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When the Canadian Northern Railway built a line through the Interlake region, the village of Argyle was established on 18-14-1E in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. A school district was established here to replace two smaller one-room schools in the vicinity: Brant School No. 84 and McLeod School No. 239.
A two-storey brick veneer school building was erected in late 1914. Designed by Winnipeg architect Frank R. Evans, and initially comprising two classrooms, increasing student enrollment through the 1920s necessitated the addition of two classrooms in 1929. A gymnasium was added to the rear of the building in the late 1970s. It is a rare surviving example of a consolidated school still in use as a school.
In 2003, a commemorative plaque at the site was presented by the Manitoba Heritage Council. The school was presented with an MHS Centennial Organization Award in 2015.
Period
Principal
1914-1916
Frank Samuel Cockbill (c1891-?)
1916-1917
James G. Sampson
1917-1920
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (1896-1978)
1920-1923
Isabel Inkster (1895-1989)
1923-1925
Flora Nethelia Sexsmith (1896-1990)
1925-1929
Frederick “Fred” Morgan (1870-1936)
1929-1932
Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (1905-1983)
1932-1937
Richard Buck (1907-1994)
1937-1942
William Morrow Ingram (1907-1964)
1942
Kenneth Woodrow James Pomeroy
1943
John Ernest Ingot (?-2001)
1943-1944
George Wesley Bartlett (1876-1950)
1944-1947
Arnold Marshall Leech (1911-1998)
1947-1950
Joseph Albert Mayers (1909-1980)
1950-1955
Walter Yanchyshyn (1922-1997)
1955-1958
Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (1931-2019)
1958-1961
Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (1887-1966)
1961-1963
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher
1963-1965
Bernhard W. “Bernie” Weins
1965-1985
Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (1942-2011)
1985-1987
Jim Drysdale
1987-1989
Joanne Florence Dowsett
1989-1991
Blair duGray
1991-1994
Gail Peterkin Romanchuk
1994-1998
Greg Ross
1998-1999
Gord Revel
1999-?
John Mak
Period
Principal
1914-1915
Frank Samuel Cockbill (senior grades), ? (junior grades)
1915-1916
Frank Samuel Cockbill (senior grades), ? (junior grades)
1916-1917
Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4), James G. Sampson (grades 5-10)
1917-1918
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (grades 5-10), Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4)
1918-1919
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (grades 5-10), Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4)
1919-1920
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (grades 5-10), Catherine M. Madill (grades 1-4)
1920-1921
Isabel Inkster (grades 5-10), Anne R. “Annie” Osborne (grades 1-4)
1921-1922
Isabel Inkster (grades 5-10), Anne R. “Annie” Osborne (grades 1-4)
1922-1923
Isabel Inkster (grades 5-10), L. Inkster (grades 1-4, 1922), Anne R. “Annie” Osborne (grades 1-4, 1923), G. Watson (grades 1-4, 1923)
1923-1924
Florence L. “Halle” Covell (grades 4-6, 1924), E. M. Morrison (grades 4-6, 1923), Miss F. N. Sexsmith (grades 7-10), G. Watson (grades 1-3)
1924-1925
G. Christie (grades 4-5, 1925), Jessie Osborne (grades 1-2, 1925), Miss F. N. Sexsmith (grades 6-10), Grace H. Thompson (grades 4-5, 1924), G. Watson (grades 1-2)
1925-1926
Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 3-5), Frederick Morgan (grades 6-10), Jessie Osborne (grades 1-2)
1926-1927
Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 3-5), Frederick Morgan (grades 6-10), Jessie Osborne (grades 1-2)
1927-1928
Mildred Hopkins (grades 1-3), Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 4-6), Frederick Morgan (grades 7-10)
1928-1929
Annie Almeda Kallman (grades 4-6), Frederick Morgan (grades 7-10), Ollie Hannah West (grades 4-6, 1929), ? (grades 1-3)
1929-1930
Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 4-6), Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (grades 7-10), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-3)
1930-1931
Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 3-5), Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (grades 9-11), Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 6-8), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-2)
1931-1932
Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 3-5), Alexander Maxwell “Max” Segall (grades 9-11), Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 6-8), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-2)
1932-1933
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 3-5), Ellie Edgar Stewart (grades 6-8), Alice Victoria Maude Willis (grades 1-2)
1933-1934
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Muriel Alice Paynter (grades 4-5), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), Howard Everett Smith (grades 6-8)
1934-1935
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4, 6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 5, 7-8)
1935-1936
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8)
1936-1937
Richard Buck (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8)
1937-1938
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8)
1938-1939
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-6), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 7-8)
1939-1940
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-5), Florence Isabel Sheldon (grades 1-3), John Gordon Tully (grades 6-8)
1940-1941
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Jean Beryl Matheson (grades 4-5), Anne May Strong (grades 1-3), Thomas Frank Tyler (grades 6-8)
1941-1942
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Isabel Margaret Jeffery (grades 4-5), Kenneth Woodrow James Pomeroy (grades 6-8), Anne May Strong (grades 1-3)
1942-1943
Miss Handel (grades ?), John Ernest Ingot (grades 9-11, 1943), Isabel Margaret Jeffery (grades 1-4), Kenneth Woodrow James Pomeroy (grades 9-11, 1942), Mary Armande Williams (grades 5-8)
1943-1944
George Wesley Bartlett (grades 9-11), Margaret Jeffery (grades 1-4), Dora E. Olds (grades 5-8)
1944-1945
