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The Cloverleaf School District was organized in July 1912 and a one-classroom schoolhouse operated at SW10-12-7E in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. A new two-classroom school was opened officially on 28 November 1947. In 1963, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Agassiz School Division. The school closed in the spring of 1968 and all children were bussed to Beausejour.
Period
Principal
1937-1939
George Wesley Denstedt (1896-1979)
1939-1940
Jean Charlotte Leighton
1940-1941
Helen Katherine Romanick
1941-1943
Robert McElroy (1906-1986)
1943-1945
Muriel Wilson McClymont McElroy (1917-2006)
1945-1946
Olia Oriel Kostyniuk
1946-1950
Stephen David Bahry (1914-2011)
1950-1954
Walter Charles Malenchak (1913-1991)
1954-1957
John Duchominsky (1906-1977)
1957-1958
William John Cook (1929-2012)
1958-1959
Harry Onuphrius Hryhorka [Onufry Hryhorkiw] (1914-1988)
1959-1960
Julian J. Lucyshen
Among the teachers who worked at Cloverleaf School were C. William Cresswell (Fall 1912), Margaret B. McLeod (Spring 1913), Elsie Brewster (Fall 1913 - Spring 1915), Nellie Garrioch (Fall 1915), Annie Ross (Spring 1916), Mary C. Johnstone (Fall 1916), F. A. Maddier? (Spring 1917), Jessie Nellie Turner (Fall 1917 - Spring 1919, August-November 1921), Margaret Hunter (Fall 1919 - Spring 1920), Madge Onhauser (August-September 1920), Mrs. M. Myles (September 1920), Miss L. Gwendoline Thomas (October-December 1920), Agnes O. Anderson (January-June 1921), Mrs. H. W. Sturtevant? (November 1921 - June 1922), Gertrude McNicholl (Fall 1922 - Spring 1923), Agnes O. Ross (September 1923 - February 1924), Elsie R. Ross (March-June 1924), Bertha Stevenson (Fall 1924 - Spring 1925), Elsie Gowenlock (Fall 1925 - Spring 1926 & September 1926 - March 1927), A. L. McPhail (April-June 1927), Nadia Bowen (September 1927 - April 1928), Ellen Francis (April-June 1928, & Fall 1928 - Spring 1930), Edna Lydia Moore (Fall 1930 - Spring 1931), Maxine Winifred Smith (Fall 1931 - Spring 1932), George Wesley Denstedt (Fall 1932 - Spring 1936), and Anthony Romanow (?-?).
Period
Teachers
1936-1937
Margaret Georgina Alexander (grades 1-4, January-June), George Wesley Denstedt (grades 1-8, September-December; grades 5-9, January-June)
1937-1938
Margaret Georgina Alexander (grades 1-5), George Wesley Denstedt (grades 6-10)
1938-1939
Jean Charlotte Leighton (grades 1-5), George Wesley Denstedt (grades 6-10)
1939-1940
Marion Isabel Inglis (grades 1-5), Jean Charlotte Leighton (grades 6-10)
1940-1941
Muriel Wilson McClymont McElroy (grades 1-4), Helen Katherine Romanick (grades 6-10)
1941-1942
Muriel Wilson McClymont McElroy (grades 1-4), Robert McElroy (grades 5-10)
1942-1943
Muriel Wilson McClymont McElroy (grades 1-6), Robert McElroy (grades 7-11)
1943-1944
Elizabeth Eleanor Boldt (grades 1-6), Muriel Wilson McClymont McElroy (grades 7-11)
1944-1945
Elizabeth Eleanor Boldt (grades 1-6), Muriel Wilson McClymont McElroy (grades 7-11)
1945-1946
Olia Oriel Kostyniuk (grades 7-11), Annie Marjorie Shalay (grades 1-6)
1946-1947
Stephen David Bahry (grades 7-11), Peter Kozyra (grades 1-6)
1947-1948
Stephen David Bahry (grades 7-11), Mary Frances Nabozniak (grades 1-6)
1948-1949
Stephen David Bahry (grades 7-11), Mary Frances Nabozniak (grades 1-6)
1949-1950
Stephen David Bahry (grades 7-11), Emily Kirner (grades 1-6)
1950-1951
Emily Kirner (grades 1-6), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11)
1951-1952
Emily Kirner (grades 1-6), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11)
1952-1953
Emily Kirner (grades 1-6), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11)
1953-1954
Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11), Leonie Ida Rey (grades 1-6)
1954-1955
Lorraine Elizabeth Albrecht (grades 1-6), John Duchominsky (grades 7-11)
1955-1956
Jean Hazel Darichuk (grades 1-6), John Duchominsky (grades 7-11)
1956-1957
Jean Hazel Darichuk (grades 1-6), John Duchominsky (grades 7-11)
1957-1958
Eugene Jerry Dubinski (grades 1-6), William John Cook (grades 7-11)
1958-1959
Eugene Jerry Dubinski (grades 1-6), Harry Onuphrius Hryhorka [Onufry Hryhorkiw] (grades 7-11)
1959-1960
Eugene Jerry Dubinski (grades 1-6), Julian J. Lucyshen (grades 7-11)
1960-1961
Alfred Charles Chorney (grades 1-8)
1961-1962
Alfred Charles Chorney (grades 1-8)
1962-1963
Alfred Charles Chorney (grades 1-8)
1963-1964
Marjorie Irene Puhacz (grades 1-8)
1964-1965
Marjorie Irene Puhacz (grades 1-8)
1965-1966
Marjorie Irene Puhacz (grades 1-8)
1966-1967
Neil McTavish (grades 2-8, no grade 1)
1967-1968
Eleanor Karalash (grades 3-8, no grades 1-2)
Cloverleaf School (no date) by J. E. S. Dunlop
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 8.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98989, W96.56662
denoted by symbol on the map above
Dugald East topographic map, 62H/15, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Adam Matheson one of feature speakers at Cloverleaf School opening,” Springfield Leader, 9 December 1947, 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.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Cloverleaf School District No. 1638 - Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Darlene Karalash for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 March 2025
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