PURSE

Description: POUCH OF PURSE IS COVERED WITH A MESH OF TINY, OCTANGONAL, GOLD METAL PIECES. UPPER EDGE OF PURSE HAS A BRASS TRIM, FROM WHICH MESH IS SUSPENDED BY TINY RINGS. HAS A GOLD COLOURED CLASP WITH 11 GLASS GEMS IN IT (3 GEMS ARE MISSING). PURSE OPENS BY LIFTING UP ON CLASP. PURSE HAS A GOLD CHAIN FOR CARRYING. INSIDE OF PURSE IS A CORAL COLOURED SATIN WEAVE MATERIAL. THERE IS ONE POCKET INSIDE PURSE, WITH NO CLOSURE.

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: “WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC MEMORY OF THIS PURSE BUT WE EXPECT THAT PEARL WOULD HAVE USED IT FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS SUCH AS WEDDINGS, PARTIES, AND SOCIAL EVENTS RELATED TO AWI, LIONS CLUB AND ELKS.”