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James River Community Hall, built in 1921
1921
Sundre, Alberta, Canada

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The ladies and men of Rockwood district will recall the preparation of the Hall for this event. They did not think of it as work, but made a social day of it. The women scrubbing and disinfecting the ceiling, walls, and floors; the men carried the water from the nearby James River.
Many people were up at 5 am the day of "Operation Tonsils" hauling cots and sheets by team and wagon to the Hall.
The ladies provided a scrumptious hot meal for the team of Nurses and Doctors and helpers. This was served at the home of Mrs. J. Elliott, which is now the Don Belt farm.
There were many anxious parents that day, some 28 years ago, as they drove home by team, over rough roads with a small son or daughter on a cot in a wagon, just after an operation.
Our Sundre General Hospital will be a dream come true to those women, who so many years ago fought to get at least a District Nurse and all efforts were in vain. They were told that our Municipal District of Waterloo would have to revert to an Improvement District, and at that time this seemed to be two steps backward to one forward.
There are many residents in our area who will have nostalgic memories, when they view our hospital.