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The Prairie City School District No. 1111 was established formally in March 1901 and a one-room schoolhouse located at SE19-1-9W within Snowflake in the Rural Municipality of Pembina. In March 1910, the Snowflake Consolidated School was established with the merger of several small rural schools, including Snowflake School No. 283, Willowdale School No. 309, Star Mound School No. 413, Valley View School No. 666, Carthage School No. 752, and Aberdeen School No. 761. The Prairie City School operated under its own banner until the summer of 1911, with classes transferring to the new two-storey brick school building, constructed in the fall of 1911. It later became part of the Pembina Valley School Division and continued operating until 1992 when it closed. The building was demolished sometime after 1996. A monument near the site is topped by the school bell.
Period
Principal
1911-1913
Charles Herbert Egan (1872-1922)
1913-1916
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1916
Solomon Abraham (1872-1942)
1917-1920
Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1920-1923
Clarence Harold Hand (1894-1974)
1924
William Raymond Waind (1896-1945)
1924-1925
Victor Wellington Jenkins (1884-1950)
1925-1928
Clarence Harold Hand (1894-1974)
1928-1938
Chester MacMillan Fraser (1904-1975)
1938-1948
Caroline Cumming (1885-1979)
1948-1949
Elizabeth Johannovna Penner (1909-2002)
1949-1950
Manuel Alexander “Alex” Mihaychuk (1927-1999)
1950-1951
George Wesley Denstedt (1896-1979)
1951-1957
John Henry Doughty (1900-1958)
1957-1961
Alexander Krawec
1961-1963
R. E. Crawford
1963-1964
Arthur Neilson (1908-1975)
1964-1965
Richard John Lapusniak
1965-1967
?
1967-1970
John Ronald Zacharias
1970-1974
Carl Edward Golebioski
1974
Ronald J. Bell
1974-1975
Gwenith Lynne Edna Werry
1975-1976
Donald Steven Maksymchuk
1976-1980
Bruce Andrew Wood
1980-1982
Raymond Harold “Ray” Mutcheson
1982-1983
Ann Sellers
1983-1987
H. Martens
1987-1988
?
1988-1990
Brenda Norrie
1990-1991
Neal Remple
1991-1992
?
Prior to Snowflake Consolidated School, the teachers of Prairie City School were A. Josephine Hagg (Fall 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Christopher Benoni Nicholl (Spring 1905), Herbert E. A. Story (Fall 1905 - Spring 1906), F. W. P? Story (Fall 1906 - Spring 1907), James E? Mallett (Fall 1907 - Fall 1908), George Robert Farrar Prowse (Spring 1909 - Spring 1911).
Period
Teachers
1911
Eleanor Grace Pryce (junior grades, Fall), Charles Herbert Egan (senior grades, Fall)
1912
Archena M. Conner (grades 1-4), Charles Herbert Egan (grades 5-9)
1913
(Spring only) Charles Herbert Egan (grades 5-10), Lavina McKenzie (grades 1-4)
1913-1914
Lavina McKenzie (grades 1-4), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 5-11)
1914-1915
Mary E. Kirkland (grades 1-2, 1914; grades 1-3, 1915), H. Rose Magnusson (grades 3-5), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 6-11)
1915-1916
Kate E. Armstrong (grades 4-6), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 8-11), Rosetta M. Rochford (grades 1-3, 1916), V. P. Ruddell (grades 1-3, 1915)
1916-1917
Solomon Abraham (grades 7-11, 1916), Annie M. Anderson (grades 4-6, 1917), Kate E. Armstrong (grades 4-6, 1916), Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11, 1917), Rosetta M. Rochford (grades 1-3, 1916), Anna L. Young (grades 1-3, 1917)
1917-1918
Annie M. Anderson (grades 4-6), Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11), Anna L. Young (grades 1-3)
1918-1919
Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11), Isabelle Sutherland (grades 4-6), Gertrude W. Wishark (grades 1-3)
1919-1920
Annie L. Day (grades 4-6, 1920), Elsie E. Irwin (grades 1-3, 1920), Jessie C. Iverach (grades 1-3, daughter of William Iverach), Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11), M. C. “Katherine” McDongall (grades 4-6), Elizabeth Stevenson (grades 4-6, 1919)
1920-1921
Marjorie Abey (grades 1-4, 1920; grades 1-3, 1921), Clarence Harold Hand (grades 8-11), P. A. Richardson (grades 5-7, 1920; grades 4-7, 1921)
1921-1922
Marjorie Davidson (grads 4-7), Clarence Harold Hand (grades 8-11), Dorothy E. Ritchie (grades 1-3)
1922-1923
Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-6), Mary E. Williams (grades 1-2)
1923-1924
Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11, 1923), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-6), Hazel B. Robertson (grades 1-2, 1924), William Raymond Waind (grades 7-11, 1924), Mary E. Williams (grades 1-2, 1923)
1924-1925
Victor Wellington Jenkins (grades 7-12), Mrs. J. Linton (grades 1-2, 1926 substitute), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-5), Hazel B. Robertson (grades 1-2)
1925-1926
Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-6), Hazel B. Robertson (grades 1-3)
