Historic Sites of Manitoba: Graysville Consolidated School No. 1493 (Graysville, RM of Dufferin)

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The Graysville School District was organized formally in March 1909, and a schoolhouse was built in Graysville in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin. It operated for nine years until it merged with several schools from the surrounding district to form the Graysville Consolidated School District: Lintrathen School No. 1118, Orr School No. 343, Ravenswood School No. 437, Stephenfield Consolidated School No. 2048, and Tobacco Creek School No. 808. Erection of the present brick building began in late 1919 on a design by architects Tuttle and Reid, and opened in February 1920. In March 1950, a $5,000 debenture was issued to undertake repairs and upgrades to the schoolhouse.

Eventually becoming part of Prairie Rose School Division, the school closed in September 2010 due to declining student enrolment and its building was sold to a company that planned to use it as a seed shipping facility. It was later converted into a private residence. A bronze plaque commemorating former students killed during the Second World War, that had been displayed inside the school, was removed and installed at the Carman Legion.

Principals

Period	Principal
1920-1922	James Corrigill (1857-1922)
1922-1924	Robert William Dunlop (1876-?)
1924-1927	Wilfred Almon Rideout (1878-1949)
1927-1930	Christopher Stow (1873-1933)
1930-1931	Sidney Irvine “Sears” Mott (1870-1957)
1931-1935	Beatrice Pearl Shunk Wiebe (1907-1992)
1935-1942	Earl Duncan McKellar (1902-1984)
1942-1945	Clair Edmond Dawson (1913-1995)
1945-1950	Willard Ervin Rife (1890-1970)
1950-1954	David Langton MacDonald (1911-1957)
1954-1956	Ralph Ernest Mayes (1891-1969)
1956-1958	George Oswald Hinds (1906-1969)
1959-1960	Henry Richard Schellenberg (?-?)
1960-1962	Stanley Corbett “Stan” Henderson (1910-1997)
1962-1966	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (1911-2008)
1966-1967	Harold Austin “Hardy” Velie
1967-1968	Jake Letkeman
1968-1971	Michael Geletchuk
1971-1978	Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt
1978-1998	Frances William Clinton “Bill” North
1998-2003	Elaine Owen
2003-2005	Sherry Zacharias & Betty-Ann Tiltman
2005-2008	Art Van Stellant
2008-2009	Jennifer Kolesar

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1960-1962	Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (1931-2014)

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Graysville School were Natalie M. Stevenson (Spring 1910), Louise S. Mallory (Fall 1910 - Spring 1913), Enid M. Crorters? (Fall 1913), Margaret Isabelle Lightbody (Spring 1914 - Fall 1915), Jessie Eleanor Ross (Spring 1916 - Spring 1917), Myra W. C. Atkinson (Fall 1917 - Spring 1918), F. W. Duncan (Fall 1918), and Caroline Mohr (Spring 1919).

