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The Rosamond School District was established formally in May 1905 and the first schoolhouse in McCreary had a single classroom located at SE4-21-15 west of the Principal Meridian in what would become the Municipality of McCreary. In 1917, a larger school building was constructed at the site and the original one was moved elsewhere to be used as a movie house and hardware store before being dismantled. The new two-storey Rosamond building had two classrooms on its main floor, with cloakrooms and an assembly area. There were two classrooms on the second floor and a small laboratory.
In 1936, it became McCreary Municipal School No. 1348. A new four-classroom elementary school was constructed beside it in 1952 and both structures were used until being closed in 1979, although senior students had moved out in 1959 when a five-classroom collegiate was built at another site. The two buildings were demolished by 1983. The old school bell (restored in 1987) tops a stone monument that was unveiled at the original site on 31 July 1994, along with a plaque listing other rural schools that operated in the McCreary region:
School
Period of Operation
Location(s)
1916-1967
SW21-20-13W
1917-1964
NE28-20-14W
1922-1965
SE33-21-15W
1914-1956
SE34-19-13W
1895-1921
NE17-21-15W
1913-1960
SE12-21-15W
1901-1966
NW23-19-14W
1917-1940
SE8-21-13W
1919-1933
NW31-21-13W
1899-1962
SW27-20-15W
1898-1966
NE34-20-15W and SE3-20-15W
1941-1962
SE24-20-15W
1905-1959
SW18-21-16W
1918-1962
NE29-21-14W
1911-1964
SW6-20-14W
Period
Principal
1915
John R. Reid
1916-1917
Flora M. Thompson
1917-1919
?
1919-1923
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1923-1925
Harvey Richard Brown (1895-1962)
1925-1926
George Gilbert Perry (1892-1971)
1926-1931
David Smith Tod (1870-1937)
1931-1935
Earl Duncan McKellar (1902-1984)
1935-1953
William Meldrum (1884-1959)
1953-1956
Harry Piniuta (1910-1990)
1956-1958
William Meldrum (1884-1959)
1958-1960
Ray E. Lavack
1960-1961
John Peter Tutkaluke (1914-1994)
1961-1962
A. H. Butler
1962-1963
George Papas
1963-1964
Oliver Glen Olmstead (?-1997)
1964-1965
Michael “Mike” Posmituck (1918-1996)
1965-1969
?
1969-1979
John Hildebrand
Among the early teachers of McCreary School were no classes (Spring 1905 - Spring 1906), Clara S. Love (Fall 1906 - pt Spring 1907), Hattie M. Mathews (pt Spring 1907 - Spring 1908), Harold O. Leach (Fall 1908 - Spring 1909), Julienne Dandin? (Fall 1909 - Spring 1910), F. E. Palmiter [Palmatier?] (Fall 1910), A. Merkley (Spring-Fall 1911), did not operate? (Spring 1912), Frederic [Frederick] Roy Watson (Fall 1912 - Spring 1913), Arthur L. Cornwell (Fall 1913), and Blanche Alley (Spring 1914), and John R. Reid (Fall 1914 - Spring 1915).
Between the 1917-1930s, other teachers included Mr. C. J. Gillespie, Miss Sarah P. Strong, I. H. Beggs, and B. Gorby. During the 1940s-1950s, other teachers included E. Thompson, Joyce Cook, E. English, Marj. Johnson, M. Morton, S. Rehaluk, B. Soucy, L. Sumner, M. Thierry, and M. Thompson. Among the later teachers of McCreary School was Leonard George “Len” Tyerman.
School Year
Teachers
1915-1916
John R. Reid (grades 3-8, August-December), Flora M. Thompson (grades 3-8, January-June), Marie Louise Trottier (grades 1-2)
1916-1917
Blanche Campbell (grades 1-2), Flora M. Thompson (grades 4-9)
1917-1918
?
1918-1919
Annie Alexandra Campbell (grades 1-4), ?
1919-1920
?
1920-1921
?
1921-1922
Annie Alexandra Campbell (grades 1-2), ?
1922-1923
Helen R. Hayden (grades 3-4), Janet M. McDonald (grades 1-2), ?
