Historic Sites of Manitoba: Grey School No. 1356 (Clanwilliam, RM of Minto-Odanah)

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A monument in Clanwilliam, in the Rural Municipality of Minto, was erected in July 1983 as part of homecoming celebrations, at the former site of Grey School. Formally established in August 1905, a building was erected in 1912 on a design by Winnipeg architect W. W. Blair. The school operated until January 1968. An additional plaque was added to the monument as part of Clanwilliam homecoming celebrations in July 2003. On top of the monument is the original school bell, stored from 1968 to 2000 by the family of Norman McPherson, and installed here in 2000 by former teachers of Grey School.

Principals

Period	Principal
1915-1918	Arthur Herbert Hoole (1889-1991)
1918-1921	Agnes Sherrard Crickard (1891-1965)
1921-1923	Wilfred Inglis Stewart (1898-1964)
1923-1927	G. M. Anderson
1927-1931	William Skidmore (c1885-?)
1931-1933	George Oswald Hinds (1906-1969)
1933-1935	Harold Preston Moffat (1906-1998)
1935-1938	Ernest Lorne Moffat (1899-1982)
1938-1941	Archibald James “Archie” Thom (1907-2000)
1941-1942	Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1942-1945	Enid M. Bygott
1945-1948	John Kastrukoff (1920-2009)
1948-1949	A. O. Purdy
1949-1951	S. L. Theriault
1951-1952	Adam “Ed” Nazarko (1928-1993)
1952-1954	Mrs. J. M. Johnson
1954-1956	Wilfrid Laurier “Laurie” Tomasson (c1920-1998)
1956-1957	George Wesley Denstedt (1896-1979)
1957-1960	Willard Ervin Rife (1890-1970)
1960-1961	J. Grodecki

Teachers

No information.

Photos & Coordinates

Grey School (no date) by W. C. Hartley Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 103. Grey School commemorative monument (July 2014) Source: Alan Mason Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.36267, W99.81369 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Clanwilliam School No. 178 (RM of Minto-Odanah)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Earl Grey School (340 Cockburn Street North, Winnipeg)

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.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 February 2021

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