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January 11
1911
BALM ORAL HOTEL BURNED.
ON MARCH 23,1982 THE SAAN STORE AT THE SAME LOCATION ALSO BURNED.
1922
ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR SEVERS AFFILIATION WITH SOCIAL SERVICE COUNCIL OF ALBERTA AS THEIR "BASIC PRINCIPLES WERE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT"
1923
W. A. HAMILTON ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD.
1924
BAALIM MOTOR COMPANY SOLD THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF CARS IN 1923 THAN IN 1922. A.G. BAALIM SAID PROSPECTS FOR THE COMING YEAR ARE BRIGHTEST IN YEARS.
1930
MERCHANTS ARE GIVEN WARNING
PROBATION OFFICER LAMB WARNED MERCHANTS NOT TO SELL CIGARETTES TO JUVENILES. IF THEY DO MAXIMUM PENALTY IS SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. IF A CHILD IS SOLD CIGARETTES THEY MUST HAVE A NOTE FROM THEIR PARENTS.
1934
LETHBRIDGE CHOSEN FOR AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR (A.F.OF L) MEET.
FRED WHITE AND CARL BERG WERE RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
1940
DEATH OF WILLIAM R. DAVIS, LETHBRIDGE. CHIEF OF POLICE 1913-15.
1940
BANFF-JASPER HIGHWAY TO OPEN JULY FIRST.
1940
FIRST WAR LOAN ANNOUNCED. TWO HUNDRED MILLION AT THREE AND A QUARTER PER CENT.
1941
CITY'S FIRST MALE SCHOOL TEACHER, L.B. LATIMER DIES.
1950
TWO MORE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OPENED FOR BUILDING AT ECKSTROM PARK.
1951
TURCOTTE SAYS 1951 TO BE THE GREATEST BUILDING YEAR FOR THE CITY.
1954
ONE HUNDRED NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT IN LAKESIDE SUBDIVISION
1956
MUNICIPAL NURSES RESIDENCE OPENED
1960
RECOMMENDED THAT HENDERSON FASTBALL STADIUM BE REMOVED AND PARKSIDE DRIVE MOVED NORTH OF BALL FIELDS BETWEEN MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE AND 28TH ST.
1961
NEW LIVESTOCK PAVILION TO BE BUILT AT FAIRGROUNDS - WILL HOLD THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY HEAD OF CATTLE AND SEAT ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED.
1961
GRACE MARSHALL, RESIDENT OF LETHBRIDGE FOR FIFTY-TWO YEARS DIES.
1962
GALT CENTRE PROPERTIES ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE LETHBRIDGE AUXILIARY HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO.5.
1962
CITY PLANNERS TELL BUILDERS THAT POPULATION OF LETHBRIDGE COULD WELL EXCEED 100,000 BY TURN OF THE CENTURY.
1962
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF LETHBRIDGE WILL MAKE APPLICATION FOR A PARK AT SOUTH END OF KEHO LAKE.
1964
THE LAST C.P. PASSENGER TRAIN FROM LETHBRIDGE TO NELSON B.C. WILL RUN JANUARY16.
1965
BOWMAN ARTS CENTER OPENS.
1968
JOAN WATERFIELD TO PLAY LEAD ROLE IN "THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT."
1971
HAICO MANUFACTURING LTD. OF LETHBRIDGE EXPANDS WITH NEW HANGAR AT KENYON FIELD.
January 12
1920
CITY COMMISSION CONSIDERS INTRODUCING ADMINISTRATION UNDER A CITY MANAGER.
1921
WHEAT HITS $2 A BUSHEL. FARMERS ARE HOPING IT WILL GO TO $2.25.
1922
GEORGE RICE NAMED CHAIRMAN OF SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD. THE FULL COMMITTEE HAS YET TO BE APPOINTED.
1932
MOVE TO ALLOW JOBLESS MORE FOOD DEFEATED
ALD. GALBRAITH SPONSORED THE MEASURE WHICH WAS DEFEATED BY COUNCIL IN A CLOSE VOTE.
