Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kenville School No. 1404 (Kenville, Municipality of Swan Valley West)

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The Kenville School District was organized formally in November 1906 and a school building operated at Kenville in what is now the Municipality of Swan Valley West. In 1967, the school became part of the Swan Valley School Division and it closed in June 1975. The former school building is no longer present at the site but a stone commemorative monument was dedicated in July 1977 to former students and teachers, and pioneers of the area.

Principals

Period	Principal
1918-1920	Elizabeth A. Snelgrove
1920-1921	George William King (?-?)
1921-1924	Annie Elizabeth Metcalfe Turner (1897-?)
1924-1925	George Henry Smithson (?-?)
1925-1928	Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson (1900-1972)
1928-1947	Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase (1901-1984)
1947-1948	Michael P. Lysack (?-1989)
1948-1961	John Kastrukoff (1920-2009)
1961-1963	W. Humeniuk
1963-1964	Douglas Stein
1964-1965	Laura Loma Bocock Meiklejohn (1903-1990)
1965-1973	Ed Richenhaller
1973-1975	Ron Nelson

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1906-1907	Dr. J. K. McDonald, J. V. McDonald
1907-1908	Miss F. Osborne
1908-1909	Miss Jenny McGaw
1909-1910	Miss E. Gordon, Miss Jenny McGaw
1910-1911	Miss R. A. Anderson, Miss McManus
1911-1912	Miss E. Lunn, Miss McQuay
1912-1913	Miss McQuay, Miss Leah Zinger
1913-1914	Miss A. S. Evelyn, Miss Stevenson
1914-1915	Miss Nellie Segeworth
1915-1916	Frederick James “Fred” Hall
1916-1917	Frederick James “Fred” Hall
1917-1918	Frederick James “Fred” Hall (grades 1-8, Fall), Elizabeth A. Snelgrove (grades 1-8, Spring)
1918-1919	Miss L. M. Beattie [Marda? L. Batty?] (grades 1-4), Elizabeth A. Snelgrove (grades 5-9)
1919-1920	Gertrude M. Robinson (grades 1-4, Fall), Elizabeth A. Snelgrove (grades 5-9), Miss Umphrey (grades 1-4, Spring)
1920-1921	Myrtle Burt (grades 3-6, Spring), George William King (grades 4-10, Fall; grades 7-10, Spring), Arva M. Murphy (grades 1-3)
1921-1922	Ellen M. Alford (grades 3-6, Fall), Arva M. Murphy (grades 1-3), Annie Elizabeth Metcalfe (grades 7-10, Fall; grades 8-10, Spring), John Bois Quinn (grades 4-7, Spring)
1922-1923	Annie Elizabeth Metcalfe (grades 7-10, Fall), Lynda [Lyda] Jean Roy (grades 4-6, Fall; grades 8-10, Spring), Lorna May Stuckey (grades 1-3, Fall; grades 4-6, Spring), Christie Parlane “Chrissie” Thomas (grades 1-3, Spring)
1923-1924	Doris Mae Bullock [Bullach?] (grades 4-8), Christie Parlane “Chrissie” Thomas (grades 1-3), Annie Elizabeth Metcalfe Turner (grades 9-11)
1924-1925	Emma Clarke (grades 1-3, Spring), Vera Grace Metcalfe (grades 4-7), Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson (grades 8-11, Spring), George Henry Smithson (grades 8-11, Fall), Christie Parlane “Chrissie” Thomas (grades 1-3, Fall)
1925-1926	Emma Clarke (grades 1-3), Vera Grace Metcalfe (grades 4-6, Fall; grades 3-7, Spring), Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson (grades 8-11)
1926-1927	Emma Clarke, Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson, Annie Elizabeth Metcalfe Turner
1927-1928	Miss D. G. Riddell, Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson, Bertha Stacey
1928-1929	Mary Jean Jackson, Mary Reid, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1929-1930	Miss Alice Boyd, Miss E. L. Plant, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1930-1931	Miss A. Lillies, Ruth Mitchell, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1931-1932	Miss A. Lillies, Ruth Mitchell, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1932-1933	Alex McIntosh, Ruth Mitchell, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1933-1934	Alex McIntosh, Ruth Mitchell, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1934-1935	Alex McIntosh, Ruth Mitchell, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1935-1936	Isabel Martin, Alex McIntosh, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1936-1937	Isabel Martin, Alex McIntosh, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1937-1938	Isabel Martin, Alex McIntosh, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1938-1939	Grace Cowan, Alex McIntosh, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1939-1940	Alex McIntosh, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase, Lloyd Sinclair
