Historic Sites of Manitoba: George V School (265 Grey Street, Winnipeg)

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Designed by Winnipeg school architect J. B. Mitchell, this three-storey, seven-classroom brick structure was built in 1915 by the contracting firm of Worswick Brothers. Its cornerstone was laid by trusteee Frederick Stevenson Harstone on 27 August 1915 and the school opened to students on 14 February 1916.

Construction on George V School No. 2, a structure measuring 162 feet by 60 feet, began in the spring of 1951 and opened to students in January 1952. The single-storey cottage-style school cost $132,232 and featured seven classrooms and a gymnasium. The older building was turned over to junior high grades previously transferred to Lord Selkirk School in September 1951. The school was officially opened on 5 March 1952.

Principals

Period	Principal
1916-1931	Annie Elizabeth Templeman (1876-1937)
1931-1934	Agnes Beswell Davidson “Nan” Donald (1895-1997)
1934-1939	Marion Louise MacDonald (1895-1984)
1939-1942	Maude Jarrett Peacock (1886-1973)
1942-1946	Jennie Johnson (1889-1980)
1946-1952	Gordon Thomas MacDonell (1908-2004)
1952-1956	Carson Ephram Abercrombie (1900-1963)
1956-1959	Harold Gordon Robson (1904-1991)
1959-1965	William Norval Donald (c1914-1980)
1965-1968	Ernest Butterworth (1916-1975)
1968-1971	Josephine Ernestine Fenny (1919-2018)
1971-1976	Marjorie Grace Dance (1915-2010)
1976-1978	William B. “Bill” Hinther
1978-1983	Murray Stern (1923-2014)
1983-1986	Henry Andrew Moroz (1924-2008)
1986-1990	Myrna M. Mitchell
1990-1994	Pam Rayner
1994-2002	Rosanne C. Wasylyniuk
2002-2012	Gisele Mospanchuk
2012-2019	Manuel Silva
2019-?	Matthew Couture

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1953-1954	Clifford Wesley Biglow (1908-1980)
1954-1956	Miss J. Mitchell
1956-1959	Henry “Harry” Robertson (1909-1995)
1959-?	?
?-1970	Natalie “Nellie” Sozansky (1920-2009)
1970-?	Frank J. Froese

