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This school in the Charleswood area of Winnipeg was constructed in 1952 on a design by the local architectural firm of Prain and Ward. Initially built with four classroom, it was expanded two years later. Four more rooms designed by architect Roy M. Lev were added in 1961.
Period
Principal
1953-1956
Alice Marie Rousseau Perras (1918-1983)
1956-1958
John Thomas Wherrett (1932-2011)
1958-1963
John Duchominsky (1906-1977)
1963-1966
Harry Herbert Galan (1922-2007)
1966-1980
John Thomas Wherrett (1932-2011)
1980-1988
Victor Adolphe “Vic” Chaput (1939-2024)
1988-1990
Lenna Lorraine Glade
1990-1995
?
1995-2001
Phil Saurette
2001-2006
Laura Zimmerman
2006-2011
Brenda Lawson
2011-?
?
?-2018
Valerie Wood
2018-2022
Lorraine de Moyne Barton
Period
Vice-Principal
1976-1980
G. Barry Nelin
1980-1983
Roy Johnson
1983-1984
Gary Perrett
1984-?
Phil Kozokowsky
?-1990
?
1990-1995
Phil Saurette
1995-1996
Cindy Tinsley
?-?
Annette Fitch (1950-2002)
School Year
Teachers
1952-1953
S. Margaret Cantelon (grades 1-2), Nan Constance Kassin (grades 5-6), Alice Emma Schultz (grades 7-8), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grades 3-4)
1953-1954
Lavina Kristina Bailey (grades 3-4), S. Margaret Cantelon (grades 1-2), Alice Marie Rousseau Perras (grades 7-8), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grades 5-6), Jennie Elizabeth Tait (grades 1-2)
1954-1955
Lavina Kristina Bailey (grade 3), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Elsie Dugard (grade 5), Mary Ellen Arminda McMillan (grade 6), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grade 7), Alice Marie Rousseau Perras (grade 8), Joan E. Witoski (grade 2)
1955-1956
Lavina Kristina Bailey (grade 3), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Elsie Dugard (grade 5), Mary Ellen Arminda McMillan (grade 6), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grade 7), Alice Marie Rousseau Perras (grade 8), Jennie Elizabeth Tait (grade 2)
1956-1957
S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Mildred Golanchuk (grade 3), Mary Charlotte Pinn McLachlan (grade 6), Martha C. Rigby (grade 2), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grade 7), Elizabeth Eileen Swan (grade 5), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8)
1957-1958
Leo Priebe Barkman (grade 6), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Mildred Golanchuk (grade 3), Martha C. Rigby (grade 2), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grade 7), Elizabeth Eileen Swan (grade 5), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8)
1958-1959
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), John Duchominsky (grade 8), Arthur Jutner (grade 6), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Antoinetta Marie St. Onge (grade 7), Elizabeth Eileen Swan (grade 5), Carla Arlene Tosh (grade 3)
1959-1960
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Arlene Chambers (grade 3, 1959), John Duchominsky (grade 8), Eileen Hamilton (grade 3, 1960), Erdman Kroeker (grade 7), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Elizabeth Eileen Swan (grade 5), Alice Ann Taylor (grade 6), J. W. F. Tober (grade 3, 1060), Carla Arlene Tosh (grade 3, 1959)
1960-1961
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 8), Erdman Kroeker (grade 7), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grade 6), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 8), Muriel Elizabeth Picard (grade 3), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Elizabeth Eileen Swan (grade 5)
1961-1962
Shirley Jean Abbey (grade 6), Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 8), Erdman Kroeker (grade 7), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grade 7), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 8), Muriel Elizabeth Picard (grade 3), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Carolyn Ellen Yauk (grade 5)
1962-1963
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Lois Mae Collins (grade 6), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 8), Helen Kroeger (grades 2-3), Erdman Kroeker (grade 7), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grade 7), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 8), Muriel Elizabeth Picard (grade 3), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Carolyn Ellen Yauk (grade 5), Anne Waschuk (grade 5, 1963)
1963-1964
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Lois Mae Collins (grade 6), Dianne Faye Duch (grade 5), Edith Susan Dyck (grade 3), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 8), Wayne James William Hollier (grade 7), Helen Kroeger (grades 3-4), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grade 7), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 8), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4)
1964-1965
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Lois Mae Collins (grade 6), Dianne Faye Duch (grade 5), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 8), Helen Kroeger (grades 4-5), Jane Elizabeth Kruetzer (grade 3), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grade 7), Henry Loewen (grade 7), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 8), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Margaretha May Wiebe (grade 6)
1965-1966
Joan Ellen Pokrant Braun (grade 2), S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Lois Mae Collins (grade 6), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 7), L. Dale Guy (grade 5), Jane Elizabeth Kruetzer (grade 3), Boris Edward Lefteruk (grade 7), Henry Loewen (grade 7), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 8), Lorraine Georgeiane M. Pinette (grade 6), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Dianne Faye Duch Weber (grades 4-5)
1966-1967
S. Margaret Cantelon (grade 1), Lois Mae Collins (grade 6), Jeanne Margaret Gitzel (grade 5), L. Dale Guy (grade 7), Saundra Lynne Herbert (grade 8), Thidrick Ralph Jonasson (grade 7), Jane Elizabeth Kruetzer (grade 3), Henry Loewen (grade 7), Lorraine Georgeiane M. Pinette (grade 6), Marguerite Marie Regnier (grade 7), Jean “Jennie” Sidney (grade 4), Sandra Lynne Tucker (grade 2), Dianne Faye Duch Weber (grades 4-5)
1967-1968
S. Margaret Cantelon, Jeanne Margaret Gitzel, ?
1968-1969
S. Margaret Cantelon, Jeanne Margaret Gitzel, ?
1969-1970
S. Margaret Cantelon, Jeanne Margaret Gitzel, ?
1970-1971
S. Margaret Cantelon, Jeanne Margaret Gitzel, ?
1971-1972
S. Margaret Cantelon, ?
1966-1967
S. Margaret Cantelon, ?
Royal School (June 2020)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85920, W97.26073
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Prain and Ward / Ward and Macdonald / Macdonald, Cockburn, McLeod, and McFeetors / MCM Architects
Memorable Manitobans: Roy Marshall Lev (1930-2010)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Royal School No. 417 (Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)
“Tenders [Two, four-room schools for the Charleswood School District],” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1951, page 25.
“Charleswood lists teachers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 1954, page 3.
“Jottings from the business world,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 January 1961, page 56.
“Retirement tea [Margaret Cantelon],” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 1972, page 33.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Royal School (School Division No. 3) Daily Registers, GR10356, Archives of Manitoba.`
Obituary [Margaret Cantelon], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 January 1989, page 41.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
We thank Steven Christianson and Jeanne Gitzel for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 29 June 2024
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