Newsletter VOLUME 44 ISSUE I JAN/FEB 2013

Lethbridge Historical Society Newsletter VOLUME 44 ISSUE I JAN/FEB 2013

©LHS2013 News letterISSNo838-7249 Change is Good

Coming Events Welcome to a new year and a fresh start. Our speaker series and monthly 1 meetings have found a new venue. They will be held at the Lethbridge Pub Tuesday Jan 22 lic Library community room and will start promptly at 7pm. This spring we will explore the marvels of Writing on Stone Provincial Park with Aa Writing-on-Stone with ron Domes from Alberta Parks, learn about the U of L Archives from its archivist Aaron Domes Mike Perry, delight in the glorious past of the Empress Theatre, and be en 7:00pm Lethbridge chanted by our own Belinda Crowson. You won't want to miss it!! As always Public Library the speaker series is free. We welcome and encourage you to bring a friend or 2 and share the excitement. FREE A New Year, A New Executive Friday Feb 8 In November at our AGM, some chang informative, and enlightening publications es were made to your executive. We during that time. She has also been Sec Galbraith Plaque said good bye to some familiar faces retary, a Council member, and an author. Unveiling and welcomed some fresh ones. Irma was instrumental in the Legacy Ridge project. Thank you Barry, Irma, and 1:00pm Galbraith Barry and Marion Snowden have been School Marion for the time, effort and expertise fixtures on the LHS landscape for you have shared and continue to share years. Barry served on the executive for with us. It is very much appreciated! FREE 14 years in two periods. His first time was from 1997 to 2006 and as Presi We welcome 3 new people to the fold. dent from 2003 to 2005. Barry's next Aimee Benoit, Jonathon Blackwood, and Tuesday Feb 26 stretch started in 2007 and lasted until Kelti Boissonneault join the executive this 2012. During that time he served as year. Aimee Benoit is a familiar face to U of L Archives with President from 2010-11. He is currently many within the LHS. She wrote Leth Mike Perry involved with our book committee. Mari bridge on the Homefront 1939-1945 in on served two periods also The first oc 1998 while working as a Collection Assis 7:00pm Lethbridge curring from 2004 to 2007 and then the tant at the Gait Museum. After that she Public Library second time from 2009-2012. During and her husband taught English in Japan this time Marion chaired the conference before moving back to Canada and set FREE committee at both our successful host tling in Calgary. In Calgary she was the ing efforts in 2006 and again in 2011. Archivist for the Calgary Stampede during She also served as Secretary twice. their centennial. Recently her husband accepted a job at Lethbridge College this Tuesday Mar 26 Irma Dogterom has been heavily in summer, so moved back "home" and cur volved with the LHS for well over 20 rently spend lots of time with her three Empress Theatre years. Irma edited our newsletter for 18 beautiful and busy little boys aged 2, 4, History with Peter J. years and provided us with interesting, and 6. Aimee is very interested in the role Scott Continued on pg. 3 7:00pm Lethbridge Celebrating Confederation Pg.2 David Clausen Inside this ^ Pg-5 [ Public Library Issue: -4 This and That Pg-3 FREE PAGE 2

Canadian Confederation Celebrations Revisited by Belinda Crowson

As I was looking through the LHS newslet Lethbridge; Class A by Eric Muncaster of ters researching for other articles, I came Blairmore. Below is Marque rite's poem. Er across a treasure trove of information about ic's poem is much longer and may be pub past ways people celebrated the Confedera lished in a later newsletter: tion of Canada. As I said in my article about the idea for statue of the Gaits for Gait Gar CLASS B dens, the Sesquicentennial is coming quickly Sonnet on Dominion Day, July 1st, 1927\ and it is always a good thing to reflect back on what has been done in the past. The sun llmt rises from the eastern deep And lights thy Mountains, capped wjth glauming snow, The 50th celebrations (1917) were largely ig And gilds thy rippling prairies, wakes from sleep Thy many loyal sons and bids them know nored as it was during the First World War so Thnu'rt three-score years n nation, and this day Canada celebrated the Diamond Jubilee in Still sees thee in thy youth, still adding stone To stone on Arm foundations stronger, yea, 1927. Thu;i Roman conquest or than Spanish gold, Rul llrmly building on the staunch, true hearts The Lethbridge Herald ran a special edition Of those, Hie Ircedom-seckiDg of all lands, on 30 June 1927 which carried special arti Who mingle with » love that ne'er departs Their hope and fuith where old tradition stands. cles and provided highlights of activities hap Let cither lands and their past glories he— pening on July 1. The Jubilee celebrations The promise of the future tests with l\m, from Ottawa were being broadcast over the -LA CAXADIENNE. radio in the biggest broadcasting program ever attempted in Canada and Lethbridge Perhaps one of the strangest things report residents could hear it over loud speakers ed in the newspaper related to the Diamond and amplifiers in the arena. Jubilee was clemency offered for many pris oners. "The following statement was issued A parade was being held on Dominion Day by the Remissions Branch of the Depart (as it was then known) and the paper listed ment of Justice today: On the occasion of all of the floats that would be participating the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, the including ones for 'fur trader', 'Canada', Canadian Government desires to mark this 'Ontario', Alberta, and many more. There national celebration by an act of grace and was also a whole slate of children's sports mercy, and therefore has authorized the planned. proclamation to be issued by His Excellency the Governor-General extending a measure The Heralds special articles included a biog of clemency to all prisoners throughout Can raphy of Sir Alexander Gait, a history of ada, reducing by one month the term of eve Blackfoot, the story of the Alberta/Montana ry prisoner who is purging a definite sen whiskey trade, information on the path to tence, of not less than six months and by an Confederation and the story of Canada as additional month for each additional year of told through bronze statues on Parliament sentence over and above six months, said Hill. The Herald has also sponsored a south reduction to be effective as of July 15, 1927. ern Alberta poetry contest. The winners of The proclamation will appear in an extra of the Jubilee Poetry contest were announced the Canadian Gazette.' Signed M.F. Gal and the Herald published the two winning lagher." Wonder if the Canadian govern poems (there were two different categories). ment will be doing something similar in Class B was won by Marguerite McColl of 2017.

EWSLETTE PAGE 3 VOLUME 43 This and That.... or pat. schiemanfa'lethlib. ca Or Raj Sritharan at 403 Lethbridge Public Library's Local His -320-4799 or [email protected] tory Digitization Project Volunteer Opportunity Books Wanted About the Project: The library is currently transfer ring its large collection of historical photos and docu We are looking for two copies of the book "Shaughnessy Echoes." It was compiled for the ments into digital form. The materials will become 1999 homecoming for Shaughnessy. Some mem available as a searchable database on the LPL website. bers of the committee were: Lillian (Lasaruk) Soice, Ron & Mary Sallenback, Ed Baker, and Ron Volunteers are needed to help us enter the descriptions & Ethel Watmough. These are for the Gait Ar and details for each item into the database. This oppor chives and Gen. Society Library. If you have a tunity would appeal to someone who: copy let Belinda Crowson know. • has strong typing and computer skills • is familiar with using Excel, • has an interest in local history A Facebook Milestone Reached • enjoys independent work. We have reached the 200 member milestone for Training specific to this project will be provided and our Facebook fan page. To celebrate this achieve should take about one hour. The project will be com ment the 2 folks that got us there received 1 year pleted at the Lethbridge Public Library's Main Branch. free memberships to the LHS. Congratulations Li sa Kreutz and Michelle Hood!! We currently have 225 followers and counting. Keep watching our Time: On-going. Hours are flexible. Total hours esti page for contests, trivia, and other news. mated at 30-50. Contact Pat Schieman at: 403-3980-7312

