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September 20
1940
DEATH OF GEO.PENNINGTON ACCOUNTANT FOR I.G.BAKER CO. IN LETHBRIDGE IN LATE 1880'S
1943
DEATH OF B.T. COON, GEN. MANAGER OF LETHBRIDGE COLLIERIES, LARGEST COLLIERS IN CANADA.
1944
LOCAL COLLIERIES DESPERATE FOR MINERS. LETHBRIDGE COULD USE 150.
1962
$200,000 MOTEL APPROVED FOR MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE.
1966
MAYOR FRANK SHERRING CONDEMNS SUGGESTION OF ALD. SVEN ERICKSEN TO RETURN TO ELECTING MAYOR BY ALDERMEN.
1974
PETITION FORMED TO STOP TRUCKS FROM USING 5TH AND 9TH AVES. N AS ROUTES.
1977
TENANTS AT LEONARD C. HALMRAST MANOR UP IN ARMS OVER PROPOSED 65% RENT HIKE.
1977
RADIO SHACK OPENS NEW STORE IN COLLEGE MALL.
September 21
1893
SIR A.T. GALT DIES.
1922
PRAIRIE FIRE SWEEPS BLOOD RESERVE. MORE THAN 1,000 ACRES OF LEASED GRAZING LANDS WIPED OUT
1943
ALBERTA AND B.C. MINERS DEMAND $2 PER DAY RAISE FOR PIT MEN.
1953
C.A. VAILE, SOUTH ALBERTA PIONEER, DIES AT 84. CAME HERE IN 1893.
1959
DAVID AND SHIRLEY SMITH OF COUTTS FOUND DEAD IN DOUBLE SHOOTING. LEAVE BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN.
1960
FAMILY TRAVELLING FROM FAIRBANKS ALASKA TO MEXICO CITY BY TRACTOR STOP IN CITY.
1961
CAMILLES SHOE STORE OPENS.
1961
APPROVAL GIVEN BY I.D.B. FOR EXPANSION OF SAFEWAY STORE.
1964
PRICE OF CIGARETTES INCREASE ONE CENT TO FORTY-SIX CENTS.
1977
CITY AIRPORT TO GET $2 MILLION TERMINAL, BUILT BY ALBERTA GOVERNMENT.
1979
DR. JOHN WOODS INSTALLED AS U OF L'S THIRD PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR SUCCEEDING SAM SMITH AND BILL BECKEL.
September 22
1877
TREATY NO. 7 WAS SIGNED AT BLACKFOOT CROSSING AT MODERN GLEICHEN
1905
SEVERAL CHINESE ARRESTED AND FINED FOR GAMBLING.
1922
EMIL PICARIELLO, NOTORIOUS RUM RUNNER CAPTURED IN BLAIRMORE FOLLOWING SHOOTING AND DEATH OF CONST. .STEVE LAWSON.
1926
MEMORIAL TABLET WILL PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF NICHOLAS SHERAN PIONEER MINER.
1942
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA HAS DEFAULTED ON $128,000 WORTH OF BONDS HELD BY CITY.
1951
A.J. WATSON HONORED WITH PARTY AT L.C.I. FOR 27 YEARS AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT.
1956
RACE AGAINST WEATHER TO COMPLETE NEW RAIL SPUR TO WET-GAS PLANT.
1959
LETHBRIDGE IS ONE OF 6 WESTERN SITES BEING CONSIDERED FOR A $120,000,000 STEEL PROCESSING PLANT.
1970
LETHBRIDGE THEATRES LTD. SHOWS FIRST SUNDAY MOVIE SINCE CITY COUNCIL PASSED BYLAW ALLOWING PAID ADMISSION
September 23
1941
CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS EFFICIENCY OF POLICE DEPT. SAY THAT TRAINING IS NEEDED.
1943
MISS LENA AND MISS MURIEL GALT DAUGHTERS OF ELLIOTT T. GALT, WERE VISITORS IN CITY FROM THEIR HOME IN VICTORIA, B.C.
1957
LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE OPENS
1958
R.J. KITSON, WELL-KNOWN LETHBRIDGE DRUGGIST PASSED AWAY.
1961
ALD FRANK SHERRING RETIRES FROM POLITICAL SCENE
1964
THIRTY NEW WORKERS HIRED BY AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC LTD. LETHBRIDGE PLANT AS IT HAS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT TO PHILIPPINES.
1969
FIRST UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS LET.
1983
13,000 MEMBER SOUTHERN ALBERTA CO-OP GOES UNDER.
1983
HERITAGE LODGE AT 601 6TH ST. S. OFFICIALLY OPENED.
September 24
1885
GOV. GEN. MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE RAILWAY TO MEDICINE HAT
1925
LETHBRIDGE FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM HARDY WAS ELECTED PRES. OF THE DOMINION FIRE CHIEF'S ASSN. AT THEIR CONVENTION IN HAMILTON ONT
1929
CITIZENS PRESS CPR PRESIDENT FOR A NEW STATION FOR LETHBRIDGE
1938
PIT WORKER KILLED IN NO. 8 MINE. BOB BOWMAN CAUGHT BY FALL OF ROCK.
1941
LETHBRIDGE COMES UNDER WARTIME RENT CONTROL.
1942
CONCRETE LANE SURFACING BEHIND BUSINESSES FACING 3RD AVE. S. BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH STS. IS THE FIRST LANE WORK DONE IN CITY SINCE 1912.
