PATCH

Description: ROUND, WHITE FELT CREST. ON FRONT OF PATCH IS THE IMAGE OF A RED BASKETBALL. ABOVE BALL READS "WARNER" AND BELOW READS "WARRIORETTES". ALL OF THIS IS WITHIN A RED RING. PATCH IS DIRTY; HAS VARIOUS STAINS.

History: THIS WARNER WARRIORETTES CREST WAS OWNED BY ELAINE LIEBELT WHO ATTENDED WARNER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 1950S, GRADUATING IN 1960. THE CREST CAME OFF OF HER SCHOOL JACKET WHICH CAN NO LONGER BE LOCATED BY THE DONOR. CRESTS, LIKE THIS ONE, WERE AWARDED EACH YEAR TO TOP ATHLETE IN EACH SPORT AT WARNER HIGH SCHOOL. DURING JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ELAINE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALL ASPECTS OF SCHOOL LIFE. IT IS SAID THAT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL, ELAINE HAD SOME ACTIVITY EVERY NOON HOUR, AFTER SCHOOL AND EVENING. SHE PARTICIPATED IN BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, SCHOOL BAND (PLAYED TROMBONE) AND WAS A MAJORETTE AND CHEERLEADER. ELAINE ALSO STUDIED PIANO UNTIL GRADE 9 AND IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS YEARBOOK EDITOR AND WAS PART OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL. ELAINE ATTENDED THE PROVINCIAL RECREATION LEADER TRAINING SCHOOL IN 1958 AND 1959 SPONSORED BY THE WARNER COMMUNITY AND TAUGHT CLASSES IN THE COMMUNITY UNTIL SHE WENT TO UNIVERSITY. ELAINE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FOR THE WARNER WARRIORETTES FROM THE TIME SHE WAS IN GRADE 8 AND ONCE IN HIGHSCHOOL, SHE COACHED THE WARNER JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS’ TEAM. IN MARCH 2010, THE GALT REQUESTED DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT PROVIDE MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO THE OWNERSHIP AND USE OF PERSONAL MATERIALS IN THIS COLLECTION. FOR MORE INFO ON HER HIGHSCHOOL SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND HER FAMILY HISTORY PLEASE REFERENCE P20010047049 AND THE PERMANENT FILE.