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The school district in Deloraine (in what is now the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester) was formally established in March 1887, known initially as Broadway School until 1897 when the original Deloraine School was renamed Hazeldean School. Classes were held in a one-classroom building until 1894 when a two-classroom stone structure replaced it. By the spring of 1895, two more classrooms had been added to it and, in 1900, a fifth one completed it. The building was destroyed by fire on 7 May 1901.
The third Deloraine School building, erected and opened for service by November 1902, was a two storey, six-classroom brick structure designed by Winnipeg architect Charles Henry Wheeler. Student enrollment increased through the 1910s and 1920s. In May 1921, it became Deloraine Consolidated School No. 490 when it was consolidated with Kirkwood School No. 654.
By 1928, a one-storey, four-classroom building was built nearby to alleviate congestion in the earlier school. Designed by Winnipeg architect Gilbert C. Parfitt, it was the twin of schools at Brookdale, Ninette and Shoal Lake. The two buildings stood together until Christmas 1935 when the older school was destroyed by fire. The school board purchased a former Presbyterian church and converted it into a collegiate, named Falconer Collegiate in recognition of Thomas Falconer, a long-serving member of the board.
In 1958, an addition was made to the 1928 school, including five classrooms, an auditorium with stage, staff room, principal’s office, student lockers, and modern washrooms. The students from Falconer Collegiate moved here for a few years.
Through the 1960s, rural schools in the surrounding area closed and their student were bused to Deloraine. These included Bayview School No. 454, Bidford School No. 456, Brock School No. 809, Coxworth School No. 1785, Flossie School No. 1265, Grove School No. 455, Hazeldean No. 195, Marsden School #1 No. 1247, Marsden School #2 No. 1247, Montefiore School No. 359, Mountainside School No. 248, Otter School No. 411, Regent School No. 1793, and Thirlstane School No. 483. In June 1966, it became Deloraine Consolidated School No. 2448. Dand School closed in 1970, and Goodlands and Medora were added to it five years later.
With the need for space becoming dire, a new Deloraine Collegiate building was erected in 1963 and students in grades 9 to 12 moved there, leaving grades 1 to 8 in the older building which was expanded once more, in 1968, with four classrooms (to replace portable ones that had been used in prior years), a large gymnasium, and washrooms on a lower level, and six classrooms on an upper level. Students from kindergarten to grade 6 moved to the Collegiate while students in grades 7 and 8 remained behind, being joined by ones from grades 9 to 12 from the former Collegiate.
The present school building, dating from 1963, stands on the same site as its predecessors. The school building erected in 1928 remained in use until the late 1970s. At that time, it was blocked off and sat vacant. It was demolished in the early 1980s.
Period
Principal
1890-1891
Alexander Scott Rose (1858-1928)
1892-1907
David James Wright (1861-1925)
1907-1908
Norman Ewart Brett (1881-1957)
1908-1915
William Robertson Beveridge (1873-1949)
1915-1920
John Marshall Nason (1887-1963)
1920-1924
Thomas Orton Durnin (1889-1964)
1924-1934
John Alexius Peterson (1885-1959)
1934-1935
R. J. Wolfe
After 1935
Among the early teachers of Broadway School were John H. Morrison (Spring 1887 - pt Spring 1888), R. B. Strangway (pt Spring 1888), and Alexander Scott Rose (Fall 1888 - Fall 1889).
School Year
Teachers
1890
Alexander Scott Rose (all grades, Spring; senior grades, Fall), Clara White (junior grades, Fall)
1891
Alexander Scott Rose (senior grades), Clara White (junior grades)
1892
C. C. Milne (junior grades, ?-? [pt Spring]), H. W. Riggs (junior grades, ?-June & Fall), Clara White (junior grades, January-?), David James Wright (senior grades)
1893
H. W. Riggs (junior grades), David James Wright (senior grades)
1894
Isabel W. Colquhoun (Fall), H. W. Riggs (Spring), Kittie Ross, David James Wright (senior grades)
1895
Isabel W. Colquhoun, G. M. Laing (Fall), Kittie Ross (Spring), David James Wright (senior grades)
1896
Isabel W. Colquhoun, Annie E. Greenway, G. M. Laing, David James Wright (senior grades)
1897
Isabel W. Colquhoun, Annie E. Greenway, G. M. Laing, David James Wright (senior grades)
1898
Isabel W. Colquhoun, G. M. Laing, Beatrice C. Suttie, David James Wright (senior grades)
1899
Isabel W. Colquhoun, Isabel Hunter (?-June & Fall), Claude E. Kilborn, Beatrice C. Suttie (January-?), David James Wright (senior grades)
1900
Isabel W. Colquhoun, Isabel Hunter, Claude E. Kilborn, Nellie Sutherland (Fall), David James Wright (senior grades)
1901
Isabel W. Colquhoun, Isabel Hunter, Claude E. Kilborn (Spring), Nellie Sutherland, David James Wright (senior grades)
1902
David James Wright (senior grades), ?
