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The history of local education at Balmoral dates to the 1875 and a series of public meetings to decide on a course of action. In 1878, a log schoolhouse was built at the site of the Balmoral Community Hall, with the school being named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
The Balmoral School District No. 44 was organized formally in March 1884 and a wooden frame schoolhouse was built near this site, east of the Balmoral United Church. The wooden structure was later sold to McClures Lumber Yard for use as a warehouse and, in 1926, was purchased and relocated by Leo Waterer being renovated into a grocery store.
In 1914, Balmoral School was consolidated with that of Bruce School District No. 170 to form the Balmoral Consolidated School District No. 1710. Property at this site was purchased from Tom Fox and a new two-storey brick and masonry school commissioned, to be built by Mr. McPherson of Teulon at a tendered rate of $10,300. This facility served the community from 1915 to 1976 before being replaced. In 1959, collegiate grades became part of the Interlake School Division and over time senior classes transferred elsewhere in the division, with grade 11 leaving in 1959, grade 10 in 1960, and grade 9 in 1961. During the 1960s, the surrounding districts of Centre School District No. 540 and Ridgeway School District No. 1470 were also consolidated here. Following the new school opening in 1976, the two-storey school was later demolished
In front of the present school (2022) are a set of three monuments comprising the Balmoral War Memorial and Balmoral Pioneers Monument.
Period
Principal
1914-1915
Joseph Henry Peadon (1860-1923)
1915-1917
George Andrew Duncan (1890-1975)
1917-1918
Claude Elmer Luther Hogarth Law (1881-1959)
1918-1919
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1919-1920
Joseph S. McGeown
1920-1922
Richard A. Fines (1871-1966)
1922-1923
David Harmon Lent (1858-1938)
1923-1925
John Sigfus Helgason (1898-1978)
1925-1927
Elmenia Jean Rutledge Mollard (1901-1991)
1927-1928
Alan Stewart Moore (1903-1987)
1928-1931
Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (1884-1976)
1931-1934
Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (1888-1934)
1934-1936
Albert Edward Reid (1902-1990)
1936-1937
William Alfred Lorne McFarland (1908-1990)
1937-1938
Percy Albert Lanham (1911-1999)
1938-1940
James Kenneth Mackay (c1912-1968)
1940-1942
Ernest William Nemish (1913-2002)
1942-1943
George William Chidley (c1908-1972)
1943-1944
Helen Letitia Ward Croy (1920-2022)
1944-1945
Margaret Ellen Crawford Snell (1918-2007)
1945-1946
Helen Letitia Ward Croy (1920-2022)
1946-1947
John Osborn Wilson (1900-1972)
1947-1949
Alice R. Plante
1949-1950
John Peter Packota (1922-1994)
1950-1951
Willard Ervin Rife (1890-1970)
1951-1953
Samuel Stewart Bryan (1889-1972)
1953-1955
Ernest Nakka (1913-1970)
1955-1956
David Langton MacDonald (1911-1957)
1956-1959
William George Hume (1902-1967)
1959-1960
Soren Bernhard Jorgensen (1905-1988)
1960-1961
Helen Letitia Ward Croy (1920-2022)
1961-1965
Neilona Mary Robinson
1965-1966
Jack Lorne Brignoly
1966-1967
Carl E. Golebioski
1967-1974
?
1974-1975
Al Taylor
Period
Vice-Principal
1948
Eva Margaret Young
Between 1878 and 1882, the earliest teachers of Balmoral School No. 44 were Joseph Wells, Mr. Shore, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. McKenzie, Miss Fannie Crooks, Mr. Neville, and Mr. Goff. Other early educators were Miss Jennie Wells (1883-1884), David A. W. Gillespie (Spring-Fall 1885), William Joseph Cram (Spring 1886 - Fall 1888), Walter T. Gough (Spring 1889), Mr. J. J. Poole (Fall 1889 - Spring 1891 & Spring-Fall 1892), Mr. A. J. Pearsall (Fall 1891), David S. Williams (January 1893 - July 1895), Mr. J. McKee (August 1895 - December 1895), Mr. D. F. Clark (January 1896 - December 1898), Mr. G. L. Hamilton (January-June 1899), Mr. Alex L. MacLean (July-December 1899), Mr. W. L. MacKenzie (January 1900 - July 1901), Bertha McKivor (August 1901 - June 1902), Mr. H. J. Saigeon (August 1902 - June 1903), Mr. P. P. Dougan (August 1903 - February 1905), Mary E. Mustard (March 1905 - December 1908), Wilfred Tait Fidler (Spring 1909 - Spring 1912 & August-October 1912), John C. Anderson (October 1912 - June 1913), and Gladys E. Elliott (Spring 1913 - Fall 1914).
