Historic Sites of Manitoba: School No. 2 / Whitmore School / Dauphin Normal School (First Street SW, Dauphin)

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The original School No. 2 was built in the south part of Dauphin to accommodate the town's growing population. In mid-1909, a four-classroom addition, designed by Brandon architect Thomas Sinclair, was made to the rear of the original building. Sometime between 1909 and 1912, the facility was renamed Whitmore School in commemoration of the Whitmore family on whose farmland the school was built.

For several years in the early 20th century, those in the Dauphin area wishing to be trained as teachers had to go to one of the formal Normal Schools, at Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, or Brandon. Or they could attend a “winter session” school at Dauphin that provided instruction but no teacher certificates. In Fall 1911, when the town’s Whitmore School was enlarged with more classrooms and a third-floor auditorium, a Dauphin Normal School was also established in the building.

The building was later demolished and replaced by the present Whitmore School, situated on Sixth Avenue SW.

Principals

Period	Principal
1908-1925	?
1925-1927	Edward Howson Walker (1867-1927)
1927-1930s	Robert McKay Stevenson (1882-1970)
1930s-1955	?
1955-1957	J. Slobodzian
1957-1966	Dorothy Brummitt-Feasby (?-2000)
1966-1978	?
1978-1982	Gloria Murray

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1908-1909	Beatrice Drake Gunne (1880-1952)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1908-1909	School No. 2: Miss Coxworth (grades 2-4), Beatrice Drake Gunne (entrance, Assistant Principal), Miss McLean (grades 5-7), Miss Wilson (primary)
1909-1955	?
1955-1956	Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Miss Lucy Herasmyiuk (grade 2), Mrs. Myrtle Hughes (grade 1), Miss Gloria Kuhn (grade 3), Miss Mary Lukie (grade 5), Mrs. Velma MacDonald (grade 1), Miss Gertrude McInnis (grade 3), Miss Louise Wilmot (grade 2), Mrs. Laura Wilson, (grade 4)
1956-1957	Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Anne Burgera (grade 2), Lucy Herasymiuk (grade 2), Mrs. M. Hughes (grade 1), Diane Kostiw (grade 3), Gloria Kuhn (grade 3), Mary Lukte (grade 5), Mrs. Laura Wilson (grade 4), Mrs. Jean Winters (grade 1)
1957-1958	Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Anne Bugera (grade 2), Mrs. Lois Clarke (grade 1), Mrs. Darlene Dean (grade 3), Marie Dohan (grade 5), Lucy Herasymiuk (grade 2), Julia Karalash (grade 3), Mrs. Laura Wilson (grade 4), Mrs. Jane Winters (grade 1)
1958-1959	Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Mrs. Evelyn Cassin (grade 3), Mrs. Lois Clark (grade 1), Miss Marie Dohan (grade 2), Mrs. Eugenie Lodge (grade 2), Mrs. Diana Richardson (grade 3), Mrs. Jane Winters (grade 1)
1959-1960	Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Mrs. Lois Clarke (grade 1), Miss Agnes Dohan (grade 3), Miss Marie Dohan (grade 2), Mrs. Evelyn Gillander (grade 2), Mrs. Marie Kaleta (grade 5), Mrs. Bertha Palmer (grade 4), Mrs. Diana Richardson (grade 3), Miss Mary Sak (grade 2), Mrs. Nellie Shewchuk (grades 3-4), Mrs. Alice Sumpton (grade 1), Mrs. Isobel Torrie (grade 5), Mrs. Jane Winters (grade 1)
1960-1961	?
1961-1962	?
1962-1963	?
1963-1964	Mrs. Myrtle Aitchison (ungraded), Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Miss S. Bilowus (grade 2), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Miss I. Campbell (grade 4), Mrs. R. Carruthers (grade 1), Miss A. Dohan (grade 3), Mrs. A. Ezowske (garde 3), Mrs. E. Gillander (grade 2), Mrs. M. Hughes (grade 1), Miss G. Johnson (grade 2), Mrs. M. Kaleta (grade 5), Miss M. Kostyk (grade 4), Mrs. M. Larkin (grade 3), Miss M. Linton (grade 1), Mrs. Gladys Love (ungraded), Mrs. I. Newton (grade 2), Mrs. B. Palmer (grade 4), Mrs. N. Shewchuk (grade 3), Steve Stasiuk (grade 5), Mrs. Isobel Torrie (grade 5), Mrs. J. Winters (grade 1)
1964-1965	Mrs. Myrtle Aitchison (ungraded), Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Miss S. Bilowus (grade 2), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Miss I. Campbell (grade 4), Miss Eileen Chappel (grade 3), Mrs. A. Ezowske (grade 3), Miss Kathleen Fox (grade 1), Mrs. M. Hughes (grade 1), Miss G. Johnson (grade 2), Mrs. M. Kaleta (grade 5), Miss M. Kostyk (grade 4), Mrs. M. Larkin (grade 3), Mrs. Gladys Love (ungraded), Miss Shirley Luhowey (grade 2), Mrs. I. Newton (grade 2), Mrs. B. Palmer (grade 4), Mrs. N. Shewchuk (grade 3), Miss Margery Shura (grade 1), Steve Stasiuk (grade 5), Mrs. Isobel Torrie (grade 5), Mrs. Jane Winters (grade 1)
1965-1966	Mrs. Myrtle Aitchison (ungraded), Mrs. Alma Artibise (grade 4), Dorothy Brummitt (grade 5), Mrs. Ann Ezowske (grade 3), Mrs. Josephine Golay (grade 3), Mrs. Myrtle Hughes (grade 1), Miss Gloria Johnson (grade 2), Mrs. Marie Kaleta (grade 5), Miss Mae Kostyk (grade 4), Mrs. Lorraine Kracz (grade 2), Mrs. Myrtle Larkin (grade 3), Mrs. Gladys Love (ungraded), Mrs. Marlene Maykut (grade 3), Mrs. Iris Newton (grade 2), Miss Darlene Paddock (grade 4), Mrs. Bertha Palmer (grade 4), Tony Semchyshen (grade 5), Mrs. Nellie Shewchuk (grade 3), Steve Stasiuk (grade 5), Mrs. Kathleen Staub (grade 1), Miss Beverley Thompson (grade 1), Mrs. Jane Winters (grade 1)
1966-1967	?
1967-1968	?
1968-1969	?
1969-1970	?
1970-1971	?
1971-1972	?
1972-1973	?
1973-1974	?
1974-1975	?
1975-1976	?
1976-1977	?
1977-1978	?
1978-1979	Irene Chita (grade 2), Heather Hart (grade 2), Marlene Kentner (kindergarten), Darlene Lewis (grade 3), Linda Malcolm (kindergarten), Joyce McGinnis (grade 1), Gloria Murray (grade 1), Joan Smith (grade 3)
1979-1980	Irene Chita, Lois Dandridge, Marlene Kentner, Darlene Lewis, Linda Malcolm, Joyce McGinnis, Janet Sirski, Joan Smith
1980-1981	Peggy Archer (grade 1), Irene Chita (grade 2), Lois Dandrige (grade 3), Marlene Kentner (kindergarten), Darlene Lewis (grade 3), Linda Malcolm (kindergarten), Joyce McGinnis (grade 1), Joan Smith (grade 2)
1981-1982	Peggy Archer (grade 1), Kathy Baxter (grade 1), Irene Chita (grade 2), Lois Dandridge (grade 3), Marlene Kentner (kindergarten), Linda Malcolm (kindergarten), Joyce McGinnis (grade 3), Joan Smith (grade 2)

