PATTERN

Description: .1) ENVELOPE. RECTANGULAR WHITE PAPER ENVELOPE WITH COLOUR SKETCHES OF CLOTHES WORN BY FEMALE FIGURES. IN ONE CORNER IS "MCCALL PRINTED PATTERN" AND IN OTHER CORNER IS "7962 MISSES' SKIRT". STAMPED ON FRONT IN PURPLE INK IS "T. EATON CO. LIMITED". .2) INSTRUCTIONS.38.2 CM X 29.1CM RECTANGULAR YELLOWED SHEET OF PAPER WITH DIAGRAMS AND INSTRUCTIONS TITLED "MCCALL'S CUT AND SEW GUIDE 7962". .3) PATTERN SECTION. 85.0CM X 85.0CM TRIANGULAR SECTION OF YELLOW TISSUE PAPER WITH PURPLE PRINTED GUIDELINES AND "FRONT 7962 24". .4) PATTERN SECTION. 85.0CM X 85.0CM TRIANGULAR SECTION OF YELLOW TISSUE PAPER WITH PURPLE PRINTED GUIDELINES AND "BACK 7962 24". .5) PATTERN SECTION. 70.9M X 11.3CM RECTANGULAR SECTION OF YELLOW TISSUE PAPER WITH PURPLE GUIDELINES AND "WHOLE WAISTBAND 7962 24".

History: DONOR RELATES THAT SHE USED THIS PATTERN AS A TEENAGER TO MAKE A SKIRT TO WEAR TO SCHOOL. SEE P19970041761-GA. 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. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.