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Memorable Manitobans: Robert Hugh Wellwood (1901-1983)
Educator. Born at Gladstone on 3 December 1901, son of Robert G. Wellwood and Isabel Mustard, he spent his childhood at Gladstone, Yorkton [Saskatchewan], Vancouver [British Columbia], and Brandon, graduating with a BA from Brandon College and receiving a medal in Economics. He began his teaching career at schools in Gilbert Plains and Carberry (1928-1930). He moved to Winnipeg in 1930 where he taught at Lord Roberts School and Kelvin High School, spending 17 years at the latter. He served as Principal of Queenston School (1949-1954), Strathcona School (1954-1955), Cecil Rhodes School (1955-1959), and Grant Park High School (1959-1967), retiring in 1967. He was Sunday School Superintendent and Chairman of the Board of Managers for Knox United Church, and was also a member of St. Andrew’s River Heights United Church. He was a member of the Mentor’s Club and the Schoolmasters’ Association, and served as Vice-President of the Manitoba Teachers’ Federation. He died at Winnipeg on 3 March 1983 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens. Sources:Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics. “Know Your Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 April 1964, page 3. Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1983, page 38. We thank Helen Mailhot for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 8 April 2020
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