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1915-1916	(February-June only): L. M. Colthammer (grade 1), A. F. Johnson (grade 3), Winnifred Phillips (grade 2), Annie Rust (grade 2), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 3-6, February; grades 4-6, March-June)
1916-1917	L. M. Colthammer (grades 1-2), A. F. Johnson (grade 4), Dorothy M. Partridge (grade 1), Winnifred Phillips (grades 2-3), Annie Rust (grade 3), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 5-7)
1917-1918	Alice M. Emes (grade 1), A. F. Johnston (grades 4-5, August-December; grade 5, January-June), Dorothy Clayton (grades 3-4, August-December; grade 4, January-June), Halma Esterberg (grade 2), Dorothy M. Partridge (grade 1), Annie Rust (grade 3), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 6-7)
1918-1919	(Closed pt October - pt December due to influenza epidemic): Dorothy Clayton (grades 3-4, August-February; grade 4, February-June), Alice M. Emes (grade 1), Halma Esterberg (grade 2), A. F. Johnson (grade 5), A. C. Long (grade 3, September-December?), Florence M. McDonald (grades 1-2, August-December; grade 1, January-June), Annie Rust (grade 3, January?-June), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 6-7)
1919-1920	A. F. Johnson (grade 5), Dorothy Clayton (grade 4), Alice M. Emes (grade 1, September-December; grades 1-2, January-June), Halma Esterberg (grade 2), Florence May McDonald (grade 1), Annie Rust (grade 3), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 6-7)
1920-1921	Halma Esterberg (grade 2), Crissy G. Ewen (grade 1), A. F. Johnson (grade 5), Florence May McDonald (grade 1, September-January; grades 1-2, February-June), Annie Rust (grade 3), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 6-7), ? (grade 4)
1921-1922	Halma Esterberg (grades 1-2, September-December; grade 2, January-June), Crissy G. Ewen (grades 5-6), Florence May McDonald (grades 4-5), Annie Rust (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 6-7), Ida Lillian Trowell (grade 1), Della Turner (grade 1), Evelyn A. Wilson (grades 3-4, September-December)
1922-1923	Eva Cross (grade 2, January-June), Crissy G. Ewen (grade 5), Halma Esterberg (grade 2, September-December), Mary Leitch (grade 4), Annie Rust (grade 3), Elsie Snyder (grade 1), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 6-7), Della Turner (grade 1)
1923-1924	Eva Cross (grades 2-3), Crissy G. Ewen (grades 5-6), Mary Leitch (grade 4), Annie Rust (grade 3), Elsie Snyder (grade 1), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 5-6), Della Turner (grades 1-2)
1924-1925	Crissy G. Ewen (grade 5), Mary Leitch (grade 4), Annie Rust (grade 3), Elsie Snyder (grade 1), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 5-6), Della Turner (grades 1-2), Enid Winning (grades 2-3)
1925-1926	Mary G. Andrew (grade 1), Jane Isabella McMurray (grade 5), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 1-2), Annie Rust (grades 3-4), Elsie Snyder (grade 4), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grade 6), Enid Winning (grades 2-3)
1926-1927	Mary G. Andrew (grade 1), Jane Isabella McMurray (grades 5-6), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 1-2), Annie Rust (grades 3-4), Elsie Snyder (grades 4-5), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grade 6), Enid Winning (grades 2-3)
1927-1928	Mary G. Andrew (grade 1), Kathleen Jean Hughes (grades 4-5), Jane Isabella McMurray (grades 5-6), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 1-2), Annie Rust (grades 3-4), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grade 6), Enid Winning (grades 2-3)
1928-1929	Mary G. Andrew (grade 1, October-May), Madeline Blackwood (grade 1, June), Edith Marion Cochrane (grade 6), Kathleen Jean Hughes (grade 5), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 1-2), Annie Rust (grade 4), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grade 7), Enid R? Winning (grade 3)
1929-1930	Rozann Catherine Carey (grades 2-3), Kathleen Jean Hughes (grade 5), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 1-2), Jennie Pelinsky (grade 1, June), Annie Rust (grade 4), Luella Jean Sprung (grade 1, May-June), Jonina Sumarlidason Summers (grade 1), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grade 7)
1930-1931	Lillian Kathleen Betsworth (grades 4-5), Margaret Eethel McFarlane (grades 3-4), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 1-2), Mabel Margaret Newman (grades 5-6), Lyla C. Sullivan (grades 2-3), Jonina Sumarlidason Summers (grade 1), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grade 7)
1931-1932	Lillian Betsworth, S. Golosoff, K. Hughes, V. Morrow, L. Sullivan, J. Summers
