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Constructed in 1960 and named for Margaret Ellen Douglass, this building housed a six-classroom school catering to the needs of disabled children and, on the second floor, the Child Guidance Clinic of Winnipeg. It was funded jointly by the Winnipeg School Division and the Manitoba Department of Health and Social Services. It was designed by William Isaac Enns, the in-house architect for the School Division who also designed St. John’s High School and Kelvin High School. On 28 April 1960, the building’s cornerstone was laid by Canadian Governor-General Georges Philias Vanier and the building was opened officially on 20 January 1961.
The school was closed in June 1980 and most of its students were relocated to Lord Roberts School where it was known as the Ellen Douglass Program. The main floor of this building was then leased to the International Centre, primarily as ESL classrooms for new immigrants, before the building was taken over completely by the Child Guidance Clinic. By 2015, the clinic, now called Clinical Support Services, had vacated and the School Division put the building up for sale.
In February 2017, the building was purchased by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
Principals
Period |
Principal |
1960-1963 |
Margaret Ruth Crosland (c1919-2006) |
1963-1964 |
Mrs. May Robertson (Acting) |
1964-1967 |
Margaret Ruth Crosland (c1919-2006) |
1967-1973 |
Mrs. May Robertson |
1973-1977 |
Wayne R. Bembridge |
1977-1985 |
Catherine Anne “Cathi” Hill |
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1960-1961 |
Margaret Ruth Crosland (grades 3-5), Edna Ruth Halford (grades 1-2, at Montrose School), Florence Mary Patey (kindergarten - grade 2, at Montrose School), Jean Ann Robertson (grades 1-3), Bernice Stebbing (at Montrose School) |
1961-1962 |
Edna Ruth Halford (grades 3-5), Shirley Frances Jarvis (primary ungraded, May-June), Florence Mary Patey (primary ungraded, September-April), Mrs. O. Flatt, Mrs. Phyllis Frayer, Mrs. J. Robertson |
1962-1963 |
? |
1963-1964 |
Olive Eleanor Flatt (grades 2-3), Phyllis Dare Frayer (grade 1), Edna Ruth Halford (grades 4-6), Sydney A. Lecker (intermediate ungraded), Mary Pankiw (grades 1-3), Ethel Louise Sutherland (primary ungraded), Mrs. J. Clark, Mrs. Ellen McQuaker |
1964-1965 |
Margaret Ruth Crosland (grades 7-11), Olive Eleanor Flatt (grades 2-3), Phyllis Dare Frayer (grade 1), Edna Ruth Halford (grades 4-6), Sydney A. Lecker (intermediate ungraded), Jean Ann Robertson (grades 2-4), Ethel Louise Sutherland (primary ungraded), Mrs. Ellen McQuaker, Miss M. Metcalfe |
1965-1966 |
Mrs. Phyllis Frayer, Edna Ruth Halford, Miss M. Harder, Sydney A. Lecker, Mrs. C. McLean, Mrs. Ellen McQuaker, Mrs. J. Robertson, Miss Ethel Louise Sutherland |
1966-1967 |
Mrs. Phyllis D. Frayer, Edna Ruth Halford, Miss M. Harder, Sydney A. Lecker, Mrs. Ellen McQuaker, Mrs. C. McLean, Mrs. J. Robertson, Miss Ethel Louise Sutherland |
1967-1968 |
Mrs. Phyllis D. Frayer, Edna Ruth Halford, Miss M. Harder, Mrs. R. Johnson, Sydney A. Lecker, Mrs. M. McKerchar, Mrs. Ellen McQuaker, Mrs. J. Robertson, Ethel Louise Sutherland, Mrs. M. Wallman |
1968-1969 |
Frances Irene Clement (grades 2-3), Margaret Harder (grades 4-5), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 6-8), Sydney A. Lecker, Elaine May McLeod (kindergarten), May Robertson (grades 9-10), Ethel Louise Sutherland (grade 1), Martha Warkentin (grade 2), Mrs. Ellen McQuaker, Miss M. Metcalfe |
1969-1970 |
Marlene G. Batke (kindergarten), Frances Irene Clement (grades 1-2, 1969; grades 2-3, 1970), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 3-4), Sydney A. Lecker, May Robertson (grades 5-7), Ethel Louise Sutherland (grade 1) |
1970-1971 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - grade 1), Angela Marion Einarson (grade 1), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 3-4), Sydney A. Lecker, May Robertson (grades 5-7), Sylvia Torbiak (grade 2) |
1971-1972 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - grade 1), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 4-6), Sydney A. Lecker, Belinda Agatha Rossler (grades 1-2), Sylvia Torbiak (grades 2-3) |
1972-1973 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - grade 1), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 4-6, 1972; grades 4-5, 1973), Sydney A. Lecker, Belinda Agatha Rossler (grades 1-3, 1973; grades 2-3, 1974), Sylvia Torbiak (grades 3-4) |
