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The Cardale Consolidated School was built in 1915, in the village of Cardale in what is now the Rural Municipality of Oakview. It consolidated the existing Cardale School No. 1763, established in late 1914, with two schools from the surrounding rural area: Ravens Glen School No. 687 and Roselawn School No. 1099. Initially a two-classroom, two-storey brick veneer structure constructed by Sam Irving of Newdale and Tom Jenkins of Cardale, two classrooms were added in 1919, on the east side of a bell tower in the centre.
The school was used until June 1969, by which time it had been absorbed into the Rolling River School Division. The building was used as a community centre and, in 1973, it was leased for $1 to the Canadian Association of Mental Retardates for use as a training facility called Rolling Dale Workshop which operated until the early 1990s when it moved to the Town of Rivers. In 2002, the building was purchased by the RM of Blanshard. A monument nearby, erected at a school reunion on 5 July 1981, commemorates Cardale School and the rural schools that were consolidated into it.
After community members raised safety concerns about the deteriorating state of the vacant building, it was demolished on 17 October 2013.
Period
Principal
1915
Lorne G. Cross
1916
Wilfred Almon Rideout (1878-1949)
1916-1918
Kenneth Donald Bruce (1892-1968)
1918-1919
Arthur Creasy
1919-1920
Mary Louise McManus Gibb (1888-1954)
1921
Leila B. Maxwell
1921
George William Burrell (1857-1941)
1922-1947
Andrew Dick Russell (1886-1951)
1947-1950
John Lyzun (1913-1984)
1950-1953
William Morrow Ingram (1907-1964)
1953-1955
Arnold Marshall Leech (1911-1998)
1955-1956
Frank Veregin (1931-2001)
1956-1958
Walter Kiliwnik
1958-1961
Frank Veregin (1931-2001)
1961-1965
William Wallace Henderson
1965-1966
Mrs. Kathleen Little
1966-1968
Garnet Brian Hyndman
1968-1969
Shirley Mary Pederson
School Year
Teachers
1915-1916
Lorne G. Cross (grades 4-9, 1915), Miss A. Edwards (grades 1-3), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 4-9, 1916)
1916-1917
Kenneth Donald Bruce (grades 5-10), Alma E. Lundy (grades 1-4)
1917-1918
Kenneth Donald Bruce (grades 5-10), Monica B. Lockhart (grades 1-4, 1917), Sarah Elizabeth Strang (grades 1-4, 1918)
1918-1919
Arthur Creasy (grades 5-10), Margaret Parker (grades 1-4)
1919-1920
Mary Louise McManus (grades 9-11), Ruth McKenzie (grades 4-8), Edith I. Stewart (grades 1-3)
1920-1921
Miss S. Isobel “Isabella” Dundas (grades 4-7), Mary Louise McManus (grades 9-12, August-December), Leila B. Maxwell (grades 8-12, January-June), Edith I. Stewart (grades 1-3)
1921-1922
George William Burrell (grades 8-11, 1921), Miss F. Edith Hawthorne (grades 4-7, 1922), Gladys Lee (grades 1-3), Leila B. Maxwell (grades 8-11, 1921), Pearl Reid (grades 4-7), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 8-11, 1922), Grace M. Thompson (grades 1-3, 1921)
1922-1923
Miss F. Edith Hawthorne (grades 4-7), Gladys Lee (grades 1-3), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 8-11)
1923-1924
Katherine Bray (grades 1-4), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Miss E. Irene Winn (grades 5-8)
1924-1925
Katherine Bray (grades 1-4), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Miss E. Irene Winn (grades 5-8)
1925-1926
Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Gladys Isabelle Sleigh (grades 1-4), Miss E. Irene Winn (grades 5-8)
1926-1927
Edythe Churchill (grades 5-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Gladys Isabelle Sleigh (grades 1-4)
1927-1928
Edythe Churchill (grades 6-8), Annie-Laurie Hills (grades 4-5, 1928), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Gladys Isabelle Sleigh (grades 1-4), Charlotta Eunice “Lottie” Troughton (grades 4-5, 1927)
1928-1929
Edythe Churchill (grades 6-8), Mary Louise Dennison (grades 1-3), Annie-Laurie Hills (grades 4-5), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11)
1929-1930
Mary Louise Day (grades 7-8), Mary Louise Dennison (grades 1-3), Annie-Laurie Hills (grades 4-6), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11)