1932-1933	Lillian Betsworth, S. Golosoff, K. Hughes, V. Morrow, J. Summers
1933-1934	Elementary Department: Sadye Golosoff (grades 4-5), Kathleen Jean Hughes (grades 5-6), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 2-3), Luella J. Sprung (grades 3-4), Jonina Sumarlidason Summers (grades 1-2). Junior High Department: Agnes Beswell Davidson (grade 7)
1934-1935	Elementary Department: Sadye Golosoff (grades 4-5), Winifred McKee (grade 1), Mary Edna Mills (grades 3-4), Verda Greta Morrow (grades 2-3), Rutha H. Wilson (grades 4-5). Intermediate Department: Marion Lillian Macdonald (grade 7)
1935-1936	Elementary Department: S. Golosoff, W. McKee, E. Mills, V. Morrow, T. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Marion L. Macdonald
1936-1937	Elementary Department: S. Golosoff, W. McKee, V. Morrow, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Marion L. Macdonald
1937-1938	Elementary Department: S. Golosoff, W. McKee, V. Morrow, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Marion L. Macdonald
1938-1939	Elementary Department: S. Golosoff, V. Morrow, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Marion L. Macdonald
1939-1940	Elementary Department: S. Golosoff, V. Morrow, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Maude J. Peacock
1940-1941	Elementary Department: V. Morrow, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Maude J. Peacock
1941-1942	Elementary Department: V. Morrow, F. Pearson, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Maude J. Peacock
1942-1943	Elementary Department: F. Pearson, A. Steen, R. Wilson. Intermediate Department: Jennie Johnson
1943-1944	Elementary Department: F. Pearson, A. Steen. Intermediate Department: Jennie Johnson
1944-1945	Elementary Department: E. Creighton, M. Mozel, F. Pearson. Intermediate Department: Jennie Johnson, C. Robson
1945-1946	Elementary Department: E. B. Creighton, M. Mozel, B. Voss. Intermediate Department: M. McInnes, C. Robson
1946-1947	Elementary Department: E. Clarke, E. B. Creighton, Y. Datzkiw, M. Mozel, D. Murta. Intermediate Department: C. Robson
1947-1948	Elementary Department: E. Clarke, Marjorie G. Dance, M. P. McDonald, M. Mozel, G. Mueller, D. J. Murta. Intermediate Department: E. H. Berg, Edward M. Maguire, M. Strickland
1948-1949	Elementary Department: Miss B. Ashton, M. Ruth Crosland, Amy J. Mitchell, Miss M. Mozel, Miss D. I. Murta, Miss M. P. McDonald, Miss A. O’Kane, Miss F. M. Pearson, Miss O. Sigfusson. Intermediate Department: Marjorie G. Dance, Edward M. Maguire, F. Rekrut, G. Werier
1949-1950	Elementary Department: Miss B. Ashton, Mrs. F. Bell, M. Ruth Crosland, Miss M. P. McDonald, Edith Margaret Miller, Amy J. Mitchell, Miss M. Mozel, Miss D. I. Murta, Miss F. Pearson, Miss J. Tweed. Intermediate Department: Marjorie G. Dance, Edward M. Maguire, F. Rekrut, G. Werier
1950-1951	Elementary Department: Miss B. Ashton, Mrs. F. Bell, M. Ruth Crosland, Miss L. L. Epp, Miss M. Macdonald, Edith Margaret Miller, Amy J. Mitchell, Miss M. Mozel, Miss D. Murta, Miss F. Pearson, Mrs. V. Taylor. Intermediate Department: Marjorie G. Dance, Edward M. Maguire, F. Rekrut, Miss G. Voyeheshyn
1951-1952	Mrs. F. Bell, M. Ruth Crosland, H. Dereck, Miss J. E. Helgason, Miss M. P. McDonald, Miss I. D. McIvor, Edith Margaret Miller, Amy J. Mitchell, Miss E. B. Morland, Miss M. Mozel, Miss D. I. Murta, Mrs. D. A. Pegg, Mrs. V. Taylor, Miss E. J. Warner
1952-1953	Elementary Department: Mrs. F. Bell, M. Ruth Crosland, H. Dueck, Miss I. E. Helgason, Miss M. Lamont, Miss M. P. MacDonald, Miss C. D. MacQuarrie, Miss L. Madill, Miss I. D. McIvor, Edith Margaret Miller, Amy J. Mitchell, Miss E. B. Morland, Miss M. Mozel, Miss D. I. Murta, Mrs. D. E. Richan, Miss J. B. Rudy, Mrs. V. F. Taylor, Miss E. J. Warner. Intermediate Department: Marjorie G. Dance, W. W. Glover, Mrs. J. S. Januskiewicz
1953-1954	Elementary Department: Mrs. F. Bell, M. Ruth Crosland, Miss G. Dandy, Miss J. Hardy, Miss I. E. Helgason, Miss L. Madill, Miss I. D. McIvor, Edith Margaret Miller, Miss E. B. Morland, Miss M. Mozel, Miss D. Murta, Mrs. D. Richan, Miss J. Rudy, S. E. Solmundson, Miss G. Staples, Mrs. V. F. Taylor, Miss E. J. Warner. Intermediate Department: W. W. Glower, Mrs. J. S. Januskiewicz, Miss J. M. Lamont, F. F. Rekrut
1954-1955	Elementary Department: M. Ruth Crosland, Miss G. Dandy, Miss J. Hardy, Miss O. Jobin, Miss I. McIvor, Edith Margaret Miller, Miss B. Morland, Miss C. M. Murphy, Miss D. Murta, Miss M. Prygrocki, Mrs. D. Richan, Mrs. I. Richardson, Miss J. Rudy, Miss A. Schellenberg, S. E. Solmundson, Mrs. M. Sucharov, Mrs. V. Taylor, Miss J. Warner. Intermediate Department: Mrs. J. S. Januskiewicz, B. Johnston, F. F. Rekrut, Miss J. M. Lamont
