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The North Springfield School District was organized formally in September 1876, with the residence of George Sutherland being utilized as temporary school quarters while a schoolhouse was built. The first school was build of concrete and measured 20 feet wide by 20 feet long and located the northwest quarter of 26-11-4 east of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. This structure was replaced by a new building, opened on 4 January 1898, along with an accompanying teacherage. The school was later expanded in the summer of 1917. A third and separate one-room structure, known as Lorne Hill School, was ereced nearby in 1957 for (at least initially) high school grades. Both the North Springfield School and Lorne Hill School operated until the summer of 1968 when the district became part of the Transcona-Springfield School Division, after which students attended classes at Oakbank. This building and property were sold in 1972, then becoming a private residence.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1923-1924 |
James Morrow (grades 3-9), Laura Skeeles (grades 1-3) |
1924-1925 |
Laura Skeeles (grades 1-3), Johanna Pjetrus Solmundsson (grades 4-9, 1924), Weston Sweet (grades 3-9, 1925) |
1925-1926 |
Marion Ruth Major (grades 4-9), Laura Skeeles (grades 1-3) |
1926-1927 |
Kathleen Irene Viola MacGregor (grades 1-3), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 4-8) |
1927-1928 |
Kathleen Irene Viola MacGregor (grades 1-4), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 5-8) |
1928-1929 |
Alva Florence Steen (grades 1-4), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 5-8) |
1929-1930 |
Freda Doris Attenborough (grades 5-8), Alva Florence Steen (grades 1-4) |
1930-1931 |
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 1-4), Mary Estella Sheffield (grades 5-8), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-2) |
1931-1932 |
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 4-8), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1932-1933 |
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 5-9), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1933-1934 |
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 5-9), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1934-1935 |
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 5-9), Irene Potvin (grades 5-8, 1935), Alice E. Saunders (grades 5-8, 1935 substitute), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1935-1936 |
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-8), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1936-1937 |
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-9), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1937-1938 |
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1938-1939 |
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1939-1940 |
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1940-1941 |
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4) |
1941-1942 |
Hilda Janet Main (grades 1-5), Herbert Hanford “Harry” McIntosh (grades 6-10, 1941), Elsie Petursson (grades 6-10, 1942) |
1942-1943 |
Hilda Janet Main (grades 1-5), Elsie Petursson (grades 6-9) |
1943-1944 |
Eva Clara Gamberg (grades 6-9), Eileen R. O’Brien (grades 1-5) |
1944-1945 |
Eva Clara Gamberg (grades 6-9), Ethel Irene Lawrence (grades 1-5) |
1945-1946 |
Ethel Irene Lawrence (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-9) |
1946-1947 |
Ethel Irene Lawrence (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-9) |
1947-1948 |
Katherine Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-8) |
1948-1949 |
Katherine Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-9) |
1949-1950 |
Katherine Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-10) |
1950-1951 |
Elaine Albertine Dalke (grades 1-4), Francis L. Kozlowski (grades 5-9, 1951), Rose Stephania Makway (grades 5-9, 1950) |
1951-1952 |
Francis L. Kozlowski (grades 5-10), Jessie Uswak (grades 1-4) |
1952-1953 |
Francis L. Kozlowski (grades 5-10), Jessie Uswak (grades 1-4) |
1953-1954 |
Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grades 1-4), Marguerite Mary De Roo (grades 5-9) |
1954-1955 |
Marguerite Mary De Roo (grades 5-9), Katherine Klowak (grades 1-4) |
1955-1956 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9) |
1956-1957 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9) |
1957-1958 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9) |
1958-1959 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9) |
1959-1960 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-8, 1959), Eileen Ruby Zaporzan (grades 5-8, 1960) |
1960-1961 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-3), Helen Siemens (grades 3-5), Eileen Ruby Zaporzan (grades 4-8) |
1961-1962 |
Carl Galay (grades 6-8), Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-3), Tina Leochko (grades 4-5) |
1962-1963 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), Tina Leochko (grades 3-4), William Stepaniuk (grades 5-6), (grades 7-8 at Prince Charles School) |
1963-1964 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 6-8), (grades 3-4 at Prince Charles School) |
1964-1965 |
Walter Kohut (grades 7-8), Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 5-6), (grades 3-4 at Prince Charles School) |
1965-1966 |
Dawny-Kay Helen Kwiatkoski (grades 5-6), Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 7-8), (grades 3-4 at Prince Charles School) |
1966-1967 |
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 7-8), Linda Gail Zloty (grades 3-4), (grades 5-6 at Prince Charles School) |
1967-1968 |
Bonnie-Lynn Rogers (grades 1-2, Lorne Hill School), William Stepaniuk (grades 7-8), Linda Gail Zloty (grades 3-4), (grades 5-6 at Prince Charles School) |
Other teachers who worked at North Springfield School were Frank Knipe (1877), Miss Mulvey (1878), John May (1879), Walter Gorham (1896-1898), Mr. Robertson (1899), Annie Kathleen Power (1915), Ernest Lott Kerr (1915), Herbert T. Reynolds (1916), Alma McConnell (1916-1917), Laura M. Tayler (1917-1919), Eleanor M. Eldred (1919), Carrie E. Morrison (1919-1920), and James Morrow (1920-1923).
Photos & Coordinates
Sources:
“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4.
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, North Springfield School District No. 38 Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Springfield, 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973, Dugald Women’s Institute.
Obituary [J. Muriel Ewanchuk], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 1997, page 25.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 July 2023
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