1930-1931
Mary Louise Day (grades 6-8), Mary Louise Dennison (grades 1-3), Annie-Laurie Hills (grades 4-5), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11)
1931-1932
Anne Frances Coak (grades 1-2), Sarah Alice Dennison (grades 3-5), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Doris Victoria Smeelton (grades 6-8)
1932-1933
Anne Frances Coak (grades 1-3), Sarah Alice Dennison (grades 4-6), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11), Doris Victoria Smeelton (grades 7-8)
1933-1934
Anne Frances Coak (grades 1-3), Edith Muriel Dodge (grades 4-6), William Lineham Logan (grades 7-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11)
1934-1935
Anne Frances Coak (grades 1-3), Edith Muriel Dodge (grades 4-6), Maxwell Addison Parker (grades 7-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-12)
1935-1936
Edith Muriel Dodge (grades 4-6), Kathleen Frances McTavish (grades 1-3), Maxwell Addison Parker (grades 7-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-12), Dorothy Winstone (grades 1-3, 1935)
1936-1937
Edith Muriel Dodge (grades 4-6), Kathleen Frances McTavish (grades 1-3), Maxwell Addison Parker (grades 7-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 9-11)
1937-1938
Edith Muriel Dodge (grades 5-8), Kathleen Frances McTavish (grades 1-4), Maxwell Addison Parker (grades 9-10), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12)
1938-1939
Kathleen Frances McTavish (grades 1-4), Eunice Euberta Porter (grades 5-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12), Wendell Herbert White (grades 9-10)
1939-1940
Bernice Elizabeth Dawson (grades 1-4), Kathleen Frances McTavish (grades 1-4, 1939), Eunice Euberta Porter (grades 5-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12), Lewis Chester “Lou” Turley (grades 9-10)
1940-1941
Shirley Lillian Johnson (grades 1-4), Eunice Euberta Porter (grades 5-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12), Lewis Chester “Lou” Turley (grades 9-10)
1941-1942
June Lillian Finkbeiner (grades 5-8), Christine Elizabeth McLean (grades 1-4), Marjorie Kathryn Radley (grades 9-10), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12)
1942-1943
Genevieve Finkbeiner (grades 5-8), June Lillian Finkbeiner (grades 9-10), Christine Elizabeth McLean (grades 1-4), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12)
1943-1944
Genevieve Finkbeiner (grades 5-8), June Lillian Finkbeiner (grades 9-10), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12), Mona Evelyn Watt (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
June Lillian Finkbeiner (grades 9-10), Joyce Eleanor McFarland (grades 5-8), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-4), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12)
1945-1946
Jean Eleanor Baker (grades 9-10), Ruth-Ann Greenaway (grades 5-8, 1946), Thelma E. Lee (grades 5-8, 1945), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-4), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12)
1946-1947
Margaret Annie “Peggy” Giles (grades 9-10), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-4), Wilfred Birnie Reid (grades 5-8), Andrew Dick Russell (grades 11-12)
1947-1948
John Lyzan (grades 9-11), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-4), Wilfred Birnie Reid (grades 5-8)
1948-1949
John Lyzan (grades 9-11), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-4), Ethel Irene Wyatt (grades 5-8)
1949-1950
Jean Florence Atchison (grades 4-8), John Lyzan (grades 9-11), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-3)
1950-1951
Jean Florence Atchison (grades 4-8), William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-12), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-3)
1951-1952
Mary Doreen Hayward (grades 4-8, 1952), William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-3), Betty Ostrum (grades 4-8, 1952)
1952-1953
William Morrow Ingram (grades 9-11), Lola Louise Reid (grades 3-5), Gladwyn Lyle Scott (grades 6-8), Doris Mae Saundry (grades 1-2)
1953-1954
