Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dieppe School (530 Dieppe Road, Winnipeg)

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This four-classroom school in the Charleswood area of Winnipeg was commissioned by the Charleswood Consolidated School District No. 2327 upon designs by the local architectural firm of Prain and Ward. Prior to its construction in 1952, primary grades for the immediate commmunity were held nearby at the Roblin Park School. Capacity here was expanded to include classrooms for junior high students in 1956 and it became part of the Assiniboine South School Division in 1966. Around 2000, a commemorative monument was established (at 49.85589, -97.28300) on the school grounds.

Principals

Period	Principal
1952-1953	Benjamin Franklin Olson (1898-1981)
1953-1956	Constance Margaret Webster “Connie” Brooks (1915-1995)
1956-1958	William “Bill” Peters (1924-2021)
1958-c1966	John Thomas Wherrett (1932-2011)
c1966-1980	Harry Herbert Galan (?-2007)
1980-1990	Jeanne Margaret Gitzel
1990-2000	John Lamb
2000-2005	Jocelyn Fournier-Garyluk

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1978	Malcolm Cowie (1938-2008)
1979-?	?
?-1982	Henry Loewen
1980s	Jack Parrington
1980s	Diana Fabas Pirie
1983-1984	John Lamb
1984-1989	?
1989-1990	Phil Saurette
1990-1999	Diana Scott
2000	Debi Radi
2001-2003	Gord Campbell

