Historic Sites of Manitoba: Springfield School No. 1569 / South Springfield School (1110 Copeland Street, Winnipeg)
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The Springfield School District was established in May 1911 and a two-storey, four-classroom schoolhouse was built at this site on Copeland Street (NW33-10-4E) in the Transcona area of Winnipeg in 1920. Initially, classes were held in grades 1 to 5. In later years, grades 9 to 11 were discontinued. By 1950s, the building integrity had deteriorated such that it was condemned and demolished.
In 1955, the present one-storey, four-classroom structure was built at the cost of around $35,000 and located just a few feet north of the original building. By this time the school had adopted the South Springfield School name, after the original South Springfield School had closed. The district was dissolved in 1967 and its area became part of the Transcona-Springfield School Division. The school closed in June 1970 and the building was used for a time as a facility for special-needs students, and later as storage by the School Division. As of 2014, the former school building still stands at the site, being used as a private residence.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1911-1912 |
E. Lewilda Smith (grades 1-5) |
1912-1913 |
Frances Buckley (grades 1-2), E. Lewilda Smith (grades 3-6) |
1913-1914 |
Frances Buckley (grades 1-3), Melinda Ellis (grade 1), Edith Leckie (grade 1, 1914), E. Lewilda Smith (grades 4-7) |
1914-1915 |
Vida G. Craven (grade 1, 1915), Melinda Ellis (grades 2-4), Edith Leckie (grade 1, 1914), Lillian E. Roberts (grades 5-7, 1915), E. Lewilda Smith (grades 5-7, 1914) |
1915-1916 |
Vida G. Craven (grade 1, 1915), Melinda Ellis (grades 2-4, 1915), Edna Huntley (grades 5-8), Peter Robert Loutit (grades 5-8, 1915), Edna Power (grades 1-3, 1916) |
1916-1917 |
James Thomas Cressey (grades 4-8), P. K. Graham (grades 1-3) |
1917-1918 |
James Thomas Cressey (grades 4-9), P. K. Graham (grades 1-3) |
1918-1919 |
M. T. Armstrong (grades 3-5, 1918), M. E. Bretts (grades 6-10), James Thomas Cressey (grades 6-10, 1918), Eleanor J. C. Popham (grades 1-2), Bertha A. Street (grades 3-5, 1919) |
1919-1920 |
Walter Ellard McCann (grades 7-9), Florence M. Pounds (grades 3-6), Beatrice Carol Whitcomb (grades 1-2) |
1920-1921 |
Walter Ellard McCann (grades 7-11), Jean M. Machan (grades 3-6), Beatrice Carol Whitcomb (grades 1-2) |
1921-1922 |
Walter Ellard McCann (grades 7-10), Jean M. Machan (grades 3-6, 1921), Lilian Scott (grades 3-6, 1922), Beatrice Carol Whitcomb (grades 1-2) |
1922-1923 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 2-3), Evelyn Freedy (grade 1), Hazel Grant (grades 3-6), Pearle More? (grades 3-6, 1923), Thomas Petty (grades 7-10) |
1923-1924 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 1-3), M. R. Fox (grades 4-6, 1924), Evelyn Freedy (grade 1), Thomas Petty (grades 7-10), M. L. G. Whitelaw (grades 4-6) |
1924-1925 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 2-3), Evelyn Freedy (grade 1), Linda M. Merrill (grades 4-6), Thomas Petty (grades 7-10) |
1925-1926 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 2-3), Evelyn Freedy (grade 1), Linda M. Merrill (grades 4-6), Thomas Petty (grades 7-10) |
1926-1927 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Thomas Petty (grades 7-10) |
1927-1928 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), John Cooke Le Neveu (grades 7-9) |
1928-1929 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), John Cooke Le Neveu (grades 7-9) |
1929-1930 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Thomas Henry Shakespeare (grades 7-9), John Ensworth Morison (grades 7-9, 1930) |
1930-1931 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Victor Snelgrove Dotten (grades 7-9), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3) |
1931-1932 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Victor Snelgrove Dotten (grades 7-9, 1931), Frederick James “Fred” Kennedy (grades 7-9, 1932), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3) |
1932-1933 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Frederick James “Fred” Kennedy (grades 7-9), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3) |
1933-1934 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Emily “Emilie” Sumi (grades 7-9) |
1934-1935 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Emily “Emilie” Sumi (grades 7-10) |
1935-1936 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 3-5), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-2), Emily “Emilie” Sumi (grades 6-9) |
1936-1937 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Emily “Emilie” Sumi (grades 7-9) |
1937-1938 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Emily “Emilie” Sumi (grades 7-9) |
1938-1939 |
Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3), Emily “Emilie” Sumi (grades 7-9) |
1939-1940 |
Laurie Elizabeth Bush (grades 7-9), Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3) |
1940-1941 |
Laurie Elizabeth Bush (grades 7-9), Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3) |
1941-1942 |
Laurie Elizabeth Bush (grades 7-9), Mary McL. Cooke (grades 4-6), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-3) |
1942-1943 |
Alice E. Copeland (grades 6-9, 1943), Margaret Ellen Crawford (grades 6-9, 1942), Emily Lenora Gardiner (grades 4-6), Mary Eugenia Neufeld (grades 1-5), Enid Thomson (grades 6-9, 1943) |
