Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LOVING CUP

Date Range From

1960

Date

1960

Materials

PLASTIC, COPPER

No. Pieces

2

Height

17.0

Length

8.1

Width

7.6

Description

SMALL LOVING CUP. SITS ON A RECTANGULAR, BLACK, PLASTIC BASE. EMBOSSED INSIDE BASE IS "E.S. MADE IN CANADA. 1817". THERE IS A PIECE OF RECTANGULAR COPPER INSERTED INTO FRONT OF BASE, THAT IS ETCHED WITH "MERIT & SPORTSMANSHIP WRENTHAM B GIRLS TOURNAMENT 1960 ELAINE LIEBELT". ATOP BASE IS A PLAIN COPPER CUP, WITH 2 HANDLES.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

TROPHY OWNED BY ELAINE LIEBELT WHO ATTENDED WARNER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1950S, GRADUATING IN 1960. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY TROPHIES AND MEDALS ELAINE EARNED AT VARIOUS TOURNAMENTS IN THE SUNSHINE LEAGUE THROUGH HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. 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. AT THE GALT’S REQUEST IN APRIL 2010, DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT PROVIDED MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO HER PERSONAL OWNERSHIP OF THE TROPHY AND RELATED OBJECTS P20010047048-55. FOR MORE ON RELEVANT SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND HER FAMILY HISTORY PLEASE REFERENCE P20010047047, P20010047054 AND THE PERMANENT FILE. THE NARRATIVE BELOW IS IN HER OWN WORDS. FOR A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EMAIL, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE. *** “THIS WAS ONE OF MANY TROPHIES AND MEDALS I EARNED AT VARIOUS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS IN THE SUNSHINE LEAGUE THROUGH MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. THIS ONE CAME FROM A TOURNAMENT IN WRENTHAM. I DON’T RECALL ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE WRENTHAM ALL STAR TROPHY. MY MAIN MEMORY ABOUT BASKETBALL IN THE WRENTHAM GYM OCCURRED WHEN I WAS COACHING THE JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS’ TEAM. BEV COLLIN, AN EXCELLENT YOUNG PLAYER, GOT THE BALL AND DROVE HARD TO THE WRONG BASKET. SHE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT HITTING THE BASKET WHILE BEING “TACKLED’ BY HER TEAM MATES AND BEING YELLED AT BY THE COACH (ME) AND THE WHOLE WARNER CROWD. SHE HELD UP WELL UNDER THE PRESSURE BUT I DON’T THINK SHE MADE THE BASKET.” ***

Catalogue Number

P20010047050

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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