Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altona School No. 333 (Altona)

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The Altona School District was established by Douglas Municipality By-Law No. 13 in August 1884 and by Rhineland Municipality By-Law No. 25 in June 1893. The first school building was built in the village of Altona (known as “Darp Altniv” or “Old Altona”) in 1889. Six years later, a town site named Altona was established one mile north of the original village and a school was built there in 1896 although the village school continued to operate until 1921. When it was closed, students were bused to the town school.

In 1899, a school building designed by Brandon architect W. H. Shillinglaw was erected at this site in Altona. In 1938, it was replaced by a five-classroom structure. Considered an “admirable example of modern architecture,” the new school was one of the first in the province to feature air conditioning.

Principals (Altona School)

Period

Principal

1905-1906

Peter M. Friesen

1906-1907

Henry C. Reynolds

1907-1913

Peter H. Siemens

1914-1917

Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (1878-1943)

1917-1919

Gerhard G. Neufeld (1884-1945)

1919-1921

Gustav Ewert Penner (1884-1971)

1921-1924

Gerhard G. Neufeld (1884-1945)

1924-1929

Peter Derk Reimer

1929-1944

Jacob Gerhard Neufeld

1944-1946

Julius George Toews (1893-1981)

1946-1951

Peter Henry Funk (1906-2003)

1951-1955

Jacob Derk Siemens (1898-1968)

1955-1960

Albert C. “Bert” Kroeker (1928-2014)

1960-1961

Abe Heide

1961-1966

A. P. Hildebrand

Principals (Altona - Elmwood A & B Schools)

Period

Principal

1964-1967

Peter P. Giesbrecht

1967-1968

Jacob E. Neufeld

Teachers

Among the early teachers at Altona School were Peter Harcus? [Harous?] (Spring 1885), Peter Epp (Fall 1885, Fall 1886 - pt Fall 1887), not in operation (Spring 1886), Johann Wiens (pt Fall 1887 - Fall 1889), not in operation (Spring 1889 - Spring 1892), G. Linprecht? [Luinprecht?] (Fall 1892 - Spring 1894, Fall 1895), T. E. Garlieb? (Fall 1894 - Spring 1895). Later teachers included Carl Leo Pokrant (1948-1951), Miss Friesen, and Marg Latterly.

Period

Teachers

1896

P. B. Krelebiel (junior grades, Fall), G. Linprecht? [Giesbrecht?] (all grades, Spring; senior grades, Fall)

1897

P. B. Krelebiel [new town school], G. Linprecht? [Giesbrecht?] (Spring [old village school]), Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews (Fall [old village school])

1898

Henry Siemens (Fall [new town school]), P. B. Krelebiel (Spring [new town school]), Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews [old village school]

1899

Henry Siemens [new town school], Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews [old village school]

1900

John M. Friesen (grades?, Fall [new town school]), Henry Siemens [old village school], Luetta Siemens (Spring [new town school]; grades ?, Fall [new town school])

1901

Fred W. Deutschmann (Fall [new town school]), John M. Friesen [new town school], Henry Siemens (Spring [old village school]), Luetta Siemens (Spring [new town school]), Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews (Fall [old village school])

1902

Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews (Spring & ?-October [old village school]), records unavailable (new town school)

1903

records unavailable

1904

records unavailable

1905

John M. Friesen (Spring), Peter M. Friesen, Heinrich H. “Henry” Hamm, Susan Hooge (Fall)

1906

Peter M. Friesen (grades 4-8, January-May), Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-4, October-December), Heinrich H. “Henry” Hamm, Susan Hooge (grades 1-4, January-May), Henry C. Reynolds (Fall)

1907

Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-4, January-May & October-December), Heinrich H. “Henry” Hamm (Spring), Henry C. Reynolds, Peter H. Siemens (Fall)

1908

Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-4?, January-June & October-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades)

1909

Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-5, January-June; grades 1-6, October-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades)

1910

Solomon Abraham (grades ?, October-December), Clayton B. Eby (grades 1-4, October-December), Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-6, January-June), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades, January-June), school closed (7-18 October)

1911

Solomon Abraham (intermediate grades, January-March), Clayton B. Eby (grades 1-4, January-March), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-5, October-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades), Tina Streimer (intermiediate grades, October-December)

1912

(Spring only): Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-5, January-May), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades), Tina Streimer (intermiediate grades)

1912-1913

Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-3, October-May), Susie Neufeld (intermediate grades), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades)

