PANTS

Description: WHITE, COTTON, LADIES PANTS. HAS FIVE BUTTON FRONT CLOSURE. BUTTONHOLES ARE ON AN EXTRA PIECE OF FABRIC, HIDDEN UNDER TOP LAYER, SUBSEQUENTLY HIDING BUTTONS TOO. THERE ARE ALSO SIX BUTTONS AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE WAISTBAND. THERE ARE FOUR BELTLOOPS AROUND OUTSIDE OF WAISTBAND. HAS WIDE HEMS ON LEGS (6.0 CM). TWO SIDE POCKETS. THERE ARE A FEW YELLOWISH-BROWN STAINS ON PANTS

History: MURIEL NUGENT WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1915 IN WINNIPEG. THERE, SHE MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM T. NUGENT AND IN 1946, WITH THEIR FAMILY, THEY CAME TO LETHBRIDGE. THEY MOVED IN ORDER THAT WILLIAM COULD TAKE UP A JOB WITH WESTERN CANADIAN HARDWARE IN LETHBRIDGE. PRIOR, HE HAD SERVED WITH THE NAVAL RESERVES IN WINNIPEG DURING WORLD WAR II. MURIEL PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 8, 2002 AND WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND IN 1989. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PAIR OF ARMBANDS DONATED BY MURIEL NUGENT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. MURIEL AGNES WILSON NUGENT (NEE COLLIN) WAS BORN ON MARCH 20, 1915 IN WINNIPEG, MB. SHE LIVED THERE UNTIL MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1946. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON OCTOBER 8, 2002. MURIEL MARRIED WILLIAM TELLUS NUGENT IN ST. JAMES, MB ON MARCH 17, 1934. WILLIAM WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1913 ON CARTER FARM, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BROKENHEAD, MB. HE WORKED FOR MERCHANTS CONSOLIDATED LTD., AND WALTER WOODS HARDWARE IN WINNIPEG BEFORE SERVING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE IN WINNIPEG AND NOVA SCOTIA DURING WWII. IN APRIL 1946, WILLIAM AND MURIEL MOVED WITH THEIR FAMILY TO LETHBRIDGE SO THAT WILLIAM COULD WORK FOR WESTERN CANADA HARDWARE. HE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 16, 1989. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.