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August 23
1883
THE LILY REACHES MEDICINE HAT.
SHE HAD AVERAGED 4 MILES PER HOUR UPSTREAM.
1885
NARROW GAUGE TO LETHBRIDGE COMPLETED
1911
HON. DUNCAN MARSHALL FORMALLY DECLARES THE FAIR GROUNDS OPEN
1929
ALBERTA-SALT LAKE CITY MAIL AND PASSENGER AIR SERVICE ANNOUNCED.
1938
POLIO CLAIMS YOUNG CARDSTON VICTIM.
FIRST DEATH IN TEMPLE CITY FROM DREADED DISEASE.
1941
BRODER CANNING FACTORY IS NEW LETHBRIDGE INDUSTRY.
1945
WESTBROOK BROS. RETIRE AFTER 29 YEARS IN BARBER BUSINESS ON 6TH ST.SO.
1961
CALGARY FIRM TO BUILD ONE MILLION MOTEL AT 3RD AVE. AND 8TH ST.SO.
1962
EATON'S STAFF HERE MARKS TEN THOUSANDTH QUARTER CENTURY MEMBER GORDON T. SEYMOUR.
1969
STANLEY HARGREAVES FOREMAN AT LETHBRIDGE HERALD RETIRES AFTER FIFTY YEARS SERVICE.
1977
CITY TO SPEND $20,000 ON FIRE SAFETY AT CIVIC ICE CENTRE.
August 24
1912
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL HAS NEW GYMNASIUM.
1913
ST. PATRICK'S CORNERSTONE LAID
1927
SECTION OF LNID YIELDS 60 BUSHELS OF MARQUIS WHEAT TO THE ACRE.
1944
4 NAZI PRISONERS OF WAR ON TRIAL HERE FOR STEALING CAR.
1962
SOUTH ALBERTA HAS HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS IN CANADA.
1976
OIL INDUSTRY EXPECTS PREMIUM GASOLINE PUMPS TO BE NON-EXISTENT BY 1980.
August 25
1885
FIRST LOCOMOTIVE AND CARS ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE OVER THE NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY FROM DUNMORE.
1885
MR. C. F. MCPHERSON AN ENGINEER ON A RIVER STEAMER WAS ENGINEER ON THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE INTO COALBANKS (LETHBRIDGE) ON THE NARROW GAUGE LINE FROM DUNMORE.
1885
FIRST TRAIN OVER NEW LINE ENTERING LETHBRIDGE
1924
LOCAL INVENTOR IS VICTIM OF HIS OWN INVENTION. EXPERIMENTAL OIL STILL BLOWS UP AND R.G. YOUNGLOVE DIES FROM BURNS.
1926
A.B.HOGG NOMINATED BY CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION. THE ONLY NAME SUBMITTED.
1943
BRODERS TO START CANNING SOUP STOCK FOR EASTERN FIRM.
1944
OFFICER LOSES IN CDN. ARMY TOP OTHER RANK LOSES 13% TO 10% IN BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.
1959
THOMAS E. GOODALL, 18, AND BLAIR BOTHWELL, 17, HAVE SHORT LIVED TASTE OF FREEDOM AFTER ESCAPE FROM JAIL FARM.
1964
JAPANESE GARDEN PLANS REVEALED EXPECTED TO COST $186,000.
August 26
1898
C.O. CARD PLOWED FIRST FURROW FOR NEW IRRIGATION PROJECT.
1922
CRYSTAL DAIRY OPENS NEW PLANT HERE. SHOWS FAITH IN SOUTH BY INVESTING $105,000 IN BUILDING AND PLANT.
1923
MORMONS DEDICATION SERVICES BEGIN AT L.D.S. TEMPLE IN CARDSTON
1924
BREAK IN GAS MAIN CAUSES SEVERAL HOLDUPS, INCLUDING THE HERALD.
1940
MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION IN CITY INSPECTING LOCAL DAM SITES. THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY BEN RUSSELL
1941
WILL HARD SURFACE 9TH AVE SO. BETWEEN 13 AND 14TH ST. IN FRONT OF ST.MIKES
1942
DEATH OF MRS. C. HALLIDAY-- PIONEER WHO ARRIVED HERE IN 1887.
