN HAVE ONE OF COUNCILLORS NAMED AS MAYOR.
1955
DEMOLITION OF OLD DOMINION BLOCK FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY T.EATON CO. BEING DEMOLISHED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EATONS BUILDING.
1958
ST.FRANCIS BOYS' SCHOOL BLESSED BY BISHOP.
1961
SOD TURNED FOR NEW LIVESTOCK PAVILLION AT EX. GROUNDS.
1962
VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF "FAMILY STYLE" SWIMMING POOL IN HENDERSON LAKE AREA.
1974
CITY'S HISTORY INCLUDES BAR ROOMS AND BROTHELS
1977
COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN FOR PARALLEL PARKING ON 5TH ST
March 9
1886
FORBES AND HODDER - - FIRST MARRIAGE IN LETHBRIDGE
1906
U.M.W.A. CALLED MEMBERS OUT ON STRIKE
1908
ALBERTA DRUG & BOOKSTORE OPEN
1912
CITY TO SPEND THOUSANDS TO PURIFY WATER.
1914
WESLEY CHURCH OPENED ON THE CORNER OF 11TH ST. & 4TH AVE.S
1914
TEN LOCAL RAID VETERANS GET GRANT. LETHBRIDGE HAS A LIST OF FENIAN RAID VETERANS TO BE PROUD OF.
1915
LETHBRIDGE HONOURED BY HAVING SUPPLIED WHOLE MACHINE GUN SQUAD.
1916
NO EVIDENCE OF POLLUTION IN CITY WATER. HEALTH OFFICIALS LOOK FURTHER AFIELD FOR CAUSE OF TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. 18 NEW CASES REPORTED IN TWO DAYS.
1916
LARGE INFLUX OF U.S. FARMERS EXPECTED IN SOUTH. CHEAPER WHEAT LAND HERE THAN IN MONT.
1926
MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL TO BE BUILT BY GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AT WATERTON LAKES.
1927
CJOC RADIO HAS FIRST SCHEDULED BROADCAST.
1937
TABER GUSHER ATTRACTS WIDE INTEREST. FLOW GROWS AS PRESSURE OPENS WELL.
1938
NEW $80,000 THEATRE TO BE BUILT. WILL BE PART OF NEW BUSINESS BLOCK.
1938
AIRMAIL BRINGS SAME DAY DELIVERY FROM WINNIPEG. AND VANCOUVER.
1940
FLIGHT. LIEUTENANT .R. H. NIVEN AWARDED D.F.C. FOR GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION.
1942
CANADIANS. TO VOTE APRIL 27 ON PLEBISCITE TO RELEASE GOVT. FROM PROMISE OF NO CONSCRIPTION FOR SERVICE OVERSEAS.
1953
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH .
1954
HANAN AYNOR ISRAELI VICE CONSUL IN CANADA VISITS CITY.
1954
GARBAGE DISPOSAL UNITS BANNED IN CITY HOMES.
1956
EXPERIENCED MAIL SORTERS SORT UP TO 3,500 LETTERS AND HOUR.
1960
BUSINESSMEN BAND TOGETHER TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH LETHBRIDGE
1966
CPR. PLANS TO DROP LETHBRIDGE SERVICE.
1970
CATELLI EXPANSION WILL DOUBLE PRODUCTION.
1972
COLLEGE TO GET COMPLETE TELEVISION SET-UP AT COST OF $34,495
1981
CIVIC STRIKERS BEGIN 24 HOUR PICKETING
1921
STREET CARS COULDN'T RUN SO CITY WALKED TO WORK.
1922
LETHBRIDGE'S TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO SWITCHED OVER TO FINEST AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT IN NORTH AMERICA.
1926
PUBLIC INSPECTION OF LETHBRIDGE AGT. PLANT AND BUILDING MARKS 50TH BIRTHDAY.
1928
"HOTEL MARQUIS" IS NAME SELECTED FOR NEW HOSTELRY.
1932
AE CROSS DIES IN MONTREAL, HE WAS BURIED IN CALGARY.
1933
SIRLOIN AND T-BONE STEAK ADVERTISED FOR 14 CENTS A LB. AT SUPINA MARKET.