1913-1914

P. E. Braun (grades ?, January-May), Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (night school, pt Fall; grades ?, January-May), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-3, September-May), Susan Loewen (grades ?, January-May), Susie Neufeld (intermediate grades, September-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades, September-December), ? Willis (night school, pt Fall)

1914-1915

Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (grades 4-8), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-6, September-May [old village school]), Susan Loewen (grades 2-3), Justina G. Toews (grade 1)

1915-1916

Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (grades 4-9), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-6, September-June [old village school]), Susan Loewen (grades 1-2, August-September; grades 2-4, October-June), Agnes Wiebe (grade 1)

1916-1917

Helen J. Hiebert (grades 1-2), Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (grades 5-9), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-8 [old village school]), Susan Loewen (grades 2-4), school closed due to measels (4-10 October)

1917-1918

Helen J. Hiebert (grades 1-2), Dietrich D. Loeppky (grades 2-4), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-7 [old village school]), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 5-8)

1918-1919

David Heinrichs (grades 1-2), Dietrich D. Loeppky (grades 3-5 & night school), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-7 [old village school]), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 5-9)

1919-1920

P. J. Dyck (grades 1-7, January-June [old village school]), David Heinrichs (grades 1-2), Dietrich D. Loeppky (grades 3-5), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-7, August-December [old village school]), Gustav Ewert Penner (grades 5-8), school closed due to influenza epidemic (26 January - 27 February)

1920-1921

P. J. Dyck (grades 1-5 [old village school]), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 1-3, September-November; grades 1-2, December-June), Gustav Ewert Penner (grades 5-8), Helena H. Siemens (grades 3-4)

1921-1922

Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 7-8), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-5), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-2), Helena H. Siemens (grades 2-3, August-December; grades 2-4, January-June)

1922-1923

Leonard Krueger (grades 5-6), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 7-10), Katharina W. “Kath” Peters (grades 1-2), Helena H. Siemens (grades 2-3)

1923-1924

Marie M. Friesen (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-6), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 8-10)

1924-1925

Marie M. Friesen (grades 1-2), Mary Loewen (grades 3-4), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-8)

1925-1926

Marie M. Friesen (grades 1-2), Mary Loewen (grades 3-4, September-December; grades 2-3, January-June), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6, September-December; grades 4-5, January-June), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-9)

1926-1927

Frank Jacob Harder (grades 2-4), Mary Loewen (grade 1?), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-9)

1927-1928

Frank Jacob Harder (grades 2-3), Mary Loewen (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-10)

1928-1929

Frank Jacob Harder (grades 3-4), Mary Loewen (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-6, September-December; grades 5-7, January-June), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 8-11)

1929-1930

Bernard D. Loeppky (grades 3-4), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 8-11), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-2)

1930-1931

Bernard D. Loeppky (grades 3-4, September-December), Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 3-4, January-June), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grade 9), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 5-8), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-2)

1931-1932

Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 3-4), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11?), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 5-8)

1932-1933

Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 4-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-12), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-3), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 6-8)

1933-1934

Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 4-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-3)

1934-1935

school closed due to measels (January 3-11): Abram Jacob Friesen (grades 4-5), Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-3)

1935-1936

Abram Jacob Friesen (grades 4-5), Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-3)

1936-1937

Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 3-5, September-November; grades 4-5, December-June), Kate Klassen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11)

1937-1938

Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 4-5), Kate Klassen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8)

1938-1939

Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 4-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8), ?

1939-1940

Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-2), Peter Henry Funk (grades 9-10), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 3-6), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8)

1940-1941

Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-2), Peter Henry Funk (grades 9-10), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 3-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8)

1941-1942

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Peter Henry Funk (grades 9-10), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Lydia Neufeld (grades 3-5)

1942-1943

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Lydia Neufeld (grades 4-5), Julius George Toews (grades 9-10)

1943-1944

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Henry Friesen (grades 4-5), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Jacob K. Schroeder (grade 9), Julius George Toews (grade 10)

1944-1945

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-2), Olga Kehler (grades 3-5), Mary Johanna Loewen (grade 10), Jacob K. Schroeder (grade 9), Julius George Toews (grades 11-12)

1945-1946

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1, pt June), Alvina Giesbrecht (grade 1, August - pt June), Olga Kehler (grades 2-3), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 4-6), ?

1946-1947

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1), Olga Kehler (grades 2-3), Herta Krahn (grades 3-4), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), ?

1947-1948

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1), Annie Kehler (grades 3-4), Olga Kehler (grades 2-3), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), ?