1933
PREMIER BROWNLEE SAYS SUGAR FACTORY GUARANTEE UNLIKELY
THE HEAD OF THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT INCLINED TO THROW COLD WATER ON A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A FACTORY ON THE LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IF A GUARANTEE OF BONDS WAS NEEDED.
1940
MISS BLETCHER LIBRARIAN IS SHORT OF SPACE - AVERAGES 399 BOOK LOANS DAILY.
1950
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
1950
T. GEORGE SHIRLEY RETIRES FROM MCDONALD'S CONSOLIDATED LTD. RESIDENT OF THE CITY SINCE 1903.
1950
GALT HOSPITAL FILLED TO CAPACITY.
1950
G.C.MILLER APPOINTED PRINCIPAL OF L.C.I. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
1952
J. M. CAMPBELL RETIRES AS DIVISIONAL ENGINEER AFTER 48 YEARS WITH CPR.
1954
NEW PLANT OF INDEPENDENT OXYGEN, TO BE BUILT AT 28TH ST. AND 5TH AVE. N. ON WHAT USED TO BE LARGEST P.O.W. CAMP IN CANADA.
1954
1954 MILL RATE ASSESSMENT SETS RECORD AT $26,269,460.
1954
POSSIBLY $250,000 THEATRE TO BE ERECTED ON 9TH AVE. SOUTH.
1955
FLYING BOXCAR (C-119), TROOP TRANSPORT LANDED AT LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT AT 2.30 A.M. FOR REFUELING. MEN WERE EN ROUTE TO ALASKA FOR COMBAT TRAINING.
1960
ANTI- SEMITISM IN LETHBRIDGE - A SWASTIKA WAS PAINTED ON A STICKER AND LEFT ON A CAR.
1960
ROMEO DESJARDENS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF CATELLI FOOD PRODUCTS LTD. OF MONTREAL WILL ADDRESS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
1960
CITY DUMP TO BE MOVED TO COULEE NORTH OF EAST END OF HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE.
1961
POLICE RAID LOCAL RESIDENCE AND FIND FORTY GALLONS OF BOOZE. WOMAN FINED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
1963
NEW HOYT BUILDING TO BE OPENED JANUARY 14. IT WILL CONSIST OF HOYT HARDWARE, SOUTHERN STATIONERS AND L'IL DARLIN.
1965
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES OF LAND IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE PROPOSED AS SITE FOR NEW UNIVERSITY.
1965
COW CATCHER ARRIVES FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE AND IS ON DISPLAY IN THE GALT GARDENS.
1966
OLD ALBERTA RAILWAY AND IRRIGATION COMPANY (2ND AVE 7TH ST),BUILDING TAKEN OVER BY CITY.
HISTORIC LANDMARK MAY BE TORN DOWN.
1970
FIRST EVER - MISS HOPE OF LETHBRIDGE NAMED.
1972
WORK BEGINS ON DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN BATTLE PARK.
1974
UNIVERSITY OFFERS BUSINESS COURSES.
1974
FORMATION OF AN INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH AT U. OF L. APPROVED.
January 13
1920
CHILDREN'S SHELTER CARED FOR 41 CHILDREN LAST YEAR AT A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF $4,011
1921
LETHBRIDGE CHOSEN AS SITE OF NEXT ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR CONVENTION.
1930
REGINA OPPOSITION TO LETHBRIDGE AS AIR MAIL TERMINUS
INDIVIDUALS IN REGINA WANT THEIR OWN CITY TO BE CONNECTED TO GREAT FALLS INSTEAD OF THE ALBERTA CITY. OPPOSITION IS HEADED BY THE BUSINESS SECTOR IN REGINA.
1931
RAYMOND SUGAR FACTORY CLOSES RUN WEDNESDAY
26,000,000 LBS. OF SUGAR MADE THERE IS AN ADDED IMPETUS TO "EAT ALBERTA SUGAR".