1938
COALHURST LANDMARK DISAPPEARS. SMOKE STACK FROM MINE POWERHOUSE DEMOLISHED.
1942
POWER PLANTS NEW BOILER MAY GO INTO ACTION SOON.
1942
RAYMOND TAKES STRONG ACTION AGAINST "JAPS" AND HUTTERITES.
1944
LETHBRIDGE TO GET $15,000 WOOL RESEARCH LAB.
1947
TO HARDSURFACE AIRPORT ROAD AND HIGHWAY WEST TO MONARCH
1951
FIRE IN SUBURBAN RIVER BOTTOM DESTROYS HOUSE AND PUTS TWO PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL.
1958
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH AT IRON SPRINGS BURNS TO GROUND.
1958
MRS.GENEVIEVE YATES DIES.
1961
TREE PLANTING SYSTEM FOR INDIAN BATTLE PARK. EXTENSIVE TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING TO CONTINUE OVER THREE YEARS.
1962
ONE OF PIONEER SETTLERS, WILLIAM F.RUSSELL DIES AGED 84. WORKED ON IRRIGATION UNDER ELLIOT GALT.
1964
NEW CHIEF NAMED. YELLOW HORN PEIGAN BOSS
1969
SECRETARY OF STATE GERALD PELLETIER AND IMPRESSIONIST RICH LITTLE VISIT CITY FOR THE OPENING OF WESTERN CANADA ARTS FESTIVAL
1973
NWMP TREK TO BE SKETCHED BY LOCAL ARTIST.
1981
MAJORITY OF ALDERMEN READY TO STAND BY OFFER TO CUPE
1982
ENID PEPPER AND STAN SIWIK NAMED TO ALBERTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
1984
THREE YEARS OF DEDICATION AND HARD WORK PAY OFF FOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN PUBLISHING OF "COALDALE GEM OF THE WEST"
1910
$100,000 NEEDED FOR NEW ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH.
1912
DRY FARMING CONGRESS MEETS TO DISCUSS BUILDING OF NEW LOCAL HOTEL.
1918
LIMIT PROFITS OF PACKING CO. ALL PROFITS OVER 15 PER CENT TAKEN.
1922
SAUNDERS HAY AND GRAIN CO. BUILDING ON 2ND AVE GUTTED BY FIRE.
1927
STUDENT ATTENDING LETHBRIDGE SCHOOLS FROM BEYOND DISTRICT BOUNDS WILL BE CHARGED 30 CENTS A DAY
1933
EMPRESS THEATRE SOLD FOR $21,000.
1933
C.S.MCDOUGALL, CITY OLDTIMER DIES.
1937
KEEP L.N. OPERATING REPORT URGES. CROP SHARE PAYMENTS SUGGESTED.
1941
WESTERN AIR PASSENGERS SET RECORD.
1942
LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF TRADE SUPPORTS RAYMOND COMMITTEE IN ACTION ON JAPANESE AND HUTTERITES.
1946
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL CONSIDERED FOR LETHBRIDGE
1948
SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD CALLS FOR TENDERS FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL
1953
MRS.A.B.STAFFORD, PROMINENT PIONEER WOMAN DIES.
1953
AS OF JUNE 1ST SOUTH SIDE A STREETS WILL DISAPPEAR.
1954
BARTENDERS IN 7 LETHBRIDGE HOTELS VOTE FOR STRIKE.
1954
HOSPITAL BOARD APPROVES RADIO SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS.
1960
FLORA MCKELVIE DIES AGED 98
1961
GENERAL FARMS SUPPLIES HOG OPERATION BURNT OUT.
1964
COMMISSION BACKS POLICE DEPT. SATISFIED WITH LIQUOR HANDLING RESOLUTION
1968
JUSTICE MIN. PIERRE TRUDEAU VISITS CITY
1971
APPROVAL GIVEN FOR $470,000 EXPANSION TO ST.MARY'S SCHOOL. TOTAL BUILDING PERMITS FOR 1970 ADD UP TO 27.5 MILLION
1971
NEW UNIVERSITY CAMPUS STARTED
1972
ANGLO DISTRIBUTORS HAS BEEN SOLD TO ACME NOVELTY OF EDMONTON.
