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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Napinka School No. 829 (Napinka, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada)

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Napinka School No. 829 was established formally in September 1894 and a school building was erected at Napinka in what is now the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada. Construction of the structure is unusual in that it is made locally acquired field stones, assembled under the supervision of stonemason I. J. Phinney. Classrooms on the main floor accommodated students in the lower grades while high school students and a library were situated in the basement.

In 1959, the school became Napinka Consolidated School No. 2369 when it was consolidated with Menota School No. 519 and Tremblay School No. 707. Students from other rural schools in the vicinity came here as they closed in the 1960s. In 1968, the school became part of the Antler River School Division.

The building, a municipally designated heritage site as of 1994, is now used as a drop-in centre for seniors.

Principals

Period

Principal

1896-1901

Andrew Earnest Slater (1861-1939)

1901-1902

Edward Hayes

1902-1903

W. G. Sandercock

1903-1904

James Andrew McKaughan (1877-1968)

1904-1909

James Boyd Morrison (1872-1941)

1909-1911

Angus McNevin (1862-1923)

1911-1912

?

1912-1914

Victor Wellington Jenkins (1884-1950)

1914-1915

Emma Laura Suttis (1881-1971)

1915-1918

James Ogel Beckstead (1883-1985)

1918-1919

George Patrick Stevens (c1888-1988)

1919-1932

Harold Edwin Richard Murphy (1894-1975)

1932-1933

George Edgar Haywood (c1902-1985)

1933-1934

J. Ed Wellwood

1934-1936

John Macgregor Wilkie (1904-1991)

1936-1938

M. S. Blanchard

1938-1940

Andrew M. Young

1940-1942

Percival Henry “Percy” Ford (1911-1971)

1942-1944

Archibald George Hickling (1910-1968)

1944-1948

?

1948-1949

Frank E. Lewis

1949-1951

James Maxwell Taylor

1951-1953

Janet Louisa May More (1896-1986)

1953-1954

Steven Saul Rifkin (c1931-2021)

1954-1955

Marion J. Staple

1955-1958

Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (1887-1966)

1958-1959

J. L. Horky

1959-1961

N. Hlysky

1961-1962

Frank Veregin (1931-2001)

1962-1963

R. Smith

1963-1967

Anton “Tony” Rittaler (1917-2008)

Teachers

School Year

Teachers

1894-1895

Ida Crowell

1895-1896

Louise Bodkin

1896-1897

Annie B. Jamieson

1897-1898

R. R. Earle, Mary E. Hawthorne

1898-1899

Mary E. Hawthorne

1899-1900

Emily Fraser, Mary E. Hawthorne

1900-1901

Mary E. Hawthorne

1901-1902

J. H. Cunningham, Mary E. Hawthorne

1902-1903

M. H. Jones

1903-1904

?

1904-1905

?

1905-1906

Etta Hawthorne, Rossie M. McKee

1906-1907

Nellie C. Kelty

1907-1908

Margaret McIsaac, Elizabeth McFeteridge

1908-1909

Margaret McIsaac, Elizabeth McFeteridge

1909-1910

Elizabeth McFeteridge, Ruby Moffat

1910-1911

Mary Bodkin, Arthur Wade

1911-1912

Mary Bodkin, Laura A. M. Wallace

1912-1913

Mary Bodkin, Lenore Kaulbach, John Simpson, Annie Swanson, Laura A. M. Wallace

1913-1914

Francis C. Lander, Annie Swanson

1914-1915

Francis C. Lander, Annie Swanson

1915-1916

Francis C. Lander, Annie Swanson

1916-1917

Al Stevens

1917-1918

M. Muldoon, Al Stevens

1918-1919

M. Muldoon, H. B. Norton, Miss Phepackey, Al Stevens

1919-1920

M. Muldoon, Al Stevens

1920-1921

Kathleen Cameron, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton

1921-1922

Kathleen Cameron, Jean Guthrie, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton

1922-1923

Kathleen Cameron, Jean Guthrie, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton

1923-1924

Kathleen Cameron, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton

1924-1925

Miss K. Newcombe,

1925-1926

Miss K. Newcombe,

1926-1927

?

1927-1928

E. M. Dewitt, A. Logan

1928-1929

E. M. Dewitt, A. Logan

1929-1930

Mildred Burnett, E. M. Dewitt, Willemina Yuill

1930-1931

Mildred Burnett, E. M. Dewitt, Willemina Yuill

1931-1932

Mildred Burnett, E. M. Dewitt, Willemina Yuill

1932-1933

E. M. Dewitt

1933-1934

E. M. Dewitt

1934-1935

E. M. Dewitt

1935-1936

E. M. Dewitt

1936-1937

E. M. Dewitt

Among the other teachers of Napinka School were Marshall Hall-Jones and W. G. Bolton.

Photos & Coordinates

Napinka School

Napinka School (no date) by George Hunter
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 7.

Napinka School

Napinka School (1968)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Napinka 7.

The former Napinka School building

The former Napinka School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 183.

The former Napinka School building

The former Napinka School building (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Napinka School building

The former Napinka School building (September 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Rear of the former Napinka School building

Rear of the former Napinka School building (September 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Basement of the former Napinka School building

Basement of the former Napinka School building (September 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.32460, W100.84462
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

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.

Our First Century, Town of Melita and Municipality of Arthur: 1884-1984 by Melita-Arthur History Committee, 1983, pages 250-253.

Bridging Brenda: The History of Brenda Municipality and Area, Volume 1 by Brenda History Committee, 1990, pages 114-116.

Napinka School, Souris Street, Napinka, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

We thank Rose Kuzina and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 March 2024

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