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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Nimitaw School No. 373 / Boissevain School No. 373 / Boissevain Central Schools / Boissevain Elementary (Struthers Street, Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

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The Nimitaw School District [also spelled Nimitau] was formally established in March 1885 and school quarters obtained on the property of land of J. S. Wilson located at the West half of 22-3-20W in what is now the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton. Classes began that spring, and with the opening of St. Paul’s Methodist Church, were relocated to that premises. The Nimitaw School building was then moved to the newly founded Caranton School District and used as its schoolhouse.

In 1889, a purpose-built schoolhouse was also opened. The new two-storey was built on Struthers Street at a cost of $2,000 and had two classrooms. The demand on classroom capacity continued to grow as the local community expanded and, in 1892, a further classroom was opened within the second floor of A. C. McEown's shop at the southeast corner of South Railway and Broadway Streets. In 1893, and following the formal establishment of village of Boissevain, the school district realigned its name with the local community as the Boissevain School District. The wooden schoolhouse was reactivated in 1898 and around 1900 became classroom quarters for intermediate grades. The building was given an overhaul in the summer of 1904. On 20 November 1905, the building was destroyed by fire with limited salvage conducted of some portable contents before the inferno enveloped the structure.

To help keep pace with the growth of school-age children, a four-room two-storey stone school was added to the districts classroom capacity, with construction beginning in the second half of 1894. It was located adjacent to the other school, completed at a cost $10,000, and based upon the designs of Winnipeg architect Edward Lowery drawn up the previous year. The stone for its construction came from the quarry two miles south of the community.

Following the 1905 demise of the wooden schoolhouse, and with the near-unanimous approval of local ratepayers, another $10,000 school was authorized. Construction began around May 1906 and it was located upon the former site of the ruined building. This structure was built of brick and had four classrooms.

Further classroom space in town was developed in 1957 with the opening of Jubilee School for primary grades. The two oldest schools were then known informally by several names, including Boissevain Public Schools as well as tandems of the Boissevain Stone & Brick Schools or the Boissevain Central School and Boissevain Junior High, and more formally during the 1960s as the Boissevain Central Schools. After the closure of Jubilee School, both older schools became collectively known as Boissevain Elementary. During this period, High school grades became part of the Turtle Mountain School Division in 1959 and were relocated to Boissevain Collegiate upon its opening in 1962. In 1968, the school district became part of the Turtle Mountain School Division.

There was yet one more school which operated locally during this time. Known as Sunnyside School, it was established in 1960 by the Association for Retarded Children (ARC) in partership with the Boissevain Lions Club. The school was officially opened by Dr. Edward Arnie Johnson in early February 1960. It provided special education classroom space to pupils of the Boissevain and the surrounding district, and operated out of several quarters around town during the 1960s and into the 1970s.

Beginning in fall 1972, all capacity at Boissevain Elementary and Sunnyside School was replaced with the new expansion of the Boissevain Collegiate, returning all local education into a single education complex.

Principals (Boissevain School)

Period	Principal
1889-1890	William Thomas Musgrove (1860-1941)
1891	Alfred Hamman (1868-1958)
1891-1896	John Archibald Campbell (1872-1963)
1896-1900	W. A. Turnbull
1900-1901	Duncan P. Clark (1862-?)
1901-1903	Alex L. McLean
1903-1906	Octavius T. Gamey (1877-1963)
1906-1908	David Smith Tod (1870-1937)
1908-1910	William Christopher Hartley (1869-1936)
1911-1913	Thomas Walter Halligan (1875-1934)
1914-1918	John Alexius Peterson (c1885-1959)
1918-1919	Hugh F. Field (?-?)
1919-1922	James Ogel Beckstead (1883-1985)
1922-1929	John William Morris (1891-1959)
1929-1931	Albert Rae Smale (1897-?)
1931-1934	Clifford Garfield Saunders (1900-1991)
1934-1947	Thomas Melvin Whitley (1906-2000)
1947-1949	Walter Thorvaldur Fredrickson (1907-1974)
1949-1950	John Saxby “Jack” Oliver (1910-1992)
1950-1960	Stanley Corbett Henderson (1910-?)

Vice-Principals (Boissevain School)

No information.