1974
PUBLIC SERVICE DWARFS LOCAL PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
1978
OLD LEGION BUILDING AT 1ST AVE DEMOLISHED.
1980
WATERTON PARK LEASES LEAP. SHOCK TO OWNERS.
1981
MAYOR SAYS ALDERMEN STICKING WITH 'FINAL OFFER'
1983
FORMER MAYOR, JUDGE AND FIRST CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE LOUIS S.TURCOTTE DIES AT 78.
1984
UNIONIZED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN LETHBRIDGE WILL BE ASKED TO CUT WAGES IN HALF TO MAKE LOCAL BIDS MORE COMPETITIVE.
1907
$20,000 PROVINCIAL JAIL TO BE BUILT AT LETHBRIDGE.
1912
L. W. RAWLINGS OF DRISCOLL AND CONNORS INDIANAPOLIS WILL START LAYING PIPE FOR CANADIAN WESTERN LIGHT,HEAT AND POWER CO. FROM BOW ISLAND TO MONARCH
1915
ELLISON MILL AD CONTEST WAS A REAL WINNER.
1921
FIRST FINE IMPOSED FOR FAILURE TO PAY INCOME TAX. LAND CO. ORDERED TO PAY $100 AND COSTS.
1926
MOTOR TRANSPORT LINE AND BUFFALO HERD SUGGESTED IN WATERTON PARK.
1928
LETHBRIDGE CHARTER IS RUSHED THROUGH COMMITTEE. ONLY 12 MINUTES TO DISCUSS 134 PAGES.
1934
NEW DOOR AT CITY HALL WIDE ENOUGH SO THAT SKIRTS AND COATS WON'T BE CAUGHT AND TORN
1935
ALLEGED FORGERS TAKEN. HELD AT MOOSE JAW FOR POLICE HERE AND AT MEDICINE HAT.
1938
CHIEF ENGINEER OF OLD STEAM- BOAT 'ALBERTA' HALE AND HEARTY AT 88. THOMAS MCPHERSON TOOK STEAMBOAT TO SWIFT CURRENT AT TIME OF RIEL REBELLION.
1940
FIRST PENSIONS PAID TO 8 ALBERTA SCHOOL TEACHERS.
1942
LABOUR JOINS IN PROTEST OVER JAPANESE INFLUX FROM COAST.
1945
LETHBRIDGE ON T.C.A. MAINLINE
1947
LETHBRIDGE TO GET RESEARCH STATION EXPERIMENTAL FARM
1951
ARCHIBALD JAMES HUTTON, RESIDENT OF CITY FOR 56 YEARS DIES.
1953
110 ANIMALS EXAMINED FOR RABIES IN MONTH AT VETERINARY RESEARCH LAB NEAR LETHBRIDGE
1960
JAMES W.DALEY LONGTIME CPR EMPLOYEE AND PROMINENT IN CIVIC AFFAIRS DIES AGED 74.
1968
NEW MAYOR NAMED A.C.ANDERSON AND NEW CITY MANAGER T.L. FERGUSON
1972
METER MEN IN LETHBRIDGE CAN NOW GIVE OUT MORE THAN ONE TICKET A DAY TO THE SAME CAR.
1973
1,300 TEACHERS IN RURAL ALBERTA GO ON STRIKE. LENGTHY STOPPAGE FORECAST.
1974
SPORTSPLEX TO COST 3.9 MILLION
1976
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, FRED WEATHERUP PURCHASES KOOTENAI LODGE AND BAYSHORE MOTEL IN WATERTON
1977
CITY RESIDENTS FACE 36 PER CENT HIKE IN NATURAL GAS BILLS
1981
MAYOR SEES STRIKE AS ENDURANCE TEST
1911
NEW R.C.CHURCH TO COST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $75,000 (ST. PATRICK'S).
1912
MASONIC LODGE STARTED IN LETHBRIDGE
1915
SHEEPMEN MEET HERE MARCH 19 THEY WILL CONSIDER MEANS TO OVERCOME CRITICISM OF SETTLERS IN THE FOOTHILLS.
1919
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOC. FORMED.