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1952-1953	Clara Louise Dee (grades 4-5, September), May Esther Dempsey (grades 1-3), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Nellie C. McKenzie (grades 3-4), Benjamin Franklin Olson (grades 5-6, September-June & grade 7, September)
1953-1954	Victor Borsa (grades 4-5), Constance Margaret Webster Brooks (grades 5-6), Joan Alice Butler (grade 1), May Esther Dempsey (grade 2), Christina Fraser (grade 1, September-December; grades 1-2, January-June), Nellie C. McKenzie (grades 3-4),
1954-1955	Constance Margaret Webster Brooks (grades 5-6), Joan Alice Butler (grade 1), May Esther Dempsey (grade 2), Christina Fraser (grades 1-2), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 3), Dorothy Beatrice Rowe (grades 4-5)
1955-1956	Constance Margaret Webster Brooks (grades 5-6), May Esther Dempsey (grades 2-3), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Stephanie Quest Jobin (grades 1-2), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 3), Dorothy Beatrice Rowe (grade 4)
1956-1957	Stephanie Quest Jobin Anderson (grade 2), May Esther Dempsey (grade 3), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 6), William Peters (grade 8), Dorothy Beatrice Rowe (grade 5), Jemima Florence Webster (grade 7)
1957-1958	May Esther Dempsey (grade 3), Gilbert Denis Dumontier (grade 6), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Marilyn P. Gusdal (grade 1), Lois Y. Lynch (grade 2), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), William Peters (grade 8), Dorothy Beatrice Rowe (grade 5), Jemima Florence Webster (grade 7)
1958-1959	David Vincent Brown (grade 7), May Esther Dempsey (grade 3), Gilbert Denis Dumontier (grade 6), Christina Fraser (grades 1-2), Marilyn Phedora Giesbrecht (grade 1), Lois Y. Lynch (grade 2, September-December), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Irma M. Montgomery (grade 2, January-June), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 7), Mary B. Pass (grade 7), Dorothy Beatrice Rowe (grade 5), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8)
1959-1960	Mary Badman (grade 5), Leo P. Barkman (music), David Vincent Brown (grade 7), Christina Fraser (grades 1-2), Coralie Evelyn Gay (grade 3), Marilyn Phedora Giesbrecht (grade 1), Hilda Huldina Hintz (grade 7), Lara Kristjansson (grades 2-3), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Roland Leslie Otto (grade 7), Armand Gerard Roy (grade 6), Antoinnette Marie St. Onge (grade 8 and French, mathematics, literature), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8)
1960-1961	David Vincent Brown (grade 7), Lois Mae Collins (grade 5), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Marilyn Phedora Giesbrecht (grade 1), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), Hilda Huldina Hintz (grade 7), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Coralie Evelyn Gay Lawrence (grade 3), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Jack McTaggart (music), Armand Gerard Roy (grade 6), Antoinnette Marie St. Onge (grade 8, French, mathematics, & literature), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8)
1961-1962	Mary Badman (grade 5), David Vincent Brown (grade 8), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Coralie Evelyn Gay Lawrence (grade 3), Johannes Goodman Laxdal (grade 6), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Margaret Oddy (grade 3), Hilda Huldina Hintz Staska (grade 7), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8), Betty Joan Younger (grade 1)
1962-1963	Mary Badman (grade 5), David Vincent Brown (grade 6), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Georgette Sylvia Gauthier (grade 3), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Margaret Oddy (grade 3), Hilda Huldina Hintz Staska (grade 7), Rhoda Mae West (grade 4), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 8), Betty Joan Younger (grade 1)
1963-1964	Mary Badman (grade 5), David Vincent Brown (grade 7), Enid Lorna Dorward (grade 3), Roxy Edworthy (grade 1), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Georgette Sylvia Gauthier (grade 3), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Coralie Evelyn Gay Lawrence (grade 3, September-December), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Harry Alfred Martin (grade 8), Norma Doreen Nesbitt (grade 5), Rose Olga Wesner (grade 1), John Thomas Wherrett (grade 6), Esther Ruth Young (grade 4, January-June)
1964-1965	Mary Badman (grade 5), Clayton Brian Bottrell (grade 7), Constance Margaret Webster Brooks (grade 8), Enid Lorna Dorward (grade 3), Judith Annette Duncanson (grade 3), Margaret Jean Eckhart (grade 2), Frances Frieda Filuk (grade 5), Christina Fraser (grade 1), Mary Diane Fridfinnson (grade 1), John William Gushuliak (grade 6), Caroline Doreen Hamilton (grade 6), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), James Orville Hood (grade 7), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Harry Alfred Martin (grade 8, September-December), Hilda Huldina Hintz Staska (grade 8), Weston Sweet (grade 8, January-June), John W. F. Tober (grade 7), Rose Olga Wesner (grade 1), Esther Ruth Young (grade 4)
1965-1966	Mary Badman (grade 5), Stella Marie Beauregard (grade 7), Flora Lottie Bosinski (grade 1), Clayton Brian Bottrell (grade 7), Constance Margaret Webster Brooks (grade 8), Irene Marie Dauphinais (grade 3), Enid Lorna Dorward (grade 3), George Conway Dorward (grade 6), Margaret Jean Eckhart (grade 2), John William Gushuliak (grade 6), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), Claire Elaine Hansen (grade 3), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Patricia Ellen Rose McBride (grade 8), Marilyn Virginia McDonald (grade 1), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Judith Annette Thimm (grade 5), John W. F. Tober (grade 7), Gary Wesner (grade 8), Margaretha May Wiebe (grade 7), Rose Olga Wesner (grade 1), Esther Ruth Young (grade 4)
1966-1967	Mary Badman (grade 5), Valerie Ann Baker (grade 2), Clayton Brian Bottrell (grade 7), Margaret Louise Bottrell (grade 1), Constance Margaret Webster Brooks (grade 8), Karen Anne Classen (grade 4), Irene Marie Dauphinais (grade 8), Enid Lorna Dorward (grade 3), John William Gushuliak (grade 6), Edna May Hamilton (grade 2), Claire Elaine Hansen (grade 3), Michelle Lise Hebert (grade 7), Lara Kristjansson (grade 2), Marilyn Virginia McDonald (grade 1), Nellie C. McKenzie (grade 4), Earl Keith McMurchy (grade 6), Mary Evelyn Mazur (grade 3), Judith Annette Thimm (grade 5), John W. F. Tober (grade 8), Gary Wesner (grade 8), Margaretha May Wiebe (grade 7), Esther Ruth Young (grade 4)

Among the other teachers of Dieppe School were Mrs. Frances Mary Hutmacher, D. Wayne Thompson, and Michael Karl Koryluk (c1973).

Photos & Coordinates

Dieppe School (1969) Source: Planning, Property & Development, City of Winnipeg , #4532 Dieppe School (June 2020) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Dieppe School (August 2020) Source: Nathan Kramer Dieppe School commemorative monument (August 2020) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85648, W97.28316 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Prain and Ward / Ward and Macdonald / Macdonald, Cockburn, McLeod, and McFeetors / MCM Architects

Sources:

“Tenders [Two, four-room schools for the Charleswood School District],” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1951, page 25.

“Charleswood lists teachers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 1954, page 3.

“Showers are held for Coralie Gay,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 July 1960, page 10.

Obituary [Frances Mary Hutmacher], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 2017.

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Charleswood Consolidated School District No. 2327 (Dieppe School) - Daily Registers, GR10356, Archives of Manitoba.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

We thank Alan Mason, Myron Hutmacher, Bill Stevens, Margaret Stimson, and David Beer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 22 December 2022

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