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Known as the East St. Paul School District No. 541 when it was established in June 1888, in December 1927 it was renamed the Birds Hill School District No. 541. In 1914, a two-storey brick schoolhouse was constructed on Lot 95 on the Birds Hill Road in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul. The foundation stone was laid on 22 May 1914 by Deputy Minister of Education Robert Fletcher before a large crowd of local citizens and school board officials. The new two-room facility was build by contractor Walter Owens was built with expansion in mind, with two additional classrooms quickly approved by local voters in two months of the schools opening. This expansion cost a further $3,000. The district became part of the East St. Paul Municipal School District No. 2323 in January 1954, and later became part of the River East School Division.
As of 1984, the school had three classrooms with four portable classrooms on site, two of which were used as a gymnasium and library, respectively. The building was put up for sale and demolished in March 1987. The site is now a shopping mall parking lot. The school’s name stone and cornerstone are displayed on the present school at Birds Hill.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1912-1913 |
Miss I. E. Johnson (grades 1-4, at residence of N. J. McGregor), Ruth M. Whitely (grades 5-8) |
1913-1914 |
Miss I. E. Johnson (grades 1-4, at residence of N. J. McGregor), Ruth M. Whitely (grades 5-8) |
1914-1915 |
Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 5-8), Miss I. E. Johnson (grades 1-4), Ruth M. Whitely (grades 5-8, 1914) |
1915-1916 |
Miss R. I.[J?] Cross (grades 1-4), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 5-8) |
1916-1917 |
Ethel Maud Bennett (grades 1-4, 1917), Miss R. I.[J?] Cross (grades 1-4, 1916), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 5-8) |
1917-1918 |
Ethel Maud Bennett (grades 1-3, 1917), Elsie H. Gibson (grades 1-3, 1918), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 4-8) |
1918-1919 |
Elsie H. Gibson (grades 1-3, 1918), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 4-8), Annie M. Unger (grades 1-3, 1919) |
1919-1920 |
Elsie H. Gibson (grades 1-4, 1919), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 5-8), Helen L.? Harper (grades 1-4, 1920) |
1920-1921 |
Ida E. Norman (grades 1-3), V. M. Mulvin (grades 7-10), Mary Catherine Unger (grades 4-6) |
1921-1922 |
Ida E. Norman (grades 1-3), V. M. Mulvin (grades 7-10), Mary Catherine Unger (grades 4-6) |
1922-1923 |
Ida E. Norman (grades 1-2), V. M. Mulvin (grades 7-10), Mary Catherine Unger (grades 3-6) |
1923-1924 |
Miss H. MacDonald (grades 1-2, 1924), Mrs. J. McLeod (grades 1-2, 1923), G. H. Smithson (grades 7-10), Mary Catherine Unger (grades 4-6) |
1924-1925 |
Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 5-9), Miss H. MacDonald (grades 1-2), Mary Catherine Unger (grades 3-5) |
1925-1926 |
Delta Selina Gorham (grades 1-2), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 6-9), Mary Catherine Unger (grades 3-5) |
1926-1927 |
Lillian M. Edwards (grades 3-5), Walter Gorham (grades 3-5, 1927 substitute), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 6-9), Margaret Peturson (grades 1-2) |
1927-1928 |
Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 3-5), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 6-10), Winona Howell (grades 1-2) |
1928-1929 |
Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 3-5), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 6-9), Winona Howell (grades 1-2) |
1929-1930 |
Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 3-5), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 6-9), Winona Howell (grades 1-2) |
1930-1931 |
Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone (grades 1-2), Ethel Maud Bennett (grades 3-5, 1930 substitute), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 3-5), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 6-9) |
1931-1932 |
Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone (grades 1-3), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 4-6), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 7-9) |
1932-1933 |
Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone (grades 1-3), Nellie Helen Agar Haight (grades 4-6), Henry Gledhill Heasman (grades 7-9) |
1933-1934 |
Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone (grades 1-3), Florence McLachlan (grades 4-6), Gordon Henry Maxwell (grades 7-10) |
1934-1935 |
Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone (grades 1-3), Florence McLachlan (grades 4-6), Gordon Henry Maxwell (grades 7-10) |
1935-1936 |
Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone (grades 1-3), Ethel Mary Barager (grades 1-3, 1936), Gordon Henry Maxwell (grades 7-10), Emily Phyllis Smith (grades 4-6) |
1936-1937 |
Ethel Mary Barager (grades 1-3), Gordon Henry Maxwell (grades 8-10, 1936), Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (grades 8-10), Emily Phyllis Smith (grades 4-7) |
1937-1938 |
