Historic Sites of Manitoba: Moosehorn School No. 1765 / Moosehorn Elementary School & Moosehorn Collegiate / Alf Cuthbert School (Moosehorn, RM of Grahamdale)

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The Moosehorn School District was established formally in December 1914 and a school operated in Moosehorn, in what is now the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale. The original 1914 school was expanded several times, including 1929, 1955, and 1959. During 1961-1962, a separate four-room facility for the Moosehorn Collegiate was designed by the architectural firm of Libling Michener and built by Rebiffe Construction north of the existing school, which then became Moosehorn Elementary School. Space for two additional collegiate classrooms were arranged in an adjacent detached annex along with local church basement. The district was dissolved in 1967 and its catchment area became part of the Lakeshore School Division.

The Moosehorn Elementary School and Moosehorn Collegiate operated under separate Principals until being consolidated for the 1970-1971 school year and were renamed posthumously in commemoration of long-serving school board member Alfred Otto "Alf" Cuthbert.

Principals (Moosehorn School / Moosehorn Elementary School / Alf Cuthbert School)

Period	Principal
1928-1929	George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1929-1930	Joseph Kahana (1900-1993)
1930-1932	Clarence Wilbert Fines (1902-1994)
1932-1934	Leora Edith Fallow Cupples (1911-1986)
1934-1936	John Wesley Mack (1903-1936)
1936-1937	Ernest George Goodwin (1913-2005)
1937-1938	Dorothy Ellen Swinburne Levine (c1905-1971)
1938-1940	John O. Buhr
1940-1942	Christina E. Low
1942-1946	George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1946-1948	Gudrun Mangl
1948-1951	Lorne L. Karlowsky
1951-1952	Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (1927-1999)
1952-1954	Ernest Pankratz (1928-2015)
1954-1960	Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (1927-1999)
1960-1966	John Kauenhofen
1966-1967	Paul H. Rudiak
1967-1968	Alfred Albert Cook
1968-1969	Percy Lawrence Fuz
1969-1970	Julius Skublen
1970	H. C. Smith
1970-1971	E. A. Husack
1971-1973	?
1973-1984	Clarence Armen Koch

Principals (Moosehorn Collegiate)

Period	Principal
1960-1962	Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (1927-1999)
1962-1963	Gerhard “George” Penner
1963-1966	Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (1927-1999)
1966-1968	Gudjon Ray Johnson
1968-1969	Andrew Johnston Hall
1969-1970	Satnarine Singh

Teachers (Moosehorn School / Moosehorn Elementary School / Alf Cuthbert School)

