Historic Sites of Manitoba: Graysville Consolidated School No. 1493 (Graysville, RM of Dufferin)

Graysville School No. 1493 was established in March 1909 in the village of Graysville, in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin. It operated for nine years until it merged with several district schools. Graysville Consolidated School was established from the union of Graysville School, Lintrathen School No. 1118, Orr School No. 343, Ravenswood School No. 437, Stephenfield Consolidated School No. 2048, and Tobacco Creek School No. 808. Erection of the present brick building began in late 1919 on a design by architects Tuttle and Reid, and opened in February 1920.

Eventually becoming part of Prairie Rose School Division, the school closed closed in September 2010 due to declining student enrolment and its building was sold. A bronze plaque commemorating former students killed during the Second World War, that had been displayed inside the school, was removed and installed at the Carman Legion.

Principals of Graysville School

Period	Principal
1920-1922	James Corrigill (c1857-1922)
1922-1924	R. W. Dunlop
1924-1927	W. A. Rideout (?-?)
1927-1930	Christopher Stow
1930-1931	Sidney Irvine Mott (1871-?)
1931-1935	Beatrice P. Shunk
1935-1942	Earl Duncan McKellar (1902-1984)
1942-1945	Claire E. Dawson
1945-1950	Willard Ervin Rife (1890-1970)
1950-1954	Dave MacDonald
1954-1956	Ralph Ernest Mayes (1891-1969)
1956-1959	George O. Hinds
1959-1960	Henry Schellenberg
1960-1962	Stanley Corbett Henderson (1910-?)
1962-1965	Jim Refvik
1965-1966	Stanley Corbett Henderson (1910-?)
1966-1967	Hardy Velie
1967-1968	Jake Letkeman
1968-1971	Michael Geletchuk
1971-1974	?
1974-1978	Natalie Watt
1978-1998	Bill North
1998-2003	Elaine Owen
2003-2005	Sherry Zacharias & B. Tiltman
2005-2008	Art Van Stellant
2008-2009	Jennifer Kolesar

Graysville School (no date) by A. J. Manning Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 127. Graysville School (2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Plaque that was once displayed inside Graysville School for former students killed during the Second World War (2011) Source: Ethel Hook Site Location (lat/long): N49.50750, W98.15819 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

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.

Graysville: A Manitoba School and its Community, compiled by edited by the Graysville School Reunion Planning Committee, June 2011.

We thank Ethel Hook for providing additional information used here.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 May 2013

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