Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wellwood Consolidated School No. 135 (Wellwood, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

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Wellwood Consolidated School opened in Wellwood (named for Rev. J. M. Wellwood), in what is now the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, in 1917. It consolidated rural schools from the surrounding area, including Brucefield School No. 799, Hazelgrove School No. 798, Kennedy School No. 1443, and Wellwood School No. 135. The school closed in 1976 and its building was demolished. A monument, topped with the school’s bell, remains on the former school grounds.

Principals

Period	Principal
1916-1918	Miss Mary Kerr
1918-1919	Margaret Kerr
1918-1919	Wilfred Almon Rideout (1878-1949)
1919	William Astley Tearle Fyles (1894-1976)
1920-1921	William Alexander Moon (1893-1944)
1921-1924	Wilfred Gilbert Pearce (1893-1975)
1924-1926	David Smith Tod (1870-1937)
1926-1935	Herbert Clarence Ray (1902-1990)
1935-1940	Karl Eric Chambers (1908-1987)
1940-1948	Frank Irwin Tindall (1911-1997)
1948-1949	Thaddeus Cecil “Ted” Brune (1896-1973)
1949-1950	Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1950-1951	Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (1920-2011)
1951-1954	Norman Gilbert “Norm” Harvey (1925-2023)
1954-1955	David Langton MacDonald (1911-1957)
1955-1957	Edward Turner Revel
1957-1958	John S. Schellenberg (?-?)
1958-1959	John Naherny
1959-1963	Ronald Elwood Stacey
1963-1965	Carl Edward Golebioski
1965-1967	Richard Arnold Dow
1967-1974	Muriel Jean Thorn
1974-1976	Joanne A. Graham Titus

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Wellwood School were Jean Gunn, Dallas Perry (1894), W. T. Lockhart (1895), Edith Robinson (1896), A. Abbott, Helen Younghusband (1897), Stanley O’Brien, Christina Armit (1898), Christina Armit (1899-1901), Wallace Watson, Lizzie Craig, Annie Turner (1902), Annie C. Turner (1903), Edith Creighton (1904), Gertie MacDougall (1905), Bertha M. Lowry (1906), Kate Gahan (1907), Emily E. Ducklow (1908-1909), Marion Young (1909), Bertha E. Reid (1910-1913), Maurice S. Miller, Ethel P. Miller (1914-1915), Clara Langseth (1916-1917), and Ruth Weaver (1917).