1932
FAVOUR NINE MONTHS SCHOOL TERM IN ALBERTA DISTRICTS
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF GLENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT ENDORSED THE LENGTHENING OF THE SCHOOL TERM
1933
AGED LETHBRIDGE MAN DISAPPEARS WITHOUT A TRACE
JOSEPH BLACK AGED 70, A RESIDENT OF THE RIVER BOTTOM HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE JANUARY 6. ALL OF HIS BELONGINGS ARE IN ORDER AND HIS SPECTACLES ARE ON THE TABLE OF HIS HOME.
1940
LETHBRIDGE MOTHERS AND WIVES NOT YET RECEIVING DEPENDENTS ALLOWANCE.
1954
NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR NORTH SIDE TO BE NAMED AFTER SENATOR W.A.BUCHANAN. TO COST $235,000.
1960
HON. L. C. HALMRAST, ALBERTA'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE VISITS THE CITY.
1960
ST. MARY RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION PLANS TO WITHDRAW FROM LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE.
1962
NEW OFFICES OF LETHBRIDGE FAMILY BUREAU OPEN IN HULL BLOCK ON 3RD AVE. SOUTH.
1962
FARM CREDIT OFFICE OPENS IN ROOM 314 OF THE POST OFFICE BUILDING.
1964
NEW LICENCE PLATES COMING OUT WILL BE WHITE ON BLUE.
1965
GROUP OF MERCHANTS VOTE - ONLY OPEN FOR NIGHT SHOPPING ON THURSDAYS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15.
1965
LETHBRIDGE SCIENCE FAIR MOVED TO LARGER LOCATION - EXHIBITION PAVILION RATHER THAN CIVIC SPORTS CENTER.
1968
L.D.S. CHURCH FIRE. IT WAS LOCATED AT 5TH AVE. AND 12 ST. SOUTH
1968
CHINOOK STATIONER'S OPENS AT 13TH ST.
1968
SOUTHERN STATIONERS OFFICE FURNITURE LTD. IN 7TH ST SHOPPING MALL CHANGES NAME TO LETHBRIDGE OFFICE FURNITURE.
1970
ALDERMAN, MAYOR GET SALARY BOOST.
1971
FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE DEMOLISHED.
1972
FEDERAL MINISTER BUD OLSON WINDS UP SOUTHERN ALBERTA. TOUR.
1976
$250,000 TO BE SPENT TO REPAIR SLOPE EROSION AROUND PARK ROYAL SUBDIVISION.
January 14
1904
EFFICIENCY OF POSTAL SERVICE SHOWN IN THAT 10 WEEKS IS NEEDED TO DELIVER A PARCEL 20 MILES.
1904
REV. CHARLES MCKILLOP RESIGNS AS PASTOR OF KNOX CHURCH.
1911
LAST EXECUTION AT THE N.W.M.P. BARRACKS
1920
HAY GLUTS LOCAL MARKET
GOVT. HAS 250 CARS AND NO DEMAND FOR THEM.
1921
CARNEGIE CORPORATION TO GIVE $25,000 TO BUILD LIBRARY HERE. TAKE-OVER IS FEB. 1.
1929
CRYSTAL DAIRY IN MERGER WITH OTHER CREAMERIES IN DISTRICT WHICH TOGETHER WILL BECOME UNITED DAIRIES,LTD. THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN OFFERED $400,000 OF STOCK AND THE REMAINDER HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR EMPLOYEES AND SHIPPERS.
1932
ROGER AND HIS "DIRTY SHIRTS" GO BACK TO JAIL
A $39,000 LAND "DEAL" IN THE CROWS NEST PASS PROVES A FIASCO - WILLIAM ROGERS HAS BEEN CHARGED.
1940
1940 OLYMPICS ARE CANCELLED.
1952
RECORD 72,424 HEAD OF CATTLE SOLD AT STOCKYARDS.
1953
ALD. REG. TURNER APPOINTED HEAD OF WILSON JR. HIGH.
VICE PRINCIPAL TO BE W. J. WHITE
1955
SLOW START FOR NEW YEAR FOR BUILDING.
PERMITS WAY DOWN FROM 1954.
1960
LILLIAN PARRY RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF GALT REHABILITATION CENTRE.
