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July 26
1927
FORMAL OPENING OF PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL AT WATERTON PARK IS BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
1939
MOUNTED POLICE BARRACKS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE
1940
L.E. FAIRBAIRN TAKES OVER AS MANAGER AND SECRETARY OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
1943
RED CROSS WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF OLD L.D.S. CHURCH AT 7TH AVE. AND 12TH ST. S. ON AUG. 1
1943
2000 SONS OF ITALY HERE HAIL OUSTING OF MUSSOLINI.
1963
POLICE CLOSE DOWN ALL SLOT MACHINES AT LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION MIDWAY.
1976
EXHIBITION ATTENDANCE TOPS 100,000 MARK AFTER 80 YEARS OF TRYING.
1977
COUNCIL RESCINDS EARLIER DECISION TO REPLACE CITY HALL.
1979
BANK RATE HITS ALL-TIME HIGH OF 11.75% AND RILES CITY FINANCIAL MANAGERS.
July 27
1918
MISS CATHERINE STINSON, 27, PILOT PRESENTED FLYING EXHIBITION AT LETHBRIDGE
1940
MRS. HALTON WIFE OF MATTHEW HALTON FORMER WRITER FOR LETHBRIDGE HERALD RETURNED FROM ENGLAND WITH HER TWO CHILDREN.
1953
A CEASE FIRE WAS DECLARED 25,O00 CANADIANS SERVED IN KOREA; 516 DIED IN ACTION.
1962
GRAND OPENING OF ST. PATRICKS SAVINGS & CREDIT UNION.
1965
NEW LETHBRIDGE SYMBOL -- AN IRRIGATION SHOVEL -- UNVEILED FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL
1966
HAILSTONES LARGER THAN GOLF BALLS HIT BOW ISLAND AREA AND DESTROY CROPS.
1967
NOON-HOUR ENTERTAINMENT TO BE SUPPLIED AT GALT GARDENS ON TRIAL BASIS.
1921
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN PROJECT NEEDS MORE SETTLERS. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SMALLER HOLDINGS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO PAY COSTS.
1930
RECLAMATION POLICY IS MAIN SUBJECT AT IRRIGATION CONGRESS MEETING IN CITY.
1944
$5000 FUND FOR LETHBRIDGE'S ADOPTED RUSSIAN CITY TIMOSHEVSKAYA CLOSES.
1952
WATERTON-GLACIER INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
1953
MR. AND MRS. MATTHEW HOMULOS, RESIDENTS OF LETHBRIDGE SINCE BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE, CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
1961
TERRIBLE RAIN AND HAIL STORMS SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN ALBERTA
1967
LETHBRIDGE TWINNED WITH ST. LAURENT FOR EXPO CELEBRATIONS.
1970
CAPITOL THEATRE ON 5TH ST.SO. IS PUT UP FOR SALE.
1979
MEMORIAL ON BLOOD RESERVE OF RED CROW IS ONE OF FIRST IN CANADA TO INCLUDE THE NATIVE TONGUE OF LOCAL INDIANS.
July 29
1883
THE LILY PASSES TWO SCOWS AND RAFT OF LUMBER, SASKATOON BOUND CAUGHT 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, ALBERTA 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 EFFECTIVELY WITH CURRENT POLIO OUTBREAK.
1957
BLOOD INDIANS PAY HONOUR TO GROUP CAPT. DOUGLAS BADER AS HE BECOMES HONORARY CHIEF.
1966
LETHBRIDGE 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 (ANDY) JOSEPH STAYSKO PASSED AWAY.
1902
LARGE BRICK LIVERY BARN ON SMITH ST. COMPLETED.
1929
NEW LARGER QUARTERS FOR ARMY, NAVY VETS READY FOR OCCUPANCY IN THE FALL.
1940
CITY WILL NOT EXTEND WATER LINES TO KENYON FIELD. WATER WILL BE DELIVERED BY TRUCK.
1942
JULY RAIN SETS 40 YEAR RECORD AT 4.39 INCHES.
