Historic Sites of Manitoba: Green Ridge School No. 1704 (Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

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The Green Ridge School District was established formally in October 1913 from school lands previously part of the Perry School District No. 75 and Jordon School / Newbridge School District No. 877, with other districts, such as Woodmore School, later being amaglamated into its catchment area. A school was operated on the northeast quarter of 28-2-4 east of the Principal Meridian in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin. The school district was dissolved by April 1967, as its area was included in the Boundary School Division. The school building remained at the site for many years but was demolished in the 2000s to make way for a large agricultural barn.

Principals

Period	Principal
1913-1914	Samuel Stewart Bryan (1889-?)
1914-1917	Charles Linwood “Charlie” Miller (1891-1958)
1918-1919	Mabel G. Henders
1919	John W. Oatway
1920	Roy H. Kitchen
1920-1921	Jean M. Avery
1921-1922	Henry Benjamin Bees (c1886-1968)
1922-1923	L. Shere
1923-1924	Elmenia Jean Mollard (1901-1991)
1924-1926	Martin Kavanagh (1895-1987)
1926-1928	Leslie George MacKay Robinson (1903-1994)
1928-1929	John Clarence “Kelly” Williamson (1903-1981)
1929-1930	Irene Hodnett
1930-1931	Caroline Cumming (1885-1979)
1931-1933	Irene Gabrielle Potvin O’Sullivan (1909-?)
1933-1934	Grace Margaret Cann
1934-1936	Thomas A. Farenhurst (1907-1977)
1936	Alice Edith Lucy Saunders
1937-1938	Benjamin Hodkinson (1864-1948)
1938-1939	Margaret Helen MacLeod
1939-1941	Minnie Maude Shewfelt Sisson (1912-1991)
1941	Walter P. Goy
1942-1943	Marjorie Anne Dewar
1943-1944	Mary Martin
1944	Viara E. McVicar
1944	Ethel Kathleen Turner
1945	Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (1913-2004)
1945-1946	Raymond John Longfield (1923-2003)
1946-1949	Florette Giasson
1949-1951	John William Mosquin (1949-1951)
1951-1953	Ernest Edmond “Ernie” Brennan (1927-2014)
1953-1954	Frank Steve Senkow (1926-2017)
1954-1955	Kornelius Krahn
1955-1956	Frank John Gustaw
1956-1959	Walter Tostawaryk
1959-1966	George Gushuliak
1966-1967	Otto Rosner