Ethel Florence Bridgeman (grades 1-2), Helene Hodgins (grades 3-5), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Oliver Glen Olmstead (grades 6-8),
1954-1955
Ethel Florence Bridgeman (grades 1-2), Helene Hodgins (grades 3-5), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Lucia Mildred Naerney (grades 5-8)
1955-1956
Isabelle Joyce Armstrong (grades 3-5, 1956), Edward David “Ed” Coulson (grades 6-8), Helene Hodgins (grades 3-5, 1955), Evelyn Veregin (grades 1-2), Frank Veregin (grades 9-11)
1956-1957
Edward David “Ed” Coulson (grades 6-8), Shirley Mae Hafenbrak (grades 1-3), Walter Kiliwnik (grades 9-11), Lorraine Frieda Ulrich (grades 4-5)
1957-1958
Edward David “Ed” Coulson (grades 6-8), Shirley Mae Hafenbrak (grades 1-3), Walter Kiliwnik (grades 9-11), Lorraine Frieda Ulrich (grades 4-5)
1958-1959
Shirley Mae Hafenbrak (grades 1-3), Alda Isobel Miller (grades 4-5), David P. “Dave” Miller (grades 6-8), Frank Veregin (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
Shirley Mae Hafenbrak (grades 1-2), Janet Jasper (grades 3-5), David P. “Dave” Miller (grades 6-8), Frank Veregin (grades 9-11)
1960-1961
Myrna Eileen Anderson (grades 1-2), William Wallace Henderson (grades 6-8), Janet Jasper (grades 3-5), Frank Veregin (grades 9-10)
1961-1962
Myrna Eileen Anderson (grades 1-2), William Wallace Henderson (grades 6-8), Wilma Joan Knight (grades 3-5)
1962-1963
Myrna Eileen Anderson (grades 1-2), Wilma Joan Knight Bell (grades 3-4), William Wallace Henderson (grades 7-8), Carolyn Lee Ulrich (grades 5-6)
1963-1964
Fern Marie Heaman (grades 1-2), William Wallace Henderson (grades 7-8), Elsie Jean Proden (grades 3-4), Frances Arlene Radcliffe (grades 5-6)
1964-1965
Cybel Meredith Couch (grades 3-5), Fern Marie Heaman (grades 1-2), William Wallace Henderson (grades 6-8)
1965-1966
Sylvia Ann Ewanyshyn (grades 3-5), Lois Estelle Hall (grades 1-2), Kathleen Grace Little (grades 6-8)
1966-1967
Garnet Brain Hyndman (grades 6-8), Kathleen Grace Little (grades 3-5), Carole Marie Pearn (grades 1-2)
1967-1968
Garnet Brain Hyndman (grades 6-8), Carole Marie Pearn (grades 1-2), Darlene Donalda Walker (grades 3-5)
1968-1969
Evelyn Eileen Boyd (grades 1-2), Shirley Mary Pederson (grades 5-6), Darlene Donalda Walker (grades 3-4)
Among the other teachers of Cardale School were Miss McLaughlin, Miss Kathleen Campbell (1938), and Miss Chris McLean Paddock (1968-1969).
Postcard of Cardale School before its expansion to four classrooms (June 1916)
Source: Rob McInnes
Cardale School (no date) by W. C. Hartley
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 31.
Cardale School (June 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Cardale 3.
The former Cardale School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 164.
The former Cardale Consolidated School (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Cardale schools monument erected at a reunion on 5 July 1981 (September 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.23860, W100.32106
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Teachers at the convention,” Brandon Sun, 15 October 1920, page 6.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Blanshard supports West-Man plan,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 30 August 1973, page 1.
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.
Foot Prints & Chalk Dust by Cardale Reunion Book Committee, circa 1981.
“Cardale school reunion 66th anniversary in July,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 3 July 1981, page 1.
“1000 attend Cardale reunion,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 15 July 1981, page 1.
“Committee receiving letters,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 2 September 1981, page 6.
“Council clips,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 9 March 2002, page 2.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Cardale School District No. 1763 Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
We thank Rob McInnes and Diane Kuculym for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 July 2024
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