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The St. Andrews School District No. 6 was organized formally in July 1871 and a school building operated on Lot 110E in the Parish of St. Andrews, in what is now the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews. To more-clearly differentiate the district from St. Andrews School District No. 2 (beyond district number alone), in early 1885 it was renamed as North St. Andrews School. The further change to Lockport School came about in the latter half of 1919.
Starting around 1918, students attending grade six and up were taught at Selkirk School and, after 1920, at Selkirk Collegiate / Devonshire Collegiate Institute. By the 1950s, the earlier of the collegiate grades were restored to local instruction.
In April 1920, a $600 debenture was issued to provide funds to acquire additional land for an expansion to their schoolhouse. Two years later, in August 1922, a $4,000 debenture was issued to build and furnish a new one-room schoolhouse. Constructed between 1922 and 1923 on a design by Winnipeg architect Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle, senior grades would gradually be returned to local instruction, with only upper collegate grades continuing to receive education at Selkirk. The school closed in the summer of 1967 as jurisdiction for the area became the responsibility of the Lord Selkirk School Division. The former school buildings, dating from the early 20th century, were renovated into a private residence, now connected together into a single building.
The Lockport School name was re-utilized with the opened of Lockport School at 129 Lockport Road in 1979.
Period
Principal
1922-1924
Nellie Blanche Lyons Gobert (1882-1959)
1924-1925
Anna Hollins Muckle Elliott (1879-1974)
1925
Mary McKee
1926-1928
Edna Mary Mills
1928-1929
William Arthur Gamey (1892-1968)
1929-1932
Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (1907-1996)
1932-1935
Kathleen Mary Anderson
1935-1938
Irene V. Stewart
1938-1943
Agnes Bannerman (1879-1970)
1943-1944
1944-1945
Sarah Edith Gowan “Sadie’ Ross (1893-1978)
1945-1946
Thomas Frank Tyler (1912-1997)
1946
Edith Sophia McKillop Bethel (1904-2001)
1947
Sarah Edith Gowan “Sadie’ Ross (1893-1978)
1947
Margaret Helen London
1947
Bessie Ella May Robinson
1948-1950
Evelyn Margaret Flett O’Dell (1913-2002)
1950-1951
Mildred Bell
1951-1952
William Alexander Ellison (c1906-1952)
1952-1953
Joseph “Joe” Shygol (c1928-1974)
1953-1956
Peter J. Slonowski (c1927-2015)
1957
Helena Wehrle Johanna
1957-1960
Tony Maksymyk (1925-2007)
1960-1967
Halldora Mary Johnson
Period
Principal
1960-1961
Tony Maksymyk (1925-2007)
Among the early teachers of St. Andrews School No. 6 / North St. Andrews School / Lockport School were Thomas H. Lougheed (1883 - Spring 1889; father of Morley Semmens Lougheed), Richard L. Fell (Fall 1889), D. P. Clark (Spring 1890 - Fall 1891), E. Brooking (Spring 1892), M. C. Innes (Fall 1892), Samuel Wilkes (Spring 1893 - Spring 1894), E. Grace Brooking (Fall 1894 - Spring 1895), Mary Poule? (Fall 1895 - Spring 1897), J. Fraser Cocks (Fall 1897 - Fall 1899 & Fall 1901), A. E. Walkey? (Spring-Fall 1900), James Cooper Butchart (Spring 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Clara Manly (Spring-Fall 1905), Mabel A. Scott (Spring 1906), Charles Forrest (pg Fall 1907), M. Winifred [Winnifred] Johnston (pt Fall 1907 - Spring 1908), Annie L. Chisholm (Fall 1908 - Spring 1909), A. Luella Day (Fall 1909 - Fall 1911), Sadie Edith Gowan (Spring 1912 - Spring 1913), Jessie Kirk (Fall 1913 - Spring 1914), Hugh Clarke Fairfield (Fall 1914 - Fall 1915), and Lillian Moffett (Spring 1916 - Spring 1918).