1943
KOOTENAI BROWN ARTICLE, WATERTON'S FIRST WHITE SETTLER
1944
4 NAZI PRISONERS OF WAR GIVEN YEAR IN JAIL WITH HARD LABOR FOR THEFT OF CAR.
1966
NATIONWIDE RAIL STRIKE BEGINS 400 AFFECTED AT LETHBRIDGE
August 27
1926
ONE OF THREE ELEPHANTS WHICH ESCAPED FROM CIRCUS IS CAPTURED 3 1/2 MILES FROM CRANBROOK. LOCAL INDIANS CREDITED WITH HAVING TRAILED THE ANIMAL.
1940
COUNCIL ACCEPTS BILL OF ENGLISH FIRM FOR NEW POWER UNIT.
1940
WILL OIL AIRPORT ROAD.
1940
WILL DEFER ACTION ON BAWDY HOUSES AND STREET WALKERS TILL CONSULTATION WITH POLICE COMMISSION.
1941
SIR WILLIAM GLASGOW AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER HERE VISITING AUSTRALIAN FLYERS
1953
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD INSPECTS NEW WILSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE.
1959
CHEC RADIO TAKES TO AIRWAVES.
1969
AIR CANADA HAS APPLIED TO FEDERAL TRANSPORT COMMITTEE TO CANCEL ITS LETHBRIDGE SERVICE.
1977
BEGAN ADMITTING RESIDENTS AT THE ALBERTA LODGE.
1977
FIRST RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBERTA ROSE LODGE EAST OF WOOLCO MOVE IN.
1980
CEREMONIES ALL YEAR COMMEMORATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE TWO PROVINCES ALBERTA & SASKATCHEWAN
August 28
1885
NARROW GAUGE LINE TO MEDICINE HAT COMPLETED
1934
COALHURST IS THREATENED BY PIT STRIKE. NEW AGREEMENT NOT YET SIGNED AND MINE IS SHUT DOWN.
1940
INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION SAYS CANADA ALLOWS WATER TO GO TO WASTE.
1943
CITY UTILITIES EARN SURPLUS OF $121,019 IN 7 MONTHS.
1944
LOCAL GOPHERS BEING TESTED AS SUSPECTED CARRIERS OF BUBONIC PLAGUE.
1944
DEPARTURE OF 90 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR FOR PRISONER EXCHANGE LEAVES ABOUT 8600 GERMAN PRISONERS IN LOCAL CAMP
1945
CITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR PLANS FOR NEW POLICE STATION SW. CORNER OF 5TH AVE AND 5TH ST.
1951
CITY NEEDS $1,661,400 FOR CITY WATER SYSTEM--WILL SEEK FUNDS UNDER GOV'T PROJECTS ACT.
1964
FRANK MILES WELL KNOWN LETHBRIDGE SPORTSMAN RECEIVES MEDAL OF MERIT FROM ARMY,NAVY AND AIR FORCE VETERANS ASSOC.
1967
527 RESIDENTS SIGN PETITION TO CITY COUNCIL TO GET RID OF "FOUL STENCH" CAUSED BY PACKING PLANTS AND FEED LOTS NEAR CITY
August 29
1883
LILY LEFT MEDICINE HAT HEADING EAST WITH 60 TONS OF FREIGHT IN BARGES SHE TOWED. WATER HAD FALLEN 6 INS SUBMERGED ROCK PIERCED 8 FT.OF IRON PLATING AND WENT TO BOTTOM IN 3 FT. OF WATER.
1907
OVER 50 VISITORS FROM MAPLE CREEK COME TO LETHBRIDGE.
1934
COALHURST PIT STRIKE IS SHORT- LIVED. REACH AGREEMENT ON ALL DEMANDS, PACT AWAITS SIGNATURE
1940
LETHBRIDGE GARRISON IN FORMER RCMP BARRACKS LIKELY TO BE SMALL ARMS TRAINING CENTRE IN WINTER MONTHS.
1941
DRS.CAIRNS, MURRAY AND FOWLER URGE THAT ISOLATION HOSPITAL BE PUT UNDER CONTROL OF GALT HOSPITAL DUE TO POLIO AND ENCEPHALITIS EPIDEMIC.
1944
CITY SELLS LOT AT 28TH ST. AND 14TH AVE. S. TO WESTERN OIL REFINERY.
1944
SITE FINALLY CHOSEN FOR A COMFORT STATION ON 5TH ST. S. ABOUT 50 FT. N. OF 3RD AVE. S.
1964
IVAN P.VOLOVCHENKO, RUSSIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MEETS WITH LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH STATION OFFICIALS.
1979
LCI STUDENTS BEGIN LINING UP FOR REGISTRATION AT 2:00 A.M. IN ORDER TO GET COURSES THEY WANT.