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The Morris School District was formally established in March 1876 and a school building operated in the Town of Morris. In 1908, a two-storey, four-classroom school building was designed by Winnipeg architect William Wallace Blair and constructed using bricks made by the Morris Brick Manufacturing Company.
After the 1950 Red River flood, the building was renovated into a residential fourplex. The site is presently occupied by single-family homes.
Period
Principal
1907-1908
J. H. Hutchison
1908-1909
Edward Alfred Hemsworth (1872-1955)
1909-1910
Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1910-1912
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1912-1913
John William Lawbe Doubleday (1867-1938)
1913-1914
Floyd Bowen
1914-1915
Elizabeth Rowan
1915-1917
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1917-1919
Annie L. Rutherford
1919-1920
C. M. Bean
1920-1921
G. E. Porter
1921-1922
George Wesley Darnell White (1891-1947)
1922-1923
H. A. Newell
1923-1945
Otto Brown Cossitt (c1876-1964)
1945-1947
John Sigfus Helgason (1898-1978)
1947-1950
Wesley Sterling McGill (1904-1986)
After 1950
Among the other teachers of Morris School was William Nelson Harvey.
The original building for Morris School (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.
Morris Public School (circa 1908)
Source: Education Department Report, 1908, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Postcard view of Morris Public School (circa 1911)
Source: Rob McInnes, MN0004.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35310, W97.36788
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: William Wallace Blair (1852-1916)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Primary School / West Unit School (159 Main Street South, Morris)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Consolidated School / East Unit School (Rebecca Street, Morris)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Collegiate / Morris School (324 Toronto Avenue, Morris)
Manitoba Organization: Morris-Macdonald School Division School District No. 19
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 Rob McInnes, Nathan Kramer, Ralph Groening, and Lois Braun for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 October 2024
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