BOARD, IRONING

Description: BASSWOOD TOP, MAPLE LEGS, FOLDING TYPE WITH RIVETED JOINTS; TOP BOLTED TO UNDERPARTS. LEGS STAND NEARLY PERPENDICULAR WHEN UNFOLDED & STANDS ON ITS OWN FEET WITH THE END CLEAR OF THE FLOOR. LIGHT WEIGHT. TABLE IS COMPACT. ON THE UNDER PART OF THE TABLE TOP IS WRITTEN "4.95" IN BLACK CRAYON. ALSO, THERE IS AN INFORMATION SHEET ON THE QUALITIES OF THE BEATTY FOLDING IRONING TABLE. PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE HOW BOARD WORKS. 1 BACK LEG RIVET HAS COME DETACHED FROM TABLE TOP FRAME. "BEATTY BROS. LIMITED, ESTABLISHED 1874, FERGUS, CANADA".

History: FAMILY OWNED & USED BY DONOR'S MOTHER. BEATTY IS A CANADIAN CO. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. DONOR IS DECEASED. SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT NEXT OF KIN. *UPDATE* IN 2024 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, TESS MCNAUGHTON, CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PREVIOUS AUDITS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. DOROTHY TEWKSBURY WAS BORN IN CALGARY IN 1916. DOROTHY ATTENDED CRESCENT HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL AND CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOLS. DURING THE DEPRESSION SHE TAUGHT AT LONELY TRAIL, NEAR OYEN, ALLAN AND FRANKLIN SCHOOLS NEAR OKOTOKS AND HIGH RIVER. JOINING THE R.C.A.F. IN JANUARY 1942. SHE SERVED DURING AND AFTER THE WAR AND WAS THE FIRST WOMAN OFFICER POSTED OVERSEAS. SHE RETIRED AS FLIGHT LIEUTENANT IN 1966 WITH CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, WAR MEDAL AND CANADIAN FORCES DECORATION. SHE SERVED AS SECRETARY TREASURER OF THE CHELSEA SCHOOL BOARD AND RESIDED AT MEECH LAKE, QUEBEC WITH HER FRIEND SHIELA STRANG. SHE RETURNED TO ALBERTA IN 1975 TO CARE FOR HER MOTHER AND RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE. BEING ACTIVE IN MEALS AND WHEELS AND THE LONDON ROAD ASSOCIATION. DOROTHY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, EDNA AND BERTRAND TEWKSBURY; BROTHER, HAROLD; SISTER, MARGURERITE HENDERSON; NIECE, KAREN ERVIN; AND CLOSE FRIEND AND COMPANION, JEAN GOLLEY. DOROTHY PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 13, 1992.