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The Winnipeg Falls School District was established in June 1905 in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth. In 1929, when construction of the Seven Sisters hydroelectric power dam commenced, the original schoolhouse was replaced by two structures: the Winnipeg Falls North School nearer to Seven Sisters and the other a two-room structure at this site in the community of River Hills. A third classroom was added to it in the 1950s. In 1967, the district became part of the Agassiz School Division. When the South School closed in 1968, the building was turned into a community hall.
The structure was gone at the time of a 2020 site visit.
Period
Principal
1929-1930
Murray L. Holmes
1930-1934
John Gordon Tully
1934-1941
Edward Alexander Mroz (1908-2001)
1941-1942
Armin Sawatzky
1942
Mrs. M. Le Roy [Leroy?]
1943
George Kroeker
1943
Mrs. A. Sieg
1944
Gladys Mooney
1944
Mrs. A. Sieg
1944
Marie Zawaly Melnick
1944-1945
Gladys Mooney
1945
George Kroeker
1945
Mrs. A. H? Sieg
1946
George Kroeker
1946-1950
Maurice Walter Peleshok (1922-2013)
1950-1952
Raymond Ernest Parent
1952-1953
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1953-1959
William John Schultz (1899-1988)
1959-1961
Edward Alexander Mroz (1908-2001)
1961-1965
Donald Harry Nichol
1965-1967
Bohdan Ballen
1967-1968
Robert William Osachuk
Period
Teachers
1929-1930
Murray L. Holmes (grades 1-7)
1930-1931
John Gordon Tully (grades 1-7)
1931-1932
John Gordon Tully (grades 1-8)
1932-1933
John Gordon Tully (grades 1-7)
1933-1934
John Gordon Tully (grades 1-7)
1934-1935
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-7)
1935-1936
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-7)
1936-1937
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-7)
1937-1938
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-8)
1938-1939
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-8)
1939-1940
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-8)
1940-1941
Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 1-9)
1941-1942
Armin Sawatzky (grades 1-8)
1942-1943
George Kroeker (grades 1-8, January-June), Mrs. M. Le Roy [Leroy?] (grades 1-9, September-December)
1943-1944
Gladys Mooney (grades 1-9, January-?), Mrs. A. Sieg (grades 1-9, September-December & ?-? pt Spring), Marie Zawaly Melnick (grades 1-9, ?-June)
1944-1945
Gladys Mooney (grades 1-8)
1945-1946
George Kroeker (grades 1-9, September-? & January-June), Mrs. A. H? Sieg (grades 1-8 substitute, ?-December)
1946-1947
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 1-8)
1947-1948
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 1-8)
1948-1949
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-9), Nonnie [Nonna] Panchuk Peleshok (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 7-12), Nonnie [Nonna] Panchuk Peleshok (grades 1-6)
1950-1951
Raymond Ernest Parent (grades 7-11), Rose Sommerfeld (grades 1-6)
1951-1952
Marion Orinrod? [Ormrod?] (grades 1-6), Raymond Ernest Parent (grades 7-12)
1952-1953
Ralph Paul Bardal [Barkel?] (grades 5-8), Nettie Funk (grades 1-4), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 9-10)
1953-1954
Myrtle Munday (grades 5-8), William John Schultz (grades 9-11), Maria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1954-1955
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1955-1956
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1956-1957
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1957-1958
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1958-1959
Maurice Walter Peleshok (grades 5-8), Nonna Peleshok (grades 1-4), William John Schultz (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
Marian “Helen” Balness (grades 1-4), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 5-8)
1960-1961
Marian “Helen” Balness (grades 1-4), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4), Donald Harry Nichol (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Bohdan Ballen (grades 5-8), Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4)
1966-1967
Bohdan Ballen (grades 5-8), Carolyn Audrey Brandstrom Klepatz (grades 1-4)
1967-1968
Linda Bywater (grades 1-3), Robert William Osachuk (grades 4-6)
The former Winnipeg Falls South School, later the River Hills Community Club (October 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.07655, W96.02357
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Falls North School No. 1346 (Seven Sisters Falls, RM of Whitemouth)
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
Trails to Rails to Highways edited by Bob Porth and Craig MacKenzie, Whitemouth Municipal Museum Society, 1979.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg Falls School District No. 1346 (South School) - Daily Registers, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg Falls School District No. 1346 - Cash Books, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Robert Porth, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 June 2022
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