Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HORSE

Date Range From

1925

Date Range To

1935

Materials

LINEN

No. Pieces

1

Length

46.0

Width

38.0

Description

TWO EAR OR SAIL SHAPED PIECES, JOINED WITH TWO COTTON STRAPS PER SIDE FOR FASTENING. MATERIAL IS DISCOLORED FROM USE.

Subjects

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY T&E

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

History

DONOR'S FATHER, W.H. HUGHES OF ENCHANT AREA PURCHASED IN LATE '20'S OR EARLY '30'S. USED TO KEEP FLYING ANTS OUT OF HORSES' EARS. "ANTS ALWAYS WENT TO THE HIGHEST POINT, THUS A DRIVER STACKING HAY WOULD PLACE A BALE ON A FORK HANDLE AND STICK IT UP IN THE AIR OVER HIS HEAD TO ATTRACT THE ANTS AND KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM HIM." *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PAIR OF EAR PROTECTORS DONATED BY HAROLD HUGHES. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. HAROLD HUGHES WAS BORN IN AUGUST 1920 IN CALGARY, THE SON OF WALTER AND MAUDE (NEE TAYLOR) HUGHES. HE GRADUATED FROM OLDS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WITH A DIPLOMA IN 1940 AND ENLISTED IN THE RCAF TO TRAIN AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR, AIR GUNNER, SHORTLY AFTERWARD. HAROLD GOT ENGAGED TO OLGA LILLIAN HUGHES (NEE CHUTSKOFF) IN 1941 AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN FEBRUARY 1943 IN THE CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH IN CALGARY. FOLLOWING HAROLD’S DISCHARGE FROM THE RCAF, THE COUPLE LIVED IN VANCOUVER UNTIL 1952 WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE FARM NEAR ENCHANT, TO ASSIST HAROLD’S FATHER. THEY REMAINED ON THE FARM UNTIL 1970, WHEN HAROLD AND OLGA JOINED THE CANADIAN UNIVERSITY SERVICES OVERSEAS. HAROLD PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 83 ON JUNE 16, 2004. OLGA LILLIAN HUGHS (NEE CHUTSKOFF) WAS BORN IN DECEMBER 1921 IN VEREGIN, SK, THE DAUGHTER OF FRED AND LYDIA (NEE OGLOFF) CHUTSKOFF. THE FAMILY LIVED IN SEVERAL SMALL ALBERTA COMMUNITIES BEFORE SETTLING IN CALGARY IN 1935. AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL, OLGA ATTENDED THE HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SCHOOL, WHILE ALSO WORKING AS A DAY OPERATOR FOR AGT. OLGA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON OCTOBER 28, 2004. HAROLD’S PARENTS WERE WALTER HAROLD HUGHES AND MAUDE (NEE TAYLOR) HUGHES. MAUDE PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER 1955 AND WALTER PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 80 IN JULY 1959. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19880050000

Acquisition Date

1988-07

Collection

Museum

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