Basketball, Girls at Godwin
A shot of female basketball players and a coach.
Godwin Heights school is listed at 3540 Division Avenue South in the 1949 Grand Rapids City Directory.
According to local sports researcher Bob Schichtel this was the featured picture in a Grand Rapids Herald article entitled "Godwin Girls Lead Female Participation in Basketball." The picture shows Coach Maria Sexton, holding the ball, talking to her players on passing technique. The caption went on to refer to the players as "graceful athletes." The players are left to right, front row, Beverley Kol and Lucille Karos. Back row, left to right, Arlene Wittemore, Jackie Parsons, Barbara Hillis and Carolyn Gibfried. Miss Sexton was the only nationally recognized women's basketball referee in the State of Michigan in 1948.