Period
Teachers
1918-1919
Lillian Moffett (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Selkirk School
1919-1920
Lillian Moffett (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Selkirk School
1920-1921
Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Devonshire Collegiate Institute
1921-1922
Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Devonshire Collegiate Institute
1922-1923
Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-4), Nellie Blanche Lyons Gobert (grades 5-8)
1923-1924
Nellie Blanche Lyons Gobert (grades 4-8), Kathleen Goodchild (grades 1-3)
1924-1925
Fannie Bell Atchison (grades 1-5), Anna Hollins Muckle Elliott (grades 6-10)
1925-1926
Esther Jean Carpenter (grades 1-3), Mary McKee (grades 4-8, Fall), Edna Mary Mills (grades 4-8, Spring)
1926-1927
Esther Jean Carpenter (grades 1-3), Edna Mary Mills (grades 4-8)
1927-1928
Esther Jean Carpenter (grades 1-3), Edna Mary Mills (grades 4-8)
1928-1929
Verna Althea Whitfield Gamey (grades 1-3, Fall), William Arthur Gamey (grades 4-8), Katherine Smith (grades 1-3, Spring)
1929-1930
Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-3), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 4-8)
1930-1931
Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-3), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 4-8)
1931-1932
Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 5-8)
1932-1933
Kathleen Mary Anderson (grades 5-9), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1933-1934
Kathleen Mary Anderson (grades 5-9), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1934-1935
Kathleen Mary Anderson (grades 5-9), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1935-1936
Irene V. Stewart (grades 5-9), Shirley Marguerite Tod (grades 1-5, daughter of David Smith Tod)
1936-1937
Gertrude Maude Lowery (grades 1-5, daughter of Robert Newton Lowery), Irene V. Stewart (grades 5-9)
1937-1938
Gertrude Maude Lowery (grades 1-5), Irene V. Stewart (grades 6-10)
1938-1939
Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-9), Gertrude Maude Lowery (grades 1-4)
1939-1940
Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-9), Margaret Doris Grieve (grades 1-4)
1940-1941
Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-8), Madge Evangeline Smith (grades 1-4)
1941-1942
Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-8), Madge Evangeline Smith Halder (grades 1-4)
1942-1943
Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-8), May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4, Spring), Dagmar Rasmusson (grades 1-4, Fall)
1943-1944
May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Dorothy Elena Moran (grades 5-8, Fall - pt Spring), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 5-8, pt Spring)
1944-1945
May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 5-8)
1945-1946
May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Thomas Frank Tyler (grades 5-8)
1946-1947
Edith Sophia Bethel (grades 5-9, Fall), May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Margaret Helen London (grades 5-8, ?-June), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 5-8, January-?)
1947-1948
Lillian Augusta Birston (grades 1-2), Vida May McKay (grades 3-5), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 6-8, Spring), Bessie Ella May Robinson (grades 6-8, Fall)
1948-1949
Lillian Augusta Birston (grades 1-3), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 6-9), Louise Jones (grades 3-5)
1949-1950
Louise Jones (grades 3-5), Anne Patson (grades 1-2), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 6-9)
1950-1951
Mildred Bell (grades 6-8), Louise Jones (grades 3-5), Anne Patson (grades 1-2)
1951-1952
Emily Mary Bennett (grades 6-9, pt Spring), Lorna Leslie Ellison (grades 3-5), William Alexander Ellison (grades 6-9, Fall - pt Spring), Elizabeth Mae McBride (grades 1-2)
1952-1953
Katie Margaret Isaak (grades 3-5), Elizabeth Mae McBride (grades 1-2), Joseph “Joe” Shygol (grades 6-9)
1953-1954
Elizabeth Mae McBride (grades 1-2), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 6-9), Alice Mary Wekrle? (grades 3-5)
1954-1955
Donald James Bay (grades 3-5), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 1-2), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 6-11)
1955-1956
Donald James Bay (grades 3-5), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2, Spring), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7), Katie Peters (grades 1-2, Fall), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 8-10)
1956-1957
Donald James Bay (grades 3-4), Helena Wehrle Johanna (grades 8-10, Spring), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 8-10, Fall)
1957-1958
Donald James Bay (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Tony Maksymych (grades 8-10), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7)
1958-1959
Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Tony Maksymych (grades 9-11), Helen Neskar (grades 3-5), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7, Fall), Verna Helen Wright (grades 6-8, Spring)
1959-1960
Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Tony Maksymych (grade 9), Marguerite Marie Robillard (grades 4-6), Dorothy Francisca Wehrle (grades 6-8)
1960-1961
John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 4-6), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-3), Tony Maksymych (grade 9), Dorothy Francisca Wehrle (grades 7-8)
1961-1962
John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 4-6), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-3)
1962-1963
Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 6-8), William Nicholas Sass (grades 4-5), Gwen Anne Sorflaten (grades 2-3), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-3)
1963-1964
Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Gerald Wayne Recksiedler (grades 3-4), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
1964-1965
John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
1965-1966
John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
1966-1967
John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
The original Lockport school and residence (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 1
Lockport School (1970)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Lockport 17
Lockport School (no date)
Source: Cam Timlick
The former Lockport School building (July 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Lockport School building (April 2021)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.09159, W96.94286
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #22 School District of Lockport, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #23 School District of Lockport, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
“Tenders for Lockport School,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 August 1922, page 16.
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Obituary [Lorna Leslie Ellison], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 2018.
We thank Randy Rostecki and Cam Timlick for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 May 2023
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