1948-1949

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1), Annie Kehler (grade 2), Margaret Peters (grade 2), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), Armin Herbert Wall (grade 4), ?

1949-1950

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1, September-November), Susan Heinrichs Giesbrecht (grade 1, January-June), Annie Kehler (grade 2), Susan Martens (grades 4-5), Margaret Peters (grade 2), Elizabeth Reimer (grades 1-2), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), Agnes Wall (grade 1, December)

1950-1951

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Alma Ruth Giesbrecht (grade 5), June Marion Helen Hamm (grade 1), Annie Kehler (grade 3), Susan Martens (grade 4), Helen D. Peters (grades 2-3), Elizabeth Reimer (grades 1-2), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ?

1951-1952

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Thelma Dyck (grade 5), June Marion Helen Hamm (grade 1), Susan Martens (grade 4), Helen D. Peters (grades 2-3), Elizabeth Reimer (grades 1-2), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ?

1952-1953

Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Thelma Dyck (grade 4), Alma Ruth Enns (grade 3, August-December), June Marion Helen Hamm (grade 1), Margaret Harder (grade 3, January-June), Kathleen Joyce Hoeppner (kindergarten), Helen D. Peters (grades 2-3), Elsie Sawatzky (grades 1-2), Orlando Jake Sawatzky (grade 5), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 6-7), ?

1953-1954

Hilda Dyck (grade 1), Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Thelma Dyck (grades 3-4), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Kathleen Joyce Hoeppner (kindergarten), Elsie Sawatzky (grades 1-2), Orlando Jake Sawatzky (grades 5-6), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 6-7), Erica Wall (grades 4-5), Helen June Wiebe (grade 2), ?

1954-1955

Anne Bueckert (grade 1), Elizabeth Margaret Dueck (grade 1), Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Anne E. Goertzen (no grade, January-June), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Helen Isaak (grade 2), Henry Martens (grade 6), Peter Pauls (grade 5), Helen Penner (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 6-7), Tina Thiessen (grade 2), Erica Wall (grades 3-4), ?

1955-1956

Sylvia Enns (grade 4), David Friesen (grade 6), Rosella Johannah Heppner (grade 5), Agnes Hildebrand (grade 2), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Katherine Klassen (grade 1), Hedy L. Martens (grade 1), Helen Frieda Neufeld (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 7), Norma Marianne Spalding (grade 3), Tina Thiessen (grade 2), ?

1956-1957

Jacob E. Dyck (grade 8), Martha Mary Friesen (grade 4), Agnes Hildebrand (grade 2), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Katherine Klassen (grade 1), Helen Loewen (grades 5-6), Hedy L. Martens (grade 1), Helen Frieda Neufeld (grade 4), Peter Pauls (grade 7), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Norma Marianne Spalding (grade 3), Tina Thiessen (grade 2), ?

1957-1958

Helen Brown (grae 2), Dolores Dyck (grade 1), Jacob E. Dyck (grade 8), Martha Mary Friesen (grade 4), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grades 1 & 3), Henry Klassen (grades 5-6), Helen Loewen (grade 5), Madeline M. Pauls (grade 2), Peter Pauls (grade 7), Susan Peters (grade 1), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Tina Thiessen (grade 3), ?

1958-1959

Helen Brown (grae 2), Dolores Dyck (grades 1-2), Jacob E. Dyck (grade 8), Henry Klassen (grade 7), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-6), Helen Loewen (grade 7), Harry Pauls (grade 5), Martha Peters (grade 1), Olive Carol Pries (grade 2), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Shirley Sawatsky (grade 1), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Tina Thiessen (grades 3-4), ?

1959-1960

Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Esther Friesen (grade 5), Glenys Hamm (grade 4), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), John Klassen (grades 5-6), Anne Hildegard Konrad (grade 1), Martha Peters (grade 1), Olive Carol Pries (grade 2), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Shirley Margaret Sawatzky (grade 1), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Katie Dora Suderman (grade 3), Tina Thiessen (grades 3-4), ?

Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: Helen Elizabeth Klassen (grade 7), Harry Pauls (grade 8), ?

Altona Association for Retarded Children: Margaret Penner (ungraded, January-June), ?

1960-1961

Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Peter Janzen (grade 5), Sarah Susan Janzen (grade 3), John Klassen (grades 5-6), Eva Loewen (grade 3), Gertrude Donalda Peters (grade 1), Olive Carol Pries (grade 2), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ?

Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 7), Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grades 7-8), Tina Thiessen (grade 8), ?

Altona Association for Retarded Children: ?

