Historic Sites of Manitoba: Czerwona School / Tolstoi School No. 1224 / Tolstoi School No. 1 (Tolstoi, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

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Known originally as Czerwona School District when it was established formally in March 1903, a one-room schoolhouse was built in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin. In December 1916, the district took out a $1600 debenture to construct and outfit a new schoolhouse, and in October 1918, another $600 for a teacherage. In 1922, the school was situated along the northern boundary of NW35-1-5E (1922), and the capacity expanded in 1923 to include a second room. The district was renamed Tolstoi in, or shortly before, late December 1918. In 1935, the district opened a second school within its catchment area. By 1944, this school later operated at NE36-1-5E (around 49.08583, -96.78677). Both schools remained in operation until the district became part of the Boundary School Division in 1967, and closed shortly thereafter in 1968. The school building was later relocated to Tolstoi and converted for use as a community seniors’ centre.

Principals / District Principal

Period

Principal

1918

Ethel P. Miller

1919

Mona Oulton?

1919-1920

?

1920-1921

Letitia J. Downey

1921-1923

None

1923-1924

Stephen Edward Radomsky (1893-1984)

1924-1925

Irene Helen Waluk Gayowsky (c1905-2007)

1925-1927

Peter Humeniuk (1895-1985)

1927-1928

Olga Lesik Vesey (1907-1995)

1928-1933

Olga Pauline Popiel Dolnychuk (1909-1992)

1933-1934

Sarah Ann Sproat (1885-1976)

1934-1935

Olga Pauline Popiel Dolynchuk (1909-1992)

1935-1941

George [Woloshynovski] Woloshynoski (c1909-1963)

1941-1942

Rene Allen Ollivier (?-1982)

1942-1943

William John “Bill” Dutka (?-2008)

1943

Edward Alva Chesley (1911-1995)

1944

Antoine Alphonse “Anthony” Allegeart (1890-1969)

1944-1945

Katrina Cecilia Michalchuk

1945-1946

Lillian Elizabeth Barker (1920-2005)

1946-1947

Evelyn Podolsky

1947-1948

Mrs. Cecilia E. Menzies

1948-1951

Daniel “Dan” Stasiuk (1914-2013)

1951

Alistair Haldane Jakeman (1925-2005)

1951-1952

William John Lowe

1952-1954

Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (1923-1987)

1954-1955

John Morris Stokotelny (1925-1972)

1955-1956

Donald William Smith

1956-1958

William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)

1958-1961

Mytro “Tony” Onysko (1928-1992)

1961-1962

Kenneth S. Shende

1962-1964

Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (1907-1992)

1964-1966

William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)

1966-1967

Lorraine M. Samborski

1967-1968

Eva Wachna Bially

Teachers (Czerwona School / Tolstoi School / Tolstoi School No. 1)

Among the early teachers of Czerwona School were Theo. Rochan [Kuchaw?] (Spring-Fall 1906), Bouplas [Bouplaw?] W. Dedeluk (Spring 1907 - Fall 1908), Paul Sazotiuk (pt Spring 1909), W. B. Dedeliuk? (pt Spring 1909), D. J. Kreshka? (Fall 1909), William Saranchuk (Spring-Fall 1910 & Fall 1911), John Cupak (Spring 1911), Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (Spring 1912 - Spring 1915 & Fall 1916 - Spring 1917), Harry George Shehar (Fall 1915), and did not operate (Spring 1916).

Period

Teachers

1917-1918

Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (grades 1-4, Fall), Ethel P. Miller (grades 2-4, Spring), Laura R. Thorn (grade 1, Spring)

1918-1919

Mona Oulton? (grades 3-5, Spring), Lucie Hampson? (grades 1-2, Spring), Ethel P. Miller (grades 3-5, Fall), Laura R. Thorn (grades 1-2, Fall)

1919-1920

Margaret Mc. D. Laurie (grades 3-5, Spring), Mary C. Miller (grades 1-3), Rhome? Miller (grades 4-5 night school, November-March), Laura R. Thom (grades 1-2, Fall)

1920-1921

Letitia J. Downey (grades 4-6, pt September - June), Margaret Mc. D. Laurie (grades 4-6, pt September), Nena [Nina?] M. Steeves (grades 1-3)

1921-1922

Pearl Adolfson (grades 1-7), Carnel Joseph “Charles” Salinos (night school, Spring)

1922-1923

Emily Bilinski (grades 1-5)

1923-1924

Stephen Edward Radomsky (grades 4-6), Irene Helen Waluk (grades 1-3)

1924-1925

Maude Burdett (grades 1-3), Irene Helen Waluk (grades 4-8)

