Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eden Consolidated School No. 1661 / J. M. Young School (Eden, RM of Rosedale)

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The Eden School District was organized formally in Eden, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, in January 1913. Three years later, it joined the burgeoning rural school consolidation movement when it became Eden Consolidated School, consolidating with Acton School No. 155, Hill Head School No. 860, and Seneca School No. 887. In 1917, a two-storey brick school building was erected. It became part of the Beautiful Plains School Division in 1968 and was demolished in 1970. The Eden Collegiate was built in 1963 and operated until 1970 when high school students were bussed to Neepawa. The building was used for elementary classes and renamed J. M. Young School after school trustee James Miller “Jim” Young.

A monument in front of the school building was dedicated on 2 June 1967 in commemoration of Canadian Confederation in 1867.

Principals

Period

Principal

1918

Frances Irwin? Breadner

1918

M. Gladys P. Matchett

1919

Frederick Philip Grove (1871-1948)

1920

David Harmon Lent (1858-1938)

1920

Isabel A. Thomas

1921

Alice Shaver (?-?)

1921-1922

Frederick Philip Grove (1871-1948)

1922-1927

Louise Anne Foreman Elliott (1894-1974)

1927-1929

D. C. McFadyen

1929-1930

Thomas Patrick King (1873-1954)

1930-1941

Ivan L. Hamilton (1900-1985)

1941-1947

Archibald James McClacherty “Archie” Thom (1907-2000)

1947-1950

Marion Elizabeth Todd Pye (1912-2002)

1950-1952

Ralph Ernest Mayes (1891-1969)

1952-1957

Marion Elizabeth Todd Pye (1912-2002)

1957-1958

John Lord

1958-1964

Mr. Beverley D. Randall

1964-1965

Richard Hanke

1965-1971

A. T. Hersak

1971-1973

Robert Bradley

1973-1976

?

1976-1980

Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner

1980-1981

Mike Tkachuk

1981-1984

Eldwood Cameron

Teachers

School Year

Teachers

1914-1915

E. Van Wyck

1915-1916

Miss Bloomer

1916-1917

Miss Bloomer

1917-1918

Alison Drysdale, Miss Mayhew

1918-1919

Frances Irwin? Breadner (grades 7-11, Fall), Alison Drysdale (grades 1-3), M. Gladys P. Matchett (grades 7-10, Spring), Nellie Murray (grades 4-6)

1919-1920

Mary Bell Currie (grades 3-6), Alison Drysdale (grades 1-2), Frederick Philip Grove (grades 7-10, Fall), David Harmon Lent (grades 7-10, Spring), Colin Douglas Street (grades 1-4)

1920-1921

Ethel T? Davidson (grades 3-5, Fall), Alison Drysdale (grades 6-8), O. Makin (grades 1-3), Lily D. Rutledge (grades 3-5, Spring), Alice Shaver (grade 10, Spring), Isabel A. Thomas (grade 9, Fall)

1921-1922

Catherine Grove (grades 5-8), Frederick Philip Grove (grades 9-11), Emma Laura Johnson (grades 1-2, May-June), Audrey Leach (grades 1-2, Fall), Lily D. Rutledge (grades 2-4), G. W. Wishart (grades 1-2, January-May)

1922-1923

E. Craig, L. Rutledge

1923-1924

E. Craig, L. Rutledge

1924-1925

E. Craig

1925-1926

Miss Vinnell, Irene Spence, Gladys Thompson

1926-1927

B. Gamey, M. Mitchell, Gladys Thompson, Miss Vinnell

1927-1928

G. Menzies, Marjorie Ram, Gladys Thompson, Miss Vinnell

1928-1929

M. B. Currie, Wilmot Foley, G. Menzies, Marjorie Ram

1929-1930

Sadie Barber, Wilmot Foley, R. H. Horne, Marjorie Ram, Muriel Ritchie

1930-1931

Sadie Barber, R. H. Horne, Marjorie Ram, Muriel Ritchie, Stella Whaley

1931-1932

Sadie Barber, R. H. Horne, Marjorie Ram, Muriel Ritchie, Stella Whaley

1932-1933

Sadie Barber, Leila Fraser, R. H. Horne, Marjorie Ram, Stella Whaley

1933-1934

Laura Fraser, Leila Fraser, Joyce Keys, Marjorie Ram, Stella Whaley

1934-1935

Verna Coad, Laura Fraser, William McLaughlin, Marjorie Ram, Stella Whaley

1935-1936

Verna Coad, Laura Fraser, William McLaughlin, Marjorie Ram, Stella Whaley

1936-1937

Verna Coad, Laura Fraser, William McLaughlin, Stella Whaley

1937-1938

William McLaughlin, Margaret Morton, Kay Ram

1938-1939

Anna Campbell, William McLaughlin, Margaret Morton, Ada Ram, Kay Ram

1939-1940

Anna Campbell, William McLaughlin, Margaret Morton, Ada Ram, Kay Ram

1940-1941

Anna Campbell, William McLaughlin, Verna Meldrum, Margaret Morton, Marion E. T. Pye, Kay Ram