1973-1974 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - grade 1), Margaret Harder (grades 3-4), Catherine Anne “Cathi” Hill (ungraded), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 4-5), Sydney A. Lecker, Sylvia Torbiak (primary ungraded), Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko (ungraded) |
1974-1975 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - grade 1), Margaret Harder (grades 3-4), Catherine Anne “Cathi” Hill (ungraded), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 4-6), Sydney A. Lecker, Sylvia Torbiak (grades 1-2) |
1975-1976 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - grade 1), Margaret Harder (grades 2-3), Catherine Anne “Cathi” Hill (ungraded), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 4-5), Sydney A. Lecker, Sylvia Torbiak (grades 1-2), Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko (ungraded), Mrs. L. Wawryko (ungraded) |
1976-1977 |
Marlene G. Batke (kindergarten - grade 1), Jane Dawson (ungraded, 1977), Margaret Harder (grades 2-4), Catherine Anne “Cathi” Hill (ungraded, 1976), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 5-6), Sydney A. Lecker, Jo Lynne Overall (ungraded, 1976), Sylvia Torbiak (grades 1-2), Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko (ungraded, at Montcalm School) |
1977-1978 |
Marlene G. Batke (nursery - kindergarten), Heather Crawford (ungraded), Margaret Harder (grades 2-4), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 5-6), Sydney A. Lecker, Sylvia Torbiak (grades 1-2), Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko (ungraded, at Montcalm School) |
1978-1979 |
Heather Crawford (ungraded), Mary Belle Jaffray (grades 4-6), Sydney A. Lecker, Sylvia Torbiak (kindergarten - grade 2), Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko (ungraded, at Montcalm School) |
1979-1980 |
Marlene G. Batke (grades 1-3), Barbara Trudy Goldstine, Margaret Harder (grades 3-6), Janice Arlene Hunter, Sydney A. Lecker, Thomas Maxwell Shelton, Charlotte Kay Sloan (ungraded, 1979), Neil Martin Stern (ungraded, 1980), Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko (ungraded, at Montcalm School) |
1980-1981 |
Lord Roberts School: Marlene G. Batke (kindergarten - grade 2), Margaret Harder (grades 3-6), Janice Arlene Hunter, Sydney A. Lecker, Thomas Maxwell Shelton, Charlotte Kay Sloan, Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko |
1981-1982 |
Lord Roberts School: Marlene G. Batke (grades 1-3), Margaret Harder (grades 3-6), Janice Arlene Hunter, Sydney A. Lecker, Charlotte Kay Sloan, Dave Taylor, Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko |
1982-1983 |
Lord Roberts School: Marlene G. Batke (grades 1-3), Margaret Harder (grades 3-6), Janice Arlene Hunter Foge, Sydney A. Lecker, Charlotte Kay Sloan, Dave Taylor (grades 5-7), Ira Udou, Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko |
1983-1984 |
Lord Roberts School: Marlene G. Batke (grades 1-3), Janice Arlene Hunter Foge, Margaret Harder (grades 3-6, 1983), Charlotte Kay Sloan, Dave Taylor, Barbara Town (grades 3-6, 1984), Ira Udou, Anthony Paul “Tony” Wawryko |
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lord Roberts School (Daly Street South, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Montcalm School (Tecumseh Street, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: Margaret Ellen Douglass (1878-1950)
Memorable Manitobans: William Isaac “Bill” Enns (1923-2006)
Sources:
“Vanier to be asked to lay cornerstone of new city school,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 April 1960, page 24.
“Official ceremonies set for Vanier visit to city,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 April 1960, page 3.
“Vaniers wave goodbye,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1960, page 1.
[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 February 1961, page 11.
“The Winnipeg School Division No. 1,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 1973, page 43.
“Bembridge new Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 1973.
“School’s goal - to make children independent,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1977, page 46.
“HSC to revamp old school into $8.8-M clinic,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 2017.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District #1 (Ellen Douglass School) - Daily Registers, GR13335, Archives of Manitoba.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank the Winnipeg School Division for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Christian Cassidy, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 September 2023
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