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November 23
1888
THE BOARD OF TRADE WAS ORGANIZED IN FORT MACLEOD
1940
CITY COUNCIL REFUSES PERMISSION FOR JAPANESE GIRL EVACUEE TO TAKE BUSINESS COURSE IN CITY. REMAIN FIRM ON JAPANESE POLICY.
1943
A.W. SHACKLEFORD URGES POST OFFICE CLOCK BE LIGHTED, SAYS FEDERAL POLICY OF BLACKOUT RIDICULOUS WITH THE CITY ALL LIT UP.
1948
A NEW AUTOMOBILE BRIDGE OPENS IN THE RIVER BOTTOM.
1963
DOROTHY D.STAFFORD WELL-KNOWN CITY RESIDENT DIES.
1967
LOCAL HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOC. PUSH FOR PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN.
1981
WORST RESIDENTIAL FIRE IN CITY'S HISTORY AT 1276 5TH AVE S. KILLS 3 PEOPLE.
1983
THE TV MOVIE "THE DAY AFTER" GETS STRONG STUDENT REACTION IN LETHBRIDGE.
November 24
1885
DAILY DEPARTURE OF TRAIN FROM LETHBRIDGE TO DUNMORE.
1905
CPR ANNOUNCED LETHBRIGE WOULD BECOME DIVISIONAL POINT ON CROWSNEST LINE. IMPORTANT DATE AS IT MEANT LETHBRIDGE WOULD BECOME THE DISTRIBUTING AND MARKETING CENTRE OF THE REGION
1911
FLEETWOOD SCHOOL FORMALLY OPENED.
1928
KRESGE'S THE LARGE US.CHAIN STORE OPERATION HAS SELECTED LETHBRIDGE AS ONE OF THE CITIES IN WHICH IT PLANS TO OPEN STORES IN WESTERN CANADA.
1930
J.I.MCFARLAND APPOINTED POOL HEAD. CALGARY FINANCIER BECOMES NEW MANAGER OF POOL SETTING AGENCY.
1934
WILLIAM A. GALLIGHER WHO WAS A BARRISTER WITH CONYBEARE FROM 1889 TO 1891 AND BECAME A WELL KNOWN JUSTICE OF THE B.C. COURT DIED.
1945
20TH ANTI-TANK BATTERY WELCOMED HOME
1971
COUNCIL PASSES BYLAW ALLOWING CITY STORES TO REMAIN OPEN WED AFTERNOONS, YEAR ROUND.
November 25
1920
MRS. RED CROW, FOURTH AND YOUNGEST WIFE OF CHIEF RED CROW, LAST OF THE INDIAN WAR CHIEFS, DIES IN THE GALT HOSPITAL.
1940
2000 SEE ANTI GAS DEMONSTRATION AT WAR SAVINGS HUT ON 4TH AVE.
1941
CYCLONIC 97 M.P.H. WIND HITS CITY. MARSHALLS MOTORS ON CORNER OF 3RD AVE. AND 4TH ST. S. PRACTICALLY DEMOLISHED.
1953
HARVEY DOANE ROOD, A LEADING LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN, DIED OF A HEART AILMENT.
1964
ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL OPENS ULTRA-MODERN SERVICES WING.
1983
CHRISTMAS POSTAGE RATES CUT TO 10 CENTS A CARD.
November 26
1940
JOHN EDWARD WHO CAME IN 1891 A AND STAYED UNTIL 1912 DIED IN KELONA.
1940
DONALD BUCHANAN LETHBRIDGE NATIVE SON RESIGNS POST AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP.
1942
CITY UTILITIES SHOW SURPLUS OF $20,000.
1943
CITY UTILITIES PROFIT HITS $165,222.
1969
OFFICIAL SOD-TURNING CEREMONY FOR CENTRE VILLAGE MALL TAKES PLACE.
November 27
1885
FIRST LETHBRIDGE NEWS CAME OFF THE PRESS
1911
ALEXANDRA HOTEL SOLD TO W.J. STOKES OF CALGARY.
1922
OLD-TIMER ANDREW ANDERSON DIES. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1885 AND HAS BEEN MINING AND FARMING SINCE THEN.