1926-1927
Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Alice A. Gordon (grades 4-6), Mildred Warren (grades 1-3)
1927-1928
Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Alice A. Gordon (grades 4-6), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-3, 1928), Mildred Warren (grades 1-3, 1927)
1928-1929
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 7-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-3), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 4-6)
1929-1930
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1930-1931
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1931-1932
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1932-1933
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Jean E. McDonald (grades 1-4, 1932), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1933-1934
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1934-1935
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1935-1936
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1936-1937
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1937-1938
Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Jean Elizabeth Lawson (grades 5-8, 1938), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8, 1937)
1938-1939
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Jean Elizabeth Lawson (grades 5-8), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4)
1939-1940
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Jean Elizabeth Lawson (grades 5-8), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4)
1940-1941
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Donna Marie Lougheed (grades 5-8), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4)
1941-1942
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne Keir (grades 1-4), Donna Marie Lougheed (grades 5-8)
1942-1943
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Ada May Hoffman (grades 1-4), Donna Marie Lougheed (grades 5-8)
1943-1944
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Berniece Eileen Fines (grades 5-8), Ina Constance Hawkins (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Ina Constance Hawkins (grades 5-8), Lorna Jean Rankine (grades 5-8)
1945-1946
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Evelyn Merle Fallis (grades 5-8, 1945), Francis Enid Havard (grades 5-8, 1946), Vyrna Bernice Joyce (grades 1-4)
1946-1947
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Ethel Irene Major (grades 1-4), Velma Adell Motherall (grades 5-8)
1947-1948
Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Norma Gertrude Handford (grades 5-8), Ethel Irene Major (grades 1-4)
1948-1949
Norma Gertrude Handford (grades 5-8), Elizabeth Johannonna Penner (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Anne Wyseman (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
Dorothy Agatha Dick (grades 1-4), Norma Gertrude Handford (grades 5-8), Alexander “Alex” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11)
1950-1951
George Wesley Denstedt (grades 9-11), Susan Hildebrand (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy (grades 5-8)
1951-1952
John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Florence Elizabeth Murphy (grades 5-8), Mrs. N. Widkowski? (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Dorothy Agatha Dick Gower (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy Milljour (grades 5-8)
1953-1954
John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy Milljour (grades 5-8)
1954-1955
John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy Milljour (grades 5-8)
1955-1956
John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 1-4), Susanna Schroeder (grades 5-8)
1956-1957
John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Shirley Sadie Mary Dow (grades 1-4), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 5-8)
1957-1958
Myrna Leone Bell (grades 1-4), Alexander Krawec (grades 9-11, 1957; grades 10-11, 1958), Shirley J. Krawec (grades 5-8, 1957; grades 5-9, 1958)
1958-1959
Myrna Leone Bell (grades 1-4), Alexander Krawec (grades 9-11), Shirley J. Krawec (grades 5-8)
1959-1960
Myrna Leone Bell (grades 1-4), Alexander Krawec (grades 9-11), Shirley J. Krawec (grades 5-8)
1960-1961
Alexander Krawec (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1961-1962
R. E. Crawford (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1962-1963
R. E. Crawford (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1963-1964
Arthur Neilson (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1964-1965
Richard John Lapusniak (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1965-1966
? (all grades)
1966-1967
? (all grades)
1967-1968
Mildred Anne Braun (grades 4-6), Sheila Gail McKay (grades 1-3), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 7-8)
1968-1969
