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July 5
1906
LETHBRIDGE HERALD ANNOUNCES GOV'T APPROVAL OF AN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION, EXPERIMENTAL FARM. W.H. FAIRFIELD TO BE MANAGER. DR. SAUNDERS HEAD OF THE OTTAWA EXPERIMENTAL FARMS, INSTRUCTED TO COME & HELP BUILD THE FARM.
1928
BOARD OF TRADE PAYS TRIBUTE TO RETIRING COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVED AS PART OF THE FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATION. THE NEW MANAGERIAL FORM OF LOCAL GOVT. IS NOW IN PLACE.
1938
RAIN CUTS EX. CROWD. OFFICIALS EXPECT STRONG COMEBACK IN NEXT TWO DAYS.
1939
OPENING DAY RECORD SET AT FAIR AS 7000 PASS THROUGH GATES.
1941
FOUR JUVENILES WHO ROBBED TWO CITY GARDENS WERE ORDERED STRAPPED WHEN BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRATE.
1943
TEMP. 87.4 DEGREES F.
1944
CITY BEARS BRUNT OF CLOUDBURST - A MILLION TONS OF WATER FALL. SILT AND DEBRIS DAMAGE WATER WORKS. 1.21 INCHES FALL IN HALF AN HOUR.
1944
A.W. SHACKLEFORD CONFIRMS FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRES HAVE ACQUIRED 6 LOTS ON NORTH SIDE OF 4TH AVE. S. AND LETHBRIDGE WILL HAVE A NEW THEATRE.
1952
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE FREDERICK HOBBS OF CITY CELEBRATE THEIR 55TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
1960
CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY TO COALDALE MOVES AHEAD BUT FARMERS NOT SATISFIED.
1962
DIEFENBAKER ARRIVES AT CARDSTON. DEDICATION SERVICE AT TEMPLE.
C.O. CARD HOME RESTORED AS A MUSEUM.
1969
MEL FENGSTAD LOCAL BUSINESSMAN NAMED TO EXHIBITION'S AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME.
1979
SICKS' LETHBRIDGE BREWERY SHUT DOWN AFTER NEARLY 160 WORKERS LOCKED OUT.
July 6
1893
COURT HOUSE OPENS.
1938
RECORD FAIR CROWD SEEN AS 6000 ATTEND ON TUESDAY.
1939
RODEO THRILLS CITIZENS' DAY CROWD.
1940
GOOD RAINS BREAK SOUTHERN ALBERTA DROUGHT.
1943
ONE OF LETHBRIDGE'S OLDEST LANDMARKS--THE TIN CLAD HOYT HARDWARE #4 WAREHOUSE ON 1ST AVE. AND 4TH ST. S. WILL BE DEMOLISHED. USED TO BE I.G. BAKER STORE IN 1885.
1944
2752 PEOPLE IN LONDON, ENGLAND AREA HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ROBOT BOMBS. IN 3 WEEKS OVER 8000 WOUNDED.
1944
P.O. ENERSON, AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY DEALER OF WYNARD, SASK. HAS PURCHASED 5 LOTS ON N.W. CORNER OF 4TH AVE. S. AND 9TH ST. SAID TO HAVE BUILDING PLANS.
1944
ALL TIME HIGH CIRCULATION OF HERALD--9631.
1950
WM. J. ARMSTRONG, EARLY BUSINESSMAN IN LETHBRIDGE DIES. CAME HERE IN 1904 AND OPERATED A JEWELLRY STORE WITH A.C. RAWORTH.
1951
LETHBRIDGE GETS DESIGNATION OF FULL-FLEDGED IMMIGRATION PORT BY DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP.
1974
WORLD LEADER OF INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS VISITS CITY FOR FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS--SHELBY MCCAULEY.
July 7
1931
WOMAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH ON TURIN ROAD. MRS.ELIZABETH M. FINDLAY MEETS DEATH WHEN MACHINES COLLIDE.
1941
8TH CARLOAD OF EQUIPMENT FOR NEW BOILER AT POWER HOUSE SHIPPED FROM GALT ONT. IS BEING INSTALLED AND WILL PRODUCE 70, 000 POUNDS OF STEAM PER HOUR.
