MEDAL, SPORT

Description: OCTAGONAL STEEL PENDANT, ENGRAVED WITH "WARNER ALL-STAR 1959". PENDANT IS SUSPENDED FROM A STEEL CHAIN, WITH NO CLASP.

History: MEDAL OWNED BY ELAINE LIEBELT WHO ATTENDED WARNER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 1950S, GRADUATING IN 1960. THIS MEDAL WAS ONE OF MANY MEDALS AND TROPHIES SHE WON DURING TOURNAMENTS AND LEAGUE EVENTS FROM THE SUNSHINE BASKETBALL LEAGUE. IT IS FROM A WARNER-BASED TOURNAMENT HELD WHEN ELAINE WAS IN GRADE 11. 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 MEDAL AND RELATED OBJECTS P20010047048-55. FOR MORE ON RELEVANT SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND HER FAMILY HISTORY PLEASE REFERENCE P20010047047, P20010047050 AND THE PERMANENT FILE.