Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dallas School No. 1970 (Northern Manitoba)

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The Dallas School District was organized formally in March 1919 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the southwest corner of SE13-28-1W near Dallas in northern Manitoba. The school building was built by local labour in the spring of 1919 with most materials acquired from the Empire Sash & Door Company of Winnipeg. The building was repaired and relocated in the fall of 1940. In March 1959, the district was designated as a Remote School, a status which remained until April 1967, when it was dissolved into the Frontier School Division.

Among the teachers of Dallas School were Alice Eaton (1920-1924, 1925-1931), W. F. Fennell (1924-1925), Josephine Gladys Dunphy (1931-1934), Nora Good (1934-1935), Alexander McLaren Baxter (1935-1936), Max Badaker? (1936-1937), Jeffrey E. St. George (1937-1940), George Edward Basham (c1945), Peter Jacob Olchowecki (?-?), and Jacob J. Penner (?-?).

Dallas School (no date) by M. Hall-Jones Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 69. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.39203, W97.47124 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Dallas School District No. 1970 - Daily Registers, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Dallas School District No. 1970 - Cash Books, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Dallas School District No. 1970 - Cash Sheets, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Dallas School District No. 1970 - Miscellaneous, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.

Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 1970 - Dallas - Permanent, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.

Comptroller-General audit records (A 0146), School Districts’ Annual Financial Reports/Statements - #1970 - Dallas, GR0371, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Charlotte McRae for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 3 June 2023

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