Village Squire, 1975-07, Page 23their city more beautiful. Girl Guides and
Brownies have planted trees. The Rotary
Club is working on a mini -park on the
downtown Mall. Its main feature will be a
20 -foot clock designed in light and colored
rocks. The Dutch community in Calgary is
donating a carillon. Up to 100 acres of new
parkland are planned and the provincial
government has provided 8500,000 to plant
5,000 trees in the downtown core.
Annual events this year will have a special
centennial flavor.
To many people the word Calgary suggests
Stampede. The 1975 Greatest Outdoor Show
on Earth, as it is billed, is bound to be one of
the liveliest ever staged. It takes place July 3
to 12. Rodeo events include bronco busting,
steer wrestling, wild cow milking and
chuckwagon races. Other popular features
are the grandstand show, a midway and
exhibits.
Calgary's Stampede history began in 1912
with Guy Weadick, a cowboy from Wyoming.
He wanted to stage a rodeo of international
championship calibre and decided that
Calgary was the place. He outlined his plan to
the local citizens and they bought it. Needless
to say there have been no regrets.
Another popular summertime event in
Calgary is the Antique Car Rally. The Alberta
Antique Auto Club will conduct the Calgary
Centennial Tour '75 from July 18 to 25.
Several tours with 1,000 or more participating
vehicles are expected to converge on the city
for the rally.
On November 23, the Grey Cup game,
Canada's annual football classic will be
played in Calgary. The Calgary Grey Cup
Committee promises a festive program.
Centennial celebrations aside, Calgary is
always an interesting city for visitors.
Nobody should miss Heritage Park, a
delightful spot for adults and children. Here
you can see town life in the Canadian west
from the fur trading era up to the First World
War. Buildings come from Manitoba, British
Columbia, south from the United States and,
of course, Calgary. This is a park for doing as
well as seeing. Ride a steam railroad, a horse
drawn street car .or a paddle streamer. Eat
penny candy and country -baked bread.
Other points of interest are: the Calgary
Tower, a concrete structure rising 626 feet
above the city and featuring a revolving
restaurant; the Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery,
with its collection of works relating to the
history of the west as well as contemporary
artists; the Centennial Planetarium, built for
Canada's 1967 centennial; Dinosaur Park and
the Horseman's Hall of Fame.
During the 10 years following 1875, Fort
Calgary was nothing more than an isolated
police and trading post, a centre for traders,
hunters prospectors and the occasional
rancher. It was not until the railway arrived in
1883 that the town really began to grow. That
plus the lure of free homesteads brought an
influx of settlers from all parts of the world
A ranching industry developed and Calgary
become known as the "cow town" of the
Canadian west, exemplified today in the
city's civic trademark, the white Stetson hat.
By 1894 it was a city.
Discovery of oil just south of the city in
Turner Valley in 1914 began a new era of
growth and prosperity which persists today.
ANDERSON'S
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Anderson's
Book Centre
Goderich,Ontario
[Next Door to Post Office[
For your summer reading or that special gift -
$Ibles - Canadiana - Cook Books - Garden Books, etc.
Paperbacks - Harlequin Romances - other books to suit
all tastes
Flags - Souvenir Items, Games,
Jig Saw Puzzles, Activity Books and
Artists Supplies
Giftware for Every Occasion
For Those Rainy Days
Q
CARGO INDIA
IMPORTS
STRATFORD
For modern and oriental'
Indian arts and
crafts, and clothing for
ladies and gents.
Also Jewellery
and leather bags
CONVENIENT DOWNTOWN
LOCATION OPPOSITE CITY HALL
OTHER LOCATIONS:
GRAND BEND BEACH.
STRATFORD MALL
AND CRYSTAL BEACH
If you are a newcomer to Town,
you may not know that the name
C arkyt rot's 11Turniturr
is your assurance of Pride in
quality furnishing
See Mary Doherty for personal decorating
service
t-416_, at
BLACKSTONE FURNITURE
WEST ST. OODERICH
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