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April 26
1921
CITY MAY ENGAGE A TAX COLLECTOR. IT COULD MEAN SOME ARREARS MAY BE CAUGHT UP WITH.
1923
FIRE AT RCMP\ BARRACKS REMOVES LAND MARKS. WAS BUILT IN 1886.
1941
SOUTHERN ALBERTA GEARED FOR WAR.
1943
MEATLESS TUESDAYS GO INTO EFFECT IN ALL PUBLIC EATING PLACES
1945
CITY UTILITIES YIELD $20,000 PROFIT.
1952
CITY BUILDING BOOM GOES INTO ITS EIGHTH YEAR. A CONTINUAL DEMAND FOR HOUSING AS POPULATION SHOWS SIGNS OF RISING ABOVE 23,750 THIS YEAR.
1954
THE PROVINCIAL CHIEF ENTOMOLOGIST WARNED TODAY OF AN EXPECTED HEAVY INFESTATION OF TICKS
1955
LETHBRIDGE REDUCES THE TAX RATE BY A FULL 5 MILLS DUE TO A CUT IN THE SCHOOL RATE MADE POSSIBLE BY TAX SUBSIDIES FROM THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.
1956
HAROLD G. LONG, VETERAN NEWSPAPERMAN AND PUBLISHER RETIRES FROM THE HERALD AFTER 45 YEARS
HE IS HONOURED BY A BANQUET WITH 350 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
1958
LETHBRIDGE IS TO BE THE FEATURES CITY AT THE B.C. TRADE FAIR. THE DISPLAY WILL FEATURE GOODS PRODUCED HERE, PICTURES OF THE CITY AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.
1961
MRS.DOROTHY GENTLEMAN NAMED "CANADIAN MOTHER OF THE YEAR".
1963
WATER TOWER IN MONARCH MOVED.
1967
SIX-YEAR FRENCH PROGRAMME TO BE OFFERED STUDENTS.
1968
PRISONER DIES IN "HOLE" AT PROVINCIAL JAIL HERE.
1983
MACHINERY SET ROLLING TOWARD NEW CITY HALL.
1923
COSTS 91.90 PER ANNUM TO EDUCATE PUPIL IN LETHBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
1950
GREEN ACRES DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENS. FIRST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH ALBERTA
1956
LETHBRIDGE'S OLDEST PIONEER WOMAN MRS.WHITNEY PARSON DIES, AGED 90.
1960
MARTIN HOYT INSTIGATES COMPREHENSIVE STUDY INTO FRENCH FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1961
RAWORTH JEWELLERY OF 305 5TH ST CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY
1968
HENDERSON LAKE STOCKED WITH 60,000 TROUT.
1972
UNIQUE TELEPHONE SYSTEM FIRST OF ITS KIND IN ALBERTA TO BE INSTALLED IN HOLIDAY INN.
1978
TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN TWO-CAR COLLISION AT 12TH AND 18TH ST. SO.
1979
LETHBRIDGE MAN FINED $1,500 FOR DRIVING DOWN TREES AND SIGNS.
1886
UNION BANK OPENED
1916
MILITIA UNITS AND OTHERS PLANTED 2000 TREES IN HENDERSON PARK ON ARBOR DAY.
1921
FIRST SOD ON IRRIGATION PROJECT LIKELY TO BE TURNED WITHIN 60 DAYS AS RESULT OF CALGARY CONFERENCE.
1930
LETHBRIDGE CITIZEN'S WITNESS SUN'S ECLIPSE.
1930
SOUTH ALBERTA GETS GOOD RAINS. SEEDING HELD UP
MOISTURE OVER AVERAGE.
1952
WORLD'S CHIEF GUIDE, LADY BADEN-POWELL OPENS THE NEW SCOUT HALL IN THE CITY. A GIANT RALLY WITH SCOUTS, GUIDES,BROWNIES AND WOLF CUBS WAS HELD ON THE CIVIC CENTRE FOOTBALL FIELD.
1961
MR.& MRS. R. LYNCH-STAUNTON, PIONEER COUPLE CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
1962
LETHBRIDGE CHOSEN AS CANADA'S MODEL COMMUNITY FOR 1962.
1965
BULLDOZER HANGS UP ON CLIFF WEST OF CITY.
1971
SPECIAL CANADA MANPOWER CENTER FOR STUDENTS OPENS.
1971
FIRE CAUSES EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO APARTMENT BUILDING AT 519- 7TH ST.
1972
PURITY DAIRY CO-OP SOLD TO PALM DAIRIES.
1979
CITY OFFICIALS IN QUANDARY DUE TO THEIR SALE OF LOTS BEFORE RECEIVING NECESSARY PLANNING APPROVALS.
1885
NORTHCOTE AGROUND 10 MILES ABOVE THE ELBOW
1955
EIGHT RETARDED CHILDREN START A NEW LIFE AS PUPILS AT THE DOROTHY GOODER SCHOOL FOR RETARDED CHILDREN WHICH HAS JUST OPENED IN THE CITY.
1968
OLDEST SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE, WESTMINSTER SCHOOL LOCKS UP ITS DOOR
1969
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF WEST SIDE GET COUNCIL APPROVAL
1970
180-ACRE GAME FARM PLANNED NEAR LETHBRIDGE BY DR.C.D.STEWART.
1971
FORT WHOOP-UP CAIRN DAMAGED BY FIRE.
