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December 7
1920
LETHBRIDGE TO BE CREATED FULL DISTRICT OFFICE BY PHONE SYSTEM. TO BE ON A PAR WITH CALGARY AND EDMONTON.
1925
THE HAMER PICKLE CO. TO START OPERATING HERE. FARMERS CAN DIVERSIFY THEIR CROPS.
1927
FRACHE BROS. FLORISTS AND FLOWER GROWERS WILL SPEND $20,000 ON EXTENSIONS TO THEIR PLANT. CONSTRUCTION TO START IN THE SPRING.
1938
FIRE AT POWER HOUSE OF NUMBER 6 MINE.
1942
MAYOR ELTON IS INFORMED BY A.L.C.B. THAT JAPANESE MAY NOT ENTER BEER PARLOURS NOR BUY LIQUOR.
1942
CIVIC VACANCIES FILLED BY ACCLAMATION.
1942
2ND AIRMAN IN PLANE CRASH YESTERDAY AT #8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL DIES.
1943
CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE RUSSIAN CITY OF TIMOSHEVSKAYA. A LETTER OF ADOPTION WAS FORWARDED TO THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN OTTAWA. IN RETURN A LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM A HIGH RANKING SOVIET DISTRICT OFFICER EXPLAINING THE PLAN
1943
BOARD OF TRADE SAYS THERE IS WIDESPREAD RESENTMENT TO CITY'S 60 MINUTE PARKING LIMIT.
1943
CITY BYLAW ESTABLISHES 5 MAN POLICE COMMISSION.
1950
444 CASES OF MUMPS REPORTED IN CITY DURING CURRENT EPIDEMIC.
1965
SICKS BREWERY SELLS LETHBRIDGE BOTTLING CO.LTD. TO SEVEN UP.
1983
CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS ABANDON IDEA OF 10 CENT CHRISTMAS STAMP.
December 8
1904
DR. F.H. MEWBURN ACCLAIMED AS MAYOR.
1912
ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE. THE WINNER WAS WILLIAM DAVID LIVINGSTON HARDIE. THE SALARY FOR THIS POSITION WAS $4,000 A YEAR.
1913
W.D.L. HARDIE RE-ELECTED FOR FIVE YEARS
1941
WAR DECLARED ON JAPAN BY USA AND GREAT BRITAIN. 3000 CASUALTIES, HALF OF THEM FATAL IN HAWAII.
1941
250 JAPANESE BORN, BUT CANADIAN NATURALIZED RESIDENTS OF RAYMOND SINCE 1904 HAVE ALL REGISTERED, BEEN FINGERPRINTED AND EXPRESSED THEIR LOYALTY TO CANADA.
1942
ALBERTA MINISTER ASKS FOR INCREASE IN COAL SUPPLY SO DESTITUTE PEOPLE IN SOUTH. ALBERTA. WILL NOT BE FORCED TO BURN THEIR FURNITURE AS THEY DID IN 1919.
1942
COUNCIL REQUESTS OTTAWA RELEASE ENOUGH MATERIAL TO CONSTRUCT 100 NEW HOMES TO MEET ACUTE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
1952
PIONEER DRUGGIST, SYDNEY JACKSON, DIES IN LETHBRIDGE AT 79.
1964
ALD.A.C.ANDERSON URGES COUNCIL TO ELIMINATE USE OF SALT ON STREETS, SAND IS ENOUGH.
1970
TOM FERGUSON ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RETIRES AFTER 25 YEARS
1983
ZELLER'S STORE TO UNDERGO $1 MILLION EXPANSION.
December 9
1912
DR. J.G. CALDER, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT SURGEONS IN THE WEST AND A RESIDENT OF MEDICINE HAT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS DIED WHILE TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA. HIS BROTHER WAS THE HON. J.A. CALDER OF REGINA.
1920
SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES IN FAVOUR OF $1,200 MINIMUM SALARY FOR TEACHERS.
1935
COALHURST MINE EXPLOSION KILLS 16 AND THE MINE IS CLOSED.
1941
ALL B.C. RADIO STATIONS PLUS THOSE IN CALGARY AND WATROUS, SASK. WILL GO OFF THE AIR AT 5:30 P.M. AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST JAPANESE AIR ATTACKS. BLACKOUT ENFORCED IN ALL COASTAL DISTRICTS.
