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Description: SILVER PLATED AND WOODEN FIRST AID TROPHY. WOODEN BASE, PAINTED BLACK. SILVER CREST AFFIXED TO WOODEN BASE, ENGRAVED WITH: BLAIRMORE 1923 JAMES TARLETON CAPT,. GUSTAVE GLASSER, ARTHUR RAYMENT, JOHN FOSTER, EDWIN WEIR". LARGE TWO HANDLED, SILVER PLATED CUP MAKES UP THE MAIN PORTION OF THE TROPHY. BETWEEN THE TWO HANDLES, IT IS ENGRAVED WITH: "FIRST AID TROPHY. PRESENTED BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRANCH C.I.M.&M. SECOND PRIZE." [C.I.M.&M. STANDS FOR CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY] OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION. SILVER PLATING IS VERY TARNISHED.

History: THIS FIRST AID TROPHY WAS AWARDED TO LETHBRIDGE, HALL NUMBER 2, FOLLOWING A COMPETITION IN 1923. ACCORDING TO TWO LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES (PUBLISHED JULY 6, 1923 AND JULY 10, 1923), THE COMPETITION TOOK PLACE FROM JULY 2-3, 1923 IN BLAIRMORE, ALBERTA. THE MINE RESCUE AND FIRST AID COMPETITION WAS PUT ON BY THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRANCH OF THE C.I.M. & M. (CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR MINING AND METALLURGY), THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION BOARD, AND THE WESTERN CANADA COAL OPERATORS’ ASSOCIATION. THE LETHBRIDGE HALL NUMBER 2 WON SECOND PLACE IN THE SENIOR FIRST AID CATEGORY WITH A SCORE OF 83.05. THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS, THEIR RANKING, AND SCORE INCLUDED: DRUMHELLER, FIRST, 83.83; LETHBRIDGE NO. 2, SECOND, 83.05; BELLEVUE, THIRD, 82.33; LETHBRIDGE NO. 1, FOURTH, 80.83; COLEMAN, FIFTH, 78.00; MICHEL, SIXTH, 76.05; COAL CREEK, SEVENTH, 60.83. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT.