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The original King George School was built in 1911 on a design by Brandon architect Thomas Sinclair, replacing the former East Ward School. Construction on the 12-room facility was undertaken by contractor T. M. Harrington at a cost of $43,0000. It was formally opened on 12 October 1911, at which Brandon School District Board Chairman David Shirriff performed the official flag-raising ceremony while flanked by fellow school trustees along with Aldermen Coleman and O’Hara. It closed in June 1979 and the building was demolished the following month.
Replacement of the school structure was completed in 1979, with construction of a new $750,000 facility located to the south of the original school. Construction was handled by the B. F. Klassen Construction Company and a questionaire of local parents sought the King George School name retained and carried over to the new school. It opened to students in fall 1979.
Period
Principal
1911-1921
Caroline “Carrie” “Parkie” Parkinson (1874-1962)
1921-1922
John H. Snyder (c1874-?)
1922-1926
Arthur G. B. Vale (c1890-?)
1926-1928
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (1896-1978)
1928-1935
William Arthur Wood (?-1978)
1935-1942
William John Peden (1903-1991)
1942-1958
Henry Theodore Nordin (1905-1983)
1958-1966
?
1966-1973
Edward Tierney Cantwell (1916-1985)
1973-1988
Arnold T. Hersak
1988-?
John Gross
Period
Vice-Principal
1917-1918
Miss Armstrong
1918-1922
?
1922-1923
William Arthur Wood (?-1978)
School Year
Teachers
1911-1912
Miss B. McLaurin, Miss A. McManen, Miss Gertrude Shea
1912-1913
Miss Curtis (grade 5), Mrs. Duncan (grade 4), Miss Margaret McConnell (grade 1 Sr), Miss Marguerite Murray (grade 5 Jr), Miss Gertrude Shea, Miss Bessie Watson (grade 3)
1913-1914
?
1914-1915
?
1915-1916
Mrs. Duncan, Miss Langton, Miss Morrison, Miss Marguerite Murray, Miss Gertrude Shea, Miss R. M. Westwood
1916-1917
?
1917-1918
?
1918-1919
Miss Armstrong, Miss Brydon, Miss Helen McKellar, Miss Marguerite Murray, Miss Purdon, Miss Gertrude Shea, Miss R. M. Westwood
1919-1920
?
1920-1921
?
1921-1922
Minnie Bird, Ella Buchanan, Anna E. Dorsey, Erma Grantham, Miss Cosie Hall (grades 4-5), Jessie McCreary, Miss Helen McKellar, Miss Marguerite Murray, Miss Gertrude Shea, Miss Olive Thomas (grades 5-6), Miss R. M. Westwood
See also: Brandon Ultimatum (1 May 1922)
1922-1923
Marjorie Abey, Matilda Crake, M. L. Day, Mary E. Down, Ella Ferguson, Mrs. Melinda Fromm, F. Hope McKinnon, Mrs. Jennie Y. Pascoe, Mrs. C. Southwell, Arthur G. B. Vale, Pearl Whaley, William Arthur Wood
1923-1924
?
1924-1925
Miss Abey (grade 4), Miss Bicknell (grades 2-3), Miss M. Campbell (grades 5-6), Miss Doig (grade 5), Miss Ferguson (grade 1), Miss Annie Belle Fraser (grade 3), Miss Harrison (grade 2), Miss Kerr (grades 6-7), Miss N. Mattick (beginners), Miss Robertson (grade 1), Miss Smith (grade 2), Miss Whaley (grades 3-4)
1925-1926
Edna Aikenhead, Hester Bicknell, Ella Ferguson, Annie Belle Fraser, Alice Gardiner, Beatrix Graham, Hilda Harrison, Sybil Kerr, Amy Robertson, Hildred Smith, Arthur G. B. Vale, Pearl Whaley
1926-1927
E. Aikenhead (grades 1-2), H. Bicknell (grade 3), Vina Bole (grade 4), J. Doig (grades 5-6), H. Ferguson (grade 5), A. Gardiner (beginners), B. Graham (grade 6), S. C. Kerr (grade 7), William Stanley Lockhart (grade 8), A. W. Robertson (grade 2), H. I. Smith (grades 2-3), Pearl Whaley (grade 4)
1927-1928
Miss Hester Bicknell, Miss Ruth Crawford, Miss Jean Doig, Miss Helen Ferguson, Miss Alice Gardiner, Miss Beatrix Graham, Miss S. C. Kerr, Miss Mary E. Lessells, William Stanley Lockhart, Miss Ethel Miller, Miss Amy Robertson, Miss H. I. Smith
1928-1929
Miss Tena Campbell, Miss Hazel Conley, Miss Pauline Cowie, Miss Ruth Crawford, Miss Mary E. Lessells, Miss Ethel Miller, Miss Amy Robertson, Miss Marjorie Wellwood
1929-1930
Teena K. Campbell, Hazel Conley, Pauline Cowie, Helen Jaffray, Mary E. Lessells, Ethel Miller, Amy Robertson, Marjorie Wellwood
1930-1931
Pauline Cowie, Irene Drysdale, Helen Jaffray, Laura McRae, Elma Milburn, Ethel Miller, Amy Robertson, Marjorie Wellwood
1931-1932
Emerson Christilaw, A. Pauline Cowie, Irene Drysdale, Laura McRae, Elma A. Milburn, Ethel P. Miller, Amy Robertson, Marjorie E. Wellwood
1932-1933
A. Pauline Cowie, Irene Drysdale, Laura McRae, Elma A. Milburn, Ethel P. Miller, James P. Moore, Amy W. Robertson
1933-1934
?
