Wetaskiwin District Heritage Museum Centre & City of Wetaskiwin Archives

In admiration of a museum family member who recently passed, we would like to commemorate our dear friend Cecil Hugh Colwell, who donated this 1955 Electrolux Floor Polisher to our collection. The Electrolux company was founded in 1901 at AB Lux, Stockholm with the launch of their lighthouse Lux Lamp. On an international scale, the company grew to produce many home appliances including refrigerators and floor polishers following WWII. Its air power technology applied a lamb’s wool buffer and marketed for approximately $70.00. From 1959 until 1979, Cecil sold these commercial cleaners in Wetaskiwin as a door to door salesmen. This particular polisher was the “pride and joy” of his wife, Doris, and just like the Electrolux ads, the young couple thought it was ‘Wonderful to give – Wonderful to get!’ Serving as a veteran, CPR telegrapher, sports coach and general philanthropist, Cecil polished our community in more ways than one and was a shining example of a local pioneer.