1961-1962

Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Glenys Hamm (grade 4), James Donald Ralph Hamm (grade 5), Justina E. Hildebrandt (grade 1), Kathy Louise Janzen (grade 4), Peter Janzen (grade 5), Sarah Susan Janzen (grade 3), John Klassen (grade 6), Anne Hildegard Konrad (grade 1), Eva Loewen (grade 3), Roberta May Loewen (grades 1-6, September-December), Elvera Marie Peters (grades 1-6, January-June), Gertrude Donalda Peters (grade 2), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ?

Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: John Harry “Johnny” Friesen (grade 7), Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grade 8), Albert Schmidt (grades 7-8), ?

Altona Association for Retarded Children: Rita Schroeder (ungraded)

1962-1963

Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Marlene Anne Epp (grade 4), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 6), Justina E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Kathy Louise Janzen (grade 4), John Klassen (grade 6), Sarah Susan Janzen Klassen (grade 3), Anne Hildegard Konrad Loewen (grade 1), Eva Loewen (grade 3), Myrna Arlene Loewen (grade 1), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Alvin Pauls (grade 5), Edith Katherine Penner (grades 1-7), Gertrude D. Peters (grade 2), ?

Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: John Harry “Johnny” Friesen (grade 7), Robert John Loewen (grades 7-8), Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grade 8), ?

Altona Association for Retarded Children: unnamed teacher present (ungraded)

1963-1964

Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Marlene Anne Braun (grade 4), John Klassen (grade 6), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 1), Myrna Arlene Loewen (grade 3), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Alvin Pauls (grade 5), Edith Katherine Penner (grades 1-5), Gertrude D. Peters (grade 2), Rosella Schulz (grade 1), Evelyn Wiens (grade 4), Eva Loewen Zacharias (grade 3), ?

Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grade 8), Jacob Rempel (grade 7), Peter J. Voth (grade 8), David F. Wiebe (grade 7), ?

Altona Association for Retarded Children: unnamed teacher present (ungraded)

1964-1965

Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Marlene Anne Braun (grade 4), Patricia June “Pat” Elias (grades 2-3), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 6), Katie Hildebrandt (grade 2), Henry Ben Hoeppner (grade 5), John Klassen (grade 6), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 3), Erica Martel (grade 1), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Rosella Schulz (grade 1), Evelyn Wiens (grade 4), Jessie Zacharias (grade 3)

Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: William Henry “Bill” Janzen (grade 7), Peter J. Voth (grade 8), Herbert Henry Warkentin (grade 7), David F. Wiebe (grade 7)

Altona Association for Retarded Children: Lena Sawatzky (ungraded 1-5)

1964-1965

Altona - Elmwood A School: Peggy Lynn Giesbrecht (grades 3-4), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 4) Evelyn Wiens (grade 4), ?
Altona - Elmwood B School: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Kathleen Joyce Braun (grade 1), Marlene Anne Braun (kindergarten), Patricia June Elias (grade 2), Selma Krahn (grade 3), Erica Martel (grade 1), Jessie Zacharias (grade 3), ?
Altona Association for Retarded Children: ?

1965-1966

Altona - Elmwood A School: ?
Altona - Elmwood A School: ?
Altona Association for Retarded Children: ?

1966-1967

Altona - Elmwood A School: Selma Berg (grade 3), Joyce Anne Falk (grade 4), Peggy Lynn Giesbrecht (grade 3), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 4), ?
Altona - Elmwood A School: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Kathleen Joyce Braun (grade 1), Edna Klassen (grade ), Sarah Susan Klassen (kindergarten), Erica Martel Sommer (grade 1), Carolina Zacharias (grade 2), Eva Zacharias (kindergarten), ?
Altona Association for Retarded Children: John Rempel (ungraded 2-7), Lena Sawatzky (ungraded 1-2), ?

1967-1968

Altona - Elmwood A School: Agatha Ruth Bergen (grade 3), Joyce Anne Falk (grade 4), Mary Suzanne Friesen (grade 4), Peggy Lynn Giesbrecht (grade 3), Maija Margrieta Grendze (kindergarten), Margaret Rose Klassen (grade 3), Jacob E. Neufeld (grade 4), ?
Altona - Elmwood A School: Anne Heppner Berg (kindergarten), Agnes Hildebrand (grade 1), Marjorie Eileen Janzen (grade 2), Jane Ann Kumak (grade 2), Erica Martel Sommer (grade 1), Carolina Zacharias (grade 2), ?
Altona Association for Retarded Children: Eva Braun (ungraded), ?