1941
RECRUITING OFFICER DEPLORES THE APATHY OF LOCAL YOUNG MEN WHO ARE SINGLE AND WITHOUT OBLIGATIONS.
1941
BUSH PILOTS SAY 5 HR. FLYING TIME FROM EDMONTON TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA.
1942
C.P.R. ASSISTANT GEN. MANAGER OF HOTELS PRAISES MARQUIS FOR ITS MAINTENANCE OF HIGH STANDARDS DESPITE LABOUR SHORTAGE AND WARTIME DIFFICULTIES.
1942
A.G.T. REQUESTS AVOIDANCE OF PURELY SOCIAL CALLS TO SAVE MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT.
1942
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR JEWS AS 2 MILLION HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED BY AXIS AND HE FEARS 5 MILLION MORE MAY FACE EXTERMINATION.
1953
DEMOLITION HAS BEGUN FOR $2,000,000 EXPANSION OF T.E. EATON STORE.
1957
2ND GAS FIELD FOR SHELL OIL AT WATERTON IN PRODUCTION.
1963
VETERAN LETHBRIDGE LAWYER C.E.CAMERON DIES AT 89
1964
ERNEST SNOWDEN NAMED PRES.OF LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION SUCCEEDING MEL FENGSTAD.
December 10
1885
C.R.P. CONYBEARE LETHBRIDGE'S FIRST LAWYER, ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1907 CONYBEARE PUBLISHED A BOOK OF POETRY TITLED "LYRICS FROM THE WEST" THROUGH WILLIAM BRIGGS, TORONTO.
1902
THE HOTEL ARLINGTON HAS ERECTED A LARGE ELECTRIC LIGHT SIGN.
1928
WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS STARTS SERVICE
1941
CIVIC GOV'T CANDIDATES RETURNED. ELTON, SHACKLEFORD AND KNIGHT. PENSION BYLAW FOR CITY EMPLOYEES ENDORSED IN YESTERDAY'S VOTE.
1942
PARTY HONOURS MISS SUSIE BAWDEN ON RETIREMENT FROM SCHOOL BOARD.
1951
SOUTHERN ALBERTA RESIDENT FOR 61 YEARS, THOMAS P. NOLAN, PASSES.
1958
MR. EDGAR E. DUTTON DIED. HE WAS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GALT HOSPITAL
1979
MAYOR URGES TAX HOLD OF 9.6% FOR 1980.
December 11
1882
GALT DRIFT MINE #1 -- COAL MINES STARTS OPERATION
1907
W.A. BUCHANAN TURNED THE WEEKLY INTO A DAILY EVENING PAPER.
1922
FOUR CITY BUSINESSES DESTROYED BY FIRE. THIRD AVE BLAZE FOUGHT IN HEAVY WINDS. BUILDINGS AND STOCK OF P.BURNS, DE WOLFE SHOE CO AND KEITH'S CONFECTIONERY WIPED OUT.
1923
HOSPITAL BOARD CANVASSES. NEED FOR A MATERNITY HOSPITAL TO BE RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GALT HOSPITAL.
1924
DEATH CERTIFICATE SAYS LETHBRIDGE MAN "TALKED TO DEATH". ATTENDANT PHYSICIAN SAYS HE WILL NOT CHANGE HIS FINDINGS.
1926
DAILY HERALD STARTS ITS 20 TH YEAR. TODAYS EDITION IS MARKED VOL XX NO.1.
1941
THERE ARE 10,000 AMERICANS IN THE CANADIAN ACTIVE ARMY AND 10% OF OUR AIR CREW IS AMERICAN.
1942
HERALD CELEBRATES 35TH BIRTHDAY AS DAILY NEWSPAPER.
1942
BEET INDUSTRY ON VERGE OF MACHINE AGE-- EXPECT GREAT REDUCTIONS IN HAND LABOUR.
1942
DOMINION GOV'T CALLS HOUSING MEETING. EVERY LETHBRIDGE HOUSEHOLDER WILL BE ASKED TO REARRANGE HIS HOME TO ACCOMMODATE EXTRA PEOPLE IF POSSIBLE.
1942
1941 CENSUS SHOWS 1441 SOUTH ALBERTANS SPEAK NEITHER OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, 27 SPOKE ONLY FRENCH AND 2349 SPOKE BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN A POPULATION OF 117,000. 23% OF POPULATION GAVE GERMAN AS MOTHER TONGUE.
