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February 22
1910
CPR YARDS TO BE ENLARGED.
1924
FT. MACLEOD CAN NOW REACH TORONTO BY TELEPHONE.
1927
HYDRO POWER OFFERED TO CITY.
CALGARY POWER OFFERS LETHBRIDGE LOW RATE.
1929
JUDGE WINTER, FORMERLY OF DISTRICT COUNTY DIES.
1933
LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROPOSES A FLORAL EMBLEM FOR THE CITY.
COUNCIL HAS TAKEN NO FORMAL ACTION AS OF YET.
1943
NEW RATION BOOKS.
1944
OFFICERS MESS OPENED AT PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.
1944
FIRST ENGLISH WAR BRIDE ARRIVES IN LETHBRIDGE
MRS. FRED WOODCOCK AND DAUGHTER.
1947
JR. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COLLECT INDIAN RELICS FOR MUSEUM.
1949
LETHBRIDGE A CITY OF 20,000.
1952
MAIL DELIVERY EXTENDED TO GLENDALE AND SILVERDALE SUBDIVISIONS.
1952
CHARLTON AND HILL LTD. OPENS NEW PREMISES AT 13TH ST BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD AVE.
1955
DR. ANDREW STEWART, PRES. OF U OF A ADDRESSES ROTARY.
1955
TOM FLEETWOOD, CITY TREASURER, FOR MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE YEARS RESIGNS.
1956
65,000 BUILDING PERMIT AWARDED TO ATLAS LUMBER CO. FOR NEW PLANT ON 2ND AVE.
1956
GALT REHABILITATION CENTRE TO BE RENOVATED.
1957
CITY ORDERS -- ALL OUTHOUSES MUST BE REMOVED FROM BACKYARDS.
1958
TURIN ELEVATORS BURN -- $200,000 DAMAGE.
1958
CITY HAS NEW GAS TURBINE GENERATING UNIT.
1964
PROVINCIAL GOVT. TO DECIDE ON CENTENNIAL PROJECTS. JAPANESE GARDENS WOULD BE FAVOURED.
1966
ANDREW ANDREACHUK APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL.
1968
SECOND TV CHANNEL APPROVED -- CFCN-TV CALGARY WILL TRANSMIT ON CHANNEL 13.
1973
COUNTRY MUSIC STARS LORETTA LYNN AND CONWAY TWITTY PERFORM AT EXHIBITION PAVILLION.
1984
CITY'S BORROWING HIT. THE CITY HAS EXHAUSTED ITS BORROWING POWER, AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER 1986.
February 23
1887
ST AUGUSTINE NAME CHOSEN FOR LOCAL PARISH
1909
LETHBRIDGE TO BE TERMINUS OF CNR NORTH-SOUTH LINE.
1921
SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET UP BY $40,000.
1928
CALGARY POWER CO. BUYS TURNER VALLEY GAS.
1934
CALLS FOR ECONOMY. SIR HENRY DRAYTON SPEAKS TONIGHT.
1940
W.A.MATHER GEN.SUPT.OF CPR WESTERN LINES AT LOCAL BOARD OF TRADE MEETING SAYS HEAVY MOVEMENT OF B.C.TIMBER THROUGH HERE TO START SOON.
1945
NEW FARMERS MARKET BUILDING ON 7TH ST.
1948
COUNCIL APPROVES BAN ON ALL HIGHWAY SIGNS.
1949
HEADLINE URGES FARM SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE AREA.
1952
NOBLE CULTIVATORS LTD. OPENS NEW PLANT IN NOBLEFORD.
1954
EXTENSION TO BE BUILT ONTO POST OFFICE -- DOWN TO LIQUOR STORE.
1966
CENTRAL AND FLEETWOOD SCHOOLS DOOMED.
BOTH SCHOOLS ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD AND NEED EXTENSIVE UPGRADING.
1973
LCC PROVIDES COMPUTER SERVICE TO BUSINESS STUDENTS .
1977
GRADE 1 CLASSES IN LETHBRIDGE MAY GET LONGER SCHOOL DAY.
1978
THE BRIDGE HOUSE, HALF-WAY HOUSE FOR MEN, AT 1ST AVE AND 56 TH ST TO OPEN SOON.
1982
ALDERMEN AGREE TO SLIMMER SALARY INCREASE.
February 24
1909
GOVT., ANNOUNCES A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TO BE BUILT HERE.
1920
ROTARY CELEBRATES 15TH BIRTHDAY.