Period
Teachers
1914-1915
Gladys E. Elliott (grades 1-8, August-December; grades 1-6, January-February; grades 4-6, February-June), Louise Inkster (grades 1-3, February-June), Joseph Henry Peadon (grades 7-11, January-June)
1915-1916
G. W? Bruce (grades 7-8, January-June), George Andrew Duncan (grades 7-11, August-October; grades 9-11, November-December), Gladys E. Elliott (grades 4-6), Louise Inkster (grades 1-3), Kate M. McDonald (grades 7-8, November-December)
1916-1917
Grace Van Alstine (grades 3-5), George Andrew Duncan (grades 9-11), Louise Inkster (grades 1-2), Mamie Lawton (grades 6-8)
1917-1918
A. I. Bell (grades 3-5), Hazel J. King (grades 1-2), Claude Elmer Luther Hogarth Law (grades 9-11), John Blain Stewart (grades 6-8)
1918-1919
Hazel J. King (grades 1-2), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 9-11), John Blain Stewart (grades 5-8), Alda M. Stratton (grades 3-4)
1919-1920
Ellen Anderson (grades 3-4), Joseph S. McGeown (grades 9-11), Alda M. Stratton (grades 1-2), John Blain Stewart (grades 5-8)
1920-1921
Daisy Churchill (grades 3-4, August-December), Elizabeth E. Fahey (grades 3-5, January-June), Richard A. Fines (grades 9-11), John Blain Stewart (grades 5-8, August-December; grades 6-8, January-June), Thurza K. Stratton (grades 1-2)
1921-1922
Elizabeth E. Fahey (grades 3-5, August-December; grades 1-2, January-June), Richard A. Fines (grades 9-11), Mabel B. Sparling (grades 3-5, January-June), John Blain Stewart (grades 6-8), Thurza K. Stratton (grades 1-2, August-December)
1922-1923
David Harmon Lent (grades 9-11), R. F. Peterson (grades 6-8), J. Schwartz (grades 3-5), Thurza K. Stratton (grades 1-2)
1923-1924
Edna O. Barnett (grades 3-5, pt January - June), John Sigfus Helgason (grades 9-11), Mr. Haywood (grades 3-5, pt January), Jean Millar (grades 1-2), R. F. Peterson (grades 6-8), J. Schwartz (grades 3-5, September-December)
1924-1925
John Sigfus Helgason (grades 9-11), Grace McNicholl (grades 4-5), Jean Millar (grades 1-3), R. F. Peterson (grades 6-8)
1925-1926
Gladys M. Fraser (grades 1-3), Louise Inkster (grades 6-8), Grace McNicholl (grades 4-5), Elmenia Jean Rutledge (grades 9-11)
1926-1927
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 3-5, September-February; grades 1-2, March-June), Gladys M. Fraser (grades 1-2, September-February; grades 3-5, March & June), Ainsley Halloway (grades 3-5, April-May), Louise Inkster (grades 6-8), Elmenia Jean Rutledge (grades 9-11)
1927-1928
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 1-2), Ainsley Halloway (grades 3-5), Alan Stewart Moore (grades 9-11), Mildred Mary Tidsbury (grades 6-8)
1928-1929
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 1-2), Rachel H. Hall (grades 9-10), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grade 11), Inez Irene Robb (grades 6-8), Mildred Mary Tidsbury (grades 3-5)
1929-1930
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 1-2), Julia Garry (grades 3-5, September-December), Rachel H. Hall (grades 9-10), Sarah Beatrice McLeod (grades 3-5, January-June), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grade 11), Inez Irene Robb (grades 6-8)
1930-1931
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 1-2, September-May), Rachel H. Hall (grades 9-10), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grade 11), Martha Peterson (grades 6-8), Bertha Mae Willis (grades 1-2, May-June)
1931-1932
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 1-2), Muriel May Brill (grades 6-8), Rachel H. Hall (grades 9-10), Bella Miller (grades 3-5), Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (grade 11)
1932-1933
Annie Edith Anderson (grades 1-2), Muriel May Brill (grades 6-8), Rachel H. Hall (grades 9-10), Bella Miller (grades 3-5), Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (grade 11)
1933-1934
Rachel H. Hall (grades 9-10), Bella Miller (grades 4-5, September-December; grades 3-5, January-June), Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (grade 11), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 6-8), Bernice Phyllis Wright (grades 1-3)
1934-1935
