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The Ladywood School District was organized formally in October 1888. The present wood frame building dates from the early 20th century when, in August 1916 the district borrowed $2,000 to build and equip a new schoolhouse. This new schoolhouse was twice-expanded in quick succession. First, in the spring of 1917 with a $2,400 addition of one classroom to the present structure, followed with a second enlargement in the latter half of 1919 with the issuing of a $4,000 debenture to build and equip a two-room expansion to the existing building. It is situated at Ladywood in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. It closed in 1968 and the building now stands vacant.
Period
Principal
1916-1918
J. W. Yatchie? [Yatchu/Yatcher?]
1918
Ivy E. Pervice Henson (?-?)
1919-1920
Clare M. Smith
1920-1923
Hugh Connolly (1890-1970)
1923-1924
Wallace Ross Donogh (1887-1968)
1924-1925
William Skidmore (c1885-?)
1925-1926
Robert MacLaren Keswick (1894-1938)
1926-1927
Winnifred Dorcas Boughton (1900-?)
1927-1928
Jane Wreford Chapple
1928-1929
Eleanor Marie Collisson
1929-1932
Edgar Burgess (1867-1954)
1932-1934
Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (1896-1950)
1934-1936
Thomas Patrick King (1873-1954)
1936-1940
Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec [Stephens] (1913-2011)
1940-1941
Leopold Raymond Labossiere (1913-1969)
1941-1942
Virden Gable
1942-1943
William Val Yacula (c1908-1958)
1943-1944
Effie Pauline Koroluk
1944-1950
Walter Charles Malenchak (1913-1991)
1950-1958
Stephen David Bahry (1914-2011)
1958-1960
George R. Truba
1960-1961
Ben Warkentin
1961-1967
None
1967-1968
Audrey Marlene Steffes
1968-1970
Margaret Ann MacInnes
Among the earlier teachers of Ladywood School were John McTavish (1889-1891), Oliver W. Thomas (1891-1892), D. J. Hartley (1892-1893), M. E. Alldritt (1893-1895), Mabel Howard (1895), Annie Masters (1895), U. W. Thomas (1896), A. W. Thomas (1897), Edward Gilbert (1897), Agnes Frame (1898-1900), David Howarth (1900), Elizabeth Hodkin (1900), Thomas Macdonald (1901, 1907-1909), Robert Fields (1901), J. Leslie (1905-1906), H. Powell (1905-1906), Amy Wilson (1909-1910), Wasyl Kolodzinski (1910-1911), N. H. Pilcha (1911), J. L. Powell (1912), H. S. Kawecki (1912-1913), S. D. Noldoezyk (1913), William Jerowsky (1914-1916), and Joe Omichinski (1947?).
Period
Teachers
1916-1917
Gertrude A. Shaw (grades 1-2), J. W. Yatchie? [Yatchu/Yatcher?] (grades 3-7)
1917-1918
Gertrude A. Shaw (grades 1-2), J. W. Yatchie? [Yatchu/Yatcher?] (grades 3-7)
1918-1919
Ivy E. Pervice Henson (grades 3-8, Fall), Gertrude A. Shaw (grades 1-2, Fall), Clare M. Smith (grades 3-8, Spring), Florence Smith (grades 1-3, Spring)
1919-1920
Mary Wood Nicholls (grades 1-2, Spring), Clare M. Smith (grades 3-9, Fall; grades 5-9, Spring), Florence Smith (grades 3-4, Fall; grades 4-5, Spring), Elsie Nyzykowski [Wyrzykowski?] (grades 1-2, Fall)
1920-1921
Sophie Cherry (grades 1-2), Hugh Connolly (grades 8-10), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 3-7)
1921-1922
Eleanor E. Connolly (grades 1-2), Hugh Connolly (grades 8-10), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 3-7)
1922-1923
Laura Chamberlain (grades 1-2), Hugh Connolly (grades 8-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 3-7)
1923-1924
Wallace Ross Donogh (grades 8-12), Rose Stoller (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1924-1925
Rose Hallet (grades 1-3, September-October), Rose Silver (grades 1-3, November-June), William Skidmore (grades 8-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-7)
1925-1926
Josephine Griffen (grades 1-3), Robert MacLaren Keswick (grades 8-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-7)
1926-1927
Winnifred Dorcas Boughton (grades 9-11), Josephine Griffen (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1927-1928
Jane Wreford Chapple (grades 9-11), Josephine Griffen (grades 1-3), Nicholas John Stryk (grades 4-8)
1928-1929
Eleanor Marie Collisson (grades 9-11), Olive Kohare (grades 1-3, Fall - pt Spring), Olive Annie McLeod (grades 1-3, pt Spring), Nicholas John Stryk (grades 4-8)
1929-1930
Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11, pt Fall - Spring), Eleanor Marie Collisson (grades 9-11, pt Fall), Olive Annie McLeod (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1930-1931
Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11), Gladys Dobruzki [Dobrucki?] (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1931-1932
Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11), Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1932-1933
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1933-1934
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1934-1935
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Thomas Patrick King (grades 9-10), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1935-1936
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Thomas Patrick King (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1936-1937
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1937-1938
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1938-1939
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1939-1940
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1940-1941
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Leopold Raymond Labossiere (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1941-1942
Virden Gable (grades 9-11), Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1942-1943
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8), William Val Yacula (grades 9-11)
1943-1944
Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8), Effie Pauline Koroluk (grades 9-12)
1944-1945
Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 9-12), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8), Louise Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1945-1946
Mary Holyk (grades 1-4), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1946-1947
Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 9-11), Louise Helen Puhacz (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1947-1948
Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 1-6)
1948-1949
Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 1-6)
1949-1950
Sophie Horosko (grades 1-6), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11)
1950-1951
Stephen David Bahry (grades 7-11), Sophie Horosko (grades 1-6)
1951-1952
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Sophie Horosko (junior grades)
1952-1953
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Sophie Horosko (junior grades)
1953-1954
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Clara Lorraine Ilchene (junior grades)
1954-1955
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Clara Lorraine Ilchene (junior grades)
1955-1956
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky (junior grades)
1956-1957
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky Greschuk (junior grades)
1957-1958
Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky Greschuk (junior grades)
1958-1959
George R. Truba (senior grades), Marlene A. Truba (junior grades)
1959-1960
Olga Bilyk (junior grades), George R. Truba (senior grades)
1960-1961
Elsie Chorney (junior grades), Ben Warkentin (senior grades)
1961-1962
Mrs. Elsie Mosquin (grades 1-8)
1962-1963
Mrs. Elsie Mosquin (grades 1-8)
1963-1964
Cornelius R. Klassen (grades 1-8)
1964-1965
Jean Adeline Panas (grades 1-8, pt March - June), John Irvin Schoen (grades 1-8, September - pt March)
1965-1966
Mary-Jane Stefansson (grades 1-8)
1966-1967
Mary-Jane Stefansson (grades 1-8)
1967-1968
Edith Mary Clark (grades 1-4), Audrey Marlene Steffes (grades 5-8)
1968-1969
Edith Mary Clark (grades 1-4), Margaret Ann MacInnes (grades 4-6)
1969-1970
Maria Elizabeth Higgins (grades 1-3), Margaret Ann MacInnes (grades 4-6)
Ladywood School building (circa 1917)
Source: Education Department Report, 1917, Manitoba Legislative Library.
The former Ladywood school building (1987)
Source: George Penner
The former Ladywood school building (no date)
Source: Cam Timlick
The former Ladywood school building (March 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.17938, W96.49804
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
East Side of the Red, 1884-1984 by St. Clements Historical Committee, 1984.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #12 School District of Ladywood, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #18 School District of Ladywood, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #43 School District of Ladywood, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #27043 & #31802, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Ladywood School District No. 555 - Daily Registers, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Cam Timlick and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 March 2023
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