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The Wawanesa School District was established formally in March 1891 and a school building was erected in Wawanesa, in what is now the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa. It was replaced by a two-storey brick structure in 1925. In January 1961, it became Wawanesa Consolidated School No. 2393, consolidating with several rural schools from the surrounding area: Sourisburg School No. 136, Northfield School No. 264, Hilton School No. 395, Tenterfield School No. 653, and Treesbank School No. 1004. The building is no longer on the site but a monument commemorates it.
A plaque commemorating students of the school who served and were killed during military service in the Second World War, presented by the Wawanesa Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, is displayed at the New Horizons Community Hall for Seniors in Wawanesa.
Period
Principal
1898-1901
George A. Scott
1901-1903
Hugh William Watson (1872-?)
1903-1905
William Clark Sandercock (1877-1938)
1905-1908
Henry Gledhill “Harry” Heasman (1870-1955)
1908-1911
Frederick William “Fred” Harrison (1880-?)
1911-1913
Joseph Cooper Iliffe (1866-1937)
1913-1917
William Dakin (1873-1922)
1917-1918
John H. Snyder (c1874-?)
1918-1919
Wilfred Almon Rideout (1878-1949)
1919
Fannie M. Storey
1920
Evelyn S. Storey
1920-1921
Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1921-1922
Solomon Abraham (1872-1942)
1922-1923
John Ed. Cooper
1923-1925
Andrew A. Merritt (1872-1977)
1925-1926
Harvey Richard Brown (1895-1962)
1926-1927
George Hindle
1927-1928
Lillian Margaret Vanstone “Lillie” Marshall (1905-1953)
1928-1929
Hazel Arretta Vandecar Foster (1897-1990)
1929-1930
George William Holmes (c1874-?)
1930-1932
Marguerite L. Godfrey
1932-1936
Bethel Harold Stinson (1903-1960)
1936-1940
Alexander Noble (1913-1971)
1940-1941
Allin John Pybus (1913-1991)
1941-1942
John Sinclair “Clair” Nelin (1911-1953)
1942-1948
Duncan Hector Stewart (1912-1999)
1948-1949
Joseph Alexander McCracken (1911-1991)
1949-1954
Garnet Milton Morrison (1915-1992)
1954-1955
Donald Somerville Lockhart
1955-1958
Henry Lambert Williams (1890-1976)
1958-1959
Benjamin “Ben” Koshel
1959
James Donald Simpson
1959-1964
Robert James “Bob” Harris (1934-2019)
1964-1965
Peter Derkach
1965-1976
1976-1981
Ronny Hubert Van Den Bussche
1976-1995
?
1995-1998
Nancy Eller
Period
Vice-Principals
1976-1981
Peter Derkach
Among the other teachers of Wawanesa School were Mary Nichol (Spring 1891, Spring 1892 - Fall 1895) and no grant received / did not operate? (Fall 1891).
Later teachers included Del Howell (?-?) and Keith A. Cosens (?-?).
