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August 30
1912
C.J. ECKSTROM TO ERECT PERMANENT CONVENTION HALL.
1929
BALMORAL BLOCK SOLD TO S.S. KRESGE CO. NEW STORE TO OPEN NEXT SPRING.
August 31
1939
TWO LOCKHEED HUDSON TWIN MOTORED BOMBERS ARRIVE AT KENYON FIELD.
1943
CITY SETS ASIDE PLOT IN CEMETERY FOR BURIAL OF PRISONERS OF WAR.
1944
RETIREMENT OF SAM JONES, IN CITY SINCE 1889, SAYS ONLY 15 ENGLISH SPEAKING WOMEN HERE THEN
1944
CAPTURED GERMANS AT LUBLEN PRISON CAMP IN POLAND SAY THEIR FACILITIES COULD GAS 2000 IN 7 MINUTES.
1950
LOCAL CPR YARDS COME ALIVE AGAIN FOLLOWING BACK-TO-WORK ORDER SIGNED IN OTTAWA.
1953
CORNERSTONE LAID FOR UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON 13TH ST. N. BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVES.
1965
PADDY BOWMAN LETHBRIDGE CPR MAN TO RETIRE FROM CPR AFTER 39 YEARS SERVICE.
September 1
1886
A MEETING WAS CALLED TO DISCUSS THE BUILDING OF A HOSPITAL.
UP TO THIS TIME BABIES WERE DELIVERED IN THEIR HOMES WITH THE AID OF DR. FRANK H. MEWBURN.
1910
NEW GALT HOSPITAL OPENED BY SIR WILFRED LAURIER, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
1926
ALBERTA CELEBRATING 21ST BIRTHDAY AS A PROVINCE OF CANADA.
1928
LETHBRIDGE RECEIVED ITS FIRST CITY MANAGER. LETHBRIDGE FIRST MAYOR WAS CHARLES A MAGRATH, ELECTED IN 1891. HE ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1895 AS A LAND SURVEYOR AND LAND AGENT WITH THE NWC & N. CO.
1928
LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE OPEN THIS WEEK FOR CLASSES. MOST MODERN FACILITIES FOR STUDENT BODY ACTIVITIES.
1928
TRADES COUNCIL GOES ON RECORD FOR 5-DAY WEEK, 8 HOUR A DAY. TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY DUE TO MACHINERY GIVEN AS REASON.
1939
GERMANY INVADED POLAND; GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY ON SEPT. 3.
1942
CITY COUNCIL INFORMED BY A.L.C.B. THAT BANNING OF HUTTERITES AND JAPANESE FROM BEER PARLORS IS MATTER FOR OTTAWA.
1945
KINSMEN WIND UP MILK FOR BRITAIN FUND
HAVE SENT 31 MILLION QUARTS
1960
GREEN ACRES LODGE OPENED FOR OCCUPANCY
OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY WAS HELD NOV. 9
1964
DOUGLAS G. OLAND PIONEER LETHBRIDGE BUILDER AND CIVIC WORKER DIES AT 80
1967
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MIN. E.H. GERHART DISCUSSES PROBLEMS OF STENCH WITH CITY.
1976
CJLH-TV/CJOC-TV WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE CBC, IT PROVIDED 40% OF STATION PROGRAMMING THEN ON THIS DATE IT BECAME INDEPENDENT.
1976
FIRST CLASS POSTAL RATES INCREASE 2 CENTS TO 10 CENTS.
1977
ALL CANADIAN HIGHWAYS OFFICIALLY CONVERT TO METRIC.
1979
IRATE CITIZENS TO PROTEST STATE OF CITY SEWERS.
September 2
1921
WEDDING BELLS OVER THE BIG TOP AT SHEESLEY'S SHOWS. SNAKE CHARMER ELLEN KENNEY, MARRIES FRANK MARTIN WHO WORKS THE ATHLETIC AREAS.
1925
W.A.BUCHANAN, PUBLISHER OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD IS APPOINTED TO THE SENATE.
1930
ALLEGED TRIPLE SLAYER TAKEN BY POLICE AT MICHEL. LUMBERJACK WHO SLEW THREE DURING DANCE AT KALISPELL A WEEK AGO SUNDAY, IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY CANADIAN POLICE AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER INTO BC.
1938
TRANS-CANADA AIRLINES TO INAUGURATE SERVICE SEPT. 15, S.J. HUNGERFORD SAYS HERE.
1942
ALBERTA GOV'T SUES LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND P.M. SAUDER FOR NEARLY 4 MILLION DOLLARS IN INTEREST ON DEBENTURES.
1943
LETHBRIDGE COLLIERIES COAL PRODUCTION IS HIGHEST IN DECADE.