1934
CENTRAL BANK TO HELP CANADA. DECLARATION OF SIR HENRY DRAYTON AT BOARD OF TRADE ANNUAL
1944
MAYOR'S APPEAL ON BEHALF OF LETH'S ADOPTED RUSSIAN CITY.
1948
COMMISSION URGES REMOVAL OF HENDERSON GALT GARDENS.
1953
PRICES OF CIGARETTES DROPS TO THIRTY-THREE CENTS FOR A PACK OF TWENTY.
1955
CAPITOL THEATRE GETS UNIQUE NEW FRONT.
1955
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION UNIT PLANS FOR LETHBRIDGE AREA.
1959
JEFFRIES CONCRETE PRODUCTS LTD EXPANDING.
1959
FIRST LEPROSY CASE EVER REPORTED IN THE CITY.
1961
WORLDWIDE INTEREST SHOWN IN EDIBLE OILS PRODUCED IN CITY PLANT.
1964
MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES CENTRE DEDICATED IN CEREMONIES.
1970
HAICO PLANT ON BLOOD INDIAN RESERVE STARTED.
1972
PREMIER PETER LOUGHEED ADDRESSES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
1982
BLOODS SEEK CASH, LAND IN TREATY CLAIM
THE BLOOD INDIAN TRIBE WILL SEEK AT LEAST $10 MILLION AND THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND IN A TREATY CLAIM LAUNCHED MONDAY AT STANDOFF.
1982
CITY SURPLUS TAPPED TO HOLD TAX HIKE TO 10.3 PER CENT.
1983
EDUCATION MIN. DAVE KING TELLS LETHBRIDGE COMPULSORY EXAMS ARE NEEDED IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
1984
WORK STARTS SOON ON MALL WATERSLIDE.
THE INDOOR YEAR- ROUND WATERSLIDE AT PARK MEADOW MALL IS EXPECTED TO BE JETTING PATRONS DOWN ITS TRANSPARENT TUBES EARLY IN MAY.
February 25
1908
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FIGURES SHOW INCREASE OF SIXTY PER CENT.
1910
ROBERT LIVINGSTONE OF EDMONTON TO SUCCEED W.D.L. HARDIE AS SUPT. OF GALT MINES.
1922
THOMAS MCNAB FORMER MAYOR OF CITY ELECTED HEAD OF OLDTIMERS ASSOCIATION.
1924
BUSINESS SECTION OF STAVELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
1926
DISTRICTS SUPPORT GALT HOSPITAL.
1928
SUNSHINE TRAIL RUNNING BETWEEN EDMONTON AND BUTTE MONTANA TO BE IMPROVED.
1930
$75,000 ADDITION TO MARQUIS HOTEL
CONSTRUCTION OF TWENTY-EIGHT ROOM WING TO START SOON. INCREASING BUSINESS CAUSES EXPANSION.
1931
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN BILL ADVANCES. THE MEASURE WILL GIVE RELIEF TO SETTLERS.
1938
HON.HOWE ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICE WINNIPEG TO VANCOUVER VIA LETHBRIDGE
LETHBRIDGE LEG WILL START FIRST.
1941
CITY WILL PURCHASE BUSSES.
1944
LETHBRIDGE NURSE DEMONSTRATES NEW MIRACLE GLASSES (CONTACTS).
1946
$10,000 FOR NEW CADET SHIP AT LETHBRIDGE
1947
TURCOTTE SAYS LAND BAN TO HUTTERITES NON-DEMOCRATIC.
1948
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF KINSMEN CLUB.
1949
22ND CASE OF DIPTHERIA SINCE NOV.22.
1953
PROVINCIAL GOVT., ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BINGO GAMES WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED, WAS GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM BY LETHBRIDGE ORGANIZATIONS.
1954
INDEPENDENT OXYGEN LTD. PLANT OFFICIALLY OPENED AT 28TH ST. AND 5TH AVE.
1956
AGT HAS NEW PLASTIC PHONES IN DIFFERENT COLOURS.
1956
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LETHBRIDGE CELEBRATES 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
1957
HOUSE AT 1716 2ND AVE. GUTTED BY FIRE.
1958
NEW SUBDIVISION BETWEEN 16TH AND 17TH AVENUES AND WEST OF 15TH ST. S.
1959
FERNIE'S $200,000 SPORTS CENTRE DESTROYED BY FIRE.
1960
ST.AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH BECOMES FIRST ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE CITY TO BE CONSECRATED.
1963
MARVIN FOX FIRST TREATY INDIAN TO BE ORDAINED INTO R. C. PRIESTHOOD.
1964
COUNCIL GIVES GO-AHEAD TO CULTURAL CENTRE PLAN.
