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February 15
1886
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WAS COMPLETED.
WOOLWORTHS STORE LOCATED AT THE SITE TODAY.
1912
RENEWED GUARANTEE OF ROADS COMING TO THE CITY.
1934
$1,000 STOLEN AS NEMISCAM SAFE IS BLOWN. CARL WEK'S STORE AND POST OFFICE SCENE OF ROBBERY.
1944
CITY ENGINEER FAVOURS FRONTAGE TAXCUT.
1946
OCCUPATION ARMY TO BE WITHDRAWN IN APRIL.
1952
ALL BUSINESSES IN LETHBRIDGE CLOSE DOWN IN MOURNING FOR KING GEORGE VI. MASS SERVICE AT LCI.
1952
JAMES STIELE, CITY EMPLOYEE FOR OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS RETIRES.
1955
MAYOR A.W.SHACKLEFORD TURNS FIRST SOD AT SITE OF NEW INTER PROVINCIAL COLD STORAGE CO. BUILDING.
1956
MCKILLOP UNITED CHURCH RENTS PART OF GILBERT PATERSON SCHOOL FOR CHURCH SERVICES.
1957
AVERAGE SALARY FOR LETHBRIDGE TEACHERS IS $4,073.
1957
MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE IN LETHBRIDGE
1958
ST.FRANCIS BOYS SCHOOL STARTS CLASSES ON FEB.17.
1963
HORNE MOTORS AT 5TH ST AND 5TH AVE GUTTED IN SPECTACULAR FIRE. SMALL SPARK BLAMED FOR $250,000 LOSS.
1963
DEAN W.J.COUSINS TO DISCUSS PETER FIDLER IN TV SERIES. FIDLER WAS FIRST WHITE MAN TO DISCOVER AND NAME OLDMAN RIVER AND CHIEF MOUNTAIN IN WATERTON PARK.
1965
NEW CANADIAN FLAG RAISED IN CEREMONY AT CIVIC CENTER AND CITY HALL.
1965
CITY'S BIRTH-RATE DROPPING. YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING AWAY.
1972
CITY COUNCIL DECLARES AUG 07, 1972 A MONDAY AS CIVIC HOLIDAY
1973
NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR WOODWARDS STORE ON 5TH AVE. WILL MAKE SOME PEOPLE MOVE FROM HOMES.
1974
LOCAL CLERGYMEN CONCERNED ABOUT "THE EXORCIST" PLAYING HERE.
1982
LMH NURSES REFUSING TO STRIKE WITH UNION.
1984
PIPE DREAM HELPS LINEWORK. A UNIQUE TUNNELLING PROCESS, WHICH AVOIDS THE INTERRUPTION CAUSED BY TRENCH EXCAVATION IS BEING USED NEAR THE U OF L TO COMPLETE A MAJOR SANITARY SEWER TRUNK LINE.
February 16
1909
DONALD MCNABB, LETHBRIDGE LABOUR MEMBER INTRODUCES BILL WANTING BI-WEEKLY WAGE MEASURE
1910
LETHBRIDGE TO HAVE YMCA CAMPAIGN THIS MONTH. EXPECTED THAT $45,000 WILL COVER COST OF A SITE, THE BUILDING AND FURNISHINGS.
BUILDING WILL HAVE ENOUGH DORMITORIES TO MAKE IT SELF-SUPPORTING.
1912
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY COMING INTO CITY FROM SOUTH.
1920
RECORD OF FIFTY GAMBLERS AND ILLICIT BOOZE SELLERS APPEAR IN COURT.
1924
PLAYGOERS ORGANIZED
1926
A.G.BAALIM OF LETHBRIDGE ELECTED DIRECTOR OF CANADIAN WESTERN NATURAL GAS, LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER.
1928
FIRST SOD TURNED FOR NEW COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE BY DR. TORY. PRES. OF THE U OF A.
1929
NEW ACT SUGGESTS CAR LICENSE FEE OF 25 OR 50 CENTS.
1946
SEEK TO RETAIN 2,500 GERMAN POW'S AS FARM LABOURERS.
1949
SICK MEMORIAL POOL WILL BE LARGEST IN ALTA.
1954
GIDEON BIBLE PRESENTED TO KENYON TERRACE MOTEL.
