Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrews School / North St. Andrews School / Lockport School No. 6 (RM of St. Andrews)

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The St. Andrews School District No. 6 was organized formally in July 1871 and a school building operated on Lot 110E in the Parish of St. Andrews, in what is now the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews. To more-clearly differentiate the district from St. Andrews School District No. 2 (beyond district number alone), in early 1885 it was renamed as North St. Andrews School. The further change to Lockport School came about in the latter half of 1919.

Starting around 1918, students attending grade six and up were taught at Selkirk School and, after 1920, at Selkirk Collegiate / Devonshire Collegiate Institute. By the 1950s, the earlier of the collegiate grades were restored to local instruction.

In April 1920, a $600 debenture was issued to provide funds to acquire additional land for an expansion to their schoolhouse. Two years later, in August 1922, a $4,000 debenture was issued to build and furnish a new one-room schoolhouse. Constructed between 1922 and 1923 on a design by Winnipeg architect Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle, senior grades would gradually be returned to local instruction, with only upper collegate grades continuing to receive education at Selkirk. The school closed in the summer of 1967 as jurisdiction for the area became the responsibility of the Lord Selkirk School Division. The former school buildings, dating from the early 20th century, were renovated into a private residence, now connected together into a single building.

The Lockport School name was re-utilized with the opened of Lockport School at 129 Lockport Road in 1979.

Principals (Lockport School)

Period	Principal
1922-1924	Nellie Blanche Lyons Gobert (1882-1959)
1924-1925	Anna Hollins Muckle Elliott (1879-1974)
1925	Mary McKee
1926-1928	Edna Mary Mills
1928-1929	William Arthur Gamey (1892-1968)
1929-1932	Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (1907-1996)
1932-1935	Kathleen Mary Anderson
1935-1938	Irene V. Stewart
1938-1943	Agnes Bannerman (1879-1970)
1943-1944	Dorothy [Dorthy] Elena Grammer Moran (?-?)
1944-1945	Sarah Edith Gowan “Sadie’ Ross (1893-1978)
1945-1946	Thomas Frank Tyler (1912-1997)
1946	Edith Sophia McKillop Bethel (1904-2001)
1947	Sarah Edith Gowan “Sadie’ Ross (1893-1978)
1947	Margaret Helen London
1947	Bessie Ella May Robinson
1948-1950	Evelyn Margaret Flett O’Dell (1913-2002)
1950-1951	Mildred Bell
1951-1952	William Alexander Ellison (c1906-1952)
1952-1953	Joseph “Joe” Shygol (c1928-1974)
1953-1956	Peter J. Slonowski (c1927-2015)
1957	Helena Wehrle Johanna
1957-1960	Tony Maksymyk (1925-2007)
1960-1967	Halldora Mary Johnson

Principals (Lockport High School)

Period	Principal
1960-1961	Tony Maksymyk (1925-2007)

Teachers

Among the early teachers of St. Andrews School No. 6 / North St. Andrews School / Lockport School were Thomas H. Lougheed (1883 - Spring 1889; father of Morley Semmens Lougheed), Richard L. Fell (Fall 1889), D. P. Clark (Spring 1890 - Fall 1891), E. Brooking (Spring 1892), M. C. Innes (Fall 1892), Samuel Wilkes (Spring 1893 - Spring 1894), E. Grace Brooking (Fall 1894 - Spring 1895), Mary Poule? (Fall 1895 - Spring 1897), J. Fraser Cocks (Fall 1897 - Fall 1899 & Fall 1901), A. E. Walkey? (Spring-Fall 1900), James Cooper Butchart (Spring 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Clara Manly (Spring-Fall 1905), Mabel A. Scott (Spring 1906), Charles Forrest (pg Fall 1907), M. Winifred [Winnifred] Johnston (pt Fall 1907 - Spring 1908), Annie L. Chisholm (Fall 1908 - Spring 1909), A. Luella Day (Fall 1909 - Fall 1911), Sadie Edith Gowan (Spring 1912 - Spring 1913), Jessie Kirk (Fall 1913 - Spring 1914), Hugh Clarke Fairfield (Fall 1914 - Fall 1915), and Lillian Moffett (Spring 1916 - Spring 1918).

