Historic Sites of Manitoba: Plympton School / Dugald School No. 80 (Dugald, RM of Springfield)

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The Dugald School District began as the Plympton School District in 1879 and was split by the Department of Education that same year into the South Plympton School District and North Plympton School District, the latter of which was renamed Dugald School District in 1931. The Dugald School District commissioned a new three-room schoolhouse in 1936 based upon an architectural design of Gilbert C. Parfitt. This building was located near the northeast corner of NE33-10-5 East at Dugald in the Rural Municipality of Springfield.

In 1960, high school grades were transferred to Springfield Collegiate at Oakbank within the Transcona-Springfield School Division and, four years later, all remaining elementary grades were relocated to the new Dugald Consolidated School. The former schoolhouse, the district’s third purpose-build structure, stood until its demolition in 1972.

Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1936	See North Plympton School / Dugald School
1936-1937	Ross Laverne Donald (1907-1992)
1937-1939	Francis Gardner “Frank” Hall (1914-1977)
1939-1942	James Humphrey Plewes (1873-1963)
1942	William Harold Copeland (?-?)
1943	Edgar Burgess (1867-1954)
1943-1945	Christabel Blevins Frost (1911-1995)
1945	Muriel Amelia Robertson Redpath (1906-1983)
1946-1947	Douglas Gordon Pomeroy (1911-1968)
1947-1948	Fernand Pierre Genest
1948-1949	Stanley Francis Pye (1908-1985)
1949-1951	Henry Benjamin Bees (c1886-1968)
1951-1952	Thomas Walter Kelly
1952-1954	Stanley “Stan” Gertz
1954-1955	Barney M. Engel
1955-1956	Ernest Pankratz (1928-2015)
1956-1958	Laura May Cooke Gall (1912-2004)
1958-1960	Joseph Rudolph “Joe” Minarik (1930-1995)
1960-1963	James Friesen
1963-1964	Robert Barry Findlater (c1941-1966)
After 1964	See Dugald Consolidated School

Teachers

Period	Teachers
Before 1936	See North Plympton School / Dugald School
1936-1937	Ross Laverne Donald (grades 6-10), May Elizabeth Kennedy (grades 5-8)
1937-1938	Francis Gardner “Frank” Hall (grades 9-11), May Elizabeth Kennedy (grades 5-8), Beatrice May Williams (grades 1-4)
1938-1939	Francis Gardner “Frank” Hall (grades 9-11), May Elizabeth Kennedy (grades 5-8), Beatrice May Williams (grades 1-4)
1939-1940	Neilona Mary Chatfield (grades 5-8), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11)
1940-1941	Neilona Mary Chatfield (grades 5-8), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11)
1941-1942	Christabel Blevins (grades 5-8), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11)
1942-1943	Christabel Blevins (grades 5-8), William Harold Copeland (grades 9-11, 1942), Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11, 1943), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1943-1944	Etta Elvira Beatty Aitken (grades 5-8), Christabel Blevins (grades 9-11), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4), Dorothy Evelyn Mowat (grades 1-4, 1944)
1944-1945	Christabel Blevins (grades 9-11), Dorothy Evelyn Mowat (grades 1-4), Elsie Grace Stacey (grades 5-8)
1945-1946	Edith May Kelly (grades 5-8), Ida Ermyntrude Pearson (grades 1-4, 1946), Douglas Gordon Pomeroy (grades 9-11, January-June), Muriel Amelia Robertson Redpath (grades 9-11, September-December), Gloria Shingleton (grades 1-4)
1946-1947	Edith May Kelly (grades 5-8), Ida Ermyntrude Pearson (grades 1-4), Douglas Gordon Pomeroy (grades 9-11)
1947-1948	Fernand Pierre Genest (grades 9-11), Edith May Kelly (grades 5-8), Ida Ermyntrude Pearson (grades 1-4)
1948-1949	Verna Louise Davidson (grades 1-4, 1949), Howard D. McCloy (grades 5-8), Ida Ermyntrude Pearson (grades 1-4, 1948), Stanley Francis Pye (grades 9-11)
1949-1950	Henry Benjamin Bees (grades 9-11), Marion Pearl Dracass (grades 5-8), Janet Morrison (grades 1-4, 1950), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-4, 1949)
1950-1951	Henry Benjamin Bees (grades 9-11), Anne Mehyk (grades 1-4), Joan Evelyn Stewart (grades 5-8)
1951-1952	Thomas Walter Kelly (grades 9-11), Anne Mehyk (grades 1-4), Joan Evelyn Stewart (grades 5-8)
1952-1953	Stanley Gertz (grades 9-11), Michael Makarchuk (grades 5-8), Joan Evelyn Stewart Nowak (grades 1-4)
1953-1954	Stanley Gertz (grades 9-11), Hazel Beatrice Hournie (grades 5-8), Joan Evelyn Stewart Nowak (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	Margaret Josephine Duke (grades 1-4), Barney M. Engel (grades 9-11), Hazel Beatrice Hournie (grades 5-8)
1955-1956	Patsy Irene Challis (grades 5-8), Margaret Josephine Duke (grades 1-4), Ernest Pankratz (grades 9-11)
1956-1957	Margaret Josephine Duke (grades 1-4), Laura May Cooke Gall (grades 9-11), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-8)
1957-1958	Margaret Josephine Duke (grades 1-4), Laura May Cooke Gall (grades 9-11), Charlotte Jane Ross (grades 5-8)
1958-1959	Jarvis Korchak (grades 5-8), Joseph Rudolph “Joe” Minarik (grade 9-11), Gladys Reinhardt (grades 1-4)
1959-1960	Jarvis Korchak (grades 5-8), Joseph Rudolph “Joe” Minarik (grade 9-10), Gladys Reinhardt (grades 1-4)
1960-1961	Donna Pearl Bell (grades 1-3), James Friesen (grades 4-8)
1961-1962	Agnes Buhr (grades 3-5), James Friesen (grades 6-8), Katherine Plett (grades 1-2)
1962-1963	James Friesen (grades 6-8), Mary Gibbins (grades 3-5), Katherine Plett (grades 1-2)
1963-1964	Robert Barry Findlater (grades 6-8), Mary Gibbins (grades 3-5), Katherine Plett (grades 1-2)
After 1964	See Dugald Consolidated School

Photos & Coordinates

Dugald School (circa 1936) Source: Education Department Report, 1936, Manitoba Legislative Library. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88543, W96.84693 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: South Plympton School No. 81 (RM of Springfield)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: North Plympton School No. 80 / Dugald School No. 80 (Dugald, RM of Springfield)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dugald Consolidated School No. 2427 (Dugald, RM of Springfield)

Sources:

Dugald West topographic map, 62H/15, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].

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.

Springfield, 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973, Dugald Women’s Institute.

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, North Plympton School District No. 80 - Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Dugald School District No. 80 - Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.

Plans and Shop Drawings (GS 0100), North Plympton School District, GR3125, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 October 2022

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