Historic Sites of Manitoba: Calder School / Reinfeld School No. 2075 (Reinfeld, RM of Stanley)

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Known as the Calder School District when it was established in August 1921, it was renamed Reinfeld School in March 1957. A one-room schoolhouse operated at Reinfeld (NW36-2-4W) in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. A two-classroom building replaced it in the 1930s. After the district was dissolved, its catchment area became part of the Stanley School Division. The former school building was converted into a community centre.

Principals

Period	Principal
1938-1946	John D. Adrian (1891-1980)
1946-1947	Henry A. Nichol
1947-1948	Mary W. Klassen
1948-1950	Bernard D. Klippenstein
1950-1953	George William Neufeld (c1916-1985)
1953-1954	Jake Heinrichs
1954-1956	Abe Penner
1956-1957	Henry K. Friesen
1957-1959	Peter Dyck
1959-1961	John Sawatzky
1961-1963	Edward Peter Falk
1963-1965	Marianne Kliever
1965-1967	Frank Gerhard Enns
1967-1968	Keith Allan Wiebe

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1938-1939	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-9)
1939-1940	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-9)
1940-1941	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-8)
1941-1942	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-9)
1942-1943	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-8)
1943-1944	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-8)
1944-1945	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-9)
1945-1946	Ella Adrian (grades 1-3), John D. Adrian (grades 4-10)
1946-1947	Helen Nichol (grades 1-4), Henry A. Nichol (grades 4-9)
1947-1948	Mary W. Klassen (grades 5-9), Katie Janzen (grades 1-4)
1948-1949	Bernard D. Klippenstein (grades 5-9), Helen Sawatzky (grades 1-4)
1949-1950	Bernard D. Klippenstein (grades 5-9), Helen Sawatzky (grades 1-4)
1950-1951	George William Neufeld (grades 5-9), Helen Sawatzky Neufeld (grades 1-4)
1951-1952	George William Neufeld (grades 5-10), Helen Sawatzky Neufeld (grades 1-4)
1952-1953	George William Neufeld (grades 5-10), Helen Sawatzky Neufeld (grades 1-4)
1953-1954	Jake Heinrichs (grades 5-10), Kristina Penner (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	Abe Penner (grades 5-9), Annie Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1955-1956	Abe Penner (grades 5-9), Annie Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1956-1957	Henry K. Friesen (grades 5-9), Annie Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1957-1958	Peter Dyck (grades 5-9), Annie Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1958-1959	Olga Dick (grades 1-4), Peter Dyck (grades 5-9)
1959-1960	Sara Peters (grades 1-4), John Sawatzky (grades 5-9)
1960-1961	Sara Peters (grades 1-4), John Sawatzky (grades 5-9)
1961-1962	Edward Peter Falk (grades 5-9), Katie Helen Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1962-1963	Edward Peter Falk (grades 5-9), Katie Helen Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1963-1964	Marianne Kliever (grades 5-9), Dorothy Buhr Susanna (grades 1-4)
1964-1965	Marianne Kliever (grades 5-8), Dorothy Buhr Susanna (grades 1-4)
1965-1966	Frank Gerhard Enns (grades 5-8), Dorothy Buhr Susanna (grades 1-4)
1966-1967	Frank Gerhard Enns (grades 5-8), Judith Irene Penner (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Sara Thiessen (grades 1-4), Keith Allan Wiebe (grades 5-8)

Among the teachers of Calder School / Reinfeld School were H. Rempel (1921 & night school), Henry S. Rempel (1922-1923, 1924-1926), Harry H. Rempel (1923-1924, 1926-1927), Anna B. Enns Rempel (1927-1931), John D. Adrian (1931-1938).

Photos & Coordinates

The original Calder School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 89. The second Calder School (1930s) Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, N25000. The former Reinfeld School building (April 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17741, W97.88357 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Altona West topographic map, 62H/4 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

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.

The Rural Municipality of Rhineland: 1884-1984 by G. J. Ens, page 280. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R45 Ens]

Manitoba School Records Collection, Calder School No. 2075 Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Reinfeld School No. 2075 Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E0757), Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Bruce Wiebe for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 10 April 2021

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