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Remember When: A look back at the hard-working staff at then Ponoka General Hospital

This photo looks at staff who worked busy hours in the 1940s at Ponoka’s old hospital.
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This happy group of ladies were the very first domestic and laundry staff at the new Ponoka General Hospital when it opened in 1947. Shown from left to right are: Phyllis Friestad (Woods), Leona McLean, Frieda Brachmann (Schierer), Emma Gehlert (Schultz), Ginger Graham (Bengston), and Josephine Tkach (Whitten). For $49.00 a month they worked 12 hour split shifts everyday, with one day off a week and one Sunday a month off. Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

This photo looks at staff who worked busy hours in the 1940s at Ponoka’s old hospital.