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Betty Stanhope-Cole Park is located south of Ada Boulevard and 69 Street. It was named in April 2011.
BettyStanhope-Cole (1937-)
Betty Stanhope-Cole was born in 1937 and raised in Black Diamond, an oil town in the foothills of Southern Alberta. In 1949, the Leduc oil boom encouraged her family to move to Edmonton, 
where she enrolled in golf lessons at the Highlands Golf Course. The following year, she won her first golf tournament at age thirteen. She went on to become arguably the strongest competitive golfer in Alberta’s history, as well as a provincial curling champion. She represented Canada on the World Amateur Team in 1964, 1974 and 1976, and on the Commonwealth Team in 1971. At the national level, she was the 1956 Canadian Junior Girls’ Champion, the 1957 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion, and the 1967 Canadian Ladies’ Close Amateur Champion. During the course of her career, she was a member of 25 inter-provincial teams and was a 17-time Alberta Ladies’ Amateur Champion. Throughout the winter seasons, Stanhope-Cole practiced curling and proceeded to skip three Alberta championship curling teams.
In 1981, she took a break from competitive golf to devote her time to the Canadian Ladies Golf Association and later the Alberta Golf Association, where she served as the rules director and director, respectively. She also assumed a mentorship role in Alberta’s development camps for young elite golfers. In 1991, her achievements were recognized on a national level with an induction into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. (She is also a member of the Edmonton and Alberta sports halls of fame.) As part of the Alberta centennial celebrations, she was awarded the Centennial Salute for Sport and Recreation award.
* Statistics on her golf tournament winnings vary by sources
Criteria Met: ACHIEVEMENTS THAT BRING BENEFIT AND HONOUR
Written and Edited by: Lesley Bannister – June 2010 and Ellen Keith – May 2011
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Bibliography
“Queen of Clubs.” Edmonton Journal. Canwest MediaWorks Publications Inc. November 25, 2007.http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sundayreader/story.html?id=8b2db4cd-13cf-450e-bcd2-37145bcf08c2.
Alberta Golf Association. “Betty Stanhope-Cole.” Accessed June 2010. http://www.albertagolf.org/?p=9astanhopecole.
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. “Stanhope-Cole, Betty.” Accessed June 2010. http://www.albertasportshalloffame.com/default.aspx?p=member&mid=41.
Edmonton Public Library. “1957 Betty Stanhope-Cole, Edmonton`s Finest Woman Golfer.” Photo, 1957. http://www.epl.ca/Resources/Photos/Sports/EA-20-270.gif.
Golf Canada. “Betty Stanhope-Cole.” Accessed May 2011. http://www.rcga.org/hall_of_famer.aspx?id=14.
Majeski, Jared, “Highlands Families Celebrate Centennial Medals,” Alberta Centennial Celebrations, (April 2006), 13.
The City of Edmonton has 1533 names on a “Names Reserve List.” This list combines Edmonton names which already exist (either for streets, parks, or facilities), with names that have been approved, but are not yet in use.
On the list right now:
Used Names: 969
Waiting for use: 564
Perhaps you’ve live on a named street, and have no idea what the name means, or maybe a street sign around town has caught your attention. Click the “ask us” link on the left sidebar, and we’ll give you an answer!
Photos of Jasper Avenue taken from the Glenbow Archives and Canada Science and Technology Museum.
Jasper Avenue from Empress Block - 1914
Anonymous asked: What or who is "Jasper Avenue" named after?
Jasper Avenue, 1890
Great question! Jasper Avenue (101 Avenue) is Edmonton’s busiest street, located at 101 Avenue in the heart of downtown. Since the 1880s, the street has been home to countless businesses, residents, and shops, and has become one of the city’s most recognizable features. The following excerpt from the book Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie describes how the name “Jasper Avenue” came into use:
“Jasper Hawes was a trapper from Missouri who, in 1817, was put in charge of the North West Company’s trading post at Brûlé Lake, which at first was known as Rocky Mountain House, and later became known as Jasper’s House. This post may have existed as early as 1801, and was rebuilt on the shores of Jasper Lake around 1828. It remained in operation until 1884, when it was abandoned. Jasper Avenue (first surveyed in 1882), the town of Jasper, Jasper Lake and Jasper National Park were all named after Jasper Hawes.
Most of Edmonton’s early businesses were located along Jasper Avenue, east of 97 Street. Among these, in 1899, were Lauder’s Bakery, the Alberta Hotel, Ross Brother’s Hardware store, the CPR Land Office, the Sheriff’s Office, and the Bulletin block. By 1907, Jasper Avenue was so congested with traffic that the City enforced a bylaw requiring all vehicles, including those that were horse-drawn, to keep to the right. A portion of Jasper Avenue was paved in 1910. In 1933, at the corner of 101 Street and Jasper Avenue, the street became the first in Edmonton to have a traffic light, replacing a uniformed traffic-control officer who had directed traffic at this intersection.”
