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Known originally as Czerwona School District when it was established formally in March 1903, a one-room schoolhouse was built in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin. In December 1916, the district took out a $1600 debenture to construct and outfit a new schoolhouse, and in October 1918, another $600 for a teacherage. In 1922, the school was situated along the northern boundary of NW35-1-5E (1922), and the capacity expanded in 1923 to include a second room. The district was renamed Tolstoi in, or shortly before, late December 1918. In 1935, the district opened a second school within its catchment area. By 1944, this school later operated at NE36-1-5E (around 49.08583, -96.78677). Both schools remained in operation until the district became part of the Boundary School Division in 1967, and closed shortly thereafter in 1968. The school building was later relocated to Tolstoi and converted for use as a community seniors’ centre.
Period
Principal
1918
Ethel P. Miller
1919
Mona Oulton?
1919-1920
?
1920-1921
Letitia J. Downey
1921-1923
None
1923-1924
Stephen Edward Radomsky (1893-1984)
1924-1925
Irene Helen Waluk Gayowsky (c1905-2007)
1925-1927
Peter Humeniuk (1895-1985)
1927-1928
Olga Lesik Vesey (1907-1995)
1928-1933
Olga Pauline Popiel Dolnychuk (1909-1992)
1933-1934
Sarah Ann Sproat (1885-1976)
1934-1935
Olga Pauline Popiel Dolynchuk (1909-1992)
1935-1941
George [Woloshynovski] Woloshynoski (c1909-1963)
1941-1942
Rene Allen Ollivier (?-1982)
1942-1943
William John “Bill” Dutka (?-2008)
1943
Edward Alva Chesley (1911-1995)
1944
Antoine Alphonse “Anthony” Allegeart (1890-1969)
1944-1945
Katrina Cecilia Michalchuk
1945-1946
Lillian Elizabeth Barker (1920-2005)
1946-1947
Evelyn Podolsky
1947-1948
Mrs. Cecilia E. Menzies
1948-1951
Daniel “Dan” Stasiuk (1914-2013)
1951
Alistair Haldane Jakeman (1925-2005)
1951-1952
William John Lowe
1952-1954
Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (1923-1987)
1954-1955
John Morris Stokotelny (1925-1972)
1955-1956
Donald William Smith
1956-1958
William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)
1958-1961
Mytro “Tony” Onysko (1928-1992)
1961-1962
Kenneth S. Shende
1962-1964
Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (1907-1992)
1964-1966
William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)
1966-1967
Lorraine M. Samborski
1967-1968
Eva Wachna Bially
Among the early teachers of Czerwona School were Theo. Rochan [Kuchaw?] (Spring-Fall 1906), Bouplas [Bouplaw?] W. Dedeluk (Spring 1907 - Fall 1908), Paul Sazotiuk (pt Spring 1909), W. B. Dedeliuk? (pt Spring 1909), D. J. Kreshka? (Fall 1909), William Saranchuk (Spring-Fall 1910 & Fall 1911), John Cupak (Spring 1911), Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (Spring 1912 - Spring 1915 & Fall 1916 - Spring 1917), Harry George Shehar (Fall 1915), and did not operate (Spring 1916).
