Doug Grant Looking east from St. Paul St.
1946 Brockville City Softball League Semi-finalists back row, standing: Ray McLURE, coach; Gladys SMITH (McDonald), captain & pitcher; Marjorie WALSH, left fielder; Blanche HOWE, catcher; Don SCOTT, sec’y-treas; Shirley BALL, right fielder, Evelyn WALLACE (Lockhart), centre fielder; Jaunita COUNTRYMAN, right fielder; Don HOBBS, manager. front row, sitting: Dorothy SKELTON, 2nd base; Shirley BRODERICK, 3rd base & pitcher; Mona (Irish) KELLY (Beckstead), centre fielder; Joyce TYO, left fielder; Kay PRIESTO (Swayne), short stop. on floor: Ian McCLURE, batboy absent: Phyllis TYO, 1st base [Later married names, where known, are shown in brackets]
In March 2003, in another newspaper, I published a similar team photograph, taken in 1945. That was the year this team of young women won the Brockville City League Softball Championships. Some of the same players are in this picture taken the following year. As you can see, they were coached by a young Ray McClure, now well-known in Brockville, and were
assisted by his younger brother, Ian, as batboy. The ladies league had been formed three years earlier, and in 1945 consisted of Phillips Local 510, sponsored by the Electrical Workers Union at the Phillips plant, the Stetson Hat Works team, one representing the Glube’s store and a team from Prescott.
Source: This photograph was found in the large and interesting collection of sports team pictures that has been assembled by my barber, Bob Greenwood. As his clients know, they line the walls of his shop on Broad St. Thanks Bob, for the loan. © copyright October 2009 These articles can now be found online in the Web Site: The Doug Grant Building -doug-grant.weebly.com