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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ochre River School No. 919 (Ochre River, RM of Lakeshore)
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The Ochre River School District was organized formally in October 1897 and a log school building was erected in Ochre River in what is now the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore. It was soon replaced, in 1899, by a wood frame structure which served until around 1908 when a two-storey, two-classroom school was built. Three classrooms were added to it in 1948. Shortly afterward, high students began to be bused to Dauphin. The school has since been replaced by the present structure. A commemorative monument, topped with a metal model of the earlier school building, was erected in July 1987.
Principals
Period
Principal
1920-1924
David Smith Tod (1870-1937)
1924-1928
Robert William Dunlop (1876-?)
1928-1931
Louis Erwin “Lewis” Gendron (1896-1973)
1931-1932
Sidney Irvine Mott (1871-?)
1932-1934
W. N. Harvey
1934-1936
Marie M. Evans
1936-1937
Arthur A. Foster
1937-1940
Edward Marshall Maguire (1915-2005)
1940-1941
Melvin G. Pipe
1941-1946
William George Cooper (1911-1983)
1946-1952
Ernest Carl Single (c1923-2010)
1952-1953
Cecil Victor Gunn (1894-?)
1953-1954
Marie Barton
1954-1956
Nicholas Yarish (1924-2012)
1956-1958
Jan Kup
1958-1959
Abe L. Petkau
1959-1960
Steve Onyschak
1960-1961
Julius Skublen
1961-1963
?
1963-1965
Barry McLachlan
Teachers
School Year
Teachers
1954-1955
Mrs. Josephine Allen, Mrs. Marie Barton, Morris Bohonus, Miss Mabel Geisel, George Pavlin
1955-1956
Mrs. Josephine Allen, Morris Bohonus, Miss Mavis Fox, Michael Kotyluk, George Pavlin
1956-1957
Mrs. Josephine Allen, Joseph Tysarski, Mrs. Violet Tysarski, Alice Watt
1957-1958
Mrs. Josephine Allen, Shirley Allen, Joseph Tysarski, Mrs. Violet Tysarski
1958-1959
Mrs. Josephine Allen, Shirley Allen, Waldy Humeniuk, Mrs. Verna King
1959-1960
Miss Edna Giesbrecht, Mrs. Verna King, Julius Skublen, Mrs. Rosa Solomon
1960-1961
Miss Edna Giesbrecht, Mrs. Verna King, Mrs. Rosa Solomon
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
Miss Mary Aitken, Mrs. Wilma McLennon
1964-1965
Mrs. Wilma McLennon, Mrs. Mary Quick
1965-1966
Mrs. Audrey Houston, Margaret Morgan
Among the other teachers of Ochre River School were Mr. Broadfoot (1898), Anna Switzer, Mamie Sparrow (1938), Gladys Birnie (1938), Margot Richter (1938), E. V. Archibald (1938), H. Atkin (1938), Bernice G. Hearn, Miss Gillespie, Miss Reed, Kathleen Code Simpson, Edith King Marsh, and Paul Hiebert.
Photos & Maps
Ochre River School (no date) by H. J. Everall
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 23.
Ochre River School commemorative monument (May 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N51.06248, W99.77709
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
“The local round,” Dauphin Herald, 20 October 1938, page 9.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Teaching staffs named for “A” and “B” groups,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 9 September 1954, page 1.
“Record-breaking enrollments expected here in collegiate, elementary schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 1 September 1955, page 1.
“All-time high enrollments expected for town schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 30 August 1956, page 1.
“Town schools open today, high enrollments expected,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 29 August 1957, page 1.
“Total of 110 teachers assigned to schools in Dauphin-Ochre area,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 4 September 1958, pages 1, 6.
“Teaching staffs assigned to rural, village schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 3 September 1959, page 1.
“26 rural schools start fall term classes Tuesday,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 31 August 1960, page 4.
“Teaching staff for area schools increases to 132 for opening 1963-64 term,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 21 August 1963, page 1.
“All area schools open classes next Tuesday, 131 on teaching staffs,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 26 August 1964, page 1.
“All schools in area open classes Sept. 1 – 133 on teaching staffs,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 25 August 1965, page 1, 8.
Between Mountain and Lake: A History of Ochre River Rural Municipality, 1885-1970 by Ochre River Women’s Institute History Committee, Neepawa: The Neepawa Press, 1970, pages 25-28.
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.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 April 2019
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