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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Greenridge School No. 211 (RM of Rockwood)The Greenridge School District was established in 1884, with a schoolhouse erected on the west half of 31-15-2 east of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. Miss Bessie Harcourt was the first teacher, for a class of 13 students. Some 240 students had attended by the time the school was disbanded in December 1914. At that time, remaining students went to Gunton Consolidated School No. 1507 or Balmoral Consolidated School No. 1710. The former school building was painted red and, for years, was used as a local landmark and bus stop. Among the teachers who worked at Greenridge School were Bessie Harcourt (1885-1886), Bella Nicol (1886-1887), Bessie Clifford (1887-1889), Thomas John Smith (1890, 1893-1894), Archie McKinnon (1892), Ruth Ethel Sutton (1893), Annie McFarlane (1895-1896), Emma McDonald (1896), Annie Johnston (1897), Richard Fines (1897-1900), Maud Campbell (1900-1901), William L. MacKenzie (1902-1904), William Emsall (1905), Jessie Arnott (1905), Maidie Rutherford (1906-1907), Christina Wright (1908), Ida Scott (1909), Ethel Quickfall (1909), Arabella Maxwell (1910-1911), M. Edith Houston (1911), Marguerite E. Kelly (1911), Grace Clarke (1912), William M. Sykes (1912), Annie Thexton (1912-1913), Mabel Inche (1913), and Winnifred Church (1914).
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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. 100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality by Rockwood Municipality History, 1982. Greenridge School Historical Site We thank Merlin Shoesmith and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 27 March 2020
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