Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bannatyne School No. 1549 (360 Wallasey Street, Winnipeg)

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Designed by local architect J. N. Semmens and completed in December 1911, the school commemorated school trustee William Bannatyne. The three-storey, colonial-style building of red brick and white columns had eight classrooms situated on its first and second floors, with a gymnasium / assembly room on the third floor. It also had a library, manual training room, domestic science room, staff room, Principal’s office, and an office for the St. James School Board. An annex with two classrooms, a small gymnasium and a Principal’s office was added to the north side in 1924.

A new school building was erected beside it and came into use in the fall of 1962. An additional wing was added to it in 1969-1970 on the site of the former annex, which was demolished to make way. The original building was demolished in the summer of 1970.

A 100th anniversary celebration was held at Bannatyne School on 4 and 6 May 2012, attended by past and present students, past and present teachers, and friends. Commemorative exhibits were displayed in the library, of antiques, memorabilia of a Brownie Pack which has met at Bannatyne continually since 1924 (and has been led by just four Brown Owls through the years), and school attendance records from 1911.

Among the noteworthy alumni of the school are bandleader Jimmy King and golfer George Knudson. As of May 2012, a complete collection of student attendance records for Bannatyne School was held at the school but they have since been transferred to the custody of the St. James Assiniboia School Division.

On 9 June 2012, an MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented to Principal Lucille McGillivray on behalf of Bannatyne School.

Principals

Period	Principal
1911-1913	George Robert Farrar Prowse (1860-1946)
1913-1923	Eliza May Bissett Higgins (1885-1961)
1923-1925	Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (1888-1934)
1925-1937	Shirley Annie Redmond (1876-?)
1937-1951	Harold Edwin Richard Murphy (1894-1975)
1951-1952	Ervyn Milne Houck (1905-1993)
1952-1953	James Weir Cowan (1910-1959)
1953-1958	Raymond Cleave “Ray” Davis (1920-2017)
1958-1966	Lyall Evert Sims (1930-1996)
1966-1968	George Peter Krahn (c1933-2012)
1968-1975	Leonard Harvey “Len” Goldsborough (1931-2012)
1975-1981	David William “Dave” Frye (1942-2020)
1981-1983	Peter Sawatsky (1926-2006)
1983-1985	John Carlyle
1985-1991	Victor Mollot
1991-1999	Lucille Mollot
1999-2000	Liz Corbett
2000-2003	Hitesh Raval
2003-2005	Ronald Pelletier
2005-2012	Lucille McGillivray
2012-2015	Lorelei Stefler
2015-?	Roné Boyko

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1963-1966	Leonard Harvey “Len” Goldsborough (1931-2012)
1966-1967	Martha Hilda Pokrant Wonnick
1967-1970	Jules Raymond “Jack” Van Den Bossche
1970-1973	Vivian Doris Glass (1920-2009)
1988-1989	P. Thibodeau
1989-1990	M. Monk