Period
Teachers
1917-1918
Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (grades 1-4, Fall), Ethel P. Miller (grades 2-4, Spring), Laura R. Thorn (grade 1, Spring)
1918-1919
Mona Oulton? (grades 3-5, Spring), Lucie Hampson? (grades 1-2, Spring), Ethel P. Miller (grades 3-5, Fall), Laura R. Thorn (grades 1-2, Fall)
1919-1920
Margaret Mc. D. Laurie (grades 3-5, Spring), Mary C. Miller (grades 1-3), Rhome? Miller (grades 4-5 night school, November-March), Laura R. Thom (grades 1-2, Fall)
1920-1921
Letitia J. Downey (grades 4-6, pt September - June), Margaret Mc. D. Laurie (grades 4-6, pt September), Nena [Nina?] M. Steeves (grades 1-3)
1921-1922
Pearl Adolfson (grades 1-7), Carnel Joseph “Charles” Salinos (night school, Spring)
1922-1923
Emily Bilinski (grades 1-5)
1923-1924
Stephen Edward Radomsky (grades 4-6), Irene Helen Waluk (grades 1-3)
1924-1925
Maude Burdett (grades 1-3), Irene Helen Waluk (grades 4-8)
1925-1926
Peter Humeniuk (grades 4-7), Marie Werhun (grades 1-3)
1926-1927
Eva Eugenia Lesik (grades 1-3), Peter Humeniuk (grades 4-7)
1927-1928
Eva Eugenia Lesik (grades 1-3), Olga Lesik (grades 4-8)
1928-1929
Annie H. Koslowski (grades 1-3), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 4-9)
1929-1930
Annie H. Koslowski (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-9)
1930-1931
Olga Burranyk (grades 1-5), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 6-9)
1931-1932
Olga Burranyk (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-10)
1932-1933
Olga Burranyk (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-10)
1933-1934
Helen Elsie Kostyniuk (grades 1-5), Sarah Ann Sproat (grades 6-11)
1934-1935
Olga Pauline Popiel Dolynchuk (grades 5-10), John Samuel Evanchuk (grades 1-4)
1935-1936
Fred. Anton Ostafew (grades 1-6, 1935; grades 1-8, 1936), George Woloshynovski (grades 7-11, 1935; grades 9-11, 1936)
1936-1937
Fred. Anton Ostafew (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1937-1938
George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11), A. Zubaochek (grades 1-8)
1938-1939
Jessie Helen Prucyk Quesnel (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1939-1940
Anne Wach (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1940-1941
Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1941-1942
Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), Rene Allen Ollivier (grades 9-11)
1942-1943
Matilda Maier (grades 1-8), Rene Allen Ollivier (grades 9-11)
1943-1944
Antoine Alphonse Allegaert (grades 9-11, 1944), Edward Chesley (grades 9-11, 1943), Florence Louise Hancove (grades 1-8)
1944-1945
Katrina Cecilia Michalchuk (grades 9-11), Eva Wachna (grades 1-8)
1945-1946
Lillian Elizabeth E. Barker (grades 9-11), Eva Wachna (grades 1-8)
1946-1947
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 1-8), Evelyn Podolsky (grades 9-11)
1947-1948
William Jerowsky (grades 1-8), Cecilia E. Menzies (grades 9-11)
1948-1949
William Jerowsky (grades 1-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)
1949-1950
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 1-3), William Shydlowsky (grades 4-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)
1950-1951
Alistair Haldane Jakeman (grades 9-11, 1951), Elsie Korotash (grades 1-3), William Shydlowsky (grades 4-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)
1951-1952
William John Lowe (grades 9-11), William Shydlowsky (grades 5-8), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11), Mary Kadyniuk (grades 5-8, substitute), Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-8)
1953-1954
Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11), Mary Kadyniuk (grades 5-8, 1954 substitute), Helen Topolniski (grades 1-4), Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-8)
1954-1955
John Petrash (grades 5-8), Miss S. M. Podolsky (grades 1-4), John Morris Stokotelny (grades 9-11)
1955-1956
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Margaret Annette Mandzies (grades 1-4), Donald William Smith (grades 9-11)
1956-1957
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Margaret Annette Mandzies (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1957-1958
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Orest W. Kosowan (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1958-1959
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)
1960-1961
Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)
1961-1962
Gerard Bernacki (grades 1-4), Edward Vincent Domaratzki (grades 5-8), Kenneth S. Shende (grades 9-11)
1962-1963
Adele Marie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), Bernice Shuwera (grades 5-8), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 9-11), (grades 1-4, see Tolstoi School No 2)
1963-1964
Jake D. Hildebrandt (grades 5-8), Gail Christine Okapiec (grades 1-4), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 9-11)
1964-1965
Edward Felix Goleski (grades 5-8), Agnes Louise Kroeker (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1965-1966
Edward Felix Goleski (grades 5-8), Aneta A. C. Martens (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1966-1967
Eva-Lynne Gayle Bell (grades 5-8), Aneta A. C. Martens (grades 1-4)
1967-1968
Pauline Nedohin (grades 1-3), Eva Wachna Bially (grades 3-4)
Former Tolstoi School (no date) by A. A. Herriot
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 80.
Former Tolstoi School building (September 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Tolstoi School building (September 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.07629, W96.80785
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tolstoi School No. 1224 / Tolstoi School No. 2 (Tolstoi, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #28 School District of Czerwona No. 1224, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #29 School District of Czerwona No. 1224, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Tolstoi School District No. 1224, GR1688 Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Tolstoi School District No. 1224 Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.
Sectional Map Collection of Western Canada, Emerson #23 (1922) 8th Edition - Manitoba - Canada 1:190080, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 4 February 2024
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