1934-1935
Miss Gwen M. Boyes, Miss Pauline Cowie, Miss Laura McRae, James P. Moore, Miss Amy W. Robertson, Miss Marjorie E. Wellwood
1935-1936
Miss Gwen M. Boyes, Miss Pauline Cowie, Miss Jean L. Morrison (exchange teacher), Miss Amy W. Robertson, Miss Alexandrina Walker, Miss Marjorie E. Wellwood
1936-1937
Gwen M. Boyes, Ivy Cleminshaw (exchange teacher), A. Pauline Cowie, Amy W. Robertson, Alexandrina Walker, Miss Marjorie E. Wellwood
1937-1938
Miss Gwen Boyes, Miss Evelyn Fisher, Miss Ruby Magee, Miss Laura McRae, Miss Amy Robertson, Miss Doris Ward
1938-1939
Miss Gwen Boyes, Miss W. Hunt, Miss Ruby Magee, Miss Laura McRae, Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Doris Ward
1939-1940
Miss Winnifred Hunt, Murray Leybourne, Miss Laura McRae, Miss Amy Robertson, Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Doris Ward
1940-1941
Miss Beryl Calender, Miss Doris Fraser, Murray Leybourne, Miss Laura McRae, Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Doris Ward
1941-1942
A. Beryl Callander, Doris Fraser, Laura McRae, Mary O’Sullivan, Miss Constance Spratt
1942-1943
Miss Margaret E. Braund, Miss Marguerite Cowan, Miss Murial Lamont, Miss Alma Skeoch, Miss Constance Spratt
1943-1944
Miss Margaret E. Braund, Iowna Campbell, Miss Marguerite Cowan, Thelma Schreiner, Miss Constance Spratt
1944-1945
?
1945-1946
?
1946-1947
?
1947-1948
?
1948-1949
?
1949-1950
?
1950-1951
?
1951-1952
?
1952-1953
?
1953-1954
?
1954-1955
Miss Armstrong (grade 2, wife of Mr. Jessiman), Mrs. Beale (grade 5), Mrs. Jack Lane (grade 1), Miss Thelma Schreiner (grade 4), Hildred Smith (music)
1955-1956
Mrs. Ethel Gladys Sexey (grade 3), Mrs. Beale (grade 5), Mrs. Blackmore (grade 3), Miss Thelma Schreiner (grade 4), Hildred Smith (music)
1956-1957
Miss Charlotte Adams (grade 4, wife of Mr. Brown), Mrs. Beale (grade 5), Miss Thelma Schreiner (grade 4), Hildred Smith (music)
1957-1958
Mrs. Beale (grade 5), Miss Thelma Schreiner (grade 4), Hildred Smith (music), Miss Tallman (grade 5, wife of Mr. Moreland)
1958-1959
Mrs. C. Brown (grade 3), Miss L. Campbell (grade 1), Mrs. M. Carey (grade 4), Miss M. Collins (grade 1), Mrs. P. Gillespie (grade 2), Lionel Travers Glaser (grade 6), Mrs. R. Jessiman (grade 2), Mrs. N. Lane (grade 1), Miss D. Lee (grade 3), Mrs. J. McLellan (grade 3), Mrs. R. Morland (grade 5), Henry Theodore Nordin (grade 6), Miss Thelma Schreiner (grade 4), Miss V. Wickett (grade 5)
1959-1960
Mrs. C. Brown, Mrs. P. Cairns, Miss L. Campbell, Edward Tierney Cantwell, Mrs. M. Carey, Miss M. Collins, Mrs. P. Gillespie, Mrs. E. Lane, Miss D. Lee, Miss J. McLellan, Mrs. R. Moreland, Henry Theodore Nordin, Mrs. D. Riddell, Miss Thelma Schreiner
1960-1961
