PATCH

Description: OVAL SHAPED RD, GRN, WHT, AND YLLW DENIM LIKE COTTON PATCH. EMBROIDERED TEXT IN WHT "LETHBRIDGE" IN RD " GINGER ALE"

History: ORIGINAL OWNER OF ITEMS, ERIC GAVRON, BEGAN WORKING AT THE SICKS BREWERY AFTER HE RETURNED FROM MILITARY SERVICE IN WWI. HE WAS THE SECOND GENERATION - FATHER MICHAEL THE FIRST - TO WORK AT THE BREWERY. DONOR STATED THAT IN 02/2007 MR GAVRON WORKED ON THE BREWERY'S BOTTLING LINE, RETIRING IN THE MID 80S. HE LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE IN LETHBRIDGE, PASSING AWAY ON 03/2004. SOME OF THE MATERIALS MAY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO GAVRON'S POSSESSION VIA HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW MICHAEL "SPIKE" MARTELL. SPIKE WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE MANAGED THE LOCAL LETHBRIDGE ARENA AS WELL AS HAVING WORKED IN PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR THE BREWERY. THE DONOR'S WERE LONG TIME FRIENDS WITH GAVRON AND FARMED HIS WIFE LAND , BEGINNING IN 1973. KATHARINA HERBST BECAME THE RECIPIENT OF MR. GAVRON ESTATE AFTER HIS PASSING. MR.HERBST RECALLED SOME OF THE MATERIAL HANGING ON THE WALLS OF GAVRON'S BASEMENT, BUT MRS. HERBST FELT MUCH WAS SQUIRRELED AWAY IN BOXES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BREWERY’S PRODUCTION OF SOFT DRINKS, SEE RECORD P19900020003-GA.