1951
A PAINTING OF GLADIOLUS WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY.THE GLADIOLUS WAS CHOSEN AS THE FLOWER FOR LETHBRIDGE, DURING THE SITTING OF COUNCIL ON SEPT. 25, 1950
1956
LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION AND RODEO HITS ATTENDANCE RECORD OF 29,822.
1979
LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT'S WATER TAP TURNED OFF FOR A WEEK DUE TO LOW LEVEL OF KEHO LAKE.
1934
FOREST FIRES MENACE PASS TOWN
WIND CHANGE SAVES FRANK & LILLE
1944
THE BOARD OF TRADE MOVES FROM GALT GARDENS TO THE MARQUIS HOTEL.
1944
MAGISTRATE ARTHUR BEAUMONT K.C SON HENRY SUE CITY FOR $11,000 AS RESULT OF TOBOGGANING ACCIDENT ON COULEE HILL WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
1950
FLYING OFFICER T. DELBERT MARTIN, RCAF A GRADUATE OF THE LCI KILLED IN CRASH OF CONVERTED LANCASTER AT ALERT, NWT.
1951
LETHBRIDGE BEGINS WATER RATIONING DUE TO LACK OF PUMPING AND STORAGE FACILITIES
1953
TRADE MINISTER C.D. HOWE TOURS SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1956
PINCHER CREEK HUTTERITE COLONY NEGOTIATING FOR 10,000 ACRES OF LAND SOUTHWEST OF SPOKANE DUE TO PROVINCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON INCREASING LAND HOLDINGS IN ALBERTA.
1963
LOGANKNIT KNITWEAR CLOSING
1963
PRINCETON SHOP OPENS
1969
2.5 MILLION HOTEL PLANNED FOR DOWNTOWN LETHBRIDGE ON HULL BLOCK SITE AT 3RD AVE AND 7TH ST.
1907
FIRST DAY OF OPERATION OF LETHBRIDGE WOOLEN MILL CO.
1907
DOUKHOBOURS UNDER PETER VERIGIN CONSIDERING THIS AREA FOR SETTLEMENT.
1925
E.P.RANCH STOCK GIVES BIG BOOST TO LETHBRIDGE FAIR. ALBERTA'S ROYAL RANCHER RECOGNIZES GROWING IMPORTANCE OF LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION.
1934
HON.J.J. MACLELLAN PROMISES GRAVELLED HIGHWAY ACROSS LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN. "WHEN FINANCES PERMIT".
1939
CITY ACQUIRES MOUNTED POLICE BARRACKS.
1940
EVERY CANADIAN OWNING A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN MUST REGISTER IT WITH THE RCMP BEFORE SEPT.15.
1941
MAY ASTOR FAMOUS AMERICAN ACTOR IS GUEST AT THE MARQUIS HOTEL WHILE VISITING HER HUSBAND AT THE LOCAL BOMBING SCHOOL.
1944
COUNCIL TABLES RESOLUTION TO PAY $5 PER MEETING INSTEAD OF $100 PER YEAR AND TO LIMIT EVENING MEETINGS TO 3 HOURS.
1944
ADVERSE PUBLIC OPINION CAUSES WADING POOL IN GALT GARDENS TO BE DROPPED.
1952
GREEN ACRE DRIVE-IN SOLD BY GREEN ACRE DRIVE-IN THEATRE LTD. OF CALGARY TO MAJESTIC THEATRES LTD. OF LETHBRIDGE.
1952
WATER TOWER AT 5TH AVE. N. AND 23RD ST. TO BE DISMANTLED. WAS BUILT IN 1912 AND NEVER USED.
1961
SWIMMING POOL IN SOUTHEAST AREA PROPOSED.
1967
CITY CRIME RATE UP 14.3% IN LAST YEAR WITH 2,563 CRIMINAL CASES REPORTED.
1974
RCMP SEARCH IN VAIN FOR BODY OF PRESUMABLY DROWNED 24-YEAR- OLD CITY MAN IN OLDMAN RIVER.
1974
$1.5 MILLION LOAN FROM ALBERTA OPPORTUNITY FUND GRANTED TO LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS FOR RELOCATION AND EXPANSION.