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The Miami School District was organized formally in January 1879. Four years later, a log school building was constructed at NW32-4-6W, one mile south of the present-day Miami, in what would later become the Rural Municipality of Thompson. Called Blair School, it closed in 1889 and a disused Presbyterian Church building was used as a school until 1893.
With the arrival of a railway in the area, in 1893, the town site for Miami was laid out and a two-storey, two-classroom wood frame school building was erected there. Known as the “Red School,” it was expanded in 1903 with two more classrooms, although one of the new classrooms was not used until 1908.
In 1912, a two-storey, four-classroom bridge structure replaced the “Red School,” at a cost of $15,425. In August 1917, it became Miami Consolidated School No. 74, consolidating with Morton School No. 652 and Nobleton School No. 1119.
A new elementary school, constructed in 1954, remains standing as of 2024 although converted to other uses. Collegiate grades became jurisdiction of the Midland School Division in in 1959 and a new Miami Collegiate was built in 1961 for grades 9 to 12. The Miami Elementary School closed around the turn of the millenium and all local classes re-consolidated at the former Miami Collegiate (since renamed Miami School).
Period
Principal
1897
John A. Griggs
1898-1901
Thomas Edgar Argue (1869-1927)
1901-1903
F. W. Turnbull
1903-1904
Henry Gledhill “Harry” Heasman (1870-1955)
1905-1907
Melvin L. “Mel” Hooper (1881-1971)
1907-1908
W. H. King
1908-1909
Elbridge Doty Parker (1884-1981)
1910-1911
Winfred Elmore Marsh (1872-1932)
1911-1916
Angus McNevin (1862-1923)
1916
Lena Tandy
1916-1917
George William Burnell (1857-1941)
1917-1918
Grace Frances Huntley (1891-1977)
1918-1919
Florence Smith
1919-1921
John William Morris (1891-1959)
1921-1925
Duncan Scott McIntyre (1899-1975)
1925-1926
Dorothy Ivy Mudge Jones (1904-1994)
1926-1933
James Alvin Leslie (?-1973)
1933-1934
John Clayton Stewart (1906-1990)
1934-1938
John Adrian Ashley (1902-1987)
1938-1940
Marshall Roscoe “Ross” Thompson (1914-1990)
1940-1942
Ross Laverne Donald (1907-1992)
1942-1945
Alexander “Alex” Cummings
1945-1948
William Harold Copeland (?-?)
1948-1950
George Oswald Hinds (1906-1969)
1950-1956
John Lyzun (1913-1984)
1956-1959
Donald Melvin Muir (1924-1997)
1959-1960
Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)
The early teachers at Miami School were Mary Ann McKinlay (1883), Richard Weir (1884 - Spring 1885), Jordan Gill (Fall 1885 - Fall 1887), Eliza Morley (Spring 1888), Lance Gill (Fall 1888), Elizabeth Morley (Spring 1889 - Fall 1890), Annie I. Young (Spring 1891 - Fall 1893), Annie Gurmior (pt 1893), George Alex Thomas (Spring-Fall 1894), Alex Tremoth (Spring 1895 - Spring 1896), and John A. Griggs (Fall 1896). Among the later teachers of Miami School was Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (?-?).
