Historic Sites of Manitoba: Goulding School No. 2337 (Maple Street, RM of Gimli)Link to:
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Located on the grounds of the Royal Canadian Air Force Gimli Station (formerly the No. 18 Service Flying Training School, later No. 2 Flying Training School, and still later Canadian Forces Base Gimli) in the Rural Municipality of Gimli and west of the Town of Gimli, the school served the children from the base’s personnel, including those in the Aspen Park residential development, as well as children of the school’s teachers.
Named in honour of Group Captain Acheson Gosford Goulding, the first base Commanding Officer, it was opened by his widow Margaret Goulding at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 21 November 1952. In the crowd at the ceremony was the station’s Commanding Officer, Group Captain B. D. Richer. The eight-classroom facility was operated initially by the federal government before being established in May 1952 as a Special Revenue School within the provincial school system. The school operated until the summer of 1971.
Period
Principal
1952-1954
Allan Joseph Sargeant (1918-1998)
1954-1967
Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (1918-2003)
1967-1971
Glenn J. Hammond
Period
Principal
1959-1968
Allan Joseph Sargeant (1918-1998)
1968-1970
Anne Shwaluk
1970-1971
Allan Joseph Sargeant (1918-1998)
School Year
Teachers
1952-1953
Gloria Marie Kulebra (Kindergarten), Laura Blanche Richardson (grade 1), Jorun Valdis "Joey" Thordarson (grades 1 & 2), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Rose Caroline Polka (grades 3 & 4), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grades 5-8)
1953-1954
Gloria Marie Kulebra (Kindergarten), Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (grade 1), Laura Blanche Richardson (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Marjorie Constance Bullock (grade 2), Rose Caroline Polka (grades 3 & 4), Marjorie A. Murray (grades 4 & 5), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grades 5-8)
1954-1955
Gloria Marie Kulebra (Kindergarten), Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (grade 1), Laura Blanche Richardson (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grades 2 & 3), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 3), Marjorie A. Murray (grade 4), Minnie Pearl Onyschuk (grade 4), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grades 5-6), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 7-9)
1955-1956
Charlotte Archibald Maclean (Kindergarten and grade 1), Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 2), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 3), Emily Sybil Bergman (grades 3 & 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 4), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 5-6), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 7 & 8)
1956-1957
Gloria Marie Kulebra (Kindergarten), Emily Sybil Bergman (grade 1), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 2), Dorothy Mae James (grade 3), Anne Shwaluk (grade 3), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 4), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), John Charles Gottfried (grade 5), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grades 5 & 6), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 7 & 8)
1957-1958
Gloria Marie Kulebra (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Mildred J. Morgan (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Anne Shwaluk (grade 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Dorothy Mae James (grade 5), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grade 8)
1958-1959
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Emily Sybil Bergman (grade 1), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Dorothy Mae James (grade 5), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 7 & 8)
1959-1960
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Elva D. Lewin (grade 1), Joan Martrude Dearborn (grade 1), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 1), Elaine A. Ketchuk (grade 2), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Marjorie M. Settler (grade 6), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 7), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8)
1960-1961
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 1), Margaret Frances Hogan (grade 1), Elaine A. Ketchuk (grade 2), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grades 2 & 3), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Marjorie M. Settler (grade 6), Anne Shwaluk (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8), John Charles Gottfried (grade 9)
1961-1962
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Margaret Frances Hogan (grade 1, 3, & 4), June Margaret Martin (substitute, grade 1), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Elaine Ann LeBlanc (grade 2), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8)
1962-1963
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), June Margaret Martin (grade 1), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Margaret Frances Hogan (grades 2 & 3), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Marjorie M. Settler (grade 4 & 5), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8)
1963-1964
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), June Margaret Martin (grade 1), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Rose Caroline Polka (grades 2 & 3), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Marie Juliette Folk (grade 4 & 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8)
1964-1965
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), June Margaret Martin (grade 1), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Bernice Eileen Fines (grade 5), Marie Juliette Folk (grades 5 & 6), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8)
1965-1966
Evelyn Erickson (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), June Margaret Martin (grade 1), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 2), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Marjorie M. Settler (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Marie Juliette Folk (grade 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8)
1966-1967
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), June Margaret Martin (grade 1), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 2), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Evelyn Erickson (grade 3), Caroline Rae Martin (grade 3), Olga Jean Onyschuk Capar (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Sharon Elizabeth Findley (grade 6), Harvey Kenneth Bostrom (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8), Patricia Fraser (French)
1967-1968
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), June Margaret Martin (grade 1), Mary Evangeline McInnis (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Sharon Elizabeth Findley (grade 2), Olga Jean Onyschuk Capar (grade 3), Adeline Mary Topping (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Terry Sargeant (grade 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 8)
1968-1969
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Mary Evangeline McInnis (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Sharon Elizabeth Findley (grade 2), Adeline Mary Topping (grade 3), Barbara Maxine Tratt (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Henrietta Louise Watts (grade 5), Kathleen Shirley “Kathy” Richards (grade 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Colin Campbell (grade 8)
1969-1970
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Sharon Elizabeth Findley (grade 2), Mary Evangeline McInnis (grade 3), Barbara Maxine Tratt (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Kathleen Shirley “Kathy” Richards (grade 5), Anne Shwaluk (grade 6), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Colin Campbell (grade 8)
1970-1971
Jorun Valdis “Joey” Thordarson (Kindergarten), Slawka Bejzyk (grade 1), Margie F. Kearly (grade 1), Sigurbjorg Steinunn Eyolfson (grade 2), Mary Evangeline McInnis (grade 3), Barbara Maxine Tratt (grade 3), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Allan Joseph Sargeant (grade 4), Colin Campbell (grade 5), Kathleen Shirley “Kathy” Richards (grade 6), Alma Margaret Sigurdson (grade 7), John Charles Gottfried (grade 7), Henrietta Louise Watts (grade 8)
The former Goulding School building (May 2017)
Source: Christine LoffSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.63719, W97.03126
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Acheson Gosford Goulding (1893-1951)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Service Flying Training School No. 18 (RM of Gimli)
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Manitoba School Records Collection (GR2047), Goulding School District No. 2337 Daily Registers, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection (GR2047), Goulding School - Committee Minutes, Archives of Manitoba.
[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 December 1952, page 25.
Obituary [Jorun “Joey” Valdis Thordarson (c1909-1991)], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1991, page 40.
Obituary [Allan Joseph Sargeant (1918-1998)], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 1998, page C7.
Obituary [Olga Capar (1932-2011)], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 January 2011.
We thank Deanna Colwill Penney, Christine Loff, James Richardson, and Bill Wallace for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 26 October 2023
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