1943-1944 |
Lucille Marie Alice Bourgouin (grades 1-5), Enid Thomson (grades 6-9) |
1944-1945 |
Lucille Marie Alice Bourgouin (grades 1-5), Enid Thomson (grades 6-9) |
1945-1946 |
Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 5-9), Adeline Valois (grades 1-4) |
1946-1947 |
Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 5-9), Christine Sveinson (grades 1-4) |
1947-1948 |
Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 5-9), Christine Sveinson (grades 1-4) |
1948-1949 |
Frances Helen Beckthold (grades 1-4, 1949), Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 5-9, 1948), Beatrice Sveinson (grades 1-4, 1948; grades 5-9, 1949) |
1949-1950 |
Muriel E. Bruce (grades 1-4), Donald Murray McLaughlin (grades 5-9) |
1950-1951 |
Muriel E. Bruce (grades 1-4), Donald Murray McLaughlin (grades 5-9) |
1951-1952 |
Stella Poberzny [Pobern] (grades 1-4), Donald Murray McLaughlin (grades 5-9) |
1952-1953 |
Stella Poberzny [Pobern] (grades 1-4), Donald Murray McLaughlin (grades 5-9) |
1953-1954 |
Stella Poberzny [Pobern] Kashty (grades 1-3, 1953; grades 4-6, 1954), Donald Murray McLaughlin (grades 5-9, 1953; grades 7-9, 1954), Marjorie Evelyn Smith (grades 1-3, 1954) |
1954-1955 |
Simone Davidson (grades 4-6), Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 7-9), Marjorie Evelyn Smith (grades 1-3) |
1955-1956 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-5), Thelma E. Doan (grades 6-8), Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 9-10), Marjorie Evelyn Smith (grades 1-2) |
1956-1957 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-5), Thelma E. Doan (grades 6-8), Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 9-10), Marjorie Evelyn Smith (grades 1-2) |
1957-1958 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Thelma E. Doan (grades 5-7), Lawrence Peter Roscoe (grades 8-10), Mrs. D. Irene Zerbin (grades 1-2) |
1958-1959 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-5), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-7), Wilmer John Shynkaruk (grades 8-10), Mrs. D. Irene Zerbin (grades 1-2) |
1959-1960 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6), Wilmer John Shynkaruk (grades 7-8), Mrs. D. Irene Zerbin (grades 1-2) |
1960-1961 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 4-6), Wilmer John Shynkaruk (grades 7-8), Mrs. D. Irene Zerbin (grades 1-2) |
1961-1962 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 4-6), Lawrence Peter Suchar (grades 7-8), Mrs. D. Irene Zerbin (grades 1-2) |
1962-1963 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6), Lawrence Peter Suchar (grades 7-8), Mrs. D. Irene Zerbin (grades 1-2) |
1963-1964 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6), Lawrence Peter Suchar (grades 7-8), ? (grades 1-2) |
1964-1965 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Geraldine J. Earl (grades 1-2), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6), Lawrence Peter Suchar (grades 7-8) |
1965-1966 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Geraldine J. Earl (grades 1-2), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6), Lawrence Peter Suchar (grades 7-8) |
1966-1967 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Mary Klassen (grades 1-2), Joseph Myrs Ptashynski (grades 7-8), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6) |
1967-1968 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Mary Madeline Wyllie (grades 1-2), Joseph Myrs Ptashynski (grades 7-8), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-6) |
1968-1969 |
Simone Davidson (grades 3-4), Mary Madeline Wyllie (grades 1-2), Joseph Myrs Ptashynski (grades 5-6) |
1969-1970 |
Mary Madeline Wyllie (grades 1-2, 1969; grades 1-3, 1970), Simone Davison (grades 3-4, 1969), David William “Dave” Normandale (grades 3-5, 1970), Joseph Myrs Ptashynski (grades 5-6, 1969) |
Photos & Coordinates

The original Springfield School building (no date) by R. Goulet
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 141.

The second South Springfield School building (November 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 98I South Springfield.

The former Springfield School building (June 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88364, W96.99703 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Sources:
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 August 1949, page 8.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 1950, page 36.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1951 page 30.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 August 1952, page 10.
Dugald West topographic map, 62H/15, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Transcona, On the Horizon of a Great Future, Golden Jubilee, 1911-1961. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.T73 Tra.
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.
“Transcona Council receives notice of school defect,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 1939, page 21.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1955, page 6.
“Parents oppose school closing,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 1969, page 18.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Springfield School District No. 1569 Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, South Springfield School - File 98I, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 24 July 2021
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