1943
ALBERTA. PREMIER MANNING PROMOTED TO CAPT. IN RESERVE UNIT OF EDMONTON REGIMENT.
1943
CLYDE W. GILMOUR IS APPOINTED ASSISTANT PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM IN LONDON. (FORMERLY LETHBRIDGE HERALD NOW ALBUMS).
1943
CITY WILL IMPROVE PLAYGROUND AND SWIMMING AT HENDERSON PARK
1956
GALT REHABILITATION CENTRE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MAYOR T.R. HAIG.
1977
PRINCE CHARLES UNVEILS STATUE OF RED CROW AT STANDOFF IN RE-ENACTMENT OF SIGNING OF TREATY 7.
1977
TWO WAREHOUSES OF SICKS LETHBRIDGE BREWERY DESTROYED IN $200,000 BLAZE.
1979
LETHBRIDGE'S NEW HEALTH UNIT AT 542 7TH ST. S. OPENED BY BOB BOGLE.
1983
TABER IS HIT BY WORST STORM IN 60 YEARS.
July 8
1930
DOUBLE DROWNING OCCURS AT TABER. TWO GIRLS VICTIMS OF TREACHEROUS OLD MAN RIVER CURRENT.
1944
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE H.Q. IN MONTREAL ANNOUNCED IT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING QUEBEC ELECTION.
1944
TOP CALF AT SALE SELLS FOR 55 CENTS A POUND.
1950
THE NOBLE BLADE IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING REVOLUTIONARY FARMING PRACTICES.
1966
DMITRI S. POLYANSKY ONE OF RUSSIA'S MOST POWERFUL MEN VISITS LETHBRIDGE ON TOUR OF CANADIAN GRAIN BELT.
1972
$30 MILLION TO COME FROM FED. GOVT. TO AID SOUTHERN ALBERTA IRRIGATION.
1974
VOTERS GO TO POLLS FOR FEDERAL ELECTION.
1975
ABOUT 150 PARK ROYAL RESIDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THE CITY CENSUS.
1977
PRINCE CHARLES BLESSED AS RED CROW, BLOOD CHIEF.
1981
BLOODS ORGANIZE GROUP AT STANDOFF TO SATISFY DISABLED NEEDS.
July 9
1900
WATER TURNED ON JULY 4TH PASSED SPRING COULEE DROP.
1921
THE LATEST CENSUS FIGURES SHOW THE WEST WITH A POPULATION OF 2,893,192 PERSONS.
1925
VETERAN LETHBRIDGE MEDICAL MAN SENATOR L.G. DE VEBER DIES IN QUEBEC
1927
TORNADO SWEEPS VULCAN. A BARN AND DAIRY WERE BLOWN 200 FEET AND SHATTERED INTO MATCHWOOD. THE SKATING RINK LOST ITS ROOF THE CURLING RINK WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE MAYOR'S CAR WAS CARRIED 100 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR.
1929
FIRST UNIT OF NEW STORAGE ELEVATOR TO HAVE CAPACITY OF 60, 000 BUSHELS. IMPORTANT ADDITION TO TERMINAL FACILITIES.
1942
BARE LEGS ARE BEING NOTICED ON CITY WOMEN, THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO WAR TIME SAVINGS.
1943
10 HR. ELECTRIC STORM WAS WORST IN YEARS, BREAKING LONG DROUGHT AND KNOCKING OUT 25 TRANSFORMERS.
1957
DICK STAFFORD PAYS VISIT TO CITY. ONE OF INITIAL SETTLERS.
1959
FALL NIGHT SHOPPING PLEBISCITE ALMOST CERTAINTY.
1964
LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL OPPOSED TO NIGHT SHOPPING.
1972
ALD BILL KERGAN WANTS TO SEE TRAFFIC LIGHTS INSTALLED AT INTERSECTIONS OF 2ND AND 13TH ST
1977
SOUTH NURSES ORDERED BACK TO WORK BY GOVERNMENT ENDING STRIKE.
July 10
1906
IRON AND GOLD DEPOSITS FOUND ON MILK RIVER.