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1911-1912	Marjorie Andrews, May Bissett, Irene Campbell
1912-1913	Marjorie Andrews, Elma Baldwin, May Bissett, Irene Campbell, Jane Davis Cox, S. H. Rodgers, Jean A. Rogers
1913-1914	Miss E. I. Bissett, Minnie Buckley, Ethel M. Emerson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned
1914-1915	Miss E. I. Bissett, Ethel M. Emerson, Katherine N. Learned
1915-1916	Ethel M. Emerson, Katherine N. Learned
1916-1917	Minnie Buckley, Ethel M. Emerson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Mabel Morrow
1917-1918	Ethel M. Emerson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Mabel Morrow
1918-1919	Ethel M. Emerson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie
1919-1920	Ethel M. Emerson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie, Mabel Morrow
1920-1921	Mary E. Allen, Ethel M. Emerson, Marguerite R. Keith, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie, Miss E. M. McFadden, Mabel Morrow
1921-1922	Mary E. Allen, Grace Graham, Marguerite R. Keith, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie, Miss E. M. McFadden, Emily B. Stoddart
1922-1923	Mary E. Allen, Ada Bowler, Miss E. Campain, Mary Cuthbertson, Marguerite R. Keith, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie, Miss E. M. McFadden, Mabel Morrow, Shirley Annie Redmond, Emily B. Stoddart
1923-1924	Ada Bowler, Mary Cuthbertson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie, Miss E. M. McFadden, Mabel Morrow, Shirley Annie Redmond, Emily B. Stoddart
1924-1925	Ada Bowler, Mary Cuthbertson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ona MacKenzie, Mabel Morrow, Shirley Annie Redmond, Emily B. Stoddart, G. O. Thorsteinson
1925-1926	Ada Bowler, Mary Cuthbertson, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Mabel Morrow, Emily B. Stoddart, G. O. Thorsteinson
1926-1927	Ada Bowler, M. Casey, T. Helen Cram, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Ethel Alida Paisley
1927-1928	Ada Bowler, T. Helen Cram, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Mabel G. Kelly, Katherine N. Learned, Greta Maxwell, Ethel Alida Paisley, Jessie A. Rogers
1928-1929	T. Helen Cram, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Katherine N. Learned, Ethel Alida Paisley, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace
1929-1930	T. Helen Cram, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Ethel Alida Paisley, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1930-1931	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Ethel Alida Paisley, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1931-1932	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Ethel Alida Paisley, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1932-1933	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Ethel Alida Paisley, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1933-1934	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Ethel Alida Paisley, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1934-1935	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Ethel Alida Paisley, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1935-1936	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1936-1937	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1937-1938	Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Miss H. I. Ralston, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood
1938-1939	E. J. Beale, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Jessie A. Rogers, Letitia W. Wood, M. Leslie Wotton
1939-1940	Ada Bowler, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood, M. Leslie Wotton
1940-1941	Ada Bowler, Mary Cuthbertson, Mary Eleanor Dure, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Letitia W. Wood, M. Leslie Wotton
1941-1942	Ada Bowler, Viola Carefoot, Blanche Christilaw, Mary Cuthbertson, Jessie A. Rogers, Anna Mary Wallace, Ralph E. Wendeborn, Letitia W. Wood, M. Leslie Wotton
1942-1943	Ada Bowler, Viola Carefoot, Mary Cuthbertson, Miss H. J. Dobson, Jessie A. Rogers, Margaret Staples, Anna Mary Wallace, Ralph E. Wendeborn
1943-1944	Ada Bowler, Viola Carefoot, Miss H. J. Dobson, Jessie A. Rogers, Margaret Staples, Ralph E. Wendeborn
1944-1945	Ada Bowler, Viola Carefoot, Miss H. J. Dobson, Lola McDowell, Jessie A. Rogers, Margaret Staples, Ralph E. Wendeborn
1945-1946	Ada Bowler, Viola Carefoot, Miss H. J. Dobson, Lola McDowell, Jessie A. Rogers, Margaret Staples, Ralph E. Wendeborn
1946-1947	Ada Bowler, Marguerite Breckon, Pearl Cowan, Mr. B. Grafton, Lola McDowell, Miss E. C. Remer, Jessie A. Rogers, Mabel Smithers, Ralph E. Wendeborn
1947-1948	Ada Bowler, Keith Chorneyko, Pearl Cowan, Mr. B. Grafton, Miss E. C. Remer, Jessie A. Rogers, Mabel Smithers, Margaret Staples
1948-1949	Ada Bowler, Keith Chorneyko, Winnifred Cockbill, Pearl Cowan, Ann Harper, Sydney Perlmutter, Emma Serbin, Margaret Staples
1949-1950	Ada Bowler, Keith Chorneyko, Winnifred Cockbill, Ann Harper, Mrs. V. Knudson, Mrs. McDonald, Margaret Miller, Sydney Perlmutter, Mrs. N. Ross, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin
1950-1951	Jean A. Arneson, Keith Chorneyko, Ann Harper, Sydney Perlmutter, Mrs. N. Ross, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin, Miss A. M. Trickett, Miss P. Welsman
1951-1952	Jean A. Arneson, Keith Chorneyko, Ann Harper, Miss M. Harriott, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin, Miss P. Webb, Miss P. Welsman
1952-1953	Keith Chorneyko, Miss H. Crowe, Jake H. Enns, Ann Harper, Miss M. Harriott, Miss R. Hutton, Miss F. Lints, Mrs. N. Ross, Jean Segall, Marie Smith, Miss E. Thick
1953-1954	Miss H. Crowe, Jake H. Enns, Mrs. R. Gerelies, Irene H. Gill, Miss E. Harmer, Mrs. H. Harris, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin, Miss R. Sommerfeld, Thaddeus Edward “Ted” Witoski
1954-1955	Miss H. Crowe, Jake H. Enns, Irene H. Gill, Mrs. M. Graham, Miss E. Harmer, Mrs. H. Harris, Miss McLelland, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin, Miss R. Sommerfeld, Thaddeus Edward “Ted” Witoski
1955-1956	Miss L. Atkinson, Miss D. S. Charbonneau, Mrs. T. Forbes, Irene H. Gill, Miss E. Harmer, Miss S. Kiss, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin, Miss R. Sommerfeld, Thaddeus Edward “Ted” Witoski
