Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glenboro School No. 512 (Glenboro, Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)

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The Glenboro School District was established formally in August 1887 and a two-storey school building was erected in Glenboro (in what is now the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress) on a design by Winnipeg architect Walter Chesterton. In January 1959, it became Glenboro Consolidated School No. 2367 when it was consolidated with several rural schools from the surrounding area, includng Glencove School No. 205, Hecla School No. 355, Hawkins School No. 643, Clifton Bank School No. 777, Frey School No. 890, Fair Valley School No. 1749, and Patricia School No. 1763. It later became part of the Tiger Hills School Division.

Principals

Period	Principal
1899-1902	Arthur Edward Hearn (1871-1937)
1902-1903	J. L. M. Thomson
1903-1904	William Thomas Daniel Lathwell (1876-1932)
1904-1905	William Robeson
1905-1906	Stephen Windsor
1906-1910	David Bruce Huggins (1879-1955)
1910-1912	?
1912-1913	Sadie McNab
1913-1915	James Shimmin
1915-1916	Hermann G. Harris
1916-1918	Etta May Moore Simpson (1873-1952)
1918-1923	Clifford Knox Rogers (1889-1968)
1923-1928	George Isaac Herman Garrett (1884-1977)
1928-1954	Neil Albert McIntyre (1888-1972)
1954-1959	Richard Nielsen (1914-1997)
1959-1960	Guy A. Hamel
1960-1971	Stanley Robert Kitchen (1915-1988)
1971-1973	G. McIntyre

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1958-1959	Guy A. Hamel

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1954-1955	Mr. G. Gaber, Miss M. Graham, Miss R. Mooney, Mrs. B. Sinclair, Mrs. E. Thornborough
1955-1956	Miss Carmichael, Mr. G. Gaber, Miss M. Graham, Miss R. Mooney, Mrs. B. Sinclair, Mrs. E. Thornborough

Among the teachers who worked at Glenboro School were Sadie McNab (1897), Olive McLean, G. R. Pearson, Samuel H. Doctoroff (1930s), Maurice Alfred Decosse (?-?), F. Alwyn Anderson (?-?), Charlotte L. K. Oleson (1951-1953), Agnes Louisa Florence (1940s), and William Ross “Bill” Shackel (1967-?).

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Glenboro School (circa 1910) Source: Rob McInnes, MN0020 The second Glenboro School, later used as a high school (no date) by G. H. Robertson Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 78. Glenboro School before remodelling (circa 1938) Source: Education Department Report, 1938, Manitoba Legislative Library. Glenboro School after remodelling (circa 1938) Source: Education Department Report, 1938, Manitoba Legislative Library. The third Glenboro School (no date) by W. S. Lockhart Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 78. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55794, W99.28887 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4.

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

“Glenboro, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, July 1919, Archives of Manitoba.

“Glenboro school opened on Tuesday,” Glenboro Gazette, 1 September 1955, page 1.

“Kiwanis klippings,” Glenboro Gazette, 9 October 1958, page 1.

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.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Rob McInnes for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 March 2024

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