BOOK, INSTRUCTION

Description: ROYAL BLUE HARD-COVERED BOOK HAS CARDBOARD SPINE AND READS IN FRONT IN GOLD "CONSTITUTION". COVER IN SYNTHETIC MATERIAL STRETCHED OVER CARDBOARD. HAS INDENTS ALONG SPINE IN FRONT AND BACK. HAS TWO ROWS OF INDENTED RECTANGLES AROUND EDGE FOR DECORATION. HAS SEAL AS DESCRIBED IN P19950069007-GA PRESSED ON FRONT PAGE. HAS 112 PRINTED PAGES WITH INDEX TO XLII. CORNERS ARE SLIGHTLY FRAYED.

History: MASONIC PROPERTY OWNED BY 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.