Historic Sites of Manitoba: Goulter School (200 Queen Street East, Virden)

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Goulter School, named for local lawyer Herbert Hanks Goulter, opened in 1957 to accommodate an increased elementary student body due to the 1950s oil boom in the Virden region. It also focused on technical skills. In the late 1980s, an addition was made to provide space for a Special Education suite, music room, computer lab, and Kindergarten classroom.

Principals

Period	Principal
1957-1959	Alden Irving Slawson (1929-1995)
1959-1963	Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole
1963-1966	?
1966-1968	Glen Burton Young
1968-?	Letitia Joyce Cawston
?-1999	?
1999-2000	Stanley “Stan” Harvey

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1957-1958	Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole (grade 8), William Wallace Henderson (grade 8), Florence Jean McQuarrie (grade 9), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Geraldine Norah Poersch (grade 5), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 6), Alden Irving Slawson (grade 9), Shirley Marie Switzer (grade 5), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Sylvia Zwick (grade 7)
1958-1959	Shirley Marie Switzer Bleackley(grade 5), Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole (grade 9), Ila Della Colquhoun (grade 6), Shirlee P. Crandell (grade 7), Josie Kathleen McGill (grade 8), Florence Jean McQuarrie (grade 9), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 6), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Kathleen Isobel Shoemaker (grade 5), Alden Irving Slawson (grade 8), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Alfred Ronald Wolfe (grade 8)
1959-1960	Shirley Marie Switzer Bleackley (grade 5), Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole (grade 8), Shirlee Priscilla Crandell (grade 7), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 6), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6)
1960-1961	Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole (grade 8), Ila Della Colquhoun (grade 6), Shirlee Priscilla Crandell (grade 7), Margaret Isabel Hughes (grades 1-5), Gladys Blanche Patterson (grade 5), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 6), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Orval Thomas Sandgren (grade 7), Geraldine Norah Slawson (grade 5), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6)
1961-1962	Marjorie Frances Andrew (grade 5), Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole (grade 8), Ila Della Colquhoun (grade 6), William Wesley “Bill” Emmerson (grade 5), Margaret Isabel Hughes (grades 2-5), Elmer Kurtz (grade 8), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 8), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Donna Winnifred Wright (grade 7)
1962-1963	Frederick Charles “Fred” Cole (grade 8), Ila Della Colquhoun (grade 6), William Wesley “Bill” Emmerson (grade 5), Frances Frieda Filuk (grade 5), Elmer Kurtz (grades 5 & 7), Gayle Elizabeth Morris (grade 1), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 8), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Donna Winnifred Wright (grade 7)
1963-1964	John William Cesmystruk (grades 7-8), Ila Della Colquhoun (grade 6), John Guthrie “Jack” Forsyth (grade 8), Margaret Elizabeth Ann Hathaway (grade 5), Ileen Ruth Keown (grade 8), Elmer Kurtz (grade 7), Janice Maureen Moody (grade 2), Lorna Louise Moore (grade 1), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 5), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Donna Winnifred Wright (grade 5)
1964-1965	John William Cesmystruk (grade 6), Ila Della Colquhoun (grade 6), Margaret Elizabeth Ann Hathaway (grade 5), Ileen Ruth Keown (grade 8), Eveleine Mildred King (grade 3), Janice Maureen Moody (grade 2), Lorna Louise Moore (grade 1), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 5), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Edward Patrick Slywchuk (grade 8), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Donna Winnifred Wright (grade 7)
1965-1966	Minnie Lillian Brownlie (grade 4), Nancy Gardiner (grade 2), Phyllis May Henderson (grade 1), Margaret Isabel Hughes (grades 1-6), Ileen Ruth Keown (grade 8), Eveleine Mildred King (grade 3), Meryleen Ada Lane (grade 5), Edith Muriel Parker (grade 5), Elizabeth Jane “Beth” Reid (grade 2), Janet Isobel Reid (grade 5), Elizabeth Grace Shoemaker (grade 7), Judith Margaret “Judy” Skelton (grade 3), Mary Edythe Walton (grade 6), Gloria Doreen Wheelans (grade 1), Donna Winnifred Wright (grade 7)
1966-1967	Minnie Lillian Brownlie (grade 4), Nancy Gardiner (ungraded), Phyllis May Henderson (grade 1), Loretta Hrysak (grade 3), Del Marie McBain (grade 2), Elizabeth Jane “Beth” Reid (grade 2), Judith Margaret “Judy” Skelton (grade 3), Gloria Doreen Wheelans (grade 1), Glen Burton Young (grade 4)
1967-1968	Lillian Margaret Anne Anderson (grade 1), Dorothy Marilyn Baker (grade 2), Minnie Lillian Brownlie (grade 4), Della Ileen Cameron (grade 3), Letitia Joyce Cawston (kindergarten), Barbara Janet Ferguson (grade 3), Lois Cheryl Flett (grade 1), Nancy Gardiner (special education), Elizabeth Jane “Beth” Reid (grade 2), Glen Burton Young (grade 4)

Photos & Coordinates

Goulter School (1957) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Government Photographs (CH 0276), GR10030, ST-3-6 Virden School. Goulter School (October 2021) Source: Jean McManus Site Location (lat/long): N49.85028, W100.92552 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Herbert Hanks Goulter (1862-1935)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Virden School No. 144 / Mary Montgomery School (Ninth Avenue South, Virden)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Virden Junior High School (447 Princess Street West, Virden)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Virden Collegiate Institute (251 Kent Street, Virden)

Sources:

“Fifty teachers hired in Virden,” Brandon Sun, 1 September 1965, page 11.

Hometown Virden: Pioneers and Progress by Virden Millennium History Book Committee, 2000, page 67.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Virden School District No. 144 [Goulter School] - Daily Registers, GR1811, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Virden School District No. 144 [Goulter School] - Daily Registers, GR2065, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Virden School District No. 144 [Goulter School] - Daily Registers, GR2067, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Jean McManus for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 9 December 2021

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