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The North Springfield School District was organized formally in September 1876, with the residence of George Sutherland being utilized as temporary school quarters while a schoolhouse was built. The first school was build of concrete and measured 20 feet wide by 20 feet long and located the northwest quarter of 26-11-4 east of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. This structure was replaced by a new building, opened on 4 January 1898, along with an accompanying teacherage. The school was later expanded in the summer of 1917. A third and separate one-room structure, known as Lorne Hill School, was ereced nearby in 1957 for (at least initially) high school grades. Both the North Springfield School and Lorne Hill School operated until the summer of 1968 when the district became part of the Transcona-Springfield School Division, after which students attended classes at Oakbank. This building and property were sold in 1972, then becoming a private residence.
Period
Principal
1923-1924
James Morrow
1924
Johanna Pjetrus Solmundsson
1925
Weston Sweet (1899-1994)
1925-1926
Marion Ruth Major
1926-1929
Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (1907-1984)
1929-1930
Freda Doris Attenborough
1930-1931
Mary Estella Sheffield
1931-1935
Muriel Agnes Hart
1935
Alice E. Saunders
1935
Irene Gabrielle Potvin O’Sullivan (1909-?)
1935-1941
Michael Ewanchuk (1908-2004)
1941
Herbert Hanford “Harry” McIntosh (1880-?)
1942-1943
Elsie Petursson
1943-1945
Eva Clara Gamberg
1945-1950
Catherine M. Stewart
1950
Rose Stephania Makway
1951-1953
Francis L. Kozlowski
1953-1955
Marguerite Mary De Roo
1955-1960
Boris Shewchuk
1960-1961
Eileen Ruby Zaporzan
1961-1962
Carl Galay
1962-1968
Period
Teachers
1923-1924
James Morrow (grades 3-9), Laura Skeeles (grades 1-3)
1924-1925
Laura Skeeles (grades 1-3), Johanna Pjetrus Solmundsson (grades 4-9, 1924), Weston Sweet (grades 3-9, 1925)
1925-1926
Marion Ruth Major (grades 4-9), Laura Skeeles (grades 1-3)
1926-1927
Kathleen Irene Viola MacGregor (grades 1-3), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 4-8)
1927-1928
Kathleen Irene Viola MacGregor (grades 1-4), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 5-8)
1928-1929
Alva Florence Steen (grades 1-4), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 5-8)
1929-1930
Freda Doris Attenborough (grades 5-8), Alva Florence Steen (grades 1-4)
1930-1931
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 1-4), Mary Estella Sheffield (grades 5-8), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-2)
1931-1932
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 4-8), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1932-1933
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 5-9), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1933-1934
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 5-9), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1934-1935
Muriel Agnes Hart (grades 5-9), Irene Potvin (grades 5-8, 1935), Alice E. Saunders (grades 5-8, 1935 substitute), J. Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1935-1936
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-8), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1936-1937
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-9), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1937-1938
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1938-1939
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1939-1940
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1940-1941
Michael Ewanchuk (grades 5-10), Jessie Muriel Smith (grades 1-4)
1941-1942
Hilda Janet Main (grades 1-5), Herbert Hanford “Harry” McIntosh (grades 6-10, 1941), Elsie Petursson (grades 6-10, 1942)
1942-1943
Hilda Janet Main (grades 1-5), Elsie Petursson (grades 6-9)
1943-1944
Eva Clara Gamberg (grades 6-9), Eileen R. O’Brien (grades 1-5)
1944-1945
Eva Clara Gamberg (grades 6-9), Ethel Irene Lawrence (grades 1-5)
1945-1946
Ethel Irene Lawrence (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-9)
1946-1947
Ethel Irene Lawrence (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-9)
1947-1948
Katherine Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-8)
1948-1949
Katherine Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-9)
1949-1950
Katherine Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Catherine M. Stewart (grades 5-10)
1950-1951
Elaine Albertine Dalke (grades 1-4), Francis L. Kozlowski (grades 5-9, 1951), Rose Stephania Makway (grades 5-9, 1950)
1951-1952
Francis L. Kozlowski (grades 5-10), Jessie Uswak (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Francis L. Kozlowski (grades 5-10), Jessie Uswak (grades 1-4)
1953-1954
Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grades 1-4), Marguerite Mary De Roo (grades 5-9)
1954-1955
Marguerite Mary De Roo (grades 5-9), Katherine Klowak (grades 1-4)
1955-1956
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9)
1956-1957
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9)
1957-1958
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9)
1958-1959
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-9)
1959-1960
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-4), Boris Shewchuk (grades 5-8, 1959), Eileen Ruby Zaporzan (grades 5-8, 1960)
1960-1961
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-3), Helen Siemens (grades 3-5), Eileen Ruby Zaporzan (grades 4-8)
1961-1962
Carl Galay (grades 6-8), Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-3), Tina Leochko (grades 4-5)
1962-1963
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), Tina Leochko (grades 3-4), William Stepaniuk (grades 5-6), (grades 7-8 at Prince Charles School)
1963-1964
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 6-8), (grades 3-4 at Prince Charles School)
1964-1965
Walter Kohut (grades 7-8), Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 5-6), (grades 3-4 at Prince Charles School)
1965-1966
Dawny-Kay Helen Kwiatkoski (grades 5-6), Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 7-8), (grades 3-4 at Prince Charles School)
1966-1967
Delta Selina Laird (grades 1-2), William Stepaniuk (grades 7-8), Linda Gail Zloty (grades 3-4), (grades 5-6 at Prince Charles School)
1967-1968
Bonnie-Lynn Rogers (grades 1-2, Lorne Hill School), William Stepaniuk (grades 7-8), Linda Gail Zloty (grades 3-4), (grades 5-6 at Prince Charles School)
Other teachers who worked at North Springfield School were Frank Knipe (1877), Miss Mulvey (1878), John May (1879), Walter Gorham (1896-1898), Mr. Robertson (1899), Annie Kathleen Power (1915), Ernest Lott Kerr (1915), Herbert T. Reynolds (1916), Alma McConnell (1916-1917), Laura M. Tayler (1917-1919), Eleanor M. Eldred (1919), Carrie E. Morrison (1919-1920), and James Morrow (1920-1923).
North Springfield School (circa 1917)
Source: Education Department Report, 1917, Manitoba Legislative Library.
North Springfield School (no date) by R. Goulet
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 3.
The former North Springfield School building (March 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.95917, W96.95550
denoted by symbol on the map above
“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4.
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.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, North Springfield School District No. 38 Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Springfield, 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973, Dugald Women’s Institute.
Obituary [J. Muriel Ewanchuk], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 1997, page 25.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 July 2023
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