Teachers (Boissevain School)

Period	Teachers
1885	Robert Cook (spring), Fred C. Flesker [Flesher?] (fall)
1886	George C. Currie
1887	George C. Currie (spring), T. Beath? (fall)
1888	Frances Augusta Holden (junior grades, fall), R. B. MacKay (junior grades, spring), William Thomas Musgrove (senior grades)
1889	William Thomas Musgrove (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (junior grades)
1890	William Thomas Musgrove (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (junior grades)
1891	John Archibald Campbell (senior grades, fall), Alfred Hamman (senior grades, spring), Frances Augusta Holden (junior grades)
1892	John Archibald Campbell (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden, Lena Cook (spring), ? (fall, incomplete)
1893	Sara Elizabeth Buchanan (spring), Kate Calder (fall), John Archibald Campbell (senior grades), R. J. Cook (spring), Frances Augusta Holden, D. Muldrew (fall)
1894	John Archibald Campbell (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden, Ada B. Speers (fall), ? (spring and fall, incomplete)
1895	Kate Calder, John Archibald Campbell (senior grades), E. N. Chambers (spring), Frances Augusta Holden, William Thomas Musgrove (fall)
1896	Kate Calder, John Archibald Campbell (senior grades, spring - pt. fall), Frances Augusta Holden, William Thomas Musgrove, W. A. Turnbull (senior grades, pt. fall)
1897	Kate Calder, Frances Augusta Holden, William Thomas Musgrove, W. A. Turnbull (senior grades)
1898	Kate Calder, Laura R. French (spring), Frances Augusta Holden, William Thomas Musgrove, Mamie Sargent? (fall), W. A. Turnbull (senior grades)
1899	Kate Calder, Laura R. French, Frances Augusta Holden, William Thomas Musgrove, W. A. Turnbull (senior grades)
1900	Kate Calder, Duncan P. Clark (senior grades, fall), Laura R. French, Frances Augusta Holden, William Thomas Musgrove, W. A. Turnbull (senior grades, spring)
1901	Kate Calder (spring), Duncan P. Clark (senior grades, spring - pt. fall), Mrs. E. Caldbeck (fall), Bertha M. French, Frances Augusta Holden, Alex MacLean (senior grades, pt. fall), William Thomas Musgrove, Emma Rombough (fall)
1902	(incomplete) Mrs. E. Caldbeck, Alex MacLean, Louise Willis, ?
1903	(incomplete) Janet Christie (spring), Frances Augusta Holden, Ada B. Speers, Louise Willis (spring), ?
1904	(incomplete) Octavius T. Gamey (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden, Ada B. Speers, ?
1905	Mrs. E. Caldbeck (spring), Bella M. Fitzgerald (fall), Bertha M. French (fall), Octavius T. Gamey (senior grades), Nellie M. Haslaw (fall), Frances Augusta Holden, Fanny Sheppard, Ada B. Speers (spring), Louise Willis (spring)
1906	Bella M. Fitzgerald, Bertha M. French (spring), Maude L. French (fall), Octavius T. Gamey (senior grades, spring), Nellie M. Haslaw (spring), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Emma E? Lewis (fall), David Smith Tod (senior grades, fall), M. E? Wright
1907	Mabel Cuthbert (fall), Bella M. Fitzgerald, Maude L. French, Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Emma E? Lewis (spring), Mamie Springer (fall), David Smith Tod (senior grades), M. E? Wright (spring)
1908	Laura M. Ferguson, Cora R. L. Fisher (fall), Bella M. Fitzgerald, Maude L. French, William Christopher Hartley (senior grades, fall), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Ella McKay?, Mamie Springer (spring), David Smith Tod (senior grades, spring)
1909	Elizabeth Murray Borthwick (grades 5-6, August-December), Cora R. L. Fisher (spring), Bella M. Fitzgerald (spring), Maude L. French, Kate Forrest (fall), Florence M. Gray (grades 5-6, January-June), William Christopher Hartley (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Louise Sutherland (fall), Florence M. Taylor? (fall)
1910	Elizabeth Murray Borthwick (grades 5-6), Maude L. French (grades 1-2, January-June), William Christopher Hartley (senior grades), Mima Henderson (grade 2, September), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Bessie Morden (grade 2, October-December), Agnes Neir? (fall), Louise Sutherland, Florence M. Taylor? (spring), Edirk H. Stanley (fall), Mary T. Whittaker (fall)
1911	Laura V. Aselstein (fall), Emily C? Emes (grade 2, August-December), Thomas Walter Halligan (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Donald G. Machem? (senior grades, fall), Colena? R. Mickell (fall), Bessie Morden (spring), Agnes Neir? (senior grades), Minnie E. Nickell (grades 5-6, August-December), Edith H. Stanley (grades 5-6, January-June), Olive A. Thomas (grade 2, January-June)
1912	Spring Term: Nellie A. Card, Emily C? Emes (grade 2), Thomas Walter Halligan (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), I. G. Maclean (senior grades), Colena? R. Mickell, Minnie E. Mickell (grades 5-6)
1912-1913	Nellie A. Card (fall), Frances E. Gillespie (spring), Annie Haight (senior grades), Thomas Walter Halligan (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Kate Halkinshaw, Alina C. Long (grades 5-6), Rachel York (fall)