A New Year continued from pg. l of heritage in creating more sustainable and en particular interest in Architectural History with a spe gaged communities, and looks forward to recon cific focus on 12th Century Gothic Architecture. She necting with Lethbridge's diverse and exciting histo moved to Lethbridge for school in 2007 from Ke- ry! lowna, BC, and worked as a program intern for Belinda at the Gait Museum for two summers. Kelti Jonathon Blackwood's recruitment onto our execu still volunteers for the Gait Museum and enjoys edu tive is a testament to the power of social media! We cating members of the public on the many various put out a plea on our Facebook fan page and Jona aspects of Lethbridge History. She sits the Board of thon graciously answered the call. Although born in Directors for the Lethbridge Medieval Club, and is St. Albert, he was raised in Elkford, BC where he considering a bid for City Council in the 2013 elec spend some time working in the mines. Jonathon tion. She is also the current Editor in Chief of the moved to Lethbridge in 1999 and joined the Canadi Meliorist Independent Student Newspaper at the an Military which eventually led to a career in Leth University of Lethbridge. bridge's Police service. His interest in photography has bloomed into a small business and nurtured his Additionally, Kelti and Belinda, along with another U love of historic buildings and landscapes and the of L graduate, have been working on putting togeth stories associated with them. Jonathon has stated er a video series for YouTube as part of an effort to that he is excited to be a part of such an important educate the public on the importance of preserving organization. built heritage in the city. Finally, Kelti is working to wards a second degree in Business through Atha Kelti is a recent graduate of the University of Leth basca University with the goal of opening a Micro- bridge with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She takes Brewery in Lethbridge in the next few years. Canadian confederation Celebration Continued from page 2 A large project spearheaded by the scaped, and made into a sunken gar Lethbridge Historical Society during the den. In 1967, the Girl Guides took up Diamond Jubilee was getting Nicholas this matter and persuaded park ad Sheran's coal mine recognized as a ministrators to develop a Centennial national historic event. While the monu Rose Garden in this location. A rose ment would not be unveiled until 1928, garden containing about 30 different anyone who has worked at getting varieties of roses planted in 10 beds monuments written and up (particularly which form triangles with the focal when dealing with the federal govern point being a sundial. Both the roses ment) knows how long this takes. A and the dial were donated by the committee of the Lethbridge Historical Brownies of Lethbridge. This garden Society labored for a year under Secre was then handed over to the City of tary C.J. Broderick, Colonization De Lethbridge. In 1967, submissions partment, Lethbridge Northern Irriga were made for a new symbol of Leth tion District, to persuade the National bridge and City Council chose the de Sites and Monuments Board of Canada sign from Mike Pisko of the City Sign to recognize the significance of coal company. The symbol was unveiled mining in Alberta and, specifically, the in the 31 January 1967 Lethbridge contribution of Nicholas Sheran, even Herald. then credited with being the first com mercial coal miner in the province.

There were a few building projects completed either in 1927 or the follow ing year (Marquis Hotel, original LCI, etc.) but these were not specifically built because of the Diamond Jubilee. However, in 1967 much of the energy As in 1927, the Lethbridge Historical around the Centennial celebration of Society was active in 1967. One of Confederation focused on Legacy pro the largest projects of the society was jects and construction. Some things getting the museum named the Sir completed around that time were: rep Alexander Gait Museum in order to lica of Fort Whoop-Up built in Indian honour the Father of Confederation Battle Park, Nikka Yuko constructed, who, with his son Elliott, had started and beginning of The University of our community. Of course, at that Lethbridge time the museum was operated by But there were a number of smaller volunteers of the LHS. projects as well. In 1967 Lethbridge But that was not all the LHS was held an inter-faith weekend that attract working on. While it was not officially ed over 4000 persons. The rose gar adopted until 1971, the City of Leth den at Henderson Lake is another Cen bridge flag is also a Centennial pro tennial project. The Horticultural Socie ject. Alex Johnston used a photo ty asked that part of the park - formerly graph and research related to the the West Lake - be drained, land original Fort Whoop-Up flag to design

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the current flag, which he unveiled in 1967.

It will be interesting to see what the city, community groups, and the LHS do in 2017!

Empress of Ireland and the Lethbridge Connection By Belinda Crowson

Hunter, Grace Hunter, Stewart Hunter, Elizabeth David Clausen was one of those people who Kitley, Joe Cresswell, Fanny Cresswell, William could legitimately say "the reports of my death J. Giles and Emma Hammer. David Clausen was are greatly exaggerated". The 30 May 1914 the only Lethbridge survivor and one of only 465 Lethbridge Herald reported him as deceased persons who made it off the ship that day. even though David Clausen did not actually die until many years later. Countless stories were told of Titanic survivors but little was mentioned of the Empress of Ire Clausen was one of ten people from Lethbridge land survivors. The Empress of Ireland is rarely who sailed on the Empress of Ireland on 28 May told Canadian story with a very tangible connec 1914. The other nine all perished when the ship tion to Lethbridge. So, who was David Clausen? sank the following day; David Clausen was the Where was he going that he booked a passage lone Lethbridge survivor. The residents of Leth on the Empress of Ireland? Did he return to Leth bridge learned of his survival via a telegram Da bridge? What was his life like after the disaster? vid sent to friends in Lethbridge and reported in the 1 June 1914 Lethbridge Herald. Being on a ship that sank may have made David Clausen more leery of sailing, but it did not stop Recently the Canadian Museum of Civilization him from sailing. When Clausen booked passage (now Canadian Museum of History) purchased a in 1946 to Sweden, the Lethbridge Herald took collection of approximately 500 pieces related to the opportunity to write about him and his Em the Empress of Ireland. A curator from the mu press of Ireland experience. seum called this one of the greatest acquisitions related to 20th century history. The Empress of The title of the article was "Going to Sweden Da Ireland was the greatest Canadian maritime dis vid Clausen Hopes For Better Sailing." David aster during peacetime and is the third worst Clausen first came to Lethbridge from Sweden in peacetime maritime disaster in recorded history. 1910. In 1914 he planned to return to Sweden for On 29 May 1914, the Canadian Pacific steam a visit and for his brother's funeral. His trip was, ship The Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Law of course, interrupted by the ship's sinking. rence River following a crash with the Norwegian colliery ship, the Storstad. The Empress sank in Clausen stated that during the disaster he minutes taking over a thousand persons to their "himself spent an anxious time helping to load death. the lifeboats, and as the Empress of Ireland pre pared for its death plunge he lept [sic] into the Among the dead were nine persons from Leth chilly waters of the river and swam around a few bridge: Brigadier John Hunter, Jessie Tulloch moments before climbing on board one of the life PAGE 6

boats." Clausen was able to Clausen. Though there were some dis continue to Sweden (minus his crepancies with the 1946 story (when he baggage) and arrived in time arrived in Lethbridge, etc.), it was proba to attend his brother's funeral. ble that it was the same man. This would mean that David Clausen died 57 years As a result of the First World after the first report of his death. War, Clausen remained in Sweden until 1917 at which The Canadian Museum of History in point he returned to Leth Above: Sketch of the fatal collision tends to create an exhibit in 2014 on the bridge, this time bringing with between the Empress of Ireland and th the Storstad on May 29,1914. 100 anniversary of the sinking of the him a "Swedish wife." The cou Empress of Ireland. Did anything of Da ple remained in Lethbridge un Below: RMS Empress of Ireland vid Clausen's (or indeed from any of the til 1919 when they moved to Photo courtesy http://cruiselinehistory .com/more - passenger-lives-were-lost-on-the-1914-sinking-of-the-rms Lethbridge victims) survive to be found Daysland. In 1930 the family -impress-of-ireland-than-the-rms-titanic/ by divers and does it now reside in Otta returned to Lethbridge, where wa? It would be interesting to check David Clausen remained until when the exhibit opens in 2014. his death. He worked as a car penter throughout his career.

In December 1969 the Leth bridge Herald carried a short obituary for a Carl "David"

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Then and Now—Changes in Lethbridge's Cityscape -••

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South west corner of 4 Avenue and 7 Street his is 5 Street South looking north from 3 Ave South. Marquis Hotel built in 1920s and torn nue. The Union Bank (now Express Coffee) is down in 1980s. Named for the Marquis variety of still standing, though the roof has changed con wheat which has been called the wheat that siderably. Next door to the Union Bank was the helped win two world wars. The older photograph Commerce Bank with its incredible pillared is from a 1950s postcard series of Lethbridge. front. Unfortunately that building did not survive. There have been a few postcard series of Leth The street certainly has multi-use transportation bridge buildings and scenes over the years - ~ street car, pedestrians and cars. 1912, 1950s, 1960s. But none lately. If you were going to create a series of postcards focused on Photo Courtesy Belinda Crowson Lethbridge today (which the LHS is considering doing), what buildings, streets, or locations would fou like to see?

'hoto Courtesy Belinda Crowson

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March/April 2013 ©LHS2013 VOL.44 ISSUE 2 Newsletter ISSN 0838-7249 Coming Events

Tuesday Mar 26 Empress Theatre History with Peter J. Scott 7:00pm Lethbridge Public Library FREE

Tuesday Apr 23 "On This Spot" Spring Campaign with Belinda Crowson 7:00pm Lethbridge Public Library FREE

If anyone knows where this picture went or knows who has this picture, please get in . * Help Solve a Mystery! contact with us and we'll get you connected We have had a "can you help us find" request with the person. ___ that we hope someone can help us with. We think its a long shot but said we'd try. Notice of Motion Be it resolved that the general membership of A large copy of this picture (see above) used to the Lethbridge Historical Society approves the hang in the Marquis Hotel. The photograph expenditure of not more than $6000 of Society funds to print Southern Alberta's Sugar Coated shows three John Deere D Tractors in front of a History: Sugar Beets and Southern Alberta by large brick building (a John Deere dealership). Belinda Crowson. Furthermore, be it resolved A descendant of one of the men in the photo that any reprints of this title which can be paid graph (the three men shown were brothers) is for out of the proceeds of the book's sales can looking to get a copy of this picture. All he can proceed with approval of the Executive and with out the further approval of the general member find right now is this copy of the photograph ship. from a local history book.

