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The La Riviere School District was established in September 1887 in La Riviere in what is now the Municipality of Pembina. In 1908, it became a Consolidated School and, through the years, several smaller rural schools were closed and their students came to it, including Silver Springs School No. 119, Archibald School No. 151, Kingsley School No. 221, McKenzie School No. 235, Willowdale School No. 309, and Mountain School No. 367. A two-storey brick school building was constructed in 1903, using bricks made at the nearby brickyard, and it operated until 1945 when it was condemned as unsafe. Classes were held in various places around the village until a replacement school was constructed later that year. It opened in January 1946 and had four classrooms, a library, science laboratory, furnace room, and auditorium. The school closed in 1984 and the building was demolished. The site is now occupied by a private residence.
Period
Principal
1905-1913
James Tod (1869-1930)
1913-1915
Harmon Elmer Sweet (1888-1967)
1915-1920
Blanche McIntyre (1886-1974)
1920-1921
E. M. MacGregor
1921-1925
Marjory Thompson Smith (1892-1969)
1925-1926
Ruth Parker (1894-1953)
1926-1927
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1927-1931
Marjory Thompson Smith (1892-1969)
1931-1941
Peter W. Warkentin (?-?)
1941-1942
Marjory Thompson Smith (1892-1969)
1942-1946
Norris George Aitken (1913-2001)
1946-1947
Ruby Valera Arndt Joyce (1916-2021)
1947-1948
Rudolph Verne Dankesreiter (1900-1952)
1948-1950
Chester MacMillan Fraser (1904-1975)
1950-1951
Teresa Moloney (1899-1983)
1951-1955
Annie Belle Fraser (1892-1974)
1955-1956
Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)
1956-1958
Jack L. Horky
1958-1960
John Vanderstoel (1933-2013)
1960-1962
Gordon Victor Reynolds (1926-1964)
1962-1963
D. Friesen
1963-1964
Edward V. Domaratzki
1964-1967
?
1967-1969
William Sanford “Bill” Kirbyson (1908-1995)
School Year
Teachers
1889
Emily Armstrong, J. M. Stewart
1890
Lydia Buchanan
1891
George Thomas
1892
Lida Brown
1893
Tillie Couch
1894
Maggie McDougall
1895
Anna Creighton, Maggie McDougall
1896
L. Cranston
1897-1900
Vivian Cooper
1900-1901
Harry McIntosh
1905-1907
Maggie Blain
1907-1909
Helen Perfect
1909
Mary Black
1910-1911
Gertrude Grith
1911-1912
June Maloney
1912
Leah Embury
1913
A. E. Pollock
1914-1915
J. P. Bennett, Bessie Forrest, Ethel McBeth
1915-1916
A. E. Pollock
1918
Elizabeth Fargey, Florence Fargey, Grace Oke
1919
Helen Amy, Edna Campain, A. E. Pollock
1920-1921
Helen Amy, Elizabeth Fargey, Walter Morrow
1921-1922
Annie Christian, Elizabeth Fargey
1924
N. Petrie, J. C. Williamson
1925
Alma Erickson, A. E. Pollock
1926-1927
S. E. Moffatt, R. C. Mulligan
1927-1928
C. M. Fraser, Marjorie Jeffrey, A. E. Pollock, M. Thompson
1930
Art Lawson, A. E. Pollock
1931-1936
Annie B. Fraser, Marjorie Jeffrey, Annie Pollock
1937
Annie B. Fraser, Marjorie Jeffrey
1938
Annie Blackburn, Annie B. Fraser
1939-1940
Annie Blackburn, Annie B. Fraser, Jean E. McDonald
1941-1942
Annie Davis (Blackburn), Lydia Fargey, Annie B. Fraser
1942-1943
Ila Cockriell, Annie B. Fraser, Dorothy Houlden
1943-1944
Ila Cockriell, Ila Langley
1944-1945
Ila Cockriell, Ila Langley
1945-1946
Ila Langley, Ruby Plomp, Doris Shaver
1946-1947
Norma Handford, Ruby Plomp, Doris Shaver
1947-1948
Phyliss Beaumont, Lyra McQuarrie
1948-1949
Lyra McQuarrie, D. Glen Stewart
1949-1951
Lyra McQuarrie, Myrtle Scharf
1951-1952
Lavina Klien, L. O. Long, Beulah Weeks
1952-1953
Mrs. M. J. Gliddon, K. N. Krym, Phyliss Lundgren
1953-1954
Phyliss Lundgren, Irene Patterson
1954-1955
Hazel Harris, Lavina Klien, Phyliss Lundgren
1955-1956
Verna McCartney, Helen Morrow
1956-1957
Myrtle Scharf, L. A. Schultz
1957-1958
Myrtle Scharf, John Vanderstoel
1958-1960
Ewart Hudson, Myrtle Scharf
1960-1962
Donna Knight, Bruce Mintenko, Myrtle Scharf
1962-1963
Darlene Henderson, Bruce Mintenko, Myrtle Scharf, Vera Stewart
1963-1964
Tena Moffatt, Carol Pokrant, Bryan Tyerman, Carol Tyerman
1964-1965
Tena Moffat, Bryan Tyerman, Carol Tyerman, Alida Zaal
1965-1966
Tena Moffatt, Lois Stilwell, Bryan Tyerman, Carol Tyerman
1966-1967
Pat Dunn, Gorge Hinds, Tena Moffat, Ivy Rance, Myrtle Scharf, Lois Stilwell
1967-1968
Pat Dunn, Jean Gardiner, William Kirbyson, Tena Moffat
1968-1969
Pat Dunn, William Kirbyson, Tena Moffat, Cheryl Rose
1969-1970
Pat Cavers, Jake Letkeman, Tena Moffatt, Marge Norrie, Donna Riseborough
1970-1972
Millie Goosen, Emily Goring, Jake Letkeman, Marge Norrie
1972-1973
Dennis Herntier, Jake Letkeman, Emily Lovell, Marge Norrie
1973-1974
Bruce Johnson, Kathy Kuran, Jake Letkeman, Emily Lovell, Gerry McPhail
1974-1975
?
1975-1976
?
1976-1977
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1977-1978
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1978-1979
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1979-1980
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1980-1981
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1981-1982
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1982-1983
?
1983-1984
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Postcard view of La Riviere School (1908) by Winnipeg Photo Company
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0037
Postcard view of La Riviere School (no date)
Source: Carol Wilkinson
Postcard view of La Riviere School (no date)
Source: Rob McInnes, MN0306
La Riviere School commemorative sign (April 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23622, W98.67747
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.
Turning Leaves: A History of La Riviere and District by La Riviere Historical Book Committee, c1979. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.L38 Tur]
We thank Rob McInnes, Nathan Kramer, and Carol Wilkinson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 March 2023
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