1963
POLICE DEPT. REQUESTS THREE NEW POLICE CARS, TO REPLACE THE TWO PRESENT CARS.
1964
CLEO MOWERS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT JAPANESE GARDEN COMMITTEE.
1964
LATEST REPORT LINKING CIGARETTES AND CANCER BRINGS MIXED REACTION IN LETHBRIDGE.
1965
ECONOMY FEED SERVICE BUILDS A NEW FEED MILL AT 3513 2ND AVE.
1965
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS NOW ABLE TO GET FIRST YEAR OF THREE YEAR TECHNICAL TRAINING PROGRAM AT LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE WHILE GETTING HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
1965
FIRST ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES OFFERED AT LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE.
1966
LETHBRIDGE PARKING CORPORATION PUT UP SIGN WHERE NEW CAR PARK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
1969
LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AT LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE TO START FALL '69.
1969
MARATHON REALTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR SHOPPING CENTRE COMPLEX BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH ST AND 2ND AVE AND THE RAILWAY TRACKS
1971
APPROVAL GIVEN FOR APARTMENT BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN SCENIC HEIGHTS.
1974
FIRE DEPT. HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO NEW FIRE-HALL #2 AT 28TH ST AND 5TH AVE. N.
January 15
1891
A PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED BY LT. GOV. JOSEPH ROYAL, PUTTING INTO EFFECT "AN ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF LETHBRIDGE"
1908
BOARD OF TRADE EXECUTIVES AND CITY COUNCIL FAVOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SITE FOR COURT HOUSE.
1931
FIRST OFFICIAL AIRMAIL FLIGHTS - CANADIAN AIRWAYS LTD.
4000 WELCOME PILOT HERBERT HOLLICK- KENYON WHEN HE LANDS BY FLOOD LIGHTS.
LETHBRIDGE WILL BE LINKED WITH WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER, CALGARY AND GREAT FALLS MONT.
THE FIRST PLANE WAS HELD UP NEAR MOOSE JAW BECAUSE OF A BLIZZARD.
IT WAS STATED THAT THE LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT WAS THE BEST EQUIPPED WITH LIGHTING FACILITIES. THE FLIGHTS WILL CARRY PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS ALONG WITH AIR MAIL.
1940
JAMES WESTBROOK GETS SIXTH TERM AS CHAIRMAN OF GALT HOSPITAL BOARD.
1940
AMERICAN COMPANIES PRESSING FOR EXTENSION OF AIR SERVICE FROM GREAT FALLS TO LETHBRIDGE
1941
NEW LOCKHEAD LODESTAR BASED AT KENYON FIELD.
1953
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DESTROYED BY FIRE. FORMER KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL ON OCT.11 1885 WITH J.D.HIGINBOTHAM AS SUPERINTENDENT.
FIRST BAPTISTS PLAN NEW CHURCH AT 5TH AVE. AND 17ST
1963
9TH STREET AND 10TH AVENUE ARE RENAMED STAFFORD DRIVE.
1965
FIRST NEW RED MAPLE LEAF FLAG IN CITY.
1968
HOME FOR RETARDED CHILDREN PLANNED IN 1400 BLOCK OF 18TH ST. N.
1969
LETHBRIDGE ORANGE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN PRESENTS A BUS FOR DOROTHY GOODER SCHOOL
1969
BUS PASSES ISSUED TO STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO RIDE FREE CITY SCHOOL BUSSES.
1970
CITY RECEIVES PAYMENT FOR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT 3RD AVE AND 7TH ST FROM MARATHON REALTY CO. LTD.
1970
DAIRY QUEEN OPENS ON 12TH AVE AND MAYOR MAGRATH. INTRODUCES BRAZIER COOKING.
1971
TWELVE STORY HOTEL COMPLEX TO BE BUILT IN SHOPPERS' WORLD.
1971
FIRST CREMATORIUM IN LETHBRIDGE. TO BE BUILT IN MOUNTAINVIEW CEMETERY.
1971
LCC SETTING UP CANADA'S FIRST EXTENSION SERVICE ON AN INDIAN RESERVE.