Photos & Coordinates

The original Altona School (no date)
Source: Altona and District Heritage Research Centre

Altona School building (circa 1938)
Source: Education Department Report, 1938, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.10587, W97.55407
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Altona School District No. 333 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

“Shot three men and three children,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 10 October 1902, page 1.

“Shot seven people [Heinrich J. Toews],” Selkirk Record and Canadian Fishing Gazette, 24 October 1902, page 2.

“Murderer Toews dead,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 January 1903, page 7.

“Altona, Man”, Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, March 1912, Archives of Manitoba.

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.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), and Marie Dueck for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 October 2025

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Period	Principal
1905-1906	Peter M. Friesen
1906-1907	Henry C. Reynolds
1907-1913	Peter H. Siemens
1914-1917	Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (1878-1943)
1917-1919	Gerhard G. Neufeld (1884-1945)
1919-1921	Gustav Ewert Penner (1884-1971)
1921-1924	Gerhard G. Neufeld (1884-1945)
1924-1929	Peter Derk Reimer
1929-1944	Jacob Gerhard Neufeld
1944-1946	Julius George Toews (1893-1981)
1946-1951	Peter Henry Funk (1906-2003)
1951-1955	Jacob Derk Siemens (1898-1968)
1955-1960	Albert C. “Bert” Kroeker (1928-2014)
1960-1961	Abe Heide
1961-1966	A. P. Hildebrand

