Historic Sites of Manitoba: Aldershot School / Goodwill School No. 1967 (Grunthal, RM of Hanover)

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Known originally as Aldershot School District when it was established in April 1919, a schoolhouse operated in Grunthal (Lot 2, 21-5-5E) in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. It was renamed Goodwill in February 1920 when Aldershot amalgamated with Barker School District No. 1966. In 1949, a high school building was constructed across the road from the original site. In 1968, the district became part of the Hanover School Division. In 2013, a commemorative sign was erected at the site by the EastMenn Historical Society.

Principals (Goodwill School)

Period	Principal
1935-1943	David Peter Heidebrecht
1943-1948	Peter Jacob Rempel
1948-1950	Cornelius Van “Neil” Thiessen (1919-2016)
1950-1951	Frank John Neufeld (1926-2022)
1951-1953	Harvey Van Penner
1953-1955	Henry Klassen
1955-1958	Paul Neustaedter
1958-1961	Henry Krickman
1961-1963	Elbert Allan Toews
1963-1967	Harvey Gordon Doell
1967-1968	Edward Hildebrand

Principals (Goodwill Collegiate)

Period	Principal
1953-1959	Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (1905-1995)
1959-1961	Bernhard Barkman “Ben” Dueck
After 1961	See Grunthal Collegiate

Teachers (Goodwill School)

Period	Teachers
1935-1936	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 5-10), Susanna Nettie Reimer (grades 1-4)
1936-1937	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 5-10), Susanna Nettie Reimer (grades 1-4)
1937-1938	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 5-10), Susanna Nettie Reimer (grades 1-4)
1938-1939	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 5-10), Helen M. Hendricks (grades 1-4, 1938), Aganetha F. Reimer (grades 1-4, 1938), Dora Suderman (grades 1-4, 1939)
1939-1940	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 6-10), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 3-5), Dora Suderman (grades 1-2)
1940-1941	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 6-10), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 3-5), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1941-1942	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 6-10), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 3-5), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1942-1943	David Peter Heidebrecht (grades 6-10), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 3-5), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1943-1944	Anne Enns (grades 4-6), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 7-10), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1944-1945	Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 7-10), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3), Mary Willms (grades 4-6)
1945-1946	Margaret Peters (grades 4-6), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 7-10), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1946-1947	Margaret Peters (grades 4-6), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 7-10), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1947-1948	Margaret Peters (grades 4-6), Peter Jacob Rempel (grades 7-10), Dora Suderman (grades 1-3)
1948-1949	Elizabeth Pankratz (grades 3-4), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2), Dorothea Reimer (grades 5-6), Cornelius Van Thiessen (grades 7-10)
1949-1950	Elizabeth Loewen (grades 3-4), Ernest Pankratz (grades 5-7), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2), Cornelius Van Thiessen (grades 8-10)
1950-1951	Elizabeth Loewen (grades 4-5), Frank John Neufeld (grades 9-11), Ernest Pankratz (grades 6-8), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2), Mary Peters (grades 2-3)
1951-1952	Harvey Van Penner (grades 9-11), Jessie Peters (grades 3-4), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2), Mary Peters (grades 2-3), Isaak J. Warkentin (grades 6-8), ? (grade 5)
1952-1953	Henry Klassen (grades 6-8), Jessie Peters (grades 4-5), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2), Mary Peters (grades 3-4)
1953-1954	Elsie Mary Klassen (grades 3-4), Henry Klassen (grades 7-8), Jessie Peters (grades 5-6), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2)
1954-1955	Elsie Mary Klassen (grades 3-4), Henry Klassen (grades 6-8), Jessie Peters (grades 1-2), Margaret Peters (grades 1-2, 1954), Margaret Gertrude Sobering (grades 5-6)
1955-1956	Elsie Mary Klassen (grades 3-4), Paul Neustaedter (grades 7-8), Jessie Penner (grades 1-2), Phyllis Astrid Unruh (grades 5-6)
1956-1957	Elsie Mary Klassen (grades 3-4), Paul Neustaedter (grades 7-8), Jessie Penner (grades 1-2), Phyllis Astrid Unruh (grades 5-6)
1957-1958	Elsie Falk (grades 4-6), Paul Neustaedter (grades 7-8), Jessie Penner (grades 1-3)
1958-1959	Elsie Falk (grades 3-5), Henry Krickman (grades 6-8), Jessie Penner (grades 1-2)
1959-1960	Irmgard Dueck (grades 3-5), Henry Krickman (grades 6-8), Jessie Penner (grades 1-3)
1960-1961	Susan Katherine Hildebrand (grades 4-5), Kathy Louise Janzen (grades 2-3), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 1), Henry Krickman (grades 6-8)
1961-1962	John Driedger (grades 4-5, 1961; grades 5-6), Susan Friesen (grades 2-3), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 1), Helen Penner (grade 4), Elbert Allan Toews (grades 6-8)
1962-1963	John Driedger (grades 5-6), Susan Friesen (grades 3-4), Eugene Richard Janzen (grade 4), Hilda Janzen (grade 1), Selma Margaret Krahn (grade 2), Elbert Allan Toews (grades 7-8)
1963-1964	Harvey Gordon Doell (grades 7-8), John Driedger (grades 5-6), Susan Friesen (grade 3), Evelyn Elaine Heppner (grade 2), Elizabeth Anne Schroeder (grade 1), ? (grade 5)
1964-1965	Harvey Gordon Doell (grades 7-8), Margaret Irene Epp (grade 5), Susan Friesen (grade 4), Evelyn Elaine Heppner (grades 2-3), Eugene Richard Janzen (grades 6-7), Elizabeth Anne Schroeder (grades 1-2)
1965-1966	Harvey Gordon Doell (grades 7-8), Judith Katherine “Judy” Driedger (grade 5), Margaret Franz (grades 1-2), Susan Friesen (grade 4), Carolyn Grace Funk (grades 2-3), Edward Hildebrand (grades 6-7)
1966-1967	Harvey Gordon Doell (grades 7-8), Judith Katherine “Judy” Driedger (grade 5), Peter U. Dueck (grade 4), Margaret Franz (grade 1), Elsie Margaret Harms (grade 2), Edward Hildebrand (grades 6-7), Helen Katherine Janzen (grade 3)
1967-1968	Peggy Jane Bueckert (grade 3), Judith Katherine “Judy” Driedger (grade 5), Nancy Carol Feechuk (grades 1-2), Margaret Franz (grade 1), Elsie Margaret Harms (grade 2), Edward Hildebrand (grades 8), Henry Lawrence Hildebrandt (grade 6), Lena St. Vincent (grades 5-6), Karin Anna Margaret Neufeld Suderman (grade 4), Edward “Ed” Thiessen (grade 7)