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_WL LHS Unveils Plaque to Commemorate School History j

On February 8, 2013, Galbraith school kicked off a weekend long celebration commemorating their 100 years of providing education to the city's youth. The school was named after Dr. W.S. Gal braith who was a popular former mayor of Leth bridge and major champion of education in the city. The celebrations were kicked off with an open house where folks could come and take tours of

the building and enjoy small displays throughout Above: Carly Stewart speaking at the school. The Citizen Band from the Lethbridge plaque unveiling. Community Band Society was in attendance Below: The plaque sitting on an tique school desk. providing atmosphere with music from the Ed wardian era. C^QC

Carly Stewart, representing the LHS, along with some former Galbraith students unveiled the plaque that will be attached to the outside of the school building. ______^_^^__M^M

Irish Sweepstakes By Carly Stewart Officially named the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes, ' this lottery was very popular world wide and sales all over Canada. The Irish government used this method of fundraising to pay for their national hos pital program. Tickets (subscriptions) were sold throughout the world on the Irish Sweeps Derby horse races each for £ Sterling. Each campaign or set of tickets was assigned to a particular horse race or Derby in Ireland or the British Isles and the tickets had to be returned by a deadline date. Horse race examples were: "Lincolnshire", "Irish Sweeps Derby", "Cambridgeshire", and "Sweeps Hurdle", "Grand National" etc. Ticket campaigns would know that your ticket made it to the head and races occurred about every three months. quarters in Ireland and not just into the pocket of the seller or had been confiscated by authorities. I Selling Irish tickets in Canada was illegal. Howev believe the images on the tickets and receipts were er, like the days when a Canadian household was of selected nurses within the Irish health system. required to buy a license to have a radio in their The high quality printing and the women's images home, very few paid heed to the law. Oddly were very detailed - very difficult to forge. The enough, it was not illegal to buy the Irish Sweep ticket also warned the buyer to buy from only stake Tickets; it was illegal to sell them. Infre "trustworthy" agents. quently there was a story in the newspapers of an Irish Sweepstake distributor being caught, fined My understanding of the lottery procedure: and his/her tickets confiscated. About a week prior to the running of the particular derby, all of the ticket stubs where placed into When a person purchased an Irish ticket, there large drums. These revolving drums as I recall was room on the stub for your name, address etc. seeing them in a newspaper/magazine story or a and a line for a Nom de Plume - this Nom de "short" at the movies were about the size of a large Plume and your regular address - e.g. "Dusty Bin" concrete truck's mixing drum. There were four or or "Stub Axle" or other dreamed up name the pur five (maybe more) of these drums in a row. Nurs chaser would use and recognize. When a large es from the Irish Health System would withdraw a size winner was announced in the local newspaper number of tickets from each drum, with each ticket the real name, with his/her full mailing address was being assigned to a particular horse in that upcom withheld. The Nom de Plume and abbreviated ad ing derby/race or for the other residual cash prizes. dress was thus listed in the media: "Dusty Bin, of I recall that the some of the derbies may have had Foremost, Alberta has won £XXXs." To receive as many as 20 to 24 horses per race, there may these larger winnings, I believe an agent from the have been more horses when the tickets were Sweepstakes would travel the country to deliver based on a steeple chase style races. the winnings to each address and confirm the real name on the ticket; a winner would have to show The Irish Hospital Fund received 25% of the total their receipt/ticket stub. Smaller ticket winnings ticket sales income. The balance was divided into were mailed directly to winners more than likely. Units of £120,000 for prizes and to cover admin Official receipts were issued to the seller for the istration expenses. Prizes for each of the Units and previous race. To be authentic, the female picture on the receipt had to match the picture on your original ticket. This was a "check system" so you broke down thus: First prize (your horse won the 1874 - 1974 N.W.M.P. Conference which was held • race) £50,000 - Your horse came in second, £20,000 in Lethbridge. That fellow was a RCMP Sergeant | - Your horse came in third, £10,000. All others tick who happened to be the local coordinator for the ets assigned to horses that did not win or had been 1874 - 1974 Fblice Centennial Celebrations here in "scratched" from the race received an equal share of Southern Alberta. By this time I had amassed £17,000. In addition, there were 230 other tickets about 100 persons to whom I sold Irish tickets to. per Unit drawn for cash prizes of £100 each (for a Well, by about 1975 this_couple had become quite total of £23,000). After the full Units of £120,000 had good friends of my wife and me. One morning at been determined and those tickets drawn, there was work in Nobleford my telephone rang, it was my a leftover balance or "overage" (under £120,000), policeman friend from the Lethbridge RCMP De This overage was shared equally by 50 residual tick tachment, he asked if I would mind if he sent out a ets that were randomly drawn and paid out. During constable/inspector to have a talk with me. Well, the time period 1940s to 1970s, the £ Sterling traded just the night before I had received my new batch or was valued at various levels from over $5.00 to of Irish tickets and receipt. I thought Oh! Oh! The about $2.75 Can$. Winning tickets could therefore Law has finally caught up with me and I'm going to be as much as $250,000 Canadian - a very tidy sum be in trouble. Early that afternoon while I was wor in those days. rying and sweating about things the inspector came to Nobleford. He came into my office and I sketchily remember my mother and father buying shut the door. I asked what it was all about and Irish Sweepstake tickets while we lived in Manitoba when he revealed to me what it was, I was very until 1948 and again here in Lethbridge in the 1950's much relieved. A few days before, there had been when a fellow who lived on the west side of the Old- a noon-hour Bank robbery in Barons, a town 10 man River (just across Highway #3 from George miles north. The RCMP were using me to get to Brown's, Hill Top Esso Service) named Joe Shine sp. the correct contact person in the Noble office to He called around every so often with these tickets for relay information of any factory worker or other mom or dad to buy. Common folk with aspirations of persons who had punched the clock late or office becoming instantly wealthy saw this as the best op worker who were late coming back from their lunch tion to make their dreams come true. break. Later, arrests and convictions were made, In the early 1960s I recall fellow workers at the no one from the Nobleford plant were involved. A Lethbridge Herald coming around on the QT to the short time after the Bank Robbery incident and my different departments with their book of tickets. I ticket selling had discontinued, I confessed to my occasionally would purchase one. A neighbour while R.C.M.P. friends of my concerns about those I was still living with my parents also sold Irish tick events. They had a good laugh and told me, "Why ets. As an outside salesman with the Herald, I had didn't you offer tickets to us, we had dreams of many business contacts around the area, some of riches too, we could have put you onto other these contacts wanted~4jckets so I picked them up Mo unties who would have bought Irish tickets from with mine from that neighbour. This went on for a you!" Of Note: the tickets illustrated with this time, finally the neighbour introduced me to his sup newsletter article were obtained from those, now plier (his father) so I could obtained a supply of tick retired, R.C.M.P. friends. ets direct. I sold tickets to make a little "mad mon ey" and make enough to pay for my own ticket/s Later, the Canadian Government finally realized which I may have had to buy three or four to finish that they too could make large amounts of money off the final sales by the deadline date. I had a num (another form of taxation) by running legal lotteries ber of "clients" in Nobleford when I began to work - e. g. Lotto 6/49. Early profits from the 6/49 were there. I even had a buyer in Fbnteix, Saskatchewan used to pay down the huge Montreal Expo 67 debt. which I would deal with through the Noble salesman The move to have lotteries in Canada curtailed the or via mail. drain of many dollars going abroad to Ireland. It became very difficult to sell Irish tickets thereafter In the mid 1970s I had befriended a couple of folks so I discontinued my efforts. through my Historical Society involvement with the

I thought Oh! Oh! The Law has finally caught up with me and I'm going to be in trouble. W^LCOME^* WAGON ' W Since 1930 Southern Alberta Happenings New to The Community? q§oo Getting Married? Ea_3_£3*te£^^ Expecting a Baby? Historic Lethbridge Festival Sneak Peek Starting a New Business? ^ 1 Historic Lethbridge Festival will start May 3rd with daily events through Call Today For Your May 11,2013. The 60's will be feature of this year's Festival. Free Gifts Events of special note are: and Information The Lethbridge Historical Society Plaque Unveiling will be May 3rd, at Phone: (403)327-3764 5:00 PM at City Hall with Reception to follow. Website: www.welcomewagon.ca Tuesday, May 07, 2013 will be a Jazz Concert at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre at 8:00 PM.Tickets will be $10.00 for Students and Seniors and $15.00 for Adults. Friday, May 10th at 9:00 PM will be the Sixties Rock Concert at South- I minster United Church. Admission prices will be $10.00 for Students and Seniors and $15.00 for Adults. A calendar with all the events will be available soon.

If you are a museum, heritage site, or local history society or similar organization within the Southern Alberta area, we want to advertise your events! Please submit your events to the editor by mail: Box 974, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4A2 or by email: [email protected] or phone:403~795-6113

Remember, Our Monthly Meetings and Free Speaker Series will be held in the Community Room at The Lethbridge Public Library Starting at 7pm every 4th Tuesday. Come one, Come All! Volunteering For Your Lethbridge Historical Society

We always have a need for volunteers. If you want to sit on a committee, help at an event, write a book, or write for the newsletter please contact a member of the executive. Volunteering for the LHS is a fun and rewarding experience that may just allow you to leave your mark upon the historical landscape of our fair city!