Period	Principal
1964-1967	Peter P. Giesbrecht
1967-1968	Jacob E. Neufeld

Period	Teachers
1896	P. B. Krelebiel (junior grades, Fall), G. Linprecht? [Giesbrecht?] (all grades, Spring; senior grades, Fall)
1897	P. B. Krelebiel [new town school], G. Linprecht? [Giesbrecht?] (Spring [old village school]), Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews (Fall [old village school])
1898	Henry Siemens (Fall [new town school]), P. B. Krelebiel (Spring [new town school]), Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews [old village school]
1899	Henry Siemens [new town school], Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews [old village school]
1900	John M. Friesen (grades?, Fall [new town school]), Henry Siemens [old village school], Luetta Siemens (Spring [new town school]; grades ?, Fall [new town school])
1901	Fred W. Deutschmann (Fall [new town school]), John M. Friesen [new town school], Henry Siemens (Spring [old village school]), Luetta Siemens (Spring [new town school]), Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews (Fall [old village school])
1902	Heinrich J. “Henry” Toews (Spring & ?-October [old village school]), records unavailable (new town school)
1903	records unavailable
1904	records unavailable
1905	John M. Friesen (Spring), Peter M. Friesen, Heinrich H. “Henry” Hamm, Susan Hooge (Fall)
1906	Peter M. Friesen (grades 4-8, January-May), Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-4, October-December), Heinrich H. “Henry” Hamm, Susan Hooge (grades 1-4, January-May), Henry C. Reynolds (Fall)
1907	Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-4, January-May & October-December), Heinrich H. “Henry” Hamm (Spring), Henry C. Reynolds, Peter H. Siemens (Fall)
1908	Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-4?, January-June & October-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades)
1909	Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-5, January-June; grades 1-6, October-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades)
1910	Solomon Abraham (grades ?, October-December), Clayton B. Eby (grades 1-4, October-December), Peter H. Giesbrecht (grades 1-6, January-June), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades, January-June), school closed (7-18 October)
1911	Solomon Abraham (intermediate grades, January-March), Clayton B. Eby (grades 1-4, January-March), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-5, October-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades), Tina Streimer (intermiediate grades, October-December)
1912	(Spring only): Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-5, January-May), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades), Tina Streimer (intermiediate grades)
1912-1913	Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-3, October-May), Susie Neufeld (intermediate grades), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades)
1913-1914	P. E. Braun (grades ?, January-May), Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (night school, pt Fall; grades ?, January-May), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-3, September-May), Susan Loewen (grades ?, January-May), Susie Neufeld (intermediate grades, September-December), Peter H. Siemens (senior grades, September-December), ? Willis (night school, pt Fall)
1914-1915	Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (grades 4-8), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-6, September-May [old village school]), Susan Loewen (grades 2-3), Justina G. Toews (grade 1)
1915-1916	Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (grades 4-9), Peter P. Kehler (grades 1-6, September-June [old village school]), Susan Loewen (grades 1-2, August-September; grades 2-4, October-June), Agnes Wiebe (grade 1)
1916-1917	Helen J. Hiebert (grades 1-2), Frederick Andrew Richard “Fred” Justus (grades 5-9), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-8 [old village school]), Susan Loewen (grades 2-4), school closed due to measels (4-10 October)
1917-1918	Helen J. Hiebert (grades 1-2), Dietrich D. Loeppky (grades 2-4), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-7 [old village school]), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 5-8)
1918-1919	David Heinrichs (grades 1-2), Dietrich D. Loeppky (grades 3-5 & night school), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-7 [old village school]), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 5-9)
1919-1920	P. J. Dyck (grades 1-7, January-June [old village school]), David Heinrichs (grades 1-2), Dietrich D. Loeppky (grades 3-5), Peter A. Loeppky (grades 1-7, August-December [old village school]), Gustav Ewert Penner (grades 5-8), school closed due to influenza epidemic (26 January - 27 February)
1920-1921	P. J. Dyck (grades 1-5 [old village school]), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 1-3, September-November; grades 1-2, December-June), Gustav Ewert Penner (grades 5-8), Helena H. Siemens (grades 3-4)
1921-1922	Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 7-8), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-5), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-2), Helena H. Siemens (grades 2-3, August-December; grades 2-4, January-June)
1922-1923	Leonard Krueger (grades 5-6), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 7-10), Katharina W. “Kath” Peters (grades 1-2), Helena H. Siemens (grades 2-3)
1923-1924	Marie M. Friesen (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-6), Gerhard G. Neufeld (grades 8-10)
1924-1925	Marie M. Friesen (grades 1-2), Mary Loewen (grades 3-4), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-8)
1925-1926	Marie M. Friesen (grades 1-2), Mary Loewen (grades 3-4, September-December; grades 2-3, January-June), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6, September-December; grades 4-5, January-June), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-9)
1926-1927	Frank Jacob Harder (grades 2-4), Mary Loewen (grade 1?), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-9)
1927-1928	Frank Jacob Harder (grades 2-3), Mary Loewen (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 7-10)
1928-1929	Frank Jacob Harder (grades 3-4), Mary Loewen (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 4-6, September-December; grades 5-7, January-June), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 8-11)
1929-1930	Bernard D. Loeppky (grades 3-4), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 5-6), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 8-11), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-2)
