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The Libau School District was formally established in March 1903 and a school building was erected in Libau, in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements. In 1952, it was replaced by the present wood frame and stucco structure, designed by the Winnipeg architectural firm of Prain and Ward. In January 1967, the school district was dissolved into the catchment area of the Lord Selkirk School Division. After Libau East School closed in the summer of 1967, this site operated as Libau School until the summer of 1972, after which the building sat vacant for a time. It was later renovated as a community centre. The district also operated a second schoolhouse located about two miles east of this site, referred to as Libau East School.
In 2018, a commemorative sign was installed beside the former school building.
Period
Principal
1952
Balkaran Frederic John Siew
1953
Anna Mae Kotello
1954
Diane Evelyn Kerney
1954-1955
Wolfgang Alfred Paul Garton
1955-1957
Thaddeus Cecil “Ted” Brune (1896-1973)
1957-1958
Benjamin Koshel
1958
Michael L. Balitsky
1958-1960
John Oberton (1924-2004)
1960-1961
Bonnie Jean McTaggart
1961-1963
Artha Marjorie Anderson
1963-1965
Henry Alex Taylor
1965-1966
Allan Charles Spence
1966-1967
Meroslawa Horbas
1967-1968
Metro Lysiachuk
1968-1971
1971-1972
The teachers of Libau School were George F. Schmidt (1905), Albert Moormans (1905-1906), Frederic Busch (1908), Fritz Brauer (1909), Jaroslaw Neywara (1910-1912), Kurt E. Mendeborn (1912-1915), Stanley E. Gunn (1916), Charles D. Smith (1916), Miss E. Gillies (1916), Mrs. Maude Brown (1916-1921), Ida Schmok (1918-1919), Martha Winger (1919-1920), Mollie D. Rosenstock (1920-1921), Bessie Knelman (1921), Rebecca Knelman (1921), Annie Drawson (1922-1923), Mrs. F. L. Storie (1922), Leah Sarritch (1922), Mrs. A. Wright (1922-1923), Rebecca Knelman (1923), Sarah Goodman (1924), L. McLanergan (1924), Mary E. Hughes (1924), Felix Sauer (1925), Edith Wasserman (1925-1926), Bertha Isenberg (1926-1927), Marie Prygroski (1927-1928), Clara Cohen (1928-1929), Margaret Agnes Gorowski (1929-1930), Elinor Adelaide Kronberg (1931-1933), Gudmundur Bjorgvin Arilius “Arli” Isfeld (1933-1934), Mary Helen Rutherford (1934-1935), Peter Jacob Willms (1935-1938), James Henry Dann (1938-1939), Harvey Disrael Gimsberg (1939-1940), Rudy Mehmel (1940-1941), Catherine MacLaren (1941), Patricia Wallace (1942-1943), Joseph Yatchew (1944), Rosalie Cecilia Holub (1944-1945), Anne Machewski (1946), Joe Walter Tysarski (1946-1947), Fred Klym (1947-1951), and Metro Lysaichuk (1951-1952).
School Year
Teachers
1952-1953
Anna Mae Kotello (grades 7-11, January-June), Olga Jean Nakoneshny (grades 1-6), Balkaran Frederic John Siew (grades 7-11, August-December)
1953-1954
Diane Evelyn Kerney (grades 7-11, January-June), Anna Mae Kotello (grades 7-11, August-December), Mary Anne Nawolski (grades 1-6)
1954-1955
Wolfgang Alfred Paul Garton (grades 7-11), Vera Ada Katazinski (grades 1-6)
1955-1956
Thaddeus Cecil Brune (grades 7-11), Vera Ada Katazinski Helwer (grades 1-6)
1956-1957
Thaddeus Cecil Brune (grades 7-11), Vera Ada Katazinski Helwer (grades 1-6)
1957-1958
Michael L. Balitsky (grades 7-11, May-June), Vera Ada Katazinski Helwer (grades 1-6), Benjamin Koshel (grades 7-11, August-April)
1958-1959
Lenora Labun (grades 1-6), John Oberton (grades 7-11)
1959-1960
Donna Pearl Bell (grades 1-4), John Oberton (grades 5-8)
1960-1961
Bonnie Jean McTaggart (grades 5-8), Florence Angeline Morris (grades 1-4)
1961-1962
Artha Marjorie Goulet Anderson (grades 5-8), Florence Angeline Morris (grades 1-4)
1962-1963
Artha Marjorie Goulet Anderson (grades 5-8), Florence Jablonski (grades 1-4)
1963-1964
Florence Jablonski (grades 1-4), Henry Alex Taylor (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Artha Marjorie Goulet Anderson (grades 1-4), Henry Alex Taylor (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Artha Marjorie Goulet Anderson (grades 1-3), Meroslawa Horbas (grades 4-6), Allan Charles Spence (grades 7-8, at Libau East School)
1966-1967
Artha Marjorie Goulet Anderson (grades 1-3, August-November & January-June), Maria [Marie?] Patricia Chernetski (grades 1-3, November-December), Ruth Eldora Hastman (grades 7-8, at Libau East School), Meroslawa Horbas (grades 4-6)
1967-1968
Artha Marjorie Goulet Anderson (grades 1-2), Meroslawa Horbas (grades 5-6), Metro Lysaichuk (grades 7-8), Doreen Elsie Phill (grades 3-4)
1968-1969
Richard Arnold Dow (grades 5-6), Meroslawa Horbas (grades 5-6), Verna Vera Wusaty (grades 3-4)
1969-1970
Richard Arnold Dow (grades 5-6), Mildred E. Heiman (grades 3-4), Catherine May Stevenson (grades 1-2)
1970-1971
Richard Arnold Dow (grades 5-6), Mildred E. Heiman (grades 3-4), Catherine May Stevenson (grades 1-2)
1971-1972
Borden Hasiuk (grades 4-5), Cheryl Ann McKee (grades 1-3)
Libau School (no date) by J. E. S. Dunlop
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 81.
The former Libau West School building (December 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Libau West School building and commemorative sign (August 2018)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.26954, W96.72265
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Libau East School No. 1231 (RM of St. Clements)
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Libau School District No. 1231, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), 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.
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.
School Districts of the Libau Area of Manitoba, 1887-1967 by Charlene Dusyk and Sylvia Sweetland, Winnipeg, 2017.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 21 December 2024
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