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The Kane Consolidated School District was established in August 1919, consolidating the Queen Centre School No. 1219 with portions of the districts of Bloomfeld School No. 793, Kronsweide School No. 1030, Neufeld School No. 1580, and Woodvale School No. 1350.
A two-classroom, brick and lumber school building was erected in Kane, in the Rural Municipality of Morris, opening in September 1920. It operated until 1957 when it was replaced by a four-classroom structure designed by the architectural firm of Smith Carter and Katelnikoff. It later became part of the Morris-Macdonald School Division.
The school closed in 1973 and was used for a time as a community centre then a mechanical repair shop and hobby ranch. It has now been renovated into a church.
A commemorative monument, dedicated on 2 July 2000, stands beside the former school building. On its back side is information on John Henry Kane, the founder of the Kane community.
Period
Principal
1921
James Randolph Hartley Simms (1869-1934)
1922
Bernice M. Daintry
1922-1924
Charles Foulsham Laine (1888-1945)
1924-1925
Clifford George Williamson (1904-2002)
1925-1927
Mary J. Parkins
1927-1929
Melvin Thomas Woods
1929-1930
Frank Alywin Anderson (1907-1972)
1930-1932
Margaret Toews
1932-1934
John Howard Giesbrecht
1934-1944
George Gerhard Siemens
1944-1946
Nicolai G. “Nic” Neufeld
1946-1947
Henry Friesen
1947-1950
John S. Schellenberg (?-?)
1950-1954
John Irving Warkentin
1954-1956
Otto David Funk
1956-1958
Gerhard Nick Janzen
1958-1959
John Suderman
1959-1961
Henry Letkeman
1961-1965
William “Bill” Braun
1965-1967
Larry Neufeld
1967-1968
Henry W. Funk
1968-1970
Frank Gerhard Kehler
1970-1971
Henry Kroeker
1971-1972
Theodore Robert Martens
1972-1973
Larry Eidse
Period
Teachers
1920-1921
Rose Barnes (grades 1-8, August-January; grades 1-3, January-June), James Randolph Hartley Simms (grades 1-9, February-June), Cornelius W. Wiebe (grades 1-3, May-June)
1921-1922
Bernice M. Daintry (grades 5-8, January-June), C. S. Daintry (grades 1-4, January-June), Blanche Helen Molloy (grades 1-3, September-December), James Randolph Hartley Simms (grades 1-3, August; grades 4-9, August-December)
1922-1923
Amelia Magdaline Laine (grades 1-3), Charles Foulsham Laine (grades 4-8)
1923-1924
Charles Foulsham Laine (grades 5-8), Blanche Helen Molloy (grades 1-4)
1924-1925
Blanche Helen Molloy (grades 1-4), Clifford George Williamson (grades 5-10)
1925-1926
Blanche Helen Molloy (grades 1-4), Mary J. Parkins (grades 5-10)
1926-1927
Norma Miller (grades 1-4), Mary J. Parkins (grades 5-10)
1927-1928
Frank Alywin Anderson (grades 1-4), Melvin Thomas Woods (grades 5-9)
1928-1929
Frank Alywin Anderson (grades 1-4), Melvin Thomas Woods (grades 5-9)
1929-1930
Frank Alywin Anderson (grades 5-9), Gertrude Hooge (grades 1-4), Margaret Toews (grades 5-8)
1930-1931
Sarah Sawatsky (grades 1-4), Margaret Toews (grades 5-10)
1931-1932
Gertrude Hooge (grades 1-4), Margaret Toews (grades 5-10)
1932-1933
John Howard Giesbrecht (grades 5-10), Gertrude Hooge (grades 1-4)
1933-1934
Mabel Madeline Anderson (grades 1-4), John Howard Giesbrecht (grades 5-10),
1934-1935
Mabel Madeline Anderson (grades 1-4), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 5-10)
1935-1936
Mabel Madeline Anderson (grades 1-4), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 5-10)
1936-1937
Mabel Madeline Anderson (grades 1-4), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 5-10)
1937-1938
Evelyn Mary Alice Jack (grades 1-5), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 5-10)
1938-1939
Evelyn Mary Alice Jack (grades 1-5), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 6-10)
1939-1940
Rose Evelyn Russell (grades 1-5, August-September; grades 1-3, September-June), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 9-11), Mabel Joan Sinclair (grades 4-8)
1940-1941
Rose Evelyn Russell (grades 1-5, August-September; grades 1-4, October-June), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 6-11, August-September; grades 5-11, October-June)
1941-1942
Mary J. Loewen (grades 5-8), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 9-11), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1942-1943
Helen Johannona? Penner (grades 4-8), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 9-12), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1943-1944
Rufus J. Schellenberg (grades 5-8), George Gerhard Siemens (grades 9-12), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
Nicolai G. “Nic” Neufeld (grades 5-10), Rufus J. Schellenberg (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4)
1945-1946
Marion Elsie Hiebert (grades 5-8), Hilda Tina Lohrenz (grades 1-4), Nicolai G. “Nic” Neufeld (grades 9-11)
1946-1947
Mary Duerksen (grades 1-4), Henry Friesen (grades 9-11), Ella Klassen (grades 5-8)