Period
Teachers
1896
Joseph William Gordon (senior grades), Abbie J. Gordon (junior grades)
1897
Joseph William Gordon (senior grades), Abbie J. Gordon (junior grades, Spring), Jessica Lamb (junior grades, Fall)
1898
A. M. Bousden? (junior grades, Fall), Joseph William Gordon (senior grades), Hattie McVicar (junior grades, Spring), Minnie E. McVicar (intermediate grades, Fall)
1899
Daniel Baldwin (senior grades, Spring), Olive M. Bawden? (junior grades, Spring), Maude Graham (junior grades, Fall), Minnie E. McVicar (intermediate grades, Spring), May Montgomery (intermediate grades, Fall), George A. Scott (senior grades, Fall)
1900
Maude Graham (junior grades, Fall), May Montgomery (intermediate grades), George A. Scott (senior grades)
1901
Margaret M. Gordon, Maude Graham, Annie E. Hill, May Montgomery (Spring), George A. Scott (senior grades), Isobel B. Scott (Fall), Annie M. A. Rannshaw? (Fall)
1902
records not available
1903
records not available
1904
records not available
1905
(January-June): Lizzie B. Craig, Louise Murray, Mary Richardson, William Clark Sandercock (senior grades), Isobel B. Scott
1905-1906
Mabel L. Cuthbert, Henry Gledhill “Harry” Heasman (senior grades), Eva J. Loree, Mary Richardson
1906-1907
Mabel L. Cuthbert, Henry Gledhill “Harry” Heasman (senior grades), Maude Napper, Mary Richardson
1907-1908
Leonora A. Billing (Fall), Henry Gledhill “Harry” Heasman (senior grades), Maude Napper, Alice M. Ross (Spring), Ethel I. Sibley
1908-1909
Frederick W. Harrison (senior grades), Rena Parker, Leonora A. Pilling, Jessie J. Rankin
1909-1910
Frederick W. Harrison (senior grades), Rena Parker, Leonora A. Pilling, Jessie J. Rankin
1910-1911
Frederick W. Harrison (senior grades), Rena Parker, Leonora A. Pilling, Jessie J. Rankin
1911-1912
George R. Bourney?, Joseph Cooper Iliffe (senior grades), Isma Lyon, Alma Rutledge
1912-1913
Joseph Cooper Iliffe (senior grades), Humphrey Michell, Eva M. Morrow, Mary G. Russell, O. Alma Rutledge
1913-1914
William Dakin (senior grades), L. Kennedy, Marjorie Lawson (Spring), Edith A. Leadman, Mary G. Russell, Alma Rutledge (Fall)
1914-1915
William Dakin (grades 10-11), Olive F. Francis (grades 1-2, January-June), L. C. S. Kennedy (grade 9), Marjorie Lawson (grades ?-?, August-December), Edith A. Leadman (grades ?-?, August-December), Anna Wright Miller (grades 3-5, January-June), Mary G. Russell (grades 6-8)
1915-1916
William Dakin (grades 9 & 11), Olive F. Francis (grades 1-2, August-November), L. C. S. Kennedy (grade 10), Vera J. Lyon (grades 1-2, November-June), Anna Wright Miller (grades 3-5), Mary G. Russell (grades 6-8)
1916-1917
William Dakin (grades 10-11), Vernice Kempton (grades 3-4, January-June), Vera J. Lyon (grades 1-2), Anna Wright Miller (grades 3-4, August-December), May Neven (grades 5-8), John H. Snyder (grade 9)
1917-1918
E. Rita Hawthorne (grades 6-8), Vernice Kempton (grades 4-5, August-December), A. Irene Millar (grades 1-3), John H. Snyder (grades 9-11), Margaret L. Stoddart (grades 4-5, January-June)
1918-1919
E. Rita Hawthorne (grades 6-8), Mary Arndal (grade 4-5), A. Irene Millar (grades 1-3), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 9-11)
1919-1920
E. Rita Hawthorne (grades 6-8), Sadie Agnes Lait (grades 3-5, August-March), Janet Mary McDonald (grades 3-5, March-June), A. Irene Millar (grades 1-2, August-December; grades 1-3, January-March), Fannie M. Storey (grades 9-11), Evelyn S. Storey (grades 9-11, January-June)
1920-1921
Walter Gard Jose (grades 9-11), Janet Mary McDonald (grades 3-5), Ruth M. Mooney (grades 1-2), Alma Jean B. Pearson (grades 6-8)
1921-1922
Solomon Abraham (grades 9-11, September-December; grades 10-11, January-June), Jenetta L. Hutchison (grades 3-6), Ruth M. Mooney (grades 1-2, September-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Alma Jean B. Pearson (grades 7-9, September-December; grades 8-9, January-June)
1922-1923
John Ed. Cooper (grades 10-11), E. R. Foreman (grades 7-9, January-June), C. K? Hall (grades 7-9, August-December), Jenetta L. Hutchison (grades 3-6), Ruth M. Mooney (grades 1-2)
1923-1924
?
