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Description: WHITE & GREEN COVER. BOOKLET IS ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS & WITH NUMEROUS CHINESE WRITTEN CHARACTERS. PAGES ARE NUMBERED IN CHINESE.

History: INSTRUCTION BOOKLET. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A CUSHION COVER DONATED BY ROY HOW. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM THE OBITUARY OF HOW PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND OTHER ONLINE SOURCES. ROY SHEK LUN HOW WAS BORN ON 3 JANUARY 1923 IN TABER, ALBERTA TO JOSEPH KEN AND ENG SHEE HOW. HIS SIBLINGS WERE HARRY, ALEX, JACK, AND ANNIE LAM. HE MARRIED ESTHER YUE IN HONG KONG ON 29 APRIL 1950. ESTHER WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HONG KONG, WORKING THERE AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND LATER AS AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IN HONG KONG. AFTER MARRIAGE, THE COUPLE SETTLED TOGETHER IN TABER. THEIR CHILDREN WERE ANGELA, RACHEL, BENJAMIN, JENNIFER, AND JONATHAN (WHO PASSED AWAY AS AN INFANT). HOW OWNED AND OPERATED J. K. HOW FOODS LTD. (LATER HOW’S IGA FOODLINER) IN TABER. AFTER LIVING MANY YEARS IN TABER, HE AND ESTHER MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. HOW PASSED AWAY IN THE CITY ON 16 APRIL 1995. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING OBITUARIES.