1956-1957	Miss D. S. Charbonneau, Mrs. T. Forbes, Irene H. Gill, Mrs. M. Graham, Miss E. Harmer, Mrs. Isfeld, Miss S. Kiss, Grace Neufeld, Miss L. Riddell, Miss Ritchie, Jean Segall, Emma Serbin, Miss R. Sommerfeld, Mr. F. H. Voth
1957-1958	Miss I. Abbott, Miss E. Harmer, Miss E. Houck, Miss T. Luptak, Kathleen Pogson, Emma Serbin, Mr. F. H. Voth, Miss M. Welligan, Johanna Zdebiak
1958-1959	Miss T. Luptak, Mrs. E. McConnell, Kathleen Pogson, Emma Serbin, Mrs. B. Shaw
1959-1960	Mr. N. Bobbie, Mrs. Kay Cameron, Miss T. Luptak, Mrs. E. McConnell, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. P. Venselaar
1960-1961	Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mrs. E. McConnell, Mrs. E. Scheuneman, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. C. Shuttleworth, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms, Mrs. T. Woychuk
1961-1962	Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mrs. O. Kasian, Mrs. E. McConnell, Mrs. E. Scheuneman, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. C. Shuttleworth, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1962-1963	Miss T. Brownrigg, Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mr. B. Engebrecht, Miss G. Ferguson, Mr. T. Holbrow, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Mrs. E. McConnell, Mrs. A. McKinnon, Mrs. M. O’Reilly, Mr. H. Repko, Mrs. E. Scheuneman, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. C. Shuttleworth, Miss E. Sproule, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1963-1964	Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mr. B. Engebrecht, Miss G. Ferguson, Mrs. M. Hanson, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Mr. G. Leask, Miss S. Malmgren, Mrs. D. Martin, Mrs. A. McKinnon, Mrs. M. O’Reilly, Miss E. Regier, Mr. H. Repko, Mrs. A. Rickey, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. S. Speirs, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Miss T. Voorsmit, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1964-1965	Mrs. A. Buxton, Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mrs. E. Dahl, Mr. B. Engebrecht, Miss L. Falconer, Mr. R. Gateson, Mrs. I. Goldsbrough, Mrs. N. Graham, Miss L. Grant, Mrs. M. Hanson, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Mrs. A. Kroeker, Mrs. R. Lloyd, Mrs. K. Mahailoff, Miss S. Malmgren, Miss H. McDonald, Mrs. A. McKinnon, Mrs. T. Messing, Mrs. H. Novakowski, Mrs. M. O’Reilly, Mr. H. Repko, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mr. B. Sim, Miss P. Snyder, Mrs. S. Speirs, Mr. T. Veale, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1965-1966	Mrs. S. Aldinger, Miss R. Biedler, Mr. M. Biluk, Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mr. G. Carriere, Miss M. Cordell, Mr. B. Engebrecht, Mr. J. Friesen, Mr. R. Gateson, Mrs. I. Goldsbrough, Mrs. J. Hamblin, Mrs. L. Kaminsky, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Lawrence Melnyk, Mrs. T. Messing, Mrs. H. Novakowski, Mrs. M. O’Reilly, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mr. B. Sim, Mr. P. Stein, Mr. J. Susko, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Annie “Annetta” Wiechman, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1966-1967	Mr. F. Bilous, Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mr. R. Gateson, Mrs. I. Goldsbrough, Mrs. J. Grace, Mrs. M. Hignett, Mrs. L. Kaminsky, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Mr. W. Kesanko, Miss C. Locht, Mr. K. McInnes, Miss S. McMillan, Lawrence Melnyk, Mrs. V. Natyna, Mrs. H. Novakowski, Mrs. M. O’Reilly, Mrs. M. Recksiedler, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. C. Shepherd, Mr. G. Shirtliffe, Mr. C. Sodeen, Miss M. Traynor, Mrs. P. Venselaar, Mrs. M. Wonnick, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1967-1968	Mr. F. Bilous, Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mr. R. Gateson, Mrs. I. Goldsbrough, Mrs. J. Grace, Mrs. M. Hignett, Miss J. Houston, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Mrs. M. Kelly, Mr. W. Kesanko, Victor Krenz, Miss C. Locht, Lawrence Melnyk, Mrs. M. O’Reilly, Mrs. S. Reid, Mrs. L. Robinson, Mrs. B. Scott, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. C. Shepherd, Mr. G. Shirtliffe, Mr. C. Sodeen, Anne Marie Stadnyk, Mrs. G. Stangroom, Mrs. B. Sundell, Mr. J. Van Den Bossche, Mrs. M. Wonnick, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1968-1969	Mrs. Kay Cameron, Miss C. Corbett, Mrs. J. Grace, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Mrs. M. Kelly, Victor Krenz, Miss C. Locht, Miss S. McMillan, Mrs. M. Moir, Mrs. C. Mott, Miss Eleanor Preece, Mrs. L. Robinson, Mrs. J. Schellenberg, Mrs. B. Scott, Mrs. C. Shepherd, Miss N. Smith, Anne Marie Stadnyk, Mrs. B. Sundell, Mr. J. Van Den Bossche, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
1969-1970	Mrs. Kay Cameron, Mrs. Denise Frankard, Mrs. J. Grace, Mrs. Nancy Hodgson, Mrs. Olga Kasian, Victor Krenz, Miss C. Locht, Miss S. McMillan, Miss Inez Mikkelson, Mrs. M. Moir, Miss Eleanor Preece, Mrs. C. Rischer, Mrs. L. Robinson, Mrs. B. Scott, Mrs. C. Shepherd, Anne Marie Stadnyk, Mrs. B. Sundell, Mr. J. Van Den Bossche, Constance Jean “Connie” Worms
c1970	Mrs. Wendy Brown (grade 1), Mrs. Kay Cameron (social studies, library), Miss Denise Frankard (French), Miss Anne Froese (music), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 4-6), Mrs. Lois Hamm (health), Mrs. Nancy Hodgson (grade 2), Mrs. Olga Kasian (grade 3), Victor Krenz (grades 5 and 6), Mrs. Lisa Martin (grade 6), Miss Shirley McMillan (grade 3), Lawrence Melnyk (grades 4-6), Miss Inez Mikkelson (physical education), Miss Eleanor Preece (grade 2), Mrs. Freda Psooy (resource), Mrs. Kemy Shepherd (kindergarten), Anne Marie Stadnyk (physical education, science), Mrs. Iris Wengreniuk (grade 3), Constance Jean “Connie” Worms (grade 1)
c1970-2005	?
2005-2006	Jill Boychuk, Cheryl Horrocks, Nicole Joyal, Simone Labossiere, Rachelle Lafleche-Mohammed, Laura Newbury, Patric Peloquin, Jennifer Rothwell, Alice Russell, Lydia Tanner, Robert Vallee, Kathryn Waruk, Diane Wiebe