Robert Fleming Hunter (grades 11), Bella Miller (grades 3-5), Albert Edward Reid (grades 9-10), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 6-8), Bernice Phyllis Wright (grades 1-2)
1935-1936
William Alfred Lorne McFarland (grade 11), Bella Miller (grades 3-5), Albert Edward Reid (grades 9-10), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 6-8), Bernice Phyllis Wright (grades 1-2)
1936-1937
Percy Albert S. Lanham (grade 11), Anne C. McCormick (grades 1-3), William Alfred Lorne McFarland (grades 9-10), Bella Miller (grades 4-6), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 7-8)
1937-1938
Dorothy East (grades 7-8), Percy Albert S. Lanham (grades 11-12), Anne C. McCormick (grades 1-3), William Alfred Lorne McFarland (grades 9-10, September-December), Ernest William Nemish (grades 9-10, January-June), Lillian Jean Shewfelt (grades 4-6)
1938-1939
Jean Etta Graham (grades 7-8), Anne C. McCormick (grades 1-3, September-December), Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre (grades 1-3, January-June), Kenneth James Mackay (grades 11-12), Ernest William Nemish (grades 9-10), Lillian Jean Shewfelt (grades 4-6)
1939-1940
Vivian Yvonne Airth (grades 4-6, January-June), Jean Etta Graham Appleyard (grades 7-8, September-December), Isabel Dawson (grades 1-3, January-June), Clara Frances Foot (grades 7-8, January-June), Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre (grades 1-3, September-December), Kenneth James Mackay (grade 11), Ernest William Nemish (grades 9-10), Lillian Jean Shewfelt Trump (grades 4-6, September-December)
1940-1941
Vivian Yvonne Airth (grades 4-6), Clara Frances Foot (grades 7-8), Isabel Dawson (grades 1-3), Howard Beatty Chenoweth (grades 9-10), Ernest William Nemish (grades 11-12)
1941-1942
Vivian Yvonne Airth (grades 4-6, September-December), Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-3, February-June), Isabel Dawson (grades 1-3, September-January), Katherine Loewen (grades 4-6, January-June), Ernest William Nemish (grades 11-12), Sarah Segal (grades 9-10)
1942-1943
Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-3), George William Chidley (grades 11-12), Katherine Loewen (grades 4-6), Amy May Rinn (grades 7-8), Helen Letitia Ward (grades 9-10)
1943-1944
Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-4), Madeleine Constance Brown (grades 5-8), Amy May Rinn (grades 9-10), Helen Letitia Ward (grades 11-12)
1944-1945
Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-4), Madeleine Constance Brown (grades 5-8), Margaret Ellen Crawford (grades 11-12), Ellen Lucille Pulfer (grades 9-10)
1945-1946
Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-4), Madeleine Constance Brown (grades 5-8), William Alexander Dueck (grades 9-10), Helen Letitia Ward (grades 11-12)
1946-1947
Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-3), Madeleine Constance Brown (grades 7-8), Isabella Mary Lockerby (grades 4-6), Alice L. Plante (grades 9-10), John Osborn Wilson (grades 11-12)
1947-1948
Victor Abrahams (grades 9-10, September - pt December), Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-3), Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 9-10, pt December), Wilma Elizabeth Craig (grades 7-8), Mona Katherine Johnson (grades 4-6), Alice L. Plante (grades 11-12), Eva Margaret Young (grades 9-10, January-June)
1948-1949
Mabel Louise Aspelund (grades 1-3), Wilma Elizabeth Craig (grades 6-8), Mona Katherine Johnson (grades 4-5), Alice L. Plante (grades 11-12), Eva Margaret Young (grades 9-10)
1949-1950
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Jean Elizabeth Bill (grades 7-9), Anne Melnyk (grades 4-6), John Peter Packota (grades 10-11)
1950-1951
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Jean Elizabeth Bill (grades 7-9), Willard Ervin Rife (grades 10-11), Enid Levine Lawrence (grades 4-6)
1951-1952
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Eugene W. Doroschuk (grades 7-8), Enid Levine Lawrence (grades 4-6)
1952-1953
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Eugene W. Doroschuk (grades 7-8), Donalda Ruth Stewart Stanbra (grades 4-6)
1953-1954
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Daniel Logan “Dan” Daley (grades 7-8), Ernest Nakka (grades 9-11), Jean McWatters Farnie Watson (grades 4-6)
