Historic Sites of Manitoba: Margaret Schools Monument (Margaret, RM of Prairie Lakes)

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This monument in Margaret in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, unveiled on 25 July 1970, commemorates schools that once operated in the vicinity: Alcester School No. 380 at NE15-5-19W (1888-1953), Harmony School No. 769 at SE31-4-18W (1895-1953), Langvale School No. 224 at SE2-6-18W (1883-1961), Pinkham School No. 269 at NE36-5-19W (1884-1954), Greenfield School No. 212 at NE16-5-18W (1884-1943), and Margaret School No. 212 in Margaret (1943-1991). The Greenfield School building was brought to the site. The school closed in June 1993.

Principals

Period	Principal
1938-1939	Charles E. Littler
1939-1940	Edna Anderson
1940-1941	James G. Dork
1941-1946	Gudmundur August “Mundi” Eyjolfson (1912-1994)
1946-1950	Mrs. Isabelle Wery
1950-1951	Miss J. E. Livingston
1951-1953	?
1953-1954	Evelyn Lane
1954-1955	Robert Neill “Bob” Waldon (1932-2020)
1955-1956	K. Krahn
1956-1960	Alvin James Hill (1922-2010)
1960-1962	P. A. Laval
1962-1963	L. Olga Long

Teachers

Among the other teachers of Margaret School was Lily A. Harrison.

Photos & Coordinates

Greenfield School / Margaret School (no date) by W. J. Parr Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 73. The former Margaret School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1097. The former Margaret School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1096. Margaret Schools commemorative monument (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40398, W99.85605 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pinkham School No. 269 (Municipality of Grassland)

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.

“Ten years ago,” Brandon Sun, 18 July 2000, page 6.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 July 2021

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