CASE, NEEDLE

Description: CASE IS MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE PROFILE OF A SUN BONNET. EXTERIOR MATERIAL IS GREEN WITH PINK AND WHITE FLOWERS. CASE CONSISTS OF A STRIP OF GATHERED MATERIAL (THE RUFFLE) ATTACHED WITH LOOSE CROSS STITCHES, TO TWO STIFFENED PIECES. INSIDE RUFFLE IS LINED WITH A MUSTARD COLOURED MATERIAL. THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF WHITE FELT LOOSELY ATTACHED INSIDE CASE (TO ALLOW NEEDLES TO BE STUCK THROUGH THEM). CASE CLOSES WITH A STEEL SNAP. INCLUDES A LARGE STEEL NEEDLE.

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.