The Cory School District was established formally in March 1917, allegedly named for judge John Garrett Cory, and a school building was erected on the southwest quarter of 22-18-22 west of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne. It became part of the Glenella Municipal School system in 1936.
In 1962, the school board sold the building and it was moved to the nearby village of Waldersee where it was used for a time as a community hall and later as a honey house. The former Camperdown School building was purchased and moved to the Cory School site where it operated until 1967.
Among the teachers of Cory School were J. R. Berston (1917-1918), Fred A. Mulligan (1919), Margaret Hammel (1919-1922), Edith Wasserman (1922), John R. Mills (1923), M. Hancock (1923), Lucy Fraser (1923-1925), Isabelle H. Beggs (1925-1926), Elsie Hantscheruk (1926), Natalie Hoehn (1927), Arthur Nielson (1927-1928), Ray Fines, Mr. Wasserman (1929), Alan Shirtcliff (1930), Mrs. H. R. McConnell (1931-1934), Miss Stokes (1935), Augusta Hoehn (1936-1938), Jean Lenox (1938-1939), Adeline Rajchinski (1939-1941), Mrs. Sam Brandson (1941-1942), Lena Krahn (1942-1943), Molly Dobchuk (1943-1944), Esther Kettner (1944-1946), Nettie Pasowisty (1946-1947), Ann Loewen (1947-1948), Frances Buschau (1948-1949), Harold Patzer (1949-1950), Henry Klassen (1950-1951), Toni Schellenberg (1951-1952), Agnes Single (1952-1956), Donald Bjornson (1956-1959), Sonja Koroscil (1959-1961), Victor Zieroth (1961-1962), Mrs. Josephine Currie (1962-1966), and Mrs. Ann Hoehn (1966-1967).
Cory School (no date) by C. K. Rogers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 47.
The former Cory School building (September 1987)
Source: Ed Arndt
The former Cory School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the former Cory School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the former Cory School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.55710, W99.05494
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Garrett Cory (1875-1948)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Camperdown School No. 1240 (Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne)
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.
Tracks of Time: Glenella and Districts by Glenella History Committee, 1990, pages 137-139. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.G65 Tra]
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Obituary [Donald Bjornson], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 January 2023.
We thank Adrene Schmidt and Ed Arndt for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 August 2023
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