Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SUNSHINE LEAGUE CHAMPS

Date Range From

1956

Date

1956

Materials

FELT, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.3

Diameter

14.7

Description

CIRCULAR, WHITE FELT PATCH. HAS A STIFF WHITE BACKING. EDGES OF CIRCLE ARE PINKED. SEWN ON TOP OF WHITE CIRCLE IS A SLIGHTLY SMALLER RED CIRCLE. IN THE CENTER OF RED CIRCLE A WHITE BANNER IS SEWN WITH "CHAMPS 55-56" EMBROIDERED ON IT IN RED. AROUND EDGES OF CIRCLE THE WORDS "SUNSHINE LEAGUE" ARE SEWN ON FROM LETTERS CUT FROM WHITE FELT. PATCH HAS SOME LOOSE THREADS.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

SWEATER (P20010047047) PATCH OWNED BY ELAINE LIEBELT WHO ATTENDED WARNER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 1950S. SHE PLAYED HIGHSCHOOL BASKETBALL FROM GRADE 8 THROUGH GRADE 12, AND COACHED JUNIOR HIGHSCHOOL BASKETBALL FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHILE PLAYING HIGHSCHOOL BASKETBALL. DONOR WAS PART OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM THAT WON THIS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP (SUNSHINE LEAGUE WAS THE WARNER, MILK RIVER, COUTTS, MASINASIN, NEW DAYTON AND WRENTHAM AREAS). SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. 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 ON THE SWEATER AND THE ASSOCIATED PATCH PLEASE REFERENCE P20010047047 AND THE PERMANENT FILE. SEE P20010047001-GA FOR ELAINE'S FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P20010047049

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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