1954
UNITED CHURCH TO FORM NEW CONGREGATION FOR SOUTHEAST AREA.
1954
PRE-SCHOOL CLASSES ABOLISHED DUE TO LACK OF FACILITIES.
1956
CLARESHOLM HIGH SCHOOL CLOSED IN MOURNING FOR THE FAMILY OF FOUR WHO DIED IN FIRE.
1957
NEW GEORGE MCKILLOP SCHOOL DEDICATED.
1961
GENERAL PLAN FORECASTS A POPULATION OF 65,000 BY 1980.
1967
HERALD SUBSCRIBERS GET PRICE HIKE TO 50 CENTS WEEKLY. SINGLE COPY REMAINS AT 10 CENTS.
1970
TIME AIR INTRODUCES FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM LETHBRIDGE TO EDMONTON.
1977
NATURAL GAS DRILLING RIG SET UP IN WEST LETHBRIDGE.
1978
APPLICATION FOR EXPANSION OF HOLIDAY VILLAGE AT 441 MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE APPROVED.
1981
HISTORICAL PLAY CONCERNING EARLY COAL MINERS (FIRE IN THE HOLE), TO BE USED AS A TEACHING TOOL IN LOCAL SCHOOLS.
February 17
1909
LETHBRIDGE CITY MADE INTO CONSTITUENCY UNDER REDISTRIBUTION ACT.
1910
LETHBRIDGE DAILY NEWS TO START PUBLISHING J.WOODS, CALGARY
BOUGHT OUT NEWS END OF LETHBRIDGE NEWS FROM . E. HAGELL. MR. HAGELL WILL RETAIN JOB DEPT.
1928
THE UNION TRACTOR AND HARVESTER CO. WILL OPEN OFFICES AND A WAREHOUSE IN THE CITY.
1934
DUGGAN LAUDS LETHBRIDGE MOVE FOR PARTY FUSION. SEES IN ACTION DESIRE FOR REMOVAL OF CLASS GOVT.
1941
ORDER-IN-COUNCIL PASSED TO FORM THE ST. MARY & MILK RIVER WATER DEVELOPMENT COMM.
1947
POW CAMP TURNED OVER TO THE PROVINCE.
1949
MURIEL GENTLEMAN TO COMPETE N PROV. ORATORICAL CONTEST.
1954
LETHBRIDGE OLDTIMERS, JOSEPH W. ERICKSON FUNERAL.
1972
MOBILE HOME PARK IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE APPROVED BY MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
1975
SOUTHERN ALBERTA HOSTED CANADA WINTER GAMES
1979
100-SUITE APARTMENT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS APPROVED.
1982
SEVEN STRIKE-HIT HOSPITALS SEEM TO BE COPING.
February 18
1901
G.M. DAWSON, FATHER OF CANADIAN ANTHROPOLOGY DIED
1920
MISS HAZEL BLETCHER TO BE LIBRARIAN AT THE "Y".
1921
SCHOOL BOARD FIGHTS FOR HIGHER GRANTS.
1929
SEVEN MILLION BUSHELS OF GRAIN IN FARMERS HANDS.
1930
TWO MINERS TRAPPED AT BLAIRMORE. DON'T KNOW WHETHER CHEESEK IS STILL ALIVE .
THE TRAPPED MEN TAP ON PIPES TO LET THE RESCUERS KNOW THEY ARE STILL ALIVE.
1943
URGES RETURN TO OLD CITY STREET NAMES.
1944
CAMPAIGN FOR ADOPTED CITY IN RUSSIA OPENS.
1947
FORMER MAYOR BARROWMAN DIES AT 64.
1949
RECORD SNOW FALL.
1952
CIVIC ICE CENTRE ONE OF FINEST RINKS IN COUNTRY WITH 38,000 FT OF ICE SURFACE.
1956
ONE TOWER FOR MICROWAVE SYSTEM WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR LIVE TELEVISION TO BE PLACED AT LETHBRIDGE
1961
THOMAS O'BRIEN GORE-HICKMAN TO RETIRE AS MAGISTRATE THIS YEAR.
1964
CABLEVISION PLANS RESUMED.
1971
MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION GIVES APPROVAL FOR 12 STORY APARTMENT AT 1113 27 ST A.
