Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whytewold Beach School No. 1386 #2 (Whytewold, Village of Dunnottar)

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In 1954, a two-classroom school building was built at this site at Whytewold Beach, in the Village of Dunnottar, replacing the former Whytewold Beach School. Its construction had been opposed by the majority of 800 seasonal cottagers in the area, who preferred a $10,000 expansion to the existing school. They did not have the voting franchise under the Public Schools Act. Consequently, construction was approved by year-round residents, by a vote of 200 to 2. Built at a cost of $33,000, the wood frame and stucco structure accommodated classes in grade 1 to 11, and opened in the fall of 1954.

In 1967, the school district was dissolved and its area became part of the Evergreen School Division. The building was later demolished; cottages and an access road now occupy the site overlooking Lake Winnipeg.

Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1954	See Whytewold Beach School No. 1386
1954-1955	Joseph “Joe” [Szezygol] Shygol (c1928-1974)
1955-1959	Walter Yanchyshyn (1922-1997)
1959-1960	John Edward “Jack” Dawson (c1912-1982)
1960-1964	Miss Lena Braun
1964-1965	Maria Neustaedter-Unrau
1965-1966	Barry Hayward Clarkson
1966-1967	David Aman Smith

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
Before 1954	See Whytewold Beach School No. 1386
1954-1955	Mary Louise Klym (grades 3-5), Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grades 1-2), Anne Sum (grades 6-8), Joseph "Joe" Shygol (grades 9-11)
1955-1956	Lillian J. Carriere (grades 3-5), Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grades 1-2), Olga Evelyn Oryschak (grades 6-8), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1956-1957	Pollyanna T. Babula (grades 1-2), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grades 6-8), Denise Margaret Moreau (grades 3-5), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1957-1958	Pollyanna T. Babula (grades 1-3), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grades 7-9), Denise Margaret Moreau (grades 4-6), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 10-11)
1958-1959	Denise Margaret Moreau Bilan (grades 3-5), Jean Happychuk (grades 1-3), Anne C. Yanchyshyn (grades 6-8), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1959-1960	Denise Marguerite Moreau Bilan (grades 3-5), Ileen Drad (grades 1-2), Christine McSherry (grades 6-8)
1960-1961	Denise Marguerite Moreau Bilan (grades 3-5), Ileen Drad (grades 1-2), Christine McSherry (grades 6-8)
1961-1962	Denise Marguerite Moreau Bilan (grades 3-5), Lena Braun (grades 1-2), Maria Neustaedter-Unrau (grades 6-8)
1962-1963	Denise Marguerite Moreau Bilan (grades 1-3), Lena Braun (grades 4-6)
1963-1964	Elsie George (grades 1-3), Lena Braun (grades 4-6)
1964-1965	Lena Braun (grades 1-5), Maria Neustaedter-Unrau (grades 6-8)
1965-1966	Loretta Clarkson (grades 1-4), Barry Hayward Clarkson (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	Jo-Anne Margaret Smith (grades 1-4), David Aman Smith (grades 5-8)

Photos & Coordinates

Whytewold Beach School (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba Whytewold Beach School (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.45903, W96.95227 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whytewold Beach School No. 1386 #1 (Whytewold, Village of Dunnottar)

Sources:

“Cottagers fight Matlock School plans,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1954, page 11.

“Whytewold calls tenders for school,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 1954, page 7.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E0034), GR1629, Whytewold School District No. 1386 - Miscellaneous, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, GR6124, Whytewold School District No. 1386 Daily Registers, 1962-1967, Archives of Manitoba.

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

Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), GR1206, File 1386 - Whytewold Beach - Permanent, Archives of Manitoba.

Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 1, revised March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 4 May 2021

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