LIGHTER

Description: LIGHTER IS THIN AND NARROW, SHAPED LIKE A NARROW CLOSED OFF TUBE. THE TOP (REMOVABLE) IS RED WHILE THE BODY IS OFF WHITE. A METAL PIECE AT THE TOP UNDER THE TOP IS SILVER METAL. ON THE MAIN PORTION OF THE BODY, THE WRITTING ON THE MAIN PORTION SAY'S "LETHBRIDGE HOTEL LETHBRIDGE ALTA".

History: ALL OF THESE ARTIFACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN OWNED BY EITHER HAZEL RUTH MCNABB AND HER MOTHER MRS. JOSEPH MCNABB (MAE). HOWEVER, MOST WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO HAZEL. MOST PURCHASES WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN OR NEAR LETHBRIDGE OR FORT MACLEOD. THE DONOR WAS BORN IN 1912 IN FORD MACLEOD AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1946. FAMILY LIVED ALONG THE OLD MAN RIVER ACROSS FROM THE RESERVATION, MOTHER WAS FROM NEW YORK, AND AFTER MARRYING HER HUSBAND CAME TO ALBERTA TO RANCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, THE LATE MS. HAZEL MCNABB, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE. INCLUDED IN THE FILE, IS A 50 MIN INTERVIEW WITH MCNABB'S CLOSE FRIEND MARY OORDT FROM 20 MAY 2014. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS AUDIT, INCLUDING A COLLECTIONS OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY HAZEL MCNABB. ATTACHED TO THE DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE IS THE OBITUARY FOR MCNABB. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT INTERVIEW: "MISS HAZEL RUTH MCNABB OF LETHBRIDGE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 10, 2008 AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS... HAZEL WAS ASSISTED IN HER LATER YEARS BY FRIENDS MARTIN AND MARY OORDT." PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.