Ethel Mary Barager (grades 1-3), Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (grades 8-10), Emily Phyllis Smith (grades 4-7) |
1938-1939 |
Ethel Mary Barager (grades 1-3), Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (grades 8-10), Emily Phyllis Smith (grades 4-7) |
1939-1940 |
Ethel Mary Barager (grades 1-4), Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (grades 9-11), Emily Phyllis Smith (grades 5-8) |
1940-1941 |
Ethel Mary Barager (grades 1-4), Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (grades 9-11), Emily Ann Priest (grades 5-8) |
1941-1942 |
John Lyzun (grades 9-11), Emily Ann Priest (grades 5-8), Stephanie Prucyk (grades 1-4) |
1942-1943 |
John Lyzun (grades 9-11), Emily Ann Priest (grades 4-8), Stephanie Prucyk (grades 1-3) |
1943-1944 |
John Lyzun (grades 9-11), Emily Ann Priest (grades 5-8), Stephanie Prucyk (grades 1-4) |
1944-1945 |
John Lyzun (grades 9-11), I. Marguerite Miller (grades 4-8), Stephanie Prucyk (grades 1-3) |
1945-1946 |
Mary Madeline Darling (grades 1-3), John Lyzun (grades 7-11), Stephanie Prucyk (grades 4-6) |
1946-1947 |
Elizabeth Muriel Curta (grades 5-8), Evelyn Eve Dutchak (grades 1-4), John Lyzun (grades 9-11) |
1947-1948 |
Mollie Dobchuk (grades 1-3, 1947), Ruth May Lewarne (grades 4-6), Wilhelmine Isabelle McGregor (grades 7-9), Mary Niven (grades 1-3, 1948) |
1948-1949 |
Ruth May Lewarne (grades 4-6), Wilhelmine Isabelle McGregor (grades 7-9), Mary Niven (grades 1-3) |
1949-1950 |
Mona Katherine Johnson (grades 4-6), Wilhelmine Isabelle McGregor (grades 7-9), Joanne Elizabeth Manson (grades 1-3), Franz Julius Solmundson (grades 9-11) |
1950-1951 |
Mrs. M. Irene Kazina (grades 1-2), Lucille A. Lambert (grades 3-5, 1951), Katiebelle McKnight (grades 3-5, 1950), Ethel May Matthews (grades 6-8, 1950), S. Allan Murray (grades 6-8, 1951), Franz Julius Solmundson (grades 9-11) |
1951-1952 |
Mrs. M. Irene Kazina (grades 1-2), Peter Kruszelnicki (grades 6-8), Jacqueline Naven (grades 3-5, 1951), Ida Penner (grades 3-5, 1952), Franz Julius Solmundson (grades 9-11) |
1952-1953 |
Mrs. M. Irene Kazina (grades 1-2), Ida Penner (grades 3-5), Eileen Joyce Reeves (grades 6-8), Franz Julius Solmundson (grades 9-11) |
1953-1954 |
Mrs. M. Irene Kazina (grades 1-2), Ida Penner (grades 3-5), Eileen Joyce Reeves (grades 6-8), Franz Julius Solmundson (grades 9-11) |
1954-1955 |
Marguerite Dora Clark (grades 3-4), Mrs. M. Irene Kazina (grades 1-2), Neil McTavish (grades 5-6), Douglas Gordon Pomeroy (grades 7-9) |
1955-1956 |
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1956-1957 |
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1957-1958 |
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1958-1959 |
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1959-1960 |
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1960-1961 |
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1961-1962 |
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1962-1963 |
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1963-1964 |
Kathryn Pronyk (grade 2), Louise Margaret Roy (grade 1) |
1964-1965 |
Louise Margaret Roy O’Grady (grade 1), Jennie Marion Hayka (grade 3), Kathryn Pronyk (grade 2) |
1965-1966 |
Louise Margaret Roy O’Grady (grade 1), Jennie Marion Hayka (grade 3), Kathryn Pronyk (grade 2), Sharon Jean Wieler (grade 4) |
1966-1967 |
Edith Elizabeth Bowman (grade 4, 1967), Miss A. Cushman (grade 4, 1966), Joan Elizabeth Gratton (grade 4, 1967), Jennie Marion Hayka (grade 3), Donna Diane Hewko (grade 2) |
Among the teachers who worked at Birds Hill School through the years were Neil McMillan (1888), E. A. W. Gill (1889), W. Van Blaricom (1890), A. J. Gordon (1891), R. H. Wilson (1891), Miss Davis (1892), Miss B. Poole (1892-1896), John S. Poole (1897), Belle C. McGregor (1897), E. F. Haffner (1898), Miss K. E. Haffner (1899-1900), Miss E. M. Christie (1900), Walter Gorham (1900-1904), Miss J. M. Springstein (1905), Harry G. Francis (Jan-Jun 1906), Sidney E. Clark (Aug 1906 - Jun 1907), Lena M. Davey (Aug 1907 - Jun 1908), W. G. McIntyre (Aug 1908 - Jun 1909), Miss E. Ruby Armstrong (Aug 1909 - Jun 1910), Margaret J. MacWilliam (Aug-Oct 1910), Mrs. Lillian E. Scribner (Nov 1910 - Jun 1911), and Charles S. White (Aug 1911 - Jun 1912).
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birds Hill School (3950 Raleigh Street, RM of East St. Paul)
Sources:
“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4.
Winnipeg East topographic map, 62H/14 East, Edition 1, 1952, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
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.
“Dance and social given by members of Bird’s Hill School District,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 December 1934, page 6.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Birds Hill School District No. 541 Daily Registers, GR8245, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary [Dorothy Elizabeth Balderstone Langton (1907-2006)], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 February 2006, page 32.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 31 March 2021
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