CERTIFICATE, ACHIEVEMENT

Description: BLACK WOODEN FRAME WITH BROWN PAPER BACKING AND PIANO WIRE FOR HANGING. CERTIFICATE IS WHITE WITH WATERCOLOR PAINTING TO THE LEFT OF A GIRL WITH CRUTCHES WALKING WITH RIGHT ARM OUTSTRETCHED TOWARD BUILDING AND SUNSET. ABOVE BUILDING IS UPPER PORTION OF AN EGYPTIAN, AND A SABRE. GOLD SEAL PICTURED AT BOTTOM WITH PYRAMID AND SPHYNX IN CENTRE, READING "STATE NORTH OF AMERICA JUNE 6, 1876 COLORADO SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN". RIGHT SIDE OF CERTIFICATE READS IN BLACK "SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN IN MEMORY OF J. EDGAR RANNARD BY LETHBRIDGE SHRINE CLUB LETHBRIDGE (3 RUNGS) THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED UPON THE BOOKS OF THE IMPERIAL COUNCIL, A.A.O.N.M.S. A VOLUNTARY PERMANENT SUBSCRIBER IN SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN IN THE NAME SHOWN ABOVE", WITH SIGNATURES OF CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY AT BOTTOM. BROWN PAPER BACKING SLIGHTLY RIPPED AT TOP CENTER. GLASS FRONT PANEL.

History: BELONGED TO HERBERT RANNARD, WHO 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.