1930-1931	Bernard D. Loeppky (grades 3-4, September-December), Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 3-4, January-June), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grade 9), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 5-8), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-2)
1931-1932	Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 3-4), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-2), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11?), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 5-8)
1932-1933	Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 4-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-12), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-3), Peter Derk Reimer (grades 6-8)
1933-1934	Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Marie Matilda Loeppky (grades 4-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11), Margaret Henrietta Rempel (grades 1-3)
1934-1935	school closed due to measels (January 3-11): Abram Jacob Friesen (grades 4-5), Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-3)
1935-1936	Abram Jacob Friesen (grades 4-5), Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-3)
1936-1937	Henry Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 3-5, September-November; grades 4-5, December-June), Kate Klassen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-11)
1937-1938	Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 4-5), Kate Klassen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8)
1938-1939	Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 4-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 9-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8), ?
1939-1940	Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-2), Peter Henry Funk (grades 9-10), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 3-6), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8)
1940-1941	Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-2), Peter Henry Funk (grades 9-10), Jacob N. Hoeppner (grades 3-5), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Henry Stewart Schellenberg (grades 6-8)
1941-1942	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Peter Henry Funk (grades 9-10), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Lydia Neufeld (grades 3-5)
1942-1943	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Lydia Neufeld (grades 4-5), Julius George Toews (grades 9-10)
1943-1944	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Henry Friesen (grades 4-5), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), Jacob Gerhard Neufeld (grades 11-12), Jacob K. Schroeder (grade 9), Julius George Toews (grade 10)
1944-1945	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-2), Olga Kehler (grades 3-5), Mary Johanna Loewen (grade 10), Jacob K. Schroeder (grade 9), Julius George Toews (grades 11-12)
1945-1946	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1, pt June), Alvina Giesbrecht (grade 1, August - pt June), Olga Kehler (grades 2-3), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 4-6), ?
1946-1947	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1), Olga Kehler (grades 2-3), Herta Krahn (grades 3-4), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), ?
1947-1948	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1), Annie Kehler (grades 3-4), Olga Kehler (grades 2-3), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), ?
1948-1949	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1), Annie Kehler (grade 2), Margaret Peters (grade 2), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), Armin Herbert Wall (grade 4), ?
1949-1950	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Margaret F. Friesen (grade 1, September-November), Susan Heinrichs Giesbrecht (grade 1, January-June), Annie Kehler (grade 2), Susan Martens (grades 4-5), Margaret Peters (grade 2), Elizabeth Reimer (grades 1-2), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 5-6), Agnes Wall (grade 1, December)
1950-1951	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Alma Ruth Giesbrecht (grade 5), June Marion Helen Hamm (grade 1), Annie Kehler (grade 3), Susan Martens (grade 4), Helen D. Peters (grades 2-3), Elizabeth Reimer (grades 1-2), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ?
1951-1952	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Thelma Dyck (grade 5), June Marion Helen Hamm (grade 1), Susan Martens (grade 4), Helen D. Peters (grades 2-3), Elizabeth Reimer (grades 1-2), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ?
1952-1953	Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Thelma Dyck (grade 4), Alma Ruth Enns (grade 3, August-December), June Marion Helen Hamm (grade 1), Margaret Harder (grade 3, January-June), Kathleen Joyce Hoeppner (kindergarten), Helen D. Peters (grades 2-3), Elsie Sawatzky (grades 1-2), Orlando Jake Sawatzky (grade 5), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 6-7), ?
1953-1954	Hilda Dyck (grade 1), Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Thelma Dyck (grades 3-4), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Kathleen Joyce Hoeppner (kindergarten), Elsie Sawatzky (grades 1-2), Orlando Jake Sawatzky (grades 5-6), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 6-7), Erica Wall (grades 4-5), Helen June Wiebe (grade 2), ?
1954-1955	Anne Bueckert (grade 1), Elizabeth Margaret Dueck (grade 1), Jacob E. Dyck (grades 7-8), Anne E. Goertzen (no grade, January-June), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Helen Isaak (grade 2), Henry Martens (grade 6), Peter Pauls (grade 5), Helen Penner (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grades 6-7), Tina Thiessen (grade 2), Erica Wall (grades 3-4), ?
1955-1956	Sylvia Enns (grade 4), David Friesen (grade 6), Rosella Johannah Heppner (grade 5), Agnes Hildebrand (grade 2), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Katherine Klassen (grade 1), Hedy L. Martens (grade 1), Helen Frieda Neufeld (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 7), Norma Marianne Spalding (grade 3), Tina Thiessen (grade 2), ?
1956-1957	Jacob E. Dyck (grade 8), Martha Mary Friesen (grade 4), Agnes Hildebrand (grade 2), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Katherine Klassen (grade 1), Helen Loewen (grades 5-6), Hedy L. Martens (grade 1), Helen Frieda Neufeld (grade 4), Peter Pauls (grade 7), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Norma Marianne Spalding (grade 3), Tina Thiessen (grade 2), ?