1940-1941	Miss M. Gaudin, Miss Edith McIntosh, W. J. Patton, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1941-1942	Miss M. Gaudin, Miss Edith McIntosh, W. J. Patton, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase
1942-1943	Mary Emmond, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase, Dorothy Marie Slaughter
1943-1944	Mary Emmond, Doris Griffith, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase, Virginia Shore, R. Walton
1944-1945	Jean Pattison, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase, R. Walton
1945-1946	Jean Pattison, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase, R. Walton
1946-1947	Jean Pattison, Albert Edward “Ted” Scrase, R. Walton
1947-1948	Mrs. A. Jones, Michael P. Lysack, Mrs. Jean Pattison, Mr. Scott, Miss E. Taylor
1948-1949	John Kastrukoff, Angie Kroeker, Mrs. Jean Pattison
1949-1950	John Kastrukoff, Angie Kroeker, Lucille Rogers
1950-1951	John Kastrukoff, Bernice Leslie, Elvira Peterson
1951-1952	John Kastrukoff, Bernice Leslie, W. Eugene Moore, Anna Will
1952-1953	John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Isabel Thomas
1953-1954	John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Isabel Thomas
1954-1955	John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Isabel Thomas
1955-1956	Willa Donaghy, Kathy Hardy, John Kastrukoff, William Majeski
1956-1957	Willa Donaghy, Mrs. Haenan, John Kastrukoff, William Majeski
1957-1958	Marge Gordon, John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Sarah Vopni
1958-1959	Marge Gordon, John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Sarah Vopni
1959-1960	Jean Elgie, Marge Gordon, John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Jean Vessey, Sarah Vopni
1960-1961	Jean Elgie, John Kastrukoff, William Majeski, Jean Vessey
1961-1962	Jean Elgie, W. Humenuik, William Majeski, Eugene Mitran, Jean Vessey
1962-1963	Thomas Dwernychuk, Jean Elgie, W. Humenuik, Eugene Mitran, Jean Vessey
1963-1964	Thomas Dwernychuk, Jean Elgie, Karen Loeb, Douglas Stein, Jean Vessey
1964-1965	Karen Loeb, Laura Loma Bocock Meiklejohn, Peggy Skoronski, Jean Vessey
1965-1966	Laura Loma Bocock Meiklejohn, Ed Richenhaller, Pat Richenhaller, Peggy Skoronski, Jean Vessey
1966-1967	Mrs. Abramson, Bertha McDonald, Dell Plummer, Ed Richenhaller, Pat Richenhaller, Jean Vessey
1967-1968	Marg Lowden, Betty Militaire, Ed Richenhaller, Mary Taddlie, Jean Vessey, Sarah Vopni
1968-1969	Mary Harris, Marg Lowden, Fred McKim, Ed Richenhaller, Jean Vessey, Sarah Vopni
1969-1970	Mary Harris, Marg Lowden, Fred McKim, Ed Richenhaller, Jean Vessey, Sarah Vopni
1970-1971	Lorraine Edwards, Marg Lowden, Fred McKim, Ed Richenhaller, Sarah Vopni
1971-1972	Ed Richenhaller, Donna Stewart, Sarah Vopni
1972-1973	Janet Kafara, Ed Richenhaller, Donna Stewart, Sarah Vopni
1973-1974	Ron Nelson, Sarah Vopni, Doreen Zander
1974-1975	Sharon Glascock, Ron Nelson

Photos & Coordinates

Kenville School buildings (no date) by J. S. Peach Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 112. Kenville School commemorative monument (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.99760, W101.32344 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.

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

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

Kenville, Ruby, Mt. Crest, Davidson, Harlington, Square Plains, Pretty Valley by Kenville Reunion Committee, July 1977.

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.

Boots, Buggies & Buses: Swan Valley Schools in Quest of Education, Swan Valley School Division No. 35, circa 1998.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 September 2023

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