Historic Sites of Manitoba: Greenfarm School No. 853 (RM of Stanley)

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Greenfarm School District was organized in May 1895 and a school building constructed in the southwest quarter of 13-3-4 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. The school closed in the summer of 1968 and students were transferred to Winkler School for classes that autumn. The district itself was dissolved into the Winkler School District in January 1969. A monument was erected on 8-9 July 1995 for the centenary of the school’s founding.

Principals

Period	Principal
1951-1953	Clifford Milton Reimer
1953-1954	Gerhard P. Goosen
1954-1956	John H. Krueger

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Greenfarm School were Jacob J. Wiens (Fall 1895 - Spring 1898), Cornelius C. Ens [Enns?] (Fall 1898 - Spring 1901), I. S. Wiens (Fall 1900 - Fall 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Frank I. Doell (Spring 1905), P. P. Kroeker (Fall 1905), Heinrich S. Voth (April-May 1906), D. I. Doell (October-December 1906, Spring-Fall 1907, January-May 1908, September-December 1908, Spring-Fall 1909, & January-May 1910), Peter J. Dyck (October-December 1910, Spring-Fall 1911, & January-May 1912), Minna Rempel (October 1912 - June 1913), F. W. Fisher (Fall 1913 - Spring 1914), Peter Bueckert (Fall 1914 - Spring 1915), Peter Brown (Fall 1915 - Spring 1916), J. H. Hiebert (Fall 1916 - Spring 1918), Jacob N. Giesbrecht (Fall 1918 - Spring 1922), P. J. Dyck (Fall 1922 - Spring 1924), Frank Unrau Dyck (Fall 1924 - Spring 1925), J. E. Dyck (Fall 1925 - Spring 1926), Annie Dyck (Fall 1926), Jacob E. Dyck (Spring 1927 - Spring 1941), Alfred Harry Kroeker (Fall 1941 - Fall 1942), Mary Klassen (Spring 1943 - Spring 1945), Peter Brown (Fall 1945 - Spring 1949), and David Friesen Wiebe (Fall 1949 - Spring 1950).

Period	Teachers
1950-1951	David Friesen Wiebe (grades 1-9)
1951-1952	Lena Alvina Dyck (grades 1-4), Clifford Milton Reimer (grades 5-9)
1952-1953	Anne Peters (grades 1-4), Clifford Milton Reimer (grades 5-10)
1953-1954	Gerhard P. Goosen (grades 5-9), Anne Peters (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	John H. Krueger (grades 6-10), Irene Siemens (grades 1-5, August-November), Helene “Helen” Goertzen (grades 1-4, November-June), George I. Sawatzky (grades 1-4, June)
1955-1956	Anne Hildebrand (grades 1-7), John H. Krueger (grades 8-11)
1956-1957	John H. Krueger (grades 1-9)
1957-1958	John H. Krueger (grades 1-9)
1958-1959	John H. Krueger (grades 1-9)
1959-1960	Jake E. Schroeder (grades 1-8)
1960-1961	Jake E. Schroeder (grades 1-9)
1961-1962	Erdman Klassen (grades 1-9)
1962-1963	Erdman Klassen (grades 1-9)
1963-1964	Harry Bergman (grades 1-9)
1964-1965	Harry Bergman (grades 1-8)
1965-1966	Harry Bergman (grades 1-8)
1966-1967	Irvin Roy Enns (grades 1-8)
1967-1968	Irvin Roy Enns (grades 1-8)

Greenfarm School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 12. The former Greenfarm School building (October 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Greenfarm School commemorative sign (October 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.20732, W97.87713 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Greenfarm School District No. 853 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 March 2024

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