BOOKLET, INSTRUCTION

Description: TEXTURED YELLOW COVER HAS IN BLACK RECTANGLE FRAME (WITH CIRCLE AND OCTAGON DESIGN) "GRAND CHAPTER OF ALBERTA O.E.S. CONSTITUTION AND INSTRUCTIONS 1932". SEAL HAS CIRCLE THAT READS AROUND PERIMETER "GRAND CHAPTER OF ALBERTA * ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR *". IN MIDDLE IS STAR WITH "A L F A T" IN EACH POINT AND A CREST IN THE MIDDLE AND READS BELOW "ORG. JULY 20 1912". ON BACK IN SMALL PRINT IS TINY TRADE MARK WITH "JOHN D. MCARA LIMITED PRINTERS, CALGARY" BELOW. ON TOP FRONT IN INK IS WRITTEN "BRO. H. RANNARD. MAR; 14 M 1939.". HAS 60 PAGES OF PRINTED TEXT INCLUDING ARTICLES, DIAGRAMS, AND RULES. IS HELD TOGETHER BY TWO STEEL STAPLES ALONG SPINE. HAS SMALL CREASE ON BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. MINOR WEAR OF CORNERS.

History: MASONIC PROPERTY BELONGED TO MR. HERBERT RANNARD, PASSED AWAY APRIL 20, 1995. *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.