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The Brickburn School District was organized formally in March 1899 and a school building was erected in Gilbert Plains, in what is now the Municipality of Gilbert Plains. It was one of the first schools to participate in the school consolidation movement of the early 20th century when, in 1909, it became the Brickburn Consolidated School. It occupied a new two-storey brick building erected in 1910 on a design by architect Joseph H. Bossons.
Period
Principal
1905-1917
Joseph Nelson Bell (1870-1946)
1917-1918
E. Moran Macdonald
1918-1919
C. Irene Benger
1919-1921
William John Gordon Scott (1885-1953)
1921-1922
George Hindle
1922-1924
Victor Wellington Jenkins (1884-?)
1924-1928
Wilfred Inglis Stewart (1898-1964)
1928-1937
Jonathan Hughes Arnett (1879-1953)
1937-1942
John Bothwell Kines (1898-1985)
1942-1943
Paul I. Robinson (1906-1993)
1943-1951
Arni Kristinson (1883-1969)
1951-1955
Austin Alfred Dale (1911-2003)
1955-1958
Abiah Davies Morgan (1899-1967)
1958-1959
K. G. Breckman
1959-1967
Herbert Irvine “Herb” Dunn (1924-2019)
1967-1971
D. Cowling
1971-1973
A. Funk
1973-1978
?
Among the later teachers included Robert Hugh Wellwood, William George Bolton, Agnes S. Crickard (1949), Lois M. Falloon, and Orest Ziolkoski (1959-1962).
School Year
Teachers
1899
Albert E? Kydd (Fall)
1900
James C. Turner
1901
Gertrude Macmillan
1902
records not available
1903
records not available
1904
records not available
1905
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), Ida Callouer?, Mary E? Hill (Fall), Mabel Mihol? (Spring)
1906
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), Ida Callouer? (Spring), E. Mabel Hill (Fall), Lorne W. Merrell
1907
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), E. Mabel Hill, Lorne W. Merrell
1908
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), E. Mabel Hill (Spring), Margaret McCurdy (Fall), Lorne W. Merrell
1909
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), E. Mabel Hill (Fall), Margaret McCurdy, Lorne W. Merrell
1910
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), E. Mabel Hill, Lorne W. Merrell, Roberta J. Parker
1911
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), E. Mabel Hill, Lorne W. Merrell, Roberta J. Parker
1912
(January-June only): Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), Katharine N. Learned, Lorne W. Merrell, L. Maud Webster
1912-1913
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), William James Henderson, Katharine N. Learned, Edna S. Nelson, L. Maud Webster
1913-1914
Joseph Nelson Bell (senior grades), Grace I. Caldwell, Winifred Caldwell, William James Henderson, Dena Playford
1914-1915
Joseph Nelson Bell (grades 9-11), Winifred Caldwell (grades ?-?, Fall), William James Henderson (grades 6-8, September-April), Hattie Macdonald (grades 2-3), J. McCormick (grades 6-8, April-June), Edith L. McLauchlin (grades 4-5), Ellen G. Whitmore (grades 1-2), Emma Whitmore (grade 1)
1915-1916
Joseph Nelson Bell (grades 8-9 & 11), Kathleen M. Coutts (grades 2-3), Annie Belle C. Fraser (grades 6-7), June C. Maloney (grades 4-5), Alice Shaver (grades 9-10), Olive Hazel Snelgrove (grade 1, daughter of Alfred Henry Snelgrove)
1916-1917
Joseph Nelson Bell (grades 9-10), Kathleen M. Coutts (grade 2), Annie Belle C. Fraser (grades 6-7), Ernest J. Lewis (grades 8 & 11, April-June), June C. Maloney (grades 4-5), Alice Shaver (grades 8 & 11, September-March), Olive Hazel Snelgrove (grade 1)
1917-1918
, Minnie Sanderson (grades 5-6, Spring) C. Irene Benger (grades 9-10), Kathleen M. Coutts (grade 3, Fall; grade 4, Spring), Ruth I. Cross (grades 2-3), Irene E? Faust (grade 1, Spring), Lyla A. Fortune (grades 5-6, Fall), Annie Belle C. Fraser (grade 6, Fall; grades 7-8, Spring), Mary Hamilton (grade 1, Fall), E. Moran Macdonald (grade 11)
Period
Principal
1978-1979
Walter Morris
Period
Vice-Principal
1978-1979
Blair Elson
Among the early teachers of Gilbert Plains Collegiate was John Henry Warkentin (1949-1951).
School Year
Teachers
1978-1979
Neil Friesen, Alvin Funk, Ron McMurray, Jagdish Malik, Gordon Nixon, Kathy Picard, Ollie Skolrood, Josephine Stone
Period
Principal
1960-1972
Lloyd S. Smith (1916-2006)
1972-1978
?
1978-1979
Walter Morris
1979-1990
?
1990-1995
Nancy Eller
Period
Vice-Principal
1978-1979
Lesley Wiesshaar
School Year
Teachers
1978-1979
Vespertina Battad, Christine Bird, Robert Dodds, Lena Ewanyshyn, Jean Hamilton, Ray Harkness, Richard Kulbacki, Larry Lagoski, Margaret Lagoski, Michael Maksymetz, Betty Peters, Anne Richards, Jeanne Turner, Pat Agar
The original Brickburn School (circa 1909)
Source: Consolidation of Rural Schools in Manitoba, Special Report of the Department of Education for the Year 1912, Manitoba Legislative Library.
The second Brickburn School building, erected in 1910 (circa 1910)
Source: Consolidation of Rural Schools in Manitoba, Special Report of the Department of Education for the Year 1912, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Brickburn School with Gilbert Plains War Memorial (1920s) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 37.
Brickburn School (no date) by A. F. Kerr
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 37.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.14950, W100.48636
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gilbert Plains School No. 630 (Municipality of Gilbert Plains)
MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: A. Snyder and Company / Gilbert Plains Brick Company / M. Snyder and Sons
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Gilbert Plains, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, 29 July 1919, Archives of Manitoba.
“Teaching in Intmt.,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2.
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.
We thank Nancy Eller for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 23 September 2024
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