The more active our committees are, the more our society can achieve. Below are a few opportuni ties.

Program Committee: Oversees all programs for the Society. Includes speakers at our general meetings but in the past the society has had BBQs, bus tours, and more. This committee is encouraged to think creatively of programs.

Membership Committee: Recruitment of new members and communication with existing members are two important responsibilities of this committee. Also liaises with the Membership Committee of the H.S.A.

Plaques & Monuments Committee: Like researching and writing? This may be the perfect committee for you as this committee researches and writes numerous plaques a year. The committee also works with various partners to install the plaques and monuments.

Did You Know.

That during the Great Depression many Southern Alberta families supplemented their meals with freshly picked pigweed. Pigweed, or Lamb's Quarter as it is also known, is the wild relative of spin ach and grows readily during the summer months. It is very nutri tious and a great source of vitamin C.

Notice of Motion Be it resolved that the general membership of the Lethbridge Historical Society approves the expenditure of. not more than $6000 of Society funds to print Sporting Legends of the South by Gary Allison. Furthermore, be I it resolved that any reprints of this title which can be paid for out of the proceeds of the book's sales can pro-1 ceed with approval of the Executive and without the further approval of the general membership. TdWWim!:*

Let's see how much you know about Lethbridge and Southern Alberta's vibrant past. Many of these mind benders come from The Lethbridge 100th Anniversary Plan Book which was compiled by Bruce Haig and Janice Tilley in 1982.

1. What Southern Alberta river borders land that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte? 2. The was the first building in Lethbridge that was constructed from stone. 3. Southern Alberta is identified as a part of what geological region thanks to John Palliser? 4. Shortly after 1900 a group of Dutch folks settled near which two Southern Alberta com munities? 5. Henderson Lake was originally known as . 6. The Exhibition Grounds were used for what military purpose during WW I? 7. The streetcar to North Lethbridge was known as the . 8. In February 1975 Lethbridge hosted the Canada . 9. The first samples of Marquis Wheat were distributed in which year?

Bonus Question: 10. Who has written the most LHS publications?

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> Carol Megaw 403-320-9842 President? [email protected] Past President Sheila M cManus Vice President Aimee Benoit Lethbridge Historical Society Secretary Bobbie Fox P.O. Box 974, Treasurer Judy Robins Lethbridge, Alberta Council Member(2013) Aimee de Valois TIJ 4A2 Council Member(2013) LanaLonseth Phone:403-320-4994 (messages Council Member(2014) Brett Clifton Council Member(2014) Gail Holland E-mail: [email protected] Council Member(2015) Kelti Boissonneault Like us on Facebook Council Member(2015) Jonathon Blackwood

Book Sales & Distribution Joe Kadezabek (403)634-7184 Historian VeldaSj ovoid Newsletter Editor Bobbie Fox

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Gimme Shelter Friday May 3 7 pm, Lethbridge Public Library, main branch, Theatre Gallery The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Rolling Stones documentary hosted by Aaron Taylor (U 2 pm, Lethbridge Public Library, main branch, of L New Media). Free admission. Theatre Gallery Opening Ceremonies Thursday, May 9 4:30 pm, City Hall Far-Out Architecture Reception & Plaque Unveiling 7 pm, Lethbridge Public Library, main branch, The atre Gallery Saturday, May 4 Lecture about 1960s architecture in Lethbridge by Jane's London Road Area Walk Beth Songer, with Savill Group Architecture. Free admission. 10 am, meet at Civic Centre Friday, May 10 Jane's Downtown Walk "What's got into those kids: Roc kin' in the 60s" 1 pm, meet at Round Street Cafe 8 pm, Southminster Church TV Shows from the 1960s Featuring Iliad, U of L Conservatory choirs di 1 - 4 pm, Lethbridge Public Library, main branch, Theatre Gallery rected by Kathy Matkin-Clapton and the New Ven tures Band with Dale Ketcheson. Tickets $15 reg Watch Get Smart, Star Trek and more hosted by ular, $10 senior/student. Outlets: Long & Bob Cousins (U of L New Media). Free admis McQuade Music, The Music Court Ltd. Park Place sion. Mall and at the door. Cash sales only.

Monday, May 6 Saturday May 11 1960s Fashion Show & Concert 60s Antique Car Show & Shine 7 pm, Lethbridge Public Library, main branch, Thea 12 - 4 pm, City Hall Parking Lot tre Gallery Presented by the Southern Alberta Antique and Fashion show and concert including hits by Barbara Classic Automobile Club. Streisand, and Julie Andrews as well as Classical music by Philip Glass presented by the U of L Music May 3 to 10 and Theatre & Dramatic Arts Dept. Free admission. On This Spot Guerilla History Tuesday, May 7 Various locations. Presented by the Lethbridge Historical Society. Free admission. Jazz from the 60s Sixties Literature Display 8 pm, Stem dale Bennett Auditorium Lethbridge Public Library Main Branch Music by Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck and more, Discover Wall hosted by the Lethbridge Jazz Society. Tickets A Focus Canadian Literature of the 1960s $15 regular. $10 senior/student. Out lets: www.lethbridqeiazz.com, Long & McQuade Saving the World from Boredom Music, The Music Court Ltd. (Park Place Mall). Cash sales only. Helen Christou Gallery at the U of L Exhibition of 60s art work from the University of Wednesday, May 8 Lethbridge Art Collection and the Gait Museum. Something to Ponder

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An interesting possibility presents itself four years from now.

2017 is an important year for Lethbridge and Canada. It marks the 150th anniversary of Ca nadian Confederation and is also the 200th an niversary of the birth of Sir Alexander Gait Since the Cenotaph was moved in 2000, the J centre hill of Gait Gardens has stood empty. The city hopes, and has plans, to redevelop become even more while still remaining true to the north end of Gait Gardens. its original purpose and connections. ••• i These milestones present an incredible oppor These anniversaries provide us with an oppor tunity for our Society and municipality. As tunity to erect a grand monument to Sir Alex many of you may know, the LHS recently com ander Gait (or, I would suggest) to Sir Alexan • pleted (and posted online at lethbridge- der Gait, Elliott Gait and Charles Magrath to plaques.com) photographs and information of gether. all of the plaques and monuments in Leth bridge. A grand tribute to Sir Alexander Gait A couple of years ago Carly Stewart drafted a and Elliott Gait is noticeably absent from the proposal for a monument for the three men. index. Is it not time that this founding family of This proposal should be a starting point for a Lethbridge be more appropriately recognized? community wide discussion of how we are go Would not a large monument to them in the ing to use these interesting coincidences to * middle of Gait Gardens be a fitting tribute? Af create a monument that will highlight to the ter all, it was the Gaits who set aside The world that we are a rare thing: a city started Square (as it was called then) as they were by a Father of Confederation, a city aware of planning the community in 1885. It was Elliott its history and its future and a city closely Gait ,who in 1909, donated the park to the city, linked to the birth and development of Canada. on the understandThcplhat it had to always re main a park. I think the Lethbridge Historical Society and its partners should start a dialogue around this The Gaits recognized the importance of a possibility and be prepared, so that when the place of respite and refuge in the middle of the Federal Government announces money for the community, a gathering place where all of the 2017 celebrations (as many of us expect that diverse components of society could meet. they will) that we have our plans in place to Gait Gardens has retained this importance ev create something for present and future resi er since. It was in this park where Lethbridge dents and also for tourists and visitors. It met to send its young people off to war and should be something grand for the oldest park where it greeted them at the end. It was in this in Lethbridge and special enough to honour park that early sporting events took place. Gait the vision of these men who founded our city Gardens is a vibrant place today but it could and helped to start the country.

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"Firedamp" set to return to stage for Coalhurst Centennial

A three-stage play depicting the Coalhurst mine disaster of 1935 and set against the social, political and economic context of the Dirty Thirties will return to the stage this spring as part of Coalhurst's Centennial Celebrations. Written by Coalhurst High School teacher Arlene Purcell and first staged in 1998, "Firedamp" is the culmination of extensive research including interviews with people who grew up in Coalhurst and were familiar with the deadly mine explosion. The play's name is the term for flammable methane gas, which triggered the explosion. The blast at Lethbridge Colleries' Imperial Mine Dec. 9,1935, killed 16 men. The miners left behind 11 widows and 42 offspring. The funeral was the largest ever held in Lethbridge. The play is being restaged with support from Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre in Lethbridge, in recognition of the coal mining history of the city, and in partnership with the Coalhurst Centennial Committee. Directed by Purcell and Diane Pommen, another Coalhurst High teacher, the play will feature performances by 22 students from Coalhurst and Lethbridge. The production will require the efforts of more than a hundred individuals, organizations and businesses. Purcell said there have been repeated requests since 199S to bring the play back to audiences, and she's pleased the drama will be part of the town's centennial celebrations. Evening performances are planned May 25 and May 29 through June 1 at Sterndale Bennett Theatre in Lethbridge. A general matinee is planned May 26, with student matinees May 27-28. Tickets are $15 each and will be available April 15 from the Enmax Centre Ticket ' Centre, www.enmaxcentre.ca. For more information on the production, go to the Firedamp 2013 page on Facebook.