Period
Teachers
1897
John A. Griggs (senior grades), Annie I. Young (junior grades)
1898
Thomas Edgar Argue (senior grades), Annie I. Young (junior grades)
1899
Thomas Edgar Argue (senior grades), Mary Annie Godley (junior grades)
1900
Thomas Edgar Argue (senior grades), Mary Annie Godley (junior grades)
1901
Thomas Edgar Argue (senior grades), Mary Annie Godley (junior grades)
1902
records not available
1903
records not available
1904
records not available
1905
Mattie I. Duncan, Clara L. Groff (Spring), Henry Gledhill “Harry” Heaseman (senior grades, Spring), Melvin L. “Mel” Hooper (senior grades, Fall), Ella Smith (Fall)
1906
Mattie I. Duncan (grades 1-4, January-June), Minnie E. Emmond (grades 1-3, August-December), J. C. Vida Frazer (grades 4-7, August-December), Melvin L. “Mel” Hooper (grades 8-10), E. Smith (grades 5-7, January-June)
1907
Minnie E. Emmond (grades 1-3), J. C. Vida Frazer (grades 4-7), Melvin L. “Mel” Hooper (grades 8-10, January-June), W. H. King (grades 8-10, August-December)
1908
(School closed for January by Health Inspector) May Clarke (grades 6-8), Minnie E. Emmond (grades 1-2), W. H. King (grades 8-10, February-June), Elbridge Doty Parker (grades 8-10, September-December), M. M. Sypher (grades 3-5)
1909
Zella M. Collins (grades 3-5, January-June & September-October; grades 6-8, December), Josephine Dumas (grades 6-8, September-November), Minnie E. Emmond (grades 1-2), W. L. Hammond (grades 6-8, January-June), R. E. Palmer (grades 3-5, October-December), Elbridge Doty Parker (grades 8-10)
1910
L. C. Anderson (grades 6-8, August-October), E. Dyar (grades 1-3), H. Edna Higgins (grades 3-6), Winfred Elmore Marsh (grades 9-11), Flora Reeve (grades 6-8, November-December), Alice Stewart (grades 6-8, January-June)
1911
E. J. Burns (grades 6-8, January-June), E. Dyar (grades 1-3, January-June), E. M. Frazer (grades 6-8, August-December), Jessie Rae George (grades 3-5), Winfred Elmore Marsh (grades 9-11, January-June), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11, August-December), Ruth M. Whitely (grades 1-3, August-December)
1912
(January-June only): Jessie Rae George (grades 3-5), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11), Ruth M. Whitely (grades 1-3), Jean H. M. Wilkie (grades 6-8)
1912-1913
Edith L. Cusack (grades 1-2, August-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Jessie Rae George (grades 3-5, August-December), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11), Leone R. Stubbs (grades 3-5, January-June), Jean H. M. Wilkie (grades 6-8)
1913-1914
Zella M. Collins (grades 4-5, January-June), Edith L. Cusack (grades 1-2, August-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Shirley Ferg (grades 6-8, August-December), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11), Leone R. Stubbs (grades 4-5, August-December), Jean H. M. Wilkie (grades 6-8, January-June)
1914-1915
Zella M. Collins (grades 3-5), Edith L. Cusack (grades 1-2, August-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11), Florence E. MacIntyre (grades 6-8)
1915-1916
Zella M. Collins (grades 3-5), Edith L. Cusack (grades 1-3), Angus McNevin (grades 9-11), Lena Tandy (grades 6-8)
1916-1917
George William Burnell (grades 9-11, September-March), Zella M. Collins (grades 1-2), Florence L. Galner (grades 3-5), Grace Frances Huntley (grades 9-11, April-June), Lena Tandy (grades 6-11, August; grades 6-8, September-June)
1917-1918
Marjorie Forrester (grades 1-2), Grace Frances Huntley (grades 9-11), Roberta J. Porter (grades 6-8), Nettie M. Spratt (grades 3-5)
1918-1919
(School closed pt October - pt February due to influenza) Marjorie Forrester (grades 1-2), Florence Smith (grades 9-11), Nettie M. Spratt (grades 3-5), Sarah Mahan “Sara” Wood (grades 6-8)
1919-1920
John William Morris (grades 9-11), Isabelle Phizacklea (grades 6-8), Muriel A. Rankin (grades 1-2), Ida M. Rice (grades 3-5)
1920-1921
Mrs. J. Davey (grades 6-8, August), Edna H. Freeborn (grades 1-2, August-January), Rachel I. Hill (grades 1-2, February-June), John William Morris (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-5), Isabelle Phizacklea (grades 6-8, September-June)
