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July 19
1906
WITH ALL LETHBRIDGE'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH SHOULD BELLY RIVER BE HARNESSED FOR POWER?
1934
SUNNY SKIES GREET EXHIBITION CROWDS. PARADE IS COLOURFUL FIRST DAY FEATURE.
1940
MAYOR ELTON CALLS FOR 500 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH REGISTRATION.
1944
NEAR RIOT IN LETHBRIDGE ARENA WHEN M.J. COLDWELL C.C.F. ACCUSED HON. SOLON E. LOW AND NORMAN JACQUES (SOCREDS) OF JEW BAITING AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
1944
J.C. LANDERYOU, BLEEDING, CARRIED BODILY FROM MEETING AFTER CALLING COLDWELL A LIAR.
1944
HOUSE OF COMMONS DEPLORES GESTAPO TACTICS OF JEW BAITING AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
1951
ST. MARY RIVER DAM OPENED BY JAMES G. GARDNER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE.
1952
ORDINARY SEAMAN JOSEPH WOOD OF LETHBRIDGE RECEIVES AWARD FOR HAVING MOST SPORTSMANSHIP, CHEERFULNESS AND UNSELFISHNESS IN HIS DIVISION.
1956
SHORTAGE OF STEEL DUE TO TWO- WEEK OLD UNITED STATES STEEL STRIKE MAY CAUSE BUILDING SLOWDOWN IN CITY.
1957
WATER SOFTENER AT LETHBRIDGE'S NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL GO INTO OPERATION THIS FALL.
1962
METER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN AREA APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
1969
PRIME MINISTER PIERRE TRUDEAU VISITS CITY AND CHEWS THE FAT WITH FARMERS.
1979
HUMAN BONES FOUND ON OLDMAN RIVER NEAR TABER MAY BE CONTINENT'S OLDEST.
July 20
1885
THE 65TH MONT-ROYAL ARRIVED BACK AT MONTREAL FOLLOWING THE REBELLION.
1925
NEW FIREPROOF BRODIE BLOCK RISES ON SITE OF PIONEER BUSINESS HOUSE.
1930
"KING'S HIGHWAY" PATHFINDER PASSES THROUGH LETHBRIDGE
FINDS GOOD FROM MONTREAL TO LETHBRIDGE
1931
FAIR OPENS BENEATH SUNNY SKIES
KIDDIES DAY DRAWS YOUNG HOLIDAYERS; EXHIBITS STRONG. THREE DAY EXHIBITION GETS UNDERWAY WITH PROSPECTS BRIGHT
1934
OPENING DAY AT FAIR SETS RECORD 7,000 PASS INTO GROUNDS ON KIDDIES DAY.
1940
LETHBRIDGE #5 ELEMENTARY FLYING SCHOOL OPENS HERE MONDAY WITH 24 STUDENTS.
1942
7-YEAR-OLD ROLAND HAMPTON KILLED IN 180 FT. FALL FROM CPR HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE.
1942
REV. H.A. MUTCHMOR OF ESTEVAN, SASK. TAKES OVER AS MINISTER OF SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH.
1943
FARMERS MARKET MOVES TO 418-13TH ST. N. AS THEIR USUAL PLACE IS BEING USED FOR SALVAGE STORAGE.
1943
U.S. COMBINES MAY HELP IN FALL HARVEST.
1944
HITLER INJURED IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.
1960
NEW HEAT RECORD SET IN CITY
102.4 F. BREAKING RECORD OF 102.3 F. SET IN 1904.
1961
BILL POLLOCK CROSS CANADA WALKER ARRIVES IN LETHBRIDGE
1976
MEMORY LANE IN EXHIBITION PAVILION MARKS 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHOOP-UP DAYS.
1983
CITY FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVE 15,75% WAGE HIKE THROUGH ARBITRATION.
July 21
1883
LILY PASSES SASKATOON AND THE PRICE OF LOTS DOUBLED.
1927
H.A.MCKILLOP, LETHBRIDGE MERCHANT DIES FOLLOWING AN OPERATION.
HE WAS AGED 50 AND HAD LIVED IN THE CITY SINCE 1910.
1931
NO CHANGE IN LETHBRIDGE GAS RATES. PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD DISMISSES APPLICATION FOR DOWNWARD REVISION.
1934
FINALS IN STAMPEDE AT FAIR TODAY. CITIZENS DAY CROWD KEEPS TURNSTILES AT EX. CLICKING.
1941
LABOUR SHORTAGE HERE -- ONLY 25 MEN UNEMPLOYED.
1942
CITY RAISES ALLOWANCE FOR BURIAL OF INDIGENTS FROM $25 TO $35.
1942
CITY COUNCIL SAYS CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE CAN BE AVOIDED BY KEEPING JAPANESE AND "CERTAIN OTHERS" (GERMANS AND ITALIANS) OUT OF LOCAL BEER PARLOURS.
1944
HEAT WAVE WANES AFTER 93 DEGREE HEAT.
1951
LETHBRIDGE'S CHARLES PARRY STEPS DOWN FROM PRESIDENCY OF ALBERTA MILK PRODUCER'S ASSOCIATION
1951
"THE PONY SHOP", LETHBRIDGE'S ONLY HORSE MEAT STORE IS DOING GOOD BUSINESS.