School Year	Teachers
1914-1915	none
1915-1916	A. Miasnik (grades 1-3, 1915; grades 1-4, 1916)
1916-1917	Dora Ganetsky (grades 1-4, 1916), Gladis [Gladys] McGovern (grades 1-6, 1917), Edith Flora McDonald (grades 1-6, 1917)
1917-1918	Edith Flora McDonald (grades 1-6)
1918-1919	Jessie Elizabeth Dayton (grades 1-6)
1919-1920	Annie E. Anderson (grades 1-6, 1919), Jean I. Hayes (grades 1-6, 1920)
1920-1921	W. Melville Cribbs (grades 1-6, 1920), Edgar MacKrell (grades 1-7, 1921)
1921-1922	Edgar MacKrell (grades 1-7)
1922-1923	Edgar MacKrell (grades 1-7)
1923-1924	Edgar MacKrell (grades 1-8)
1924-1925	Charles Middlemiss “Jock” Langford (grades 1-8)
1925-1926	Charles Middlemiss “Jock” Langford (grades 1-8)
1926-1927	George William Leonard (grades 1-10)
1927-1928	George William Leonard (grades 1-10)
1928-1929	George William Leonard (grades 6-9), Olive M. Mills (grades 1-5)
1929-1930	Nellie Beatrice Greenberg (grades 1-4), Joseph Kahana (grades 5-11)
1930-1931	Nellie Beatrice Greenberg (grades 1-4), Clarence Wilbert Fines (grades 5-11)
1931-1932	Clemency M. Dunsmore (grades 1-5), Clarence Wilbert Fines (grades 6-11)
1932-1933	Clemency M. Dunsmore (grades 1-5), Leora Edith Fallow (grades 6-11)
1933-1934	Leora Edith Fallow (grades 6-11), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 1-5)
1934-1935	John Wesley Mack (grades 6-11), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 1-5)
1935-1936	Ernest George Goodwin (grades 6-11, 1936), John Wesley Mack (grades 6-11), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 1-5)
1936-1937	Ernest George Goodwin (grades 6-11), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 1-5)
1937-1938	Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 1-5), Dorothy Ellen Swinburne (grades 6-12)
1938-1939	John O. Buhr (grades 6-11), Anna Phillips (grades 1-5)
1939-1940	John O. Buhr (grades 7-11), Anna Phillips (grades 1-6)
1940-1941	Katherine Bietting (grades 1-6), Christina E. Low (grades 7-11)
1941-1942	Mae Baldwin (grades 1-6), Christina E. Low (grades 7-11)
1942-1943	Mae Baldwin (grades 1-6), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1943-1944	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Annie Isabel Walter (grades 1-6)
1944-1945	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Annie Isabel Walter (grades 1-6)
1945-1946	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Annie Isabel Walter (grades 1-6)
1946-1947	Gudrun Mangl (grades 7-11), Marion Robina Smith (grades 1-6)
1947-1948	Mary Katherine Hertzog (grades 1-6), Gudrun Mangl (grades 7-11)
1948-1949	Mary Katherine Hertzog (grades 1-4), Lorne L. Karlowsky (grades 5-11, 1949), Gudrun Mangl (grades 5-11, 1948)
1949-1950	Mary Katherine Hertzog (grades 1-4), Lorne L. Karlowsky (grades 5-12)
1950-1951	Lorne L. Karlowsky (grades 5-11), Myrtle Rusenel (grades 1-4)
1951-1952	Mary Katherine Hertzog (grades 5-8), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11), Cecilia K. Olson (grades 1-4)
1952-1953	Mary Katherine Hertzog (grades 5-8), Ernest Pankratz (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-4)
1953-1954	Helen Isaac (grades 1-4), Ernest Pankratz (grades 9-11), Vera Elizabeth Tomaschuk (grades 5-8)
1954-1955	Ruth Imrie Bednarek (grades 1-4), Vera Elizabeth Tomaschuk Kutzy (grades 5-8), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11)
1955-1956	Mary Jean Irene Gunn (grades 5-8), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11), Helen Pankratz (grades 1-4)
1956-1957	Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11), Helen Pankratz (grades 1-4), Mary Louise Reading (grades 5-8)
1957-1958	C. Ferguson (grades 5-8, 1957), Vera Elizabeth Tomaschuk Kutzy (grades 5-8, 1957), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11), Helen Pankratz (grades 1-4), Mary Louise Reading (grades 5-8)
1958-1959	Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11), Helen Pankratz (grades 1-4), Mary Louise Reading (grades 5-8)
1959-1960	Mary M. Enns (grades 1-4), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11), Mary Louise Reading (grades 5-8)
1960-1961	Mary M. Enns (grades 1-4), John Kauenhofen (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	John Kauenhofen (grades 4-8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-3)
1962-1963	John Kauenhofen (grades 4-8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-3)
1963-1964	John Kauenhofen (grades 6-8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Jean Brown Segall (grades 3-5)
1964-1965	John Kauenhofen (grades 6-8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Jean Brown Segall (grades 3-5)
1965-1966	John Kauenhofen (grades 7-8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), John Sawatsky (grades 5-6), Jean Brown Segall (grades 3-4)
