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The Rosery School District in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong was organized formally in September 1917 using land that had formerly been part of the Morning Star School District No. 1531 as well as some non-districted land. In 1918, a $2,000 wooden-frame schoolhouse was built, based on architectural drawings by Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle, at 17-20-2 West. In December 1918, a further $700 was borrowed to dig a well, erect a stable, complete furnishing the schoolhouse, and expand the structure to 20 feet by 32 feet.
On 7 June 1920, an honour roll for students of Rosery School who were killed during military service in the First World War was unveiled in a ceremony at the school. The present whereabouts of the roll is unknown.
District enrollment would peak around 15 pupils, though it dropped off quickly. The school closed in the early 1920s, after which the roughly half-dozen pupils went to schools in adjacent districts. By the spring of 1926, classes for the majority of remaining pupils were held in the Booth School District. In November 1926, the district took out a $2,000 loan and relocated the Rosery School building from NE-4-20-2W to SW-14-19-2W where it became New Booth School. In May 1936, the Rosery School District was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Armstrong Municipal School District No. 1842.
Among the teachers of Rosery School were Robert McKee Frayne (Fall 1919), Mary I. Souter (Spring 1920 - Fall 1921), and Ellen G. Roman (Spring 1922).
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.69679, W97.68216
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Charles William Booth
Carpenter
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
8 April 1895
9 August 1918
Howard Booth
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
6 February 1897
30 October 1918
Thomas Done
[Manitou]Gasoline Traction Engineer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
6 November 1917
Frederick Foote
[Sperling]Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
26 September 1880
9 April 1917
Baldur Kristjanson
[Gimli]Painter
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
9 October 1892
11 August 1918
Alexander Souter
[Next of Kin, St. Johns]Poster
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
2 November 1895
18 October 1916
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle (1878-1965)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Old Booth School No. 1444 (RM of Armstrong)
“Neveton honor roll unveiled,” Manitoba Free Press, 8 June 1920, page 9.
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.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rosery School District No. 1907 - Daily Register, GR11220 , Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #25 School District of Rosery, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #48 School District of Rosery, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #52 School District of Rosery, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Rosery School District No. 1907, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003A), Order-in-Council No. 30611, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 January 2024
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