Myrtle Rae Rinn (grades 3-5), Sheila Gail McKay (grades 1-2), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 6-8)
1969-1970
Elsie Maud Maxwell (grades 1-2), Cheryl Elaine Todd (grades 3-5), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 6-8)
1970-1971
Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 5-8), Elsie Maud Maxwell (grades 1-2), Cheryl Elaine Todd (grades 3-4)
1971-1972
Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8), Elsie Maud Maxwell (grades 1-3), Joyce Elaine Matthews (grades 4-5)
1972-1973
Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8), Carol Mary Anne Miller (grades 1-3), Joyce Elaine Matthews (grades 4-5)
1973-1974
Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8), Joyce Elaine Matthews Hagyard (grades 4-5), Carol Mary Anne Miller (grades 1-3)
1974-1975
Ronald J. Bell (grades 6-8, 1974), Carol Mary Anne Miller Falk (grades 1-3), Gwenith Lynne Edna Werry (grades 6-8), ? (grades 4-5)
1975-1976
Pamela Christine “Pam” Buhr (grades 1-3), Donald Steven Maksymchuk (grades 7-8), Gwendolyn Mildred “Gwen” Moffett (grades 4-6)
1976-1977
Laurie Jean Lawson (grades 1-3), Gwendolyn Mildred “Gwen” Moffett (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8)
1977-1978
Laurie Jean Lawson (grades 1-3), Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8)
1978-1979
Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8), Laurie Jean Lawson Wood (grades 1-3)
1979-1980
Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8), Laurie Jean Lawson Wood (grades 1-3)
1980-1981
Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Raymond Harold “Ray” Mutcheson (grades 7-8), Carol Lynne Nuttall (grades 1-3)
1981-1982
C. Christie (grades 1-3), Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Raymond Harold “Ray” Mutcheson (grades 7-8)
1982-1983
Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), Ann Sellers (grades 7-8), ? (grades 1-3)
1983-1984
Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 3-5), H. Martens (grades 6-8), Ann Sellers (grades 2 & 7)
1984-1985
Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), H. Martens (grades 7-8), Ann Sellers (grades 1-3)
1985-1986
Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), H. Martens (grades 7-8), Ann Sellers (grades 1-3)
1986-1987
Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), H. Martens (grades 7-8), Ann Sellers (grades 1-3)
1987-1988
Cindy Howden (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-8)
1988-1989
Cindy Howden (grades 1-3), Brenda Norrie (grades 4-6)
1989-1990
Brenda Norrie (grades 1-3), Miss Veal (grades 4-6)
1990-1991
Miss B. Penman (grades 1-3), Neal Remple (grades 4-6)
1991-1992
?
Prairie City School / Old Snowflake School (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.
Prairie City School / Old Snowflake School (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.
Snowflake Consolidated School building, constructed in 1911 (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.
Postcard view of Snowflake Consolidated School (no date)
Source: Rob McInnes.
Teacher Marjorie Davidson with students on the steps of the Snowflake Consolidated School (1922).
In the lower right corner, the barefoot boy is Blake Nash, son of Rev. Samuel Nash, minister at the Snowflake Anglican Church.
Source: Carol Hooper.
A view of Snowflake School from the top of the nearby grain elevator (no date)
Source: Star Mound Museum
Snowflake School (1964)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Snowflake 1.
Snowflake Consolidated School commemorative monument (April 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04558, W98.65776
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Tenders [Brick school building, Snowflake],” Manitoba Free Press, 14 July 1911, page 2.
“Assailant is U. S. escaped convict,” The Mail Herald [Revelstoke, British Columbia], 20 September 1911, page 6.
“Snowflake School nearing completion,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 October 1911, page 10.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Chronicles of Our Heritage by the People of Snowflake: Pioneer Stories from Clearwater, Crystal City and Pilot Mound, 1970. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.S62 Chr]
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.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Snowflake School District No. 1111 - Daily Registers, GR5330, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Snowflake School District No. 1111 - Daily Registers, GR10357, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Pembina Valley School Division No. 27 (Snowflake School) - Daily Registers, GR10357, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Carol Hooper and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 October 2024
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