BOOK

Description: GREEN HARD-COVERED BOOK HAS CARDBOARD SPINETHAT READS IN WHITE "THE HISTORY HANDBOOK WARD". ON FRONT COVER IS "THE MASONIC HANDBOOK SERIES. NO. 4 AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY BY J.S.M. WARD, B.A.STUDIES IN THE GROWTH OF OUR ORDER.". HAS 82 PRINTED PAGES WITH THREE PAGES OF ADVERTISING. COVER IS A MATERIAL STRETCHED OVER CARDBOARD. HAS SOME GLOSSY PHOTOS INSIDE. EDGES AND CORNERS ARE WORN SLIGHTLY.

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.