APRON

Description: 1. WHITE KID LEATHER APRON WITH BLUE SATIN RIBBON TRIM. TRIANGULAR FLAP AT TOP FRONT, BENEATH WHICH HANGS A RIBBON AT EITHER SIDE OF THE POINT. ENDS OF RIBBONS HAVE METAL FIXTURE FORMED TO RESEMBLE TASSELS. LINED WITH BLUE FABRIC CIRCULAR RIBBON FOLDED FAN-STYLE AT BOTH BOTTOM CORNERS AND AT CENTER OF TOP FLAP, WITH SINGLE BUTTON IN CENTRE OF EACH BEARING FREE MASONS SYMBOL. PLATING IS WORN OFF TOP BUTTON. BACK OF APRON IS DYED ROYAL BLUE, SHOWING WEAR AT CREASES. COTTON TWILL STRAP WITH METAL FIXTURES AND S-HOOK, IN THE SHAPE OF TWO JOINED SERPENTS. PLATING WORN OFF METAL IN SEVERAL PLACES. 2. BLACK VINYL CASE WITH LINED INTERIOR. FLAP AT TOP WITH SNAP CLOSURE. SNAP ENGRAVED WITH "C A R R". EDGES AND CORNERS OF VINYL ARE CRACKING.

History: BELONGED TO MR. HERBERT RANNARD, WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 20, 1995. INITIATED OCTOBER 16, 1929. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH HERBERT RANNARD. RANNARD'S OBITUARY FROM THE APRIL 23, 1995 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. HERBERT RANNARD WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND IN 1903. HE GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE AND WORKED FOR THE CPR IN THE FREIGHT DEPARTMENT. RANNARD MOVED TO VANCOUVER TO WORK AT THE BOEING AIRCRAFT PLANT AT THE START OF WWII, TO BUILD CATALINA AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT AND MITCHELL BOMBERS. AFTER THE WAR RANNARD WORKED AT THE PRECISION INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN VANCOUVER, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN GUN-SMITHING AND FINE INSTRUMENT REPAIR. HE MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952 TO MANAGE THE SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT OF COUNSUMER'S HARDWARE, WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1964. RANNARD WAS A COIN COLLECTOR, MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE MASONIC LODGE, AND PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORCHESTRAS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910046001.