1941-1942

Donald Fraser, William McLaughlin, Verna Meldrum, Marion E. T. Pye, Kay Ram

1942-1943

O. Babcock, Jessie Campbell, E. M. Currie, Donald Fraser, William McLaughlin, Marion E. T. Pye

1943-1944

O. Babcock, Olive Berg, E. M. Currie, Donald Fraser, Marion E. T. Pye

1944-1945

Olive Berg, Ada Clark, E. M. Currie, Donald Fraser, Marion E. T. Pye

1945-1946

Ada Clark, E. M. Currie, Donald Fraser, Marion E. T. Pye, Gwen Smith

1946-1947

E. M. Currie, Donald Fraser, Marion E. T. Pye, Gwen Smith

1947-1948

Miss Bamford, E. M. Currie, M. R. Kotchon

1948-1949

Miss Bamford, Ernest Brennan, Iona Chisholm, E. M. Currie

1949-1950

Inez Armstrong, Ernest Brennan, E. M. Currie, Esther Hoffman

1950-1951

E. M. Currie, J. Olson, Evelyn Sigurdson

1951-1952

E. M. Currie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, E. H. Ranson, Mrs. E. H. Ranson

1952-1953

E. M. Currie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths

1953-1954

E. M. Currie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths

1954-1955

E. M. Currie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Alberta Kennedy

1955-1956

E. M. Currie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Alberta Kennedy, William Nowasad

1956-1957

Harvey Benson, E. M. Currie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Alberta Kennedy

1957-1958

Miss Anderson, Harvey Benson, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke

1958-1959

Miss Anderson, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke, Emma Dianne Randall

1959-1960

G. Barker, Charlene Ferris, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke, Emma Dianne Randall

1960-1961

Charlene Ferris, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke, R. MacDonald, Emma Dianne Randall

1961-1962

Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Ruth Nelson Deason, Geraldine Gibson, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke, Sid Keele, Thomas Podruchny, Emma Dianne Randall

1962-1963

Mrs. Vera Birnie, Geraldine Gibson, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke, Sid Keele, Thomas Podruchny, Emma Dianne Randall, Karl Sauerborn

1963-1964

Mrs. Vera Birnie, Geraldine Gibson, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Richard Hanke, Sid Keele, Emma Dianne Randall

1964-1965

Clarence Bailey, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Geraldine Gibson, Marjorie Greenhalgh, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Sid Keele, James Small

1965-1966

Mrs. Vera Birnie, Marjorie Greenhalgh, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Sid Keele, James Small

1966-1967

W. Aberdeen, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Sid Keele, James Small

1967-1968

Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Margaret Lowry, Dave Miller, Doreen Rutherford, Mrs. Margaret Skibinsky

1968-1969

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Margaret Lowry, Dave Miller, G. Osborne

1969-1970

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Lorna Fieldberg, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Margaret Lowry, Dave Miller, G. Osborne, Mrs. Janet Osborne, Mrs. Joy Roset, Mrs. Dorothy Vopni

1970-1971

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Lorna Fieldberg, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Margaret Lowry, Dave Miller, G. Osborne, Mrs. Janet Osborne, Mrs. Joy Roset, Mrs. Dorothy Vopni

1971-1972

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Ina Dyck, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Margaret Lowry, Dave Miller, Rose Nowak, Mrs. Janet Osborne, Mrs. Joy Roset

1972-1973

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Ina Dyck, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Margaret Lowry, Dave Miller, Rose Nowak, Mrs. Janet Osborne, Mrs. Joy Roset

1973-1974

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Vera Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Robert Hobbs, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Janet Osborne, Mrs. Joy Roset

1974-1975

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn

1975-1976

Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn

1976-1977

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Robert Ferguson, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Grant Harkness, Eleanor Harris, William Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Sharon Murray, Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, Dorothy Winter

1977-1978

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, William Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, Michael Whelan, Dorothy Winter

1978-1979

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, William Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, Dorothy Winter

1979-1980

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Remi Bouchard, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Doris Griffiths, Eleanor Harris, William Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, Dorothy Winter

1980-1981

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Remi Bouchard, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Eleanor Harris, Vivianne Howard, William Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy Kilburn, Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, Dorothy Winter

1981-1982

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Remi Bouchard, Don Clark, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Ruth Hanke, Eleanor Harris, Vivianne Howard, William Jordan, Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, Dorothy Winter

1982-1983

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Remi Bouchard, Don Clark, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Ruth Hanke, Eleanor Harris, Vivianne Howard, William Jordan, Mrs. Leslie Moyes, Dorothy Winter

1983-1984

Orma Baker, Mrs. Connie Birnie, Don Clark, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Mrs. Fran Fraser, Mrs. Enid Graham, Mrs. Ruth Hanke, Eleanor Harris, Vivianne Howard, William Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy Maluk, Mrs. Doris Shuttleworth, Mrs. Arlette Todd, Mrs. Mary Wisnoski

Photos & Coordinates

Eden Consolidated School

Eden Consolidated School (no date) by R. E. Beecher
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 12.

Eden School

Eden School (April 1965)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7454, Album 21, Page 73.

Eden Collegiate Centennial Monument

Eden Collegiate centennial monument in front of the present Eden School (August 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.37388, W99.47253
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eden School No. 510 (Municipality of Hamiota)

Memorable Manitobans: James Miller Young (1901-1986)

Sources:

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

“School named after veteran trustee,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 1970.

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.

Rosedale Remembers, 1884-1984 by Rosedale Centennial Committee, c1984, pages 74-75.

East of the Mountains: Eden-Birnie Story, Wards 2 and 5, Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Manitoba: 1877-1984 by Eden Birnie History Book Committee, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.E35 Eas]

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

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 March 2024

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