PUMP

Description: STEEL; GREY IN COLOUR. HAS A LONG, ROUND WOODEN HANDLE, PAINTED RED, INSERTED INTO A STEEL PIECE (CAN BE PUMPED). IMPRESSED INTO STEEL PIECE IS A BACKWARD J SHAPE AND "105". PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF HANDLE. TOP OF PUMP HAS TWO ROUND OPENINGS; ONE IS COVERED WITH A SCREW ON CAP. EMBOSSED ONTO TWO SIDES OF PUMP IS "BEATTY BROS. LIMITED FERGUS CANADA L100". EMBOSSED ONTO END OF PUMP (WITHOUT HANDLE) IS "L 109".

History: PUMP BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER ROY RUDOLPH SPENCER (1907-1982). THE PUMP WAS USED TO TRANSFER BULK FUEL FROM A TRAIN TANK OR TANK TRUCK TO A STORAGE TANK. EACH PUMP OF THE HANDLE WOULD TRANSFER A QUART OF FUEL. ROY SPENCER OWNED AND OPERATED SPENCER'S PUMP SERVICE IN LETHBRIDGE (PREVIOUSLY HE RAN A GAS STATION IN COALDALE). THE PUMP SERVICE BEGAN IN 1944 (OUTLET STILL EXISTS UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP), AND DONOR THINKS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OF THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES - THEY CLEANED OUT TANKS FOR OIL COMPANIES. ROY WAS SELF TAUGHT, AND WELL KNOWN IN LETHBRIDGE AND AREA FOR HIS BUSINESS, BUT ALSO FOR HIS HOBBY (AN AMATEUR MAGICIAN) AND HIS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS AFFILIATION - HE ONCE HELD THE HIGHEST POSITION IN THE GRAND LODGE IN CANADA. DONOR'S FAMILY FIRST ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1907, TO FARM IN THE TURIN AREA. DONOR CAME INTO POSSESSION OF PUMP AFTER FATHER'S PASSING IN 1982.