Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pine Falls School No. 2155 (Walnut Street, Powerview-Pine Falls)

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The Pine Falls School District was organized formally in July 1926 and a five-room school with chemistry laboratory was constructed in Pine Falls at a cost of $42,000, with financial support from the nearby paper mill. It closed in June 2007 and was destroyed by fire on 14 October 2023.

Principals (Pine Falls School / Pine Falls Elementary)

Period	Principal
1926	Harold Franklin Greenway
1927	Margaret Black
1927	Laura Maud Douglas
1927-1932	William Jonathan Gresham (1903-1978)
1932-1934	Beatrice Alice Miller Hume Armstrong (1904-2007)
1934-1940	John Bruce Day (1902-1955)
1941-1943	Bessie Katherine McLean (1903-1981)
1943-1952	Howard Melville Dunfield (1912-2000)
1952-1957	George William Sadler (1909-1999)
1957-1958	William Wallace Cutforth (1910-1996)
1958-1962	Michael William Tataryn (1922-2014)
1962-1969	Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (1922-2005)
1969-1970	William Keith “Bill” Roth (1940-2023)
1970-1983	Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (1922-2005)
1983-?	William Irvine Borlase
?-2006	?
2006-2007	Janice Leroux

Vice-Principals (Pine Falls School)

Period	Vice-Principal
1952-1955	Martin Stamler (?-2007)

Teachers (Pine Falls School / Pine Falls Elementary)