Period	Teachers
1919-1920	James Corrigill (grades 6-8, January-June), Mary Anne “Mamie” Craik (grades 1-2, January-June), Marion G. Cummings (grades 2-5, January-June), Caroline Mohr (grades 1-5 & 8, August-December), Alison T. Ulser? [Usher?] (grades 1-3 & 7-8, August-December)
1920-1921	Marion Cummings, Olive Jackson, ?
1921-1922	Viola Bailey (1921), Hattie Corrigal, Inga Turgeson (1922), ?
1922-1923	Nellie Morrison, Kathleen Walmsley, ?
1923-1924	Eleanor Collier, Nellie Morrison, Lily May Nevin, ?
1924-1925	Eleanor Collier, Nellie Morrison, Lily May Nevin, ?
1925-1926	Eleanor Collier, Nellie Morrison, Lily May Nevin, ?
1926-1927	Eleanor Collier, Nellie Morrison, Lily May Nevin, ?
1927-1928	Eleanor Collier, Nellie Morrison, Lily May Nevin, ?
1928-1929	Eleanor Collier, Edith Deacon, Jean Ellen Morrison (grades 1-2), Nellie Morrison, ?
1929-1930	Laura Fraser, Leila Fraser, Nellie Morrison, ?
1930-1931	Eva Cram, Nellie Morrison, Beatrice Shunk, ?
1931-1932	Helen Mildred Ball, Florence Kuebler, ?
1932-1933	Helen Mildred Ball (grades 1-4), Florence Kuebler, ?
1933-1934	Helen Mildred Ball (grades 1-4), Gladys Smith, ?
1934-1935	Helen Mildred Ball (grades 1-4), Esther Hooper, ?
1935-1936	Esther Hooper, Linnie Young Wilson (grades 1-4), ?
1936-1937	Esther Hooper, Linnie Young Wilson (grades 1-4), ?
1937-1938	Esther Hooper, Linnie Young Wilson (grades 1-4), ?
1938-1939	Esther Hooper, Linnie Young Wilson (grades 1-4), ?
1939-1940	Mrs. M G. Dewar (grades 1-4, December substitute), Morley Allan Horton (grades 5-8), Mary Rankin (grades 1-4, January-June), Bernice Wright (grades 1-4, August-December)
1940-1941	Mary Rankin (grades 1-4), Morley Allan Horton (grades 5-8), ?
1941-1942	Muriel Cook (grades 1-4, January-June), Glenn M. Howie (grades 5-8, September), Dora Teresa Ritchley (grades 5-8, January-June), R. Evelyn Russell (grades 5-8, October-December), Annie Elizabeth Sproutt (grades 1-4, September-December)
1942-1943	Inez Ruth Abbott (grades 1-4, June), Marjorie Barclay (grades 1-4, August-June), Nellie Bowes, ?
1943-1944	Inez Ruth Abbott (grades 1-4), Marjorie Barclay, Ida Jean Fehr (grades 5-8), ?
1944-1945	Inez Ruth Abbott (grades 1-4), Ida Jean Fehr (grades 5-8, August-December), Rosa Johnson (grades 5-8, January-June), ?
1945-1946	Inez Ruth Abbott (grades 1-4), Rosa Johnson, ?
1946-1947	Inez Ruth Abbott (grades 1-4, October-June), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 3-5, October-June), ?
1947-1948	Inez Ruth Abbott (grades 1-2), Dorothy Allen, Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 3-5), ?
1948-1949	Doreen Elizabeth Alvis (grades 1-2), Ruby Clair Workman Gray, Harry Reimer, Willard Ervin Rife (grades 9-11)
1949-1950	Doreen Elizabeth Alvis (grades 1-2), Don Eby, Ruby Clair Workman Gray, Willard Ervin Rife (grades 9-11)
1950-1951	Gladys Georgina Bell (grades 1-3), William John Cook (grades 7-8), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 4-6), David Langton MacDonald (grades 9-12)
1951-1952	Gladys Georgina Bell (grades 1-3), William John Cook (grades 7-8), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 4-6), David Langton MacDonald (grades 9-11)
1952-1953	Leonard Harvey “Len” Goldsborough (grades 7-9), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-4, August-January; grades 1-3, February-June), David Langton MacDonald (grades 9-11), Richard Hubert Charles Raine (grades 4-8, August-January; grades 4-6, February-June)
1953-1954	Leonard Harvey “Len” Goldsborough (grades 7-9), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3), David Langton MacDonald (grades 10-11), Richard Hubert Charles Raine (grades 4-6)
1954-1955	Leonard Harvey “Len” Goldsborough (grades 7-9), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3), Ralph Ernest Mayes (grades 10-11), Margaret Rose Pollock (grades 4-6)
1955-1956	Leonard Harvey “Len” Goldsborough (grades 7-9), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3), Ralph Ernest Mayes (grades 10-12), Margaret Rose Pollock (grades 4-6)
1956-1957	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3), George Oswald Hinds (grades 10-11), Robert James Hobbs (grades 7-9), Margaret Rose Pollock (grades 4-6)
1957-1958	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-4), George Oswald Hinds (grades 11-12), Lillian Hirst (grades 5-8, wife of Mr. J. M. Hirst), Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (grades 9-10, August-April), Linda D. Lucht (grades 9-10, April-June)
1958-1959	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-4), George Oswald Hinds (grades 11-12, August-December), Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (grades 9-10, August-December; grades 8-10, January-June), Shirley Knight (grades 5-8), Henry Richard Schellenberg (grades 8-9, August-December; grades 11-12, January-June)
1959-1960	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-4), Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (grade 11), Barbara Linton (grades 9-10, January-June), Beverly Patricia “Bev” Robertson (grades 5-8), Henry Richard Schellenberg (grade 12), Mr. J. Urquhart (grades 9-10, August-December)
1960-1961	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Stanley Corbett “Stan” Henderson (grade 12), Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (grade 11), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-5, at the former Stephenfield School), James Ingbald Refvik (grade 10), Myrtle Isabelle Refvik (grade 9), Beverly Patricia “Bev” Robertson (grades 6-8)
1961-1962	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2, at the former Stephenfield School), Stanley Corbett “Stan” Henderson (grade 12), Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (grade 11), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-5, at the former Stephenfield School), James Ingbald Refvik (grade 10), Myrtle Isabelle Refvik (grade 9), Beverly Patricia “Bev” Robertson (grades 6-8)