1972
THREE NEW HIGH SPEED CARS PURCHASED BY LETHBRIDGE CITY POLICE.
1977
70 PER CENT OF ALBERTANS WANT DRINKING AGE RAISED.
1977
$850,000 UGG ELEVATOR IN CLARESHOLM BURNED.
1978
LEGION HALL AT 1ST AVE. AND 9TH ST TO BE DEMOLISHED.
1982
'DUSTBOWL' FEARED AS WINDS CONTINUE.
WINDS UP TO 105 MPH HAVE TURNED PARTS OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PINCHER CREEK INTO A DUST BOWL.
1983
U OF L TO INSTALL PARKING METERS IN ALL VISITOR PARKING LOTS.
February 19
1909
BILL MINER'S CAPTOR COMMENTS ON ESCAPE OF NOTORIOUS MAN, "SOMETHING CROOKED ABOUT HIS ESCAPE".
1909
REV. DR. JOHN MCKAY, PRINCIPAL OF THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, VANCOUVER TO BE GUEST PREACHER AT OPENING OF NEW KNOX CHURCH.
1925
ELLISON MILL PLANS STORAGE ELEVATOR.
1927
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN SETTLERS TELL OF AMAZING RETURNS ON FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION.
1930
BLAIRMORE MINER DEAD WHEN FOUND. FRANK CHEESAK IS COVERED BY TONS OF ROCK WHEN FOUND.
1947
CITY COUNCIL TO ADVERTISE FOR CITY ARCHITECT TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
1955
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES REACH PEAK-3,516 UNEMPLOYED IN LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT.
1957
ASPHALT PLANT TO BE MOVED TO 2ND AVE AND 6TH ST.
1957
CLASSES START AT NEW LETHBRIDGE REHABILITATION SOCIETY.
1962
THOMAS WARDMAN, OLDEST PENSIONER IN CPR'S WESTERN SYSTEM DIES AGED 95.
HE WAS THE ENGINEER WHO GUIDED THE FIRST CPR TRAIN OVER THE HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE.
1963
STUDY OF CITY POWER RATES COULD MEAN REDUCTION ON BILLS TO USERS.
1964
SCHOOL OFFICIALS DISMAYED AT PROPOSED CHANGES IN SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM.
1965
THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER WATER AS WARMER WEATHER MELTS SNOW.
1971
BIRTH CONTROL HANDBOOK DISTRIBUTION HALTED AT U OF L BY GENERAL FACULTIES COUNCIL.
1972
KIRK'S TIRE LTD. STORE BATTERED BY CAR.
1972
FIRST STORES IN LETHBRIDGE INSTALL ELECTRONIC CAMERAS TO PREVENT SHOPLIFTERS.
1973
EUGENE WHELAN , FED. MIN. OF AGRI. VISITS CITY.
1983
10 ACRES EAST OF 43RD ST TO BE SOLD TO ERASE CITY PACKERS DEBTS.
February 20
1825
WILLIAM LETHBRIDGE WAS BORN AFTER WHOM THE CITY IS NAMED.
HE WAS NEVER IN LETHBRIDGE ALTHOUGH A SECTION OF LAND WAS TAKEN OUT IN HIS NAME, PRIMARILY FOR THE COAL RIGHTS.
1895
JAMES DONALDSON IS TARRED AND FEATHERED.
1920
GASOLINE PRICES RISE TWO CENTS NOW AT FORTY-EIGHT CENTS A GALLON.
1931
EXPERIMENTAL FARM HOUSE BARN BURNED. FIRE OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN.
1941
RESERVE RECRUITS OF FOUR MONTHS NOW GET $1.30.
1943
AIRWOMEN WANTED.
1945
HEALTH BOARD SAY CITY NEEDS INCINERATOR.
1948
LANDERYOU SAYS LETHBRIDGE MAY BECOME PITTSBURG OF WEST.
1951
FIRE DESTROYS OLD R.N.W.M. POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN FORT MACLEOD.
1954
MAYOR A.W.SHACKLFORD RECEIVES RUBBER GLOVES SO HE WON'T BE SCHOCKED AGAIN AT TEEN QUEEN CONTEST.
