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The Glenboro School District was established formally in August 1887 and a two-storey school building was erected in Glenboro (in what is now the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress) on a design by Winnipeg architect Walter Chesterton. In January 1959, it became Glenboro Consolidated School No. 2367 when it was consolidated with several rural schools from the surrounding area, includng Glencove School No. 205, Hecla School No. 355, Hawkins School No. 643, Clifton Bank School No. 777, Frey School No. 890, Fair Valley School No. 1749, and Patricia School No. 1763. It later became part of the Tiger Hills School Division.
Period
Principal
1900-1903
Arthur Edward Hearn (1871-1937)
1903
John L. M. Thompson
1904
Alexander Shirriff “Alex” Morrison (1880-1955)
1904-1905
William Thomas Daniel Lathwell (1876-1932)
1905-1906
William R. Robeson (c1870-?)
1906-1907
Stephen Thomas Windsor (1874-1967)
1907-1911
David Bruce Huggins (1879-1955)
1911-1913
Sarah Jane “Sadie” McNab (1875-1968)
1913-1915
James Edward Shimmin (c1884-?)
1915
Wesley William Irvine (1893-1918)
1916
Hermann [Herman] Gundert Harris (1859-1950)
1916-1918
Etta May Moore Simpson (1873-1952)
1918-1923
Clifford Knox Rogers (1889-1968)
1923-1928
George Isaac Herman Garrett (1884-1977)
1928-1954
Neil Albert McIntyre (1888-1972)
1954-1959
Richard Nielsen (1914-1997)
1959-1960
Guy A. Hamel
1960-1971
Stanley Robert Kitchen (1915-1988)
1971-1973
G. McIntyre
Period
Vice-Principal
1958-1959
Guy A. Hamel
The early teachers of Glenboro School were Lena B. Freeman (Fall 1887 - Spring 1889), F. S. Andrews (Fall 1889 - pt Fall 1890), J. A. Watson (pt Fall 1890 - pt Fall 1891), and J. C. Butchart (pt Fall 1891).
School Year
Teachers
1892
James Cooper Butchart (all grades, Spring; senior grades, Fall), Margaret Harper (junior grades, Fall)
1893
Annie E. Greenway (junior grades, Fall), Margaret Harper (senior grades), Ethel Nelson (junior grades, Spring)
1894
Margaret Harper (senior grades), Minnie McPherson (junior grades, Fall), Ethel Nelson (junior grades, Spring)
1895
Margaret Harper (senior grades, Spring), Neil Livingstone (senior grades, Fall), Minnie McPherson (junior grades)
1896
Ida E. Fee (? grades, Fall), Bessie Gilbert (? grades, Fall), Neil Livingstone (senior grades), Minnie McPherson (junior grades, Spring)
1897
Ida E. Fee (Spring), Miriam Finkelstein, Shirley Annie Redmond (Fall), H. O. Thompson (senior grades)
1898
Grace Ermslie? (Fall), Miriam Finkelstein (Spring), Shirley Annie Redmond, H. O. Thompson (senior grades)
1899
Grace Ermslie? (Spring), Shirley Annie Redmond, H. O. Thompson (senior grades), Della Young (Fall)
1900
Arthur Edward Hearn (senior grades), Flora M. Matthew, Shirley Annie Redmond, Della Young
1901
Arthur Edward Hearn (senior grades), Lily Hilton (Spring), Agnes Moore (Fall), Shirley Annie Redmond, Isabel Robertson (Fall), Della Young (Spring)
1902
(records not available) (primary - intermediate grades), Arthur Edward Hearn (senior grades)
1903
(records not available) (primary - intermediate grades), Arthur Edward Hearn (senior grades, Spring), John L. M. Thompson (senior grades, Fall)
1904
records not available (grades 1-8, Spring), Rebecca J. “Becky” Duncan (grade 1, Fall), William Thomas Daniel Lathwell (grades 9-11, Fall), Mildred L. Johnson (grades 2-3, Fall), Sadie McNab (grades 6-8, Fall), Alexander Shirriff “Alex” Morrison (senior grades, Spring), Ada Schwalm (grades 4-5, Fall)
1905
Rebecca J. “Becky” Duncan, William Thomas Daniel Lathwell (senior grades, Spring), Mildred L. Johnson, E. Bertha McKnight (Spring), Sadie McNab, William Noble (Fall), William R. Robeson (senior grades, Fall), Aggie Thomson (Fall)
1906
Rebecca J. “Becky” Duncan, Mildred L. Johnson, Sadie McNab (Spring), May C. Purdy (Fall), William R. Robeson (senior grades, Spring), Aggie Thomson, Mr. Wells? (Fall), Stephen Thomas Windsor (senior grades, Fall)
1907
Rebecca J. “Becky” Duncan, David Bruce Huggins (senior grades, Fall), Mildred L. Johnson, Sadie McNab (Fall), Rena Parker, May C. Purdy (Spring), Aggie Thomson (Spring), Stephen Thomas Windsor (senior grades, Spring)
1908
Rebecca J. “Becky” Duncan, David Bruce Huggins (senior grades), Mildred L. Johnson (Spring), Sadie McNab, Rena Parker (Spring), Lilian Prickette? (Fall), Agnes Wilson
