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June 7
1906
LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF TRADE FAVORS SUBWAY.
1921
ALBERTA LINK IN TRANS-CONTINENTAL HIGHWAY WILL BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
1923
CITY TAX RATE FIXED AT 46.67 MILLS.
1924
GREAT BRITAIN WILL ABSORB MOST OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA WOOL CLIP. PRICES HIGHER THAN THOSE IN US
1927
CITY OIL MEN AWAIT REPORT ON REFINERY TEST FROM DEVENISH STRIKE AT SKIFF.
1930
MAIN HIGHWAYS TO BE NUMBERED.
1931
THE CENOTAPH WAS SCULPTED BY COEUR DE LEON MCCARTHY OF MONTREAL & WAS UNVEILED IN GALT GARDENS.
1938
FEARS FOR WATER SUPPLY. SENATOR BUCHANAN WARNS FOREST FIRES ARE DENUDING EASTERN SLOPE OF ROCKIES.
1939
KENYON FIELD, THE LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED. EXPECTED A CROWD OF 8000 BUT GOT 30,000. THE WORST TRAFFIC JAMB IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
1940
LOCAL BREWERY WORKER FOUND GUILTY UNDER DEFENSE OF CANADIAN REGULATION.
1940
CANADIANS NOW REQUIRE PASSPORTS TO VISIT U.S.A.
1941
PAPER CO. OPENING BRANCH IN LETHBRIDGE
1941
OPENING OF BOMBING SCHOOL WILL CREATE ACUTE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
1943
ANOTHER WELL STRIKES OIL AT TABER.
1945
CORONERS JURY RECOMMENDS THAT ALL PERSONS BOOKED BY POLICE BE MEDICALLY EXAMINED FOLLOWING THE CELL DEATH OF PRISONER BY CEREBAL HEMORRAGE
1955
TWO OF LETHBRIDGE'S LARGEST BUILDING CONTRACTORS, EMIL PHAFF AND ARTHUR DORIGATTI HAVE MERGED THEIR COMPANIES AND WILL BUILD MEDIUM PRICED HOMES IN SOUTH LETHBRIDGE.
1957
"LIVE" TV FOR CITY WHEN MICROWAVE PHONE SYSTEM GOES INTO ACTION IN NOV.
1961
LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS VOTE ON FLOURIDATION ISSUE.
1962
GASOLINE PRICES RISE 1 CENT IN THE CITY.
1963
OLD HOUSE AT 515 7TH ST TORN DOWN.
1965
THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD GETS NEW TYPE OF PRINT, DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS.
1966
CHAMBER GOODWILL TRAIL OFF ON TWO-DAY TOUR TO CROWSNEST PASS
1967
LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE ADDITION GETS GREEN LIGHT.
1974
$500,000 CHEESE PLANT OPENS IN GLENWOOD.
1979
MAN ADMITS PART IN CITY JEWEL BURGLARY.
June 8
1899
A.E. CROSS, A PORCUPINE HILLS FARMER, AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDE. MARRIED HELEN ROTHNEY, DAUGHTER OF RNWMP COLONEL JAMES F. MACLEOD.
1923
HERALD REPORTS A BENTON INVENTOR HAS PRODUCED WHAT HE CALLS "TELEVISION", AN APPARATUS WHICH WILL TRANSMIT SOUND AND PICTURES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
1925
ANDREW BOWER, VETERAN PARK WARDEN AT WATERTON IS KILLED IN FALL FROM HORSE.
1930
T.O.KING IS U.F.A. CANDIDATE CHOSEN ON FIFTH BALLOT. WILL CONTEST THE LETHBRIDGE FEDERAL RIDING IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
1931
MEMORIAL TO CITY'S HEROIC DEAD UNVEILED IN GALT GARDENS.
1936
RAIN SOAKS ALL SECTIONS OF SOUTH
SNOW BLANKETS MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
1938
RCMP BARRACKS TO BE TURNED OVER TO CITY SHORTLY. DEAL NEARS CONCLUSION.
1942
THOUSANDS OF POW.'S ARRIVE INCLUDING TWO GERMAN GENERALS.
