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May 31
1906
A SON IS BORN TO TOM STUBBS.
1921
COMMITTEE WANTS WAR MEMORIAL IN CENTRE OF GALT GARDENS TO READY FOR ARMISTICE DAY.
1924
PARTNERSHIP FOR PRACTICE OF LAW FORMED BETWEEN GLADSTONE VIRTUE AND G.C.PATERSON. MR. VIRTUE HAS BEEN PRACTISING HERE SINCE 1913.
1930
GALT MOTORS OPENS NEW 4TH AVE. GARAGE.
1941
FEW HUTTERITES WILL BE DRAFTED FIRSTLY BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE AMERICANS AND SECONDLY BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.
1943
LETHBRIDGE FISH AND GAME ASKS DRASTIC REDUCTION ON PHEASANT SHOOTING SEASON.
1956
EXPENDITURES GO OVER FOUR MILLION FOR FIRST TIME IN CITY'S HISTORY. THE TAX RATE WILL IN- CREASE BY FIVE MILLS.
1957
CITY'S CIVIL DEFENCE EXERCISE WAS SO REALISTIC THAT MANY ONLOOKERS WERE FOOLED. ON WOMAN TRIED TO HELP THE 'CASUALTIES' AND ANOTHER PHONED THE HERALD TO REPORT THE 'ACCIDENT'.
1965
SALVATION ARMY MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
1967
HERALD INSTALLS WIREPHOTO.
1968
WEST SIDE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SITE RECEIVES GREEN LIGHT.
1977
FIVE MILLION SEWAGE TREATMENT SOLUTION APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
June 1
1873
WOLFERS FOUGHT WITH THE ASSINIBOINE INDIANS AT AB FAREWELL'S POST ON BATTLE CREEK IN THE CYPRESS HILLS.
1905
SMITH BROS. AND WILSON OPEN QUARRY IN LETHBRIDGE.
1923
FLOOD WATERS WASHOUT MAIN LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN DITCH .
1926
BECKER LUMBER SELLS OUT IN NEW DAYTON AND WARNER AND OPENS 4 NEW YARDS IN LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN.
1929
SISTERS OF ST. MARTHA BUY VAN HARLEM HOSPITAL
1929
BIGGEST JAIL BREAK IN HISTORY OF LOCAL INSTITUTION. FIVE PRISONERS LEAVE BY WAY OF ROOF.
1943
DR.A.H.FAIRFIELD IS HONOURED BY KING.
1944
LIONS MODEL HOME TO COST $7,970.00. CONTRACT TO SANDBERG.
1950
OTTAWA SIGNS SMRD AGREEMENT. OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR ON ST.MARYS MILK RIVER PROJECT.
1953
CITY MARKS CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II WITH A CIVIC HOLIDAY. A PARADE AND MANY FESTIVITIES ARE PLANNED. MAYOR SHACKLEFORD WILL GIVE THE CORONATION ADDRESS AND A BEACON WILL BE LIT THIS EVENING
1954
AN ART AUCTION WITH PROCEEDS TO ASSIST NEW CANADIANS IS TO BE HELD AT THE CIVIC CENTRE. SEVENTY PAINTINGS DONATED BY WELL KNOWN CANADIAN ARTISTS WILL BE PUT UP FOR SALE.
1957
JAMES JARDINE, THE CITY'S OLDEST RESIDENT CHALKS UP ANOTHER YEAR. CELEBRATES HIS 103RD BIRTHDAY STILL ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH.
1959
MURIEL GRACE GALT, LAST SURVIVING DAUGHTER OF SIR ALEXANDER GALT, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF LETHBRIDGE DIED IN MONTREAL AGED 85
1959
CROP PROSPECTS BRIGHT IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1961
PROOF GIVEN THAT FLOURIDE DOES NOT CORRODE PIPES.
1964
LETHBRIDGE YOUTH PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN AREA IN SUPPORT OF DISTINCTIVE CANADIAN FLAG.
1967
$300,000 MALL PLANNED FOR SHOPPERS' WORLD.
1967
DR.W.A.SMITH IS UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE NEW PRESIDENT.
1970
OLDEST GRADUATE IN CANADA, 80 YEAR OLD MARY PHARIS RECEIVES BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE FROM U OF L.
1971
CP.RAIL DAYLINER SERVICE FOR LETHBRIDGE DISCONTINUED.
1974
85 SWIFT'S WORKERS LOCKED OUT OF LETHBRIDGE PLANT.
1979
ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
June 2
1882
MARCELLA MCFARLAND HAD BEEN APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NICHOLAS SHERAN ESTATE.
1883
WORKERS LAUNCHED THE THE HULL OF THE RIVER STEAMER, "THE BARONESS," WHICH WAS FLOATED DOWNSTREAM TO MEDICINE HAT TO HAVE HER MACHINERY INSTALLED.
