Historic Sites of Manitoba: Justice Consolidated School No. 696 (Justice, RM of Elton)

In 1892, the original Justice School was built at this site, in the village of Justice in the Rural Municipality of Elton. It became one of the first schools to join the consolidation movement of the early 20th century when it brought students from several surrounding rural schools, including Aikenside School No. 157, Nelles School, and Young School No. 352, to this new building (erected in 1912 on a design by Winnipeg architect W. W. Blair) at one central location. Through the years, as other rural schools closed, it drew students from Campbell School No. 186, Elton School No. 131, Gourlay School No. 695, Matheson School No. 1062, and Orange Hill School No. 1069. Finally, Justice School closed in 1959 and its students went to Elton Municipal School No. 2360.

Principals of Justice School

Period	Principal
1923-1924	Henrietta B. Herkes
1924-1926	Marguerite Rodger
1926-1927	Weston Sweet (1899-?)
1927-1928	Myrtle C. Evans
1928-1929	?
1929-1930	Willa Griggs
1930-1931	Margaret E. Wheaton
1931-1944	?
1944-1945	J. H. Arnott
1945-1946	Robert B. Connor
1946-1948	Dorothy E. Frost
1948-1951	?
1951-1952	Mrs. L. O. Cox
1952-1953	?
1953-1957	Miss Margaret Creighton
1957-1958	Stanley A. Livingston
1958-1960	Allan H. Badgley
1960-1961	Miss Margaret Creighton

The original Justice School (circa 1911) Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65. Justice School (no date) by A. J. Hatcher Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 110. Justice School (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N49.99748, W99.79699 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.

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

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

Page revised: 12 May 2013

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