Historic Sites of Manitoba: The Pas School No. 1635 / Mary Duncan Elementary School (Second Avenue West, The Pas)
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Called The Pas School District No. 1635 when it was organized formally in July 1912, it was the first school district in northern Manitoba. It existed until amalgamated with two other nearby school districts in 1959 and renamed Kelsey School Division No. 45.
In 1915, a two-storey brick structure, The Pas School (known by locals as the Red Brick School) was constructed in The Pas on a design by architect George N. Taylor. The first brick building in the town, it opened for classes in February 1916. It was demolished in October 1974 and was replaced at the site in 1973 by Mary Duncan Elementary School. This building was severely damaged in an arson fire on 26 September 2014 and replaced by a new Mary Duncan School which opened in 2016.
Principals (High School)
Principals (Elementary)
Period |
Principal |
1922-1937 |
Mary Duncan |
1937-1940 |
Charles Hugh Logie |
1940-1952 |
Helen Thompson |
1952-1957 |
Mary Walker |
1957-1958 |
Geoff Smith |
1958-1962 |
Marion Pinuta |
1962-1966 |
Rita Fouillard |
1966-1968 |
William Doherty |
1968-1971 |
Edward Andrew “Ed” Husack (1940-2020) |
1971-1972 |
Vaughn Wadelius |
1972-1973 |
Lloyd Goulash |
Principals (Junior High)
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1913-1914 |
Winnifred L. Fidler, Edith L. McLauchlin |
1914-1915 |
M. Velma Bickle, Annie Alexandra Campbell, Mary Duncan, Winnifred L. Fidler, Edith L. McLauchlin |
1915-1916 |
Esther Bayer, A. Velma Bickle, Annie Alexandra Campbell, Mary Duncan, Antoinette Keroack |
1916-1917 |
Esther Bayer, Annie Alexandra Campbell, Mary Duncan, Antoinette Kerowack, Jessie Weatherhead |
1917-1918 |
Annie Alexandra Campbell, Mary Duncan, Jessie Weatherhead |
1918-1919 |
Mary Duncan, Lida M. Smith, Margaret Wahn |
1919-1920 |
Mary Duncan, Margaret A. Perry, Myrtle G. Rusnel, Margaret Wahn |
1920-1921 |
Doris Burton, Mary Duncan, Zena Hagen, Miss McKinnon, Edna Ritchie, Miss Thomburg, Ruth Willy |
1921-1922 |
Harriet Anderson, Jeanette Black, Mary Duncan, Margaret Fanset, Roberta Robertson, Maggie R. Stuart, Ruth Wiley |
1922-1923 |
Jeanette Black, Jean Connell, Margaret Fanset, Roberta Robertson, Ruth Wiley |
1923-1924 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Jean Connell, Margaret Fanset, Ella G. Martin, Roberta Robertson, Blanche V. Yates |
1924-1925 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Margaret Fanset, Ella G. Martin, Grace McRae, Roberta Robertson, Linnie Y. Wilson |
1925-1926 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Margaret Fanset, Maude Kerr, Ella G. Martin, Dorothy E. Ritchie, Margaret M. Sutherland, Eva M. Vickery, Linnie Y. Wilson |
1926-1927 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Jessie Maude Kerr, Ella G. Martin, Dorothy E. Ritchie, Margaret M. Sutherland, Eva M. Vickery, Linnie Y. Wilson |
1927-1928 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Florence Hughes, Ella G. Martin, Dorothy E. Ritchie, Margaret M. Sutherland, Marguerite Vickery |
1928-1929 |
Margaretta Bagshaw, Margaret Inez Barbour, Jessie F. Davie, Jeanette Mae Eagle, Ella G. Martin, Annie Ridyard, Florence H. Searle, Muriel K. Steen, Margaret M. Sutherland, Eva M. Vickery |
1929-1930 |
Ethel May Barager, Margaretta Bagshaw, Margaret Inez Barbour, Jessie F. Davie, Jeanette Mae Eagle, Ella G. Martin, Annie Ridyard, Helen O. Searle, Muriel K. Steen, Harold M. Stinson, Thomas E. Sweet, Margaret M. Sutherland, Eva M. Vickery |
1930-1931 |
Miss Bann, Agnes Bannerman, Ethel May Barager, Margaret Inez Barbour, Jessie Davie, Ella G. Martin, H. Schunaman, Margaret Sutherland |
1931-1932 |
