COMFORTER

Description: RECTANGULAR COMFORTER IS PURPLE ON TOP AND BLACK PATTERNED COVERING ON UNDERSIDE. PATTERN IS BLACK BACKGROUND WITH GREEN AND GOLD HORIZONTAL STRIPES WITH ALTERNATING BEIGE AND ORANGE SWOOPS. COMFORTER IS DIRTY AND HAS A NUMBER OF RUST STAINS.

History: COMFORTER WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM OF DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE LIVING AT COALDALE. DONOR RELATES THAT HER MOTHER USED IT ON HER BED. 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.