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May 24
1910
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #1490, THE THIRD IN ALBERTA IS FORMED
1962
HERALD UNIMPRESSED WITH NAME OF EXHIBITION PAVILION.
1963
NEW ALTAR IN ST.PATRICK'S CHURCH CONSECRATED.
1968
MEMBERS OF FIRST CLASS OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL GATHER AT BUILDING BEFORE DEMOLITION.
1969
SOD TURNING CEREMONY HELD FOR KAINAI SPORTS CENTER AT STANDOFF.
1973
CITY OFFERS OLD EATON WAREHOUSE TO NATIVE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY FOR USE AS A CENTER.
1974
CHEC RADIO GETS TABER LICENCE.
1975
PETITION FILED AGAINST HALF - WAY HOUSE AT 630 10TH ST, BY RESIDENTS.
May 25
1906
NATURAL GAS RUNNING TO WASTE
1929
LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE GUTTED BY FIRE. NEW BUILDING SUFFERS $60,000 DAMAGE.
1929
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR NEW CAPITOL THEATRE. FAMOUS PLAYERS AND ASSOCIATES WILL SPEND $140 000.
1940
TWENTY PER CENT WAR SURTAX ADDED TO ALL TAXABLE INCOME NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
1940
THREE LCI TEACHERS GIVEN LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR ARTILLERY COURSE.
1955
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL OPENS
1955
MISS MARGARET HAMILTON RN. THE CITY'S OLDEST RESIDENT NURSE CUT THE RIBBON TODAY AT THE OPENING OF THE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL REPLACES THE GALT HOSPITAL WHICH HAS SERVED THE AREA SINCE 1891.
1956
QUICKSAND SLOWS WORK OF DISMANTLING OLD 6 MILE COULEE BRIDGE. EQUIPMENT CANNOT OPERATE IN SOFT SAND SO MOST OF WORK BEING DONE BY HAND.
1957
THE BOOKS OF THE LATE SEN.W.A. BUCHANAN ARE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BY HIS SONS, DONALD AND HUGH. MORE THAN 400 VOLUMES, MANY OF THEM IRREPLACEABLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION.
1967
COUNCIL ENDORSES NEW LIBRARY.
1970
ONE MILLION DOLLAR SEVENTY SUITE HIGH RISE TO BE BUILT .
1971
TERRY A.BLAND RE-ELECTED HEAD OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
1921
ENTIRE ISSUE OF LNID BONDS SOLD FOR $2,400,000 TO WOOD, GUNDY AND COY OF TORONTO.
1931
ESCAPED PRISONERS ARE RECAPTURED. FREEDOM SHORT-LIVED FOR TWO AFTER SAWING BARS FROM LOCAL JAIL.
1938
MAN'S BODY YIELDED UP BY RESERVOIR.
SEYMOUR HENINGER 28, OF RAYMOND MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS
1940
FRED KING NAMED NEW MANAGER OF BAALIM MOTORS.
1940
LETHBRIDGE ELECTS J.H.BLACKMORE'S "NEW DEMOCRACY", AS THE LIBERALS SWEEP THE COUNTRY.
1940
JOSEPH H. SULLIVAN A SADDLER FROM FORT BENTON MONT. SINCE 1881 WHO MADE SADDLES FOR RCMP DIED.
1944
BUZZ BEURLING CANADIAN.ACE HAS A BRIEF STAY IN LETHBRIDGE
1954
NEW POLIO VACCINE TO BE TESTED IN CITY SCHOOLS.
1960
KC'S OBSERVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
1961
ERNIE RISLER RETIRES AFTER 43 YEARS WITH HERALD.
1962
FIVE RETIRING CITY TEACHERS HONOURED AT BANQUET.
1966
50-BED NURSING HOME IS APPROVED.
1981
FORD COAL LTD. (COAL MINING ARM OF CP LTD.) AND IDEMITSU KSAON CO. LTD. OF JAPAN ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION TO OPEN AN UNDERGROUND THERMAL COAL MINE NEAR SHAUGHNESSY, AB
1882
NICHOLAS SHERAN DROWNED
1920
RETAILERS CANCELLING ORDERS FOR GOODS FOR FALL GOODS THAT COME INTO NEW TAX CLASS. FURS FINE SHOES AND GOOD CLOTHING HARD HIT.
1927
NEW OFFER FOR CITY POWER MADE BY INTERNATIONAL UTILITIES.
1930
H.R.CARSON CO. COMMENCES ERECTION OF $30,000 BUILDING ON 7TH ST.
1940
TROOP TRAIN LEAVING FOR SHILO AND SAM JAMISON OF COALDALE WAS HIT AND KILLED.
1940
CITY COUNCIL TURNS DOWN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
1940
4,000 CITIZENS JOINED SOLDIERS OF 20TH & 108TH BATTERIES AT FAREWELL CHURCH SERVICE IN GALT GARDENS
1942
CITY MANAGER T.J.WATSON WARNS AGAINST SWIMMING IN THE POLLUTED OLD MAN RIVER.
1951
ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL TO ESTABLISH LARGE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES. FIVE STOREY BUILDING BEING CONSTRUCTED.
1953
LETHBRIDGE OLD-TIMER, MRS.MARTHA HUDAK DIES. HAD LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 51 YEARS.
