CASE, NEEDLE

Description: PIECE OF CARDBOARD FOLDED INTO THIRDS. FRONT COVER HAS A CARTOONISH FIGURE OF A YOUNG BOY WITH A COWBOY HAT, STITCHING HIS PANTS. BELOW THIS READS "FARMERS' FISHERMEN'S & SPORTSMEN'S REPAIR KIT A COMPLETE SET OF ENGLISH NEEDLES". INSIDE CONTAINS INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS. THERE ARE ALSO 2 GOLD PIECES OF PAPER INSIDE WHICH HOLD 14 VARIOUS SIZES OF NEEDLES. ONE LARGE FLAT NEEDLE READS "MADE IN ENGLAND 17". BACKSIDE OF CASE READS "A FEW OF THE MANY USES FOR THESE NEEDLES".

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.