1913-1914	Gertrude Campbell, Annie Haight (senior grades), Thomas Walter Halligan (senior grades, fall), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Holly A. Leitch, John Alexius Peterson (spring, senior grades), Hazel I. Reid (fall), T. Scammell (spring), Jane M. C. Taylor (grades 5-6)
1914-1915	Nellie Amy, Nellie A. Card, Salome Halldorson (senior grades), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), John Alexius Peterson (senior grades), Nesta E. Smith, Jane M. C. Taylor (grades 5-6, fall), Gertrude W. Wilson (grades 5-6, spring)
1915-1916	Nellie A. Card (grades 7-8), Salome Halldorson (grade 10), Violet M. Hefford (grade 2), Mabel “Mina” Henders (grades 5-6), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Helen McKellar (grades 3-4), John Alexius Peterson (grades 10-11)
1916-1917	Elva Boyle (grades 1-2), Nellie A. Card (grades 7-8), Hugh F. Field (grade 11), Mabel “Mina” Henders (grades 5-6), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Dora Mae Little (grades 3-4), John Alexius Peterson (grades 9-10)
1917-1918	Nellie A. Card (grades 7-8), Willa M. Dorsey (grades 5-6), Hugh F. Field (grade 11), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Dora Mae Little (grades 3-4), John Alexius Peterson (grades 9-10), Florence A. C. Taylor (grades 1-2)
1918-1919	James Ogel Beckstead (grade 11), Hugh F. Field (grades 9-10), Janette Grant (grades 3-4), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Alicia C. Lake (grades 5-6), Lena “B” Tandy (grades 7-8), Florence A. C. Taylor (grade 2)
1919-1920	James Ogel Beckstead (grades 9-10), Ethel C. Esplin (grades 5-6, September-December), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Dora M. Little (grades 5-6, January-June), Lena “B” Tandy (grades 7-8), Florence A. C. Taylor (grades 1-2), L. M. Vodden (grades 3-4), May Walker? (grade 11)
1920-1921	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 1-2), James Ogel Beckstead (grades 9-10), Florence M. Cochrane (grade 11), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Dora M. Little (grades 5-6), Lena “B” Tandy (grades 7-8), L. M. Vodden (grades 3-4)
1921-1922	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 1-2), James Ogel Beckstead (grades 9-10), Bessie M. Bedford (grades 5-6), Florence M. Cochrane (grade 11), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Helen Jaffray (grades 3-4), Lena “B” Tandy (grades 7-8)
1922-1923	Jean Alice Armstrong (grade 1, September-December), Mary Elizabeth Clay (grades 1-2), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1, January-June), John William Morris (grade 11), Reah Lenore Orchard (grades 5-6), Edith M. K. Reid (grades 7-8), Mary Kathleen Robertson (grades 3-4), Berenice A. Smith (grades 9-10)
1923-1924	Jean Alice Armstrong (grade 1, September-December), Mary Elizabeth Clay (grades 1-2), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1, January-June), John William Morris (grade 11), Reah Lenore Orchard (grades 5-6), Lily M. Perry (grades 9?-10), Edith M. K. Reid (grades 7-8), Mary Kathleen Robertson (grades 3-4)
1924-1925	Jean Alice Armstrong (grade 2), Thelma Dunn (grades 3-4), Mabel Jean Fraser (grades 9-10), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), John William Morris (grade 11), Reah Lenore Orchard (grades 7-8), Mary E. Seale (grades 5-6)
1925-1926	Jean Alice Armstrong (grade 2), Thelma Dunn (grades 3-4), Beatrice C. Hall (grades 9-10), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), John William Morris (grade 11), Mary E. Seale (grades 7-8), Dorothy G. Taylor (grades 5-6)
1926-1927	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), Thelma Dunn (grades 4-5), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Edith I. McMillan (grades 7-8), John William Morris (grade 11), Iva J. Stewart (grades 9-10), Dorothy G. Taylor (grades 5-6)
1927-1928	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), Thelma Dunn (grades 4-5), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Edith I. McMillan (grades 7-8), John William Morris (grade 11), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 6-7), Iva J. Stewart (grades 9-10)
1928-1929	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), Ruth Ashton Campbell (grades 9-10, April-June; daughter of Sydney Ashton Campbell), Thelma Dunn (grades 4-5), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Edith I. McMillan (grades 7-8), John William Morris (grade 11), Elva J. Robertson (grades 9-10, September-March), Jane Robertson (grades 5-6)
1929-1930	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), Thelma Dunn (grades 4-5), Ellen Alexandra Hibbert (grades 9-10), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Edith I. McMillan (grades 7-8, September-December), Jane Robertson (grades 6-7), Albert Rae Smale (grade 11), Gladys Taylor (grades 7-8, January-June)
