Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pipestone School No. 737 (Pipestone, RM of Pipestone)

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The Pipestone School District was established formally in February 1893, in Pipestone in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone. A building was erected in 1899 on a design by Brandon architect Walter Henderson Shillinglaw. In October 1920, it became consolidated with Humberstone School No. 982 as Pipestone Consolidated School No. 737. The school was closed in June 1978 and the building was demolished. A commemorative monument at the site was dedicated on 5 August 1984.

Principals

Period	Principal
1912-1915	B. M. Smyth-Pigott
1915-1916	Lloyl Truman Hayward (c1880-1969)
1916-1917	David L. Wittet
1917-1918	Pearl Nama Broadworth (1885-?)
1918-1920	Annie May McLachlan (1895-1991)
1920-1921	Lillian H. Donnelly
1921	Annie May McLachlan (1895-1991)
1921-1922	Albert Hill (1882-1941)
1922-1923	H. E. Bowes
1923-1927	Lewis Emmett Lynd (1876-1961)
1927-1933	Albert Hill (1882-1941)
1933-1939	Samuel Stewart Bryan (1889-?)
1939-1942	Keith Ian Sanburn Smith (c1908-1972)
1942-1948	Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (1914-1991)
1948-1952	John Whitmore “Jack” Peach (?-2011)
1952-1955	James Maxwell Taylor
1955-1961	Arnold Marshall Leech (1911-1998)
1961-1963	William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)
1963-1964	Genevieve Elsie Brown
1964-1965	Erva Alberta Foreman
1965-1966	Donald Lewis Berry
1966-1968	?
1968-1969	Mary Merle Chalmers
1969-1970	George John Dutchession
1970-1972	Mary Elizabeth Nicholson
1972-1973	Beverley Arlene Leckie
1973	Gail Vician Hamilton Chrisp
1973-1978	Kathleen Mary Thomsen

