OPENER, BOTTLE

Description: UNPAINTED STEEL. RECTANGULAR. ONE END IS A BOTTLE OPENER THE OTHER END IS RECTANGULAR WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTER. ONE SIDE IS STAMPED WITH "APPLE JUICE"; ABOVE THIS IS ANOTHER STAMP THAT HAS MOSTLY WORN OFF, THE LAST THREE LETTERS SEEM TO READ "U.S.A.". THE OTHER SIDE IS STAMPED WITH "SUN-RYPE". THERE IS SOME RUST ON BOTTLE OPENER END.

History: FRED DROSTE WAS BORN, RAISED, AND EDUCATED IN GERMANY. HE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1930 TO ENGELFELD, SASK. HE LATER MOVED TO NALCAM, SASK, AND THERE MARRIED MINA IN 1934. IN 1945 THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED IN CARPENTRY (AT NEW ENERSON GARAGE). LATER HE WORKED FOR THE SEPERATE SCHOOL DISTRICT #9 AS MAINTENANCE MAN, AND RETIRED IN 1973. HE RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY OF 2001. FRED WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH WHERE HE WAS THE CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR 30 YEARS. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF MET WITH LORENZE DROSTE TO DISCUSS THE OBJECTS HE HAD DONATED TO THE GALT ON BEHALF OF HIS FATHER, FRED DROSTE. LORENZE WAS UNABLE TO SUPPLY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OBJECT. SEE P20000020001 FOR MORE INFORMATION.