1942
U.S. BANS FILM "IN WHICH WE SERVE" BECAUSE OF CUSS WORDS. "BLOODY" AND "BASTARD" USED BY SAILORS WHILE BEING DIVE BOMBED AT SEA.
1953
SUGAR BEET CROP THIRD LARGEST.
1962
ARMED THUGS ROB, BEAT 71 YEAR OLD STOREKEEPER AT AIRWAY GROCERY AND CONFECTIONERY AT MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE AND 16TH AVE.SO.
1964
THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE AS WELL AS THE TRADES AND LABOUR AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALL UNITE TO PRESENT A BRIEF TO THE PROVINCIAL CABINET AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
1968
LETHBRIDGE MLA JOHN LANDERYOU IS IN FAVOUR OF SERVING LIQUOR WITH MEALS ON SUNDAYS
1972
ABORTIONS ON INCREASE AT LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL WITH YOUNGEST GIRL HERE BEING 13 YEARS OLD
1979
MINER'S LIBRARY CELEBRATES 75 YEARS.
December 12
1886
FRANK GREGG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE BURIED IN THE PIONEER CEMETERY (ST. PATRICKS CEMETERY).
1901
FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC TRANSMISSION COMPLETED.
1912
F.T. ROBINS NEW HEAD OF THE SONS OF ENGLAND LODGE
1930
LETHBRIDGE-GREAT FALLS AIR LINK. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF COAST LINK
1941
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES AIR RAID PRECAUTION ORGANIZATION.
1941
WITH WARTIME EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN BANKS THEY NOW OUTNUMBER MEN AND LOCAL BANKERS DO NOT EXPECT MEN TO AGAIN OUTNUMBER WOMEN UNTIL SOME YEARS AFTER THE WAR.
1942
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF NORMAN MACLEOD AND MARGARET SHERLOCK MARRIED IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S IN 1892.
1942
GALA GATHERING IN SPACIOUS AUDITORIUM IN NEW L.D.S. STAKE AT 12TH ST. AND 5TH AVE. S.
1950
FORMER CITY BANKER R.J. DINNING NAMED CPR DIRECTOR IN MONTREAL.
1951
FIRST WOMAN COUNCILLOR, MISS LILLIAN PARRY IS ELECTED BY LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS.
1960
NEW ONE MILLION DOLLAR CANADA PACKERS PLANT OPENS.
1963
SUGGESTION THAT LETHBRIDGE MAY GET TO WATCH SECOND TV STATION PRESENTED TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
December 13
1927
THE BODY OF A 7 YEAR OLD COALHURST BOY LOST IN LAST WEEK'S BLIZZARD IS FOUND 3 1/2 MILES FROM HIS HOME. THE CHILD WAS FROZEN TO DEATH.
1939
JOSEPH BOWKER ENTERS THE CIVIC ELECTION RACE AS AN INDEPENDENT. IS HE THE ONE THAT THE CGA ACCUSE OF BEING A COMMUNIST?
1940
LEGION EXECUTIVE PROTEST SALE OF JAPANESE ORANGES OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT FROM AXIS COUNTRIES.
1941
LETHBRIDGE HAD 19 CASES OF MUMPS AND 2 OF MENINGITIS IN NOVEMBER.
1943
W.K. PRICE GIVEN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR $3500 CINDER BRICK HOUSE AT 817-12TH ST. S.
1943
NEW CITY POWER UNITS IN FULL OPERATION, COST $295,000.
1950
FOUR RETIRING CITY ALDERMEN ARE RE-ELECTED IN CIVIC ELECTION.
1960
ART BATTY CONSTRUCTION CO. PREPARES TO CLOSE DOWN OPERATION HERE.
1961
TWO MILLION DOLLAR PAYMENT TO SOUTH FARMERS BY FEDERAL GOV'T.
1965
NEWLY RENOVATED LETHBRIDGE ARENA OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MAYOR FRANK SHERRING.
1983
NOVATEL COMMUNICATIONS LTD. BUYS MICROTEL TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING PLANT.
1983
COUNCIL CHANGES STORE OPENING BYLAW WHICH ALLOWS STORES TO REMAIN OPEN DECEMBER. 27.