Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BASKETBALL UNIFORM

Date Range From

1945

Date Range To

1946

Materials

COTTON, JERSEY, ELASTIC

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. SHIRT. 63.0(L). TANK TOP STYLE. MADE OF YELLOW JERSEY. EACH SIDE OF SHIRT HAS A WIDE STRIP OF YELLOW AND GREEN STRIPED ELASTIC SEWN IN. ACROSS FRONT OF SHIRT, IN GREEN FELT, IS "RAMBLERS". ON BACK OF SHIRT, IN GREEN FELT, IS "53". STRAPS OF SHIRT HAVE BEEN FOLDED OVER AND STITCHED (TO SHORTEN THEM). INSIDE NECKLINE IS A TAG THAT READS "ALLSPORTS SUPPLY CO. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA". BELOW THIS IS ANOTHER TAG THAT READS "42 DRY CLEAN". THERE IS A REPAIR ON BACK OF SHIRT AND SMALL STAINS ON THE FRONT. SHIRT IS GENERALLY WORN. 2. SHORTS. 34.0(L) X 48.5(W). SHORTS ARE MADE FROM A SHINY GREEN COTTON. WAISTBAND IS YELLOW, WITH A SHORT GREEN BELT AT CENTER FRONT. FLY OF SHORTS CLOSES WITH 3 WHITE, PLASTIC BUTTONS. SEWN ALONG SIDES OF SHORTS IS A WIDE STRIP OF GREEN AND YELLOW STRIPED ELASTIC. LEG OPENINGS ARE ALSO FINISHED WITH GREEN AND YELLOW STRIPED ELASTIC. ON FRONT OF SHORTS AT BOTTOM RIGHT IS "53" IN YELLOW AND GREEN FELT. THERE IS A REPAIR ON FRONT OF SHORTS AND ALONG CROTCH SEAMS. THERE ARE SMALL STAINS ON BACK OF SHORTS, AND BOTTOM HEMS ARE COMING LOOSE AND FRAYED.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

UNIFORM WAS WORN BY DONOR'S FATHER, ARTHUR BEATON, IN 1946, AS PART OF THE NEW DAYTON INTERMEDIATE BASKETBALL TEAM, THE RAMBLERS. THE START OF BASKETBALL IN NEW DAYTON WAS IN 1909, WITH A BASKETBALL HOOP ERECTED IN ONE OF THE GRAIN ELEVATORS FOR PRACTICE. THEN IN 1917 A LIVERY BARN WAS CONVERTED INTO A HALL PROVIDING A PLACE FOR BASKETBALL, UNTIL 1930 WHEN A NEW STADIUM WAS BUILT. THIS GAVE BIRTH TO HIGH SCHOOL BALL FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS. IT TOOK ALL OF THE BOYS, OR GIRLS, FROM GRADE NINE THROUGH TWELVE, OF THE NEW DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL, TO MAKE UP A TEAM. AFTER THE WAR, IN 1945, AN INTERMEDIATE BASKETBALL TEAM KNOWN AS THE RAMBLERS WAS STARTED. IN 1946 THEY WON THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WENT TO CALGARY FOR THE PROVINICIALS. THERE THEY WON THE PROVINCIAL INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH ALMOST ALL OF NEW DAYTON CHEERING THEM ON. THE TEAM THAT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONSISTED OF DON AND ALLAN DUNCAN, TOM CRONKHITE, ART BEATON, LARRY ATKINS, GRANT AND JOHN CARNINE, ROME MUELLER, DAVE SIEWERT, LLOYD SKEITH, AND PLAYING COACH REX CAHOON. THE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM IN NEW DAYTON DIED ALONG WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1959. ART BEATON WAS BORN MAY 24, 1918, ON THE MACDONALD FARM AT NEW DAYTON, HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN NEW DAYTON AND TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN ALL SCHOOL SPORTS, INCLUDING BASEBALL AND RODEO, AS WELL AS BASKETBALL. ART FARMED WITH HIS FATHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FOUND OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. HE AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, JEROME ROAN, HAULED ICE FOR NEW DAYTON, AS WELL AS COAL, HAY AND OATS. THEY ALSO SHOT RABBITS AND SOLD THE PELTS FOR 15 CENTS A PIECE. ART HELPED BUILD ANNEXES AND REPAIRED ELEVATORS, AND IN 1940 HELPED BUILD THE FRANK O'DOUD HOUSE. ART, ALONG WITH 3 OTHER MEN, WORKED FOR TWO YEARS TO GET IRRIGATION IN NEW DAYTON AND SUCCEEDED IN 1970. IN OCTOBER, 1942 ART MARRIED RETA ELIZABETH QUEENER. THEY LIVED ON ART'S FATHER'S FARM FOR TWO YEARS, THEN BUILT A HOME AND MOVED TO THE FARM THAT WOULD LATER BE OWNED BY THEIR SON JERRY. BECAUSE ART PARTICIPATED AND EXCELLED IN MOST SPORTS HE TOOK HIS TURN AT TRAINING, COACHING AND CHAUFFERING THE NEXT GENERATION. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE GOLF AND GUN CLUB AND WON TWO SILVER TRAYS IN TRAP SHOOTING. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE GROUP OF FOUR WHO INSTIGATED CURLING IN NEW DAYTON. HE SERVED SEVERAL YEARS ON THE UNITED CHURCH AND SCHOOL BOARDS, AND HELPED WITH CUBS AND SCOUTS WHEN NEEDED. HE AND HIS WIFE ALSO DONATED THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS WILLINGLY TO ALL COMMUNITY PROJECTS. ART AND RETA HAD THREE CHILDREN, BILL, JERRY AND JUDY (DONOR). IN 1967 ART, RETA AND THEIR SON BILL MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, BUT WOULD RETURN TO NEW DAYTON IN 1976 TO LIVE IN A NEW HOME ON THE FARM. THEY FARMED UNTIL 1986. IN 1992 ART AND RETA MOVED TO WETASKIWIN TO LIVE WITH HIS DAUGHTER JUDY AND HER HUSBAND. ART PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON APRIL 9, 2002, AND HIS WIFE RETA PREDECEASED HIM. DONOR WAS BORN IN NEW DAYTON IN 1949. SHE TOOK NINE YEARS OF SCHOOL THERE AND HIGH SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE ALSO TOOK PART IN SPORTS, AND TOOK A HAIR DRESSING COURSE IN WHICH SHE PASSED WITH HONOURS. IN 1968 SHE MARRIED CLARENCE MIKALSON OF VAUXHALL, AND THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS. THEY MOVED TO SICAMOUS, B.C., WHERE THEY OWNED A HARDWARE STORE, AND LATER MOVED TO WETASKIWIN. SEE RELATED ARCHIVES DONATION, NEW DAYTON HISTORY BOOK AND PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P20030057000

Acquisition Date

2004-03

Collection

Museum

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