PATCH

Description: YELLOW FELT "C" WITH BLUE FELT EDGING AND THE LETTER "S", ALSO IN BLUE FELT, AT MIDDLE OF "C".

History: DONOR RELATES THAT SHE RECEIVED THIS PATCH AS A SCHOLASTIC AWARD AT COALDALE SCHOOL IN EITHER GRADE 7 OR 8 (1948-49) AND WORE IT ON HER SCHOOL SWEATER. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “[THIS WAS FROM] THE COALDALE SCHOOL. I THINK IT WAS IN GRADE 7, 8 OR 9 WHEN I WON THIS… THE ‘S’ STANDS FOR ‘SCHOLASTIC’… I THINK THERE WERE ATHLETIC ONES AND SCHOLASTIC ONES… I HAD A BLUE SWEATER AND I HAD IT SEWN ONTO THE ARM… I CAN REMEMBER BEING QUITE PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS… I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE RECEIVED IT AND WENT UP ON THE STAGE… I WAS ONE OF THE SMART KIDS I GUESS… IT WAS NO BIG DEAL [AT HOME]… MY MOTHER WAS EXCEEDINGLY LOW KEY… SHE DID NOT PRAISE FOR ANYTHING. SHE DIDN’T BELIEVE IN THAT… SHE BELIEVED IT WAS NECESSARY TO BE HUMBLE.” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.