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THE
STORY
OF
THE
ALBERTA
WOMEN'S
INSTITUTES
every available place was required for the sick, the W.I. rest room was used as a temporary hospital. From this sprang the idea of establishing a local hospitaL Again there was a round of money-making events, lumber and building materials were bought and the husbands of the W.I. members did the work free, so that soon a fine little hospital which could accommodate ten patients, a day and a night nurse and a cook, was ready for occupation with a doctor in charge. Some time later the men got together and excavated a basement and the doctor put in a furnace. For some years the doctor paid twenty-five dollars a month rent for the use of the hospital, but during the depression years, the Institute asked no rent for it. During that period too, the W.I., the doctor and the matron had a struggle to carryon with the hospital and its work. The building was getting too small for the number of cases seeking admission, and funds were not available to enlarge the building, so much concern was felt as to whether their hospital could carryon. In 1944 negotiations were started to form a Municipal Hospital District and in 1945 the W.I. relinquished all claim to the building and its contents and turned it over without receiving a cent, to the lVIVilidpal Hospital Board. A new hospital has been built and over the inside of the front door hangs a square, bronze plaque on which it states, "The original building was given by the 'Prairie Circle' for a hospital in 1918". In 1934.. the name Prairie Circle was changed to Cereal Women's Institute. In 1949 a hospital auxiliary was organized and some of the members of the Cereal W.I. joined. Thus the interest in the work of the hospital continues but of late their activities have been centered on raising funds for various patriotic and health funds and malzing an annual award of a twenty-five dollar scholarship for twelfth grade pupils.
PENHOLD
WOMEN'S
INSTITUTE
MEMORIAL
HALL
PENHOLD WOl\IEN'S INSTITUTE was organized in 1916 with Mrs. A. W. Walker. president, and Miss Hives, secretary. In January 1919, Mrs. Hugh R. McDougall, then president, conceived the idea of a Memorial Hall in memory of the soldiers of the Great War, and a public meeting ,vas called. At a large representative meeting, hearty co-operation was promised if the W.I. would find ways and means of financing the proposed hall. An aggresive campaign was launched and voluntary labor was given in hauling gravel. excavating and doing cement work. A local firm gave a good price on the lumber and took shares in the building in payment, which -- 41 --
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| Title | The Story of the Alberta Women's Institute |
| Subject | Women; Organizations; Books; History |
| Language | en |
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| Transcript | THE STORY OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTES every available place was required for the sick, the W.I. rest room was used as a temporary hospital. From this sprang the idea of establishing a local hospitaL Again there was a round of money-making events, lumber and building materials were bought and the husbands of the W.I. members did the work free, so that soon a fine little hospital which could accommodate ten patients, a day and a night nurse and a cook, was ready for occupation with a doctor in charge. Some time later the men got together and excavated a basement and the doctor put in a furnace. For some years the doctor paid twenty-five dollars a month rent for the use of the hospital, but during the depression years, the Institute asked no rent for it. During that period too, the W.I., the doctor and the matron had a struggle to carryon with the hospital and its work. The building was getting too small for the number of cases seeking admission, and funds were not available to enlarge the building, so much concern was felt as to whether their hospital could carryon. In 1944 negotiations were started to form a Municipal Hospital District and in 1945 the W.I. relinquished all claim to the building and its contents and turned it over without receiving a cent, to the lVIVilidpal Hospital Board. A new hospital has been built and over the inside of the front door hangs a square, bronze plaque on which it states, "The original building was given by the 'Prairie Circle' for a hospital in 1918". In 1934.. the name Prairie Circle was changed to Cereal Women's Institute. In 1949 a hospital auxiliary was organized and some of the members of the Cereal W.I. joined. Thus the interest in the work of the hospital continues but of late their activities have been centered on raising funds for various patriotic and health funds and malzing an annual award of a twenty-five dollar scholarship for twelfth grade pupils. PENHOLD WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MEMORIAL HALL PENHOLD WOl\IEN'S INSTITUTE was organized in 1916 with Mrs. A. W. Walker. president, and Miss Hives, secretary. In January 1919, Mrs. Hugh R. McDougall, then president, conceived the idea of a Memorial Hall in memory of the soldiers of the Great War, and a public meeting ,vas called. At a large representative meeting, hearty co-operation was promised if the W.I. would find ways and means of financing the proposed hall. An aggresive campaign was launched and voluntary labor was given in hauling gravel. excavating and doing cement work. A local firm gave a good price on the lumber and took shares in the building in payment, which -- 41 -- 1 . lHE |
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