Teachers (Goodwill Collegiate)

Period	Teachers
1952-1953	Harvey Van Penner (grades 9-11), Peter John Barkman Reimer (grades 9-10)
1953-1954	Peter John Barkman Reimer (grades 9-10), Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (grades 11-12)
1954-1955	Peter John Barkman Reimer (grades 9-10), Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (grades 11-12)
1955-1956	Peter John Barkman Reimer (grades 9-10), Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (grades 11-12)
1956-1957	Peter John Barkman Reimer (grades 9-10), Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (grades 11-12)
1957-1958	Peter John Barkman Reimer (grades 9-10), Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (grades 11-12), David Voth (grade 9)
1958-1959	Peter John Barkman Reimer (grade 10), Cornelius Gerhard “Neil” Unruh (grades 11-12), David Voth (grade 9)
1959-1960	Bernhard Barkman “Ben” Dueck (grades 11-12), Albert Henry Groening (grade 9), Peter John Barkman Reimer (grade 10)
1960-1961	Bernhard Barkman “Ben” Dueck (grade 12), Albert Henry Groening (grade 10), Peter John Barkman Reimer (grade 11), Peter Sawatsky (grade 9)
After 1961	See Grunthal Collegiate

Among the other teachers who worked at Goodwill School were Frank L. Isaac (1920-1923), P. S. Guenther (1923-1925 & night classes), G. M. Neufeld (1925-1926), David Heinrichs (1926-1928 & night glasses), Cornelius L. Toews (1928-1929), J. B. Warkentin (1929-1931), David Peter Heidebrecht (1931-1935), M. J. Kosjar, M. Oryschuk, Bernard Toews, Ed Zacharias, Dorothy Chornoboy, Katherine Peters, J. B. Warkentin, Gil Penner, Aaron Redekop, Ray Peters, and Peter Zacharias

Photos & Coordinates

The original Goodwill School building (no date) by A. J. Hatcher Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 32. Goodwill Elementary Schools (1960s) Source: John Schellenberg, Schools - Our Heritage, 1985. Goodwill High School (no date) Source: John Schellenberg, Schools - Our Heritage, 1985. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40673, W96.85506 denoted by symbol on the map above

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.

Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division (1878-1968) by John K. Schellenberg, The Board of The Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985, ISBN 0-919673-93-7.

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Goodwill School District No. 1967 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Goodwill School District No. 1967 - Cash Book, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Glen Klassen and Ernest Braun of the EastMenn Historical Society for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 2 July 2022

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