Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Consolidated School / East Unit School (Rebecca Street, Morris)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This school on Rebecca Street in Morris operated from December 1949 until 1978 when it was destroyed by fire.

Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1950	See Morris School No. 29
1950-1951	Arthur Kendall Stratton (1895-1961)
1951-1956	Raymond Ronald Bailey (1922-2015)
1956-1973	Peter Dyck

Teachers

Among the teachers of Morris Consolidated School were Doris Penstock (1952-1954).

Photos & Coordinates

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35563, W97.35827 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris School No. 29 (157 Lucinda Street, Morris)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Primary School / West Unit School (159 Main Street South, Morris)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Collegiate / Morris School (324 Toronto Avenue, Morris)

Manitoba Organization: Morris-Macdonald School Division School District No. 19

Sources:

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.

In the Beginning of Scratching River: An Early History of Morris, Manitoba by Tim Lewis, Pembina Manitou Archive, 2022, pages 53-54.

We thank Ralph Groening and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 December 2023

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