1945
LETHBRIDGE BUTCHER SHOPS CLOSED IN PROTEST TO RE-INTRODUCTION OF MEAT RATIONING
1952
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OPENED AND BLESSED.
1971
COUNCIL DECIDES NO FLOURIDATION PLEBISCITE TO BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH CIVIC ELECTION.
1982
LEGION PLACE WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED.
September 25
1924
NEW NATURAL GAS FIELD MAY SUPPLY LETHBRIDGE
BUSINESSMEN THINK THE PROPOSITION WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.
1929
THE EMPRESS THEATRE WILL GO "TALKIE" THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION FEE OF 50 CENTS.
1938
COMMISSIONER WOOD OF THE RCMP VISITS CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME
1940
WOMEN PROMINENT AMONG THOSE REGISTERING FIREARMS.
1941
LAST COAL REMOVED FROM CITY MINE IN RIVER BOTTOM TO-DAY. LETHBRIDGE MUST NOW LOOK FOR COAL ELSE WHERE.
1942
MR. JUSTICE W.C. IVES (OF IVES AND CONYBEARE) IS NAMED CHIEF JUSTICE, TRIAL DIVISION, OF ALBERTA SUPREME COURT.
1942
LETHBRIDGE SEA CADETS FORMED. WILL CHOOSE FROM THE 90 APPLICATIONS ALREADY RECEIVED. CHOSE NAME "WESTWARD HO".
1943
PURITY DAIRY OPENS IN NEW QUARTERS ON 5TH AVE. WITH ALL LATEST EQUIPMENT.
1945
DEATH OF J.A.DAVIDS HE HAD BEEN PRINCIPAL OF CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR THE PAST 29 YEARS.
1960
HELEN KITSON, WIFE OF FORMER LETHBRIDGE DRUGGIST PASSES
1961
CANON DOUGLAS A.FORD REPLACES CANON L.L.GRANT AS ST.AUGUSTINE'S RECTOR.
1964
72 PEOPLE GRANTED CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP IN LAST CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN COURTHOUSE.
1972
U OF L OFFICIALLY OPENED AND "MOSES" STATUE DONATED BY HOUSE OF SEAGRAM UNVEILED ON CAMPUS.
1981
POSTAGE TO INCREASE JAN. 1, 1982 TO 30 CENTS FROM 17 CENTS
September 26
1894
HON. WILFRID LAURIER VISITS LETHBRIDGE.
1905
HON. S. FISHER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, VISITS.
1924
ALLAN J.WATSON NAMED SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS AND PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL.
1930
BANDITS HOLD-UP QUEENSTOWN BANK. UNMASKED MEN GET $1,400 AFTER TYING UP FOUR CLERKS.
1942
REGISTRATION OF JAPANESE EVACUEE CHILDREN AT DISTRICT SCHOOLS COMMENCES. B.C. PAYS $15,000, THEY ARE NOT TO BE SEGREGATED.
1944
JAMES SHIMBASHI OF BARNWELL WOUNDED CANADIAN VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I SAYS DAUGHTER HELEN HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR NURSES TRAINING DUE TO COUNCIL'S POLICY OF BARRING JAPANESE
1945
LOCAL BUTCHERS REOPEN SHOPS
1951
LETHBRIDGE RECEIVES FIRST SNOWFALL OF SEASON.
1953
HOWARD BREEN BUILDS ONLY PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL IN CITY AT 1050 18TH ST. S.
1954
LADY OF ASSUMPTION PARISH ERECTED IN LETHBRIDGE AND PLACED UNDER BASILIAN FATHERS
1956
HAIG, LAKIE, SNOW AND HATCH ARE 4 OF 9 MORE PERSONS ENLISTED IN THE LETHBRIDGE POLITICAL WARS.
1961
COUNCIL APPROVES RIGHT TURN AGAINST RED LIGHT AT INTERSECTION OF 3RD AVE.SO. AND MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE.
1963
POLICE CHIEF JAMES CARPENTER OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW $200,000 LETHBRIDGE POLICE STATION.
1979
FIFTH ANIMAL MUTILATION IN SOUTH BEING INVESTIGATED-- SUSPECT A SATANIC CULT.
September 27
1930
QUEENSTOWN BANDITS ARE CAPTURED. EXCITING MAN HUNT ENDS WHEN HOLD-UP MEN TAKEN AT CLUNY.
1941
HEALTH DEPT. NOTIFIES ALL WISHING TO KEEP A COW WITHIN CITY LIMITS MUST HAVE CERTIFICATE THAT COW IS FREE OF TUBERCULOSIS.
1941
TENDERS CALLED FOR CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION BUILDING AT KENYON FIELD.
1944
CITY TO HAVE MUSEUM--USE OLD BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING. IN GALT GARDENS.
1951
83 BED WING OF ST. MICHAEL'S OPENS, MAKING THAT HOSPITAL THE LARGEST IN SOUTH.
1963
FORT PLYWOOD AND LUMBER LTD. OPENS IN FORT MACLEOD.
1974
RENTS JUMP $25 THIS FALL FOR SOME CITY APARTMENT DWELLERS.
1979
WELL KNOWN RESTAURATEUR AND CIVIC LEADER, SVEN ERICKSEN, DIES AT 73.
1983
NEW-BORN BABY FOUND ALIVE IN GARBAGE CAN IN COALDALE.