1953
THE STORM CONTINUES. COMPULSORY EVACUATION OF 30 RIVER BOTTOM HOMES ORDERED FOLLOWING EMERGENCY MEETING OF CIVIL DEFENCE OFFICIALS. ROADS ARE BLOCKED AND BRIDGES WASHED OUT IN THE AREA. DAMAGE IS SAID TO BE CONSIDERABLE.
1954
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE SALE OF LAND IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE TO HORTON STEEL WORKS LTD. WHILE THE INITIAL PLANT WILL COST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IT IS EXPECTED THAT UP TO TWO MILLION WILL EVENTUALLY BE SPENT HERE BY THE COMPANY.
1955
THE BODY OF SEVEN YEAR OLD CAMERON ARCHIBALD WHO DROWNED IN HENDERSON LAKE WAS RECOVERED TODAY IN 10 FEET OF WATER.
1961
LETHBRIDGE REJECTS FLOURIDATION.
1964
SIDNEY CLARKE, CITY PLANNER RESIGNS.
1964
WATERTON PARK CLOSES AS FLOOD HITS TOWNSITE.
1967
BREWERY PLANS NEW $1.75 MILLION PLANT IN LETHBRIDGE
1970
AIR CANADA MOVES OUT OF THE CITY
1970
PIONEER LAW OFFICE OF SIR FREDERICK W.G.HAULTAIN RESTORED AT FORT MACLEOD.
1971
DEMOLITION OF FLEETWOOD SCHOOL BEGINS.
1930
A.G.BAALIM ENTERS POLITICAL RACE. LIBERAL CANDIDATE ANNOUNCES HIS DEFINITE ENTRY INTO CAMPAIGN.
1941
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE GOES INTO EFFECT IN CANADA JULY 1ST
1945
GALT HOSPITAL BOARD STUDIES PROPOSED SITE AND TYPE FOR NEW HOSPITAL
1950
A FLASH FIRE IN THE HERALD BUILDING FORCES PUBLICATION OF A TABLOID EDITION. THE BIG PRESS IS TEMPORARILY OUT OF ACTION.
1955
TURTLE MOUNTAIN IS GIVING CAUSE FOR CONCERN
NEW CRACKS AND STEAM COMING FROM THEM GIVES RISE TO FEARS OF ANOTHER SLIDE -- RCMP ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE SITUATION.
1956
20,000 DUTCH IMMIGRANTS COMING TO CANADA IN 1957. FARM UNION AND IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS VISIT LETHBRIDGE AS PART OF A CROSS-CANADA TOUR.
1965
LETHBRIDGE MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER.
1976
SEVERAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CLOSE DURING LUNCH HOUR.
1977
DROUGHT GETS CHOKEHOLD ON SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
June 10
1925
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA LAUNCHED WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.
1927
OIL STRIKE STARTS BOOM AT SKIFF.
1930
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN INVESTIGATION BOARD IS NAMED. M.L.WILSON BOZEMAN HEADS ORGANIZATION TO FIX RATE SCHEDULE.
1938
U.C.T. CONVENTION OPENS.
1940
A. CULLEN AND W.P. DAVIDSON, LETHBRIDGE BARRISTERS WERE ADMITTED TO THE BAR.
1942
SUPT.C.LECAPELAIN OF WATERTON PARK IS NAMED LIASON OFFICER TO ALASKA HIGHWAY.
1958
OVER 200 NEW RESIDENCES APPROVED THIS YEAR.
PERMITS NEARING $2 MILLION MARK.
1959
MRS. BEULAH ROSS GRIFFING, 66, OF CITY BEATEN TO DEATH BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.
1963
LETHBRIDGE HERALD WINS MERIT AWARD FROM CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
1964
TORNADO RIPS THROUGH RICH CROWSNEST PASS TIMBER.
1964
CONSTABLE BYAM FIRST LETHBRIDGE POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY, DROWNS.
1972
WATER RATIONING IN CITY STARTS FOR LAWNS AND GARDENS.
June 11
1902
FERRY SERVICE SET UP TO REPLACE BRIDGE LOST IN FLOOD.
1925
HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS BOARD PLANS TO MARK OLD FORT MACLEOD SITE.
1930
NEW RECTORY TO BE BUILT FOR ST AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH.
1943
SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE TEST OF ITS STAND IN SALUTING FLAG.