Miss R. Babcock (grade 4), Miss E. Blain (grade 1), Mrs. J. Bomak (grade 3), Edward Tierney Cantwell (grade 4), Mrs. M. Carey (grade 4), Mrs. P. Gillespie (grade 1), Miss E. Johnson (grade 2), Mrs. E. Lane (grade 1), Miss D. Lee (grade 3), Henry Theodore Nordin (grade 6), Mrs. D. Riddell (grade 2), Miss Thelma Schreiner (grade 4), Mrs. D. Smith (grade 1)
1961-1962
Miss E. Blaine (grade 1), Mrs. H. Clarke (grade 5), Mrs. E. Lane (grade 1), Henry Theodore Nordin (grade 6), Miss L. Ramsey (grade 3), Mrs. D. Riddell (grade 2), Miss J. Robinson (grade 1), Miss T. Schreiner (grade 4), A. Spence (grade 5), Miss S. Stott (grade 2), Mrs. J. Wyton (grade 3)
1962-1963
Miss J. Chrusciel (grade 4), Mrs. E. Grace Hulme (grade 3), Mrs. N. Lane (grade 1), Mrs. I. Meyers (grade 5), Henry Theodore Nordin (grade 6), M. A. Patterson (grade 6), Mrs. D. A. Riddell (grade 2), Miss L. L. Ramsey (grade 3), Miss J. F. Robinson (grade 1), Miss T. Schreiner (grade 4), Miss M. S. Stott (grade 2), Mrs. R. Sutherland (special classes)
1963-1964
Miss F. L. Boskinski, Mrs. F. M. Endall, Miss J. M. Gamley, Arnold P. Grambo, Mrs. E. Grace Hulme, M. A. Patterson, Miss L. P. Peace, Miss P. R. Pye, Miss L. L. Ramsey, Mrs. D. A. Riddell, Miss J. F. Robinson, Miss T. Schreiner, Miss M. S. Stott
1964-1965
Mrs. F. M. Endall, I. O. Hamberg, Mrs. E. Grace Hulme, Miss S. Kozak, Mrs. Irene B. Laing, Mrs. E. K. Lane, Miss S. McDonald, Miss L. P. Peace (kindergarten), Miss P. R. Pye, Miss L. L. Ransey, Mrs. D. A. Riddell, Miss T. Schreiner
1965-1966
Mrs. L. Patricia Briggs (kindergarten), Mrs. Patricia R. Burden, Miss G. J. Cook, I. O. Hamburg, Mrs. E. Grace Hulme, Miss M. L. Humphreys, Mrs. Irene B. Laing, Miss P. J. Laird, Mrs. E. K. Lane, Miss Cecelia M. Maykut, Mrs. Rita M. G. Milne
1966-1967
Mrs. L. Patricia Briggs (kindergarten), Mrs. Patricia R. Burden (grade 2), Edward Tierney Cantwell (grade 6), Miss G. J. Cook (grade 4), Miss Judith L. Cowieson (grade 4), Mrs. E. Grace Hulme (grade 3), Miss Anita O. J. Huppe (grade 3), Mrs. Irene B. Laing (special classes), Mrs. Ellenore K. Lane (grade 1), Miss Cecelia M. Maykut (grade 5), Mrs. Rita M. G. Milne (grade 1), Miss Lila A. Rookes (grade 2), Dennis D. Smith (grade 5), Mrs. Dorothy C. White (special classes)
1967-1968
Mrs. Patricia Briggs (kindergarten), Mrs. Patricia Burden (grade 2), Edward Tierney Cantwell (grade 6), Miss Judith Cowieson (grade 4), Mrs. Grace Hulme (grade 3), Miss Anita Huppe (grade 3), Mrs. Irene Laing (special), Mrs. Ellenore Lane (grade 1), Miss Cecilia Maykut (grade 5), Mrs. Rita Milne (grade 1), Mrs. Lila Rookes (grade 2), Mr. Dennis Smith (grade 5), Mrs. Gloria Jean Warkentin (grade 4), Mrs. Dorothy White (special)
1968-1969
Mrs. Bucklaschuk (kindergarten)
1969-1970
Mrs. Linda Bjarnason (grade 1)
1970-1971
?
1971-1972
Mrs. Elizabeth Rollins (grade 3)
1972-1973
?
1973-1974
Arnold T. Hersak (grade 5)
1974-1975
?
1975-1976
?
1976-1977
?
1977-1978
?
1978-1979
?
