CERTIFICATE, MEMBERSHIP

Description: UNFRAMED WHITE PAPER CERTIFICATE WITH BLACK PRINT. BLUE SEAL AT LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE, WITH "THE GRAND LODGE OF ALBERTA ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OCT 1 5905" EMBOSSED. CERTIFICATE HAS ALBERTA CREST AT TOP, WITH "GRAND LODGE OF ALBERTA" AND SLOGAN BENEATH. SCROLL PRINT IN TWO COLUMNS, WITH ENGLISH ON THE LEFT AND LATIN ON THE RIGHT. CERTIFIES THAT "HERBERT RANNARD...WAS REGULARLY RECEIVED INTO FREE MASONRY ON THE 16TH DAY OF OCTOBER AL 5929... TO THE 3RD DEGREE ON THE 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER AL 5929 IN THE LETHBRIDGE LODGE NO. 39". SEAL WAS AFFIXED IN "CALGARY THE 20TH DAY OF MARCH AL 5930". SIGNATURE OF "JHWS KEMMIS" APPEARS AT BOTTOM. CERTIFICATE ALSO HAS THREE PILLARS PICTURED, WITH GLOBES, AN OPEN BOOK, AND SOME TOOLS ON A CHECKERED FLOOR. "21806" APPEARS HANDWRITTEN IN PICTURE. SIGNATURE OF HERBERT RANNARD IS WRITTEN VERTICALLY AT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF CERTIFICATE. C/W CARDBOARD TUBE, OPEN AT BOTH ENDS. TUBE HAS LABEL ON ONE SIDE READING "FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY GRAND LODGE A.F.& A.M. CALGARY ALBERTA TO E.J. ROSSITER, ESQ., P.O. BOX 537, LETHBRIDGE, ALTA". TWO POSTAGE STAMPS IN TOP RIGHT CORNER OF LABEL: ONE PURPLE 5 CENT STAMP, AND ONE ORANGE 1 CENT STAMP. BLACK INK POSTAL STAMPS OVERTOP. PAPER IS SLIGHTLY BRITTLE.

History: BELONGED TO MR. 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.