Jasper Avenue, 1906
Source:
City of Edmonton. Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2004.
The stunning background shot of the Edmonton skyline on this site is courtesy of Chris Kovacs. For more of his work, please visit his website, Fine Art Photography of Chris Kovacs.
City of Edmonton. Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2004.
“Do you know the stories behind Edmonton’s place names? Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie tells you the who, what and why behind the signs on Edmonton’s streets, parks, neighbourhoods, subdivisions and other features, including bridges, walkways, cemeteries, ravines and waterways. By exploring the people, the events and the natural features that inspired Edmonton’s place names, the history and development of the city’s areas unfold.”
Monsignor William Irwin, O.C., P.H., D.D., M.S.S., A.C.S.W., R.S.W., F.R.S.H.
(1928-2004)
Monsignor William Irwin, affectionately known as “Fr. Bill,” was an Edmonton priest and social worker. Monsignor Irwin was born in 1928 in Peterborough Ontario. He was raised in Edmonton, and educated in both Edmonton and Regina. After brief ly considering a career in medicine, Monsignor Irwin entered St. Joseph’s Major Seminary, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic Priest in 1954. He worked for St. Joseph’s Cathedral for a few years, before moving to New York to take a Master’s Degree in Social Services at Fordham University.
In 1961, Monsignor Irwin returned to Edmonton and borrowed $5,000 to found Catholic Social Services (CSS). Over the past 50 years, CSS has grown to be Canada’s largest, non-denominational social service organization, employing over 1,200 individuals, and maintaining an annual budget of $50,000,000. The agency has many functions, such as accommodating new immigrants and refugees, international development work (especially in the Philippines), and offering a support system for people living with disabilities or conditions such as HIV/AIDS, fetal alcohol syndrome, or elder abuse. Catholic Social Services is active in sixteen communities in Northern and Central Alberta.
Although he was most noted for his promotion of CSS, Monsignor Irwin also established both the Sign of Hope Society, and the Catholic Charities Society, with the latter serving as a support organization for Catholic Social Services.
In addition to these societies, Monsignor Irwin became involved with various boards and committees. For example, he served on the National Parole Board for twelve years, was a board member for the Child Welfare League of America and Family Service Canada, and was the first chairman of the Child Welfare League of Canada. He also advised the Vatican and United Nations on social services and migration issues.
Monsignor Irwin’s dedication to his community and to social service did not go unrecognized. In 1986, the city of Edmonton named him Citizen of the Year. Three years later, the Governor General appointed him as a member of the Order of Canada (he was later made an officer of the order), and in 1991, Pope John Paul II bestowed on him the prelate title of “monsignor.” He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from St. Stephen’s College at the University of Alberta, and, as part of Alberta’s centennial celebrations, he was acknowledged as one of the Edmontonians of the Century.
In August 2004, Monsignor Irwin passed away after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. The city and the Catholic community will remember him as a dedicated individual who supported the less fortunate and endeavored to extend his role as a priest beyond religious duties and into community service.
Written and Edited by: Ellen Keith, May 2011
Parksite located west of 110 Street north of 98 Ave.
Criteria Met: VOLUNTEERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY CARE OR THOSE WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HUMANITARIAN CAUSES
Bibliography
“Monsignor William Irwin,” Edmonton Catholic Schools, accessed May 24, 2011. http://www.ecsd.net/schools/irwin_bio.html
Christie, Michelle. E-mail message to Cory Sousa – Naming Committee, May 9, 2011.
Driver, Keith. Edmontonians of the Century. Edmonton: Corporate Identity Consulting Inc., 2004.
French, Janet. “Tireless advocate for poor and troubled dies at 76: :[Final Edition].” Edmonton Journal, August 31, 2004.
The Naming Committee approves names for municipal facilities, new neighbourhoods, parks and roads. This involves input from both City administration and citizens. The Naming Committee has seven members appointed by City Council; including six citizens at large, and one representative of the Edmonton Historical Board.
Urban Planning and Environment of Sustainable Development provides administrative services to the Naming Committee in the form of:
Researching names
Maintaining an inventory of names to be used in the future
Receiving requests from the public for names to be honoured
Creating and providing agendas to the Committee
For more information, contact:
Cory Sousa
Planner
Sustainable Development
The City of Edmonton
Cory.Sousa@edmonton.ca
(780)496-6226
Ellen Keith
Naming Committee Research Coordinator
Sustainable Development
The City of Edmonton
Ellen.Keith@edmonton.ca
(780)442-4308
Sustainable Development
7th Floor, HSBC Bank Canada Building
10250-101 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4
