Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kane Consolidated School No. 2006 (Kane, RM of Morris)

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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.

Principals

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

Teachers

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).

Photos & Coordinates

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 Goldsborough Site 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

Sources:

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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