Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ladywood School No. 555 (Ladywood, RM of Brokenhead)

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The Ladywood School District was organized formally in October 1888. The present wood frame building dates from the early 20th century when, in August 1916 the district borrowed $2,000 to build and equip a new schoolhouse. This new schoolhouse was twice-expanded in quick succession. First, in the spring of 1917 with a $2,400 addition of one classroom to the present structure, followed with a second enlargement in the latter half of 1919 with the issuing of a $4,000 debenture to build and equip a two-room expansion to the existing building. It is situated at Ladywood in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. It closed in 1968 and the building now stands vacant.

Principals

Period	Principal
1916-1918	J. W. Yatchie? [Yatchu/Yatcher?]
1918	Ivy E. Pervice Henson (?-?)
1919-1920	Clare M. Smith
1920-1923	Hugh Connolly (1890-1970)
1923-1924	Wallace Ross Donogh (1887-1968)
1924-1925	William Skidmore (c1885-?)
1925-1926	Robert MacLaren Keswick (1894-1938)
1926-1927	Winnifred Dorcas Boughton (1900-?)
1927-1928	Jane Wreford Chapple
1928-1929	Eleanor Marie Collisson
1929-1932	Edgar Burgess (1867-1954)
1932-1934	Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (1896-1950)
1934-1936	Thomas Patrick King (1873-1954)
1936-1940	Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec [Stephens] (1913-2011)
1940-1941	Leopold Raymond Labossiere (1913-1969)
1941-1942	Virden Gable
1942-1943	William Val Yacula (c1908-1958)
1943-1944	Effie Pauline Koroluk
1944-1950	Walter Charles Malenchak (1913-1991)
1950-1958	Stephen David Bahry (1914-2011)
1958-1960	George R. Truba
1960-1961	Ben Warkentin
1961-1967	None
1967-1968	Audrey Marlene Steffes
1968-1970	Margaret Ann MacInnes

Teachers

Among the earlier teachers of Ladywood School were John McTavish (1889-1891), Oliver W. Thomas (1891-1892), D. J. Hartley (1892-1893), M. E. Alldritt (1893-1895), Mabel Howard (1895), Annie Masters (1895), U. W. Thomas (1896), A. W. Thomas (1897), Edward Gilbert (1897), Agnes Frame (1898-1900), David Howarth (1900), Elizabeth Hodkin (1900), Thomas Macdonald (1901, 1907-1909), Robert Fields (1901), J. Leslie (1905-1906), H. Powell (1905-1906), Amy Wilson (1909-1910), Wasyl Kolodzinski (1910-1911), N. H. Pilcha (1911), J. L. Powell (1912), H. S. Kawecki (1912-1913), S. D. Noldoezyk (1913), William Jerowsky (1914-1916), and Joe Omichinski (1947?).

