NECKERCHIEF

Description: TRIANGULAR PINK SCARF. OBVERSE HAS 3.5CM WIDE BLUE TRIM ON TWO SHORT SIDES OF SCARF. LONG SIDE HAS A 1.3 CM HEM, DONE WITH BLUE THREAD. SEWN IN ONE CORNER OF SCARF IS A RECTANGULAR BADGE; BADGE IS WHITE WITH RED EMBROIDERY THAT READS "34TH WEST LETHBRIDGE". SCARF HAS A NUMBER OF HORIZONTAL CREASES IN IT, AS WELL AS SMALL PIN HOLES.

History: SCARF CAME FOLDED IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH A TAG THAT IDENTIFIED IT AS BELONGING TO THE 34TH LETHBRIDGE SCOUT TROOP. SEE P20000098001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY. *UPDATE 2021* ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021, A COLLECTIONS RESEARCH ASSISTANT INTERN MET WITH RON SHIELDS TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF OBJECTS RELATED TO BOY SCOUTS IN THE COLLECTION. THIS WAS INITIATED THROUGH THE 2021 ROLLED TEXTILE AUDIT. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM THE INTERVIEW. WHEN ASKED TO DESCRIBE HIS CONNECTION TO LOCAL SCOUTING, RON REPLIED: “…I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SCOUTING IN THE LETHBRIDGE AREA FOR OVER 45 YEARS, BUT I SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FROM 1992 UNTIL 2000, AND THEN I SERVED AS AREA COMMISSIONER…AND VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS SINCE.” RON IDENTIFIED THE NECKCHIEF: “…THIS ONE HERE [IS FROM] 34TH WEST LETHBRIDGE. THIS WAS AN LDS GROUP ON THE WEST SIDE.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE.