Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gypsumville School No. 1612 (Gypsumville, RM of Grahamdale)

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The Gypsumville School District was established in March 1912 and a school operated in Gypsumville, in what later became the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale. In August 1916, a $1,500 debenture was approved by district ratepayers to fund a schoolhouse.

It was desigated a Remote School District in March 1959 and, in the summer of 1979, became Gypsumville School District No. 2461.

Principals

Period

Principal

1950-1951

S. Sigurdson

1951-1952

Marion Adelaide Mackrell

1952-1953

George Underwood

1953-1954

J. C. Campeau

1954-1955

Steve Yaseyko

1955-1956

A. H. Sveistrup

1956-1958

Kenneth Hulldason

1958-1959

J. Kerbrat

1959-1960

William Sul

1960-1963

Abram Enns

1963-1964

William Badiuk

1964-1967

G. D. McCurdy

1967-1969

H. C. Smith

1969-1970

K. Gunn-Walbery

1970-1971

D. Ahmad

1971-1972

R. D. Lahti

1972-1973

Thomas Trottier

?-?

Garry Henry Doyle (1934-2014)

Teachers

Among the teachers of Gypsumville School was Edgar Thomas Hegan Mackrell (c1916).

Photos & Coordinates

The original Gypsumville School

The original Gypsumville School (no date) by J. H. Plewes
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 3.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.77076, W98.63505
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gypsumville School No. 1312 / Portage Bay School No. 1312 (RM of Grahamdale)

Sources:

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

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #55 School District of Gypsumville, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

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.

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

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 September 2023

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