MARBLES

Description: .1) MARBLE. 2.0CM DIAMETER, STEEL. .2) MARBLE. 2.0CM DIAMETER, STEEL. SLIGHT CORROSION. .3) MARBLE. 1.6CM DIAMETER, STEEL. SLIGHT CORROSION. .4) MARBLE. 1.3CM DIAMETER, STEEL. .5) MARBLE. 1.8CM DIAMETER, GLASS, WHITE WITH GREEN AND BURGUNDY SWIRL. .6) MARBLE. 1.5CM DIAMETER, GLASS, WHITE WITH RED SWIRLS. .7) MARBLE. 1.5CM DIAMETER, GLASS, BLUE, GREEN AND WHITE SWIRLS. .8) MARBLE. 1.6CM DIAMETER, GLASS, BROWN, YELLOW AND WHITE SWIRLS. .9) MARBLE. 1.3CM DIAMETER, GLASS, RED WITH LIGHT RED SWIRLS. .10) MARBLE. 1.3CM DIAMETER, GLASS, SOLID YELLOW. .11) MARBLE. 1.2CM DIAMETER, GLASS, SOLID WHITE. .12) MARBLE. 1.4CM DIAMETER, GLASS, SOLID BLACK. .13) MARBLE, 1.3CM DIAMETER, GLASS, MILKY WHITE.

History: MARBLES BELONGED TO DONOR'S BROTHER, TIM, AS A CHILD. DONOR WAS THE DAUGHTER OF G.G. & LOIS NAKAYAMA WHO WERE ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER. THE FAMILY WAS MOVED TO SLOCAN CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IN 1945 THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE WHERE REV. NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS MINISTER UNTIL 1970. THE DONOR WENT ON TO BECOME A LECTURER AND AUTHOR OF RENOWN IN CANADA AND HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF BOOKS INCLUDING "OBASAN" AND "THE RAIN ASCENDS". TIMOTHY WENT ON TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN MINISTER IN THE AREA OF JAPANESE MISSIONS. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.