1931
LCI WILL BE UNABLE TO ACCEPT GRADE 12 STUDENTS FROM SEPARATE SCHOOLS SYSTEM DUE TO CONGESTION.
1934
FIRST ANNUAL HORSE SALE IN LETHBRIDGE BRINGS LARGE CROWD.
1935
LETHBRIDGE CITY CHARTER CHANGES O.K. NEW POWERS GRANTED CITY COUNCIL.
1940
HARRY WELLS OF RYLANDS SAYS LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS ARE BUYING ALL COMMODITIES .
1942
GASOLINE RATION COUPONS ARRIVE.
1945
CITY COUNCIL INSISTS JAPANESE BE KEPT OUT OF LETHBRIDGE
1946
ST.MARY'S DAM EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR OPERATION IN SPRING
1948
OPERATION OF KENYON FIELD BEFORE COUNCIL
1950
P.O.W. CAMP DEMOLISHED.
1950
DEMOLITION OF HUGE POW. CAMP AT 28ST AND 5TH AVE N.
1951
NORTHSIDE IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA WILL NOW ACCEPT PAYMENTS OF CITY UTILITIES BILL.
1958
NEW SIMPSONS-SEARS STORE OPENS ON 7TH ST .
1959
COMMITTEE TO STUDY SUNDAY SPORTS IN LETHBRIDGE
1962
WARNINGS AGAINST WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CALLED "MONUMENTAL RED HERRING", BY CITY PLANNER
1963
STERN PROPERTY NOW UP FOR SALE ONE OF CITY'S OLDEST LANDMARKS MAY BECOME PARKING LOT.
1963
GALBRAITH SCHOOL CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
1967
HOME AND SCHOOL RECOMMENDS KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMME FOR ALBERTA SCHOOLS
1969
$150,000 TO BOAT PLANT AT 1234 3RD AVE
1970
SEPARATE SCHOOL STUDENTS LOSE SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICE
1971
FIRE LEVELS LETHBRIDGE ARENA
1972
SEPARATE SCHOOL STUDENTS LOSE SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICE
1973
PLANS FOR BRIDGE TO WEST LETHBRIDGE UNVEILED.
1980
PARK LEASEHOLDERS MAY REFUSE TO PAY.
1983
GAINERS MEAT PACKERS LAYS OFF 120 WORKERS IN PREPARATION FOR PLANT SHUT-DOWN.
1904
7 FAMILIES LEFT HOLLAND FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA
1907
TOWN OF WOODPECKER; CATTLE SHIPPING POINT TO BECOME A TOWN.
1912
ADDITION TO BE BUILT ON MONARCH BUILDING ON 4TH ST JUST SOUTH OF CITY HALL.
1912
GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF ALBERTA MEET IN LETHBRIDGE
1922
PERMIT TAKEN OUT FOR NEW BAKERY AT 8TH ST AND 7TH AVE.
1928
LETHBRIDGE CITY CHARTER IS ALMOST THROWN OUT.
1931
RECORD NUMBERS OVER 3,000 PUPILS ATTENDING CITY SCHOOLS.
1938
TRANS-CANADA TO FLY LETHBRIDGE TO EDMONTON ON REGULAR DAILY RUN.
1940
E.R.MCFARLAND GIVEN PERMIT FOR $6,000 HOUSE ON CORNER OF 7TH AVE AND 15TH ST.
1950
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIC ICE CENTRE AWARDED TO OLAND CO.
1951
WINDSOR RICHARD VINEY, RESIDENT OF THE CITY SINCE 1905 DIES.
1952
PICTURE AND ARTICLE OF FIRST HOUSE IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE ON 13ST OFF 1ST AVE.
1953
NEW BUFFET-DINER CAR TO BE USED ON SOUTH ALBERTA RAILWAY CAR
1959
CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION TO BE FORMED IN CITY
1960
1,200 TREES TO BE PLANTED ON CITY BOULEVARDS THIS SPRING.
1961
BIG NEW 100-LOT DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE
1969
FOUR YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMME WILL START AT U OF L
1970
UNIVERSITY DESIGN APPROVED.
1978
ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM PLANNED TO CURB LIBRARY BOOK LOSS
1981
WATER PLANT EMPLOYEES ORDERED BACK