1930-1931	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), George Lees Douglas (grades 7-8), Ellen Alexandra Hibbert (grade 11), Frances Augusta Holden (grade 1), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5), Isla May McLachlan (grades 5-6), Jessie Fraser Rettie (grade 12), Albert Rae Smale (grades 9-10)
1931-1932	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), George Lees Douglas (grades 7-8), Ellen Alexandra Hibbert (grade 11), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5), Isla May McLachlan (grades 5-6), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 12, wife of C. G. Saunders), Clifford Garfield Saunders (grades 9-10)
1932-1933	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-3), George Lees Douglas (grades 7-8), Ellen Alexandra Hibbert (grade 11), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5), Isla May McLachlan (grades 5-6), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 12), Clifford Garfield Saunders (grades 9-10)
1933-1934	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-4, September-December; grades 3-4, January-June), Ellen Alexandra Hibbert (grade 11), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Isla May McLachlan (grades 7-8), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 12), Clifford Garfield Saunders (grades 9-10)
1934-1935	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 2-4), G. Grierson (grades 1-2, September), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Isla May McLachlan (grades 7-8), Ellen A. Patterson (grade 11, March), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2, October-June), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 11, September-February & April-June), Erica Marie Theodora van Engel (grade 12), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1935-1936	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 3-4), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Isla May McLachlan (grades 7-8), Wilhelmine Malcolmson (grade 12), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 11), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1936-1937	Jean Alice Armstrong (grades 3-4, September-February), Marie Evelyn Hames (grade 12), Margaret Hunter (grades 3-4, March-June), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Isla May McLachlan (grades 7-8), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 11), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1937-1938	Marie Evelyn Hames (grade 12), Laura Patricia Herron (grades 3-4), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 11), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grades 7-8), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1938-1939	Marie Evelyn Hames (grade 12), Laura Patricia Herron (grades 3-4), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Julia Ellen Rombough (grade 11), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grades 7-8), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1939-1940	Carl Bjarnason (grades 7-8), Marie Evelyn Hames (grade 12), Laura Patricia Herron (grade 2), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 3-4), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Edward Graham Smillie (grades 5-6), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1940-1941	Carl Bjarnason (grades 7-8), Charles Eric Littler (grade 12), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 3-4), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grade 2), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Edward Graham Smillie (grades 5-6), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1941-1942	Bernard Ansell Burbeck (grades 7-8), Margaret Jane Caldbeck [Caldbick?] (grades 3-4), Charles Eric Littler (grade 12, September-December), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grade 2), Alfred Robert Pelessier (grade 12, January-June), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1942-1943	Myrtle Evaline Henderson (grades 3-4), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grade 2), Alfred Robert Pelessier (grade 12), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Dorothea Kate Wenman (grades 7-8), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1943-1944	Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Myrtle Evaline Henderson Ludgate (grades 3-4, September-December), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grade 3, September-December; grades 3-4, January-June), Alfred Robert Pelessier (grade 12), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Dorothea Kate Wenman (grades 7-8), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1944-1945	Winifred Mary Loader (grade 12), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 3-4), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Dorothea Kate Wenman (grades 7-8), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10)
