Window on history at Holt Renfrew

Feature on the new Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute in the Calgary Daily Herald, September 29, 1927.

Plaque in the Holt Renfrew display window

These newell posts in the display window are all that remains of the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute.

I went to Holt Renfrew at 510—8th Avenue SW on Tuesday afternoon and paused at the display window along 8th Avenue. The window displays no merchandise. Its contents include photographs and text interpreting the history of the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, which opened on the site 85 years ago (October 2, 1927) and remained at 516 - 8 Avenue SW until it was demolished in 1968. William Aberhart, the lay preacher who headed the institute, went on to found the Alberta Social Credit Party and served as premier from 1935 until his death in 1943. Aberhart's protegé at the Prophetic Bible Institute, Ernest C. Manning, succeeded him as premier and remained in office for a quarter of a century. His son, Preston Manning, later became founding leader of the Reform Party of Canada.