1954
JAMES JARDINE CELEBRATES HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY. OPERATED A TAILORS SHOP ON 6TH AVE.SOUTH.
1964
EXTREME DOSES OF MALATHION FOUND NOT HARMFUL AT LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH STATION.
1967
TRIBUTE PAID TO FOUR RETIRING TEACHERS.
1970
TELEPHONE TO BE INSTALLED AT GILBERT PATERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR LOCATING ODD JOBS FOR STUDENTS.
1971
CENTRAL SCHOOL TRANSIENT YOUTH HOSTEL OPENS.
1978
MEMBERS OF LETHBRIDGE CHILIAN ASSOC. BEGIN TWO HUNGER STRIKES IN PROTEST OF CHILEAN GOVTS. REFUSAL TO TELL THEM WHEREABOUTS OF FAMILY.
1940
FEDERAL GOVT. HAS NO MONEY FOR HARD SURFACING OF HIGHWAYS LETHBRIDGE TO MACLEOD OR LETHBRIDGE TO COUTTS.
1953
LETHBRIDGE OLDEST BANK BUILDING, THE BANK OF MONTREAL AT THE CORNER OF 3RD AVE AND 9TH ST IS BEING TORN DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR A NEW BANK ON THE SAME SITE.
1958
CONCRETE MOLDING PLANT TO ESTABLISH IN THE CITY. IT WILL DISTRIBUTE ITS GOODS THROUGHOUT WESTERN CANADA.
1960
KILLER SENTENCED TO DIE AT LETHBRIDGE
1962
ROYALTY IN LETHBRIDGE FOR FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS AS PRINCE PHILLIP STOPS OVER.
1963
IRRIGATION MONUMENT APPROVED.
1966
FIVE RETIRING TEACHERS HONOURED BY LOCAL ATA.
1977
ANNE CAMPBELL, LETHBRIDGE SINGING INSTRUCTOR NAMED "OUTSTANDING CITIZEN FOR 1977".
1883
THE LILY PASSES TWO SCOWS AND RAFT OF LUMBER, SASKATOON BOUNDCAUGHT IN A SAND BAR.
1929
FIRST X-RAY MACHINE IN LETHBRIDGE INSTALLED IN VAN HAARLEM HOSPITAL
1938
VASELENAK NAMED GRAND EXALTED RULER OF ELKS SUCCEEDING P.W. POUND OF VANCOUVER.
1941
CITY MANAGER SAYS NO DANGER FROM AIRPORT SEWAGE HERE DANGER IS FROM MACLEOD.
1942
EFFECTIVE SEPT. 1ST, ALTA. BEER PARLOURS WILL NOT OPEN UNTIL 10 A.M. INSTEAD OF 7 A.M AS AT PRESENT.
1943
10 CARS OF COAL DERAILED AT KIPP.
1943
THERE ARE 26 BABIES IN ST. MICHAELS NURSERY AND 12 AT THE GALT WHERE 6 ARRIVED IN ONE DAY.
1943
CHOCOLATE MILK NO LONGER AVAILABLE DUE TO SUGAR RATIONING.
1943
HEAVY SAWFLY INFESTATION.
1952
GALT HOSPITAL TAKES OVER ISOLATION HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO DEAL EFFICTIVELY WITH CURRENT POLIO OUTBREAK.
1957
BLOOD INDIANS PAY HONOUR TO GROUP CAPT. DOUGLAS BODER AS HE BECOMES HONOURARY CHIEF.
1966
LETHRIDGE TO BE SITE FOR THIRD ALBERTA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES EDUCATION MINISTER R.H.MCKINNON.
1967
SHORTAGE OF BOTTLES FOR SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURING IN CITY DUE TO LONG HOT SPELL.
1983
ANDREW JOSEPH STAYKO (ANDY) PASSED AWAY.
1907
PLANS ARRIVE FOR NEW KNOX CHURCH BUILDING.
1929
BYLAW FOR EXTENSION OF GALT HOSPITAL DEFEATED BY 97 VOTES.
1936
EVENT- BEET WORKERS CALL OFF STRIKE. TAKE TERMS LAID DOWN BY GROWERS.
1936
WAREHOUSE SAFE BLOWN. BURGLARS MAKE OFF WITH SOME CASH FOUND IN DRAWER.
1940
TRUCK TRAFFIC RESUMES ON ALBERTA ROADS.
1940
SAFEWAYS BUYS CORNER OF 3RD AVE FOR A NEW STORE.
1953
BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SHATTERING ALL RECORDS. RESIDENTIAL BOOM CONTINUING.
1963
DRIEST SPRING RECORDED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 35 YEARS.
1964
L.W.STRZELECKI NAMED ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
1966
MILK PRICES INCREASE FOUR CENTS A QUART TO 27 CENTS A QUART.
1967
TOMBOY STORES ON 13TH ST. SOLD TO KELOWNA MAN.
1968
WEST SIDE CAMPUS SITE FOR THE U OF L FINALLY APPROVED
1974
MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES EXPANSION OF EL RANCHO MOTOR HOTEL.
1978
LNID SEEKS TO HAVE PEIGANS CITED FOR CONTEMPT.