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The cornerstone of Ashland School was laid in a ceremony on 2 November 1951, and a one-storey structure was erected at 170 Ashland Avenue in Winnipeg. The school closed in 1982 and, as of 1993, the building now hosts a Diagnostic Learning Centre of the Winnipeg School Division.
Period
Principal
1952-1955
Evelyn Dorothy Cox (1913-2010)
1955-1959
Anne Smigel (1914-2008)
1959-1967
Dorothy May Allward (1904-1968)
1967-1969
none
1969-1974
Donalda Ruth Stewart “Donna” Stanbra (1925-2011)
1974-1976
Mary Pankiw
1976-1978
?
1978-1981
Carol M. Basarab
1981-1982
W. Garry Lally
Period
Vice-Principal
1967-1969
Miss A. Phillips
School Year
Teachers
1952-1953
W. J. Birtle, Miss K. L. Dixon, Miss L. Hart, Miss M. P. Holloway, Miss M. V. Irwin, Miss S. S. Quelch
1953-1954
Mrs. C. Buchner, Miss H. Drysdale, Miss J. Hamm, Miss L. E. Hart, Miss A. Laurin, Miss S. S. Quelch
1954-1955
Miss H. Drysdale, Miss L. Hart, Miss J. Hamm, Miss A. Laurin, Miss S. Quelch, Miss R. Woods
1955-1956
Miss H. Drysdale, Miss J. Hamm, Miss L. Hart, Miss A. Laurin, Mrs. S. Stevenson, Miss R. Woods
1956-1957
Miss E. Fallman, Miss L. E. Hart, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Laurin, Miss S. Reynolds, Mrs. S. Stevenson
1957-1958
Miss E. Halpenny, Miss L. Hart, Mrs. M. Howell, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Laurin, Mrs. S. Stevenson
1958-1959
Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss L. Hart, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Laurin, Mrs. S. Stevenson
1959-1960
Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss D. Artibise, Miss F. Halpenny, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Nosworthy, Miss M. Sullivan
1960-1961
Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss D. Artibise, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. K. Tobian
1961-1962
Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Mrs. G. H. Ryan, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. K. Tobian
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss C. Cameron, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Mrs. O. Slipchenko, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. E. Wellwood
1964-1965
Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss C. Cameron, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Mrs. O. Slipchenko, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. E. Wellwood
1965-1966
Mrs. F. Borys, Miss C. Cameron, Miss E. Halpenny, Mrs. F. Hughes, Miss A. Nosworthy, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. J. Vogt
1966-1967
Mrs. F. Borys, Miss C. Cameron, Mrs. M.E. Grills, Miss E. Halpenny, Mrs. F. Hughes, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. G. Vadenboncoeur
1967-1968
[includes Riverview School] Miss E. Alexander, Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss J. Becker, Miss P. Block, Mrs. E. Buhler, Mrs. E. Butler, Miss C. Cameron, Mrs. P. M. Coughlin, Mrs. E. Dale, Miss S. Derksen, Miss M. Feltham, Mrs. O. Flatt, Mrs. E. Grills, Mr. P. O. Heinrich, Mrs. P. Kirk, Miss M. McIntyre, Mrs. J. McKall, Miss M. McLaughlin, Miss N. Medel, Miss R. Neufeld, Miss J. Sandercock, Miss O. Serafin, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. G. Vandenboncoeur, Miss J. Warner
1968-1969
[includes Riverview School] Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss J. Becker, Miss E. Blanchette, Miss P. Block, R. Copley, Miss C. Cameron, Miss S. Derksen, Mrs. E. Dale, Mrs. O. Flatt, Mrs. E. Grills, Mrs. L. Hominick, Mrs. M. Long, Miss A. McIntyre, Miss M. McIntyre, Miss M. McLaughlin, Miss A. Moss, Mrs. R. Neufeld, Mrs. E. Pankratz, H. Pauls, Miss J. Sanderdock, Mrs. J. Sobovitch, Miss K. Stevenson, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. M. Toews, Miss M. Waldie, Miss J. Warner, Miss M. Wallace
Ashland School (no date)
Source: Winnipeg School DivisionAshland School (June 2019)
Source: Jim FryzaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86375, W97.12155
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riverview School (Casey Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sanford School No. 86 (Sanford, RM of Macdonald)
“Board expected to study closing of two schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1980, page 7.
“School closing probed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 1981, page 20.
“Ashland clarifications,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 February 1981, page 11.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank the Winnipeg School Division, Jim Fryza, and George Stewart for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 6 July 2022
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