1921-1922
Blanche R. Edwards (grades 6-8), Eliza Gorie (grades 1-2), Duncan Scott McIntyre (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-5)
1922-1923
Blanche R. Edwards (grades 6-8), Eliza Gorie (grades 1-2), Duncan Scott McIntyre (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-5)
1923-1924
Blanche R. Edwards (grades 6-8), Eliza Gorie (grades 1-2), Duncan Scott McIntyre (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-5)
1924-1925
Blanche R. Edwards (grades 6-8), Duncan Scott McIntyre (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-5), Helen Flora Weichman (grades 1-2)
1925-1926
Blanche R. Edwards (grades 5-8), Dorothy Ivy Mudge (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-4), Helen Flora Weichman (grades 1-2)
1926-1927
James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 3-5), Ruth Frances Owens (grades 5-8), Helen Flora Weichman (grades 1-2)
1927-1928
James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Ewing Oakes (grades 4-5), Ruth Frances Owens (grades 6-8), Helen Flora Weichman (grades 1-3)
1928-1929
James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Jessie B. McLean (grades 6-8, August-December), Ruth Frances Owens (grades 6-8, January-June), Florence Turner (grades 3-5), Helen Flora Weichman (grades 1-2)
1929-1930
Muriel May Brill (grades 6-8), James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Florence Turner (grades 3-5), Margery Mary Watson (grades 1-2)
1930-1931
Lena Margaret Copeland (grades 7-8), Mary Wilmet Foley (grades 1-3), James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Gwendolyn Matilda McGinnes (grades 4-6)
1931-1932
Lena Margaret Copeland (grades 7-8), Mary Wilmet Foley (grades 1-3), James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Gwendolyn Matilda McGinnes (grades 4-6)
1932-1933
Mildred Jeanette Burnett (grades 7-8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), James Alvin Leslie (grades 9-11), Gwendolyn Matilda McGinnes (grades 4-6)
1933-1934
Mildred Jeanette Burnett (grades 7-8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Gwendolyn Matilda McGinnes (grades 4-6), John Clayton Stewart (grades 9-11)
1934-1935
John Adrian Ashley (grades 9-12), Mildred Jeanette Burnett (grades 7-8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Hazel Irene Hodgson (grades 4-6, January-June), Gwendolyn Matilda McGinnes (grades 4-6, September-December)
1935-1936
John Adrian Ashley (grades 9-12), Mildred Jeanette Burnett (grades 7-8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Hazel Irene Hodgson (grades 4-6)
1936-1937
John Adrian Ashley (grades 9-11), Mildred Jeanette Burnett (grades 7-8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Hazel Irene Hodgson (grades 4-6)
1937-1938
John Adrian Ashley (grades 10-11), Mildred Jeanette Burnett (grades 7-9), Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Kathleen Margaret Tufts (grades 4-6)
1938-1939
Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Isobel Malcolmson (grades 7-9), Marshall Roscoe Thompson (grades 10-11), Kathleen Margaret Tufts (grades 4-6)
1939-1940
Shirley Kathleen Hardy (grades 1-3), Isobel Malcolmson (grades 7-9), Marshall Roscoe Thompson (grades 10-11), Kathleen Margaret Tufts (grades 4-6)
1940-1941
Ross Laverne Donald (grades 10-11), Isobel Malcolmson (grades 7-9), Edith Winnifred Tait (grades 4-6, January-June), Kathleen Margaret Tufts (grades 4-6, August-December), Lillian Florence Webster (grades 1-3)
1941-1942
Ross Laverne Donald (grades 10-11), Isobel Malcolmson (grades 7-9, September-December), Kathleen Lorraine Staples (grades 4-6), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grades 7-9, January-June), Lillian Florence Webster (grades 1-3)
1942-1943
Agnes Brownlee “Lee” Brown (grades 7-9), Alexander Cummings (grades 10-11), Lillian Florence Webster McMillan (grades 1-3), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grades 4-6)
1943-1944
Alexander Cummings (grades 10-11), Mae Anne Knox (grades 1-3), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grades 4-6), Eunice Alice Wood (grades 7-9)
1944-1945