1972
EL RANCHO SOLD TO CONSORTIUM OF CALGARY COMPANIES FOR OVER 1.5 MILLION.
1974
CITY ADVISED TO SELL POWER PLANT IN OLDMAN RIVER VALLEY - THEN PURCHASE POWER FROM CALGARY POWER.
January 16
1895
SHERLOCK, FREEMAN AND CO. SELL OUT HARDWARE TO CONCENTRATE ON GROCERIES.
1922
H.BENTLEY DIES. FIRST MERCHANT IN LETHBRIDGE MR.BENTLEY OPENED HIS FIRST STORE IN A TENT IN JUNE 1885.
HE SERVED AS MAYOR OF THE CITY FOUR TIMES.
1930
TRIAL FLIGHTS WILL DECIDE ROUTE OF AIR MAIL OVER ROCKIES SUPERINTENDENT OF AIRWAYS SAYS LETHBRIDGE-VANCOUVER FLIGHT VIA CROWS NEST PASS WILL BE MADE AS A TEST.
1931
SMALLPOX CASE AT IRON SPRINGS
A SIX YEAR OLD CHILD CONTACTED THE DISEASE. THIS HAS LED TO THE CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL IN THAT COMMUNITY.
1940
ST.MICHAELS HOSPITAL REQUESTS HARD SURFACING OF 9TH AVE BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH ST. S.
1941
YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME STARTS ON MONDAY.
1954
EXPLOSION ROCKS LETHBRIDGE. FOLLOWED BY SPECTACULAR FIRE AS TRUCK LOADED WITH PROPANE CATCHES FIRE.
1955
CITY CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OF INCORPORATION OF TOWN IN NWT.
POPULATION AT THAT TIME WAS 1,478 - CHARLES MAGRATH WAS ELECTED FIRST MAYOR.
1960
JOHN BUG A FOUNDING MEMBER OF LETHBRIDGE HUNGARIAN OLDTIMERS ASSOCIATION DIES.
1963
RESEARCH STATION TO RECEIVE $11,000 SPECTROPHOTOMETER TO MAKE RESEARCH MORE EFFICIENT.
1968
GARBAGE PICKUP CHARGED ON A DIRECT BASIS.
1969
FIRE DESTROYS GLENDALE BOWL BUILDING IN SHOPPERS' WORLD
1969
FAREWELL DINNER AT EXHIBITION PAVILLION FOR FORMER PREMIER E.C.MANNING.
1970
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, LOCAL #846 CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
January 17
1906
ALBERTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY TO BUILD SEVERAL NEW LINES.
1920
BLAIR RIPLEY APPOINTED DISTRICT ENGINEER OVER CPR LINES IN ONTARIO. MR.RIPLEY IS A LETHBRIDGE BOY, SON OF MR. ROBERT RIPLEY.
1922
AGREEMENT TO TAKE A CUT BACK BY MEMBERS OF CIVIC EMPLOYEES' UNION WILL MEAN A SAVING OF $24,000 IN CITY EXPENDITURE.
1940
MISS SUSIE BAWDEN BACK ON GAS CO.S HOME SERVICE BROADCAST OVER CJOC.
1951
FORRY BROS. TO BUILD FIFTY NEW HOUSES IN SILVERDALE SUBDIVISION.
1956
MAYOR HAIG TALKS OF EXPANDING CITY-HALL. ADDITION WILL HOUSE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WELL AS OFFICES.
1964
KEHO PARK PLANS PREPARED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1967.
1966
CHRISTMAS TREE BONFIRE AT EXHIBITION GROUNDS ON BEHALF OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CAMPAIGN
1966
NEW LAB AT MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL OPENED.
1968
COSTS OF U. OF L. COULEE SITE OVER FIVE MILLION.
1970
PROVINCIAL NDP LEADER GRANT NOTLEY VISITS.
1974
MILDRED DOBBS DIED
1974
GALT MUSEUM RECEIVES PROVINCIAL GRANT FOR $500.
1976
CITY SCHOOL CHILDREN SCREENED FOR SPINE DISORDERS