Historic Sites of Manitoba: South Park School No. 2141 (Blumenort South, Municipality of Rhineland)

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The South Park School District was established in October 1925 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the village of Blumenort South (Lot 26, S3-1-2W) in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. In 1968, the district joined the Gretna Consolidated School District and later became part of the Rhineland School Division. The school was moved to Gretna to provide additional classroom space there. It was dismantled when new classrooms were built. The South Park schoolyard was sold to become part of the neighbouring property.

Principals

Period	Principal
1939-1940	Jacob S. Schellenberg
1940-1942	Gerhard George Baerg
1942	John Jacob Peters
1943	Cornelius P. Zacharias
1943-1945	John Peter Dyck
1945-1948	Jacob Jacob Peters (1909-1979)
1948-1952	David “Dave” Froese
1952-1956	John Dyck
1956-1957	John S. Klassen
1957-1959	Jacob K. Klassen
1959-1962	Bernhard Loeppky
1962-1965	Frank Henry Sawatzky
1965-1967	David F. Friesen
1967-1968	Tina Thiessen

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1939-1940	John Jacob Peters (grades 1-4), Jacob S. Schellenberg (grades 5-10)
1940-1941	Gerhard George Baerg (grades 5-9), John Jacob Peters (grades 1-4)
1941-1942	Gerhard George Baerg (grades 6-10), John Jacob Peters (grades 1-5)
1942-1943	Cornelius P. Zacharias (grades 1-5, 1942; grades 5-10, 1943), Mary Dorothy Zacharias (grades 1-5, 1943), John Jacob Peters (grades 5-10, 1942)
1943-1944	John Peter Dyck (grades 5-10), Peter Aron Rempel (grades 1-4)
1944-1945	John Peter Dyck (grades 5-9), Peter Aron Rempel (grades 1-4)
1945-1946	Peter Aron Rempel (grades 1-4), Jacob Jacob Peters (grades 5-10)
1946-1947	Jacob Jacob Peters (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1947-1948	Jacob Jacob Peters (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1948-1949	David “Dave” Froese (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1949-1950	David “Dave” Froese (grades 6-10), Helen Elsie Schellenberg (grades 1-5)
1950-1951	David “Dave” Froese (grades 6-10), Helen Elsie Schellenberg (grades 1-5)
1951-1952	David “Dave” Froese (grades 6-10), Margaret Froese (grades 1-5)
1952-1953	John Dyck (grades 6-10), Mary Franz (grades 1-5)
1953-1954	John Dyck (grades 6-10), Clara Wiebe (grades 1-5)
1954-1955	John Dyck (grades 6-10), Edna Krueger (grades 1-5)
1955-1956	John Dyck (grades 6-10), Edna Krueger (grades 1-5)
1956-1957	Betty Falk (grades 1-5), John S. Klassen (grades 6-10)
1957-1958	Agnes Friesen (grades 1-5), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 6-10)
1958-1959	Agnes Friesen (grades 1-5), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 6-10)
1959-1960	Agnes Friesen (grades 1-5), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 6-10)
1960-1961	Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10)
1961-1962	Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10)
1962-1963	Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grades 5-10)
1963-1964	Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grades 5-10)
1964-1965	Helen Thiessen (grades 1-4), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grades 5-8)
1965-1966	David F. Friesen (grades 5-8), Helen Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1966-1967	David F. Friesen (grades 5-8), Catherine Dorothy Suderman (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Catherine Dorothy Suderman (grades 1-4), Tina Thiessen (grades 5-8)

Among the other teachers of South Park School were John Mueller (1925-1928 & night school), Jacob A. Dyck (1929), Abram Daniel Friesen (1929-1931 & night classes), and Peter Aron Rempel (1931-1939).

Photos & Coordinates

South Park School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 102. South Park School (no date) Source: Peter E. Hildebrandt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre) The second South Park School building, constructed in 1950 (no date) Source: Peter E. Hildebrandt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre) Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.00298, W97.65868 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Altona East topographic map, 62H/4 East, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

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.

The Rural Municipality of Rhineland, 1884-1984 by Gerhard J. Ens, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R45 Ens]

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, South Park School District No. 2141 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), Gordon Goldsborough, and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 30 April 2021

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