The first meeting of the Cloverlawn Community Center was held Nov. 15, 1957, at the Cloverlawn School. The children of the district were being bussed to New Sarepta and the school left empty, so a few of the people got together to see about starting a community group.

Nels Jensen was made chairman of the meeting and John Jones as secretary. Three directors were chosen, Alfred Powers, Bill Schoening, and Cliff Wright . Henry Kelly and Godfrey Thorne were made honorary members. A motion was made to meet with school trustee, Mr. Bradford, to see about out purchasing the school. They were told that the school wouldn't be sold until the school bus route proved satisfactory, (a period of one year), but that they could rent it until that time.

On Dec. 20, 1957, the first Christmas program was put on featuring the children of the district, and the Fred Buskas orchestra. There were many card parties, the first dance was held on Dec. 31, 1957, which netted a profit of $6.08, which was pretty good considering the men paid a dollar a piece to get in and ladies bringing lunch were admitted free.

The list of members for that first year read:

• C.E. Jones

• Neis Jensens

• G. Thornes

• Jimmy Larsen

• Cliff Wrights

• Henry Kelley

• Eli Pettersen

• Alfred Powers

• Einar Pettersens

• Wm. Schoening

• John Peterson

• Dale McKinney

• I. Rudds

• Eddy Hillers

• JohnnyJones

• Noel Kelly

• and Ethel Lantz

In 1959 the association was given permission to buy the school and they did so, paying $100 for it. Expenses that year included such things as coal, mantles and gas for the lamps, and coffee for which they paid out $2 once for all four items. Orchestras were paid anywhere from ten to twenty eight dollars an evening, depending on the size of the band. Many times the orchestra consisted of a fiddle and the piano. Musicians mentioned were, Cliff Pelsey, the Melody Ranch Boys, and Art Glaser.

In 1963 a new board was elected, with John Peterson, President. That year a light plant was bought for the centre, which was a big improvement over the old gas lamps, how ever it had the bad habit of running out of gas just as the evening really started to come alive. This meant someone had to run out and refuel in the dark and that wasn't an easy task. In 1964 the community bought a new stove for their kitchen and paid off all their debts. Then on April 9, 1967, the Center was destroyed by fire.

In 1967 the Cloverlawn Community Centre and the Cloverlawn Agricultural society amalgamated, and the people of the community started looking for a new sight to hold their meetings and get togethers. Arrangements with James Marrand the School Board brought them three acres of land on SW-15-48-23-W4 and the Heimdahl School and they were back in business. Calgary power was contacted, and with a lot of hard work on the part of the members the school was moved to its new sight. It served the community for a meeting house, dances, picnics, barbecues, showers, etc. A skating rink was built, and a ball diamond levelled out.

In 1974 the community voted to enlarge its facility, and a 40' by 40' was built on, and water ,sewer, and gas put in . The arch-rib rafters started going up in April of 1975, and the hall got its last touches of paint and finishing touches in March of 1976. Though the membership of the hall has grown, doubling many times, the list of today still contains many of the first original names from the 1957 list. The annual Christmas concert is still a highlight of the year with the children of the district as is the picnic, and barbecue. In early January, 1976, the hall had the honour of having the marriage ceremony of John Brown and his bride Miss Ruby Lewis take place in the centre.

It has taken a lot of hard work , determination, and community spirit to make the Centre what it is today, and the district can be very proud of their effort.