Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PANTS

Date

1960

Materials

WOOL, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Length

111.2

Width

82.0

Description

NAVY BLUE WOOL TWILL, WITH COTTON DUCK LINING AT WAISTBAND & POCKETS. 2 SLASH POCKETS AT HIPS, 2 AT REAR. 24 CM ZIPPER & BUTTON FLY. "LETHBRIDGE CIVIL DEFENSE POLICE".

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

MILITARY

History

"TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR MR. PAT SCULLEN DATE JAN/60 ORDER NO.21225 THE T. EATON CO. LTD. LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.". DATE JAN/60 ORDER NO. 212253. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFERENCE PERMANENT FILE AND E-RECORD P19870044001. ON 10 NOVEMBER 2009, FORMER LETHBRIDGE RESIDENT ROBERT (BOB) GARDNER OF SALMON ARM, BC, RESPONDED, BY PHONE, TO FAXED QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY GALT COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN. GARDNER WAS 33 YEARS OLD WHEN HE JOINED THE LETHBRIDGE CIVIL DEFENSE (C.D.) POLICE IN 1960. HE DID NOT RECALL PAT SCULLEN, THE ORIGINAL WEARER OF THE GALT’S C.D. POLICE PANTS. A 1959 C.D. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART DOCUMENT SHOWED SCULLEN HOLDING THE RANK OF SERGEANT. FOR FURTHER INSIGHTS ON THE CIVIL DEFENCE POLICE, OFFERED BY FORMER LETHBRIDGE MEMBER GERRY DEHEER IN 2013, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19870044001. *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. SEE P19800058000 FOR OBITUARY.

Catalogue Number

P19870044002

Acquisition Date

1987-05

Collection

Museum

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