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1913-1914	Samuel Stewart Bryan (grades 5-9), Alta Shearer (grades 1-4)
1914-1915	Mabel G. Henders (grades 1-4, 1915), Charles Linwood “Charlie” Miller (grades 5-9), Alta Shearer (grades 1-4, 1914)
1915-1916	Mabel G. Henders (grades 1-5), Charles Linwood “Charlie” Miller (grades 6-9)
1916-1917	Mabel G. Henders (grades 1-5), Charles Linwood “Charlie” Miller (grades 6-9)
1917-1918	Mabel G. Henders (grades 6-9, 1918), Charles Linwood “Charlie” Miller (grades 6-9, 1917), Mary Rachel Williams (grades 1-5)
1918-1919	Mabel G. Henders (grades 6-11), Mary Rachel Williams (grades 1-5)
1919-1920	May Hanley (grades 1-5), John W. Oatway (grades 6-9, 1919), Roy H. Kitchen (grades 6-9, 1920)
1920-1921	Jean M. Avery (grades 6-12), Oline Erickson (grades 1-5, 1921), Lilian Edith Shector (grades 1-5, 1920)
1921-1922	Henry Benjamin Bees (grades 6-11), Oline Erickson (grades 1-5)
1922-1923	M. D. Dyma (grades 1-5), L. Shere (grades 6-11)
1923-1924	Gertrude M. Davis (grades 1-5), Elmenia Jean Mollard (grades 6-11)
1924-1925	Gertrude M. Davis (grades 1-5, 1924; grades 4-6, 1925), Martin Kavanagh (grades 6-11, 1924; grades 7-11, 1925), Minnie Milne (grades 1-3, 1925)
1925-1926	Martin Kavanagh (grades 7-11), Almena McConnell (grades 4-6), Minnie Milne (grades 1-3)
1926-1927	Edith Maude McClelland (grades 4-7, 1926; grades 4-6, 1927), Minnie Milne (grades 1-3), Leslie George MacKay Robinson (grades 8-11, 1926; grades 7-11, 1927)
1927-1928	Edith Maude McClelland (grades 4-7), Leslie George MacKay Robinson (grades 8-11), Marjorie O. Truss (grades 1-3)
1928-1929	Edith Maude McClelland (grades 4-7), Marjorie O. Truss (grades 1-3), John Clarence “Kelly” Williamson (grades 8-11)
1929-1930	Irene Hodnett (grades 8-11), Sarah Jane Hopkins (grades 4-7), Louise Spencer (grades 1-3)
1930-1931	Caroline Cumming (grades 8-11), Iris Ada Caroline Diamond (grades 4-7), Mildred Christina McLaren (grades 1-3)
1931-1932	Iris Ada Caroline Diamond (grades 1-5), Irene Potvin (grades 6-11)
1932-1933	Iris Ada Caroline Diamond (grades 1-5), Irene Potvin (grades 6-11)
1933-1934	Grace Margaret Cann (grades 7-11), Esther Ruth Cook (grades 1-6)
1934-1935	Thomas A. Farenhurst (grades 7-11), Margaret Helen MacLeod (grades 1-6)
1935-1936	Thomas A. Farenhurst (grades 7-11), Margaret Helen MacLeod (grades 1-6)
1936-1937	Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 7-11, 1937), Margaret Helen MacLeod (grades 1-6), W. W. Mark (grades 7-11, 1936), Alice Edith Lucy Saunders (grades 7-11, 1936)
1937-1938	Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 7-11), Margaret Helen MacLeod (grades 1-6)
1938-1939	Constance Mary Hoddinott (grades 1-6), Margaret Helen MacLeod (grades 7-11)
1939-1940	Constance Mary Hoddinott (grades 1-6), Minnie Maude Shewfelt (grades 7-11)
1940-1941	Alice Gertrude Ferris (grades 1-6, 1941), Bernice O. Patton (grades 1-6, 1940), Minnie Maude Shewfelt (grades 7-11)
1941-1942	Margaret M. Archer (grades 1-6, 1942), Gertrude M. Barnes (grades 1-6, 1942), Marjorie Anne Dewar (grades 1-6, 1941; grades 7-10, 1942), Walter P. Goy (grades 7-10, 1941)
1942-1943	Marjorie Anne Dewar (grades 7-11), Helen Dyck (grades 1-6)
1943-1944	Doris Rita Case (grades 1-6), Mary Martin (grades 7-11)
1944-1945	Doris Rita Case (grades 1-6, 1944), Rita King (grades 1-6, 1945), Viara E. McVicar (grades 7-11, 1944), Francis Osborne “Frank” “Oz” Norman (grades 7-11, 1945), Ethel Kathleen Turner (grades 7-11, 1944)
1945-1946	Rita King (grades 1-6), Raymond John Longfield (grades 7-11)
1946-1947	Florette Giasson (grades 7-11), Dorothy Louise Johnson (grades 1-6)
1947-1948	Florette Giasson (grades 7-11), Dorothy Louise Johnson (grades 1-6)
1948-1949	Florette Giasson (grades 7-11), Kathleen Zink (grades 1-6)
1949-1950	W.? Carson (grades 4-8, 1950), Marian McMacland (grades 1-6, 1949; grades 1-3, 1950), Gladys C. McLean (grades 4-8, 1950), John William Mosquin (grades 7-11, 1949; grades 9-11, 1950)
1950-1951	Grace Lorraine Hagglund (grades 4-8), Barbara Kirkpatrick (grades 4-8, 1950), Kathleen Ruth Martin (grades 1-3), John William Mosquin (grades 9-11)
1951-1952	Ernest Edmond Brennan (grades 9-11), Marion Elizabeth Hammond (grades 4-8), Kathleen Ruth Martin Kerda (grades 1-3)
1952-1953	Ernest Edmond Brennan (grades 9-11), Madeleine Constance Brown (grades 5-8, 1952), Mrs. L. Hartig (grades 5-8, 1952), Dora Marie Schnell (grades 5-8, 1953), Rosamond D. Wuschenny? (grades 1-4)
1953-1954	Allan Harford Badgley (grades 5-8), Frank Steve Senkow (grades 9-11), Rosamond D. Wuschenny? (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	Allan Harford Badgley (grades 5-8), Kornelius Krahn (grades 9-11), Rosamond D. Wuschenny? (grades 1-4)
1955-1956	Simone Forest (grades 5-8), Frank John Gustaw (grades 9-11), Joan Ellen Pokrant (grades 1-4)
1956-1957	Lorna Mary Lamont (grades 5-8), Joan Ellen Pokrant (grades 1-4), Walter Tostawaryk (grades 9-11)
1957-1958	Lorna Mary Lamont (grades 5-8), Joan Ellen Pokrant (grades 1-4), Walter Tostawaryk (grades 9-11)
1958-1959	Lorna Mary Lamont (grades 5-8), Joan Eleanor Tostawaryk (grades 1-4), Walter Tostawaryk (grades 9-11)
1959-1960	George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Alice Donna Ratchinsky (grades 1-4), Nettie Zela Alexiuk Yarmie (grades 5-8)
1960-1961	George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Alice Donna Ratchinsky Ostrowsky (grades 1-4), Nettie Zela Alexiuk Yarmie (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Nettie Zela Alexiuk Yarmie (grades 5-8)
1962-1963	George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Nettie Zela Alexiuk Yarmie (grades 5-8)
1963-1964	George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Lorna Mary Lamont (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4)
1964-1965	Hazel Irene Carriere (grades 5-8), George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4)
1965-1966	George Gushuliak (grades 9-11), Sarah Jane Hunter (grades 1-4), Helena Marguerite Snead (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	Elaine Katherine Casper (grades 4-6), Sarah Jane Hunter (grades 1-4), Otto Rosner (grades 7-8)

Photos & Coordinates

Green Ridge School (no date) by A. A. Herriot Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 20. The former Green Ridge School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 416. Interior of the former Green Ridge School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 419. Interior of the former Green Ridge School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 404. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.16251, W96.99579 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Greenridge School No. 211 (RM of Rockwood)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Greenridge School / Brook’s Grove School No. 544 (Municipality of Roblin)

Sources:

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.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Greenridge School District No. 1704 Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 6 August 2021

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