It's the 50th anniversary of the Calgary Suburban Historical Society

CARDS — He is turning 50 this year^th Old and District Historical Society Anniversary.

No special celebration is planned yet, said chairwoman Donna Erdman.

“We don't have 50^th It is late. We include it in everything we do,” he said in an interview with journalists Albertan.

However, according to Erdman, a cake-cutting ceremony may be held during the society's spring fling event in late May.

According to Erdman, in 1974, a group of residents approached the city council with the idea of ​​forming a historical society to preserve the community's history and heritage. The council approved this idea and the society was born.

The society's beginnings were humble, Erdman said.

“The first museum was a small exhibit of things in a corner of a city office — call them artifacts,” he said.

Over time, this collection increased.

Edrman said Alberta Government Telephones/Telus later moved from what is now the Mountain View Museum and Archives.

He said the city owned the building and made it available to the public.