Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

IDENTIFICATION TAG

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1990

Materials

TIN, PAPER, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.4

Diameter

6.4

Description

CIRCULAR. OBVERSE IS LIGHT YELLOW WITH BLUE PRINT. AROUND PERIMETER READS "SOUTHERN ALBERTA ANTIQUE & CLASSIC AUTO CLUB LETHBRIDGE". IN CENTER, IN BLACK FELT PEN IS "EVERTT A. STEWART" [sic]. FRONT OF BUTTON HAS PLASTIC COVERING. BACK OF BUTTON HAS BRASS SAFETY PIN.

Subjects

ADVERTISING MEDIUM

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

LEISURE

History

CAME FROM THE BELONGINGS OF DONOR'S FATHER EVERETT STEWART. BORN IN 1912 TO WILLIAM AND SARAH JANE (CUTT) STEWART IN INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN. HIS FAMILY FARMED UNTIL THE 1930S, WHEN THE DROUGHT HIT AND HARD TIMES FORCED THEM TO MOVE. EVERETT STAYED AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN AT SASKATOON WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN PHARMACY IN 1937. HE THEN WORKED IN PHARMACIES IN INDIAN HEAD AND REGINA. ON JUNE 15, 1939, EVERETT MARRIED MARJORIE BAILEY. HE THEN SIGNED UP WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS AN ARTILLERY OFFICER IN WWII. THEIR DAUGHTER MARGARET JEAN (DONOR) WAS BORN ON MAY 31, 1943. AFTER THE WAR, WITH FUNDING GIVEN TO VETERANS, EVERETT OPENED HIS OWN DRUG STORE IN SUTHERLAND, SASKATCHEWAN. HIS WAS THE FIRST DRUG STORE IN SUTHERLAND AND HE STRUGGLED WITH MAKING IT A VIABLE BUSINESS. THEN IN 1949 HE SOLD THE BUSINESS AND TOOK A SALES POSITION WITH CHARLES E. FROSST & COMPANY WHICH WAS THE LAST WHOLLY OWNED CANADIAN DRUG FIRM. HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE MOVED TO BRANDON, MANITOBA (1949 TO 1955). THE FIRM THEN TRANSFERRED EVERETT TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE REMAINED. AFTER HIS WIFE MARJORIE DIED (1905-1967) HE KEPT BUSY WITH HIS VAST COIN COLLECTION THAT WAS HIS PASSION. HE ATTENDED MANY COIN SHOWS THROUGHOUT CANADA AND THE U.S. AND BOUGHT, TRADED, AND SOLD MOSTLY CANADIAN COINS. THEN ON JULY 22, 1974, HE MARRIED IRENE EVANS (1906-2002) FROM BILLINGS MONTANA. IN 1976 FROSST & CO. RETIRED EVERETT. AFTER THAT THEY SPENT 6 MONTHS A YEAR IN LETHBRIDGE AND 6 MONTHS IN MESA, ARIZONA. EVERETT WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATED CANADIAN TRAVELERS IN BRANDON, MANITOBA AND LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA; A FOUNDING MEMBER AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE LION'S CLUB IN SUTHERLAND, SASKATCHEWAN; A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE AND THE LETHBRIDGE AL AZHAR SHRINE CLUB. BESIDES HIS EVER-GROWING COIN COLLECTION, HE RESTORED A 1926 MODEL A FORD. EVERETT PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME FROM CANCER IN 1993. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS INCLUDING SOME DONATIONS MADE BY JEAN JOHNSTONE (NEE POTTS). AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORIGINAL DONOR JEAN JOHNSTONE WAS CONDUCTED. WHEN ASKED IF SHE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT SHE STATED, “HE ALSO HAD AN ANTIQUE CAR… YES HE HAD SEVERAL BUT HE BUILT IN THE GARAGE HE HAD - AND I CAN’T REMEMBER THE YEARS LIKE A ’20 - IT WAS A MODEL “A” CAR AND HE’D BOUGHT IT IN PIECES FROM BOB NIVEN… AND BOB DID THE OUTSIDE - THE BODY WORK, AND DAD DID ALL THE MECHANICAL WORK. AND HE HAD THIS THING IN HIS CAR AND HE WENT INTO PARADES AND DID ALL SORTS OF THINGS HE AND HIS SECOND WIFE WITH THIS CAR AND HE ALSO HAD TWO OTHER CARS IN BITS CALLED A WHIPPET. TWO WHIPPETS HE HAD IN ANOTHER SHED BUILT ON THAT, ON THAT HOUSE PROPERTY… SO HE WENT TO ALL KINDS OF SHOWS WITH HIS ANTIQUE CAR… THAT’S WHY HE HAS ALL THESE T-SHIRTS AND THE LITTLE BUTTONS... YES SO HE WAS A BUSY GUY HE HAD A LOT OF HOBBIES AND HE FILLED HIS RETIREMENT VERY WELL.” “[THE ANTIQUE CAR] WAS AFTER [HE RETIRED]… I REMEMBER MOM TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT WHEN HE HAD A SIMILAR CAR, AND SHE AND HER SISTER BASICALLY WERE OLD MAIDS BECAUSE, WELL MY MOM WAS 33 WHEN SHE MARRIED HIM AND HE WAS ONLY 26 MY DAD. AND HER SISTER - THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A DOUBLE WEDDING AND THEY WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED IN AT THEIR OTHER SISTER’S PLACE IN LUCKY LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN… WELL BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED THEY WENT ON A HOLIDAY WITH THIS CAR AND BUT - WELL THEY WERE PLANNING THIS HOLIDAY… DAD HAD APPARENTLY HAD TAKEN THE CAR APART AND WAS TRYING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN A HURRY BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING ON THIS HOLIDAY AND IT WAS ALL IN PIECES - LIKE THEY WERE VERY, VERY UPSET WITH HIM.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000011034

Acquisition Date

2004-06

Collection

Museum

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