Historic Sites of Manitoba: Princess Margaret School (367 Hawthorne Avenue, Winnipeg)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Designed by the local architectural firm of Ward and Macdonald, and constructed in 1955 at a cost of about $32,000, the original Princess Margaret School building (commemorating the sister of Queen Elizabeth II) comprised four classrooms.

Principals

Period	Principal
1957-1968	Henry Schmidt (1929-2011)
?-?	Joseph Anthony “Joe” Degen (1929-2016)

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1955-1957	Henry Schmidt (1929-2011)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1955-1956	Agnes Dyck (grade 1), Shelia Hartman (grade 5), Irene T. Johnson (grade 4), Pauline McCarthy (grade 3), Lydia Neufeld (grade 2), Lorraine Regehr (grade 1), Henry Schmidt (grade 6)
1956-1958	?
1958-1959	George William Neufeld, ?
1959-1966	?
1966-1967	Mr. J. Bahr, Mr. B. Dittberner, Mrs. J. Drewe, Mrs. D. Dyck, Mrs. E. Dyck, Miss V. Harvey, Miss K. Janzen, Miss R. Janzen, Mrs. J. Kowbel, Mr. E. Kroeker, Mr. J. Martens, Miss P. Muzyk, Miss L. Neufeld, Miss S. Penney, Miss C. Prigroski, Miss A. Redekop, Miss T. Redekopp, Mr. D. Reimer, Mrs. M. Salki, Miss K. Slota, Miss I. Tiade, Miss D. Todd, Mrs. A. Wall, Mrs. L. Warkentin, Miss B. Wiens, Mr. N. Yurkow

Photos & Coordinates

Princess Margaret School (June 2024) Source: Greg Petzold Princess Margaret School (June 2024) Source: Greg Petzold Site Location (lat/long): N49.93723, W97.08259 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“N. Kildonan teachers listed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1966, page 13.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Greg Petzold for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jim Smith.

Page revised: 14 July 2024

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