1952
HOSPITAL SITE SOLD FOR $31,355 COUNCIL REJECT SUGGESTION THAT PROPERTY BE DONATED.
1953
CORNERSTONE LAID FOR WILSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BY HAROLD G. LONG.
1964
CITY MERCHANTS VOTE AGAINST NIGHT SHOPPING.
1964
FIRE HALL NO.3 OFFICIALLY OPENED ON 16TH AVENUE
1965
HUTTERITES BUY 6,550 ACRES OF LAND IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1966
TRIANON BALLROOM DOORS CLOSED MAY 28,1966.
1969
TWO INCHES OF SNOW FALLS ON AREA.
1970
U OF L WILL SHARE TEN MILLION TELESCOPE OBSERVATORY.
1975
ONE KILLED, EIGHT INJURED IN CRASH INVOLVING AT LEAST TWO TRUCKS AND FIVE CARS JUST WEST OF CITY ON HIGHWAY 3
1976
ELKS DONATE NEW CAR TO LETHBRIDGE VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES.
June 12
1930
START ELEVATOR BUILDING SHORTLY. OFFICIAL SEE SITE, ANNOUNCE PLANS TO AWARD CONTRACTS.
1941
ST. BASILS PUPILS KNIT FOR BRITISH REFUGEES.
1942
CATTLEMEN ANNUAL CONVENTION IN CITY.
1943
CITY COMPLAINS SHIFTING OF MEN BY SELECTIVE SERVICE IS CAUSING HARDSHIPS.
1952
GLENWOOD SUBDIVISION, A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSING PROJECT TO BE OPENED IN 1953.
1954
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BOARD WARNS THAT WHEN COMPLETED THE NEW HOSPITAL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE CHRONIC CASES. PATIENT COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $13 A DAY.
1961
FIRST OFFICIAL TOURISTS WELCOMED BY MAYOR SHACKLEFORD.
1961
A.G.T. CHANGES TELEPHONE NUMBERING SYSTEM. NO MORE TWO LETTER PREFIX.
1962
EXHIBITION PAVILION CHRISTENED "THE STOCKADE" BY HERALD READERS.
1962
DANGEROUS ABANDONED MINE SHAFTS IN COULEES TO BE FILLED IN.
1963
LETHBRIDGE POLICE AND RCMP SEARCH FOR ESCAPED PRISONER OF LOCAL PROVINCIAL JAIL
1969
THREE SWANS PRESENTED TO NIKKA YUKO GARDEN AS GIFT FROM CALGARY.
1907
400 MEN WORKING ON HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE
1938
FOOTHILLS SHOOTING. FARMER IS BEING HELD ON CHARGE OF SHOOTING OF SON-IN-LAW.
1940
CIVIC REFUGEE APPEAL -- FOR EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD IN LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT TO GIVE ONE NEW ITEM FOR EUROPE'S MILLIONS OF NEEDY.
1940
BENNETT WHITE OF CALGARY WHO BUILT THE MARQUIS HOTEL WAS GIVEN $140,000 CONTRACT FOR THE BUILDING OF ANOTHER HANGER AND OTHER BUILDINGS AT KENYON FIELD.
1944
ROTARY CLUB DISCUSSES CIVIC CENTER PLAN.
1952
OLDTIMERS OFFICIATE AS NEW PRESS ROLLS INTO ACTION AT THE HERALD. W.A.HAMILTON PUSHED THE STARTER BUTTON AND EARL MORRIS CHECKED THE FIRST PAPER OFF THE 'RUN'.
1958
GALT GARDENS WILL LOSE SOME OF ITS OLDER TREES OVER A SPACE OF FIVE YEARS BUT THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY TREES OF A FLOWERING VARIETY.
1960
INDIAN BATTLE PARK OFFICIALLY OPENED.
1961
CITY EMPLOYEE WORKS 5,600 DAYS WITHOUT REQUIRING SICK LEAVE.
1962
CAR MAKES LIKE BOAT IN HENDERSON LAKE WITH PROPELLERS MOUNTED BETWEEN REAR WHEELS.
1964
CONSTABLE BYAM BURIED.
1966
TORNADO RIPS THROUGH NANTON AREA.
1969
OFF-TRACK BETTING SHOP OPENS IN CITY. RUN BY MERVE FORTY.