Please contact: fe ARLENE PURCELL Ph: 403-381-4812 E: Arlene.purcell(5>pallisersd.ab.ca

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Jhe Fort Museum at Fort MacLeod . 219 Jerry Potts Boulevard, Fort Macleod, Alberta TOL 0Z0

• May 6 - June 30: The Red Coats are Coming (9 am and 1 pm) Orien- • tation tours (9:30, 11, 1:30, 3, 4:30) close at 5 • July 1 st: Canada Day celebration with inaugural NWMP Musical Ride • (9 am - 6 pm)

July 1 st - Aug 27: Orientation tours (see above times) and Musical Ride 4 times daily (10, 11:30, 2, 3:30)

Aug 10-11: Heritage Days and Quilt Show (9 am - 6 pm) i l Aug 24: Musical Ride Finale and Alumni Ride (9 am - 6 pm) WELCOMEfp- vl/AGON T V SINCE 1930 . r* New to The Community? 4 Getting Married? FIREDAMP Expecting a Baby? If you are a museum, heritage Starting a New Business? site, or local history society or similar organization within the Call Today For Your Southern Alberta area, we want Free Gifts to advertise your events! Please and Information submit your events to the editor by mail: Box 974, Lethbridge, Phone: (403)327-3764 Alberta, T1J 4A2 or by email: Website: www.welcomewagon.ca [email protected] orphone:403-795-6113 ^

Story Inquiries or Submissions, Please E-mail: [email protected] or mail: Newsletter Editor, P.O. Box 974, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4A2

Did you know that with your email you can save the environment and help us save money? Just send an email to your Newsletter Editor ([email protected] ) letting us know you would like to receive your newsletter electronically. Not only will you get to see the newsletter in blazing colour but this will lessen our carbon foot print (always good to protect the future so it can become the past!). This option also allows us to spend more $$$ to bring you more fasci- nating publications and riveting plaques. WW

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President^ Carol Megaw 403-320-9842 [email protected] Past President Sheila McManus Vice President Aimee Benoit Lethbridge Historical Society Secretary Bobbie Fox P.O. Box 974, Lethbridge, Alberta, TIJ 4l Treasurer Judy Robins Phone:403-320-4994 (messages) Council Member(2013) Aimee de Valois E-mail: [email protected] Council Member(2013) LanaLonseth Like us on Facebook Council Member(2014) Brett Clifton Council Member(2014) Gail Holland Council Member(2015) Kelti Boissonneault Council Member(2015) Jonathon Blackwood

Book Sales & Distribution Joe Kadezabek (403)634-7184 Historian Velda Sj ovoid Newsletter Editor Bobbie Fox f i* if* Lethbridge Historical Society 7 Newsletter

July/August 2013 ©LHS2013 VOL 44 ISSUE 4 Newsletter ISSN 0838-7249 Istli* C^bratjzs thsz kauneh of our 54th publication

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HKMICiAlt KKKT IMll.'KTItV son , Southern Albertas Sugar Coated His tory: The Sugar Beet Industry, is set to launch on August 17 during the Prairie Tractor Society's Harvest Festival. The un veiling of this book coincides with the i theme of this year's Festival which is the

• : ••• . . •• . -1- , .'. Sugar Beet industry. Please join us in Coy ote Flats in Picture Butte. More details to ._ • follow. • -v- '-*^___",'! . • • wr,. .^ •. • ,•,•,•,••••••- „ Co mi net Events

Saturday August 1? Launch of Southern Alberta's Sugar Coated History: The Sugar Beet Industry by Belinda Crowson Time: TBD Coyote Fiats {Prairie Tractor Museum) Picture Butte FREE In This Issue Tuesday September 24 Fall Welcome Event Tour _ 6:30pm at the Gait Gardens Pergola (NE corner of 5 St 83 Ave.) HLF Photo Revue Ps. 2 FREE

Tuesday September 24 Mr. Broder Ps. 3 Fall Welcome Event Mix and Mngie 7:30pm at Mocha Cabana Tickets: $5 (members) $1Q(non-members)

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Fall 2013 Welcome Event

Please join us for our fall welcome event! Tuesday, September 24, 2013 the Lethbridge Historical Society will host a free guided tour of selected heritage buildings downtown, beginning at 6:30pm at the Gait Gardens Pergo la (NE corner of 5 Street and 3 Avenue). This will be followed at 7:30pm by a mix and mingle at Mocha Cabana (317-4 Street S). A variety of tasty snacks will be provided, but tickets are limited so please purchase in ad vance ($5 for members or $10 for non-members). Please email [email protected] or watch our Facebook page for more details. General public and new members enthusiastically welcomed!" Mr. Broder Broder Plaque in Gardens. by Sarah Shiho R.R. Broder, circa 1937 Our Canadian history holds some dark days and yet within that darkness shone some bright bea it to cons of light. One such lighthouse was a man named Robert Roswell Broder. During World War II many Japanese Canadians were seen as ene my aliens and treated with fear, mistrust, and abuse. Numerous Japanese Canadians have their own stories of those dark days and whether they wish to tell them or keep them in the past, they will always remain. Those lucky enough to find brighter days will always tell their stories. One such story is told about the incredible gener osity of Mr. Broder. Seventy years after the day my great uncle, Alec Yanoshita first worked for Mr. Broder he tells his story with a tear of gratitude in his eye. Mr. nese Canadians were seen as "the enemy" Broder took in many Japanese Canadians and and many found themselves in derelict living gave them jobs, housing, pay and food. In Sep conditions, sometimes causing sickness and tember of 2012, the Naoyoshi Yanoshita Family death. With their faith in the Foundation dedicated a plaque in Mr. Broder's "hakujin"(Caucasian people) gone, hopeless honour at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in ness and alienation set in for many. In a desert Lethbridge, Alberta to remember a man who lived of ignorance and hate Alec and many other by the rules of his own wisdom and heart. Japanese Canadians were lucky enough to Mr. Border's presence in Alec's life allowed him meet the great Canadians who stood up for to regain what his family lost in the war as well as humanity and for what they knew to be right. his faith in humanity. In 1900, a 16 year old man Many such hakujin Canadians went "above named Torakuma Yanoshita came to a budding and beyond" to try and undo the sins of others. new country called Canada from modernized Ja These great Canadians still knew the Japa pan to start a new life. As an immigrant, he trav nese Canadians as part of their community elled extensively to find work. He found his wife and invited them to become human again. back in Japan and started a family, first living in One such man who helped a great many from Bella Bella, then Bella Coola, then Victoria and all backgrounds and walks of life was Mr. finally settling in Mission in 1920, taking 20 years Broder. to find a stable home and land ownership in BC. By 1942, with all their perseverance and hard Mr. Broder was never a man to be told by any work the Yanoshita clan had acquired a 35-acre one what to think or do. He was a man of great bustling and prosperous berry farm. After 22 inner strength, integrity and compassion. How years of instability and dead-end work the family else could you describe a man who brought had security, substance and each other. They the vegetable canning business to Alberta af could relax and enjoy the fruits of their labour. ter being told he could never yield vegetables Then, in 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbour on a commercial scale? How else can you and what had taken two decades for the Ya- speak of a man who gave to those in need and noshita's to build was decimated in about 6 who never asked for anything in return? This months. Piece by piece their livelihood was torn was Mr. Broder's way, the way that shone away at the seams until finally families like the through in many aspects of his life. When he Yanoshita's were torn from each other. After the was told he could not house Japanese Cana humiliation and submission of Japan the Japa- dians in Lethbridge, he refused to listen. It took the Mayor, constables and nearly all the police You can now find the marker of my great un in Lethbridge to stop him from bringing them to cle's gratitude at the base of the Nikka Yuko work for him. He conceded, and brought his Japanese Garden ticket house. This plaque is workers instead to the internment camp at Ta- for a man who knew what was right and wasn't ber, but not before he showed all the officials going to be told otherwise. Just as the (tea) crammed into his office that he knew better, house stands in the garden all on its own with with one simple call to Ottawa. After explaining out a nail or screw, Mr. Broder was himself a the situation to the cabinet minister CD. self-made man who stood on his own, never Howe, he then passed the phone to the con wavering and giving in to government control or stable. "It's for you", Mr. Broder could have fear mongering. said with an all-knowing smirk. "You can either If you happen to buy a ticket and listen to the arrest yourself in contempt of the war effort or knowledgeable staff as you make your way leave this facility "tout suite!" could have been through the Garden of Serenity at the Nikka heard on the other end of the receiver from Mr. Yuko Japanese Garden, you will learn there is Howe. nothing there without purpose. Even the raking Mr. Broder won the fight but not the war and of the rock garden is very specific and rich with soon after my great uncle and many other Jap meaning. Some aspects of the garden are hid anese Canadians were taken to Taber in a den and some are shown. Similarly, the Broder covered car at midnight. A boarding house family only knew as much as their father and was built for them and Mr. Broder told them all grandfather would show. It is only after he was that they could eat any and all of the canned gone they would be shown his softer side; the goods they wished. With shelter, food and a side of Mr. Broder that gave to those in need, good job, my great uncle remembers an im never calculating when it would be returned. mense feeling of gratification and renewed Wthin the garden many large rocks are placed; faith in humanity which he has held onto dear they sit buried a third into the ground, thus re ly from that time forward. maining grounded and a part of our Earth. Mr. Broder was a cornerstone and a solid founda