1954-1955
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Daniel Logan “Dan” Daley (grades 7-8), Ernest Nakka (grades 9-11), Jean McWatters Farnie Watson (grades 4-6)
1955-1956
Mildred Mary Barbour (grades 1-3), Mary Doreen Hayward (grades 7-8), David Langton MacDonald (grades 9-11), Salome Walker (grades 4-6, January-June), Jean McWatters Farnie Watson (grades 4-6, September-December)
1956-1957
Roger V. Dubois (grades 7-8), Lavina Ruth Katherine Dyck (grades 1-3), William George Hume (grades 9-11), Josephine Hilda Zeller (grades 4-6)
1957-1958
Roger V. Dubois (grades 7-8), Lavina Ruth Katherine Dyck (grades 1-3), Deanne B. Horn (grades 4-6), William George Hume (grades 9-11)
1958-1959
Lavina Ruth Katherine Dyck (grades 1-3), Deanne B. Horn (grades 4-6), Mary Hume (grades 7-8), William George Hume (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
Helen Letitia Ward Croy (grades 6-8), Soren Bernhard Jorgensen (grades 9-10), Dorothy Ruth Riddell (grades 1-2), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 3-5)
1960-1961
Helen Letitia Ward Croy (grades 6-8), Dorothy Ruth Riddell (grades 1-2), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 3-5)
1961-1962
Elizabeth Joan McPherson (grades 1-2), Jean Pless (grades 6-8), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 3-5)
1962-1963
William M. A. Campbell (grades 7-8), Elizabeth Joan McPherson (grades 1-2), Ruby Robertson (grades 3-4), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 5-6)
1963-1964
William M. A. Campbell (grades 7-8), Elizabeth Joan McPherson (grades 1-2), Clara Francis Smith (grades 3-4, January-June), Beverly Switzer (grades 3-4, September-December), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 5-6)
1964-1965
Edith Anne Alexiuk (grades 7-8, January-June), Helen Roberta Cockerill (grades 1-2), Earl R. Cowan (grades 7-8, September - pt December), Clara Francis Smith (grades 3-4), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 5-6), Irene A. Simpson (grades 7-8, pt December)
1965-1966
Jack Lorne Brignoly (grades 7-8), Helen Roberta Cockerill (grades 1-2), Susan Richmond (grades 5-6), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 3-4)
1966-1967
Helen Roberta Cockerill (grades 1-2), Carl E. Golebioski (grades 7-8), Neilona Mary Robinson (grades 3-4), Elza M. Taplin (grades 1-2)
1967-1968
?
1968-1969
?
1969-1970
?
1970-1971
?
1971-1972
?
1972-1973
?
1973-1974
?
1974-1975
Brenda Margetts, Ricki Pohlman, Elza M. Taplin, Al Taylor
Period
Principal
1960-1961
Andrew Alexiuk
Period
Teachers
1960-1961
Andrew Alexiuk (grades 9-10, August-September; grade 9, October-June)
Balmoral Consolidated School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 21.
Balmoral Consolidated School (1919)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7447, Album 4, Page 23.
Students on the front steps of Balmoral Consolidated School (1928)
Source: Milan Lukes
Students on the front steps of Balmoral Consolidated School (no date)
Source: Milan Lukes
Balmoral Consolidated School (1965)
Source: Milan Lukes
Balmoral School monument in front of present school (July 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.25661, W97.31718
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Balmoral War Memorial / Balmoral Pioneers Monument (Balmoral, RM of Rockwood)
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
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, Balmoral School District No. 44 - Daily Registers, GR2661, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Balmoral School District No. 1710 - Daily Registers, GR2043, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Balmoral School District No. 1710 - Daily Registers, GR2661, 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.
“Back to work, back to school for parents, youngsters and teachers,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 4 September 1974, page 1.
100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality by Rockwood Municipality History, 1982.
We thank Milan Lukes, Darryl Toews, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 November 2024
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