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The Booth School District was organized formally in February 1908 and, the following year, a one-room schoolhouse was constructed on the northeast corner of NE10-19-2W in what would later be the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, on land donated by Charlie Booth, for whom the district was named. The school, known as Old Booth, closed in 1926 and the building stood empty until 1936 when it was converted into a personal residence. The resident tore it down in 1954 when he moved west of Inwood.
Among the teachers of Old Booth School were classroom not operated (Spring 1908 - Spring 1909), Ada L. Milne (Fall 1909 - Fall 1911, Fall 1914 - Fall 1916, Spring-Fall 1919, Fall 1920 - Spring 1921), William H. Short (Spring-Fall 1912), Goldie L. Finesilsen? (Spring 1913), Esther M. Hagborg (Fall 1913), Miss E. Kelsey (Spring 1914), Bjorg Jonsdottir (Spring-Fall 1917), Kristin Gudrun Johnson (Spring 1918), Sibba Johnson (Fall 1918), Sigurbjorg Johnson (?-?), Margaret Popplewell (Spring 1920), classroom not operated (Fall 1921 - Spring 1922), Florence MacLeod (Fall 1922), Lizetta R. Nason (Spring 1923 & August - pt December 1923), William Edward Stewart (pt December 1923), Kathleen Stewart (Spring-Fall 1924), Harold Melville Stinson (Spring 1925), Reta Hipwell (Fall 1925), and Maurice J. Willis (Spring 1926).
In 1926, the building for Rosery School No. 1907 at NE4-20-2W was moved to SW14-19-2W (about N50.65401, W97.66852) where it operated as New Booth School. In 1936, it became part of the Armstrong Municipal School District No. 1842. Around 1936, it was moved to SW14-19-2W (about N50.62677, W97.64485) and used there until low enrollment caused its permanent closure. The building was sold and demolished.
The teachers of New Booth School included Nettie? [Nellie?] Warwick (August-? [pt Fall] 1926), Sarah Goodman (?-December [pt Fall] 1926, pt Spring 1927), Maurice J. Willis (January-? [pt Spring] 1927), Julia Genevieve Johnson (?-June [pt Spring] 1927), Miss McNiven (?-?), Jean Johnston (?-?, 1931-1932, 1932-1933), Miss Linklater, Leda Werier (1930-1931), Betty Walsh (1932), Gertrude “Gertie” Schwartz (1934), Marie Lozinski (1935), Elizabeth Bainbridge “Betty” Morland (1935-1937), Marshall William Joyce (1937-1939), Wilfred Garrett, Ethel Bailey, Ruby Borley (1943-1944), Doris Case, and Clarisse Mary Aubrey (1945-1946).
Records for Booth School are held at the Chatfield Park of Souvenirs Museum.
Old Booth School (1920s) by M. Hall-Jones
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 118.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62349, W97.64824
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rosery School No. 1907 (RM of Armstrong)
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.
Wilderness to Wildlife: Chatfield and District History by Chatfield Oldtimers Club, c1981. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C45 Wil]
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Armstrong Municipal School District No. 1842, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Booth School District No. 1444 Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 23 December 2025
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