1923-1924
Harvey Richard Brown (grades 8-11), Jeanette M. Riddell (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-7)
1924-1925
Harvey Richard Brown (grades 8-11), ? (grades 1-7)
1925-1926
K. Ruth Betts (grades 3-5, January-June), Phyllis M. Frank (grades 5-7, September-December; grades 6-8, January-June), Helen R. Hayden (grades 3-4, September-December), Muriel K. Steen (grades 1-2), ? (grades 9-11)
1926-1927
(school closed first two weeks of January due to scarlet fever outbreak) Christine Shewfelt (grades 5-8), Muriel K. Steen (grades 1-2), David Smith Tod (grades 9-11), ? (grades 3-4)
1927-1928
Christine Shewfelt (grades 6-8), Muriel K. Steen (grades 1-2), David Smith Tod (grades 9-11), ? (grades 3-5)
1928-1929
Isabelle Holmfrida Biggs (grades 1-2), ?
1929-1930
Christine Shewfelt (grades 6-8), ?
1930-1931
Bernice Clare Goreby (grades 3-5), Eleanore Steen (grades 1-2), ?
1931-1932
Marion Elizabeth Delmage (grades 1-2), Earl Duncan McKellar (grades 9-11), Kathleen Rosamond O’Neill (grades 3-5), Christine Shewfelt (grades 6-8)
1932-1933
Earl Duncan McKellar (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-8)
1933-1934
Marion Elizabeth Delmage (grades 1-2), Earl Duncan McKellar (grades 9-11), Christine Shewfelt (grades 6-8), ? (grades 3-5)
1934-1935
Marion Elizabeth Delmage (grades 1-2), Earl Duncan McKellar (grades 9-11), Christine Shewfelt (grades 5-8), Etheldreda Mary “Ethel” Tucker (grades 3-4)
1935-1936
Marion Elizabeth Delmage (grades 1-2), Margaret Elizabeth Tedford (grades 5-6), Etheldreda Mary “Ethel” Tucker (grades 3-4), ? (grades 7-11)
1936-1937
Marion Elizabeth Delmage (grades 1-2), John Francis Ennis (grades 7-8), Margaret Elizabeth Tedford (grades 5-6), Etheldreda Mary “Ethel” Tucker (grades 3-4), ? (grades 9-11)
1937-1938
Violet Mary Edwards (grades 3-4), John Francis Ennis (grades 7-8), William Meldrum (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-2 & 5-6)
1938-1939
Irene Bell, Viola Barbara Copeland (grades 5-6), Violet Mary Edwards, John Francis Ennis, William Meldrum (senior grades), Elizabeth Telford, ?
1939-1940
Agnes Grace Little (grades 9-10), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Grace Melissa Shepherd (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-8)
1940-1941
L. Bourbonnais (grades 7-8, September-December), June Stanton Dale (grades 5-6), Violet Mary Edwards (grades 7-8, January-June), Agnes Grace Little (grades 9-10), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Grace Melissa Shepherd (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-4)
1941-1942
Lillian Mae Brister (grades 9-10), Laura Kathleen Brock (grades 1-2, January-June), Etheldreda Mary Tucker “Ethel” Ennis (grades 5-6), Dorothy E. Hartley (grades 1-2, September-December), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), ? (grades 3-4)
1942-1943
John Francis Ennis (grades 6-8, September-December; grades 5-8, January-June), Renee Anna Fox (grades 1-2), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), ? (grades 3-6)
1943-1944
Annie Sims (grades 1-2), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), ? (grades 3-10)
1944-1945
Jessie Evelyn Bryer (grade 2), Jean Dickie (grade 1), Etheldreda Mary Tucker “Ethel” Ennis (grades 3-5), John Francis Ennis (grades 6-8), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), ? (grades 9-10)
1945-1946
?