1969
CRIME RATE UP BY 8 PER CENT IN LAST YEAR. NEARLY 3,000 CASES PROBED.
1971
PROPERTY VALUES DROP ON MAYOR MAGRATH.
1971
MAN'S BODY FOUND IN TRUCK FIRE AT MARSHALL AUTO WRECKERS.
1972
CITY POSTMAN DIES IN HOME FIRE AT 1244 5TH AVE.
1981
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD RAISES TAX LEVY 11.6 PER CENT OPERATING BUDGET TO BE $21.35 MILLION FOR 1981.
1982
SECURITY BILL 'A TRADE OFF'
LETHBRIDGE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE GENERALLY CRITICAL OF OR DISAGREE WITH THE FED. GOVT'S. PEACE AND SECURITY LEGISLATION INTRODUCED INTO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
1984
SIX KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT PINCHER. SIX SOUTHERN ALBERTA RESIDENTS WERE KILLED AND A SEVENTH SERIOUSLY INJURED FRIDAY IN A TWO-VEHICLE HEAD- ON COLLISION.
February 26
1909
WORK ON PIERS OF BIG BRIDGE COMPLETED.
1927
E.E. MCKAY ELECTED PRES. OF BOARD OF TRADE.
1931
MAKE DRIVE FOR NEW SUGAR FACTORY. BEET GROWERS ACCEPT $5.50 A TON IF NEW FACTORY IS BUILT.
1938
ONE DEAD, ONE HURT IN CITY SHOOTING.
GEORGE MOSKEL SHOOTS LETHBRIDGE WOMAN THEN TAKES OWN LIFE.
1947
A.L.MCKELVIE - CITY'S OLDEST CONTINUING MERCHANT- WHO HAS OPERATED IN MEN'S FURNISHINGS FOR 42 YEARS SELLS OUT STORE.
1952
PROJECTING OR FLASHING SIGNS FORBIDDEN ON SUBURBAN STORES IN LETHBRIDGE.
1953
THREE-D MOVIES COMING TO LETHBRIDGE DOUGLAS SHACKLEFORD ANNOUNCES.
1957
RT. HON.JAMES G.GARDINER, FED. MIN. OF AGRICULTURE PAYS TRIBUTE TO WHEAT KING FROM GRANUM.
1963
RALPH COURT REPLACES MRS. C.B. (KATE) ANDREWS ON LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL DIV. NO. 7.
1970
WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL TO BECOME FIRST NON-GRADED HIGH SCHOOL IN CITY AND ONE OF THE FIRST IN CANADA.
1974
CITY WILL DEVELOP LAND EAST OF 13TH ST AND NORTH OF 18TH AVE. N.
1974
COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICES WILL BE IN OLD LIBRARY.
1979
CLOUDS OBSCURED BY TODAY'S TOTAL ECLIPSE.
1980
AIRPORT ANNEXATION BY CITY FIRMLY OPPOSED IN COUNTY BRIEF
1981
CIVIC OPERATIONS VIRTUALLY SHUT DOWN AS FOUR HUNDRED WORKERS BEGIN STRIKE OVER CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN JOBS
February 27
1923
LETHBRIDGE MP L. H. JELLIFF IS AFTER THE WOLVES WHO ARE BECOMING A PROBLEM IN WATERTON PARK.
1926
SIR JOHN MARTIN-HARVEY, ENGLISH ACTOR VISITS CITY.
1929
LOCAL PEOPLE FORM NEW COMPANY TO OPERATE LETHBRIDGE FLOUR MILLS LTD.
1938
LORNE FIRTH DROWNED IN RIVER BELOW CITY. RESCUE PARTY MEMBER DROWNED A FEW DAYS LATER
1940
ALD.SHACKLEFORD SAID CITY POLICY IS INCONSISTENT IN ASKING CITY FIREMEN TO HAVE PHONE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. HE SAID THEY COULD ALL HEAR THE SIREN.
1953
A PICTURE OF MAYOR A.W.SHACKLEFORD AND HIS EXPERIENCE WITH VOLTAGE GAINS RECOGNITION ACROSS U.S. AND CANADA.
1957
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD JOHN TENNANT NAMED BOY OF THE MONTH.
1958
HON.DOUGLAS HARKNESS, FEDERAL MIN. OF AGRICULTURE. ATTENDS OPENING OF SEED FAIR IN CITY.
1960
C. A. MCLAUGHLIN DIES. OWNER OF MCLAUGHLIN GARAGE AND AUTO WRECKERS.
1961
THE SMALL SON AND DAUGHTER OF THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY WARDEN OF THE LETHBRIDGE JAIL DROWN IN A LAGOON AT THE JAIL.