1909
Rebecca J. “Becky” Duncan (Spring), Aileen Evans (Fall), David Bruce Huggins (senior grades), Raylena Huggins (Fall), Carrie B. McCall (Fall), Sadie McNab, Laura Wallace (Spring), Agnes Wilson (Spring)
1910
Mary Affleck (Fall), Aileen Evans (Spring), David Bruce Huggins (senior grades), Raylena Huggins (Spring), Carrie B. McCall, Sadie McNab, Nellie A. Young (Fall)
1911
Jane A. Boyes (Fall), L. Mildred Bruce, Gertrude “Gertie” Campbell (Fall), Grace Dunlop (Spring), David Bruce Huggins (senior grades, Spring), Carrie B. McCall (Spring), Sadie McNab (? grades, Spring; senior grades, Fall), Ella J. Taylor (Fall)
1912
(January-June only): Jane A. Boyes, L. Mildred Bruce, Gertrude “Gertie” Campbell, Sadie McNab (senior grades), Ella J. Taylor
1912-1913
Una E. Burrow (Fall), Gertrude “Gertie” Campbell, Lizzie Bernice Hiltz, Sadie McNab (senior grades), Gertrude A. Martin, Ella J. Taylor (Fall)
1913-1914
Una E. Burrow (grades 2-3), Edith Dunbar (grades 6-8), Lizzie Bernice Hiltz (grades 1-2), Myra Ada Rutherford (grades 4-5), James Edward Shimmin (grades 9-11)
1914-1915
Willa M. Dorsey (grades 1-2), Lulu Violet Moir (grades 3-4), Bessie L. Reid (grades 5-6), James Edward Shimmin (grades 9-11), Elmah J. Staples (grades 7-8)
1915-1916
Mabel L. Bradley (grades 7-8, Spring), Willa M. Dorsey (grades 1-2), Ethel Challinor Esplin (grades 3-4), Hermann [Herman] Gundert Harris (grades 9-11, January-June), Wesley William Irvine (grades 9-11, August-December), Lulu Violet Moir (grades 5-6), Elmah J. Staples (grades 7-8, Fall)
1916-1917
Myrtle Blough (grades 7-8), Lizzie Bernice Hiltz (grades 1-2), Etta May Moore (grades 9-11), Lulu Violet Moir (grades 5-6), Miss W. A. Witherspoon (grades 3-4)
1917-1954
?
1954-1955
Mr. G. Gaber, Miss M. Graham, Miss R. Mooney, Mrs. B. Sinclair, Mrs. E. Thornborough
1955-1956
Miss Carmichael, Mr. G. Gaber, Miss M. Graham, Miss R. Mooney, Mrs. B. Sinclair, Mrs. E. Thornborough
Among the later teachers who worked at Glenboro School were Olive McLean, G. R. Pearson, Samuel H. Doctoroff (1930s), Maurice Alfred Decosse (?-?), F. Alwyn Anderson (?-?), Charlotte L. K. Oleson (1951-1953), Agnes Louisa Florence (1940s), and William Ross “Bill” Shackel (1967-?).
Postcard view of Glenboro School (circa 1910)
Source: Rob McInnes, MN0020
The second Glenboro School, later used as a high school (no date) by G. H. Robertson
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 78.
Glenboro School before remodelling (circa 1938)
Source: Education Department Report, 1938, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Glenboro School after remodelling (circa 1938)
Source: Education Department Report, 1938, Manitoba Legislative Library.
The third Glenboro School (no date) by W. S. Lockhart
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 78.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55794, W99.28887
denoted by symbol on the map above
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4.
“Presentation to Mr. Hearn,” Glenboro Gazette, 25 September 1903, page 1.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 11 September 1903, page 1.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 25 December 1903, page 1.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 8 January 1904, page 1.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 1 July 1904, page 8.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 19 August 1904, page 1.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 8 September 1905, page 1.
“Glenboro,” Manitoba Free Press, 7 September 1906, page 11.
“Local notes [The Glenboro School re-opens ...],” Glenboro Gazette, 15 August 1913, page 1.
“School re-opens next Tuesday,” Glenboro Gazette, 14 August 1914, page 1.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Glenboro, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, July 1919, Archives of Manitoba.
“Glenboro school opened on Tuesday,” Glenboro Gazette, 1 September 1955, page 1.
“Kiwanis klippings,” Glenboro Gazette, 9 October 1958, page 1.
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.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Rob McInnes for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 January 2026
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