1903
David James Wright (senior grades), ?
1904
David James Wright (senior grades), ?
1905
Phoebe Boder? (Spring), Marie C. Calder, A. Estella Doyle, Maude L. French, Eva Millan, David James Wright (senior grades)
1906
Beatrice Maude Bradshaw (Fall), Elizabeth C. Burgen (Fall), Marie C. Calder, A. Estella Doyle, Maude L. French (Spring), Eva Millan (Spring), Maggie R. Stuart (Fall), David James Wright (senior grades)
1907
Beatrice Maude Bradshaw (Spring), Norman Ewart Brett (senior grades, Fall), Elizabeth C. Burgen, Marie C. Calder (Spring), Harriet L. Hawthorne (Spring), Isabel Hunter (Fall), Mabel MacKenzie (Fall), Elta [Etta?] R. Scarth (Fall), Maggie R. Stuart (Spring), David James Wright (senior grades, Spring)
1908
?
1909
?
1910
?
1911
?
1912
(January-June only): ?
1912-1913
?
1913-1914
?
1914-1915
William Robertson Beveridge (grades 9 & 11), Myrtle Taylor Lewis (grade 10, Spring),
1915-1916
William Robertson Beveridge (grades 10-11, Fall), John Marshall Nason (grades 10-11, Spring)
1916-1917
?
1917-1918
?
1918-1919
?
1919-1920
?
1920-1921
P. A. Gerven, G. Humber, E. McGervin
1921-1922
?
1922-1923
?
1923-1924
?
1924-1925
?
1925-1926
?
1926-1927
?
1927-1928
?
1928-1929
?
1929-1930
?
1930-1931
?
1931-1932
?
1932-1933
?
1933-1934
?
1934-1935
?
Period
Principal
1935-1952
?
1952-1953
Peter [Cruse] Kruszelnicki (1926-2022)
1953-1961
?
1961-?
Winnifred Hainsworth
?-?
Bryan Tyerman
?-?
Lyle Franklin
School Year
Teachers
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
?
1949-1950
?
1950-1951
?
1951-1952
?
1952-1953
?
1953-1954
?
1954-1955
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1955-1956
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1956-1957
?
1957-1958
?
1958-1959
?
1959-1960
?
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
?
1964-1965
?
1965-1966
?
1966-1967
?
1967-1968
?
1968-1969
?
1969-1970
?
Period
Principal
Before 1958
1958-1961
John Roland McCurdy (1923-2007)
1961-1963
Lorne W. Day
After 1963
School Year
Teachers
Before 1958
1958-1959
?
1959-1960
?
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
After 1963
Postcard of the third Deloraine School, built in 1902 (no date) by C. I. Meyers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 72.
The third Deloraine School building, opened in November 1902 and destroyed by fire in December 1935 (circa 1909)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2012-0010
The third (left) and fourth (right) Deloraine School buildings (circa 1928)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0061
The fourth Deloraine School, built in 1928 and demolished in the early 1980s (no date) by George Hunter
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 72.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.19183, W100.49032
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Charles Henry Wheeler (1838-1917)
Memorable Manitobans: Gilbert C. “Gil” Parfitt (1886-1966)
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
“Deloraine’s new school,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 April 1902, page 8.
“Deloraine, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, April 1912, Archives of Manitoba.
“Teachers at the convention,” Brandon Sun, 15 October 1920, page 6.
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.
Deloraine Scans a Century, Deloraine History Book Committee, 1980.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Nathan Kramer, Tricia Tennent, and Tony Franklin for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2024
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