1946-1947
Hymie Kliman (grades 10-11), William Meldrum (grades 9 & 12), Juliet L. Noiseux (grades 2-3), ? (grades 1 & 4-8)
1947-1948
Lois Elizabeth Blair (grades 9-10), Olga Code (grades 1-2), Norma Jean Houston (grades 4-5), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Juliet L. Noiseux (grades 2-3, September-December), Isabel Barbara Wilson (grades 2-3, January-June), ? (grades 6-8)
1948-1949
Lois M. Collins (grades 4-5), Cecile Bertha Legault (grades 1-2), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), ? (grades 3 & 6-10)
1949-1950
Lois M. Collins (grades 4-5), Elisabeth Ann Lysack (grades 2-3), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Bernice Marie Saucy (grades 1-2), ? (grades 6-10)
1950-1951
Alberta Luella Hendy (grade 2), Ernest J. Jackson (grades 9-10), Mildred Alice Lloyd (grade 3), Elisabeth Ann Lysack (grades 5-6), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Bernice Marie Saucy (grade 1), ? (grades 4 & 7-8)
1951-1952
Olga Code (grades 5-6), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Margaret Ruth Mooney (grades 9-10), ? (grades 1-4 & 7-8)
1952-1953
Morris Paul Hykawy (grades 9 & 12, September-October; grade 9, November-June), William Meldrum (grades 10-11), Viviane L. Roy (grades 5-6), Annette Mary Turko (grade 1), ? (grades 2-4 & 7-8)
1953-1954
Mary Elspeth Getz (grade 9), Annette Mary Turko (grade 1), John Osborn Wilson (grade 10), ? (grades 2-8 & 11-12)
1954-1955
Anita M. Delveaux (grade 1), Mildred L. Galanchuk (grade 9, September-December), Theresa S. Hall (grade 9, January-June), Sylvia Kehalyk (grades 5-6), Harry Piniuta (grades 11-12), Leona I. Poole (grades 4-5), Michael “Mike” Posmituck (grades 7-8), Mrs. E. Rinn (grade 2), John Osborn Wilson (grade 10)
1955-1956
John Howard Henderson (grade 9), Harry Piniuta (grades 11-12), John Osborn Wilson (grade 10), ? (grades 1-8)
1956-1957
William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Olivier Bernard Muloin (grade 10), Marlene Y. Theirry (grade 9), ? (grades 1-8)
1957-1958
Florence Grace Chappell (grade 9), William Meldrum (grades 11-12), Olivier Bernard Muloin (grade 10), ? (grades 1-8)
1958-1959
Clarence Bender (grade 9), Ray E. Lavack (grades 11-12), John S. Schellenberg (grade 10), ? (grades 1-8)
1957-1966
E. (Shura) Armstrong, F. Armstrong, J. Buchanan, H. (Bishop) Bunka, Olga Code, E. Dunning, Dreda Ennis, R. Hoehn, H. Magnusson, P. (McGorman) Mulligan, Leona (Poole) Murphy, M. Spurway, R. Virtue
1967-1976
Elizabeth Armstrong, Lois Arthur, H. Bunka, B. Chorneyko, G. Christie, Olga Code, E. Dunning, E. M. (Dreda) Ennis, M. Hanau, G. Haverstick, I. Jarko, J. Lindsay, R. Lofgren, S. Majury, V. Marciski, M. Mellquist, L. Oke, L. Paterson, J. Perchaluk, S. Savard, R. Slade, B. Smith, L. Sodomlak, C. Spewak, C. Stewart, L. Stewart, E. (Cantin) Tardiff, M. Totte
1976-1979
Elizabeth Armstrong, Lois Arthur, Floyd Clark, Olga Code, Gloria Haverstick, David Katsma, Viola Marciski, Linda Paterson, M. Totte
Rosamond School (no date) by C. K. Rogers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 102.
McCreary schools commemorative monument beside a model of Rosamond School (June 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.77291, W99.49713
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCreary Collegiate / McCreary School (Third Avenue, McCreary, Municipality of McCreary)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCreery School No. 797 (Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne)
“The local round,” Dauphin Herald, 20 October 1938, page 9.
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.
“Add one position in Turtle R.,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2.
McCreary: Milestones and Memories by McCreary History Book Committee, 1987, pages 139-147.
Obituary [Alberta Louella Hendy], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 1989, page 36.
Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques and Manitoba Community Commemorative Plaques, Fiscal Year 1994-1995, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship, page 33.
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, Rosamond School District No. 1348, GR6770, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, McCreary School District No. 1348, GR6770, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 6 May 2024
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