The one-room Alfred School #2 operated at this site, in what is now the Rural Municipality of Alonsa, from 1947 to 1965. A metal sign commemorates the former school.
Among the teachers of Alfred School #2 were J. H. Arnell (1948), Pat Thomson (1949), A. K. Napper (1952), Miss Helen Kozak (1952), J. A. McLean (1955), N. E. Asham (1955), Barbara Vargo (1957), Miss Aileen H. Kopytko (1957-1958), Miss R. D. Folmer (1958), L. Braun (1959), Jessie Maude Adolfson (1960-1963), and Elsie J. Bradley (1964).
Alfred School commemorative sign (November 2018)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N50.91856, W98.86752
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Alfred School No. 554 (Kinosota, RM of Alonsa)
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.
Many Trails to Manitou - Wapah by Village History Committee, Alonsa, 1993, pages 278, 283.
This page was prepared by Neil Christoffersen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 January 2019
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