1954
CITY POST OFFICE WILL HIRE MORE LETTER CARRIERS TO DEAL WITH FIVE-DAY WEEK.
1956
HOME AT 611 - 9TH AVE DESTROYED BY FIRE. ONE PERSON KILLED.
1957
LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE TO RECEIVE $25,000 FROM GOV'T.
1959
DOROTHY GOODER SCHOOL FOR RETARDED CHILDREN BEGINS CLASSES.
1961
CITY HAS $100,000 SURPLUS.
1965
HEAVY WIND DAMAGE TO AREAS OF CITY AND DISTRICT.
1980
BABY "AIR EXPRESS" TO CALGARY SAVES MANY "PREEMIE" LIVES
1981
ALLOCATION OF $2.2 MILLION FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WILL ALLOW EXPANSION OF SOME PROGRAMS AND HELP START THREE NEW ONES.
1984
CITY HAS NO ROOM FOR RAISES. CITY ADMINISTRATION THINKS IT HAS DEALT ALDERMEN A WINNING HAND WITH A PROPOSED 1984 OPERATING BUDGET WHICH PROJECTS A TAX INCREASE OF JUST 4.9 PER CENT.
February 21
1906
ALBERTA RAILWAY & IRRIGATION CO. OBTAINS PRIVATE CAR NAMED "LETHBRIDGE".
1907
INITIAL WORK ON HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE NOW UNDERWAY.
1907
C.P.R. WOULD HAVE CONSENTED TO TRAFFIC BRIDGE ALONGSIDE RAILWAY BRIDGE IF SUBWAY HAD BEEN BUILT.
1908
DR.H.M.TORY, PRES. OF U OF A IS SPEAKER AT FIRST CANADIAN CLUB LUNCHEON HELD IN CITY.
1912
CITY STARTS ON PAVING ROADS.
1920
PROVINCE GUARANTEES FINANCES OF LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IRRIGATION SCHEME.
1927
ARTILLERY SCHOOL OPENS AT ARMOURIES.
1929
CITY'S ASSETS ARE $778,970.31. LETHBRIDGE IS THE ONLY CITY WHICH HAS NOT RE-BONDED.
1931
BULL TAKES LIFE OF COALDALE YOUTH. LAD'S MOTHER FINDS BODY OF SON.
1938
SOUTH ROADS DRIFT BADLY; PLOWS BUSY. SNOW COATED TRACKS DELAY WESTBOUND TRAIN FROM MEDICINE HAT.
1940
EDWARD CASTLES REP. OF DOMINION LABOUR PARTY ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL TO VACANCY CREATED BY DEATH ALD.HUTCHINGS
1940
DEATH OF ROBT. WATSON
GALT- MINES BLACKSMITH WHO SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1885.
1944
FAMILY ESCAPES HOUSE FIRE.
1945
FOUR DEAD AT HENDERSON LAKE GOLF CLUB-MURDER AND SUICIDE.
1945
MAN DEAD AT #8 GALT MINE.
1946
CIVIC CENTER PROPOSAL FOR A SWIMMING POOL.
1948
COST OF NEW CITY HALL SHOWS SHARP INCREASE.
1948
LOCAL MINERS VOTE ON RESUMING PIT WORK.
1953
SOD TURNING CEREMONY FOR NEW CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH TO BE ERECTED AT 2ND AVE.
1956
GRANDSTAND REPAIRS TO COST $30,000.
1956
CITY PURCHASES NEW ASPHALT PLANT.
1958
CHINOOK SOFT DRINKS LTD. PLANT AT 2907 2ND AVE CHANGES HANDS.
1967
PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PLANS RULED OUT. MINISTER OF HEALTH SAYS "NOT REALISTIC AT THIS TIME".
1968
JUDGE TURCOTTE APPOINTED THE FIRST CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE
1968
LETHBRIDGE HOTEL SOLD FOR $400,000 TO WALTER ORTLIEB AND BILL RIEWE.
1979
FIVE CANADA PACKERS WORKERS CONTACT DISEASE AFTER SICK CATTLE SLAUGHTERED.
1979
NEW HARDIEVILLE ZONING ESTABLISHED.
1980
BUSINESS PARK EAST OF CITY PROPOSED BY HAICO INDUSTRIES LTD.