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The Alex Robertson Museum is situated in Alonsa in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. It is open during the summer, on Sundays, from 1 to 5 PM, or at other times by appointment. On the museum grounds are monuments commemorating local veterans of the First World War and Second World War (erected by the Alonsa Legion Branch No. 151), and the Alonsa Village School.
In 1919, the village of Alonsa was established as railway point, at a site within the Iris School District. Local children attended school three kilometers west of the community until 1925, when the population had grown enough to warrant construction of a school within the town. A high school was established using a one-room schoolhouse brought from the former Reedy Creek School District (situated at 21-20-11W) and two more classrooms were added later. Classes were also held in the community hall, implements dealership, and church basement. By 1967, the elementary and high school had been consolidated into Turtle River School Division. The last classes were held in June 1969 and the former school building was converted into a school bus shop. It became the Alex Robertson Museum in 1985. A monument commemorating the school was erected in July 1998 with financial support from former students and teachers, as well as the provincial government.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1940-1941 |
Cecil Victor Gunn (grades 7-11) |
1941-1942 |
S. Shewchuk (grades 9-11) |
1942-1943 |
Lloyd McDermott (grades 7-11) |
1943-1944 |
? |
1944-1945 |
Maurice Peter Kalushka (grades 7-11) |
1945-1946 |
Peter Black (grades 7-11) |
1946-1947 |
Douglas Alexander Thomson (grades 7-11) |
1947-1948 |
Margaret M. Adams (grades 1-7, 1948), Dorothy O. Sellman (grades 1-7, 1947), Douglas Alexander Thomson (grades 8-11), E. M. Trotter (grades 1-7, 1948) |
1948-1949 |
William Peter Chrustie (grades 1-8), John Norfolk Evans (grades 7-11, 1949), Joseph Charles Flood (grades 7-11, 1948) |
1949-1950 |
Irma M. R. Van Achte (grades 1-8), John Norfolk Evans (grades 7-11) |
1950-1951 |
John Norfolk Evans (grades 7-11) |
1951-1952 |
John Norfolk Evans (grades 7-11) |
1952-1978 |
? |
1978-1979 |
Robert F. Bishop, Caroline Cabak, Joan Chattergoon, Arva Hryciuk, Dona Krawetz, Ronald Lund, Annette Pulak, Frederick Pulak, John Ukrainec, Patricia Zeglen |
1979-1980 |
? |
1980-1981 |
Robert F. Bishop, Caroline Cabak, Arva Hryciuk, Dona Krawetz, Ronald Lund, Annette Pulak, Frederick Pulak, John Ukrainec, Patricia Zeglen |
1981-1982 |
? |
1982-1983 |
Robert F. Bishop, Caroline Cabak, Beverly Chuhai, Dona Krawetz, Ronald Lund, Annette Pulak, Frederick Pulak, Jim Rastel, John Ukrainec |
1983-1984 |
? |
1984-1985 |
Robert F. Bishop, Caroline Cabak, Beverly Chuhai, Debra Folwark, Albert Fontaine, Ronald Lund, James Rastel, Tara Ross, Steven R. Scrupa, Janice Ukrainec, John Ukrainec |
Among the other teachers of Alonsa School was Harvey L. Walker.
Photos & Coordinates
First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Leslie Alfred Evelyn Botte
[Kinosota] |
Farmer |
Canadian Forestry Corps |
Sergeant |
10 August 1887 |
7 December 1918 |
Charles Anthony Craig
[Gladstone, Kinosota] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
8 July 1898 |
10 November 1917 |
Louis Curtis
[Alonsa] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
20 December 1879 |
11 August 1918 |
Archibald Edwards
[Kinosota] |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1 February 1886 |
28 September 1918 |
Alexander Thomas James Favelle
[Kinosota, Next of Kin] |
Labourer |
2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops |
Sapper |
23 July 1892 |
30 March 1918 |
Joseph Horsley
[Kinosota] |
Farmer |
24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
22 October 1897 |
9 August 1918 |
Charles Moar
[Kinosota] |
Labourer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
20 March 1892 |
6 March 1918 |
Angus Rupert George Moore
[Kinosota] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 August 1894 |
26 August 1917 |
Walter Moore
[Kinosota] |
Labourer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
8 August 1894 |
27 April 1918 |
Ernest Leslie Seale
[Kinosota] |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
30 September 1896 |
4 November 1917 |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Alonsa United Church (Alonsa, RM of Alonsa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Iris School No. 1920 (RM of Alonsa)
Sources:
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).
Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).
“Add one position in Turtle R.,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2.
“Teachers begin year in Turtle River S.D.,” Dauphin Herald, 10 September 1980, page 24.
“Teachers ready in Turtle River,” Dauphin Herald, 1 September 1982, page 18.
“Teachers in Turtle River schools,” Dauphin Herald, 9 October 1984, page 30.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Iris School District No. 1920 - Daily Registers, GR2064, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Nathan Kramer, Ed Arndt, George Penner, and Calvin Chrustie for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 15 July 2023
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