1952
LETHBRIDGE MAY GET T.C.A. TRANSCONTINENTAL SERVICE BY 1953.
1953
VETERAN RAILWAY MAN, T.G. MCNABB, RETIRES ENDING A 49 YEAR CAREER.
1959
STEVE DOMONKOS, 57, KILLED AFTER A DITCH IN WHICH HE WAS WORKING CAVED IN.
1970
GOVERNOR-GENERAL ROLAND MICHENER WINS HEARTS AT LOCAL EX.
July 22
1925
GOOD OIL STRIKE IN FOREMOST WELL.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN DRIVE FOR BIG SOUTH ALBERTA OIL FIELD.
1929
OVER 22,000 PEOPLE ATTEND LETHBRIDGE FAIR.
1931
RECORD FAIR CROWD IS FORECAST
6,500 LAUGH IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA HEAT
1940
#5 ELEMENTARY FLYING SCHOOL OPENS WITH 25 RECRUITS WHO BEGIN AERIAL TRAINING TOMORROW
1941
LOCAL FARMERS ARE REFUSING TO PAY $6.00 PER DAY FOR HARVEST LABOUR -- SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE
1953
EIGHT $1 SITES ON NORTH SIDE SOLD FOR HOMES FOR RIVERBOTTOM RESIDENTS.
1957
WATER LEVEL DROPS TO DANGER POINT DUE TO HOT SPELL.
1959
WEATHERMAN SMILES AS ANNUAL EXHIBITION OPENS.
1967
TAPED JAPANESE MUSIC NO LONGER TO BE PLAYED AT NIKKA YUKO GARDENS DUE TO UNFAVOURABLE REACTIONS.
1972
TRANSFER PLAN BETWEEN LCC AND U OF L FIRST OF ITS TYPE IN ALBERTA
1977
ROYAL FRUIT STORE ON 3RD AVE. S., ACROSS FROM GALT GARDENS TO CLOSE AFTER 30 YEARS.
July 23
1926
NEW $150,000 R.C. INDIAN SCHOOL OPENED IN CARDSTON BY BISHOP J.E. KIDD.
1931
COALHURST YOUTH INJURED BY TRAIN. RIGHT FOOT CRUSHED IN ATTEMPT TO BOARD TRAIN IN LOCAL YARDS.
1934
FAIR ATTENDANCE REACHES 29,000 TO SET NEW RECORD. PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS PLEASED.
1938
LETHBRIDGE HOTTEST POINT IN WEST AS MERCURY HITS 98.8.
1940
KENYON FIELD AIR TRAINING SCHOOL OPENED.
1940
CITY LANDMARK, THE FLAG POLE AT RCMP BARRACKS IS REMOVED.
1943
DONALD GORDON, HEAD OF WARTIME PRICES TRADE BOARD SPEAKS LOCALLY.
1959
20,000 LINE STREETS TO VIEW MONSTER PARADE IN LETHBRIDGE.
1962
STEVE FARKAS SUES CITY FOR $3,000 AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING CITY WATER TRUCK AND PASSENGER CAR.
1974
CHEC RADIO GETS NEW FM TRANSMITTER TOWER.
1981
HISTORIC NO. 1 FIRE HALL AND MAGRATH HOUSE APPROVED BY MPC FOR RENOVATION.
July 24
1943
OLD AGE PENSION BOOSTED TO $25 PER MONTH.
1944
MEETING OF CHARLES ORA CARD AND CHIEF RED CROW IS RECALLED AT CAIRN CEREMONY IN MACLEOD.
1950
TRIBUTES COME IN FROM ALL OVER THE SOUTH HONOURING THE RT. HON.W.LYON MCKENZIE KING WHO DIED ON SATURDAY IN OTTAWA.
1959
EXTREME HEAT BLAMED FOR FAIR CROWD DROP.
1974
CITIZENS CRITICIZE WHOOP-UP DAYS BEER GARDEN CITING COMMERCIALISM, HIGH PRICES AND BAD LANGUAGE.
1975
MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE CLAIMED FROM ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO MEDICINE HAT IN WORST FLOOD ON RECORD IN SOUTH.
1976
AVERAGE AGE OF UNWED MOTHERS IN CITY DROPS TO BETWEEN 15 AND 16 YEARS OLD.
1981
CHARTERED BANK RATE HITS 21%.
July 25
1907
LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT OPENS UP MANY NEW POST OFFICES DUE TO RUSH OF SETTLERS.
1921
A FIRE ($20,000 DAMAGES) DESTROYED THE POWER HOUSE, AN AIR COMPRESSOR & TWO PUMPS OF THE FEDERAL MINE.
1924
GEORGE KNUDSON WHO HELPED BREAK HORSES FOR NWMP DIES AGED 75
1956
EXPERIMENTAL FARM MARKS 50 YEARS SERVICE TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1957
FAIR OPENS WITH COLORFUL PARADE--STREETS JAMMED.
1959
HERALD PURCHASED BY F.P. PUBLICATIONS. JOINS OTTAWA JOURNAL, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, CALGARY ALBERTAN, VICTORIA TIMES AND VICTORIA COLONIST.
1964
FIRST SIX-DAY EXHIBITION WINDS UP.
1974
CANADA'S TOTAL STOCKPILE OF MUSTARD GAS DESTROYED AT SUFFIELD UNDER CLOSE SUPERVISION.