1938
SUN DANCE OPENS AT STANDOFF
1940
JOE TAKAHASHI RAYMOND JAPANESE IS ATTESTED INTO CANADIAN.ACTIVE SERVICE FORCE. SIGERO GOSHIMAN OF COALDALE REFUSED BECAUSE OF HIS YOUTH.
1942
LARGEST FINE EVER LEVIED IN CITY AGAINST C. FELLGER OF MAGRATH. $6000 FOR BREACH OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RULINGS.
1942
HEAVY INFESTATION OF WHEAT STEM SAWFLY REPORTED LOCALLY.
1943
CANADIAN FORCES INVADE SICILY. LETHBRIDGE ANXIOUS FOR NEWS OF UNITS INVOLVED.
1943
Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING LESSONS FOR CHILDREN 3 MORNINGS A WEEK FOR 50 CENTS PER MONTH.
1945
MAYOR A.W. SHACKLEFORD ASSURED KIWANIS CLUB THAT CIVIC CENTRE SWIMMING POOL WADING POOL CITY HALL WOULD BE BUILT
1951
120 CHILDREN LEARN TO SWIM IN FREE CLASSES SPONSORED BY Y.M.C.A. AND THE HERALD.
1951
R.J. CHISWICK, LETHBRIDGE RESIDENT, BECOMES HONORARY CHIEF OF PEIGAN TRIBE.
1952
THE FIRST LETHBRIDGE BRANCH OF SAAN STORES IS EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION BEGINNING OF AUGUST ON 5TH ST. S.
1959
REGINALD ANDERSON, 31, AWAITING TRIAL IN LETHBRIDGE JAIL COMMITS SUICIDE.
1961
T.D. HETHERINGTON APPOINTED CITY SOLICITOR.
1965
HAIL STORM CAUSES OVER FIVE MILLION DAMAGE TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA CROPS AS ONE OF WORST SUMMER STORMS IN THREE YEARS PASSES THROUGH.
1967
ROVER C. CLARK ALBERTA.'S MIN. OF YOUTH OPENS CAMP IMPEESA IN ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
1974
COLLEGE OPPOSES CITY BYPASS ROUTE FOR HIGHWAY.
July 11
1906
LETHBRIDGE HERALD ANNOUNCES GOV'T APPROVAL OF AN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION, EXPERIMENTAL FARM. W.H. FAIRFIELD TO BE MANAGER. DR. SAUNDERS HEAD OF THE OTTAWA EXPERIMENTAL FARMS, INSTRUCTED TO COME & HELP BUILD THE FARM.
1928
BOARD OF TRADE PAYS TRIBUTE TO RETIRING COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVED AS PART OF THE FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATION. THE NEW MANAGERIAL FORM OF LOCAL GOVT. IS NOW IN PLACE.
1938
RAIN CUTS EX. CROWD. OFFICIALS EXPECT STRONG COMEBACK IN NEXT TWO DAYS.
1939
OPENING DAY RECORD SET AT FAIR AS 7000 PASS THROUGH GATES.
1941
FOUR JUVENILES WHO ROBBED TWO CITY GARDENS WERE ORDERED STRAPPED WHEN BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRATE.
1943
TEMP. 87.4 DEGREES F.
1944
CITY BEARS BRUNT OF CLOUDBURST - A MILLION TONS OF WATER FALL. SILT AND DEBRIS DAMAGE WATER WORKS. 1.21 INCHES FALL IN HALF AN HOUR.
1944
A.W. SHACKLEFORD CONFIRMS FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRES HAVE ACQUIRED 6 LOTS ON NORTH SIDE OF 4TH AVE. S. AND LETHBRIDGE WILL HAVE A NEW THEATRE.
1952
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE FREDERICK HOBBS OF CITY CELEBRATE THEIR 55TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
1960
CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY TO COALDALE MOVES AHEAD BUT FARMERS NOT SATISFIED.
1962
DIEFENBAKER ARRIVES AT CARDSTON. DEDICATION SERVICE AT TEMPLE. C.O. CARD HOME RESTORED AS A MUSEUM.
1969
MEL FENGSTAD LOCAL BUSINESSMAN NAMED TO EXHIBITION'S AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME.
1979
SICKS' LETHBRIDGE BREWERY SHUT DOWN AFTER NEARLY 160 WORKERS LOCKED OUT.