TISSUE

Description: PACKAGE OF 4 LIGHT BROWN PROTECTORS FOLDED INSIDE A WAX PAPER WRAPPER MARKED "SANICOVERS", "FOR PERSONAL USE WHEN AWAY FROM HOME", "AVOID DIRECT CONTACT WITH TOILET SEAT", "PREVENT DANGER OF INFECTION", "A TOILET ROOM NECESSITY", "DIRECTIONS: ADJUST SANICOVER ON CLOSET SEAT WITH FLAP FORWARD INSERTED INTO BOWL", AND "PRICE 0.15 $ PER PACKAGE OF TEN". MARKED ON THE BACK OF THE PACKAGE "SANICOVERS ARE MADE OF A SPECIALLY PREPARED TISSUE, STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND ROUGH USAGE, YET WHEN THROWN INTO CLOSET BOWL, AFTER USING, WILL EASILY PASS THROUGH WITHOUT CLOGGING THE PIPES.", "ASK YOUR DEPARTMENT OR DRUSTORE TO STOCK SANICOVERS", AND "MANUFACTURED BY SANITARY UTILITY COMPANY ONE JORALEMON ST. BROOKLYN 2 N.Y.". PACKAGE IS TORN ON THREE SIDES, BUT COVERS ARE INTACT AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

History: ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S AUNT, PHYLLIS MARY (WHITTON) MCDONELL, WHO CAME TO CANADA IN 1903 AT THE AGE OF 3 AND SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1938 SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MCDONELL, WHO WAS A RANCHER AND A FARMER WHO WORKED FOR JOHN DEERE, BUT ALSO INVENTED AND BUILT CONASTOGA MOTOR HOMES. PHYLLIS WORKED AT CITY HALL AS A RECEPTIONIST, AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH. THE COUPLE REMAINED IN LETHBRIDGE, AND DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN. PHYLLIS PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A ROBE, TWO PURSES, AND A HATPIN DONATED BY MCDONALD. A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATED PHYLLIS MCDONELL PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 13TH, 1997. ACCORDING TO THE MCDONELL'S HEADSTONE IN THE SAINT PATRICK CEMETERY (LETHBRIDGE), SHE WAS BORN IN 1903. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970033013 FOR COPIES OF RESEARCH SOURCES USED.