1924-1925
?
1925-1926
?
1926-1927
?
1927-1928
?
1928-1929
?
1929-1930
?
1930-1931
?
1931-1932
?
1932-1933
?
1933-1934
?
1934-1935
?
1935-1936
?
1936-1937
?
1937-1938
?
1938-1939
?
1939-1940
?
1940-1941
?
1941-1942
?
1942-1943
?
1943-1944
?
1944-1945
?
1945-1946
?
1946-1947
?
1947-1948
?
1948-1949
Joseph Alexander McCracken (grades 9-11), ?
1949-1950
?
1950-1951
?
1951-1952
?
1952-1953
?
1953-1954
?
1954-1955
Donald Somerville Lockhart (grades 11-12), Oliver Bernard Muloin (grades 9-10), ?
1955-1956
?
1956-1957
?
1957-1958
?
1958-1959
Florence G. Chappell (grades 9-10, September-December), Mrs. K. Hodgins (grade 12, January-June), Benjamin “Ben” Koshel (grades 11-12, September-January; grade 11, January-March, March-June), James Ernest Setler [Setter?] (grades 9-10, January-June), James Donald Simpson (grade 11, March), ?
1958-1959
?
1959-1960
?
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
?
1964-1965
Peter Derkach (grades 7-8), Sonia Ruth Derkach (grades 4-5), Helene Louise Hodgins (grades 2-3), Mary Aline Seaton (grades 1-2), Eric Ross Tibbatts (grades 6-7, son of Clarence Eric Tibbatts)
1965-1966
?
1966-1967
?
1967-1968
?
1968-1969
?
1969-1970
?
1970-1971
?
1971-1972
?
1972-1973
?
1973-1974
?
1974-1975
?
1975-1976
?
1976-1977
Roger David Anton (grade 12), Irene Edith Bauman (no grade), Andre Joseph Boulanger (physical education), Dean Russell Boyd (grade 11), Peter Derkach (no grade), Sonia Ruth Derkach (grade 3), Nancy Winnifred Everard (grade 4), Simone Forest (grade 7), Arla Elizabeth Giesbrecht (resource & library), Dorothy Jean Haithwaite (kindergarten), Melville James Harvey (grade 10), Maria Del Pilar Lopez (grade 5), Margaret Emma Katherine Martin (grade 2), R. H. Blake North (grade 8), Lloyd Maurice Paulson (grade 9), Leslie Edna Gayle Sandulak (grade 6), Mary Aline Seaton (grade 1)
Period
Principal
1961-1964
?
1964-1965
Herbert Clarence Ray (1902-1990)
Period
Teachers
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
?
1964-1965
Joseph Edward Bozynski (grade 11), Ernest Edward Morris (grade 10), Lillian Anna Paguette (grade 9), Herbert Clarence Ray (grade 12)
Wawanesa School (no date) by A. J. Hatcher
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 106.
Wawanesa School commemorative monument (June 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Wawanesa School war service commemorative plaque (February 2020)
Source: Beth SmaleSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59193, W99.67993
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
28 February 1917
26 August 1942
400 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
10 October 1916
20 January 1943
Charles Gordon Gorrie
[Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital, Wawanesa United]422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
22 January 1924
20 November 1943
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
3 September 1917
24 August 1942
George Edward Stevenson
[Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital, Wawanesa United]431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer Class II
16 August 1918
26 February 1944
Wilbert Crothers Wallace
[Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital, Wawanesa United]HMCS Avalon, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Ordinary Seaman
18 November 1920
12 December 1942
“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
Obituary [Robert James Harris], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 2019.
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Darryl Toews, Beth Smale, and Nancy Eller for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 20 August 2026
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