ASHTRAY

Description: SILVER, OVAL ASHTRAY. THER IS A VERTICAL EXTENSION AT BACK OF ASHTRAY THAT HAS A LARGE V-SHAPED GROOVE IN IT. CENTER OF ASHTRAY IS RECESSED, FORMING A WIDE RIM. TWO SIDES OF RIM HAVE 5 PROTRUSIONS THAT FORM 4 GROOVES. IN RELIEF BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF PROTRUSIONS, ARE "SICKS" AND "BREWERY". IN RELIEF IN CENTER OF ASHTRAY IS "6" WITHIN A CIRCLE. ASHTRAY HAS REMNANTS OF BLACK, GREEN, AND WHITE PAINT ON IT.

History: ASHTRAY ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, WILLIAM CARLETON RYAN, WHO WORKED AT THE BREWERY FROM 1946 TO 1959. RYAN WORKED ON THE POP LINE AT THE BREWERY. RYAN SMOKED A PIPE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. DONOR ACCOUNTS THAT FATHER WAS SATISFIED WORKING AT BREWERY AND WAS ALWAYS TREATED WELL, EVEN AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, WHERE HE WOULD RECEIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, TURKEY AND BEER AT CHRISTMAS. RYAN WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE ASHTRAY SOMETIME DURING HIS CAREER AT THE BREWERY. RYAN FIRST ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1942 WHEN HE BECAME A GUARD AT THE P.O.W. CAMP IN LETHBRIDGE.