Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bethany Consolidated School No. 161 (Bethany, RM of Minto-Odanah)

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The Bethany Consolidated School District No. 161, located in the hamlet of Bethany in what is now the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah, was formed in May 1919 from the consolidation of Bethany School No. 161 (which had been formed in December 1883) with Roche School No. 1687. It closed in June 1967 and the two-storey brick building was later demolished. A monument at the site was dedicated in 1979 to commemorate former students and teachers of Bethany School.

Principals

Period	Principal
1919-1920	Lottie Isabella Irwin Richardson (1895-1967)
1920	T. J. Wilson
1921	Lottie Isabella Irwin Richardson (1895-1967)
1921-1922	William Lineham Logan (1898-1987)
1922-1923	Edith Ann Fingland (1877-1957)
1923	Norah G. Templar
1923-1924	Eva Calverley (1895-1988)
1924-1927	Christopher Stow (1873-1933)
1927-1928	Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (1865-1944)
1928-1930	Edgar John Jarvis (1894-1972)
1930-1933	Norman Ernest Wright (1906-1957)
1933-1939	George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1939-1941	George Scott Belton (1904-1967)
1941-1942	Reginald Edwin Penton
1942-1945	Samuel Stewart Bryan (1889-?)
1945-1946	Kenneth Donald Bruce (1892-1968)
1946-1947	Anne “Annie” Kachur
1947-1948	Marie-Jeanne St. Germain
1948-1949	Lionel Travers Glaser (1922-2011)
1949-1953	Henriette Nelly Andre (1907-2001)
1953-1954	Jacob A. Sawatzky
1954-1955	Hildur Ingrid Josephine Wilson
1955	George W. Fellowes
1955	Oliver Glen Olmstead (?-1997)
1955-1957	Gladys Dorothy Davies
1957-1959	George J. Gamey
1959-1961	Ronald Charles Beech
1961-1962	Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (?-2009)
1962-1963	Clarence Lockhart
1963-1965	Mabel Winters Boyd
1965-1966	Gordon Kenneth Loeb
1966-1967	Lynne Marie Henuset