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1906	James A. McLeod (grades 4-9), ? (other grades)
1907	G. A. Martin (? grades), James. A. McLeod (grades 3-6?), ? (other grades)
1908	?
1909	S. E. Banting (grades 1-3), ? (other grades)
1910	?
1911	C. Munson (grades 1-2), ? (other grades)
1912	Eileen Elliott (grades 4-6), ? (other grades)
1912-1913	?
1913-1914	Mary E. Camerson (grades 1-4), ? (other grades)
1914-1915	?
1915-1916	Lloyl Truman Hayward (grades 9-11), Lillian A. Hicks (grades 1-4), Clara E. Poyar (grades 5-8)
1916-1917	?
1917-1918	?
1918-1919	?
1919-1920	?
1920-1921	Lillian H. Donnelly (grades 9-11), Alice Gardiner (grades 1-4), Annie “May” McLachlan (grades 9-11, 1921), Elsie Riley (grades 4-8, 1921), Annie A. Wallace (grades 4-8, 1920)
1921-1922	?
1922-1923	?
1923-1924	?
1924-1925	?
1925-1926	?
1926-1927	?
1927-1928	?
1928-1929	?
1929-1930	Margaret J. McLaren (grades 4-8), ? (other grades)
1930-1931	?
1931-1932	?
1932-1933	?
1933-1934	Almera Isobel Reid (grades 4-8), ? (other grades)
1934-1935	Freda Agnes Chapman (grades 1-4), ? (other grades)
1935-1936	Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Freda Agnes Chapman (grades 1-4), Charles Haddon Koester (grades 5-8)
1936-1937	Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Freda Agnes Chapman (grades 1-4), Charles Haddon Koester (grades 5-8)
1937-1938	Charles Haddon Koester (grades 5-8), ? (other grades)
1938-1939	Verna Woods (grades 1-4), ? (other grades)
1939-1940	Iris Marie Swanson (grades 5-8), Verna Woods (grades 1-4), Keith Ian Sanburn Smith (grades 9-11)
1940-1941	Frances Markham McLeod (grades 1-4), Keith Ian Sanburn Smith (grades 9-11), Iris Marie Swanson (grades 5-8)
1941-1942	Bertha Jessie Davis (grades 5-8), Frances Markham McLeod (grades 1-4), Keith Ian Sanburn Smith (grades 9-11)
1942-1943	Bertha Jessie Davis (grades 5-8), Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (grades 9-11), Frances Markham McLeod (grades 1-4)
1943-1944	Mary Bunting (grades 1-4), Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (grades 9-11), Gwendolyn Frances Marguerite Smith (grades 5-8)
1944-1945	Mary Bunting (grades 1-4), Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (grades 9-11), Gwendolyn Frances Marguerite Smith (grades 5-8)
1945-1946	Mary Bunting (grades 1-4), Victor Ray Burns (grades 5-8), Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (grades 9-11)
1946-1947	Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (grades 9-11), Ellen Nora Wilson (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-8)
1947-1948	Kenneth Rutherford Jasper (grades 9-11), Stephen F. “Steve” Foord-Kelcey (grades 6-8, 1948), Ruth B. McLean (grades 6-8), Mary Agnes Trenholm (grades 3-5), Ellen Nora Wilson (grades 1-2)
1948-1949	Roland Jacob Crull (grades 5-8), John Whitmore “Jack” Peach (grades 9-11), Ellen Nora Wilson (grades 1-4)
1949-1950	Mary Lorraine Boulton (grades 1-4), Stephen F. “Steve” Foord-Kelcey (grades 5-8), John Whitmore “Jack” Peach (grades 9-11)
1950-1951	Ronald Leslie Chalmers (grades 5-8), Mary Pawlin (grades 1-4), John Whitmore “Jack” Peach (grades 9-11)
1951-1952	Ronald Leslie Chalmers (grades 5-8), Mary Pawlin (grades 1-4), John Whitmore “Jack” Peach (grades 9-11)
1952-1953	Mary M. Chalmers (grades 5-8), Evelyn Merle Taylor (grades 1-4), James Maxwell Taylor (grades 9-11)
1953-1954	Myrtle Delita Forke (grades 5-8, 1953; grades 7-9, 1953), Modest Steve Gerelus (grades 7-9, 1954), Esther Grace Rawcliffe (grades 1-4), Evelyn Merle Taylor (grades 1-4, 1953), James Maxwell Taylor (grades 9-11)
1954-1955	Modest Steve Gerelus (grades 7-9), Esther Grace Rawcliffe (grades 1-3), James Maxwell Taylor (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-6)
1955-1956	Haraldur Asgeir “Harvey” Benson (grades 7-9), Marie Louise Downing (grades 4-6), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 10-11), Esther Grace Rawcliffe (grades 1-3)
1956-1957	Lucien Joseph Armand Lacroix (grades 7-9), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 10-11), Esther Grace Rawcliffe (grades 1-3), Jacqueline Ferne Traill (grades 4-6)
1957-1958	Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 10-11), Esther Grace Rawcliffe (grades 1-3), Beverley Fae Traill (grades 6-9), Jacqueline Ferne Traill (grades 4-5)
1958-1959	Phyllis Jean Bailey (grades 6-9), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 10-11), Esther Grace Rawcliffe (grades 1-3), Jacqueline Ferne Traill (grades 4-5)
1959-1960	Beverley Alice Bailey (grades 5-6), Phyllis Jean Bailey (grades 7-8), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades 9-11), Patricia Marie McRae (grades 1-4)
1960-1961	Beverley Alice Bailey (grades 5-6), Arnold Marshall Leech (grades ?), Patricia Marie McRae (grades 1-4), Margaret Peloquin (grades 7-8)
1961-1962	Genevieve Elsie Brown (grades 7-8), Phyllis Lorraine Buschau (grades 4-6), Marjorie Ellen Robinson (grades 1-3), William “Bill” Shydlowsky (grades ?)
1962-1963	Genevieve Elsie Brown (grades 7-8), Erva Alberta Foreman (grades 4-6), Marjorie Ellen Robinson Ryden (grades 1-3), William “Bill” Shydlowsky (grades ?)
1963-1964	Genevieve Elsie Brown (grades 7-8), Erva Alberta Foreman (grades 4-6), Marion Kathleen May (grades 1-3)
1964-1965	Donald Lewis Berry (grades 4-6), Erva Alberta Foreman (grades 7-8), Marion Kathleen May (grades 1-3)
1965-1966	Donald Lewis Berry (grades 7-8), Joan Irene Godfrey (grades 1-3), Irene Violet Witt (grades 4-6)
1966-1967	Joan Irene Godfrey (grades 1-3), Irene Violet Witt (grades 4-6), ? (grades 7-8)
1967-1968	Joan Irene Godfrey (grades 1-3), Donna Jean Greenlay (grades 3-5), ? (grades 6-8)
1968-1969	Mary Merle Chalmers (grades 6-8), Gail Vivian Hamilton (grades 1-2), Mary Elizabeth Kelly (grades 3-5)
1969-1970	Gail Vivian Hamilton Chrisp (grades 1-2), George John Dutchession (grades 6-7), Mary Elizabeth Kelly (grades 3-5)
1970-1971	Gail Vivian Hamilton Chrisp (grades 1-2), Shirley Mae Gwyer (grades 5-6), Mary Elizabeth Nicholson (grades 3-4)
1971-1972	Mary Elizabeth Nicholson (grades 4-6), ? (grades 1-4)
1972-1973	Gail Vivian Hamilton Chrisp (grades 4-6, 1973), Beverley Arlene Leckie (grades 4-6), Olga Lobur Skrumeda (grades 1-3)
1973-1974	Kathleen Mary Thomsen (grades 4-6), ? (grades 1-3)
1974-1975	Kathleen Mary Thomsen (grades 4-6), ? (grades 1-3)
1975-1976	Kathleen Mary Thomsen (grades 4-6), ? (grades 1-3)
1976-1977	Kathleen Mary Thomsen (grades 4-6), ? (grades 1-3)
1977-1978	Grace Dianne Leifso (grades 1-3), Kathleen Mary Thomsen (grades 4-6)