1966-1967	Gladys Ann Bernie Nielsen (grade 5-6), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Paul H. Rudiak (grades 7-8), Jean Brown Segall (grades 3-4)
1967-1968	Alfred Albert Cook (grades 7-8), Linda J. Devlin (grades 2-3), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grades 5-6), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1), Jean Brown Segall (grades 3-4)
1968-1969	Percy Lawrence Fuz (grades 7-8), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grades 5-6), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1), Diane L. Singh (kindergarten), Vera Irene Wylychenko (grades 4-5)
1969-1970	Mary Katherine Hertzog (grade 7), Vera Elizabeth Kutzy (kindergarten), Susan Oleenia Lepischak (grades 4-5), Julius Skublen (grade 8), H. C. Smith (grade 8, 1970), Margaret Rose Smith (kindergarten, 1970), Dora Jane-Anne Springer (grades 1-2), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Harland Smith (grade 7, 1969), Vera Irene Wylychenko (grades 5-6)
1970-1971	Steven Ernest Boyko (grade 10), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 10), Eileen Cherron Felbel (grade 4), Laura May Cooke Gall (grade 6), Lynn Norine Hadaller (kindergarten), Emily Helen Rose Huzarski (grades 5-6), Glenda Ann Patricia James (grade 12), John Thomas Kerr (grade 8), Bernard Klassen (grade 7), Lucien Loh (grade 9), Deanne Marie Mazur (grade 2), Mildred “Jean” Parobeck (grade 9), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1), Ingrid Judith Watson (grade 3), Armin Paul Wiebe (grade 11)
1971-1972	Eileen Cherron Felbel (grade 5), Lynne Norine Hadaller (kindergarten), Emily Helen Rose Huzarski (grade 3), John Thomas Kerr (grade 7), Bernard Klassen (grade 8), Deanne Marie Mazur (grade 2), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1), Ingrid Judith Watson (grade 4)
1972-1973	Henry Dyck (grade 6), Eileen Cherron Felbel (grade 5), John Thomas Kerr (grade 7), Bernard Klassen (grade 8), Deanne Marie Mazur (grade 4), Claire Patricia Redmond (kindergarten), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Denyse Carol Tavener (grades 2-3)
1973-1974	Elizabeth Betke (grade 5), Henry Dyck (grade 6), Shirley Gudrun Margaret Johnson (grade 4), John Thomas Kerr (grade 7), Clarence Armen Koch (grades 6-8), Thomas Clifford Miller (grade 8), Claire Patricia Redmond (nursery-kindergarten), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Denyse Carol Tavener (grade 3)
1974-1975	Elizabeth Betke (grades 4-5), Henry Dyck (grade 6), Darlene Ann Hanlon (grade 8), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Claire Patricia Redmond (nursery-kindergarten), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Denyse Carol Tavener (grades 3-4)
1975-1976	Elizabeth Betke (grade 5), Henry Dyck (grade 6), Darlene Ann Hanlon (grade 8), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Klaus Horst Kelm (grades 3-4), Heida Joanne Koch (kindergarten), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2)
1976-1977	Elizabeth Betke (grades 4-5), Henry Dyck (grade 6), Darlene Ann Hanlon (grade 8), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), Clarence Armen Koch (grade 9), Karen Kristine Linde (kindergarten), Jean Ostafichuk (grades 2-3), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1)
1977-1978	Elizabeth Betke (grades 3-4), Henry Dyck (grades 5-6), Darlene Ann Hanlon (grade 8), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), Karen Kristine Linde (kindergarten), Jean Ostafichuk (grade 2), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1)
1978-1979	Elizabeth Betke (grades 3-4), Rebecca Ann Teeter Bunge (kindergarten), Henry Dyck (grades 5-6), Darlene Ann Hanlon (? grade), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), Clarence Armen Koch (grade 8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grades 1-2), Jean Riggs (grades 2-3)
1979-1980	1979-1980: Elizabeth Betke (grade 4), Henry Dyck (grades 5-6), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Paula Marie Jessen (grade 8), Kathryn G. Johnson (grades 1-2), Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), Agnes Cecilia Remias (grade 1), Jean Riggs (grades 2-3), Karen Louise Schwartz (kindergarten)
1980-1981	Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), ? (grades 1-8)
1981-1982	Lynn Watling (kindergarden, French), ?
1982-1983	Elizabeth Betke (grades 4-5), Henry Dyck (grades 5-6), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), Clarence Armen Koch (grade 8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (kindergarten), Beverly Robinson (grades 1-2), Mrs. B. Yanke (grades 2-3)
1983-1984	Elizabeth Betke (grades 4-5), Randy Chambers (grades 1-2), Henry Dyck (grades 5-6), Joseph Gerard Hanlon (grade 7), Klaus Horst Kelm (grade 9), Clarence Armen Koch (grade 8), Agnes Cecilia Remias (kindergarten), Mrs. B. Yanke (grades 2-3)

