Historic Sites of Manitoba: Binscarth School No. 506 / Binscarth Consolidated School No. 2326 (Binscarth, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)

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The Binscarth School District was established formally in April 1887 and a school building operated at SE15-19-28W where the village of Binscarth (now in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth) developed. In 1901, a two-storey wood frame schoolhouse was constructed. In 1951, it became Binscarth Consolidated School District No. 2326 in a new school on the same lot that opened on 25 August 1952. The old school building was demolished.

Principals

Period	Principal
1905-1908	Duncan Alexander Baxter (1872-1964)
1908-1909	W. W. McDonald
1909-1910	John S. Smiley
1910-1911	Arthur Wade (1886-?)
1911-1916	James Humphrey Plewes (1873-1963)
1916-1919	Albert Hill (1882-1941)
1919-1921	Wilfred Almon Rideout (1878-1949)
1921-1922	R. L. Snodgrass
1922-1937	William James Bond (1868-1941)
1937-1941	Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (1910-?)
1941-1942	Ronald Smith Broadfoot (1911-1980)
1942-1944	Walter Thorvaldur Fredrickson (1907-1974)
1944-1946	Alfred Robert “Fred” Pelissier (?-1999)
1946-1949	Stanley Robert Kitchen (1915-1988)
1949	Edward J. F. Nasker
1949-1951	Alex Sabeski (c1923-2014)
1951-1952	Cecil Victor Gunn (1894-?)
1952-1954	Ruth Annie Fairlie Henderson (1904-1992)
1954-1958	Gerald Robert “Gerry” Green (1929-2014)
1958-1961	Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)
1961-1963	D. W. Smith
1963-1964	Frank Veregin (1931-2001)
1964-1966	J. S. Moran
1966-1969	?
1969-1973	F. D. Schaak

