Historic Sites of Manitoba: Golden Bay School No. 1429 (RM of Brokenhead)

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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.

Principals

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 Hutton
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)

Teachers

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).

Photos & Coordinates

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 Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06161, W96.38301 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.

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: 14 May 2023

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