1928
THE REGIONAL SHERAN WORKINGS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THE CADILLAC COAL CO.; C. S. DONALDSON REMAINED AS MANAGER.
1940
MR. & MRS. JAMES PERRY CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. HE CAME ON THE FIRST TRAIN AND DROVE THE LAST NARROW-GUAGE TRAIN OVER THE SAME LINE.
1940
LETHBRIGE SOLDIERS INSPECTED BY MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER., HEAD OF THE PACIFIC COMMAND.
1941
CIVIC GOV'T ASSOC. URGES CITIZENS TO KEEP CIVIC LIFE FREE OF POLITICS.
1941
WOMEN WARNED TO WATCH CLOTHES LINES, CITY HAS A PANTY THIEF.
1942
MATTHEW HALTON, NOTED CANADIAN WAR CORRESPONDENT, WILL BROADCAST FROM CJOC EN ROUTE TO AFRICA. HAS BEEN VISITING HIS PARENTS IN PINCHER CREEK.
1968
$700,000 ADDITION SET FOR SUSIE BAWDEN SCHOOL
1971
LETHBRIDGE STAKE OF L.D.S. CHURCH CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
1979
CITY DOUBLES DOG LICENSE FEE TO $10.
November 28
1894
CREATION OF THE PEMMICAN CLUB.
1922
NEW CITY ACT WOULD SCRAP LETHBRIDGE CHARTER. REACTIONARY PRINCIPLE AND CURTAILING OF LOCAL ECONOMY ARE SAID TO BE SOME DISQUIETING FEATURES OF NEW CITY ACT
1923
GAS CO. THREATENS TO CUT OFF GAS SUPPLY. SAY CONTRACT WITH CITY NOT A VALID ONE.
1941
ONLY 321 RECRUITED FOR 489 WANTED HERE FOR ARMED SERVICES
1941
POLISH GOV'T IN EXILE ORDERS ALL POLISH MALES 17 TO 40 YEARS OF AGE, RESIDENTS IN CANADA, TO REGISTER FOR MILITARY SERVICE. AFFECTS MANY LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS.
1941
SCHOOL TRUSTEES RULE ALL PUPILS REFUSING TO SALUTE FLAG AND SING NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE DISMISSED.
1942
INTENSIVE SALVAGE DRIVE FOR FATS AND BONES WILL START HERE DEC. 1.
1942
LIBRARY STOCK INCREASED BY 2512 BOOKS SINCE MAY 1.
1952
GEORGE W. STEELE, FORMER N.W.M.P. OFFICER IN FORT MACLEOD AND THEN HOTEL MAN IN CITY, DIES.
1960
BUCHANAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL AT SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH DEDICATED IN SPECIAL CEREMONY.
1961
CIVIC CENTRE GROUNDS SELECTED FOR CULTURAL CENTRE.
1962
DENTIST HONOUR DR.L.T.ALLEN WHO NOW ENTERS HIS SECOND QUARTER CENTURY OF PRACTICE.
1968
CITY PLANS ANNEXATION OF 27 SECTIONS FOR WEST-SIDE DEVELOPMENT
1970
E.S.VASELENAK RETIRING PRINCIPAL OF ST.BASIL'S SCHOOL HONOURED.
1983
100 CITY RESIDENTS HEAD FOR EDMONTON TO PROTEST BILL 101 AT ALBERTA LEGISLATURE.
November 29
1890
LETHBRIDGE WILL BE INCORPORATED AS A TOWN
1943
LETHBRIDGE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IS LARGEST IN CANADA, RUNNING INTO 5 FIGURES. MANY PRISONERS EXPRESS WISH TO REMAIN IN THIS COUNTRY.
1962
IN RELOCATING RIVERBOTTOM RESIDENTS CITY SOLD LOTS AT $3. NOW MUST BUY IT BACK FOR TEN THOUSAND.
1967
LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC DIVIDED ON ISSUE OF SITE FOR KNEW UNIVERSITY.
1971
NEW L.D.S. STAKE CENTRE AT 28TH ST. AND SCENIC DRIVE DEDICATED