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The Golden Bay School District was organized formally in June 1907 and a wood frame building was built on the southwest quarter of 1-13-8 east of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. In 1968, the school closed and the building was renovated into a private residence. As of 2013, some of the original records for the school are held by the building’s owner.
Period
Principal
1929
Franklin Edward “Frank” Bothe (1908-2002)
1929-1930
John Noriah Sturk (1874-1939)
1930-1931
Pauline M. Jankiewicz
1931-1932
?
1932-1937
Hazel Alma Mae Lund Hutton (1899-1979)
1937-1941
?
1941-1942
Katherine McDonell
1942-1943
?
1943
J. J. Mackay
1943-1944
Joyce M. Grundy
1944-1945
Jessamine Isabella Lauder
1945-1947
?
1947-1948
Nellie Claudia Kutcy
1948-1949
?
1949-1950
Nestor Jeffery Topolniski
1950-1951
?
1951-1957
Henry David Wiebe
1957-1960
John Baydock
1960-1962
John Louis Brown
1962-1963
?
1963-1965
Gerald Bernacki
1965-1967
Lena Braun
1967-1968
Emil Joseph Borsa (1914-2003)
School Year
Teachers
1929-1930
Franklin Edward “Frank” Bothe (grades 3-7, part Fall), Shirley Syer (grades 1-2), John Noriah Sturk (grades 3-7, part Fall - June)
1930-1931
Pauline M. Jankiewicz (grades 4-7), ? (grades 1-3)
1931-1932
Mary Ellen Gooch (grades 1-3), ? (grades 4-7)
1932-1933
Irene Mae Gillespie (grades 1-3), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grades 4-7)
1933-1934
Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grades 4-7), ? (grades 1-3)
1934-1935
Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grades 4-7), ? (grades 1-3)
1935-1936
Irene Mae Gillespie (grades 1-3, 1935), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grades 4-7), Lillian E. Plewes (grades 1-3, 1936)
1936-1937
Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grades 4-8)
1937-1938
Edith Sophia McKillop (grades 1-3), Hildred McLennan (grades 1-3), ? (grades 4-7)
1938-1939
?
1939-1940
Kathleen Violet Heindel (grades 1-3), ? (grades 4-7)
1940-1941
?
1941-1942
Katherine McDonell (all grades)
1942-1943
?
1943-1944
Joyce M. Grundy (all grades), J. J. Mackay (1943, all grades)
1944-1945
Jessamine Isabella Lauder (grades 4-8), Emily Treichel (grades 1-3)
1945-1946
?
1946-1947
?
1947-1948
Nellie Claudia Kutcy (grades 4-8), ? (grades 1-3)
1948-1949
?
1949-1950
Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-10), ? (grades 1-4)
1950-1951
?
1951-1952
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-4), Henry David Wiebe (grades 5-10), Mrs. L. U. Stepaniuk (grades 1-3, 1952)
1952-1953
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-4), Henry David Wiebe (grades 5-10)
1953-1954
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-4), Henry David Wiebe (grades 5-10)
1954-1955
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-5), Henry David Wiebe (grades 6-10)
1955-1956
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-5), Henry David Wiebe (grades 6-10)
1956-1957
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-5), Henry David Wiebe (grades 6-10)
1957-1958
John Baydock (grades 5-9), Rose A. Baydock (grades 1-4)
1958-1959
John Baydock (grades 5-9), Rose A. Baydock (grades 1-4)
1959-1960
John Baydock (grades 5-9), Rose A. Baydock (grades 1-4)
1960-1961
John Louis Brown (grades 5-8), Mary Ethel Brown (grades 1-4)
1961-1962
John Louis Brown (grades 5-8), Mary Ethel Brown (grades 1-4)
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
Josephine Veronica Antosh (grades 1-4), Gerald Bernacki (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Gerald Bernacki (grades 5-8), Jessie Rosalie Proctor (grades 1-4)
1965-1966
Lena Braun (grades 1-4), Maria Neustaedter-Unrau (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Lena Braun (grades 1-4), Maria Neustaedter-Unrau (grades 5-8)
1967-1968
Emil Joseph Borsa (grades 5-8), Mary Adele Kryschuk (grades 1-4)
Among the other teachers of Golden Bay School were Felix Sauer (1913), William Naw (1913-1915), Oscar Andrew Wurster (1917-1918), Jessie N. Turner (1920-1921), Rowena K. Stephens (1922-1923), C. B. Stephens (1925-1926), Shirley Syer (1929-1930), and John N. Sturk (1929-1930, Night School).
Golden Bay School (no date) by J. E. S. Dunlop
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 116.
Golden Bay School (no date)
Source: Maryjo Spence
Students and teacher of Golden Bay School (no date)
Source: Maryjo Spence
The former Golden Bay School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 191.
The former Golden Bay school building (March 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06161, W96.38301
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Golden Bay School District No. 1429 Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Golden Bay School District No. 1429 Daily Registers, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Golden Bay School District No. 1429 Cash Book, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Golden Bay School District No. 1429 Cash Book, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Golden Bay School District No. 1429 Minute Book, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Maryjo Spence for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 20 April 2025
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