1925-1926

Peter Humeniuk (grades 4-7), Marie Werhun (grades 1-3)

1926-1927

Eva Eugenia Lesik (grades 1-3), Peter Humeniuk (grades 4-7)

1927-1928

Eva Eugenia Lesik (grades 1-3), Olga Lesik (grades 4-8)

1928-1929

Annie H. Koslowski (grades 1-3), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 4-9)

1929-1930

Annie H. Koslowski (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-9)

1930-1931

Olga Burranyk (grades 1-5), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 6-9)

1931-1932

Olga Burranyk (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-10)

1932-1933

Olga Burranyk (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-10)

1933-1934

Helen Elsie Kostyniuk (grades 1-5), Sarah Ann Sproat (grades 6-11)

1934-1935

Olga Pauline Popiel Dolynchuk (grades 5-10), John Samuel Evanchuk (grades 1-4)

1935-1936

Fred. Anton Ostafew (grades 1-6, 1935; grades 1-8, 1936), George Woloshynovski (grades 7-11, 1935; grades 9-11, 1936)

1936-1937

Fred. Anton Ostafew (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)

1937-1938

George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11), A. Zubaochek (grades 1-8)

1938-1939

Jessie Helen Prucyk Quesnel (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)

1939-1940

Anne Wach (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)

1940-1941

Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)

1941-1942

Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), Rene Allen Ollivier (grades 9-11)

1942-1943

Matilda Maier (grades 1-8), Rene Allen Ollivier (grades 9-11)

1943-1944

Antoine Alphonse Allegaert (grades 9-11, 1944), Edward Chesley (grades 9-11, 1943), Florence Louise Hancove (grades 1-8)

1944-1945

Katrina Cecilia Michalchuk (grades 9-11), Eva Wachna (grades 1-8)

1945-1946

Lillian Elizabeth E. Barker (grades 9-11), Eva Wachna (grades 1-8)

1946-1947

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 1-8), Evelyn Podolsky (grades 9-11)

1947-1948

William Jerowsky (grades 1-8), Cecilia E. Menzies (grades 9-11)

1948-1949

William Jerowsky (grades 1-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)

1949-1950

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 1-3), William Shydlowsky (grades 4-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)

1950-1951

Alistair Haldane Jakeman (grades 9-11, 1951), Elsie Korotash (grades 1-3), William Shydlowsky (grades 4-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)

1951-1952

William John Lowe (grades 9-11), William Shydlowsky (grades 5-8), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 1-4)

1952-1953

Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11), Mary Kadyniuk (grades 5-8, substitute), Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-8)

1953-1954

Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11), Mary Kadyniuk (grades 5-8, 1954 substitute), Helen Topolniski (grades 1-4), Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-8)

1954-1955

John Petrash (grades 5-8), Miss S. M. Podolsky (grades 1-4), John Morris Stokotelny (grades 9-11)

1955-1956

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Margaret Annette Mandzies (grades 1-4), Donald William Smith (grades 9-11)

1956-1957

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Margaret Annette Mandzies (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)

1957-1958

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Orest W. Kosowan (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)

1958-1959

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)

1959-1960

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)

1960-1961

Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)

1961-1962

Gerard Bernacki (grades 1-4), Edward Vincent Domaratzki (grades 5-8), Kenneth S. Shende (grades 9-11)

1962-1963

Adele Marie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), Bernice Shuwera (grades 5-8), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 9-11), (grades 1-4, see Tolstoi School No 2)

1963-1964

Jake D. Hildebrandt (grades 5-8), Gail Christine Okapiec (grades 1-4), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 9-11)

1964-1965

Edward Felix Goleski (grades 5-8), Agnes Louise Kroeker (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)

1965-1966

Edward Felix Goleski (grades 5-8), Aneta A. C. Martens (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)

1966-1967

Eva-Lynne Gayle Bell (grades 5-8), Aneta A. C. Martens (grades 1-4)

1967-1968

Pauline Nedohin (grades 1-3), Eva Wachna Bially (grades 3-4)

Photos & Coordinates

Former Tolstoi School

Former Tolstoi School (no date) by A. A. Herriot
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 80.

Former Tolstoi School building

Former Tolstoi School building (September 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Former Tolstoi School building

Former Tolstoi School building (September 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.07629, W96.80785
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tolstoi School No. 1224 / Tolstoi School No. 2 (Tolstoi, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

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.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #28 School District of Czerwona No. 1224, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #29 School District of Czerwona No. 1224, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

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

School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Tolstoi School District No. 1224, GR1688 Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Tolstoi School District No. 1224 Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.

Sectional Map Collection of Western Canada, Emerson #23 (1922) 8th Edition - Manitoba - Canada 1:190080, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 4 February 2024

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