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

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

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

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

Golden Bay School (no date)
Source: Maryjo Spence

Students and teacher of Golden Bay School

Students and teacher of Golden Bay School (no date)
Source: Maryjo Spence

The former Golden Bay School building

The former Golden Bay School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 191.

The former Golden Bay school building

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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