1963
PARKING METER PLAN TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED.
1964
END OF THE STEAM TRAINS. LOCOMOTIVE 3651 TO FIND RESTING PLACE IN GALT GARDENS.
1964
$338,000 NEEDED FOR CULTURAL CENTRE AND NEW LIBRARY.
1967
PRESENTATION OF PICTURES TO SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS MEETING OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
1968
FIVE YEAR BUDGET PASSED FOR UNIVERSTIY. OVER $2 MILLION OUTLAY APPROVED.
1970
IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OPENS NEW GYMNASIUM.
1973
COUNCIL WANTS POST OFFICE BUILDING TO REMAIN STANDING.
1974
NEW EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO BE ESTABLISHED IN LETHBRIDGE. CALLED "OBJECTIVE BASED EDUCATION".
1979
MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO AGT BUILDING TO BEGIN IN MARCH.
1984
SKI TRIP ENDS IN TRAGEDY. A LONG-AWAITED SKI TRIP ENDED IN ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC ACCIDENTS IN SOUTHERN ALTA'S HISTORY.
February 28
1901
M.P. MR. OLIVER URGED TO TAKE ACTION IN REBUILDING OF PROPOSED IMMIGRATION HOUSE.
1901
SHORTAGE OF HOUSES DISCOURAGING SETTLERS.
1924
IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE EDUCATION COSTS A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE KINDERGARTENS IN THE CITY.
1938
DEATH STRIKES TWICE IN LETHBRIDGE
WOMAN DIES WHEN STRUCK BY CAR & RIVER CLAIMS YOUTH WHEN ICE GIVES WAY.
1939
LETHBRIDGE PIONEER PASSES AT 91 YEARS.
MRS.JAMES PERRY WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS WHERE THE CITY NOW STANDS
1940
PREMIER ABERHART ADDRESSED A POLITICAL MEETING AT THE MAJESTIC THEATRE.
1948
START ON NEW MACARONI PLANT.
1951
GROCERIES ADVERTISED AT SUPINA MERCANTILE
SARDINES FOR THIRTY CENTS WHILE A TIN AND CHOCOLATE SOLD FOR SIXTY CENTS PER POUND.
1955
NEW SECTION OF EATON'S STORE TO OPEN IN MARCH.
1955
PROVINCE SENDS $600,000 TO HOSPITAL BOARD.
1956
LIONS PLAYGROUND SKATING RINK WILL GET ARTIFICIAL ICE.
1956
MRS. ATHENA BENNETT, WOMAN WHO CAME TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN COVERED WAGON DIES.
1957
STEREOPHONIC SOUND COMES THROUGH ON CJLH-TV AND CJOC RADIO.
1962
T.R.HAIG REPORTS TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE DESIRABILITY OF THE CITY EXTENDING TO WEST LETHBRIDGE.
1963
LETHBRIDGE DEFINITELY OFF MILK-RUN ROUTE WHEN TRANSAIR TAKES OVER PRAIRIE RUNS.
1964
EDWARD D.FRYETT, MAGISTRATE, CORONER, BROADCASTER RETIRES AGED 78.
1966
DONALD W.BUCHANAN KILLED IN OTTAWA TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
ELDER SON OF HON.W.A.BUCHANAN FOUNDER OF LETHBRIDGE HERALD.
1973
CONSTRUCTION TO START ON MOTEL AT 7TH AVE AND MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE.
1978
LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS HAVE CHANCE TO SEE CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT FILES CONCERNING THEM.
1979
APPROVAL GIVEN FOR $10 MILLION FOR ANIMAL DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE NEAR LETHBRIDGE
1979
PREMIER LOUGHEED VISITS CITY FOR PC RALLY.
February 29
1944
COUNCIL STILL ARGUING OVER COMFORT STATION.
1952
NORRIS ROY CRUMP, VICE PRES. OF CPR VISITS LETHBRIDGE.
1952
LOCAL CREAMERY SOLD TO CENTRAL ALBERTA DAIRY POOL.
1956
NEW SHOP-EASY SUPERMARKET ON 500 BLOCK OF 13TH ST TO OPEN.
1960
HAROLD G. LONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HERALD ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CLEO W.MOWERS AS EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
1972
KEN HURLBURT GETS PC NOMINATION FOR LETHBRIDGE RIDING.
1980
MAN SHOT DEAD IN LOCAL HOSTAGE TAKING INCIDENT.
1980
ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FEELS IT'S BEEN SOLD OUT BY PROVINCE SAYS HOSPITAL BOARD CHAIRMAN.