DRESS

Description: TWO-TONED BROWN 3/4 LENGTH STRAIGHT CUT POLYESTER DRESS WITH LIGHT AND DARK BROWN STRIPES SLEEVES AND YOKE. STAND UP COLLAR IS LIGHT BROWN, AND FRONT HAS 6 BUTTONS DOWN THE FRONT FOR DECORATION BECAUSE DRESS HAS A METAL ZIPPER UP THE BACK. SKIRT ON DRESS IS SHORT AND HAS FOUR PLEATS ON THE FRONT, BUT BACK IS PLAIN. DRESS HAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OR WEAR.

History: ITEMS BELONG TO DONOR'S MOTHER, ALFREDA KIMURA (MAIDEN NAME KIRK), WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE. (BORN NOVEMBER 18, 1936 AND PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER 1996.) ITEMS WERE USED DURING THE 1950-70'S. ALFREDA WORKED AT THE MAJESTIC THEATRE DOING BOOKKEEPING FROM APPROXIMATELY 1969 THROUGH TO THE 1980'S. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PANT SUIT AND DRESS DONATED BY NAOMI HAYDEN. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ALFREDA JOYCE KIMURA (NEE KIRK) WAS MARRIED TO HARUO “HARRY” KIMURA IN NOVEMBER 1961. ALFREDA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH “JOE” AND EVELYN “EVA” TURACHECK. HARRY WAS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. T. KIMURA, OF COALDALE. JOSEPH “JOE” TURACHEK WAS BORN IN KOSTICE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1919 AND MOVED TO CANADA WITH HIS FAMILY IN 1929. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 80 ON JULY 27, 2000. EVELYN “EVA” TURACHECK (NEE NEVE) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON DECEMBER 20, 1994. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES AND MILLICENT NEVE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.