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1906	Duncan Alexander Baxter (senior grades), Myrtle Case (grades 1-4 substitute), M. L. Kelso (grades 1-4)
1907	Duncan Alexander Baxter (senior grades), Miss C. Stewart (grades 3-8), ? (grades 1-2)
1908	Duncan Alexander Baxter (senior grades, spring term), Miss Cuthberson (grades 1-2, fall term), Mary Graham (grades 1-2, spring term), W. W. McDonald (senior grades, fall term), Miss C. Stewart (grades 3-8)
1909	L. E. F. Storey (grades 1-3), Jean M. MacLaren (grades 3-8), W. W. McDonald (grades 9-11), John S. Smiley (grades 9-11), C. Stewart (grades 3-8)
1910	L. E. F. Storey (grades 1-3), Jean M. MacLaren (grades 3-8), John S. Smiley (grades 9-11), Arthur Wade (grades 9-11)
1911	Margaret Allen (grades 1-3), Cora M. Leifer (grades 4-8), Jean M. MacLaren (grades 4-8), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), L. E. F. Storey (grades 1-3), Arthur Wade (grades 9-11)
1912	Margaret Allen (grades 1-3), Cora M. Leifer (grades 3-8), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11)
1912-1913	Winnifred Fraser (grades 1-3), Cora M. Leifer (grades 4-8), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11)
1913-1914	Winnifred Fraser (grades 1-4), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), ? (grades 5-8)
1914-1915	Mabel Alexander (grades 1-3, 1915), Lenore Marcroft (grades 1-3, 1914), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-8)
1915-1916	Mabel Alexander (grades 1-3), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-8)
1916-1917	Mabel Alexander (grades 1-3), Albert Hill (grades 9-11), George Peterkin MacLeod (grades 5-8)
1917-1918	F. Gladys Anderson (grades 1-3), Albert Hill (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-8)
1918-1919	F. Gladys Anderson (grades 1-3), Albert Hill (grades 7-11), ? (grades 4-6)
1919-1920	Muriel J. Hardy (grades 1-3), Agnes H. McMurchy (grades 4-7), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 8-11)
1920-1921	Winnifred E. Grant (grades 4-7), Jean B. McArthur (grades 1-3), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 8-11)
1921-1922	Marjorie Mann (grades 1-3), R. L. Snodgrass (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-7)
1922-1923	Mary Irene Bond (grades 4-7), William James Bond (grades 8-11), Marjorie Mann (grades 1-3)
1923-1924	Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Marjorie Mann (grades 3-5), Mrs. K. R. Plunch (grades 3-5, 1923), Annie B. Sinclair (grades 1-2)
1924-1925	Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), Annie B. Sinclair (grades 1-3, 1924), Vera M. Sinclair (grades 1-3, 1925)
1925-1926	Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), Vera M. Sinclair (grades 1-2)
1926-1927	Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Muriel B. Dudley (grades 1-2, 1927), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), Mabel Maguire (grades 1-2, 1926)
1927-1928	Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), ? (grades 1-2)
1928-1929	Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Edith M. Gervin (grades 1-2), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5)
1929-1930	William James Bond (grades 9-11), Lillian Elmire Brown (grades 1-2), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Ethel Mae Wilson (grade 3-5)
1930-1931	William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Ethel Mae Wilson (grade 3-5), ? (grades 1-2)
1931-1932	William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Ethel Mae Wilson (grade 3-5)
1932-1933	William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5)
1933-1934	William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5)
1934-1935	William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-3), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5)
1935-1936	Albert Orde Anderson (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-3), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 4-5)
1936-1937	Albert Orde Anderson (grades 6-8), Miss T. Balmer (grades 9-11, 1937 substitute), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5)
1937-1938	Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 9-11), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Robert Ross Smith (grades 6-8), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5)
1938-1939	Christina Mary Bray (grades 4-5), Beatrice Roberta Hyndman (grades 1-3), Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 9-11), Robert Ross Smith (grades 6-8)
1939-1940	Christina Mary Bray (grades 4-5), Beatrice Roberta Hyndman (grades 1-3), Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 9-11), Robert Ross Smith (grades 6-8)
1940-1941	Lilian Goodall Wylie (grades 1-4), Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 11-12), Pauline Elizabeth McArthur (grades 9-10), Mabel Almena McConnell (grades 5-8), Bernice Wright (grades 1-4, 1940)
1941-1942	Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Ronald Smith Broadfoot (grades 11-12), Pauline Elizabeth McArthur (grades 9-10), Lilian Goodall Wylie (grades 1-4)
1942-1943	Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Edna Pearl Calverley (grades 9-10), Helen Grace Chapman (grades 1-4), Walter Fredrickson (grade 11)
1943-1944	Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Emma Victoria Danard (grades 9-10, 1943), Walter Fredrickson (grades 11-12, 1943; grades 9-12), Ellen Elizabeth Wherrett (grades 1-4)
