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Description: RECTANGULAR CARDBOARD BOX. OUTSIDE OF BOX IS GREY WITH WINE COLOURED DIAMONDS. LID OF BOX READS "EATON'S OF CANADA". LID IS TAPED TO BOTTOM WITH A BROWN PIECE OF PACKING TAPE ON BACK SIDE. A PACKING LABEL ON LID OF BOX READS "MRS JACOB LIEBELT 22 BOX 34 WARNER ALTA". THERE IS ALSO A POSTAGE STAMP DATED "MAR 16 1961" ON LID. BOX IS TORN IN A NUMBER OF PLACES, AND WARPED. BOTTOM OF BOX HAS A WATER STAIN, AND REMNANTS OF PACKING TAPE ON IT. INCLUDED IN BOX IS A SINGLE PIECE OF WHITE TISSUE PAPER.

History: ITEMS CAME FROM THE HOME OF PEARL AND JACOB LIEBELT, WHO LIVED IN WARNER, FARMED EAST OF WARNER, AND RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1996. PEARL WAS BORN IN WARNER TO GEORGE AND ETTA MAE WOITTE, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. JACOB WAS BORN IN ANAMOOSE, NORTH DAKOTA AUGUST 1, 1910. JACOB WENT TO WORK AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13 IN THE MILK RIVER AND WARNER AREA. EVENTUALLY MET AND MARRIED PEARL WOITTE, NOVEMBER 12, 1938, AND BUILT A SUBSTANTIAL FARMING OPERATION. PEARL WAS SECRETARY OF THE WARNER SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, WOMEN'S INSTITUTE GIRLS CLUB, AND FARM WOMEN'S UNION OF ALBERTA. SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY PROPERLY DRESSED WITH HATS AND GLOVES WHEN SHE ATTENDED LOCAL FUNCTIONS. JACOB WAS VERY INVOLVED IN FARMING, SPORTS, LIONS CLUB, AND ELKS CLUB. SEE P20010047001 FOR LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY AND P20010047047 FOR DONOR (ELAINE LIEBELT) HISTORY. ___________ AT THE GALT’S REQUEST, DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT PROVIDED MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO HER FAMILY'S AND HER OWN USE OF RESPECTIVE OBJECTS IN THE LIEBELT COLLECTION ON 31 AUGUST 2011. HER ORIGINAL COMMENTS AS TO THIS OBJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: “PEARL WAS SECRETARY OF THE WARNER EVANGELICAL CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. SHE ALWAYS WORE HER HAT AND GLOVES TO SUNDAY SCHOOL, SOCIAL EVENTS AND TO THE AWI EVENTS AS WELL AS TO JACOB’S LIONS CLUB AND ELKS EVENTS. SEVERAL OF HER HATS ARE PART OF THE DONATION.”