Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lincoln School (3180 McBey Avenue, Winnipeg)

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In 1958, Lincoln School was built at the intersection of Banting Drive and Grove Avenue (later renamed McBey Avenue) to host students in grades 9 to 12. Originally consisting of eight classrooms, two years later the local voters approved a $300,000 expansion that added 20 more classrooms. At that time, high school students were moved to Westwood Collegiate and Lincoln received students in grades 4 to 8.

In September 1963, primary students who previously attended Kirkfield Park School were moved to Lincoln School, which now accommodated grades 1 to 8. Two years later, grades 7 and 8 went to Sansome Junior High School, leaving Lincoln with grades 1 to 6. As Sansome experienced overcrowding, classes in grades 7, 8, and 9 were reopened at Lincoln. By 1973, it had 765 students, and another expansion included science laboratories, gymnasium, home economics and industrial arts rooms, theatre, and library.

Principals

Period	Principal
1958-1960	Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson (1907-1972)
1960-?	John Sigfus Helgason (?-1978)
?-c1964	?
c1964-1973	John Abram Neufeld (1927-2015)
1973-1977	?
1977-1980	Mr. J. Z. Friesen
1980-1981	Donald Taylor “Don” McKinnon (1926-2012)
1981-1989	Ron Sigurdson
1989-1990	Don Loadman
1990-1993	?
1993-1994	Robert Watson
1994-1996	?
1996-1997	Rick Strongman
1997-1999	Brett Lough
1999-2006	James E. “Jim” Tomes
2006-2010	Mike Wake
2010-2015	Lorelei Steffler
2015-2016	Heather Palmer
2016-present	Patrick Betz

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1969-1970	Conrad Sigurdson
1970-1973	Abram William “Abe” Krahn (1923-2016)
1973-1977	?
1977-1978	Don Loadman
1978-1981	Nicholas “Nick” Yacheson
1981-1984	George Dyker
1984-1985	Lyall Evert Sims (1930-1996)
1985-1987	Elenore Wieler
1987-1988	?
1988-1990	Lawson Tarbuth
1990-2005	?
2005-2006	Blaine Abram