Teachers of Pipestone School (1893-1920): John G. Rattray (1893), George P. Bawden, Miss Harlow, Hattie McNicol, Gordon Evans, Jeanie Lothian, Willie Mitchell, Stella Willoughby, Alma Perlette, Harold Parker, Percival Hatch, Florence McKinnon, Jeoffrey Lothian, Hector McKinnon, Lily Evans, Janie Rattray, John McKinnon, Stanley Wright, George Mitchell, George Rattray, Alma McTavish, Renie Crawford, Willie Lockwood, Jeanie Morrison, Pearl Lockwood, Minnie Wright, John Rattray, Maud Summers, Leslie McTavish, Robert Lothian, Kate Lothian, Hiram Lockwood, Della Kennedy, Roy McLachlan, Guy Lockwood, Alex Morrison, John Ellsworth, Phersie Nicol, Sidney Summers, Ethel Perlette, Bella Mitchell, Maggie Summers, Elsie Wright, Lula Ellsworth, Ida Kennedy, George Golding, Jessie McNichol, Jack McTavish, Tom Lothian, Pearl Parker, Dorothy Gillson.

Teachers of Pipestone Consolidated School (1920-1978): Mr. George Bawden, Miss Harlow, Mr. George Elliott, John G. Rattray, Miss Calder (Mrs. John Dodds), Miss Martin, Miss Cameron, Miss Mabel Spurr, Miss McLean, Miss Turner, Miss Mae McLaughlan, Miss Wallace, Miss Donnelly, Miss F. Donald, Mr. A. Hill, Miss Motheral, Miss M. McLaren, Miss M. Stinson, Miss Dandy, Miss Freda Chapman, Miss Myra Reid, Major S. S. Byron, Miss Ermina Shier, Miss Hayhurst, Miss Devon, Mr. Ken Jasper, Miss Frances McLeod, Miss Bertha Davis, Mr. Steve Foord-Kelsey, Miss Mary Paulue, Mr. Jack Peach, Mr. Keith Smith, Miss Ellen Wilson, Mr. Mac Taylor, Miss Mary Boulton, Miss Mary Bunting, Mr. Don Berry, Miss Shirley Gwyer, Miss Edna Foreman, Miss Marion May, Mrs. Brown, Miss Lulu LaCroix, Mrs. Rae Beaudry, Miss Bev Leckie, Mrs. Mary Chalmers, Mrs. Rawcliffe, Miss Margaret Peloquin, Mr. Grant Henderson, Miss Bev Bailley, Mr. Arnold Leach, Mrs. Louise Downing, Mr. Brian Whidden, Miss Joan Godfrey, Mr. Harvey Benson, Miss Pat McRae, Miss Faye Traill, Miss Fern Traill, Mr. Steve Gerellus, Miss Olga Lobur, Mr. George Dutchisson, Miss Gail Hamilton, Mrs. Donna Minkus, Mrs. Irene Witt, Miss Mae Kelly, Miss Joan Bailey, Miss Marjorie Robertson, Mrs. Barb McLenehan.

Photos & Coordinates

Pipestone School (circa 1913) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0010 Pipestone School (no date) Source: Glen Gibbons Pipestone School (no date) by W. R. Beveridge Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 117. Students and teacher of Pipestone School (1906-1907) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Pipestone History Project 23, N14857. Pipestone School commemorative monument (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55889, W100.94643 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Belleview School No. 598 (Pipestone, RM of Pipestone)

Sources:

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

“Pipestone,” Brandon Sun, 30 August 1950, page 11.

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.

Trails Along the Pipestone by Pipestone History Project, c1981, page 345-348. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.P56 Tra]

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Pipestone School District No. 737 Daily Registers, GR0466, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Pipestone Consolidated School District No. 737 Daily Registers, GR0466, Archives of Manitoba.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

We thank Glen Gibbons for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 25 June 2023

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