CLOCK, ALARM

Description: WIND-UP (MECHANICAL) CLOCK, STEEL BODY, GLASS FACE. 3 LEGS, HANGING RING ON TOP. REVERSE 4 CONTROL, 2 WINDING KEYS FOR CLOCK & ALARM, 2 KNOBS FOR ADJUSTING ALARM & TIME. SMALLER SLIDER CONTROLS SPEED OF CLOCK, OPERATED BY INSERTING SCREWDRIVER TO MOVE. TOP HAS SLIDER CONTROLS FOR SETTING ALARM OFF/ON. "WESTCLOX BIG BEN, MADE BY WESTERN CLOCK CO." PRINTED ON FACE. TWO SLIDING CONTROLS ON TOP. LIST OF PATENT NUMBERS ON REAR COVER.

History: VARIOUS PATENT DATES LISTED ON REVERSE FROM 1902 TO 1914. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY MARY MOORE, WHO ALSO DONATED THIS OBJECT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT MOORE WAS COMPILED FROM HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY AND NOTES MADE AT THE TIME OF DONATION. MARY WHELAN MOORE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1898, AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1907 WITH HER PARENTS AND SISTERS LOUISA AND MARGARET. HER FATHER WORKED AS A MINER IN GALT MINES, AND ACQUIRED THREE CITY LOTS IN 1912 TO BUILD A HOUSE AT 1731 6 AVENUE NORTH. MARY LIVED IN THE HOUSE FROM THE TIME OF ITS COMPLETION IN 1918 UNTIL SIX MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. SHE TRAINED AT THE NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY, AND WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 47 YEARS, TEACHING PRIMARY GRADES AT HARDIEVILLE SCHOOL AND ST. BASIL'S. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST. BASIL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE. MARY MOORE DIED ON JULY 18, 1993. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.