Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Twilight Ladies Softball Team fonds
Dénomination générale des documents
- Document iconographique
- Document textuel
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
- Source du titre propre: Title based on contents of the fonds.
Niveau de description
Fonds
Cote
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
1 photograph
1 page of textual records
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
In 1928 several families with school age children moved into the area 6.5 miles north-east of Grande Prairie. Kleskun Lake School was too far north and Five Mile Creek to the south was full to capacity. A new school district was formed and a new school named Twilight was opened January 1, 1930. One of the popular school activities was softball and the children became quite good at it. So good in fact, that in 1937, a competitive ladies softball team came to life. The girls financed their equipment by picking raspberries which they traded to Porteous Hardware for bats and balls. By 1939, Mr. Gerald Carveth, an ex-baseball player living in the district, was invited to coach the team. Twilight was a very small district so girls from Kleskun Lake and Five Mile Creek were needed to fill the roster and provide extra strength. Grande Prairie, Wembley and Lake Saskatoon were the competition. The Reynolds Challenge was the trophy. Wembley won the Reynolds Cup in 1937 and 1938. Reynolds Tobacco donated the cup in 1937 after G.V. Carveth met Mr. Reynolds on a flight to Toronto, and Mr. Reynolds offered the cup after hearing about the team. With Betty Carveth and Elva Evans pitching and Emily Marek catching and nine other girls for fielding support, Twilight won the cup for their first time in 1939. Twilight ladies went on to win the Reynolds Cup consecutively until 1944 when there was no room on the pedestal for more crests. From the season opener in 1939 until August, 1942, the Twilight Ladies Softball team had won 41 cosecutive games and held supremacy over teams from Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek, Spirit River, Rycroft, and Peace River. Mr. Caveth and Mr. Wendt supplied gas for transportation to the games. At Army Week, 1942, at "D" Company Armories in Grande Prairie, Twilight was defeated by Halcourt by a score of 8 to 7, thus terminating their long string of victories. The team was considerably weakened in 1943 by ace pitcher Betty Carveth going to the Edmonton Walkrites team and skilled catcher Emily Marek going into the Army, plus other girls moving on to jobs or marriage. However, the 1946 team records show Twi; ight winning 24 of the 30 games they played under the coaching of Mr. Herman Wendt. The team disbanded after the 1949 season, completing 12 years of successful Twilight Ladies Softball. Twilight School closed in 1950 and the children were bussed to Grande Prairie under new school division regulations.
Historique de la conservation
The records were collected by Eleanor (Oatway)Harrison and donated to the archives June 13, 2003.
Portée et contenu
The fonds consists of a photograph of the Twilight Ladies Softball Team , 1940, and 1 page recording the team's history.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
The records were collected by Eleanor (Oatway)Harrison and donated to the archives June 13, 2003.
Classement
Langue des documents
- The material is in English.
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
There are no restrictions on access.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Instruments de recherche
A finding aid is available at http://southpeacearchives.org/twilight-ladies-softball-league/
Éléments associés
The Reynolds Cup is located in the Grande Prairie Museum
Accroissements
Désignations alphanumériques
Accession number: 2003.44
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Zone du numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle
Identifiant de la description du document
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles ou conventions
Niveau de détail
Moyen
Langue de la description
- anglais