1924
CPR. CONSTRUCTION TO INCLUDE KIPP AND LOMOND LINES. WILL AID IN SETTLING LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN PROJECT.
1926
MAGISTRATE EMILY MURPHY SAYS ALTA'S MENTAL PROBLEMS MOST SERIOUS. MORE THAN 1,300 IN THREE HOSPITALS.
1930
KEHO LAKE IS DROWNING SCENE; DRAG FOR BODY. WILLIAM RUFUS BOTSFORD A YOUNG LETHBRIDGE MAN DROWNED SUNDAY.
1938
THE NEED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM.
1941
VICTORY LOAN PARADE STARTED BY A PARADE ORGANIZED BY MC FARLAND.
1941
WESTERN AIRLINE SERVICE TO LETHBRIDGE OPENED TODAY.
1942
SEN.BUCHANAN SPEAKS TO THE ROTARY ON THE SUBJECT OF FRENCH CANADIANS.
1945
APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR NEW LEGION MEMORIAL HALL
1959
AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR 50 BED HOME FOR AGED TO BE BUILT AT FORT MACLEOD.
1960
FARMERS OPPOSE NEW HUTTERITE COLONY AT WARNER.
1961
MARTIN BROS. ANNOUNCES CHANGE FIRM OWNERSHIP.
1961
ANTONI WITORSKI OF LETHBRIDGE HAS SERIES OF FIVE ARTICLES TELLING OF SLAVE LABOUR.
1965
GALT NURSING HOME TO BE CLOSED DOWN DEC 1.
1966
MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE SHOPPING CENTRE GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM CITY COUNCIL.
1969
SENATOR JAMES GLADSTONE AND JUDGE JOHN H.SISSONS RECEIVE HONOURARY DEGREES FROM U OF L.
1970
GAMBLING CASINO APPROVED FOR LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION.
1975
DOWNTOWN AREA TO BE UPGRADED.
1979
LIBRARY CELEBRATING 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
June 3
1930
CONSERVATIVES NAME GEN.STEWART
BRIG.GEN.J.S. STEWART,DSO. WAS NOMINATED BY LETHBRIDGE FEDERAL CONSERVATIVES TO CONTEST THE ELECTION OF JULY 28 AT A PARTY NOMINATING CONVENTION IN THE IOOF. HALL ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
1930
AIRPORT BYLAW CARRIED BY VAST MAJORITY.
1930
WILL LINK UP SUNSHINE TRAIL NORTH. GRAVELLING ON ALDERSYDE HIGHWAY SOON.
1931
LETHBRIDGE HAS 1000 UNEMPLOYED AND THE JOBLESS ARE DRIFTING INTO TOWN.
1937
DUST STORM ROLLS OVER SOUTH. REACHES LETHBRIDGE AT SUNDOWN.
1957
DEAN YATES, PIONEER RESIDENT AND LUMBERMAN DIES AGED 79. MR.YATES CAME TO SOUTH ALBERTA IN 1906
1959
NUMBER OF LETHBRIDGE VOTERS MAY PASS 18,000.
1960
APPROVAL GIVEN FOR NEW SAFEWAY STORE.
1961
LETHBRIDGE WINS SECOND PLACE IN PEDESTRIAN PROGRAMME OF CANADIAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
1961
ALBERT HING, BOOK COLLECTOR RECEIVES OLD J.D.HIGINBOTHAM BOOKS.
1965
LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE TO BUILD SCIENCE BUILDING.
1974
SCHOOL TRUSTEE ALASTAIR MONT RESIGNS.
1974
FT.WHOOP-UP OFFICIALLY OPENED AND KEYS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY.
1878
THE FIRST MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO EUROPEANS IN LETHBRIDGE. THE FORT BENTON RECORD SAYS IT TOOK PLACE AT FORT WHOOP-UP WHILE JOSEPH MC FARLAND WHO MARRIED MARCELLA SHERAN AT THE CEREMONY SAID IT TOOK PLACE AT COAL BANKS.
1903
COUNCILLOR FLEETWOOD WANTS TO LICENSE NICKLE-IN-THE-SLOT MACHINES.
1929
HENDERSON TOURIST CAMP POPULAR WITH MOTORING PUBLIC.
1930
BRIG.GEN.STEWART IS NOMINATED TO CONTEST LETHBRIDGE RIDING FOR CONSERVATIVES; HOT FIGHT FOR SURE. ONLY NAME BEFORE CONVENTION OF ABOUT 100 DELEGATES.
1940
VETERANS REGISTER FOR THE HOME GUARD.