Photos & Coordinates

The original Bannatyne School (1939) Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7451, Album 14, Page 31. The original Bannatyne School (1960s) Source: Bannatyne School The original Bannatyne School (July 1969) Source: Leonard Goldsborough, LHG-0010 The original Bannatyne School at right with the newer school at left (July 1969) Source: Leonard Goldsborough, LHG-0011 The Bannatyne School annex (July 1969) Source: Leonard Goldsborough, LHG-0013 Bannatyne School along with the datestone from the original building (May 2020) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Bannatyne School (May 2020) Source: Gordon Goldsborough An exhibit of antiques for a 100th anniversary celebration in May 2012 included a time capsule, sealed on 31 December 1970 by Principal Len Goldsborough. Source: Gordon Goldsborough School attendance records from 1911 where on display during a 100th anniversary celebration in May 2012. Source: Gordon Goldsborough A stone bench was unveiled as part of 100th anniversary celebrations in May 2012. Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88164, W97.26532 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Manitoba Department of Education, Departmental Report for 1911, Inspectorial Division No. 17, page 105, Legislative Library of Manitoba.

“Bannatyne School marks its fiftieth anniversary,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 May 1961, page 68.

“Bannatyne School plans big farewell to building,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 1970, page 17.

“Jimmy King’s night beat,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 February 1970, page 8.

Farewell to Bannatyne School 1911-1970 compiled by L. Goldsborough and J. Van Den Bossche, Bannatyne School, 1970.

Obituary [Anne Marie Stadnyk], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 2014.

Obituary [Constance Jean Worms], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 August 2018.

We thank Leonard Goldsborough, Joanne Jeanson, Don Wilkes, Nathan Kramer, and Dorothy Young for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 November 2024

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