School Year	Teachers
1917-1918	Minnie Bird (grades 1-2), Mary Onhauser (grades 3-6, 1917), Margaret Masson (grades 3-6, 1918), Mary Kerr (grades 7-10)
1918-1919	Minnie Bird (grades 1-2), Amy Eleanor Smith (grades 4-6), Margaret Kerr (grades 8-11)
1919-1920	Pearl G. Davis (grades 1-2), Amy Eleanor Smith (grades 4-6), Mary Elizabeth Murchison (grades 6-8), William Astley Tearle Fyles (grades 9-11, 1919), William Alexander Moon (grades 9-11, 1920)
1920-1921	Alexandra Louisa “Alex” Fusee (grade 1-2), Mary Kerr (grades 3-5), E. D. Sullivan (grades 6-8), William Alexander Moon (grades 9-11)
1921-1922	Gertrude W. Wishart (grades 1-2, 1921), Margaret Thompson (grades 1-2, 1922), Margaret Wallace (grades 3-5, 1921), Jennie J. M. Jardine (grades 3-5, 1922), Agnes M. Dawson (grades 5-8), Wilfred Gilbert Pearce (grades 9-11)
1922-1923	Margaret Thompson (grades 1-2), Jennie J.M. Jardine (grades 3-5), Agnes M. Dawson (grades 6-8), Wilfred Gilbert Pearce (grades 9-11)
1923-1924	Vera A. Bacon (grades 1-2), Jennie J.M. Jardine (grades 3-5), Agnes M. Dawson (grades 6-8), Wilfred Gilbert Pearce (grades 9-11)
1924-1925	Vera A. Bacon (grades 1-2), Myrtle E. McKinnon (grades 3-5), A. Helena Mann (grades 6-8, 1924-1925), Margaret A. Simpson (grades 6-8, 1925), B. Peturson (grades 6-8, 1925), David Smith Tod (grades 9-11)
1925-1926	Lulu Wall (grades 1-2), Gladys M. Frank (grades 3-5), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 6-8), David Smith Tod (grades 9-11)
1926-1927	Lulu Wall (grades 1-3), Gladys M. Frank (grades 4-5), Gladys M. Ray (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1927-1928	Lulu Wall (grades 1-2), M. Finegood (grades 3-5), Gladys M. Ray (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1928-1929	Lulu Wall (grades 1-2), M. Finegood (grades 3-5), Clara E. Poyser (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1929-1930	Jean Mary McRae (grades 1-2), Dorothy Barbara Laing (grades 3-5), Clara E. Poyser (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1930-1931	E. Lillian Harper (grades 1-3), Dorothy Barbara Laing (grades 3-5), Olive Mae Wells (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1931-1932	Rosetta Margaret Webber (grades 1-3), Helen Isabel McAulay (grades 4-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1932-1933	Rosetta Margaret Webber (grades 1-3), Helen Isabel McAulay (grades 4-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-11)
1933-1934	Rosetta Margaret Webber (grades 1-2), Helen Isabel McAulay (grades 3-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-12)
1934-1935	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-2), R.W. McAmmond (grades 3-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Herbert Clarence Ray (grades 9-12)
1935-1936	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-2), James William Free (grades 3-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Karl Eric Chambers (grades 9-11)
1936-1937	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-2), James William Free (grades 3-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Karl Eric Chambers (grades 9-11)
1937-1938	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-2), James William Free (grades 3-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 6-8), Karl Eric Chambers (grades 9-11)
1938-1939	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-5), Jennie Parker Burris (grades 5-8), Karl Eric Chambers (grades 9-12)
1939-1940	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-5), Andrah Eileen Grant (grades 5-8), Karl Eric Chambers (grades 9-12)
1940-1941	Annie Ruth Mitchell (grades 1-4, 1940-1941), Meta Lenore Tindall (grades 1-4, 1941), Andrah Eileen Grant (grades 5-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-11)
1941-1942	Maymie Evelyn Huxley (grades 1-4), Muriel Jean McKinnon (grades 5-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-11)
1942-1943	Maymie Evelyn Huxley (grades 1-4), Muriel Jean McKinnon (grades 5-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-11)
1943-1944	Dorothy Esther Kneeshaw (grades 1-4), Muriel Jean McKinnon (grades 5-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-11)
1944-1945	Dorothy Esther Kneeshaw (grades 1-4), Muriel Jean McKinnon (grades 5-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-11)
1945-1946	Dorothy Esther Kneeshaw (grades 1-2), Meta Lenore Tindall (grades 3-5), Muriel Jean McKinnon (grades 5-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-12)
1946-1947	Meta Lenore Tindall (grades 1-2), Mildred Irene Kenrick (grades 3-5), Marjorie Eleanor Evans (grades 6-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-12)
1947-1948	Meta Lenore Tindall (grades 1-2), Mildred Irene Kenrick (grades 3-5), Marjorie Eleanor Evans (grades 6-8), Frank Irwin Tindall (grades 9-11)
1948-1949	Dorothy L. Hanks (grades 1-2), Ethel Mavis Fry (grades 3-5), Verla S. Bell (grades 6-8), Thaddeus Cecil “Ted” Brune (grades 9-11)
1949-1950	Kathleen Elizabeth Shorthose (grades 1-2), Joyce E. Harding (grades 3-5), Marjorie Eleanor Evans (grades 6-8), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 9-11)
1950-1951	Rita Aileen Armstrong (grades 1-2), Hannah Margaret Robinson (grades 3-5), Marjorie Eleanor Evans (grades 6-8), Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (grades 9-11)