7 tion for many, just as the rocks that sit amongst In Memory of Mr. Broder the garden; he remained grounded and unyield ing in his beliefs. In his time, Mr. Broder was form hi Mis'-i seen first and foremost as a businessman and WWII; we arrived in Letihnridi* Alberta during an era where the Japanese people were treated now, after his passing, we recognize the man with mistrust and suspicion. Opportunities were for his humanity. not given to OUT people at tbut time. Mr. Broder Mr. Broder now lives on through those he is a shining example 'of humanity, lie u*>k us «od provided food, shelter And hope for the touched and through his family, the generations -~. He hired as many J_p_ne*e he could to aspiring to walk in his footsteps by being like at hi* cannery.- Thanks to bis gcucroflity, . the man who brought them up in Lethbridge. our family persevered and proapervd. The new plaque serves as a reminder of this Hl_ kindness to o_r people d-rkag those legacy continuing; a shining example of human dark d_yx will never be forgottea. ity and generosity that should never be forgot With Gratitude, ten. \ The Naoyoshl |Akx) Yanoshita family foundation

The author of this article, Sarah Shiho is Alex Yanoshita's Grand-niece. The photo graphs accompanying this story were taken by Elliott Lemire r W Southern Alberta Happenings

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The Claresholm __ District Mu seum Presents: Tea on the Lawn COYOO: FLATS PIONkEJl VILLAGE Saturday August 10 from 2-4 and pm ANTIQUE TRACTORS AND MACHINERY MUSEUM After the parade for Claresh Picture Bui** Alberto COllCCt-OII HigHllgHtS olm Fair Days come by the A Museum well worth _ visit! m a a Museum in the afternoon for OPEN - VICTORIA DAY to LABOUR DAY UI St 01If delicious tea and homemade Riyiiti 4*1 yesir* iij^i ;is;i I^IIIJ ~ltiiji;iN w<:ll is;jll come. Old fashioned costume June 1.2013 itie restored tractorsfUKlaruiquemachinery ti-Miuau Jlali cwass inanr auiscum aniracis ana can is encouraged, especially hats! HARVEST DAYS lir rrrrKslfii" renditions, r: miitns .inil«rVi:i gniu[i August 16 - 18, 2013 ;:ather:iii;3 Xlicnen antt oarfjeque racuties areavailable Located on the lawn in front of (call Mv.-Jv at 40B J J2 4*Ks). PfG ROAST AND SILENT AUCTION Fur $iwrt' ittftirmntitin tJiviik uur uvhsilv. • the Museum and Visitor Infor September 14. 20l3 mation Center at 5126 1st ^Wbrtiioo^ street East (on Hwy 2) Claresh olm. AB Retlaw's 100 Year Homecoming Saturday, August 10,2013 M 1913-20I3

Formore info call "ItfW/ ('I/)/<»'/)('Hill Retlaw 100h Homecoming Committee Members Gladys Parkinson 403-654-2646 [email protected] Terry Culver-Franz 403-654-2429 [email protected] \' 1

Story Inquiries or Submissions, Please E-mail: [email protected] or mail: Newsletter Editor, P.O. Box 974, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4A2

Did you know that with your email you can save the environment and help us save money? Just send an email to your Newsletter Editor ([email protected] ) letting us know you &&A would like to receive your newsletter electronically. Not only will you get to see the newsletter in blazing colour but this will lessen our carbon foot print (always good to protect the future so it can become the past!). This option also allows us to spend more $$$ to bring you more fasci- nating publications and riveting plaques.

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President^ Carol Megaw 403-320-9842 [email protected] '^^a^-^^^a^-^-^'-?*'-? Past President Sheila McManus Vice President Aimee Benoit Lethbridge Historical Society Secretary Bobbie Fox P.O. Box 974, Lethbridge, Alberta, TIJ 4/ Treasurer Judy Robins Phone:403-320-4994 (messages) Council Member(2013) Aimee de Valois Council Member(2013) LanaLonseth E-mail: [email protected] Council Member(2014) Brett Clifton Like us on Facebook Council Member(2014) Gail Holland Council Member(2015) Kelti Boissonneault Council Member(2015) Jonathon Blackwood

Book Sales & Distribution Joe Kadezabek (403)634-7184 Historian Velda Sj ovoid Newsletter Editor Bobbie Fox 1 Lethbridge Historical Society 7 Newsletter

Sept/Oct 2013 ©LHS2013 VOL. 44 ISSUE 6 Newsletter ISSN 0838-7249 Heritage Conservation : f. New Cornrnittee formed

This past month the Board of Directors termined to focus on the preservation of these build struck a standing committee to research and ings as part of the society's mandate by seeking to rec fund-raise for the restoration and preservation tify ownership/title issues with the help of a lawyer of historical resources in Lethbridge. Currently working with the Society, as well as by working with the the Heritage Conservation Committee will fo province to get these buildings designated as historical cus on raising funds for the restoration and resources. Full restoration costs of the buildings are preservation of the Bow On Tong and Manie anticipated to exceed $250,000 and the City is current Opera Society buildings in Lethbridge's China ly unable to pledge more funding to their restoration. town. The LHS strongly believes in the importance of pre The committee will focus on raising serving built heritage, and as such this new committee awareness and funds for the restoration of will seek to raise the funds needed to support and re both buildings, which received extensive dam store these great buildings. age from summer storms. These buildings are If any member is interested in joining this com currently being investigated and stabilized with mittee or volunteering with future events please contact funds from both the City of Lethbridge and the the committee Chair Kelti Boissonneault at 403-715- Lethbridge Historical Society. The LHS is de 5140 or Ih s .h eritaae2Q 13(5)amai I .com. You can also Cominct Events join the Facebook group Heritage Conservation Committee—LHS on Tuesday Septem ber 24 FacebooW https://www.facebook.com/ Fall Welcome Event Tour .- r - iii" /hhQ4Qin??4^^^ and stay 6:30pm at the Gait Gardens Pergola (NE comer of 5 St &3 Ave.) 1 l l l apprised of updates and events! FREE

Tuesday Septem ber 24 Fall Welcome Event Mx and ?:30pm at Mocha Cabana Tickets: $5 (members) $l0(r>or>-members) V

Tuesday October 22 Doren Degenstein - Fort Whoop-Up: 150 Years and Beyond 7:00pm Lethbridge Pubiic Library On This Spot Pe. 2 FREE Princess' Teepee Pe. 3 i Thursday November 14 Alex Johnston Lecture: Kirsten Burnett 7:00pm Lethbridge Pubiic Library ' FREE On This Spot Campaign Gears Bum Coffee, Anyone? up for Third Installment It's that time of year again. Our "On This Spot" campaign will run September 22 to 29.

Look for these signs around town. Get out and enjoy the fabulous fall weather and en joy our community's vibrant, diverse history. Check out the map on the Lethbridge living web-site (which has this fall's campaign but also the last two we've done). Who knows ?*£_ *• °N THIS SPOT STANDS ONE OF TM_ -U'-IM*~°S_.S C, — ~ ™THeE_ , OL«°„ what you'll discover about Lethbridge this M6 N LEXHBR time? And, yes, if you find the right sign, the

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If any LHS members have the time, we are looking for people to help put out the signs either late on the 21st or early on the 22nd (and to pick up on the 29th). Message us on Facebook, email ( [email protected] ) or phone Belinda (403-894-2853) after 4pm on September 21 if you can help out.

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Sept. 24: Downtown walking tour, followed by mix & mingle at Mocha Cabana (tour begins 6:30; event starts 7:30) $5.00 Ticket required for Mocha Cabana

Oct. 22: Doren Degenstein - Fort Whoop-Up: 150 Years and Beyond

Nov. 26: Suzanne Lint - Lethbridge's Public Art Program (historical elements)

Jan. 28: Austin J. Fennell - History of the Southminster United Church

Feb. 25: University of Lethbridge staff - de Grandmaison Oral History Project

Mar. 25: Baldwin Reichwein and Gillian Hestad - History of Child-Saving in Lethbridge

Apr. 22: Presentations from University of Lethbridge students in the Spring 2014 History of Western Canada class *Remember all meetings except the September one take place in the Lethbridge Public Librsr^^^ Dorothy Bostford aka Princess Om- A Princess's Teepee on-ey-sa circa 1935. Dorothy (Botsford) By Judy Robins Clark, 2011. Editor's Note: Please be advised, this article has aii the flavour of the early 20th century and has not been altered to reflect modern politically correct no menclature.