1962-1963	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3, at the former Stephenfield School), John Frederick Gross (grades 7-8), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-6, at the former Stephenfield School), (grades 9-12 teachers, see Graysville Collegiate)
1963-1964	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3, at the former Stephenfield School), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-6, at the former Stephenfield School), Harold Austin Velie (grades 7-8), (grades 9-12 teachers, see Graysville Collegiate)
1964-1965	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3, at the former Stephenfield School), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-6, at the former Stephenfield School), Harold Austin Velie (grades 7-8), (grades 9-12 teachers, see Graysville Collegiate)
1965-1966	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-3, at the former Stephenfield School), Harry Frank Tiessen (grades 4-6, at the former Stephenfield School), Harold Austin Velie (grades 7-8), (grades 9-12 teachers, see Graysville Collegiate)
1966-1967	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Harold Austin Velie (grades 7-8), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1967-1968	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Jake Letkeman (grades 7-8), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1968-1969	Michael Geletchuk (grades 7-8), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1969-1970	Michael Geletchuk (grades 7-8), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1970-1971	Michael Geletchuk (grades 7-8), Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1971-1972	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1972-1973	Ruby Clair Workman Gray (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1973-1974	Margaret Viola-Jean Atkins (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1974-1975	Margaret Viola-Jean Atkins (grade 1), Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grade 2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1975-1976	Margaret Viola-Jean Atkins (grades 1-2), Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grades 2-3), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-5), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grade 6)
1976-1977	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grades 2-3), Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-5), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grade 6)
1977-1978	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grades 2-3), Georgina Ann McCullough (grade 1), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 3-4), Natalie Florence “Nellie” Watt (grades 5-6)
1978-1979	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grades 2-3), Georgina Ann McCullough (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grade 4), Frances William Clinton North (grades 5-6)
1979-1980	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grades 2-3), Georgina Ann McCullough (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-5), Frances William Clinton North (grades 5-6)
1980-1981	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce (grades 2-3), Georgina Ann McCullough (grades 1-2), Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh (grades 4-5), Frances William Clinton North (grade 6)
1981-1982	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1982-1983	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1983-1984	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1984-1985	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1985-1986	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1986-1987	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1987-1988	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Georgina Ann McCullough, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1988-1989	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Elizabeth Joan Marie McIntosh, Frances William Clinton North
1989-1990	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Frances William Clinton North
1990-1991	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Frances William Clinton North
1991-1992	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Frances William Clinton North
1992-1993	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Frances William Clinton North
1993-1994	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Frances William Clinton North
1994-1995	Carrol Elizabeth Mae Bruce, Frances William Clinton North
1995-1996	Lillian Middleton, Frances William Clinton North
1996-1997	Colleen Wareham, Frances William Clinton North
1997-1998	Alice Elias, Joanne Mont, Frances William Clinton North
1998-1999	Alice Elias, Joanne Mont, Elaine Owen
1999-2000	Alice Elias, Joanne Mont, Elaine Owen
2000-2001	Karen Friesen Dyck, Coreen Hart, Elaine Owen
2001-2002	Karen Friesen Dyck, Coreen Hart, Elaine Owen
2002-2003	Karen Friesen Dyck, Elaine Owen, Megan Pollard, Sherry Zacharias
2003-2004	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Megan Pollard, Betty-Ann Tiltman, Sherry Zacharias
2004-2005	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Pat Hamm, Betty-Ann Tiltman, Sherry Zacharias
2005-2006	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Art Van Stellant, Sherry Zacharias
2006-2007	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Art Van Stellant, Sherry Zacharias
2007-2008	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Art Van Stellant, Sherry Zacharias
2008-2009	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Jennifer Kolesar
2009-2010	Lisa Pinkerton Baschuk, Theresa Knox (pt Spring)