1947-1948
Jacob Jacob Bergen (grades 5-8), Helen Johannona? Penner (grades 1-4), John S. Schellenberg (grades 9-11)
1948-1949
Irene Koop (grades 1-4), Tina Penner (grades 5-8), John S. Schellenberg (grades 9-11)
1949-1950
Erdman Issaac Kroeker (grades 5-8), John S. Schellenberg (grades 9-11), Marion Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1950-1951
John Irving Warkentin (grades 9-11), Tina V. Warkentine (grades 5-8, January-June), Myron White (grades 5-8, September-December), Marion Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1951-1952
Jacob Abram Sawatzky (grades 5-8), John Irving Warkentin (grades 9-11), Marion Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Joyce Marian Dyck (grades 1-4), Jacob Abram Sawatzky (grades 5-8), John Irving Warkentin (grades 9-11)
1953-1954
Carolina Martha Stobbe (grades 1-4, January-June), Enid Joan Suderman (grades 1-4, September-December), John Suderman (grades 5-8), John Irving Warkentin (grades 9-11)
1954-1955
Helen Duerksen (grades 1-4), Otto David Funk (grades 9-11), John Suderman (grades 5-8)
1955-1956
Otto David Funk (grades 9-11), Susan Peters (grades 1-4), John Suderman (grades 5-8)
1956-1957
Gerhard Nick Janzen (grades 9-11), Susan Peters (grades 1-4), John Suderman (grades 5-8)
1957-1958
Gerhard Nick Janzen (grades 9-11), Norma Spalding (grades 1-4), John Suderman (grades 5-8)
1958-1959
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), Evelyn Marie Harder (grades 1-4), John Suderman (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), Evelyn Marie Harder (grades 1-4), Henry Letkemann (grades 11-12), John Suderman (grades 9-10)
1960-1961
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), John L. Doerksen (grade 9), Patricia Anne “Pat” Giesbrecht (grades 1-4), Henry Letkemann (grades 11-12)
1961-1962
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), Patricia Anne “Pat” Giesbrecht (grades 1-4), Robert Scott Taylor (grade 9)
1962-1963
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), Charlotte Enns (grades 1-4)
1963-1964
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), Charlotte Enns (grades 1-4)
1964-1965
William “Bill” Braun (grades 5-8), Joyce Anne Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1965-1966
Janet Kathleen Bock (grades 5-6), Larry Neufeld (grades 7-8), Helen Erna Peters (grades 1-2), Joyce Anne Wiebe (grades 3-4)
1966-1967
Janet Kathleen Bock (grades 5-6), Louise Marie Kliewer (grades 3-4), Larry Neufeld (grades 7-8), Helen Erna Peters (grades 1-2)
1967-1968
Henry W. Funk (grades 7-8), Frank Gerhard Kehler (grades 4-6), Lois Faith Schellenberg (grades 1-3)
1968-1969
Frank Gerhard Kehler (grades 5-6), Gloria Janet Penner (grades 3-4), Vernon Wayne Penner (grades 7-8), Mary Lois Wiebe (grades 1-2)
1969-1970
Joanne Carolyn Friesen (grades 1-2), Frank Gerhard Kehler (grades 5-6), Gloria Janet Penner (grades 3-4), Vernon Wayne Penner (grades 7-8)
1970-1971
Elsie Klassen (grades 4-6), Henry Kroeker (grades 7-8), Gloria Janet Penner (grades 1-3)
1971-1972
Doris Daku (kindergarten), Theodore Robert Martens (grades 4-6), Gloria Janet Penner (grades 1-3)
1972-1973
Doris Daku (kindergarten, September-December), Larry Eidse (grades 4-6), Anne Marilyn Goertzen (kindergarten, January-June), Gloria Janet Penner (grades 1-3)
Other teachers who taught at Kane School include Marion Harder (1970-1973).
Original Kane School (no date)
Source: Kane - The Spirit Lives On, page 23.
Second Kane School (1959)
Source: Kane - The Spirit Lives On, page 24.
Former Kane School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 731.
Former Kane School building (September 1987)
Source: Ed Arndt
Former Kane School building (September 1987)
Source: Ed Arndt
Former Kane School building (June 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Kane School commemorative monument (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35548, W97.72667
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Henry Kane (1861-1951)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lowe Farm Monument (Lowe Farm, RM of Morris)
Manitoba Organization: Morris-Macdonald School Division School District No. 19
Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Tender notice [Kane School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 June 1957, page 38.
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.
Kane - The Spirit Lives On by Kane History Book Committee, 2000.
Aerial photograph A11637-156 [1948], Manitoba Air Photo Library.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Kane School District No. 2006 - Daily Registers, GR0638, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Mariette Allen for assistance in locating an aerial photograph of Kane School.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 December 2022
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