School Year	Teachers
1926-1927	Margaret Black (grades 4-8, February), Laura Maud Douglas (grades 1-4, October-March; grades 4-8, March-June), Harold Franklin Greenway (grades 4-8, October-December), Alice Eleanor Howard (grades 1-4, April-June), ? (grades 4-8, January)
1927-1928	Katherine Campbell (grades 3-5), Laura Maud Douglas (grades 6-8), William Jonathan Gresham (grades 9-11), Alice Eleanor Howard (grades 1-2)
1928-1929	Laura Maud Douglas (grades 6-8), William Jonathan Gresham (grades 9-11), Alice Eleanor Howard (grades 1-2; September-December; grades 1-3, May-June), Margaret L. McKerlie (grades 3-5, September-December), B. Morris (grades 1-3, January-April), Mabel Edith Payne (grades 3-5, January-June)
1929-1930	William Jonathan Gresham (grades 10-11), Barbara Aquila High (grade 9, January-June), Alice Eleanor Howard (grades 1-2), Gladys Marion Jackson (grades 6-8), Bertha Eliza Nelson (grade 9, September-December), Mabel Edith Payne (grades 2-5)
1930-1931	William Jonathan Gresham (grades 10-11), Barbara Aquila High (grade 9), Gladys Marion Jackson (grades 6-8), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 3-5)
1931-1932	William Jonathan Gresham (grades 10-12), Beatrice Alice Hume (grade 9), Gladys Marion Jackson (grades 6-8), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 3-5)
1932-1933	Beatrice Alice Hume (grade 11), Gladys Marion Jackson (grades 6-8), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 3-5), Helen Irene Wallace (grades 9-10)
1933-1934	Beatrice Alice Hume (grade 11), Gladys Marion Jackson (grades 6-8), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 3-5), Helen Irene Wallace (grades 9-10)
1934-1935	John Bruce Day (grade 11), Gladys Marion Jackson (grades 6-8), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 3-5), Helen Irene Wallace (grades 9-10)
1935-1936	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 6-8, January-June), John Bruce Day (grade 11), Laurence Albert Frayne (grades 6-8, September-December), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 3-5), Helen Irene Wallace McSherry (grades 9-10)
1936-1937	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 6-8), John Bruce Day (grade 11), Bessie Katherine McLean (grades 9-10), Aileen May Moore (grades 1-2), Alma Francis Smiley (grades 2-5)
1937-1938	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 6-8), John Bruce Day (grade 11), Vera Janet Fryer (grades 1-2), Bessie Katherine McLean (grades 9-10), Janet Peden McMurchy (grades 5-6), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4)
1938-1939	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 7-8), John Bruce Day (grades 11-12), Bessie Katherine McLean (grades 9-10), Janet Peden McMurchy (grades 4-6), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Judith Frances O’Connor (grades 1-2)
1939-1940	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 7-8), John Bruce Day (grade 11), Bessie Katherine McLean (grades 9-10), Janet Peden McMurchy (grades 5-6), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Judith Frances O’Connor (grades 1-2)
1940-1941	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 7-8), John Bruce Day (grades 11-12, September-December), Bessie Katherine McLean (grades 9-10), Janet Peden McMurchy (grades 5-6), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Judith Frances O’Connor (grades 1-2), Edward Seigfred (grades 11-12, January-June)
1941-1942	Anne Hatcher Dawson (grades 7-8), Bessie Katherine McLean (grade 11), Janet Peden McMurchy (grades 5-6), Helen Irene Wallace McSherry (grades 9-10, February-June), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Judith Frances O’Connor (grades 1-2), Edward Seigfred (grades 11-12, September-January)
1942-1943	Helena Lorraine Couture (grades 1-2, September-December), Jean Patricia Fuller (grade 11), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grades 9-10), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8, January-June), Bessie Katherine McLean (grade 12), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Jennie Sernyck (grades 5-6), C. M. Sinclair (grades 1-2, January-February), Mabel Mary Taylor (grades 7-8, September-December), Hazel Mae Waldie (grades 1-2, March-June)
1943-1944	Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 9), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 11), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Jennie Sernyck (grades 5-6), Mary Scobie Vickers (grade 10), Hazel Mae Waldie (grades 1-2)
1944-1945	Mary Robenson Arnott (grades 1-2, January-June), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 9), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Howard Melville Dunfield (grades 11-12), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Jennie Sernyck (grades 5-6), Mary Scobie Vickers (grade 10), Hazel Mae Waldie (grades 1-2, September-December)
1945-1946	Mary Robenson Arnott (grades 1-2), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 11), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 9), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Aileen May Moore (grades 3-4), Jennie Sernyck (grades 5-6), Mary Scobie Vickers (grade 10)
1946-1947	Mary Robenson Arnott (grades 1-2), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 11), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 10), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Ernest Kornelsen (grade 9), Aileen May Moore Lyons (grades 3-4), Jennie Sernyck (grades 5-6), Mary Scobie Vickers (grade 12)
1947-1948	Mary Robenson Arnott (grades 1-2), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 12), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 3-4), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 11, September-June; and grade 9, October & February-March), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Walter Stanley Lint (grade 9, April-June), Jan Charles McLean (grade 9, September & November-January), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6, October-June), Edith Miller (grades 5-6, September-October), Mary Scobie Vickers (grade 10)
1948-1949	Mary Scobie Vickers Cook (grade 10), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 12), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 3-4), Mary Robenson Arnott Halpin (grades 1-2), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 11), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Walter Stanley Lint (grade 9), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6)
1949-1950	Violet Rose Blaker (grades 1-2), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 12), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 3-4), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 11), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), E. Jean Malcom (grade 10), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6), George William Sadler (grade 9, November-June), Isaac H. Sawatsky (grade 9, September-October)
1950-1951	Violet Rose Blaker (grades 1-2), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 12), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 10), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 3-4), Ethel Viola Hoffman (grade 11), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6), George William Sadler (grade 9)
1951-1952	Violet Rose Blaker (grades 1-2), Howard Melville Dunfield (grade 12), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 3-4), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Christine May McSherry (grade 1), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6), Thelma Gertrude Olson (grade 10), George William Sadler (grade 9)
1952-1953	Violet Rose Blaker (grade 2), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grades 3-4), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Christine May McSherry (grade 1), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6), Thelma Gertrude Olson (grade 10), George William Sadler (grade 12), Martin Stamler (grade 9)
1953-1954	Violet Rose Blaker (grade 2), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grade 4), Gwennith M. Grieve (grade 1), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grades 7-8), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grades 5-6), Thelma Gertrude Olson (grade 10), George William Sadler (grade 12), Catherine Elizabeth Shearer (grade 3), Martin Stamler (grade 9)
1954-1955	Violet Rose Blaker (grade 2), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grade 4), Gwennith M. Grieve (grade 1), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Christine May McSherry (grades 6-7), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 5), George William Sadler (grade 12), Catherine Elizabeth Shearer (grade 3), Martin Stamler (grade 10)
1955-1956	Violet Rose Blaker (grade 2), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grades 7-8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grade 4), Nesta May Hutchison (grade 4), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 1), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), George William Sadler (grade 12), Michael William Tararyn (grade 10)
1956-1957	Marion Pearl Dracass (grade 4), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grade 7), Nesta May Hutchison (grade 5), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 2), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Helen Marion McLeod (grade 1), George William Sadler (grade 12), Michael William Tararyn (grade 10), Evelyn Lorraine Taylor (grade 3)
1957-1958	William Wallace Cutforth (grade 12), Marion Pearl Dracass (grade 4), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grade 7), Nesta May Hutchison (grade 5), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 1), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Michael William Tararyn (grade 10), Evelyn Lorraine Taylor (grade 3)
1958-1959	Marion Pearl Dracass (grade 4), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Vivian Doris Glass (grade 7), Nesta May Hutchison (grade 5), Eldon Irwin Isherwood (grade 10), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Florence Itsuko Kikukawa (grade 1), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12)
1959-1960	June Elizabeth Bridges (grade 1), Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Myrna Lois Hagyard (grade 4), Eldon Irwin Isherwood (grade 10), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Florence Itsuko Kikukawa (grade 1), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Marion Pearl Dracass Mitchell (grade 4), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12), Mary Scobie Vickers (no grade, half time)
1960-1961	Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), June Elizabeth Bridges Dudka (grade 2), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Myrna Lois Hagyard (grade 4), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Florence Itsuko Kikukawa (grade 1), Thomas Edward G. Laird (grade 10), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Marion Pearl Dracass Mitchell (grade 5), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12), Mary Scobie Vickers (no grade, half time)
1961-1962	Joyce Caroline Brown (grade 4), Robert Amedee Cantin (grade 10, September-December), Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), June Elizabeth Bridges Dudka (grade 1, September-December), Mary Ann Dudka (grade 3), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1, January-June), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Nicholas Peech (grade 10, January-June), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12), Catherine Wenski (grade 5)
1962-1963	Joyce Caroline Brown (grade 4), Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), Mary Ann Dudka (grade 1), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Maria Cornelia Terra (grade 5), Catherine Wenski (grade 4)
1963-1964	Gladys Marie Angers (grade 2, February-June), Patrick George Angers (grade 5), Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Jean Elizabeth Kemp (grade 2, September-January), Alberta Grace Kennington (grade 5), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Margaret Jean Sands (grade 1), Catherine Wenski (grade 4)
1964-1965	Gladys Marie Angers (grade 2), Patrick George Angers (grade 6), Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Alberta Grace Kennington (grade 5), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Judith Dianne Nauer (grade 4), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Patricia Jane Rodgers (grade 3), Mary Scobie Vickers (no grade, half time)
1965-1966	Patrick George Angers (grade 7), Henry Albert Craig (grade 7), Margaret Jean Dube (grade 4), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Sharon Roberta Hennessy (grade 5), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Beverley Gail Martin (grade 3), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Florence Joyce Romanetz (grade 4)
1966-1967	Henry Albert Craig (grade 8, September-December; grade 7, January-June), Margaret Jean Dube (grade 4), Verna Gladywn Eastcott (grade 7), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Sharon Roberta Hennessy (grade 5), Eileen Irene Kahle (grade 3), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Florence Joyce Romanetz (grade 4), Donald W. Smith (grade 5)
1967-1968	Gerald J. Carriere (grade 7), Verna Gladywn Eastcott (grade 5), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Karyn Lynne Hanke (grade 4), Sharon Roberta Hennessy (grade 5), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Elaine Roxanna Osborne (grade 3), Laura Robinson (grade 2), Eunice Louise Skrumeda (grade 6)
1968-1969	Charlotte Denise Bergeron (grade 7), Elma Brandt (grade 3), Verna Gladywn Eastcott (grade 4), Lorne Arnott Finkbeiner (grade 8), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Sharon Roberta Hennessy (grade 5), Alma Joanna Malmas (grade 6), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), William Keith Roth (grade 7)
1969-1970	Robert George Atkinson (grade 8), Elma Brandt (grade 3), June Elizabeth Dudka (kindergarten), Verna Gladywn Eastcott (grade 4), Mariette Alice Ferre (grade 7), Mary Robinson Halpin (grade 1), Sharon Roberta Hennessy (grade 5), Alma Joanna Malmas (grade 6), Vesta Ruth van Malsen (grade 6), Laura Robinson (grade 2), William Keith Roth (grade 8)
1970-2007	?