1945-1946	David Alexander Downie (grade 9, October-December), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 3-4), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Norine Smith (grade 12), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Dorothea Kate Wenman (grades 7-8), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grades 9-10, September; grade 10, October-June)
1946-1947	Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-4), Gertrude Rabinovitch (grade 12), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Mary Aline Seaton (grades 7-8, November-June), Norine Smith (grade 9), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Dorothea Kate Wenman (grades 7-8, September-October), Thomas Melvin Whitley (grade 10)
1947-1948	D. Ken Cormack (grades 6-8), Walter Fredrickson (grades 9-10), Margretta “Gretta” Graffin (grade 12), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 3-4), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1948-1949	D. Ken Cormack (grades 6-8), Walter Fredrickson (grades 9-10), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5), Elva Motheral (grade 12), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1949-1950	Joyce Alison Hartwell (grade 12), Wesley Erwin Henderson (grades 6-8), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5), John Saxby Oliver (grades 9-10), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1950-1951	Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 9-10), Wesley Erwin Henderson (grades 6-8), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5), Dmitri Markeirovsky? (grade 12), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grades 1-2), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1951-1952	Mary Dushenko (grades 6-8, September-December; grades 7-8, January-June), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 9-10), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 4-5, September-December; grades 5-6, January-June), Elisabeth Margaret Nash (grade 12), Elizabeth Doreen Noble (grades 3-4, January-June), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1952-1953	Mary Dushenko (grades 7-8), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 9-10), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Elisabeth Margaret Nash (grade 12), Elizabeth Doreen Noble (grades 3-4), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1953-1954	Mary Dushenko (grades 7-8), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 9-10), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 12), Elizabeth Doreen Noble (grades 3-4), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11)
1954-1955	Mary Dushenko (grades 7-8, April-June), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 9 & 12), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Marian Evelyn Jean McKinnon (grades 7-8, August-April), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 10), Elizabeth Doreen Noble (grade 3), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grade 2), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Isla May Wilson (grades 4-5)
1955-1956	Eula Marlene Bridges (grades 3-4), Merrill Dalmer Groff (grades 7-8), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 10 & 12), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 6-7), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 9), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grade 2), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Isla May Wilson (grades 4-5)
1956-1957	Stanley Corbett Henderson (grades 9-10, August-June; & grade 12, June), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 5-6), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 12, August-June), Helen Flora Morrow (grades 3-4), Beatrice Fern Orriss (grades 2-3), Jane Robertson (grade 1), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Mosie Nickolas Tobin (grades 7-8), Isla May Wilson (grades 4-5)
1957-1958	Abe J. Friesen (grade 9), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grade 10), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 7-8), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 12), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Cornelia “Connie” Sushelnitsky (grade 5), Isla May Wilson (grade 6)
1958-1959	Abe J. Friesen (grade 9), Stanley Corbett Henderson (grade 10), Alexander N. Hersack (grades 7-8), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 6-7), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 12), Winnifred Elsie Stevenson (grade 11), Cornelia “Connie” Sushelnitsky (grades 4-5), Isla May Wilson (grades 5-6)
1959-1960	Ruth Emma Davies (grade 11), Alexander N. Hersack (grade 8), Mary Hume (grade 10), William George Hume (grade 9), Frank K? Cecil Jacobs (grade 9), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 7), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 12), Eleanor Francis Recknell (grades 4-5), Isla May Wilson (grades 5-6)

