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The Bethany Consolidated School District No. 161, located in the hamlet of Bethany in what is now the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah, was formed in May 1919 from the consolidation of Bethany School No. 161 (which had been formed in December 1883) with Roche School No. 1687. It closed in June 1967 and the two-storey brick building was later demolished. A monument at the site was dedicated in 1979 to commemorate former students and teachers of Bethany School.
Period
Principal
1919-1920
Lottie Isabella Irwin Richardson (1895-1967)
1920
T. J. Wilson
1921
Lottie Isabella Irwin Richardson (1895-1967)
1921-1922
William Lineham Logan (1898-1987)
1922-1923
Edith Ann Fingland (1877-1957)
1923
Norah G. Templar
1923-1924
Eva Calverley (1895-1988)
1924-1927
Christopher Stow (1873-1933)
1927-1928
Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (1865-1944)
1928-1930
Edgar John Jarvis (1894-1972)
1930-1933
Norman Ernest Wright (1906-1957)
1933-1939
George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1939-1941
George Scott Belton (1904-1967)
1941-1942
Reginald Edwin Penton
1942-1945
Samuel Stewart Bryan (1889-?)
1945-1946
Kenneth Donald Bruce (1892-1968)
1946-1947
Anne “Annie” Kachur
1947-1948
Marie-Jeanne St. Germain
1948-1949
Lionel Travers Glaser (1922-2011)
1949-1953
Henriette Nelly Andre (1907-2001)
1953-1954
Jacob A. Sawatzky
1954-1955
Hildur Ingrid Josephine Wilson
1955
George W. Fellowes
1955
Oliver Glen Olmstead (?-1997)
1955-1957
Gladys Dorothy Davies
1957-1959
George J. Gamey
1959-1961
Ronald Charles Beech
1961-1962
Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (?-2009)
1962-1963
Clarence Lockhart
1963-1965
Mabel Winters Boyd
1965-1966
Gordon Kenneth Loeb
1966-1967
Lynne Marie Henuset
School Year
Teachers
1919-1920
Lottie Isabel Irwin (grades 5-10), ? (grades 1-4)
1920-1921
E. Dickson (grades 1-3), William Lineham Logan (grades 8-11, 1921), Lottie Isabel Irwin Richardson (grades 8-11, 1921), T. J. Wilson (grades 6-11, 1920), ? (grades 4-6, 1920; grades 4-7, 1921)
1921-1922
William Lineham Logan (grades 8-11), ? (grades 1-7)
1922-1923
Edith Ann Fingland (grades 8-11), Clara Sanderson (grades 1-3), Leila E. Simpson (grades 4-7)
1923-1924
Eva Calverly (grades 8-11), Mary Forbes (grades 1-3), Norah G. Templar (grades 8-11, 1923), ? (grades 4-7)
1924-1925
M. R. Privat (grades 1-3, 1924), Christopher Stow (grades 8-11), Inez Summers (grades 1-3, 1925), ? (grades 4-7)
1925-1926
Christopher Stow (grades 8-11), Inez Summers (grades 1-3), M. M. Waite (grades 4-7)
1926-1927
Sophie Moffett (grades 3-7), Christopher Stow (grades 8-11), ? (grades 4-7)
1927-1928
Ida Blakeman (grades 3-5), Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (grades 9-11), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-2)
1928-1929
Ida Blakeman (grades 3-5), Isobel Ferguson Broadfoot (grades 3-5, 1929), Edgar John Jarvis (grades 9-11), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-2)
1929-1930
Edgar John Jarvis (grades 9-11), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-5)
1930-1931
Janet A. R. Duncan (grades 1-2), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 9-11), ? (grades 3-5)
1931-1932
Emma Margaret Gill (grades 3-5), Violet L. Reeves (grades 6-8), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-2)
1932-1933
Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), Florence Elizabeth Wilmot (grades 4-6), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 9-11)
1933-1934
Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1934-1935
Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1935-1936
Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1936-1937
Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1937-1938
George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Marguerite Elizabeth Stocker (grades 1-3), ? (grades 4-6)
1938-1939
A. M. Gaudin (grades 3-5), George William Leonard (grades 9-11), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 6-8), Marguerite Elizabeth Stocker (grades 1-2)
1939-1940
George Scott Belton (grades 9-11), Helen Isabelle McAulay (grades 6-8), Marguerite Elizabeth Stocker (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-5)
1940-1941