1977
DAVID ROBERTS LOCAL SALESMAN WHO HID $157,000 IN EARNINGS AND EVADED ALMOST $60,000 INCOME TAX OVER THREE YEARS FINED
1886
FIRST PIANO ARRIVED IN CITY
1894
STEPS WERE TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF TRADE TO FORM AN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
1929
ALTA'S PIONEER DRUGGIST, J.D. HIGINBOTHAM RETIRES TODAY AFTER 44 YEARS IN BUSINESS. STORE SOLD TO SUTHERLAND DRUG CO.
1930
FIRST DISTRICT MUSICAL FESTIVAL TO OPEN.
1936
HARD SURFACING OF COUTTS TO CALGARY ROAD STRESSED.
1959
ROBERT MASSON SENIOR YARDMASTER AT CPR. RETIRES AFTER 43 YEARS. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1913 AND JOINED C.P.R. IN 1916.
1962
SOD TURNING CEREMONY AT JUNIOR COLLEGE SITE.
1964
DR.M.W.CORMACK NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH STATION.
1965
LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION LOOKING FOR NEW NAME.
1966
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, FRED WEATHERUP'S SERVICE STATIONS WINS APPROVAL.
1970
HORNE AND PITFIELD FOODS LTD. WILL OPEN STORE IN CENTER VILLAGE MALL.
1974
DRESSER INDUSTRIES INC. WILL MOVE INTO THE HORTON STEEL PLANT IN THE CITY.
May 1
1865
PETER LAWRENCE NAISMITH BORN IN PEMBROKE, ONT. PARTNER IN THE ALBERTA RAILWAY & IRRIGATION CO. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GALT HOSPITAL.
1885
RIVER ROSE 8 INCHES AT MEDICINE HAT
1897
COURT PROCEDURES BEGAN TO OBTAIN IN A CIVIL LAW SUIT OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE NICHOLAS SHERAN ESTATE. ENDED TO THE FILE AUG. 30, 1900 WAS PROMULGATED BY HON. MR. JUSTICE D.L. SCOTT ON SEPT. 28, 1898.
1912
FREEMASONS TO BUILD $40,000 EDIFICE.
1913
MAYOR HARDIE TRAVELED TO SAGINAW MICHIGAN WHERE HE HIRED JOSEPH TRACEY AS A NEW INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER. OPTIMISTIC BUT HIS SCHEMES OF NOT MUCH BENEFIT
1920
C.A.MAGRATH MENTIONED AS LIKELY CHOICE TO BE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER IN WASHINGTON.
1926
CJOC RADIO BEGAN OPERATIONS
1926
SETTLERS IN LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN DISTRICT LAUNCH A "PLANT A GARDEN", CAMPAIGN.
1930
COMMUNISTS SPREAD LITERATURE AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HARDIEVILLE.
1931
LETHBRIDGE COMMUNISTS STAGE MAY DAY PARADE.
1940
WORKMEN EXCAVATING FOR WESTBROOK BROS. DUPLEX ON 4TH AVE. UNCOVERED THE FIRST CISTERN TO BE BUILT IN LETHBRIDGE
1941
HUTTERITE CHILDREN REFUSE TO SING NATIONAL ANTHEM.
1942
A.G.BAALIM NAMED PRES. OF INDEPENDENT CITIZENS ORGANIZATION
1943
CITY'S SERVICE ROLL GROWS TO 1177 ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
1953
SICK'S BREWERY WILL SPEND $500,000 ON AN EXPANSION PROGRAMME. A NEW CELLAR AND GLASS LINED STEEL TANKS WILL BE INSTALLED.
1962
ALDERMAN BLASTS BUSINESSMEN WHO WANT CITY COUNCIL OUT OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
1965
PIONEER BUILDER THOMAS KING ROBERTS DIES.
1965
PHILIPS CABLE LTD. OFFICIALLY OPENED IN PASS.
1967
AIRLIFTS WORKING TO DELIVER FOOD TO STRANDED PEOPLE AND CATTLE.
1979
$15,000 DAMAGE CAUSED IN FIRE AT APARTMENT BUILDING AT 2301 SCENIC HEIGHTS.
1885
RIVER ROSE 16 INCHES AT MEDICINE HAT.
1922
RADIO STATION CFAC WAS ESTABLISHED BY CALGARY HERALD
FIRST PRIVATELY OWNED RADIO STATION BETWEEN WINNIPEG & VANCOUVER.
1929
APPALLING CONGESTION AT GALT HOSPITAL. EXTENSION SCHEME APPEARS IMPERATIVE.
1930
7TH AVE. TO BE GRAVELLED FROM 13TH ST TO OLD STIRLING ROAD.
1941
COALDALE MAN FINED UNDER DEFENCE ACT.
1950
CITY BUILDING BOOM CONTINUES. BUILDING PERMITS TOTAL $1,591 490.
1960
30 YEAR LEASE OF EXHIBITION GROUNDS SOUGHT.
1961
PAINTINGS PRESENTED TO HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BY RETIRING TRUSTEE G.C.PATERSON.
1962
EXHIBITION PAVILION OFFICIALLY OPENED BY PREMIER E.C. MANNING
1964
GOLDEN ACRES SENIOR CITIZEN'S LODGE OPENED.
1965
BREWERY GARDEN RENOVATIONS COMPLETED.
1966
YATES MEMORIAL CENTER OFFICIALLY OPENED YESTERDAY.
1967
PLASTIC GARBAGE BAGS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO CITY RESIDENTS SOON FOR WET OR DECAYED GARBAGE.
1968
DOWNTOWN CITY CAR PARK OFFICIALLY OPENED.
1969
JERRY POTTS IS NOW OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF TRAVEL AND CONVENTION ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1972
THE LETHBRIDGE FRIENDSHIP CENTER CLOSES DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS.