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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ochre River School No. 919 (Ochre River, RM of Lakeshore)Link to: 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 The school has since been replaced by the present structure.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
TeachersAmong the early 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.
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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. “Twelve new faces among staff at Dauphin-Ochre schools,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2. “Dauphin Ochre teaching staff down slightly from last term,” Dauphin Herald, 12 September 1979, page 19. “Teachers for 1980/81,” Dauphin Herald, 27 August 1980, page 16. “School bells ring today,” Dauphin Herald, 2 September 1981, 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. We thank Nathan Kramer and Lois Braun for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 29 June 2021
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