Principals (Boissevain Collegiate)

Period	Principal
1960-1961	Stanley Dingle
1960-1961	G. Scott
After 1961	See Boissevain Collegiate

Vice-Principals (Boissevain Collegiate)

No information.

Teachers (Boissevain Collegiate)

Period	Teachers
1960-1961	Ruth Emma Davies (grade 12), Mary Hume (grade 10), William George Hume (grade 9), Frank Cecil Jacobs (grade 10), Felix Joseph Koensgen (grade 10), Janet Louise Mae More (grade 12), William Burton Morris (grade 11)
After 1961	See Boissevain Collegiate

Principals (Boissevain Central Schools / Boissevain Elementary)

Period	Principal
1960-1967	Frances Katherine “Fran” Lovel
1967-1969	See Boissevain Collegiate
1969-1972	Raymond Paul Zelowsky
After 1972	See Boissevain Complex / Elementary

Vice-Principals (Boissevain Central Schools / Boissevain Elementary)

Period	Vice-Principal
1960-1961	Frank Cecil Jacobs
1961-1968	?
1968-1972	John William Gross (1914-1994)
After 1972	See Boissevain Complex / Elementary

Teachers (Boissevain Central Schools / Boissevain Elementary)

Period	Teachers
1960-1961	Mary Jean Irene Gunn (grades 6-7, September-December), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grades 6-7, January-June), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 7-8), Eleanor Francis Recknell (grades 4-5), Isla May Wilson (grades 4-5)
1961-1962	Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grades 6-7, September-December; grade 7, January-June), Frances Katherine Lovel (grades 7-8, September-December; grade 8, January-June), Eleanor Francis Recknell (grades 4-5), Isla May Wilson (grades 5-6, September-December; grade 6, January-June)
1962-1963	Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grade 7), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Elizabeth Sheila McCausland (grade 5), Isla May Wilson (grade 6)
1963-1964	Lawrence Robert Hodkinson (grade 7), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Elizabeth Sheila McCausland (grade 5), Isla May Wilson (grade 6)
1964-1965	Loraine Ann Hudson (grade 7), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Margaret Alice Elaine Wintle (grade 5), Isla May Wilson (grade 6)
1965-1966	Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grade 7), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Isla May Wilson (grade 6), Margaret Alice Elaine Wintle (grade 5)
1966-1967	Jeanette Elizabeth Brown (grades 7-8), Muriel Ida Code (grades 2-4 remedial), Catherine Mary DeVrieze (grades 5-6), Dorothy Myrtle English (grades 4-5), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grade 7), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Grace Elizabeth Mealy (grade 6, January-June), Anna Margaret Rempel (grades 2-3), Isla May Wilson (grade 6, September-December), Margaret Alice Elaine Wintle (grade 5)
1967-1968	Ruby Elizabeth Chambers (grade 5, September-December; grade 7, January-June), Muriel Ida Code (grades 2-8 remedial), Evelyn Desjardins (grade 7, September-December; grade 5, January-June), Frances Lynn Dixon (grade 5), Henry Dyck (grade 7, September-December), Dorothy Myrtle English (grade 4), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grade 8), Sharon Lynne Jasper (grade 3), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Grace Elizabeth Mealy (grade 6), Ruth Marie Trowsky (grade 7, January-June)
1968-1969	Ruby Elizabeth Chambers (grade 8), Sylvia Ann Corkish (grade 6), Catherine Mary DeVrieze (grade 6), Frances Lynn Dixon (grade 5), Dorothy English (grade 4), Francis Farmer (grade 3), Mavis Hannescona (retarded class), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grade 8), Marlene Kentner (retarded class), Frances Katherine Lovel (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Neta Ruby Mains (grade 5), Margaret Manness (kindergarten), Grace Elizabeth Mealy (grade 7), Howard Allen Taylor (grade 7)
1969-1970	Karen Patricia Myrtle Boughton (grade 4), Dianne Marie Bourbonnais (grade 5), Ruby Elizabeth Chambers (grade 7), Mary Collins (grade 8), Sylvia Ann Corkish (grade 6), Catherine M. DeVrieze (special education), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grade 8), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Neta Ruby Mains (grade 5), Linda Mae Maxwell (kindergarten), Grace Elizabeth Mealy (grade 7), R. Dale Peake (grade 6), Leona Catherine Thoms (grade 2), Beatrice Ethel Venables (grade 3), Carroll M. Walker (grade 3), Cheryl Arlene Wallace (grade 2), Daniel Cyriel Joseph Warnez (grade 8), Leslie Catherine Woodman (grade 1), Kathleen Anne Zelowsky (grade 1)
1970-1971	Karen Patricia Myrtle Boughton (grade 4), Dianne Marie Bourbonnais (grade 5), Ruby Elizabeth Chambers (grade 7), Cheryl Arlene Wallace Clark (grade 2), Mary Collins (grade 6), Sylvia Ann Corkish (grade 6), Catherine M. DeVrieze (special education), Pearl Orma Born Dueck (no register), Norman Paul Fuhr (grade 8), Glenn Albert Ismond (grade 7), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (special education), Phyllis Gwendoline Jones (grade 5), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Grace Elizabeth Mealy (grade 8), Lana Marie Olson (grade 1), Jean E. Patterson (special education / emotionally mentally handicapped at Sunnyside School), Joyce Louise Stone (grade 1), Leona Catherine Thoms (grade 2), Beatrice Ethel Venables (grade 3), Carroll M. Walker (grade 3), Daniel Cyriel Joseph Warnez (grade 8), Kathleen Anne Zelowsky (kindergarten)
1971-1972	Sylvia Beaucage (grade 7), Cheryl Arlene Wallace Clark (grade 2), Mary Collins (grade 6), Sylvia Ann Corkish (grade 6), Robyn A. Creighton (grade 1), Catherine M. DeVrieze (special education), Pearl Orma Born Dueck (no register), Norman Paul Fuhr (grade 8), Betty Jean Gross (kindergarten, afternoons), Kathleen Margaret Jacobs (grades 4-5), Linda L. Jordan (grade 1), Myrtle Evaline Ludgate (grade 4), Neta Ruby Mains (grade 5), Grace Elizabeth Mealy (grade 8), Julie Nestibo (grade 7), Thomas Allen Ross Stewart (grade 5), Leona Catherine Thoms (grade 2), Beatrice Ethel Venables (grade 3), Carroll M. Walker (grade 3), Daniel Cyriel Joseph Warnez (grade 8), Harvey George Whittmire (grade 5), Kathleen Anne Zelowsky (kindergarten, mornings)
After 1972	See Boissevain Complex / Elementary

