BOOKLET, INSTRUCTION

Description: YELLOW BOOKLET IS HELD TOGETHER BY TWO STEEL STAPLES ALONG SPINE. HAS BLACK RECTANGULAR BORDER WITH "BY-LAWS OF MAPLE LEAF CHAPTER NO.7 ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA". HAS STAR DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS EACH WITH THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVE DESIGN IN MIDDLE. ON BACK IN SMALL PRINT READS "ROBINS PRINTING CO." HAS 12 PRINTED PAGES AND XII ARTICLES. ON TOP FRONT IN INK IS "BRO: H. RANNARD. MAR: 14TH. 1939.". HAS MINOR WEAR ON SPINE. HAS SMALL STREAK OF SOILING ACROSS COVER.

History: MASONIC PROPERTY OF 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.