Alexander Cummings (grades 10-11), Mae Anne Knox (grades 1-3), Muriel Margaret Schick (grades 4-6), Eunice Alice Wood (grades 7-9)
1945-1946
William Harold Copeland (grades 9-11), George Kenneth Headland (grades 6-8, January-June), Eunice Alice Wood Knox (grades 6-8, August-December), Mae Anne Knox (grades 1-2), Muriel Margaret Schick (grades 3-5)
1946-1947
Muriel Gertrude Cliffe (grades 1-2), William Harold Copeland (grades 9-12), George Kenneth Headland (grades 6-8), Mildred Elizabeth Ishenberg (grades 3-5)
1947-1948
Muriel Gertrude Cliffe (grades 1-2), William Harold Copeland (grades 9-11), George Kenneth Headland (grades 6-8), Mildred Elizabeth Ishenberg (grades 3-5)
1948-1949
George Oswald Hinds (grades 9-12), Hermine L. Hinds (grades 6-8), Mildred Elizabeth Ishenberg (grades 4-5), Beatrice Mary Todd (grades 1-3)
1949-1950
George Oswald Hinds (grades 9-11), Doris Gladys Hammerberg (grades 4-5), Hermine L. Hinds (grades 6-8), Jacqueline Roberta Pearce (grades 1-3)
1950-1951
Myrtle Ivy Baldock (grades 7-8), Doris Gladys Hammerberg (grades 5-6), John Lyzun (grades 9-11), Ethel Audrey McRorie (grades 3-4), Jacqueline Roberta Pearce (grades 1-3)
1951-1952
Joan Lillian Dixon (grades 7-8, August-December), Marion Pearl Dracass (grades 5-6), John Lyzun (grades 11-12), Lyra Leona McQuarrie (grades 7-8, January-June), Ethel Audrey McRorie (grades 3-4), Jacqueline Roberta Pearce (grades 1-2), Aleck James Robson (grades 9-10)
1952-1953
Marion Pearl Dracass (grades 5-6), Donna Ellen Lusignan (grades 3-4), John Lyzun (grades 11-12), Lyra Leona McQuarrie (grades 7-8), Jacqueline Roberta Pearce (grades 1-2), Aleck James Robson (grades 9-10)
1953-1954
Marion Pearl Dracass (grades 5-6), Janet Marie Lawson (grades 1-2), Donna Ellen Lusignan (grades 3-4, August-December), John Lyzun (grades 11-12), Lyra Leona McQuarrie (grades 7-8), Donald Melvin Muir (grades 9-10), Lorna Marie Nordquist (grades 3-4, January-June),
1954-1955
Georgina Mae Bethel (grades 5-6), Marjorie Ann Dewar (grade 9), Janet Marie Lawson (grades 1-2), John Lyzun (grades 11-12), Donald Melvin Muir (grade 10), Lorna Marie Nordquist (grades 3-4), Gwendolyn Ann Rosseau (grades 2-3), Paul Tymoschuk (grades 7-8)
1955-1956
Georgina Mae Bethel (grades 5-6), Marjorie Ann Dewar (grade 9), Janet Marie Lawson (grades 1-2), John Lyzun (grades 11-12), Donald Melvin Muir (grade 10), Lorna Marie Nordquist (grades 4-5), Gwendolyn Ann Rosseau (grades 2-3), Paul Tymoschuk (grades 7-8)
1956-1957
Bernice Hamm (grades 2-3), Janet Marie Lawson (grades 1-2), Daniel B. Lynch (grades 7-8), Lois Yvonne McIvy? Lynch (grades 4-5), Donald Melvin Muir (grades 11-12), Virginia Pruden (grades 5-6), Norma E. L. Smith (grade 9), Elmer Edgar Reimer (grade 10, May-June), Lloyd George Siemens (grade 10, August-April)
1957-1958
Donald James Alexander (grade 9), Barbara Criddle (grade 10), Eleanor Vivian Kennedy (grades 4-5), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Carole Jeannette Lynds (grades 2-3), Donald Melvin Muir (grades 11-12), Virginia Pruden (grades 5-6), Glennis Wayne Scott (grades 7-8)
1958-1959
Donald James Alexander (grade 9), Barbara Criddle (grade 10), Eleanor Vivian Kennedy (grades 4-5), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Carol Jeannette Lynds (grade 2), Donald Melvin Muir (grades 11-12), Virginia Pruden (grade 6), Glennis Wayne Scott (grades 7-8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grades 3-4)
1959-1960
Lyall Garth Andrews (grade 7), Gail Eileen Bailey (grades 4-5), Beverly Ailsa Carswell (grade 2), Barbara Criddle (grade 10), Dorcas Mae Cryderman (grade 9), Maurice Wesley Cryderman (grades 11-12), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grades 5-6), Glennis Wayne Scott (grade 8), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
Period
Principal
1960-1961
Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)
After 1961
see Miami Collegiate
Period
Teachers
1960-1961
Barbara Criddle (grade 10), Dorcas Mae Cryderman (grade 11), Maurice Wesley Cryderman (grade 12), Joseph Watson Kachor (grade 9)
After 1961
see Miami Collegiate
Period
Principal
1960-1962
Wallace John “Wally” Jasper