1957-1958	Helen Brown (grae 2), Dolores Dyck (grade 1), Jacob E. Dyck (grade 8), Martha Mary Friesen (grade 4), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grades 1 & 3), Henry Klassen (grades 5-6), Helen Loewen (grade 5), Madeline M. Pauls (grade 2), Peter Pauls (grade 7), Susan Peters (grade 1), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Tina Thiessen (grade 3), ?
1958-1959	Helen Brown (grae 2), Dolores Dyck (grades 1-2), Jacob E. Dyck (grade 8), Henry Klassen (grade 7), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-6), Helen Loewen (grade 7), Harry Pauls (grade 5), Martha Peters (grade 1), Olive Carol Pries (grade 2), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Shirley Sawatsky (grade 1), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Tina Thiessen (grades 3-4), ?
1959-1960	Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Esther Friesen (grade 5), Glenys Hamm (grade 4), Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), John Klassen (grades 5-6), Anne Hildegard Konrad (grade 1), Martha Peters (grade 1), Olive Carol Pries (grade 2), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Shirley Margaret Sawatzky (grade 1), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), Katie Dora Suderman (grade 3), Tina Thiessen (grades 3-4), ? Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: Helen Elizabeth Klassen (grade 7), Harry Pauls (grade 8), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: Margaret Penner (ungraded, January-June), ?
1960-1961	Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Peter Janzen (grade 5), Sarah Susan Janzen (grade 3), John Klassen (grades 5-6), Eva Loewen (grade 3), Gertrude Donalda Peters (grade 1), Olive Carol Pries (grade 2), Helen Reimer (grade 4), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ? Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: Susan E. Hildebrandt (grade 7), Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grades 7-8), Tina Thiessen (grade 8), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: ?
1961-1962	Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Glenys Hamm (grade 4), James Donald Ralph Hamm (grade 5), Justina E. Hildebrandt (grade 1), Kathy Louise Janzen (grade 4), Peter Janzen (grade 5), Sarah Susan Janzen (grade 3), John Klassen (grade 6), Anne Hildegard Konrad (grade 1), Eva Loewen (grade 3), Roberta May Loewen (grades 1-6, September-December), Elvera Marie Peters (grades 1-6, January-June), Gertrude Donalda Peters (grade 2), Jacob G. Siemens (grade 6), ? Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: John Harry “Johnny” Friesen (grade 7), Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grade 8), Albert Schmidt (grades 7-8), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: Rita Schroeder (ungraded)
1962-1963	Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Marlene Anne Epp (grade 4), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 6), Justina E. Hildebrandt (grade 3), Kathy Louise Janzen (grade 4), John Klassen (grade 6), Sarah Susan Janzen Klassen (grade 3), Anne Hildegard Konrad Loewen (grade 1), Eva Loewen (grade 3), Myrna Arlene Loewen (grade 1), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Alvin Pauls (grade 5), Edith Katherine Penner (grades 1-7), Gertrude D. Peters (grade 2), ? Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: John Harry “Johnny” Friesen (grade 7), Robert John Loewen (grades 7-8), Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grade 8), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: unnamed teacher present (ungraded)
1963-1964	Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Marlene Anne Braun (grade 4), John Klassen (grade 6), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 1), Myrna Arlene Loewen (grade 3), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Alvin Pauls (grade 5), Edith Katherine Penner (grades 1-5), Gertrude D. Peters (grade 2), Rosella Schulz (grade 1), Evelyn Wiens (grade 4), Eva Loewen Zacharias (grade 3), ? Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: Peter “Peter” Hildebrand (grade 8), Jacob Rempel (grade 7), Peter J. Voth (grade 8), David F. Wiebe (grade 7), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: unnamed teacher present (ungraded)
1964-1965	Altona Elementary: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Marlene Anne Braun (grade 4), Patricia June “Pat” Elias (grades 2-3), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 6), Katie Hildebrandt (grade 2), Henry Ben Hoeppner (grade 5), John Klassen (grade 6), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 3), Erica Martel (grade 1), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Rosella Schulz (grade 1), Evelyn Wiens (grade 4), Jessie Zacharias (grade 3) Altona Collegiate [Junior High School]: William Henry “Bill” Janzen (grade 7), Peter J. Voth (grade 8), Herbert Henry Warkentin (grade 7), David F. Wiebe (grade 7) Altona Association for Retarded Children: Lena Sawatzky (ungraded 1-5)
1964-1965	Altona - Elmwood A School: Peggy Lynn Giesbrecht (grades 3-4), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 4) Evelyn Wiens (grade 4), ? Altona - Elmwood B School: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Kathleen Joyce Braun (grade 1), Marlene Anne Braun (kindergarten), Patricia June Elias (grade 2), Selma Krahn (grade 3), Erica Martel (grade 1), Jessie Zacharias (grade 3), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: ?
1965-1966	Altona - Elmwood A School: ? Altona - Elmwood A School: ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: ?
1966-1967	Altona - Elmwood A School: Selma Berg (grade 3), Joyce Anne Falk (grade 4), Peggy Lynn Giesbrecht (grade 3), Peter P. Giesbrecht (grade 4), ? Altona - Elmwood A School: Anne Heppner Berg (grade 2), Kathleen Joyce Braun (grade 1), Edna Klassen (grade ), Sarah Susan Klassen (kindergarten), Erica Martel Sommer (grade 1), Carolina Zacharias (grade 2), Eva Zacharias (kindergarten), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: John Rempel (ungraded 2-7), Lena Sawatzky (ungraded 1-2), ?
1967-1968	Altona - Elmwood A School: Agatha Ruth Bergen (grade 3), Joyce Anne Falk (grade 4), Mary Suzanne Friesen (grade 4), Peggy Lynn Giesbrecht (grade 3), Maija Margrieta Grendze (kindergarten), Margaret Rose Klassen (grade 3), Jacob E. Neufeld (grade 4), ? Altona - Elmwood A School: Anne Heppner Berg (kindergarten), Agnes Hildebrand (grade 1), Marjorie Eileen Janzen (grade 2), Jane Ann Kumak (grade 2), Erica Martel Sommer (grade 1), Carolina Zacharias (grade 2), ? Altona Association for Retarded Children: Eva Braun (ungraded), ?