Principals (Graysville Collegiate)

Period	Principal
1962-1965	James Ingvald “Jim” Refvik
1965-1966	Stanley Corbett Henderson (1910-1997)

Teachers (Graysville Collegiate)

Period	Teachers
1962-1963	Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (grade 11), James Ingbald Refvik (grade 10), Beverly Patricia “Bev” Robertson (grades 9-10)
1963-1964	Mary Hanuschuk (grade 12), James Ingbald Refvik (grade 11), Beverly Patricia Robertson “Bev” Stow (grades 9-10)
1964-1965	David “Dave” Friesen (grade 9), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grade 12), Mary Hanuschuk (grade 10), Stanley Corbett “Stan” Henderson (grade 11)
1965-1966	David “Dave” Friesen (grade 9), Margaret Isabel Gopaul (grade 10, September), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grade 10, September-June), Mary Hanuschuk (grade 12), Stanley Corbett “Stan” Henderson (grade 11)

Photos & Coordinates

Graysville School (no date) by A. J. Manning Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 127. Graysville School (1920s) Source: Laura Matychuk Graysville School and teacherage (1920s) Source: Laura Matychuk Graysville School (August 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Graysville School building (July 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina Plaque that was once displayed inside Graysville School for former students killed during the Second World War (2011) Source: Ethel Hook Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50750, W98.15819 denoted by symbol on the map above

Second World War Casualities

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Herbert Allan Baker [Carman, Graysville United]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	30 November 1917	29 January 1944
Frederick Colin “Fred” Duncan [Carman, Graysville United]	49th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	1 October 1917	28 February 1943
Joseph William “Joe” Fuller [Carman, Graysville United]	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse	Trooper	16 January 1917	9 June 1944
Harold John Glenn [Carman, Graysville United]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders	Private	19 October 1920	19 August 1942
Robert James “Jim” Kee [Carman, Graysville United]	61st Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	27 March 1921	3 January 1943
Glen Mathew Kennedy [Carman, Graysville United]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders	Private	3 May 1922	29 July 1944
Robert James “Bob” McIntyre [Carman, Graysville United]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	22 July 1923	15 September 1946

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.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

Graysville: A Manitoba School and its Community, compiled by edited by the Graysville School Reunion Planning Committee, June 2011.

For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).

Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).

Manitoba School Records Collection, Stephenfield School District No. 518 - Daily Registers, GR1842, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Graysville School District No. 1493 - Daily Registers, GR7164, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Graysville School District No. 1493 - Daily Registers, GR7745, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Graysville School - Daily Registers, GR11575, Archives of Manitoba.

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

School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.

Municipal borrowing files (MA 0039), Graysville School District #1493, GR1799, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Ethel Hook, Nedra and Bob Burnett, Laura Matychuk, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 1 January 2025

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