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When the Canadian Northern Railway built a line through the Interlake region, the village of Argyle was established on 18-14-1E in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. A school district was established here to replace two smaller one-room schools in the vicinity: Brant School No. 84 and McLeod School No. 239.
A two-storey brick veneer school building was erected in late 1914. Designed by Winnipeg architect Frank R. Evans, and initially comprising two classrooms, increasing student enrollment through the 1920s necessitated the addition of two classrooms in 1929. A gymnasium was added to the rear of the building in the late 1970s. It is a rare surviving example of a consolidated school still in use as a school, and is a provincially designated heritage site.
The school was presented with an MHS Centennial Organization Award in 2015.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Principal |
1914-1915 |
Frank Samuel Cockbill (senior grades), ? (junior grades) |
1915-1916 |
Frank Samuel Cockbill (senior grades), ? (junior grades) |
1916-1917 |
Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4), James G. Sampson (grades 5-10) |
1917-1918 |
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (grades 5-10), Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4) |
1918-1919 |
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (grades 5-10), Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4) |
1919-1920 |
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (grades 5-10), Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4) |
1920-1921 |
Isabelle Inkster (grades 5-10), Anne R. “Annie” Osborne (grades 1-4) |
1921-1922 |
Isabelle Inkster (grades 5-10), Anne R. “Annie” Osborne (grades 1-4) |
1922-1923 |
Isabelle Inkster (grades 5-10), L. Inkster (grades 1-4, 1922), Anne R. “Annie” Osborne (grades 1-4, 1923), G. Watson (grades 1-4, 1923) |
1923-1924 |
Florence L. “Halle” Covell (grades 4-6, 1924), E. M. Morrison (grades 4-6, 1923), Miss F. N. Sexsmith (grades 7-10), G. Watson (grades 1-3) |
1924-1925 |
G. Christie (grades 4-5, 1925), Jessie Osborne (grades 1-2, 1925), Miss F. N. Sexsmith (grades 6-10), Grace H. Thompson (grades 4-5, 1924), G. Watson (grades 1-2) |
1925-1926 |
Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 3-5), Frederick Morgan (grades 6-10), Jessie Osborne (grades 1-2) |
1926-1927 |
Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 3-5), Frederick Morgan (grades 6-10), Jessie Osborne (grades 1-2) |
1927-1928 |
Mildred Hopkins (grades 1-3), Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 4-6), Frederick Morgan (grades 7-10) |
1928-1929 |
Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 4-6), Frederick Morgan (grades 7-10), Ollie Hannah West (grades 4-6, 1929), ? (grades 1-3) |
1929-1930 |
Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 4-6), Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (grades 7-10), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-3) |
1930-1931 |
Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 3-5), Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (grades 9-11), Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 6-8), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-2) |
1931-1932 |
Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 3-5), Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (grades 9-11), Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 6-8), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-2) |
1932-1933 |
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 3-5), Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 6-8), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-2) |
1933-1934 |
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 4-5), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), Howard Everett Smith (grades 6-8) |
1934-1935 |
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4, 6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 5, 7-8) |
1935-1936 |
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8) |
1936-1937 |
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8) |
1937-1938 |
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8) |
1938-1939 |
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8) |
1939-1940 |
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-5), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 6-8) |
1940-1941 |
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-5), Anne May Strong (grades 1-3), Thomas Frank Tyler (grades 6-8) |
1941-1942 |
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Isabel Margaret Jeffery (grades 4-5), Kenneth Woodrow James Pomeroy (grades 6-8), Anne May Strong (grades 1-3) |
1942-1943 |
Miss Handel (grades ?), John Ernest Ingot (grades 9-11, 1943), Isabel Margaret Jeffery (grades 1-4), Kenneth Woodrow James Pomeroy (grades 9-11, 1942), Mary Armande Williams (grades 5-8) |
1943-1944 |
George Wesley Bartlett (grades 9-11), Margaret Jeffery (grades 1-4), Dora E. Olds (grades 5-8) |
1944-1945 |
Ruth Elizabeth Griffin (grades 1-4), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Jessica Elizabeth “Jessie” Parsonage (grades 5-8) |
1945-1946 |
Ruth Elizabeth Griffin (grades 1-4), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Jessica Elizabeth “Jessie” Parsonage (grades 5-8) |
1946-1947 |
