1949 Softball Team:
P.V.C. Champions for the 3rd year in a row! Girls’ Softball began as an interscholastic sport in 1947 coached by Brewer Physical Education Teacher Lura Hoit (2015 Brewer Hall of Fame Inductee). Miss Hoit, a pioneer for women’s athletics over the next 26 years, formed the Girls’ Athletic Association at Brewer High School in 1942. Girls’ Softball was the only interscholastic sport offered for girls from 1947 to 1960.
Front row, left to right: Connie Pooler, Rae Grindal, Jeannette Watson, Anne Ross, Geraldine Bartlett, Marilyn Pooler, Alice Hartery, Polly Nickerson
Second row, left to right: Frances Mayo, Barbara DeBeck, Mary Jane Robbins, Noreen Kelly, Elaine Orcutt, Alice Gass, Eleanor Homestead
Back row, left to right: Betty Irvine, Betty Dougherty, Sylvia White, Sally Alpert, Rose Cust, Miss Lura Hoit (Coach)