Ruth Elizabeth Griffin (grades 1-4), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Jessica Elizabeth “Jessie” Parsonage (grades 5-8)
1945-1946
Ruth Elizabeth Griffin (grades 1-4), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Jessica Elizabeth “Jessie” Parsonage (grades 5-8)
1946-1947
Ruth Elizabeth Griffin (grades 1-4), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Jessica Elizabeth “Jessie” Parsonage (grades 5-8)
1947-1948
Joseph Albert Mayers (grades 9-11), John Edgar Guest “Jack” Murrell (grades 5-8), Vivienne Anne Vincent (grades 1-4)
1948-1949
Gervaise Catellier (grades 1-4), Beatrice May Fraser (grades 5-8), Joseph Albert Mayers (grades 9-11)
1949-1950
Betty Ladobruk (grades 1-4), Harry Ladobruk (grades 5-8), Joseph Albert Mayers (grades 9-11)
1950-1951
Betty Ladobruk (grades 1-4), Harry Ladobruk (grades 5-8), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1951-1952
Donna Louise Gustafson (grades 1-4), Rose Mary Anne Regitaig? (grades 5-8), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1952-1953
Anne Drozd (grades 4-8), Shirley Mae Mitchell (grades 1-3), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1953-1954
Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-8), Elza M. Ryden (grades 1-3), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1954-1955
Rosa Johnson (grades 6-8), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 3-5), Elza M. Ryden (grades 1-2), Walter Yanchyshyn (grades 9-11)
1955-1956
Sonia Lorraine Demetrioff (grades 6-8), Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 3-5), Elza M. Ryden (grades 1-2)
1956-1957
Steven L. “Steve” Banera (grades 6-8), Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2, 1957), Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 3-5), Elza M. Ryden Taplin (grades 1-2, 1956)
1957-1958
Steven L. “Steve” Banera (grades 6-8), Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-3), Philip (Filko) “Phil” Kozokowsky (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-5)
1958-1959
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (grades 9-11), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3)
1959-1960
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (grades 9-10), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3)
1960-1961
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (grades 9-10), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-6), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3)
1961-1962
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 7-8), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-6), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3)
1962-1963
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 7-8), Hallfridur Thora Oliver (grades 4-6), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3)
1963-1964
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3), Bernhard W. “Bernie” Weins (grades 6-8)
1964-1965
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-5), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-3), Bernhard W. “Bernie” Weins (grades 6-8)
1965-1966
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-5), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 6-8), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1966-1967
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-5), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 6-8), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1967-1968
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1968-1969
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1969-1970
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1970-1971
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1971-1972
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4), Mary Eva Vesey (grades 1-2)
1972-1973
Joanne Florence Dowsett (grades 1-2, 1973), Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Janice Elizabeth Margaret McDiarmid Monthey (grades 1-2, 1972), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4)
1973-1974
Joanne Florence Dowsett (grades 1-2), Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 3-4)
1974-1975
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 2-4), ? (grade 1)
1975-1976
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 5-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-4)
1976-1977
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-2), ? (grade 3)
1977-1978
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 4-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-3)
1978-1979
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-6), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 7-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-2)
1979-1980
Aneita Gertrude Snyder Fletcher (grades 3-5), Frederick Archibald “Fred” Post (grades 6-8), Audrey Edith Taplin (grades 1-3)
Brant School (circa 1920)
Source: Shayne Campbell
Horse-drawn vans used to transport students to Brant School (1914)
Source: Shayne Campbell
A classroom in Brant School (circa 1940)
Source: Shayne Campbell
A view of Argyle showing Brant School on right (1941)
Source: Shayne Campbell
Brant School (September 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Brant School (May 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Brant School (May 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina
View inside the entrance of Brant School (May 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Brant School commemorative plaque (May 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18236, W97.45274
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Argyle Settlers Monument (Argyle, RM of Rockwood)
“Tenders for building school,” Stonewall Argus, 29 April 1914, page 8.
Brant Consolidated School, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Hands Across the Meridian: A History of Brant-Argyle, Manitoba by Argyle History Book Committee, 2000, page 74.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Brant School No. 1703 Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Shayne Campbell, Rose Kuzina, and Linda Dietrick for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 September 2024
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