Ruth Elizabeth Griffin (grades 1-4), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Jessica Elizabeth “Jessie” Parsonage (grades 5-8) |
1947-1948 |
Joseph Albert Mayers (grades 9-11), John Edgar Guest “Jack” Murrell (grades 5-8), Vivienne Anne Vincent (grades 1-4) |
1948-1949 |
Gervaise Catellier (grades 1-4), Beatrice May Fraser (grades 5-8), Joseph Albert Mayers (grades 9-11) |
1949-1950 |
Betty Ladobruk (grades 1-4), Harry Ladobruk (grades 5-8), Joseph Albert Mayers (grades 9-11) |
1950-1951 |
Betty Ladobruk (grades 1-4), Harry Ladobruk (grades 5-8), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11) |
1951-1952 |
Donna Louise Gustafson (grades 1-4), Rose Mary Anne Regitaig? (grades 5-8), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11) |
1952-1953 |
Anne Drozd (grades 4-8), Shirley Mae Mitchell (grades 1-3), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11) |
1953-1954 |
Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-8), Elza M. Ryden (grades 1-3), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11) |
1954-1955 |
Rosa Johnson (grades 6-8), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 3-5), Elza M. Ryden (grades 1-2), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11) |
1955-1956 |
Sonia Lorraine Demetrioff (grades 6-8), Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 3-5), Elza M. Ryden (grades 1-2) |
1956-1957 |
Steven L. “Steve” Banera (grades 6-8), Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2, 1957), Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 3-5), Elza M. Ryden Taplin (grades 1-2, 1956) |
1957-1958 |
Steven L. “Steve” Banera (grades 6-8), Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-3), Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-5) |
1958-1959 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3) |
1959-1960 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (grades 9-10), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3) |
1960-1961 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (grades 9-10), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-6), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3) |
1961-1962 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 7-8), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-6), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3) |
1962-1963 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 7-8), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-6), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3) |
1963-1964 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3), Bernhard W. “Bernie” Weins (grades 6-8) |
1964-1965 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3), Bernhard W. “Bernie” Weins (grades 6-8) |
1965-1966 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-5), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 6-8), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1966-1967 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-5), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 6-8), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1967-1968 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1968-1969 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1969-1970 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1970-1971 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1971-1972 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2) |
1972-1973 |
Joanne Florence Dowsett (grades 1-2, 1973), Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Janice Elizabeth Monthey (grades 1-2, 1972), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4) |
1973-1974 |
Joanne Florence Dowsett (grades 1-2), Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4) |
1974-1975 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 2-4), ? (grade 1) |
1975-1976 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-4) |
1976-1977 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-2), ? (grade 3) |
1977-1978 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-3) |
1978-1979 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-2) |
1979-1980 |
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-5), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 6-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-3) |
Photos & Coordinates

Brant School (circa 1920)
Source: Shayne Campbell

Horse-drawn vans used to transport students to Brant School (1914)
Source: Shayne Campbell

A classroom in Brant School (circa 1940)
Source: Shayne Campbell

A view of Argyle showing Brant School on right (1941)
Source: Shayne Campbell

Brant School (September 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Brant School (May 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18236, W97.45274 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Argyle Settlers Monument (RM of Rockwood)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Provincially Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
“Tenders for building school,” Stonewall Argus, 29 April 1914, page 8.
Brant Consolidated School, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Hands Across the Meridian: A History of Brant-Argyle, Manitoba by Argyle History Book Committee, 2000, page 74.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Brant School No. 1703 Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Shayne Campbell and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 May 2023
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