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Memorable Manitobans: Norris Davidson Belton (1914-2000)
Educator.
Born on 30 November 1914, son of George Russell Belton and Edythe Minerva Manly (?-1958), he lived in several small prairie towns before the family settled at Winnipeg. He embarked on a teaching career spanning almost 50 years, serving at Elphinstone School and later as the Principal of Sandy Lake School (1938-1940). In Winnipeg, he was the Principal of West St. Paul School (1940-1942) and Salisbury School (1942-1944), teacher at Isaac Brock School (1953-1955) and Churchill High School (1955-1957), Vice-Principal at Isaac Brock School (1963-1966), and Principal of Wellington School (1966-1977) and Champlain School (1979-1980). He died at Winnipeg on 31 October 2000.
Sources:
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 November 2000, page 37.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 April 2023
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