In 2010 in Cuba, friends of mine met Mrs. Doro thy Clark, who was a resident of Lethbridge in her childhood and her teens. When Dorothy learned that her fellow travellers were from Leth bridge, she told them she had been made a prin cess by the Blood Indians of southern Alberta in the 1930's. Dorothy had wondered for many years what might have happened to a miniature tepee that was presented to her at that time. And everything from the Altamont was sold private when my friends returned to Lethbridge, they told ly here and there, except Indian-related items me about meeting Dorothy, and I decided to try and mounted birds and animals, of which the to locate Dorothy's tepee. During my subsequent Gurney Museum had had an extensive collec search, I learned that in 1935 at age 15, Dorothy tion. I learned that these items, which cannot Botsford was the only white girl to be made an by law be sold, were acquired by the Strome Indian princess, Princess Om-on-ey-sa Museum. (Otterwoman). Her father, Fred Botsford, was the first white man to be made a chief of the I learned from the Strome town website that it Blood Indian tribe, and was called "Chief Pu- is a small town with population of approximate tani" (Potani); And so started my search. ly 250 people, located about 30 minutes east of Camrose. The Town Office, in one-half of I asked Kevin MacLean of the Gait Museum Col the building, is open only Thursdays, and the lections Department if the tepee might be in the Strome Museum, in the other half of the build Gait Museum collection. Kevin suggested that it ing, is open only during the summer. When I would more likely have been in the old Gurney eventually was able to make contact with the Museum located in Gait Gardens, given the na Town Office, I was referred to Ron Williams tive heritage of the item and the time frame. Co who is a leading town volunteer and very in incide nta I ly just at that time, I read the March/ volved with the Strome Museum. When I April 2010 issue of the small periodic Lethbridge spoke with Mr. Williams in mid-May, he indi magazine Downtown, which included an article cated he did not have full knowledge of all the about the Gurney Museum! It was demolished in items held by the Museum. But he did confirm 1961, and the article indicated that the Altamont the acquisition by their Museum of certain Museum in Milk River acquired some of the Gur items from Altamont, and said he would look in ney collection. I called the Milk River Town Of their collection for a small tepee. fice and was told that the Altamont had actually been located in Coutts. The Coutts Town Office By further coincidence, (and there seemed to suggested that I call Mr. Kerv Thiessen, who be many during my search!), I attended the owned the property on which the Altamont Muse Historical Society of Alberta annual conference um had been located. Mr. Thiessen, 82 years in Edmonton in May 2010, and when I heard old and very knowledgeable and helpful, told me that Ron Williams from Strome was also in at that the Altamont closed some years ago, and tendance and a long-time member of HSA, I was delighted to meet him in person! In mid- Morning Star", also by Chief Shot Both Sides, July Ron advised me that they found a small at the Sun Dance ceremonies at the Blood Indi tepee at the Museum, and described it. Within an Reserve at Standoff in July 1940. A photo a few days I spoke with Dorothy in Montreal, graph taken of Joan following this ceremony and by my description of its size of about 12 was donated to the Gait Museum and Archives inches in height, its bright colours, and that it by friends of the Botsford family. appeared to have been made into a small ta ble lamp, she felt this is her tepee. She re Fred Botsford (1880-1958) was a friend to the membered explicitly that her father Fred, and Indians in Alberta for many years. He was re her then husband Ed Rossetti, had made the portedly a close friend of Kootenai Brown, and tepee into a small lamp for her. By late July, he was an authority on Indian culture and folk Ron provided me with a picture of the tepee lore. He was active in the local YMCA for many they have, however the Strome Museum had years, particularly at "Y" Camp In us pi in Water- no indication of how it received the tepee or its ton since it began in 1934 where he shared his ownership. knowledge with children at Camp. He was known by everyone as "Gramps". Fred's par Using access at the Gait Archives to digitized ents were Oscar and Amelia Botsford. Oscar's copies of the Lethbridge harness and saddle shop was moved from rural Herald, I found articles writ Alberta to Calgary's Heritage Park, where it re ten in 1935 and 1936 about mains today. Fred married Janet the ceremony that had nev- McKendry, who was to become Dor er before taken place in Dorothy's othy's mother. Canada, when Dorothy Teepee in When I sent Dorothy the photo Botsford, the only white girl the Strome graphs of the tepee found at the to be so honoured, was Museum. Strome Museum and the newspaper made an Indian Princess. articles and information, she sent me The title was one that was her original photograph in full prin bestowed in gradual stages. cess dress, done for the 1935 ceremony, which Earlier ceremonies installed I have copied with her permission. Dorothy as a member of the Blackfeet Confed eracy. A year later in 1935 at the Lethbridge Dorothy Botsford Rossetti Clark resides most of Jubilee ceremonies, she was made a Blood the year in Montreal. She continues to own Indian Princess by Chief Shot Both Sides; and and manage her company "Capezio of Cana in 1936 at a further ceremony with only tribal da", one of the world's largest and best-known members present, head Chief Shot Both Sides dance shoe providers. When I talked with her and other chiefs presented Princess Om-on-ey over two years ago, she was in process of tour -sa with a bronze medal engraved with some ing the local dance schools to determine orders of the details of her naming ceremony. Cover for shoes and dancewear for the year! Joan is age of the 1935 and 1936 ceremonies do not a doctor at Massachusetts General in Boston, mention the presentation to Dorothy of a te and is married to a doctor. pee. Now over 90 years of age, Dorothy's memory of the past in Lethbridge and of these Dorothy decided she wants the tepee to remain ceremonies is very detailed, however she is in Strome. I provided the foregoing history not quite sure at which of her ceremonies she about the tepee and copies of photographs and received the tepee. But she has a sense that newspaper articles to Ron Williams in the sum tepee was given to her at the secretive first mer of 2011, for the Strome Museum. The Mu ceremony in 1934. seum then planned to set up a specific display of this tepee (now that they knew something According to Indian legend, a title such as Dor about it), and the Museum has since received othy Rossetti nee Botsford was given is hered an Award of Merit specifically mentioning the itary. Her daughter Joan Rossetti was also tepee. I am delighted with the results of my made an Indian Princess, when she was only very interesting search, for both Dorothy and ___ three years old. She was named "Princess the Strome Museum. m /; ' Southern Alberta Happenings emme (7 •_i viTWrva^_ «_i «ii «_i «ii «_VTT_ «_i VITVII «_ •_ «_i «ii «_i «/I_Trft - « ^The Fort Museum at Fort MacLeod r ft WAGON ^a. 213 J aty Potts Boulevard, Fort Macleod, 6lb_rta TOL 0Z0 ft » * S\nnt iwn ft New lo The Community? 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Lethbridge Military Museum by Brigadier General (Ret.) Raymond Romses A project is underway to create a "Lethbridge Military Museum" here in our community. It will be housed at tory and impact on our citizens. the Vimy Ridge Armoury. Lethbridge has had a re markable military history for well over 100 The Museum's Mission will be to promote and years. Soldiers, sailors, and air persons from Leth exhibit to the public and military extended bridge and area served in the Boer War, two World family, the military history of Lethbridge from Wars, the Korean conflict, and peacekeeping and 1899 to the present. Dependent on funding it is hoped to open the museum in Spring peacemaking missions throughout the world and most 2014. recently, Afghanistan. Lethbridge was home to a World War 1 internment camp, the largest World War The creation of this museum cannot be ac II prisoner of war camp in Canada, and a World War 11 complished without the generous assistance British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airfield. This of donors. All donations over $50.00 will be history is an important part of our community's legacy recognized on a Donor's Panel. Cheques that needs to be properly preserved and remembered should be made out in the name of "18th Air due to its significant contributions to our Nation's his- Defense Regiment RCA Unit Fund" and an notated for use by the Lethbridge Military Mu seum. This fund is a registered charity and Cominq Events tax receipts will be issued for donations of $50.00 or more. Donations should be mailed to the Chairman of the Lethbridge Military Mu Thuisday November 14 seum Project, Unit 433, 100-2nd Ave South, Alex Johnston Lecture; Kiisten Burnett Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0B5. 7:00pm Lethbridge Public Library FREE

Tuesday November 26 AGM and Lecture Suzanne Lint: Lethbridge Public Art Program 7:00pm Lethbridge Pubiic Library FREE .....