Teachers (Sunnyside School)

Among the other teachers of Sunnyside School were Mrs. Percy Wilson and Mrs. Ernest Watt.

Period	Teachers
1960-1961	Mrs. A. E. Henderson (wife of Earl Henderson)
1961-1962	?
1962-1963	?
1963-1964	?
1964-1965	Mrs. Art Cochrane, Jean Elizabeth Patterson
1965-1966	?
1966-1967	?
1967-1968	?
1968-1969	?
1969-1970	?
1970-1971	Jean Elizabeth Patterson (special education / emotionally mentally handicapped)
1971-1972	Jean Elizabeth Patterson (special education / emotionally mentally handicapped)
After 1972	See Boissevain Complex / Elementary

Photos & Coordinates

Photo postcard of the Boissevain School fire by Osborne Studio (20 November 1905) Source: Rob McInnes, MN1542 Postcard view of both Boissevain School buildings (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2012-0002 The second Boissevain School, erected in 1894 (1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Boissevain 7. The third Boissevain School, erected in 1906 (1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Boissevain 10. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23377, W100.05513 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

“Teachers wanted for Nimitaw School District,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 9 March 1886, page 1.

“Tenders,,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 12 July 1893, page 4.

“Boissevain,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 6 June 1894, page 6.

“A progressive southwestern town [The Schools],” Manitoba Free Press, 11 November 1905, page 20.

“The Boissevain old school burned to the ground,” Boissevain Recorder, 23 November 1905, page 1.

“An old landmark gone,” The Globe [Boissevain], 23 November 1905, page 1.

“Local briefs [It has been decided by the trustees ...],” The Globe [Boissevain], 30 November 1905, page 1.

“Local and General [The school trustees ...],” Boissevain Recorder, 30 November 1905.

“New school for Boissevain,,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 March 1906, page 10.

“Boissevain, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, June 1911, Archives of Manitoba.

“Teachers at the convention,” Brandon Sun, 15 October 1920, page 6.

“Wesley notes,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 October 1925, page 4.

Beckoning Hills by Boissevain 75th Jubilee Committee, 1956.

“Dr. Johnson gives talk,” Brandon Sun, 8 February 1960, page 11.

“Mrs. Henderson reappointed,” Brandon Sun, 12 September 1960, page 3.

“John Dyck Boissevain Principal,” Brandon Sun, 19 August 1964, page 19.

“Boissevain news,” Brandon Sun, 4 September 1970, page 14.

“District news briefs [Boissevain],” Brandon Sun, 6 July 1972, page 11.

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.

Beckoning Hills Revisited: Ours is a Goodly Heritage, Morton-Boissevain, 1881-1981 by Boissevain History Committee, c1981, pages 137-150.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Boissevain School District No. 1631, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boissevain School District No. 373 - Daily Registers, GR4072, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boissevain School District No. 373 - Cash Books, GR4072, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boissevain School District No. 373 - Minute Books, GR4072, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Nimitaw School District No. 373 - Daily Registers, GR11851, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boissevain School District No. 373 - Daily Registers, GR11851, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boissevain School District No. 373 - Half Yearly Registers, GR11851, Archives of Manitoba.

Township and parish plans and plats (NR 0212), Township 3 - Range 20 West, GR2404, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Robert Hill and Rob McInnes for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 December 2021

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