Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

2001 ALBERTA SENIORS GAMES

Date

2001

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

76

Width

54

Description

RED COTTON/ POLY T-SHIRT LABELLED "GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR" SIZE XL. POCKET ON LEFT BREAST. RIGHT BREAST BEARS 2001 ALBERTA SENIORS GAMES LOGO (BRIDGE & PROVINCIAL OUTLINE" AND BELOW "VOLUNTEER".

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

DONOR WAS BORN IN DIAMOND CITY IN 1918 AND RAISED IN IRONSPRINGS. MOVED AWAY IN LATER YEARS, BUT RETURNED PERMANENTLY TO LETHBRIDGE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. DONOR WAS ACTIVE IN SPORTS DURING LIFE, BUT IN SENIOR YEARS HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY ARTHRITIS. WANTED TO HELP WITH GAMES AND REQUESTED A VOLUNTEER POSITION IN WHICH SHE COULD SIT DOWN. SHE SIGNED UP AT THE SENIOR'S CENTRE AND WAS ASSIGNED TO A SOUVENIR BOOTH AT THE OLD COURT HOUSE(?), THE SITE OF THE GAMES' MAIN OFFICE. SHE SAT ALONGSIDE OTHERS TAKING CASH AND SELLING SOUVENIRS. DONATED ITEMS, GIVEN TO HER FOR FREE, WERE WORN AT THE BOOTH. UNSOLD SOUVENIRS WERE OFFERED AT A REDUCED PRICE TO VOLUNTEERS UPON GAMES' END. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING PARTS OF A 2001 SENIOR GAMES T-SHIRT DONATED BY DOROTHY TAYLOR. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING INFORMATION FROM THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER WILMA WOOD AND ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, FINDAGRAVE.COM, AND THE TWO VOLUMES OF COYOTE FLATS HISTORICAL REVIEW. DOROTHY LIBERTY TAYLOR (NEE GOODE) WAS BORN ON JANUARY 6, 1918. SHE WAS RAISED IN THE PICTURE BUTTE/IRON SPRINGS REGION, IN BARRHILL, AB. HER PARENTS WERE CHARLES GOODE AND ISABELLA (NEE MORRISON) GOODE. IN 1937 DOROTHY MARRIED HENRY EDWIN TAYLOR. HENRY EDWIN TAYLOR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WATTSBURG (CRANBROOK), BC AND HOMESTEADED IN THE PEACE RIVER DISTRICT IN 1930. HE PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 6, 1977 AT THE AGE OF 66. CHARLES GOODE WAS BORN IN 1877 IN ENGLAND AND IMMIGRATED TO NORTH DAKOTA IN 1888 WITH HIS PARENTS GEORGE GOODE AND SUSANNA (NEE HELPS) GOODE. HE LATER MOVED FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO HOMESTEAD AT BARRHILL, AB. ISABELLA MORRISON WAS BORN IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND IN 1886. SHE MOVED TO CANADA WITH HER SISTER MRS. ANNIE (JAMES) DUNLOP CIRCA 1906. SHORTLY AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL, ISABELLA AND ANNIE’S FATHER “WILLIE” MORRISON ARRIVED AS WELL. IN 1910 CHARLES AND ISABELLA WERE MARRIED. CHARLES PASSED AWAY IN 1957 AND ISABELLA IN 1978. DOROTHY HAD SEVERAL SIBLINGS INCLUDING: CHARLES MORRISON (MAURICE) GOODE, WHO PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 21, 1990; ARTHUR “ART” BORDEN GOODE, WHO WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 20, 1912 AND PASSED ON AUGUST 27, 2003 AT THE AGE OF 90; HELENA “HELEN” CLARA NOLAN (NEE GOODE) WHO WAS BORN ON MARCH 14, 1911 AND PASSED AWAY ON JULY 18, 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER AND ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, FINDAGRAVE.COM AND FROM THE TWO VOLUMES OF COYOTE FLATS HISTORICAL REVIEW.

Catalogue Number

P20010077002

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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