1944-1945	Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Alfred Robert Pelissier (grades 9-11), Ellen Elizabeth Wherrett (grades 1-4)
1945-1946	Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Alfred Robert Pelissier (grades 9-11), Ellen Elizabeth Wherrett (grades 1-4)
1946-1947	Ninalon? Duke (grades 5-8), Stanley Robert Kitchen (grades 11-12), Gwendolyn Mary Young (grades 9-10), ? (grades 1-4)
1947-1948	Gladys Pearl Gardiner (grades 5-8), Stanley Robert Kitchen (grades 11-12), Patricia Anne Naylen (grades 1-4), ? (grades 9-10)
1948-1949	Margaret Chambers (grades 9-10), Gladys Pearl Gardiner (grades 5-8), Stanley Robert Kitchen (grades 11-12), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), Patricia Anne Naylen (grades 2-4)
1949-1950	Berna Jean Brown (grades 9-10), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Wilda Arlene Mitchell (grades 3-5), Edward J. F. Nasker (grades 11-12, 1949), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 6-8), Alex Sabeski (grades 11-12)
1950-1951	Audrey Catherine Hedge (grades 6-8), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Wilda Arlene Mitchell (grades 3-5), Alex Sabeski (grades 9-11)
1951-1952	Cecil Victor Gunn (grades 9-11), Audrey Catherine Hedge (grades 6-8), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Amy Zink (grades 3-5)
1952-1953	Gerald Robert Green (grades 9-10, 1953), Audrey Catherine Hedge (grades 7-8), Ruth Annie Fairlie Henderson (grades 11-12), Donalda May Hertlein (grades 5-6), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Edythe Ramona Phillips (grades 9-10, 1953 substitute), William Gordon Renton (grades 9-10), Amy Zink (grades 3-4)
1953-1954	Gerald Robert Green (grades 9-10), Ruth Annie Fairlie Henderson (grades 11-12), Donalda May Hertlein (grades 5-6), Irene May Matheson (grades 2-3), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), Edythe Ramona Phillips (grades 7-8), Amy Zink (grades 3-4)
1954-1955	Adele Fedak (grades 5-6), Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Elvadora Pearl Olivianne Holmberg (grades 3-4), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grades 2-3), Irene C. F. Patterson (grade 8), Edythe Ramona Phillips (grade 7), David Wallace Shaw (grades 9-10)
1955-1956	Audrah Eileen Grant Caughell (grade 9, 1955), H. Louise Collier (grade 8, 1955), Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Elvadora Pearl Olivianne Holmberg (grade 2), Barbara Hazel Hume (grades 3-4), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grades 4-5), Olga Kathryn Mazur (grades 6-7), David Wallace Shaw (grades 9-10), Islay Shaw (grade 8)
1956-1957	Donald S. Grant (grade 10), Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Marion A. Hall (grades 6-7, 1957), Elvadora Pearl Olivianne Holmberg (grades 2-3), Barbara Hazel Hume (grades 3-4), Olga Kathryn Mazur Kowalchuk (grades 6-7, 1956), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grade 5), Islay Shaw (grades 8-9)
1957-1958	Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Lois Hall (grades 11-12, 1958 substitute), Mrs. E. Hazelhurst (grades 5-6), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), May Irene Matheson (grades 6-7), Barbara Hazel H. Murray (grades 3-4), Islay Shaw (grades 8-9), T. A. Strike (grade 10), Mona Lorraine Swanson (grades ?)
1958-1959	Mona Lorraine S. Johnston (grades 2-3), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grades 6-7), June Marilyn Minish (grades 3-4), Arlene Jean White (grades 5-6), ? (grades 8-12)

Among the other teachers of Binscarth School were Ruth C. Brent (1887), Percy D. Harris (1893), Mr. A. Dorsett (1890s), Mr. W. J. Small (1900s), and W. L. Dyker.

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Binscarth School, constructed in 1901 (circa 1920) Source: Walter Beatty Binscarth School (1923) Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7447, Album 2, Page 40. Winter view of the Binscarth School (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba / Historic Resources Branch The Principal’s residence for Binscarth School (circa 1913) Source: Education Department Report, 1913, Manitoba Legislative Library. Binscarth Consolidated School (November 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 149B Binscarth. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62662, W101.27907 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Binscarth,” Russell Banner, 27 August 1908, page 8.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Personalities,” Manitoba School Journal, Vol. 6, No. 9, May 1944, page 2.

Binscarth Memories by Binscarth History Committee, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.B55 Bin]

Manitoba School Records Collection, Binscarth School District No. 506 - Daily Registers, GR2061, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Binscarth Consolidated School District No. 2326 - Daily Registers, GR2061, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 2, Binscarth - File 149B, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

“Binscarth Consolidated School officially opened,” Russell Banner, 28 August 1952, page 1.

We thank Bill Crerar, Ed Arndt, and Malcolm Bell for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 June 2023

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