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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Franklin Union School No. 780 (Franklin, RM of Rosedale)Link to: A monument commemorates Franklin School at Franklin, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale. There were three school buildings at a site across the road, the first built around the time that the school district was established, in September 1893. The second building served from 1909 to 1953, and the third and final building occupied the site from 1953 to June 1968, when the school closed and the district was dissolved. The remaining students were bused to Neepawa or Minnedosa. The former school building is no longer present at the site. Its enamel sign and some photographs are displayed in the Franklin Memorial Hall. Principals
TeachersAmong the other teachers of Franklin School were Maggie McLaren (1894), Emma McKinney (1897), Winnifred Mills (1906), J. E. Nunn (1907), Winnifred Fraser (1909), L. Maude Webster (1911), Pearl Shuttleworth (1912), E. Kilpatrick (1914), J. N. Leckie (1915), J. M. Sinclair (1916), M. A. Forsythe (1917), F. C. Matheson (1917-1919), V. H. Hugo (1918), T. C. Matheson (1918), Olive J. Taylor (1920-1922), Nettie King (1920), V. Simpson (1923), E. R. Foreman (1921-1922), W. Grant (1922), Ellen Fraser (1923-1924), K. Arthur (1925-1926), D. C. Clark (1925), G. D. Cusack (1926-1927), R. I. McJannet (1927-1930), Mary Ellen Scott (1930-1931), Margaret Coutts (1931-1936), Audrey Heney (1936-1938), M. Audrey Dewart (1938-1940), Mrs. Nellie Greenaway (1940-1945), Doris I. Gray (1945-1947), Clara L. Knipe (1947), Irma Shorey (1948-1950), Violet J. Burke (1950), Mrs. Jean M. Witter (1951-1952), Iva May Eros (1952), Mrs. Raymond Keynes (1953), Alice A. Kolesar (1953), Bernice McConnell (1953-1955), G. Norsworthy (1954), Mrs. A. G. Clarke (1955-1956), Jennie Len (1955), Muriel Garton (1956-1960), Don Garton (1956-1959), Mrs. D. M. McConnell (1960-1963), and Mrs. Mary V. McLaughlin (1963-1968). Photos & Coordinates
Sources:“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4. Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library. Marriage and death registrations [Iva May Eros], Manitoba Vital Statistics. Rosedale Remembered, 1984, pages 174-175. The Beautiful Plains Story: 1983-2008 by Neepawa and Area History Committee, 2008, page 162. 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. We thank Nathan Kramer and Glen Gibbons for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Allan Drysdale. Page revised: 3 October 2022
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