1943
CITY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION STILL INADEQUATE.
1944
MART MCMAHON HEADS DRIVE FOR $60,000 TO COMPLETE ST. PATRICKS CHURCH AT 4TH AVE. & 10TH ST. S.
1952
STORE OWNERS PROTEST EARLY CLOSING BYLAW.
1959
SHEILA LORRAINE HUBBARD, YOUNG WEST LETHBRIDGE GIRL DIES IN HOSPITAL FROM BURNS.
1960
SENIOR CITIZENS MOVE TO NEW HOME, GREEN ACRES FOUNDATION HOME.
1963
A CAIRN IN THE PIONEERS' HONOUR WAS UNVEILED AT LETHBRIDGE
1964
150 CARPENTERS LEAVE CITY TO FIND WORK ELSEWHERE SINCE CITY CONSTRUCTION IS DOWN DRASTICALLY.
1970
CONSTRUCTION TO START DEFINITELY ON LETHBRIDGE INN BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD AVE.
September 3
1903
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FORGETS TO OPEN LETHBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION.
1929
FRONTAGE ON 6TH ST. CHANGES HANDS. SAFEWAYS THE BUYER. NORTH SIDE PROPERTY ALSO BOUGHT BY SAFEWAYS.
1938
LEAVITT WATER PROJECT PRAIRIE FARM REHABILITATION SCHEME TO IRRIGATE 7000 ACRES IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
1942
LETHBRIDGE POSTAL WORKERS FORM ORGANIZATION FOLLOWING MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECRETARY OF DOMINION CIVIL SERVICE.
1943
AMBITIOUS POST-WAR PROGRAM FOR CITY.
1943
LT. DICK MATTHEWS, FORMER HERALD SPORTS EDITOR WITH ALLIED FORCES IN KISKA.
1952
ISOLATION HOSPITAL RECEIVING $800 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.
1963
CAIRN HONOURING THE COAL INDUSTRY IN LETHBRIDGE UNVEILED
DONATED BY LETHBRIDGE MINERS LIBRARY.
1968
CFCN-TV CALGARY ENTERED THE LETHBRIDGE MARKET.
1971
OFFICIAL SOD-TURNING CEREMONIES FOR LAKEVIEW MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH.
1974
CITY BEER DRINKERS SUFFER DRY SPELL AS STRIKE WEARS ON BY DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN.
1981
PYROLYTIC GARBAGE DISPOSER EATS FIVE TONS OF GARBAGE AND TURNS IT INTO ASH AT CITY WORK YARDS.
September 4
1900
FIRST IRRIGATION CANAL WATER TURNED ON JULY 4 REACHES LETHBRIDGE.
1940
OLD LANDMARKS BEING RAZED FOR NEW 3RD AVE SAFEWAY. JOHN CRAIGS 1885 HOUSE AND W.S.HENDERSONS BATTERY STATION.
1941
MAX BAINES OF 423-11TH ST.SO. IS FIRST AIR CADET TO SIGN UP
1943
94 BABIES BORN HERE IN AUGUST.
1943
PEGGY O'MEARA IS FIRST ALBERTA DOCTOR TO GRADUATE UNDER SPEED UP PROGRAM OF C.W.A.C. SHE RECEIVES HER M.D. TODAY.
1963
FRANK SZABA, FIRST CARRIER BOY TO SELL LETHBRIDGE HERALD DOWNTOWN VISITS CITY.
1976
EXPANSION OF GALT GARDENS BEST USE OF LAND WHEN CPR RAIL YARDS ARE RELOCATED.
September 5
1879
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF COAL FROM NICHOLAS SHERAN'S MINE ARRIVED AT FORT BENTON.
1900
CANAL WATER FLOWING DOWN LETHBRIDGE STREETS WHICH HAD BEEN NEWLY GRADED FOR THE OCCASION.
1923
VISITORS TO FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SHOW AMAZED AT VARIETY OF EXHIBITS.
1939
CITY AND DISTRICT TO TURN TO WAR WORK.
1941
FRED HICKEN ARRIVES FROM CALGARY TO BE NEW DIRECTOR OF YMCA
1942
REV. H.A. MUTCHMOR INDUCTED AS MINISTER AT SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH.
1944
1.73 INCHES OF MOISTURE IN AUG. TOPS 42 YEAR READING.
1944
OIL STRIKE AT WEST TABER RATES 300 BARRELS DAILY.
1953
NETHERLANDS MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE VISITS CITY AND FINDS DUTCH VERY SATISFIED HERE.
1962
HERALD AGAIN DRAWS WRATH OF IRATE ALD.VASELENAK.
1969
PREMIER HARRY STROM TURNS SOD FOR U OF L
1979
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF SEWERS AFTER STORM CAUSES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE.