Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Falls South School No. 1346 (River Hills, RM of Whitemouth)

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The Winnipeg Falls School District was established in June 1905 in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth. In 1929, when construction of the Seven Sisters hydroelectric power dam commenced, the original schoolhouse was replaced by two structures: the Winnipeg Falls North School nearer to Seven Sisters and the other a two-room structure at this site in the community of River Hills. A third classroom was added to it in the 1950s. In 1967, the district became part of the Agassiz School Division. When the South School closed in 1968, the building was turned into a community hall.

The structure was gone at the time of a 2020 site visit.

District Principals

Period	Principal
1929-1930	Murray L. Holmes
1930-1934	John Gordon Tully
1934-1941	Edward Alexander Mroz (1908-2001)
1941-1942	Armin Sawatzky
1942	Mrs. M. Le Roy [Leroy?]
1943	George Kroeker
1943	Mrs. A. Sieg
1944	Gladys Mooney
1944	Mrs. A. Sieg
1944	Marie Zawaly Melnick
1944-1945	Gladys Mooney
1945	George Kroeker
1945	Mrs. A. H? Sieg
1946	George Kroeker
1946-1950	Maurice Walter Peleshok (1922-2013)
1950-1952	Raymond Ernest Parent
1952-1953	Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1953-1959	William John Schultz (1899-1988)
1959-1961	Edward Alexander Mroz (1908-2001)
1961-1965	Donald Harry Nichol
1965-1967	Bohdan Ballen
1967-1968	Robert William Osachuk

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1929-1930	Murray L. Holmes (grades 1-7)
1930-1931	John Gordon Tully (grades 1-7)
1931-1932	John Gordon Tully (grades 1-8)
1932-1933	John Gordon Tully (grades 1-7)
1933-1934	John Gordon Tully (grades 1-7)
1934-1935	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-7)
1935-1936	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-7)
1936-1937	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-7)
1937-1938	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-8)
1938-1939	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-8)
1939-1940	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-8)
1940-1941	Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-9)
1941-1942	Armin Sawatzky (grades 1-8)
1942-1943	George Kroeker (grades 1-8, January-June), Mrs. M. Le Roy [Leroy?] (grades 1-9, September-December)
1943-1944	Gladys Mooney (grades 1-9, January-?), Mrs. A. Sieg (grades 1-9, September-December & ?-? pt Spring), Marie Zawaly Melnick (grades 1-9, ?-June)
1944-1945	Gladys Mooney (grades 1-8)
1945-1946	George Kroeker (grades 1-9, September-? & January-June), Mrs. A. H? Sieg (grades 1-8 substitute, ?-December)
1946-1947	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 1-8)
1947-1948	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 1-8)
1948-1949	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-9), Nonnie [Nonna] Panchuk Peleshok (grades 1-4)
1949-1950	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 7-12), Nonnie [Nonna] Panchuk Peleshok (grades 1-6)
1950-1951	Raymond Ernest Parent (grades 7-11), Rose Sommerfeld (grades 1-6)
1951-1952	Marion Orinrod? [Ormrod?] (grades 1-6), Raymond Ernest Parent (grades 7-12)
1952-1953	Ralph Paul Bardal [Barkel?] (grades 5-8), Nettie Funk (grades 1-4), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 9-10)
1953-1954	Myrtle Munday (grades 5-8), William John Schultz (grades 9-11), Maria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1955-1956	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1956-1957	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1957-1958	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1958-1959	Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1959-1960	Marian “Helen” Balness (grades 1-4), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 5-8)
1960-1961	Marian “Helen” Balness (grades 1-4), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1962-1963	Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1963-1964	Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1964-1965	Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1965-1966	Bohdan Ballen (grades 5-8), Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4)
1966-1967	Bohdan Ballen (grades 5-8), Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Linda Bywater (grades 1-3), Robert William Osachuk (grades 4-6)

Photos & Coordinates

The former Winnipeg Falls South School, later the River Hills Community Club (October 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.07655, W96.02357 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Falls North School No. 1346 (Seven Sisters Falls, RM of Whitemouth)

Sources:

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.

Trails to Rails to Highways edited by Bob Porth and Craig MacKenzie, Whitemouth Municipal Museum Society, 1979.

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

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg Falls School District No. 1346 (South School) - Daily Registers, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg Falls School District No. 1346 - Cash Books, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Robert Porth, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 June 2022

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