Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dehowa School No. 1451 (Poplarfield, RM of Fisher)

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The Dehowa School District was established originally in April 1908. It was dissolved within a few years but was re-formed in January 1913 and operated a school on the northeast quarter of 12-22-1 west of the Principal Meridian, near Poplarfield in what is now the Rural Municipality of Fisher. It was destroyed by fire during the winter of 1935-1936. The second school building was destroyed by fire in late 1953. A new school building, the third Dehowa School, was constructed at a site about 0.3 mile to the northeast. A metal commemorative sign remains at the original site.

Principals

Period	Principal
1947-1948	Michael Richard Firman (1909-1977)
1948-1953	?
After 1953	See Poplarfield School

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1912-1913	Paul Semotiuk
1913-1914	Paul Semotiuk
1914-1915	Paul Semotiuk
1915-1916	Paul Semotiuk
1916-1917	Paul Semotiuk
1917-1918	Theo Flora, Ernest Lott Kerr
1918-1919	William Hryciuk, William Wiwisiaryk
1919-1920	William Hryciuk
1920-1921	William Hryciuk, Fred Humeniuk
1921-1922	Nellie Patterson
1922-1923	Nicolas V. Bachynsky
1923-1924	Nicolas V. Bachynsky, Olive Mayhen
1924-1925	Nicolas V. Bachynsky, Polly Cherniak
1925-1926	Nicolas V. Bachynsky, Polly Cherniak, Grace Woodsworth
1926-1927	Polly Cherniak, Walter A. Kostiuk
1927-1928	Mary Buzdygan, Walter A. Kostiuk
1928-1929	Mary Bilash, Teresa Demchuk, Eugenia Prygrocki
1929-1930	Teresa Demchuk, Eugenia Prygrocki
1930-1931	Helen Wellis, Alfred White
1931-1932	Olgar Chorneyko, Alfred White
1932-1933	Michael Hykawy, Michael Krepiakwich
1933-1934	Sylvia Hryciuk, Michael Krepiakwich
1934-1935	Sylvia Hryciuk, John P. Tanchak
1935-1936	Sylvia Hryciuk, John P. Tanchak
1936-1937	Sylvia Hryciuk, John P. Tanchak
1937-1938	Sylvia Hryciuk, John P. Tanchak
1938-1939	Sylvia Hryciuk, John P. Tanchak
1939-1940	Sylvia Hryciuk, John P. Tanchak
1940-1941	Sylvia Hryciuk, Leon W. Michalchuk
1941-1942	Sylvia Hryciuk, Helen Romaniak
1942-1943	Sylvia Hryciuk, Helen Romaniak
1943-1944	Sylvia Hryciuk, Felix Tesarski
1944-1945	Michael R. Firman, Sylvia Hryciuk
1945-1946	Michael R. Firman, Sylvia Hryciuk
1946-1947	Michael R. Firman, Anne Aly Lainey
1947-1948	Lovey Bailley, John Baydock, Michael R. Firman, Anne Huculak
1948-1949	John Baydock, Rose Baydock
1949-1950	John Baydock, Rose Baydock
1950-1951	Frank Mikolayenko, Nancy Ostryzniuk
1951-1952	Frank Mikolayenko, Nancy Ostryzniuk
1952-1953	Slawka Bejzyk, Anne Chudy
1953	William Glitnak, Jane Grushka
After 1953	See Poplarfield School

Photos & Coordinates

The first Dehowa School building (no date) by G. W. Bartlett Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 120. The second Dehowa School building (no date) by M. Hall-Jones Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 120. The Dehowa School teacherage (no date) by M. Hall-Jones Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 120. Commemorative sign at the site of the first and second Dehowa schools (May 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.88269, W97.61415 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dehowa School / Poplarfield Elementary School / Poplarfield Collegiate (Poplarfield, RM of Fisher)

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

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.

The Poplarfield and District Millennium Album, 1900-2000 by Ed Ledohowski, 2000.

We thank Linda Collette and Ed Ledohowski for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 July 2023

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