Historic Sites of Manitoba: Arran School No. 1960 (RM of Hanover)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The Arran School District was established formally in April 1919 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NW25-7-4E in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, in what was formerly the Mennonite East Reserve. In 1949, the original building was replaced by a two-classroom structure that featured a full basement. A modern oil furnace and washrooms were added in 1963, along with a water fountain on the main floor. In January 1968, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Hanover School Division. The school closed and the students were bused to New Bothwell or Niverville. The site and buildings, including a teacherage, were sold for $4,000. In 2013, a commemorative sign was erected at the site by the EastMenn Historical Society.

Principals

Period	Principal
1949-1951	Anna Klassen
1951-1952	Helen Goertzen
1953-1954	Irmgard “Irma” Dueck
1954-1959	John D. Stoesz
1959-1960	Peter D. Matthies
1960-1962	Susan Agnes Wiens
1962-1963	Martha Marie Rempel
1963-1964	Richard Loeppky
1964-1966	Henry Warkentin
1966-1967	Abe Toews
1967	Katie Helen Wiebe
1968	Abe Toews

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1949-1950	Annie Isaac (grades 1-3), Anna Klassen (grades 4-9)
1950-1951	Anna Klassen (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1951-1952	Helen Goertzen (grades 5-7), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1952-1953	Helen Goertzen (grades 5-8), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1953-1954	Irmgard “Irma” Dueck (grades 4-8), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	Irmgard “Irma” Dueck (grades 1-3), John D. Stoesz (grades 4-8)
1955-1956	Irmgard “Irma” Dueck (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-8)
1956-1957	Aldina Brandt (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-9)
1957-1958	Aldina Brandt (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-10)
1958-1959	Aldina Brandt (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-8)
1959-1960	Peter D. Matthies (grades 5-9), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1960-1961	Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4), Susan Agnes Wiens (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4), Susan Agnes Wiens (grades 5-8)
1962-1963	Annie Alice Dyck (grades 1-4), Martha Marie Rempel (grades 5-8)
1963-1964	Lydia Lorraine Loeppky (grades 1-4), Richard Loeppky (grades 5-8)
1964-1965	Lydia Lorraine Loeppky Falk (grades 1-4), Henry Warkentin (grades 5-8)
1965-1966	Helen Thiessen (grades 1-4), Henry Warkentin (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	Mary Kornelson (grades 1-4), Abe Toews (grades 5-8)
1967-1968	K. H. W. Giesbrescht (grades 1-4, 1968), Anna Marie Reimer (grades 1-4, 1967), Abe Toews (grades 5-8, 1968), Katie Helen Wiebe (grades 5-8, 1967)

Among the other teachers of Arran School were Oscar Andrew Wurster (1919-1920), John S. Guenther (1920-1921), Eva P. Toews (1921-1922), Lena Eidse (1922-1923), Jacob P. Rempel (1923-1924), J. H. K. Dyck (1924-1926), Andrew Reiger Sobering (1926-1927, 1943-1946), N. J. “Nick” Martens (1927-1928), Agathe Wilhelmina Dyck (1928-1929, 1930-1936), Esther M. Hiebert (1929-1930), Nettie J. Siemens (1936-1943), Peter George Kehler (1946-1948), and Anna Klassen (1948-1949).

Photos & Coordinates

Arran School (no date) by A. A. Herriot Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 68. The two-classroom Arran School, built in 1949 (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656, Hanover School Division Collection #3, Series 2 - Arran School District #1960. Arran School commemorative sign (July 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59896, W96.93455 denoted by symbol on the map above

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.

Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division (1878-1968) by John K. Schellenberg, The Board of The Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985, ISBN 0-919673-93-7.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Minute Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Cash Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Miscellaneous Records [Census Returns], GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Glen Klassen, Ernest Braun, Henry Esau, and Rose Kuzina for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 4 February 2023

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