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Known originally as Elding School District No. 1659 when it was established in February 1913, a few months later it became Clarkleigh Consolidated School No. 1659 following consolidation with Lincoln School No. 496. A school building operated at 27-18-5W in the Rural Municipality of Coldwell.
In August 1921, it became Clarkleigh Consolidated School No. 1909 when it was consolidated with Campion School No. 1909, which had formerly operated a school at NW34-18-4W. In 1947, a second school was added within the district, and the two facilities known initially as No. 1 School and No. 2 School, and beginning in 1950, as Clarkleigh East School and Clarkleigh West School respectively. The schools both closed in 1966 and the districts catchment became part of the Lakeshore School Division in 1967.
After the school closed, the building was renovated into a private residence which, as of 2013, remains at the site. Those wishing to arrange a tour should contact the owners at fideaux@mts.net.
Period
Principal
1921-1923
Gladys Alma Bogue? [Bogie?]
1923-1924
Isabel “Isabelle” Inkster (1895-1989)
1924-1929
Anna A. Westman
1929-1930
William Thomas Hunter
The earliest teachers of Clarkleigh School were Isiah S. Rudy (Spring 1914 - Spring 1916), Ralph H. Goodridge (Fall 1916), Miss A. Myrtle Jennings (Spring 1917), and Joseph Henry Peadon (Fall 1917 - Spring 1920).
Period
Teachers
1920-1921
Joseph Henry Peadon (grades 1-8)
1921-1922
Gladys Alma Bogue? [Bogie?] (grades 1-9, January-June), Sigridur Margaret Olafson (grades 5-9, September-December; grades 1-4, January-June)
1922-1923
Gladys Alma Bogue? [Bogie?] (grades 5-9), Sigridur Margaret Olafson (grades 1-4)
1923-1924
Isabel “Isabelle” Inkster (grades 5-9), Sigridur Margaret Olafson (grades 1-4)
1924-1925
Svana? [Svava?] Johnson (grades 1-4), Anna A. Westman (grades 5-10)
1925-1926
Sigurlaug S. [Sella?] Johnson (grades 1-5), Anna A. Westman (grades 6-9)
1926-1927
Margaret C. Restivo [Restwo?] (grades 1-5), Anna A. Westman (grades 6-10)
1927-1928
Margaret C. Restivo [Restwo?] (grades 1-5), Anna A. Westman (grades 5-9)
1928-1929
Margaret C. Restivo [Restwo?] (grades 1-5), Anna A. Westman (grades 6-10)
1929-1930
Anne Jane Hunter (grades 1-4), William Thomas Hunter (grades 5-9)
1930-1947
see below
Between 1930-1947, the single classroom teachers of Clarkleigh School were Charles Carson “Charlie” McVey (Fall 1930 - Spring 1933), Joseph Bond Whitmore (Fall 1933 - Spring 1934), Farquhar Nicolson (Fall 1934 - Spring 1943), Gerald Lloyd Marsh (Fall 1943 - Spring 1944, son of Winfred Elmore Marsh), Myrtle Edith Hokanson (Fall 1944 - Spring 1946), and Mary Jean Irene Gunn (Fall 1946 - Spring 1947).
Period
District Principal
1947-1948
Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (1898-1988)
1948-1950
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman
1950-1951
Ethel M. Farn
1951
Grace Olaf Sigrid Hjalmarsson
1951-1952
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman
1952
Grace Olaf Sigrid Hjalmarsson
1952-1956
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman
1956-1957
George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1957-1959
Mabel L. Doll
1959-1961
George Jacob Sawatzky
1961-1962
Penelope Cecile Schmidt
1962-1963
Mary Louise Reading
1963-1964
Hurst Siegfried Goerke
1964-1965
?
1965
Camile Jean Barnabe
1966
Kenneth Rudal John Ramgoolan
Period
Teachers
1947-1948
Doris Josephine Nikkel (grades 1-8 at No. 2 School), Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-9 at No. 1 School)
1948-1949
Archie Harold Harder (grades 1-10 at No. 1 School), Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor (grades 1-10 at No. 2 School)
1949-1950
Helen Loewen (grades 1-10 at No. 1 School), Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor (grades 1-10 at No. 2 School)
1950-1951
Harvey K. Barkman (grades 1-9, January-June at No. 1 School / East School), Herbert George Brown (grades 1-9, September-December at No. 1 School / East School), Ethel M. Farn (grades 1-10, September-February at No. 2 School / West School), Grace Olaf Sigrid Hjalmarsson (grades 1-10, March-June at No. 2 School / West School)
1951-1952
Olive Mary Parkes (grades 1-9 at No. 1 School / East School), Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor (grades 1-10 at No. 2 School / West School)
1952-1953
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman (grades 1-9 at No. 2 School / West School, September-June), Grace Olaf Sigrid Hjalmarsson (grades 1-10, August-September at No. 2 School / West School), Mary Evelyn Rempel (grades 1-8 at No. 1 School / East School)
1953-1954
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman (grades 1-7 at West School), Mary Evelyn Rempel Dufault (grades 1-8 at East School)
1954-1955
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman (grades 1-8 at West School), Mary Evelyn Rempel Dufault (grades 1-9 at East School)
1955-1956
Hazel Lillian Marie Taylor Hartman (grades 1-9 at West School), Olive Mary Parkes (grades 1-8 at East School)
1956-1957
Myrtle Munday (grades 1-9 at West School), George William Leonard (grades 1-9 at East School)
1957-1958
Mabel L. Doll (grades 1-7 at West School), Helen M. Clark (grades 1-9 at East School)
1958-1959
Mabel L. Doll (grades 1-8 at West School), Vivienne A. King (grades 1-10 at East School)
1959-1960
Lois Gay Walker (grades 1-8 at West School), George Jacob Sawatzky (grades 1-8 at East School)
1960-1961
Victor Sam Molchanko (grades 1-8 at West School), George Jacob Sawatzky (grades 1-8 at East School)
1961-1962
Garth Spencer Field (grades 1-7 at East School), Penelope Cecile “Penny” Schmidt (grades 1-8 at West School)
1962-1963
Garth Spencer Field (grades 1-8 at East School), Mary Louise Reading (grades 1-8 at West School)
1963-1964
Roxanna Barr (grades 1-8, September-December at West School), Frances Annie Fidler (grades 1-8, January-June at West School), Hurst Siegfried Goerke (grades 1-8 at East School)
1964-1965
Jerome Edward Brockman (grades 1-8, August-December at East School), Frances Annie Fidler (grades 1-8 at West School), Ella Joyce Kachkowski (grades 1-8, January-February at East School), Eugeni McIvor (grades 1-8, March-June at East School)
1965-1966
Camile Jean Barnabe (grades 1-7, August-December at East School), Clifford Clarence Bolin (grades 1-8 at West School), Kenneth Rudal John Ramgoolan [Ramgoolen?] (grades 1-7, January-June at East School)
Clarkleigh School (1920s) by M. Hall-Jones
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 58.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.59589, W98.01318
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Wagons to Wings: History of Lundar and Districts, 1872-1980 by Lundar and District Historical Society, c1980.
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), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Clarkleigh School No. 1909 - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Petra Reimann and Linda Dietrick for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 19 July 2026
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