WATCH, POCKET

Description: 1. WATCH(1.3 X 43.9 X 5.1CM). "ELGIN" BRAND. HAS A WHITE FACE WITH BLACK NUMBERS. A SMALLER FACE INSET INTO THE LARGER ONE COUNTS SECONDS. A STEM IS ON THE TOP FOR WINDING AND A LOOP FOR A CHAIN. ON BACK IS A PIECE OF PAPER STUCK ON WITH TAPE THAT READS "WATCH OF LATE ED MCKENZIE", TAPE IS COMING OFF. 2. WATCH HAS A DETACHABLE GOLD CHAIN "12K". ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE CHAIN IS A GOLD ROUND LOCKET WHICH IS ETCHED WITH A DESIGN. LOCKET OPENS TO REVEAL 2 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS (1 OF 3 PEOPLE, THE OTHER OF A LONE WOMAN). 3. AT THE END OF THE CHAIN IS A DETACHABLE ORNAMENT. THE ORNAMENT HAS A GOLD ROD ON ONE SIDE AND AN OVAL ON THE OTHER WITH A BLUE INSECT ON A PINK BACKGROUND. 4.BOX (2.9 X 9.8 X 9.7CM) BLUE VINYL WITH A DECORATIVE SILVER BORDER ON TOP. LID OPENS AND IS HELD ON BY A FLAP OF VINYL ON THE BACK. INSIDE THE BOX IS LINED WITH AN OFF WHITE SATIN. ON OUTSIDE OF BOX IS A BLUE PLASTIC TAG AND HAS "1987.441" EMBOSSED ON IT.

History: BOX HAD A PIECE OF PAPER IN IT THAT READ "REMEMBER WHEN?" - WAS USED FOR DISPLAY AT PEMMICAN CLUB. THE WATCH BELONGED TO ED MCKENZIE, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB. ED CAME TO LETHBRIDGE FROM WESTFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA IN 1885 AND WORKED IN THE FIRST COAL MINE HERE, OPERATED BY THE GALT COMPANY. HE MET HIS WIFE ELIZABETH (NEE MUNROE) IN LETHBRIDGE AND MARRIED IN 1888. HE HOMESTEADED NEAR LETHBRIDGE IN 1890, JUST SOUTH OF PRESENT DAY HARDIEVILLE, WHERE HE RAN A DAIRY. IN 1897 HE MOVED TO KIPP COULEE, SOUTH OF STIRLING, AND IN 1902 HE MOVED TO TABER. LATER, MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE AND OPENED A STORE ON 9TH AVENUE NORTH. AFTER THIS HE MOVED BACK TO HIS LETHBRIDGE DAIRY, AND FINALLY FARMED SOUTHEAST OF TOWN. ELIZABETH MCKENZIE DIED IN 1937, AND ED DIED IN 1958 AT THE AGE OF 91. ALONG WITH THE WATCH WAS A PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE PEMMICAN CLUB WHICH SAID THAT THE WATCH IS OVER 70 YEARS OLD (IT IS NOT KNOWN IN WHAT YEAR THIS WAS WRITTEN) AND IT WAS DONATED BY MRS. MINTY. MRS. MINTY IS LIKELY RHODA MINTY (NEE CLARK). RHODA WAS A GRADUATE OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING AND DIRECTOR OF THE PARKLAND NURSING HOME IN VULCAN. SHE MARRIED HER HUSBAND JAMES A. MINTY IN NOVEMBER, 1942. BOTH ARE ORIGINALLY FROM BURDETT, AND ARE MEMBERS OF THE PEMMICAN CLUB. SEE P19990035001-GA FOR PEMMICAN CLUB HISTORY.