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1958-1959	Francois Gallais (grade 10), Morris Hryhor (grade 11 physics, mathematics), Florence Marie Onge McMullen (grades 7-8), James Nolan (grade 9)
1959-1960	Philip Alexuik (grade 8), Mary Bilash (grade 7), Margaret Evelyn Zachary (grade 7)
1960-1961	Philip Alexuik (grade 8), Mary Bilash (grade 7), William Burdeniuk (grade 7), Catherine Joyce Crookshank (grade 5), Emile R. Dupas (grade 8), Michael Harapiak (grade 6), Florence Marie Onge McMullen (grades 4), William Gerald Schellenberg (grade 6), Lily Schoenrath (grade 5), Constance Molly Stallard (grade 4), Dennis Neil Stefanson (grade 6), Michael Anthony Yaremchuk (grade 7)
1961-1962	Philip Alexiuk (grade 8), Mary Bilash (grade 7), William Burdeniuk (grade 7), Muriel Jean Collins (grade 5), Catherine Joyce Crookshank (grade 5), Emile R. Dupas (grade 8), Lucile Jeanne Freynet (grade 4), Tena Friesen (grade 6), Ruth Hanke (grade 5), Michael Harapiak (grade 6), Florence Marie Onge McMullen (grade 4), Elma Patterson (grade 4), Harry Sheldon (grade 6), Walter Shura (grade 4), Eugene Alfred Sigfusson (grade 6), Constance Molly Stallard (grade 4), Dennis Neil Stefanson (grade 7), Michael Anthony Yaremchuk (grade 7), Margaret Evelyn Zachary (grade 5)
1962-1963	Mary Bilash (grade 7), William Burdeniuk (grade 7), Muriel Jean Collins (grade 5), Margaret Beth Duggan (grade 7), Lucile Jeanne Freynet (grade 4), Abram W. “Abe” Friesen (grade 8), Tena Friesen (grade 6), Sharon Jeanette Graham (grade 5), Ruth Hanke (grade 5), Michael Harapiak (grade 8), Evelyn Johnér (grade 6), Gerhard Loewen (grade 7), Florence Marie Onge McMullen (grade 4, September-March), Doreen Marilyn McRae (grade 6), Ada D. C. Ringrose (grade 5), Beverly Ellen Ross (grade 4), Harry Sheldon (grade 6), Walter Shura (grade 8), Constance Molly Stallard (grade 4), Dennis Neil Stefanson (grade 7), Marlene Rebecca Tinling (grade 4, April-June), Marilyn Emily Wachal (grade 6), Michael Anthony Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1963-1964	Mary Bilash (grade 7), William Burdeniuk (grade 6), Muriel Jean Collins (grade 5), Emilie Dmyterko (grade 1), Margaret Beth Duggan (grade 7), Lucile Jeanne Freynet (grade 4), Abram W. “Abe” Friesen (grade 8), Tena Friesen (grade 6), Sharon Jeanette Graham (grade 5), Alice Rose-Marie Guest (grade 2), Ruth Hanke (grade 5), Michael Harapiak (grade 8), Caroline Mary Holmes (grade 2), Evelyn Johnér (grade 6), Jeanette Ida Elizabeth Lacey (grade 1), Gerhard Loewen (grade 7), Keith Leslie McComb (grade 7), Florence Marie Onge McMullen (grades 4), Doreen Marilyn McRae (grade 6), Madeline Gail Marriott (grade 3), Ada D. C. Ringrose (grade 5), Beverly Ellen Ross (grade 4), Annette Schaldemose (grade 3), Joyce Bernice Shaver (grade 8), Harry Sheldon (grade 6), Walter Shura (grade 8), Ronald Victor Sigurdson (grade 6), Constance Molly Stallard (grade 4), Dennis Neil Stefanson (grade 7), Jane Baker Steinleitner (grade 1), Marilyn Emily Wachal (grade 6), Henry Alan Wiebe (grade 8), Beverley Kay “Bev” Wynes (grade 2), Michael Anthony Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1964-1965	Mary Bilash (grade 7), Carolee Jacquelene Burr (grade 1), George Dryden Bush (grade 8), Muriel Jean Collins (grade 5), Emilie Dmyterko (grade 1), Margaret Beth Duggan (grade 7), Alice Eileen Engelbretson (grade 5), Abram W. “Abe” Friesen (grade 8), B. Eleanor Graham (grade 3), Alice Rose-Marie Guest (grade 2), Lorraine Liliane Marie Guetre (grade 3), Caroline Mary Holmes (grade 2), Madeline Gail Marriott (grade 6), Margaret Rose Medwid (grade 4), Douglas George Moore (grade 8), Kazumi Ohori (grade 3), Viola Evelyn Rankin (grade 7), Margaret Eleanor Wilson Riddell (grade 6), Beverly Ellen Ross (grade 4), Beverley Kay “Bev” Wynes Shostal (grade 2), Walter Shura (grade 8), Ronald Victor Sigurdson (grade 7), Jane Baker Steinleitner (grade 1), Henry P. Unger (grade 7), Henry Alan Wiebe (grade 8),
1965-1966	Margaret Rose Beirnes (grade 4), Elsie Jean Briggs (grade 1), Carolee Jacquelene Burr (grade 1), Muriel Jean Collins (grade 5), Earl Robert Cowan (grade 6), Alice Eileen Engelbretson (grade 5), Eileen Loucille Fowler (grade 6), B. Eleanor Graham (grade 3), Lorraine Lucille Marie Guetre (grade 3), Caroline Mary Holmes (grade 2), Marilyn Hussack (grade 4), Jeanette Ida Elizabeth Lacey (grade 1), Bonnie Ann May Macgregor (grade 5), Kazumi Ohori (grade 3), Karen May Doreen Pay (grade 2), Margaret Eleanor Wilson Riddell (grade 6), Beverly Ellen Ross (grade 4), Patricia Gail Staples (grade 3), Toby Star (grade 2)
1966-1967	Muriel Gertrude Alton (ungraded), Margaret Rose Beirnes (grade 4), Elsie Jean Briggs (grade 3), Joyce Marilyn Dunbar (grade 2), Alice Eileen Engelbretson (grade 5), Dorothy Arlene Fender (grade 1), Eileen Loucille Fowler (grade 6), Bonnie Ann May Macgregor Frederick (grade 5), Lorraine Lillian Marie Guetre (grade 3), Grace Elizabeth Henningsen (ungraded), Caroline Mary Holmes (grade 4), Carolee Jacquelene Burr King (grade 1), Jeanette Ida Elizabeth Lacey (grade 1), Lorne John Lisik (grade 6), Dianne Massey (grade 2), Georgie-Ann Marie Payne (grade 1), Angela Patricia Romaniuk (grade 1), Beverly Ellen Ross (grade 4), Dorothy Jean Stanley (grade 5), Patricia Gail Staples (grade 3), Toby Star (grade 2)
1967-2005	?
2005-2006	Gary Arnason, Leanna Crawshaw, Wendy Dilk, Barbara Engel, Heidi Fingas, Martha Hill, Randi Keefe, Lawrence Lindsay, Natalie Macfarlane, Eric Marshall, Kevin McCorrister, Dallas Morgan, Andrew Morican, Neil Penner, Edgar Reynolds, Joy Simpson, Monique Stamler, Jennifer Stark, Cherie Stroppa, Maureen Switzer, Chris Tambakis, Scott Thompson, Brynae Toth, Maria Triolo, Paula Wlasiuk, Naomi Woodman, Nenad Zdjelar

Photos & Coordinates

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87795, W97.28864 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Police seek arsonist in school fire,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 December 1959, page 3.

“Vote okays addition to school,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 1960, page 3.

“Metro is topic,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1960, page 8.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Kirkfield Park School District No. 30 (Lincoln High School) - Daily Registers, GR9926, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Kirkfield Park School District No. 30 (Lincoln School) - Daily Registers, GR9926, Archives of Manitoba.

Lincoln School, 1958-74, St. James Assiniboia School Division.

“St. James - Assiniboine School Board,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 May 1993, page A11.

We thank Mari-Jean Nachtigall, Lorelei Steffler, Robert Harbottle, and Dorothy Young for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 February 2022

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