Principals (Pine Falls Collegiate)

Period	Principal
1962-1965	Michael William Tataryn (1922-2014)
1965-1973	Richard William Friesen
1973-2007	?

Teachers (Pine Falls Collegiate)

School Year	Teachers
1962-1963	Birdie Emerson Gamey (grade 11), Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 9), Leona Yvonne Matchett (grade 10), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12)
1963-1964	Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 10), Stanley Peter Nickarz (grade 11), Ranjit Singh Pannu (grade 9), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12)
1964-1965	Anthony Stephen Jorowski (grade 11), Leona Yvonne Matchett (no grade), Stanley Peter Nickarz (grade 10), Ranjit Singh Pannu (grade 9), Michael William Tararyn (grade 12)
1965-1966	William James Calver (grade 11), Nicholas Constantinesco (grade 9), David Boyd Cumming (grade 10), Richard William Friesen (grade 12)
1966-1967	Nicholas Constantinesco (grade 9), Richard William Friesen (grade 12), R. M. Gervais (grade 11), Kenneth Halldorson (grade 10)
1967-1968	Edward Keith Bricknell (grade 9), Richard William Friesen (grade 12), R. M. Gervais (grade 11), Kenneth Halldorson (grade 10), Roberta Mildred Hollands (grade 9)
1968-1969	Richard William Friesen (grade 12), Om Parkash Kaushal (grade 11), Duve John Little (grade 10), Lucille J. Patenaude (grade 10), Michael John Pocatello (grade 9)
1969-1970	William Irvine Borlase (grade 9), Richard William Friesen (grade 12), Om Parkash Kaushal (grade 11), Duve John Little (grade 10), Georges-Henri Pelletier (grade 12), Michael John Pocatello (grade 9)
1970-2007	?

Photos & Coordinates

Pine Falls School (September 1927) by J. E. S. Dunlop Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 105 Postcard view of Pine Falls School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2022-0038 The former Pine Falls School building (August 2017) Source: George Penner The former Pine Falls School building (August 2017) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.56693, W96.21497 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“35,000 tons of newsprint made by Pine Falls paper mills in 1927,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 January 1928, page 19.

Pine Falls East topographic map, 62I/9 East, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Pine Falls School District No. 2155 - Daily Registers, GR14538, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Lynn Watling and Lorie Finkbeiner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 June 2024

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