George Scott Belton (grades 9-11), Helen Isabelle McAulay (grades 6-8), Mildred Edith McFarlane (grades 1-2), Flora Mathison (grades 3-5)
1941-1942
Alice Rosella Lavinia Birch (grades 3-5), Essie M. Boyd (grades 6-8, 1942), Ruth Buck (grades 6-8), Janet Kyle (grades 6-8, 1942), Mildred Edith McFarlane (grades 1-2), Jean N. Moyer (grades 3-5, 1941), Reginald Edwin Penton (grades 9-12), Winnifred Sanderson (grades 6-8, 1942)
1942-1943
Norma Louise Boake (grades 1-2), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Mary Aileen Dale (grades 6-8), ? (grades 3-5)
1943-1944
Norma Louise Boake (grades 1-2), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Mary Aileen Dale (grades 6-8), ? (grades 3-5)
1944-1945
Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-2), Winnifred A. Rennie (grades 6-8), Alice Grace Widdicombe (grades 3-5)
1945-1946
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-3), Kenneth Donald Bruce (grades 8-11), Constance B. Carter (grades 4-7, 1946), Winona Marie Horner (grades 4-7, 1945)
1946-1947
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Violet Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Anne “Annie” Kachur (grades 9-11)
1947-1948
Valdis Camilla Antonius (grades 5-8), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Marie-Jeanne St. Germain (grades 9-11)
1948-1949
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Edith Matilda Gill (grades 5-8), Lionel Travers Glaser (grades 9-11)
1949-1950
Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Kathleen M. Cairns (grades 5-8)
1950-1951
Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Kathleen M. Cairns (grades 5-8)
1951-1952
Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Mrs. M. J. Viola Ross (grades 5-8, 1951), Mary A. Smith (grades 5-8, 1952)
1952-1953
Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), William C. Davison (grades 5-8)
1953-1954
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), William C. Davison (grades 5-8), Jacob A. Sawatzky (grades 9-11)
1954-1955
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Hildur Ingrid Josephine Wilson (grades 9-11), Oliver Glen Olmstead (grades 5-8)
1955-1956
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Mrs. Ross Campbell (? grades, 1956), Gladys Dorothy Davies (grades 9-11, 1956), George W. Fellowes (grades 9-11, 1955), Mrs. Rex Hulbert (? grades, 1956), Oliver Glen Olmstead (grades 9-11, 1955; grades 5-8)
1956-1957
Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Gladys Dorothy Davies (grades 9-11), Charles John Skoritko (grades 5-8)
1957-1958
Denis Babcock (grades 9-11), George J. Gamey (grades 5-8, 1958), Mary Charlotte Pinn McLachlan (grades 1-4), Mary Rankin (grades 5-8, 1957)
1958-1959
George J. Gamey (grades 9-11), Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Joyce Elaine Vidal (grades 1-4)
1959-1960
Ronald Charles Beech (grades 9-11), Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Evelyn Diane Outhwaite (grades 1-4)
1960-1961
Ronald Charles Beech (grades 9-11), Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Evelyn Diane Outhwaite (grades 1-4)
1961-1962
Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Evelyn Diane Outhwaite (grades 1-4)
1962-1963
Clarence Lockhart (grades 5-8), Julie Dorothy Renwick (grades 1-4)
1963-1964
Mabel Winters Boyd (grades 5-8), Julie Dorothy Renwick (grades 1-4, 1963), Violet Helen Switzer (grades 1-4, 1964)
1964-1965
Mabel Winters Boyd (grades 5-8), Violet Helen Switzer (grades 1-4)
1965-1966
Gordon Kenneth Loeb (grades 5-8), Joan Marie Vermeersch (grades 1-4)
1966-1967
Lynne Marie Henuset (grades 5-8), Joan Marie Vermeersch (grades 1-4)
Bethany School (no date) by W. C. Hartley
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 55.
Bethany Consolidated School commemorative monument (June 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Bethany Consolidated School commemorative monument (July 2023)
Source: Kathryn HyndmanSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.31262, W99.75224
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Bethany School No. 161 Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports, Schedule E 0757, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Blaine Little, Kathryn Hyndman, and David Ford for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 February 2024
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