Historic Sites of Manitoba: Huston School No. 770 (Municipality of Two Borders)

The Huston School District was established formally in May 1893 and it operated a school on the southeast corner of 2-6-27W in what is now the Municipality of Two Borders. The district was dissolved in 1961 and, henceforth, students from this area went to Broomhill Consolidated School No. 2363, Paramount School No. 1289, Kinloss School No. 934, or Belses School No. 501. The former school building was later used for storage.

The teachers of Huston School were Miss Kathleen Edmison (1894), Miss Ada Martin (1895), Annie Doney (1900), Raylene Higgins (1901), Edna Harold (1902), Maude Anderson (1903), Mr. R. W. Dunlop (1903), Ruby Little (1907-1908), Miss McConnell (1910), Miss M. E. Knight (1911-1912), Jennie McCreary (1913), Alice Wilson (1913-1914), Janet More (1915-1916), Francis Thornton (1916-1917), Florence McLaren (1919-1920), Myrtle McCullough (1921-1922), Enid Haughton (1921-1923), Helen Ross (1923-1924), Herbert Ray (1923-1924), Olive Smith (1924-1926), Kay Winder (1927-1928), Dora Dunbar (1929-1931), Margaret Anderson (1933-1934), Kay Townsend (1934-1938), Maxine Smith (1938-1939), Annie Davidoski (1939-1942), Philis Mitchie (1942-1943), Mildred Cleaver (1943-1944), Jennie Babeuk (1944-1945), Kathleen Henderson (1945-1946), May Stephenson (1946-1947), Nadine Manary (1947-1948), Charmaine Parsons (1948-1949), Marguerite Gatin (1949-1951), Clarice Dickinson (1951-1952), Mrs. Ruth McLean (1952-1954), Mary Ann Thompson (1954-1955), Maurice Demikiue (1955-1956), Lillian Clow (1956-1957), and Betty Birch (1957-1958).

Huston School (no date) by George Hunter Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 123. The former Huston School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 9. The former Huston School building (September 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.45764, W101.02018 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.

Trails Along the Pipestone by Pipestone History Project, c1981, pages 263-264. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.P56 Tra]

Reflections of Time: A History of the RM of Albert by RM of Albert History Book, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.A43 Ref]

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 January 2021

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