Historic Sites of Manitoba: Damery School No. 991 (Municipality of Ethelbert)

The Damery School District was established in January 1899 and, the following year, a wood frame school building was constructed at SE27-29-22W in the Rural Municipality of Ethelbert. It operated at this site until 1950 when a new building was constructed a half-mile away, at NW23-29-22W. After the school closed in 1957, the building was moved near the original site, at N51.50763, W100.46189, where it was used for a workshop. A metal sign marks each location where Damery School operated through the years.

Among the teachers of Damery School were N. Lubiniecki (1930-1931), Michael Syrnyk (1931-1934), Michael H. Dudar (1936-1939), William H. Dudar (1939-1945), Dottie Gnazdowski (1945-1946), Manuel G. Karpiak (1946-1947), Orysia Syrnyk (1947-1948), Olga Merko (1948-1952), Olive Pachkowski (1952-1953), Doris Chmelowski (1953-1954), Roxie Podolsky (1954-1955), Anne Frankoff (1955-1956), Rose Yaskiw (1956-1967), Michael Reichenhaller (1957-1961, 1966-1967), Peter Rudy (1961-1965), and Orest Kulchycki (1965-1966).

The first Damery School building (no date) by J. S. Peach Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 36. The second Damery School building, used as a workshop at N51.51299, W100.46456 (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Commemorative sign at the first site, from 1900 to 1950, of Damery School (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Commemorative sign at the second site, from 1950 to 1957, of Damery School at N51.50763, W100.46189 (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.51383, W100.46344 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.

The Ties That Bind: A History of Ethelbert and District by Ethelbert History Book Committee, 1985, page 47.

This page was prepared by Alan Mason and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 March 2021

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