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1919-1920	Lottie Isabel Irwin (grades 5-10), ? (grades 1-4)
1920-1921	E. Dickson (grades 1-3), William Lineham Logan (grades 8-11, 1921), Lottie Isabel Irwin Richardson (grades 8-11, 1921), T. J. Wilson (grades 6-11, 1920), ? (grades 4-6, 1920; grades 4-7, 1921)
1921-1922	William Lineham Logan (grades 8-11), ? (grades 1-7)
1922-1923	Edith Ann Fingland (grades 8-11), Clara Sanderson (grades 1-3), Leila E. Simpson (grades 4-7)
1923-1924	Eva Calverly (grades 8-11), Mary Forbes (grades 1-3), Norah G. Templar (grades 8-11, 1923), ? (grades 4-7)
1924-1925	M. R. Privat (grades 1-3, 1924), Christopher Stow (grades 8-11), Inez Summers (grades 1-3, 1925), ? (grades 4-7)
1925-1926	Christopher Stow (grades 8-11), Inez Summers (grades 1-3), M. M. Waite (grades 4-7)
1926-1927	Sophie Moffett (grades 3-7), Christopher Stow (grades 8-11), ? (grades 4-7)
1927-1928	Ida Blakeman (grades 3-5), Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (grades 9-11), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-2)
1928-1929	Ida Blakeman (grades 3-5), Isobel Ferguson Broadfoot (grades 3-5, 1929), Edgar John Jarvis (grades 9-11), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-2)
1929-1930	Edgar John Jarvis (grades 9-11), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-5)
1930-1931	Janet A. R. Duncan (grades 1-2), Margaret J. Patterson (grades 6-8), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 9-11), ? (grades 3-5)
1931-1932	Emma Margaret Gill (grades 3-5), Violet L. Reeves (grades 6-8), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-2)
1932-1933	Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), Florence Elizabeth Wilmot (grades 4-6), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 9-11)
1933-1934	Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1934-1935	Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1935-1936	Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1936-1937	Olive Mary Eley (grades 4-6), Winifred Norah Hulbert (grades 1-3), George William Leonard (grades 7-11)
1937-1938	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Marguerite Elizabeth Stocker (grades 1-3), ? (grades 4-6)
1938-1939	A. M. Gaudin (grades 3-5), George William Leonard (grades 9-11), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 6-8), Marguerite Elizabeth Stocker (grades 1-2)
1939-1940	George Scott Belton (grades 9-11), Helen Isabelle McAulay (grades 6-8), Marguerite Elizabeth Stocker (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-5)
1940-1941	George Scott Belton (grades 9-11), Helen Isabelle McAulay (grades 6-8), Mildred Edith McFarlane (grades 1-2), Flora Mathison (grades 3-5)
1941-1942	Alice Rosella Lavinia Birch (grades 3-5), Essie M. Boyd (grades 6-8, 1942), Ruth Buck (grades 6-8), Janet Kyle (grades 6-8, 1942), Mildred Edith McFarlane (grades 1-2), Jean N. Moyer (grades 3-5, 1941), Reginald Edwin Penton (grades 9-12), Winnifred Sanderson (grades 6-8, 1942)
1942-1943	Norma Louise Boake (grades 1-2), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Mary Aileen Dale (grades 6-8), ? (grades 3-5)
1943-1944	Norma Louise Boake (grades 1-2), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Mary Aileen Dale (grades 6-8), ? (grades 3-5)
1944-1945	Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 9-11), Linda M. Merrill (grades 1-2), Winnifred A. Rennie (grades 6-8), Alice Grace Widdicombe (grades 3-5)
1945-1946	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-3), Kenneth Donald Bruce (grades 8-11), Constance B. Carter (grades 4-7, 1946), Winona Marie Horner (grades 4-7, 1945)
1946-1947	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Violet Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Anne “Annie” Kachur (grades 9-11)
1947-1948	Valdis Camilla Antonius (grades 5-8), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Marie-Jeanne St. Germain (grades 9-11)
1948-1949	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Edith Matilda Gill (grades 5-8), Lionel Travers Glaser (grades 9-11)
1949-1950	Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Kathleen M. Cairns (grades 5-8)
1950-1951	Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Kathleen M. Cairns (grades 5-8)
1951-1952	Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Mrs. M. J. Viola Ross (grades 5-8, 1951), Mary A. Smith (grades 5-8, 1952)
1952-1953	Henriette N. Andre (grades 9-11), Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), William C. Davison (grades 5-8)
1953-1954	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), William C. Davison (grades 5-8), Jacob A. Sawatzky (grades 9-11)
1954-1955	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Hildur Ingrid Josephine Wilson (grades 9-11), Oliver Glen Olmstead (grades 5-8)
1955-1956	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Mrs. Ross Campbell (? grades, 1956), Gladys Dorothy Davies (grades 9-11, 1956), George W. Fellowes (grades 9-11, 1955), Mrs. Rex Hulbert (? grades, 1956), Oliver Glen Olmstead (grades 9-11, 1955; grades 5-8)
1956-1957	Essie M. Boyd (grades 1-4), Gladys Dorothy Davies (grades 9-11), Charles John Skoritko (grades 5-8)
1957-1958	Denis Babcock (grades 9-11), George J. Gamey (grades 5-8, 1958), Mary McLachlan (grades 1-4), Mary Rankin (grades 5-8, 1957)
1958-1959	George J. Gamey (grades 9-11), Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Joyce Elaine Vidal (grades 1-4)
1959-1960	Ronald Charles Beech (grades 9-11), Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Evelyn Diane Outhwaite (grades 1-4)
1960-1961	Ronald Charles Beech (grades 9-11), Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Evelyn Diane Outhwaite (grades 1-4)
1961-1962	Anthony Mikolayenko (grades 5-8), Evelyn Diane Outhwaite (grades 1-4)
1962-1963	Clarence Lockhart (grades 5-8), Julie Dorothy Renwick (grades 1-4)
1963-1964	Mabel Winters Boyd (grades 5-8), Julie Dorothy Renwick (grades 1-4, 1963), Violet Helen Switzer (grades 1-4, 1964)
1964-1965	Mabel Winters Boyd (grades 5-8), Violet Helen Switzer (grades 1-4)
1965-1966	Gordon Kenneth Loeb (grades 5-8), Joan Marie Vermeersch (grades 1-4)
1966-1967	Lynne Marie Henuset (grades 5-8), Joan Marie Vermeersch (grades 1-4)

Photos & Coordinates

Bethany School (no date) by W. C. Hartley Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 55. Bethany Consolidated School commemorative monument (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.31262, W99.75224 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Bethany School No. 161 Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports, Schedule E 0757, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Blaine Little for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 4 February 2021

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