1951-1952	Rita Aileen Armstrong (grades 1-2), Gwenneth Lorraine Jackson (grades 3-5), Marjorie Eleanor Evans (grades 6-8), Norman Gilbert Harvey (grades 9-11)
1952-1953	Rita Aileen Armstrong (grades 1-2), Gwenneth Lorraine Jackson (grades 3-5), Mrs. Jenny Graham (grades 6-8), Norman Gilbert Harvey (grades 9-11)
1953-1954	Rita Aileen Armstrong (grades 1-2), Agnes Jane Farr (grades 3-5), Helena Elsie Jorgenson (grades 6-8), Norman Gilbert Harvey (grades 9-11)
1954-1955	Lauretta Mae Sauve (grades 1-2), Una Margaret Cook (grades 3-5), Edith Mary Carmichael (grades 6-8), David Langton MacDonald (grades 9-11)
1955-1956	Lauretta Mae Sauve (grades 1-2), Una Margaret Cook (grades 3-5), Edith Mary Carmichael (grades 6-8), Edward Turner Revel (grades 9-11)
1956-1957	Edwina Denise Morison (grades 1-2), Shirley Allen (grades 3-5), Sylvia Nell Antonation (grades 6-8), Glenyce Currie (grades 9-10), Edward Turner Revel (grades 11-12)
1957-1958	Lieta E. Styles (grades 1-4), Lena Embryh Ewanyshyn (grades 5-8), Marjorie Eleanor Evans Renwick (grades 9-10), John S. Schellenberg (grades 11-12)
1958-1959	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Jeanne W. Smith (grades 3-5), Evelyn Louise O’Toole (grades 6-8), Marjorie Eleanor Evans Renwick (grades 9-10), John Naherny (grades 11-12)
1959-1960	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Jeanne W. Smith (grades 3-5), Robert James Herbert Dodds (grades 6-8), Marjorie Eleanor Evans Renwick (grades 9-10), Ronald Elwood Stacey (grades 11-12)
1960-1961	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Robert James Herbert Dodds (grades 3-5), Ronald Albert Thody (grades 6-8), Marjorie Eleanor Evans Renwick (grades 9-10), Ronald Elwood Stacey (grades 11-12)
1961-1962	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Helen Margaret Cook (grades 3-5), Ronald Albert Thody (grades 6-8), Marjorie Eleanor Evans Renwick (grades 9-10), Ronald Elwood Stacey (grades 11-12)
1962-1963	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Helen Margaret Cook (grades 3-5), Frances Ann Dagg (grades 6-8), Marjorie Eleanor Evans Renwick (grades 9-10), Ronald Elwood Stacey (grades 11-12)
1963-1964	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Helen Margaret Cook (grades 3-5), Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8)
1964-1965	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Helen Margaret Cook (grades 3-5), Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8)
1965-1966	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Karen McKnight (grades 3-5), Richard Arnold Dow (grades 6-8)
1966-1967	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Vivianne Rose Howard (grades 3-5), Richard Arnold Dow (grades 6-8)
1967-1968	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Vivianne Rose Howard (grades 3-5, 1967; grades 5-6, 1968), Joanne A. Graham Titus (grades 3-4, 1968), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 6-8)
1968-1969	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 3-4), Annie Lamb (grades 5-6), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 7-8)
1969-1970	Mabel Kennedy (grades 1-2), Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 3-4), Annie Lamb (grades 5-6), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 7-8)
1970-1971	Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 1-2), Annie Lamb (grades 3-4), Cecil George McCullough (grades 5-6), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 7-8)
1971-1972	Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 1-2), Annie Lamb (grades 3-4), Cecil George McCullough (grades 5-6), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 7-8)
1972-1973	Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 1-3), Cecil George McCullough (grades 4-6), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 7-8)
1973-1974	Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 1-4), Cecil George McCullough (grades 4-6), Muriel Jean Thorn (grades 7-8)
1974-1975	Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 1-4), Cecil George McCullough (grades 4-6), Joanne A. Graham Titus (grades 7-8)
1975-1976	Maymie Evelyn Lupton (grades 1-4), William Gregory Sims (grades 5-6), Joanne A. Graham Titus (grades 7-8)

Photos & Coordinates

Wellwood School (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 45 Construction workers at the entrance to Wellwood Consolidated School (1917) Source: Alan Calvert Fox Wellwood School (1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Wellwood 5 Wellwood School (no date) Source: Cam Timlick   Wellwood School commemorative monument (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.03844, W99.33411 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

The Carberry Plains: 75 Years of Progress. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C36 Car]

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.

First Century of Langford, 1891-1991 by Langford Centennial History Committee, 1990, pages 68-70.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (Schedule: E 0757), GR 1628, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection (GR0292), Wellwood School District No. 135 Daily Attendance Registers, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Alan Calvert Fox, Allan Drysdale, and Cam Timlick for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 August 2023

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