1940
CITY COUNCIL MOVES TO STRIKE ALL ABLE BODIED MEN FROM 16 - 60 FROM CITY RELIEF ROLES.
1943
ALL EX COAL MINERS MUST BE REGISTERED.
1953
HEAVY DAMAGE FROM A THREE-DAY STORM. OVER TWO MILLION TONS OF WATER FELL ON CITY DURING THE STORM. FIREMEN WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK PUMPING OUT FLOODED HOMES.
1958
DR.WILLIAM CRAIG WHO HAS PRACTICED DENTISTRY IN THE CITY FOR 44 YEARS IS RETIRING. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1914.
1959
JACK OHNO, 26, DIES IN LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A BASEBALL.
1959
ARTHUR HUDSON OF TABER WINS $56,000 IN ENGLISH DERBY.
1963
LOCAL PREFERENCE ON CITY CONTRACT IS DISCONTINUED.
1971
$300,000 PERMIT ISSUED FOR BUILDING OF HOLIDAY INN.
1973
ST.MIKE'S SCHOOL OF NURSING PUTS THROUGH LAST GRADUATES.
1974
LETHBRIDGE LOCKERS AND SEA FOODS LTD BUYS TWO ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL PARK LAND FOR RELOCATION.
June 5
1924
MAX. MOSCOVITCH ADMITTED TO BAR. PRESENTED TO MR.JUSTICE TWEEDIE BY DR.CONYBEARE.
1930
NOBLEFORD FARMER KILLED BY PLANE. LETHBRIDGE PILOT FAILS TO SEE J.G.PARKER STEP FROM CROWD TO SEE SHIP. FATAL ACCIDENT AT PICNIC NEAR ROCKY COULEE ON FRIDAY.
1930
LETHBRIDGE TAX RATE FIXED AT 44.55 MILLS.
1941
KEHO-DOME MOVING TIMBERS FOR WELL 20 MILES NORTH WEST OF CITY.
1943
BLESSING OF FINE NEW CHURCH ON THE BLOOD RESERVE.
1953
FLOOD WATERS OF THE OLDMAN RIVER ROSE THREE FEET SINCE YESTERDAY FORCING RIVER BOTTOM RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES
THE CITY PUMPHOUSE SURROUNDED BY NINE FEET OF WATER.
1954
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA BUYS TWO OF ROLOFF BENY'S PAINTINGS FOR HANGING IN THE GALLERY.
1959
JOSEPH V.CHARYK, FORMERLY OF THIS CITY HAS BEEN NAMED ASST. SECRETARY OF JET PROPULSION AND ROCKETRY.
1961
LETHBRIDGE BRANCH OF CANADIAN TRAVELLERS PRESENTS SCHOOL BUS TO DOROTHY GOODER SCHOOL.
1961
MAYOR SHACKLEFORD CHARGES DR. DONOVAN ROSS, MINISTER OF HEALTH OF IGNORING HIM.
1964
CJOC RADIO WILL MOVE TO NEW BUILDING.
1971
A.W.SHACKLEFORD HONOURED FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE ON SALVATION ARMY.
June 6
1921
TOTAL TAXES TO BE RAISED FOR ALL PURPOSES IS $530,189.87. THIS IS $34,000 HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.
1925
EQUALIZATION OF FREIGHT RATES ORDERED. CROWSNEST RATES ON GRAIN, FLOUR STAND.
1930
RUDYARD KIPLING TALKS TO HERALD MAN ABOUT ALBERTA IN MONTREAL
1936
TIMELY RAINS AID SOUTH GRAIN CROPS. WIDESPREAD STORM RELIEVES TENSION IN FARM, RANCH AREA.
1940
A.G.BAALIM OF LETHBRIDGE NAMED CHAIRMAN OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA WAR SAVINGS DRIVE.
1940
PERMANENT RECRUITING STATION OPENED FOR ALL BRANCHES OF ARMY
1959
SGT. CHUCK GIBSON, LETHBRIDGE SOLDIER RECALLS EARLY FEARS IN D-DAY JUMP.
1961
FARMER SAYS PORTION OF HIGHWAY #3 IS HIS PRIVATE PROPERTY SINCE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT PAID HIM FOR IT YET.
1961
STUDENTS GET CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO MARK EARLY LETHBRIDGE CEMETERY WITH ROCK.
1962
DAVID WILSON WELL KNOWN CITY GROCER DIES.
1964
RED ENSIGN WINS NEWSPAPER POLL
1966
18TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT GRANTED FREEDOM OF THE CITY.
1969
BLOOD RESERVE GET 15 NEW HOUSES.
1976
LAST DAY OF SUNDAY BUS SERVICE IN LETHBRIDGE
1979
JOHN GOGO NAMED CHAIRMEN OF AADAC.