TuesdayJanuary^S . In This ] Huckvale P2.3 Austin Fennel: History of South minister Church j Issue Greeting Card History Pa.4 7:00pm Lethbridge Pubiic Library • : m FREE ; h#a*a*a*a*a***«*«***a*a*a*a*a*a*a*a*a*a* Speaker Series for 2013/2014 season PLAN TO JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: 4 1 Nov. 26: Suzanne Lint - Lethbridge's Public Art Program (historical elements)

Jan. 28: Austin J. Fennell - History of the Southminster United Church

Feb. 25: University of Lethbridge staff-de Grandmaison Oral History Project

Mar. 25: Baldwin Reichwein and Gillian Hestad - History of Child-Saving in Lethbridge

Apr. 22: Presentations from University of Lethbridge students in the Spring 2014 History of Western Canada class

* Remember all meetings except the September one take place in the Lethbridge Public Library, Community Room at 7pm and are free. Bring a friend!

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Social Media Update With the success we have seen with our Facebook fan page which now has 722 devot ed followers, we have opened up a twitter account for us to keep our members and sup porters informed up to the minute of important events and news items. If you use either of these forms of social media, please join us. t On Facebook you can find us at www.facebook.com/lethbridgehistoricalsociety and on Twitter we are Twitter.com/lethhistsociety . Huckvale: The Forgotten General by Belinda Crowson

There are a few people in Lethbridge history for whom I feel sorry and Walter Huckvale is one of them.

After all, what's a guy gotta do to become famous? Water Huckvale was the highest ranking officer from Lethbridge to serve in the Second World War. During the war, he com manded the 1st Artillery Group, Royal Artillery and achieved the rank of Brigadier General. Born in 1900, Huckvale was educated at the Royal Military College in Kingston.

Outside of the military, he worked as a lawyer for nearly 50 years and was a partner in the Huckvale, Wilde and Krush- el firm here in Lethbridge. Huckvale was at the top of his class in 1924. The Calgary Herald of 17 June 1924 stated I that for the law examinations the "Gold medal for year 1924: Walter Evans Huckvale" and also that the names Brigadier General Walter Huckvale. Gait Archives PI 9851038000 of those who had been granted their full final standing was given in order of merit with Walter Evans Huckvale being the first name listed. Huckvale worked as a lawyer until his death in 1972. In addition, he served as an alderman from 1948 to 1951 and was president of the Alberta Cancer Soci ety and president of the Lethbridge PC Association.

But Walter Huckvale has never had anything named in his honour. I've had to correct sever al people who have written or claimed that General Stewart was the highest ranking officer ever from Lethbridge. In fact the masonry sculpture of General Stewart outside of Lethbridge City Hall actually states "Brigadier General John Smith Stewart went on to become the high est ranking officer ever to come from Lethbridge." No, Stewart shares this honour with Huck vale. We all know it's hard to be the 2nd person to do something. Everyone remembers and lauds i the first, the second is rarely discussed. The other difficulty for Huckvale was that Stewart was (and is) so well known. Stewart was much respected and attended many events. Like Huckvale, Stewart was also a politician - but on the provincial and federal level (serving as MLA and MP). Stewart is a hard act to follow but that doesn't mean that Huckvale doesn't also deserve some name recognition. So, what are we going to do to see that Huckvale fi nally gets some of the recognition that he deserves? History of Greeting Cards by Judy Robins

It is believed the early Chinese were the first to mercial Valentines were being made entirely by send what could be called a greeting card - machine. they sent New Year's tidings of good will. In 1843 Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the There is also evidence that ancient Egyptians famed Victoria and Albert Museum in London, wrote greetings on papyrus scrolls. Around commissioned John Collcott Horsley to design 1400 the Germans his first Christmas used woodcuts card. Horsley was a ('stamps' ) to print fashionable artist of New Year's wishes. the time, well-known Written Valentines not only for his art began to appear after work, but for leader 1400. Hand-made ship of a campaign paper Valentines against the use of were exchanged in nude models by art Europe, in place of ists. The artist's first Valentine gifts, and card consisted of one were especially pop unfolded oblong ular in England. sheet, with a frame for There is a French three illustrations. term "carte a offrir" The central scene de which means 'a card picted a typical middle that is also a gift'. A Valen Above: John Collcott Horsley designed card for -class Victoria family tine from the 1400's that is Sir Henry Cole in 1843. gathered around a sump the oldest known greeting tuously laden table, drink card in existence is in the British Museum. ing to the health of an absent friend - the card's New Year's cards can be dated back to this pe recipient. The card also showed a moralistic riod as well, but the New Year's greetings did scene depicting a charitable soul feeding the not gain popularity until the late 1700's. In the hungry at Christmas-time. The third representa mid to early 1800's, Valentine's began to be as tion was of another good Samaritan providing sembled in factories. Early cards were black clothing to the naked. True to form, Horsley de and white pictures painted by workers in a facto picted the naked indigent as fully clothed. A ry. American Esther Howland is known as the banner across the bottom of the central scene 'mother of the Valentine' ; she made fancy Val carried the greeting entines with real lace, ribbons and colourful pic " Merry Christmas and a Happy tures known as "scrap". She introduced the pa New Year to You" per lace Valentine in 1849, and went on to Horsley became the world's first Christmas card found a successful publishing company with sender when he presented Mr. Cole with a elaborately decorated cards as a speciality. signed copy of his original design, bearing the She later sold her thriving business to the following original inscription (which has a familiar George C. Whitney Company, which continued ring to us today) : a Valentine manufacturing business for many 'To his good friend Cole who's a years, from 1866 to 1942. merry young soul, And a merry young The introduction of the postage stamp (or, soul is he; 'penny post') in 1840 helped the popularity of And may he be for many years to the greeting card. What was once a relatively come! Hooray!' expensive, hand-made, and personally deliv Cole had one thousand! copies of the original ered gift became an effective and affordable card printed and issued. Only a dozen of those means of personal communication. The im are known to exist today, two of which can be provement of printing methods also advanced the process. So, by the end of the 1800's, corn- JW w I :/_> found in the 70,000-card Hallmark Historical \ in. Some were shaped like fans cut into Collection, the largest and most representative shapes of bells, birds, or candles, Others museum of greeting card art in existence. were folded, or fit together like puzzles; and she even made pop-up cards! itial reaction to the distribution of Christmas Christmas card designs often changed to cards was not favourable. Some critics reflect the feeling of the times. During the claimed Horsley's card was too secular, and Depression, many cards spoofed poverty accused him of encouraging intemperance. to make light of "temporary" hard times. A The card drew criticism because showing a Santa carrying a flag was popular during child enjoying a sip of wine was considered WWII. The Cold War years saw an in "fostering the moral corruption of children". creased demand for humorous cards. Others criticized the idea as a foolish extrava In 1910 a Nebraska teenager arrived in gance. But greeting cards did catch on Kansas City. His inventory of postcards fit among the general population, and within 20 into a couple of shoeboxes, but the young years were entrenched in Victorian Christmas man Joyce C. Hall was determined to celebrations. The favoured motifs were, from make his mark in the business world. His the very beginning, secular not religious: dolls first office was a room at the YMCA, and and little girls were popular, feasts, animals, he did not have the cash to even pay for a flowers, winter scenes. So were courting cou horse-drawn cab to take him there. But he ples. Many cards even had big plans and the energy to make then were actually collag them happen - by 1915 Hall Bros, was manufacturing its own cards, on its own es, such as a piece of fab fc ric for the doll's or the girl's presses, in its own plant. In 1923, J.C. dress. and his brothers Rollie and Bill, along with The Christmas card first 120 employees, moved from tiny offices appeared in the U.S. in and rental space in 4 separate buildings, 1874, brought from Europe into a brand-new six-story plant. Young by Bavarian-born Boston 'Hall' had made his 'mark'.... I lithographer Louis Prang, considered to be 'the father A bit of data of the American Christmas The average person receives more than card'. For the 30 previous \ 20 cards per year, about 1/3 for their birth years, Americans had to import greeting cards day. from England. And, at first Prang's cards were The most popular recipients of seasonal produced in the U.S. for export to England, as cards are parents. the Christmas card custom had not yet ap The most popular recipients of everyday peared in the U.S. cards are friends. Louis Prang's initial creations featured flowers and birds, unrelated to the Christmas scene. "T Uf By 1881 he was producing more than 5 million Christmas cards each year, with painstaking craftsmanship and lithography. They began to feature snow scenes, fir trees, children with toys. Holiday cards designed by the Victorian chil dren's writer and illustrator, Kate Greenway, were favourites in the late 1800's. Hers were elaborate, decorated with fringe, silk, and sat- i r J-fappy, happy Christmas, that can win us Back to the cCeCusions of our chiCdish days; that can re- caCCto the oCcCman the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the saiCbr and the traveler, thou sands ofmiCes away, Back to his Ily nVi-r-irg1 own fire-side and his quiet bvtna fo nana, home! ~CharCes Dickens, Tfie Tic£wic£ Tapers, 1836 atv l am "The Executive of the L3-CS wishes you the Best that this hodday season has to offer and hopes to see you in the New year for more fun andfeCCow ship. 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