Period	Teachers
1916-1917	Gertrude A. Shaw (grades 1-2), J. W. Yatchie? [Yatchu/Yatcher?] (grades 3-7)
1917-1918	Gertrude A. Shaw (grades 1-2), J. W. Yatchie? [Yatchu/Yatcher?] (grades 3-7)
1918-1919	Ivy E. Pervice Henson (grades 3-8, Fall), Gertrude A. Shaw (grades 1-2, Fall), Clare M. Smith (grades 3-8, Spring), Florence Smith (grades 1-3, Spring)
1919-1920	Mary Wood Nicholls (grades 1-2, Spring), Clare M. Smith (grades 3-9, Fall; grades 5-9, Spring), Florence Smith (grades 3-4, Fall; grades 4-5, Spring), Elsie Nyzykowski [Wyrzykowski?] (grades 1-2, Fall)
1920-1921	Sophie Cherry (grades 1-2), Hugh Connolly (grades 8-10), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 3-7)
1921-1922	Eleanor E. Connolly (grades 1-2), Hugh Connolly (grades 8-10), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 3-7)
1922-1923	Laura Chamberlain (grades 1-2), Hugh Connolly (grades 8-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 3-7)
1923-1924	Wallace Ross Donogh (grades 8-12), Rose Stoller (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1924-1925	Rose Hallet (grades 1-3, September-October), Rose Silver (grades 1-3, November-June), William Skidmore (grades 8-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-7)
1925-1926	Josephine Griffen (grades 1-3), Robert MacLaren Keswick (grades 8-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-7)
1926-1927	Winnifred Dorcas Boughton (grades 9-11), Josephine Griffen (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1927-1928	Jane Wreford Chapple (grades 9-11), Josephine Griffen (grades 1-3), Nicholas John Stryk (grades 4-8)
1928-1929	Eleanor Marie Collisson (grades 9-11), Olive Kohare (grades 1-3, Fall - pt Spring), Olive Annie McLeod (grades 1-3, pt Spring), Nicholas John Stryk (grades 4-8)
1929-1930	Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11, pt Fall - Spring), Eleanor Marie Collisson (grades 9-11, pt Fall), Olive Annie McLeod (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1930-1931	Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11), Gladys Dobruzki [Dobrucki?] (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1931-1932	Edgar Burgess (grades 9-11), Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1932-1933	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1933-1934	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1934-1935	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Thomas Patrick King (grades 9-10), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1935-1936	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Thomas Patrick King (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1936-1937	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1937-1938	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1938-1939	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1939-1940	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1940-1941	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-3), Leopold Raymond Labossiere (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 4-8)
1941-1942	Virden Gable (grades 9-11), Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1942-1943	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8), William Val Yacula (grades 9-11)
1943-1944	Mary Gryniuk (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8), Effie Pauline Koroluk (grades 9-12)
1944-1945	Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 9-12), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8), Louise Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1945-1946	Mary Holyk (grades 1-4), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 9-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1946-1947	Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 9-11), Louise Helen Puhacz (grades 1-4), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 5-8)
1947-1948	Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 1-6)
1948-1949	Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11), Nicholas John “Nick” Stryk (grades 1-6)
1949-1950	Sophie Horosko (grades 1-6), Walter Charles Malenchak (grades 7-11)
1950-1951	Stephen David Bahry (grades 7-11), Sophie Horosko (grades 1-6)
1951-1952	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Sophie Horosko (junior grades)
1952-1953	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Sophie Horosko (junior grades)
1953-1954	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Clara Lorraine Ilchene (junior grades)
1954-1955	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Clara Lorraine Ilchene (junior grades)
1955-1956	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky (junior grades)
1956-1957	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky Greschuk (junior grades)
1957-1958	Stephen David Bahry (senior grades), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky Greschuk (junior grades)
1958-1959	George R. Truba (senior grades), Marlene A. Truba (junior grades)
1959-1960	Olga Bilyk (junior grades), George R. Truba (senior grades)
1960-1961	Elsie Chorney (junior grades), Ben Warkentin (senior grades)
1961-1962	Mrs. Elsie Mosquin (grades 1-8)
1962-1963	Mrs. Elsie Mosquin (grades 1-8)
1963-1964	Cornelius R. Klassen (grades 1-8)
1964-1965	Jean Adeline Panas (grades 1-8, pt March - June), John Irvin Schoen (grades 1-8, September - pt March)
1965-1966	Mary-Jane Stefansson (grades 1-8)
1966-1967	Mary-Jane Stefansson (grades 1-8)
1967-1968	Edith Mary Clark (grades 1-4), Audrey Marlene Steffes (grades 5-8)
1968-1969	Edith Mary Clark (grades 1-4), Margaret Ann MacInnes (grades 4-6)
1969-1970	Maria Elizabeth Higgins (grades 1-3), Margaret Ann MacInnes (grades 4-6)

Photos & Coordinates

Ladywood School building (circa 1917) Source: Education Department Report, 1917, Manitoba Legislative Library. The former Ladywood school building (1987) Source: George Penner The former Ladywood school building (no date) Source: Cam Timlick The former Ladywood school building (March 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.17938, W96.49804 denoted by symbol on the map above

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.

East Side of the Red, 1884-1984 by St. Clements Historical Committee, 1984.

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

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #12 School District of Ladywood, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #18 School District of Ladywood, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #43 School District of Ladywood, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

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

Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #27043 & #31802, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Ladywood School District No. 555 - Daily Registers, GR0565, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Cam Timlick and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 March 2023

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