Photos & Coordinates

Whitmore School / Dauphin Normal School (1912) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Dauphin Collection - Schools - Normal. Postcard view of Whitmore School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0063 Postcard view of Whitmore School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0071 Whitmore School (August 1966) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Dauphin 5. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.14619, W100.05625 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: School No. 1 / Mackenzie School / Dauphin Composite High School / Dauphin Collegiate (212 First Street NE, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Normal School / Model Room School / Agricultural Extension Centre (1129 Queens Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dauphin Normal School / Whitmore School (First Street SW, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Normal School (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central School / Portage Normal School / Prince Charles School (Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Normal School (210 rue Masson, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba School for the Deaf (500 Shaftesbury, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mulvey School (750 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central School No. 944 (1899-1954)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Old Central School (Tenth Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Victoria School (32 Fifth Street SE, Portage la Prairie)

Sources:

“School notes,” Dauphin Herald, 26 November 1908, page 1.

“School Board met Saturday,” Dauphin Herald, 22 April 1909, page 1.

“Contract finished on time,” Dauphin Herald, 16 September 1909, page 1.

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

“Record-breaking enrollments expected here in collegiate, elementary schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 1 September 1955, page 1.

“All-time high enrollments expected for town schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 30 August 1956, page 1.

“Town schools open today, high enrollments expected,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 29 August 1957, page 1.

“Total of 110 teachers assigned to schools in Dauphin-Ochre area,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 4 September 1958, page 1.

“Teaching staffs assigned to rural, village schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 3 September 1959, page 1.

“Teaching staff for area schools increases to 132 for opening 1963-64 term,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 21 August 1963, page 1.

“All area schools open classes next Tuesday, 131 on teaching staffs,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 26 August 1964, page 1.

“All schools in area open classes Sept. 1 – 133 on teaching staffs,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 25 August 1965, page 1, 8.

“Twelve new faces among staff at Dauphin-Ochre schools,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2.

“Dauphin Ochre teaching staff down slightly from last term,” Dauphin Herald, 12 September 1979, page 19.

“Teachers for 1980/81,” Dauphin Herald, 27 August 1980, page 16.

“School bells ring today,” Dauphin Herald, 2 September 1981, page 4.

Dogtown to Dauphin by Adam Sharp Little, 1988, page 112.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 November 2022

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