1962-1963
Glennis Wayne Scott
1963-1965
Lyall Garth Andrews (1938-1971)
1965-1974
Robert Mathew “Bob” Riddell (1938-2021)
Period
Vice-Principal
1960-1963
Lyall Garth Andrews (1938-1971)
1963-1965
Robert Mathew “Bob” Riddell (1938-2021)
Among the other teachers of Miami Elementary School were Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson (?-?) and Catherine Joyce Orchard (grade 5 and resource, 1980-1991; grade ?, 2000-2001).
Period
Teachers
1960-1961
Lyall Garth Andrews (grade 7), Gail Eileen Bailey (grade 4), Beverly Ailsa Carswell (grade 2), Wallace John “Wally” Jasper (grade 8), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 6), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
1961-1962
Lyall Garth Andrews (grade 7), Gail Eileen Bailey (grade 4), Beverly Ailsa Carswell (grade 2), Wallace John “Wally” Jasper (grade 8), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 6), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
1962-1963
Lyall Garth Andrews (grade 7), Gail Eileen Bailey (grade 4), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Ruby Helen Leatherdale (grade 2, January-June), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Barbara Ann Morrow (grade 2, September-December), Glennis Wayne Scott (grade 8), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 6), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
1963-1964
Lyall Garth Andrews (grade 7), Gail Eileen Bailey (grade 4), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Robert Mathew Riddell (grade 8), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 2), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3), Margaret Eleanor Wilson (grade 6)
1964-1965
Lyall Garth Andrews (grade 7), Beryl Patricia Hofford (grade 6), Gwyneth Heather Jones (grade 4), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Robert Mathew Riddell (grade 8), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 2), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
1965-1966
Dennis Gary Eirikson (grade 6), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Randolph Arnold “Randy” McLean (grade 7), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Robert Mathew Riddell (grade 8), Faun Donalda Scott (grade 4), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 2), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
1966-1967
Margaret Alice “P.” Alexander (grade 6), Janet Marie Lawson (grade 1), Randolph Arnold “Randy” McLean (grade 7), Muriel Margaret McMillan (grade 5), Robert Mathew Riddell (grade 8), Faun Donalda Scott (grade 4), Anne Elizabeth Thomson (grade 2), Shirley Kathleen Hardy Watchorn (grade 3)
1967-1968
Catherine Joyce Orchard (Principal Relief, part time), ?
The “Red School” (no date)
Source: Miami & R. M. of Thompson Chronicles
“Red School” with its 1903 addition (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.
Postcard view of the “Red School” with its 1903 addition (no date) by W. J. Bates
Source: Rob McInnes, MN0889
Postcard view of Miami School (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 31.
Postcard view of Miami School (no date)
Source: Rob McInnes, MN0253
Miami Elementary School (October 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission,
File 20B - Miami Elementary School.
The former Miami Elementary School (November 2023)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.37246, W98.23932
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.
Miami & R. M. of Thompson Chronicles by Thompson History Book Committee, c1998. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.M50Mia]
Obituary [Agnes Brownlee “Lee” Treilhard], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 2021.
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Miami School District No. 74 - Daily Registers, GR2085, Archives of Manitoba.
Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Miami Elementary School - File 20B, Local Government Boundaries Commission, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Rob McInnes and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 October 2024
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