White wool patch with red border with embroidered writing:"get on the ball 'er on the boat" Kitimat, BC with Joey cartoon in black.
Public Description
"Get On the Ball 'er on the Boat" wool patch. Kitimat Constructors Superintendent John “Bulldog” Whitton coined this phrase. Cartoonist and newsman Al Beaton introduced Joey, who immortalized the trials and tribulations of the average Kitimat construction worker.
Kitimat Constructors badge. White with black text. Indentification badge used by Fred DeLory worked for Alcan during the initial stages of construction at the smelter site.
Kitimat Constructors badge. White with black text. Indentification badge used by Fred DeLory worked for Alcan during the initial stages of construction at the smelter site.
3 CP Air tote bags. 1 - white and black with orange logo. 2 - brown with orange city names. 3 - brown with white city names alternated with orange "CPAir"
3 CP Air tote bags. 1 - white and black with orange logo. 2 - brown with orange city names. 3 - brown with white city names alternated with orange "CPAir"
Miniature Button Blanket, made by Ella Grant - crest of killer whale and husband's group, the ravens, are with the sun. As in the story raven stealing the sun. Blanket is made of black navy felt and has lots of buttons also has red material in it.
Miniature Button Blanket, made by Ella Grant - crest of killer whale and husband's group, the ravens, are with the sun. As in the story raven stealing the sun. Blanket is made of black navy felt and has lots of buttons also has red material in it.
Black Membership book for United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. For Moses Williams.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Cover bending outwards
Width
8.5cm
Length
12.5cm
Accession Number
2019.62.12
Biographical Notes
Moses Williams attended the Kitamaat Village Day School, and then the Coqualeetza Residential School until the age of fifteen. Army recruiters conscripted Haisla men into the Canadian Army and Moses went in 1945. He was sent by train to the Canadian Forces' training camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He never shipped out overseas and the war ended. Moses and his wife Kay married in 1950, shortly after she arrived to teach at Kitamaat. They moved to Terrace in 1964. Moses worked as a carpenter, brick layer and fisherman. His wife Kay taught at Northwest Community College.