1955-1956	Miss M. Allen, M. Ruth Crosland, Miss G. Dandy, Mrs. R. Gopaul, Miss J. Hardy, Miss O. Jobin, Edith Margaret Miller, Miss P. Moore, Miss E. Morland, Miss D. Murta, Mrs. M. M. Plummer, Mrs. S. Richardson, Mrs. J. Sargent, Miss A. Schellenberg, Miss E. Simonson, S. Solmundson, Miss T. Sorenson, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Mrs. V. Taylor, Miss J. Warner
1956-1957	Miss D. Aitken, Miss R. Chapman, Muriel Jean Gass, Mrs. M. Gopaul, Mrs. M. G. Hogue, Miss O. Jobin, Miss E. Lewis, Edith Margaret Miller, Miss E. Morland, Beulah Lyall Morrison, Miss Anne Nodotatko, Miss A. Paetkau, Mrs. I. Poinlon, Mrs. S. Richardson, Mrs. J. Sargent, Miss A. Schellenberg, S. Solmundson, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Miss Mary Uranick, Miss J. Warner
1957-1958	Miss R. Chapman, Mrs. M. Forsythe, Mrs. J. Grislason, Miss D. Goplin, Mrs. M. G. Hogue, Miss O. Jobin, Miss J. Korotash, Mrs. M. LeGrange, Mrs. D. Lane, Mrs. M. Little, Edith Margaret Miller, Miss B. Morland, Mr. W. Murrell, Miss A. Paetkau, Miss D. Reid, Mrs. J. Sargent, Miss A. Schellenberg, Mr. S. Solmundson, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Miss J. Warner
1958-1959	Mrs. M. Forsythe, Mrs. J. Gislason, Miss M. Ham, Mrs. G. Hogue, Miss O. Jobin, Miss C. Kvamme, Mrs. M. Legrange, Mrs. H. Lincoln, Mrs. D. Linn, Mrs. M. Little, Mrs. R. McMullen, Edith Margaret Miller, Miss B. Morland, Mrs. L. Morrison, W. Murrell, Miss A. Paetkau, Mrs. G. Pearson, Miss D. Reid, Mrs. A. Schellenberg, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Mrs. J. Warner
1959-1960	Miss K. Brandson, Miss I. Cherneski, William A. Dueck, Mrs. M. Forsyth, Mrs. G. Gislason, Miss M. Hamilton, Mrs. G. Hogue, Miss C. Kvamme, Mrs. M. LeGrange, Mrs. H. Lincoln, Mrs. M. Little, Miss M. Mann, Mrs. R. McMullan, Mrs. B. Morland, Mrs. L. Morrison, W. Murrell, Miss A. Paetkau, Miss D. Reid, Miss A. Schellenberg, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Mrs. M. Tattersoll, Mrs. M. Tweed
1960-1961	Mrs. F. Ayre, Mrs. R. Bohemier, Miss K. Brandson, William A. Dueck, Mrs. M. Duncan, Miss M. Hamilton, Mrs. G. Hogue, Miss C. Kvamme, Mrs. H. Lincoln, Mrs. M. Little, Mrs. D. McConnell, Mrs. R. McMullan, Mr. K. Madden, Miss M. Mann, Miss E. Morland, Mrs. L. Morrison, W. Murrell, Miss D. Reid, Miss A. Schellenberg, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Mrs. M. Tattersoll
1961-1962	Mrs. R. Bohemier, Mrs. K. Clegg, Mrs. E. Csaba, William A. Dueck, Mrs. M. Duncan, O. D. Ferris, Miss E. Hayward, Mrs. G. Hogue, Mrs. H. Lincoln, Mrs. M. Little, K. Madden, Miss M. Mann, Mrs. D. McCannell, Miss B. McEachran, Mrs. R. McMullan, Mrs. L. Morrison, Miss A. Schellenberg, Mrs. R. Schulz, Mrs. C. Spencer, Miss D. Staples, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Mrs. M. Tattersoll
1962-1963	William A. Dueck, ?
1963-1964	D. Ballard, Mrs. R. Bohemier, Miss B. Dales, William A. Dueck, Miss L. Evans, Miss L. Fallis, Miss E. Hayward, Mrs. G. Hogue, Mrs. C. Jennings, Miss A. Kroeker, Miss J. Leavesley, Mrs. H. Lincoln, Mrs. M. Little, Mrs. R. McMullan, K. Madden, Mrs. L. Morrison, Miss D. Reid, Miss D. Staples, Mrs. A. Sucharov, Mrs. M. Tattersall, Mrs. I. Wright
1964-1965	D. Ballard, Miss A. Bergen, Mrs. R. Bohemier, Miss B. Conway, William A. Dueck, Miss L. Fallis, Mrs. G. Hogue, Miss P. Larson, Mrs. H. Lincoln, Mrs. M. Little, K. Madden, Miss J. McKenzie, Mrs. R. McMillan, Mrs. L. Morrison, Mrs. K. Picard, Mrs. B. Spearing, Miss D. Staples, Mrs. M. Tattersall, Miss M. Thompson, Mrs. I. Wright
1965-1966	William A. Dueck, ?
1966-1967	Mrs. E. Anderson, Mrs. R. Bohemier, Miss D. Chapman, Miss J. Cochrane, M. Dobbin, Miss C. Elston, Miss L. Fallis, Miss M. Flashberger, Miss I. Inglis, Mrs. R. Kahana, Miss M. King, Miss L. Larson, Miss J. McKenzie, Mrs. R. McMullan, K. Madden, I. Penner, Mrs. K. Picard, Miss D. Prescott, Mrs. L. Sp??, Mrs. M. Tattersall, Mrs. I. Wright
1967-1968	Mrs. E. Anderson, Mrs. A. Bailey, Miss C. Beech, Mrs. R. Bohemier, Miss D. Breland, Miss J. Cochrane, Miss H. Compton, M. Dobbin, Mrs. C. Driben, Miss L. Fallis, Miss M. Flashberger, Miss I. Inglis, Miss M. King, Miss G. Larson, K. Madden, Miss E. Maksimow, I. Penner, Mrs. K. Picard, Miss D. Prescott, B. Thompson, Mrs. I. Wright
1968-1969	Mrs. E. Anderson, Miss C. Beech, Mrs. R. Bohemier, Miss J. Cochrane, Miss H. Compton, M. Dobbin, Mrs. C. Driben, Miss B. Emms, Miss L. Fallis, Miss M. Flashberger, Mrs. B. Giesbrecht, Miss E. Hirst, Miss I. Inglis, Miss M. King, Miss G. Larson, Miss J. McKenzie, K. Madden, Miss E. Maksimow, Mrs. A. Moroz, Mrs. D. Moroz, Miss M. O’Neill, Mrs. K. Picard, Miss D. Prescott, Mrs. I. Wright