King George School (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 135.
King George School (June 2022)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84195, W99.93274
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: King George School No. 1242 (RM of Rossburn)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: King George Fifth School (261 Youville Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: George V School (265 Grey Street, Winnipeg)
“King George School is the name chosen,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 13 July 1911, page 2.
“The school board,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 17 August 1911, page 4.
“The city schools will re-open Friday,” Brandon Daily Sun, 31 August 1911, page 1.
“The flag raising ceremony today,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 12 October 1911, page 1.
“Public schools opened today,” Brandon Daily Sun, 3 September 1912, page 1.
“Brandon possesses some of the most up-to-date schools to be found throughout Canada,” Brandon Daily Sun, 7 November 1912, Special Harvest Number, Section 5 page 1.
“Prepare for opening of the city schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 11 August 1915, page 1.
“School board will demand whole levy,” Brandon Daily Sun, 14 August 1917, page 1.
“Public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 30 August 1918, page 6.
“Many changes in teaching staff public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 31 August 1921, page 7.
“Further lists of promotions at public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 8 July 1922, pages 5 & 9.
“Teaching staff Brandon schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 5 September 1922, page 10.
“Have full staff of teachers for public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 1 September 1923, page 1.
“Promotions list,” Brandon Daily Sun, 10 July 1925, page 8.
“Beginners will be taken into public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 28 August 1925, page 1.
“Teaching staff complete for school opening,” Brandon Daily Sun, 30 August 1926, page 6.
“Public schools and collegiate open tomorrow,” Brandon Daily Sun, 31 August 1927, page 1.
“Temporary accommodation for higher grades,” Brandon Daily Sun, 1 September 1928, page 6.
“All city schools re-open for fall term on Tuesday,” Brandon Daily Sun, 30 August 1929, page 1.
“List of teachers public school,” Brandon Daily Sun, 1 September 1930.
“All schools to open Monday for fall term here,” Brandon Daily Sun, 27 August 1931.
“One addition only to city schools staff,” Brandon Daily Sun, 30 August 1932.
“Some changes on teaching staff of public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 31 August 1934.
“Schools to open Tuesday for fall term in city,” Brandon Daily Sun, 31 August 1935.
“Few changes in teaching staff as all schools in city open Monday morning,” Brandon Daily Sun, 29 August 1936.
“Five new teachers on staff of Brandon schools for fall term commencing next week,” Brandon Daily Sun, 27 August 1937.
“Teaching staff public school,” Brandon Daily Sun, 30 August 1938.
“Schools staff public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 2 September 1939.
“Seven changes on teaching staff of the public schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 28 September 1940.
“Important changes made in teaching staff for opening schools here Tuesday,” Brandon Daily Sun, 27 August 1941.
“Elementary and junior high schools open tomorrow for fall term after long holidays,” Brandon Daily Sun, 26 August 1942.
“Eleven new teachers on staff as schools prepare to open for fall term commencing Monday,” Brandon Daily Sun, 28 August 1943.
“Back to school Tuesday,” Brandon Sun, 29 August 1958, page 3.
“Brandon school teachers for 1959-60,” Brandon Sun, 29 August 1959, page 2.
“6,000 Brandon students go back to work on Tuesday,” Brandon Sun, 3 September 1960, page 12.
“Teachers listed for opening of schools on Tuesday,” Brandon Sun, 2 September 1961, page 12.
“Teachers are assigned to schools,” Brandon Daily Sun, 28 August 1962, page 10.
“33 newcomers on elementary schools staff,” Brandon Sun, 21 August 1963, page 15.
“39 newcomers on elementary staff,” Brandon Sun, 19 August 1964, page 13.
“191 teachers placed here,” Brandon Sun, 20 August 1965, page 8.
“Over 200 elementary teachers,”Brandon Sun, 23 August 1966, page 16.
Brandon Elementary Schools, 1867-1979, Canada-Confederation, Brandon School Division, 1967.
“Board approves bit for school,” Brandon Sun, 11 July 1978, page 2.
“King George maintains name,” Brandon Sun, 6 February 1979, page 2.
“The Brandon School Division No. 40 - Tenders wanted for demolition of King George School,” Brandon Sun, 10 March 1979, page 20.
“King George falls to wrecker,” Brandon Sun, 19 July 1979, page 2.
“Planning pays off for Brandon division,” Brandon Sun, 21 August 1979, page S3.
“Board approves principals,” Brandon Sun, 30 April 1988, page 3.
We thank Greg Sigurdson, Cathy Nielsen, Wilma MacMillan, Sheri Bailey (Brandon Teachers' Association), and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 September 2022
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