Ethel May Barager, Margaret Inez Barbour, Laura Connor, Jessie F. Davie, Jeanette M. Eagle, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Jacob Frank Klassen, Yvonne Larose, Margaret Mitchell, George E. Pickard, Florence Helen Searle, Muriel K. Steen, Helen Thomson |
1932-1933 |
Ethel May Barager, Margaret Inez Barbour, Laura M. Connor, Jessie F. Davie, Jeanette M. Eagle, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Jacob F. Klassen, Gabriel H. Marcoux, Mary Ellen McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Jessie Montgomery, Florence M. Reid, Eleanore Steen, Helen Thompson |
1933-1934 |
Ethel May Barager, Margaret Inez Barbour, Jeanette M. Eagle, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Clara Junkin, Jacob F. Klassen, Gabriel H. Marcoux, Jean Marr, Mary Ellen McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Jeannie Newman, Florence M. Reid, Alice Solstad, Margaret Eleanore Steen, Helen Thompson |
1934-1935 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Aileen Brandon, J. W. Chalmers, Evelyn H. W. Coad, Jessie Davie, Jeanette M. Eagle, Fleming Hunter, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Margaret Jackson, Clara Junkin, Hannah Velma Junkin, Margaret Leggat, Charles Logie, Gabriel H. Marcoux, Mary Ellen McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Florence Margaret Reid, Alice Solstad, Eleanore Steen, Margaret Steen, Helen Thompson |
1935-1936 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Alice Aileen Brandon, Evelyn H. W. Coad, Jeanette Mae Eagle, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Robert Fleming Hunter, Margaret F. Jackson, Clara Margaret Junkin, Hannah Velma Junkin, Margaret Leggat, Mary Ellen McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Eleanore Steen, Helen Thompson, John Wilson |
1936-1937 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Jessie Davie, Jeanette Mae Eagle, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Robert Fleming Hunter, Clara Margaret Junkin, Hannah Velma Junkin, Margaret Leggat, Mary Ellen McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Eleanore Steen, Helen Thompson, John Wilson |
1937-1938 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Elsie Brandon, Evelyne Coad, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Rheta Maud Haryett, Robert Fleming Hunter, Clara Margaret Junkin, Hannah Velma Junkin, Louise Langton, Marie Therese Larose, Isabel McCrindle, Margaret Mitchell, Florence Beatrice Robertson, Helen Kathleen Schoenan, Margaret Eleanore Steen, Helen Thompson |
1938-1939 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Alice Brandon, Evelyne Coad, Jessie Davie, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Rheta Mae Haryett, Eugene F. Hughes, Robert Fleming Hunter, Hannah Velma Junkin, Louisa Langton, Marie Therese Larose, Charles H. Logie, Margaret McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Isabel McCrindle, Florence Beatrice Robertson, Margaret Eleanore Steen, Helen Thompson, Horace P. Wilson |
1939-1940 |
Margaret Inez Barbour, Victor Adelard Bonin, Alice Brandon, Evelyne Heddle Wood Coad, Margaret Myrtle Cottingham, Jessie Davie, Ethel Luella Denoon, Birdie Emerson Gamey, Ernest George Goodwin, Eugene F. Hughes, Marie Therese Larose, Charles Hugh Logie, Isabel McCrindle, M. McCrindle, Margaret McMillan, Mary Ellen McMillan, H. Gladys Mitchell, Margaret I. Mitchell, Florence Beatrice Robertson, Helen Thompson |
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School (First Street West, The Pas)
Sources:
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.
History of the Kelsey School Division.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Vaughn Wadelius, Alan Mason, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 December 2021
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