Photos & Coordinates

George V School No. 1 (1915) Source: Winnipeg School Board, Annual Report 1915, Legislative Library of Manitoba. George V School No. 1 (circa 1915) Source: Winnipeg School Division George V School No. 1 (April 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough George V School No. 1 (August 2016) Source: Nathan Kramer George V School No. 1 (April 2021) Source: Nathan Kramer George V School No. 1 (April 2021) Source: Nathan Kramer George V School No. 1 (September 2024) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90800, W97.09131 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: James Bertram Mitchell (1852-1945)

Memorable Manitobans: James Worswick (1876-1951)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carter Avenue School / Presbyterian Mission / Talbot Avenue United Church (985 Talbot Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: King George School No. 1242 (RM of Rossburn)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: King George School (430 Victoria Avenue East, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: King George Fifth School (261 Youville Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“New Elmwood school,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 June 1915, page 5.

“Contract for George V. School,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 June 1915, page 5.

“Lay corner stone of new school,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 August 1915, page 10.

“Lay cornerstone of George V. School in Elmwood,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 August 1915, page 1.

“Reduce staff of teachers at high schools Monday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1916, pages 1 & 12.

“Boundaries of schools are named,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 24 August 1917, page 9.

“Complete plans to open schools Tuesday for 30,000 children,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 30 August 1918, page 14.

“Teachers are selected for various grades,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1919, page 3.

“Winnipeg schools, No. 33—George V,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 November 1922, page 4.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2267/1947, City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3078/1951, City of Winnipeg Archives.

“First new school of ‘52 to be opened next week,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1952, page 3.

“Education week set,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 February 1952, page 10.

“Many principals named for Winnipeg schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 June 1970, page 2.

“George V parents battle transfer,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 1978, page 156.

Obituary [Edith Margaret Miller], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 April 2000.

Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (George V School) - Daily Registers, GR4497, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (George V School) - Daily Registers, GR4536, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank the Winnipeg School Division and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 20 February 2025

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