Teachers (Moosehorn Collegiate)

School Year	Teachers
1960-1961	Laura May Gall (grade 12), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 10-11), Gerhard “George” Penner (grade 9)
1961-1962	D. A. Balfour (grade 10, 1961), Laura May Gall (grade 10), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grades 11-12), Gerhard “George” Penner (grade 9)
1962-1963	Laura May Gall (grade 11), Joseph Pierre Emile Laurencelle (grade 9), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grade 9, 1963), Gerhard “George” Penner (grade 12), Balraj Sharma (grade 10)
1963-1964	Laura May Gall (grade 11), Joseph Pierre Emile Laurencelle (grade 9), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grade 10), Gerhard “George” Penner (grade 12)
1964-1965	Laura May Gall (grade 11), Arthur Oswald McConkey (grade 10), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grade 12), Annie Marie Yezo Parovsky (grade 9), Gerhard “George” Penner (grade 9, 1964)
1965-1966	Laura May Gall (grade 11), Terry Arlaine Harris (grade 9), Lorne Lulashnyk (grade 9), Arthur Oswald McConkey (grade 10), Manuel Alexander “Al” Mihaychuk (grade 12), Hugo Unger (grade 10)
1966-1967	Frank James Coughlan Jr. (grade 9), Laura May Gall (grade 11), Keith Jaggard (grade 10), Gudjon Ray Johnson (grade 12), Lucy Ruth Moman (grade 9; grades 9-10, 1966), Hugo Unger (grade 9)
1967-1968	Rudy Anthony Dauk (grade 9, 1968), Laura May Gall (grade 11), Margretta Graffin (grade 10), Andrew Johnston Hall (grade 9), Gudjon Ray Johnson (grade 12), Robert Stanley Reid (grade 9), Satnarine Singh (grade 10)
1968-1969	James Maurice Byers (grade 9), Andrew Johnston Hall (grade 12), Rene Joseph de Rocquigny (grade 9), Om Prakash Shivastava (grade 10), Satnarine Singh (grade 10), ? (grade 11)
1969-1970	James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Willard Robert Bears (grade 11), Laura May Gall (grade 9), Lucien Loh (grade 10), Satnarine Singh (grade 12)

Photos & Coordinates

Moosehorn Elementary School, view from north west (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 22a Moosehorn. Moosehorn Elementary School, view from south east (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 22a Moosehorn. Moosehorn Collegiate, view from north west (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 22b Moosehorn Collegiate. Moosehorn Collegiate, view from south east (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 22b Moosehorn Collegiate. Site Location (lat/long): N51.29201, W98.41997 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Moosehorn School / Silver Bay School No. 1609 (Municipality of West Interlake)

Manitoba Business: Libling Michener and Associates / LM Architectural Group

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.

“Lakeshore School Division No. 23,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1961, page 28.

“Won't pay them: School district on tax strike,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 1962, page 3.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Moosehohn School District #1765 - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Alf Cuthbert School (District #1765) - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 1, Moosehorn - File 22a, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 1, Moosehorn Collegiate - File 22b, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Lynn Watling for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 October 2022

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