Period	Teachers
1918-1919	Lillian Moffett (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Selkirk School
1919-1920	Lillian Moffett (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Selkirk School
1920-1921	Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Devonshire Collegiate Institute
1921-1922	Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-5), grades 6-9 at Devonshire Collegiate Institute
1922-1923	Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-4), Nellie Blanche Lyons Gobert (grades 5-8)
1923-1924	Nellie Blanche Lyons Gobert (grades 4-8), Kathleen Goodchild (grades 1-3)
1924-1925	Fannie Bell Atchison (grades 1-5), Anna Hollins Muckle Elliott (grades 6-10)
1925-1926	Esther Jean Carpenter (grades 1-3), Mary McKee (grades 4-8, Fall), Edna Mary Mills (grades 4-8, Spring)
1926-1927	Esther Jean Carpenter (grades 1-3), Edna Mary Mills (grades 4-8)
1927-1928	Esther Jean Carpenter (grades 1-3), Edna Mary Mills (grades 4-8)
1928-1929	Verna Althea Whitfield Gamey (grades 1-3, Fall), William Arthur Gamey (grades 4-8), Katherine Smith (grades 1-3, Spring)
1929-1930	Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-3), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 4-8)
1930-1931	Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-3), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 4-8)
1931-1932	Myrtle Geraldine Rusenel (grades 1-4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 5-8)
1932-1933	Kathleen Mary Anderson (grades 5-9), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1933-1934	Kathleen Mary Anderson (grades 5-9), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1934-1935	Kathleen Mary Anderson (grades 5-9), Edna Jean Johnstone (grades 1-4)
1935-1936	Irene V. Stewart (grades 5-9), Shirley Marguerite Tod (grades 1-5, daughter of David Smith Tod)
1936-1937	Gertrude Maude Lowery (grades 1-5, daughter of Robert Newton Lowery), Irene V. Stewart (grades 5-9)
1937-1938	Gertrude Maude Lowery (grades 1-5), Irene V. Stewart (grades 6-10)
1938-1939	Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-9), Gertrude Maude Lowery (grades 1-4)
1939-1940	Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-9), Margaret Doris Grieve (grades 1-4)
1940-1941	Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-8), Madge Evangeline Smith (grades 1-4)
1941-1942	Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-8), Madge Evangeline Smith Halder (grades 1-4)
1942-1943	Agnes Bannerman (grades 5-8), May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4, Spring), Dagmar Rasmusson (grades 1-4, Fall)
1943-1944	May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Dorothy Elena Moran (grades 5-8, Fall - pt Spring), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 5-8, pt Spring)
1944-1945	May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 5-8)
1945-1946	May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Thomas Frank Tyler (grades 5-8)
1946-1947	Edith Sophia Bethel (grades 5-9, Fall), May Irving Davidson (grades 1-4), Margaret Helen London (grades 5-8, ?-June), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 5-8, January-?)
1947-1948	Lillian Augusta Birston (grades 1-2), Vida May McKay (grades 3-5), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 6-8, Spring), Bessie Ella May Robinson (grades 6-8, Fall)
1948-1949	Lillian Augusta Birston (grades 1-3), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 6-9), Louise Jones (grades 3-5)
1949-1950	Louise Jones (grades 3-5), Anne Patson (grades 1-2), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 6-9)
1950-1951	Mildred Bell (grades 6-8), Louise Jones (grades 3-5), Anne Patson (grades 1-2)
1951-1952	Emily Mary Bennett (grades 6-9, pt Spring), Lorna Leslie Ellison (grades 3-5), William Alexander Ellison (grades 6-9, Fall - pt Spring), Elizabeth Mae McBride (grades 1-2)
1952-1953	Katie Margaret Isaak (grades 3-5), Elizabeth Mae McBride (grades 1-2), Joseph “Joe” Shygol (grades 6-9)
1953-1954	Elizabeth Mae McBride (grades 1-2), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 6-9), Alice Mary Wekrle? (grades 3-5)
1954-1955	Donald James Bay (grades 3-5), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 1-2), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 6-11)
1955-1956	Donald James Bay (grades 3-5), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2, Spring), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7), Katie Peters (grades 1-2, Fall), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 8-10)
1956-1957	Donald James Bay (grades 3-4), Helena Wehrle Johanna (grades 8-10, Spring), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7), Peter J. Slonowski (grades 8-10, Fall)
1957-1958	Donald James Bay (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Tony Maksymych (grades 8-10), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7)
1958-1959	Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Tony Maksymych (grades 9-11), Helen Neskar (grades 3-5), Evelyn Margaret O’Dell (grades 5-7, Fall), Verna Helen Wright (grades 6-8, Spring)
1959-1960	Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-2), Tony Maksymych (grade 9), Marguerite Marie Robillard (grades 4-6), Dorothy Francisca Wehrle (grades 6-8)
1960-1961	John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 4-6), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 1-3), Tony Maksymych (grade 9), Dorothy Francisca Wehrle (grades 7-8)
1961-1962	John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 4-6), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-3)
1962-1963	Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 6-8), William Nicholas Sass (grades 4-5), Gwen Anne Sorflaten (grades 2-3), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-3)
1963-1964	Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Gerald Wayne Recksiedler (grades 3-4), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
1964-1965	John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
1965-1966	John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)
1966-1967	John Robert “Bob” Jefferson (grades 3-4), Halldora Mary Johnson (grades 7-8), Emil George Russin (grades 5-6), Nellie Wolochatiuk (grades 1-2)

Photos & Coordinates

The original Lockport school and residence (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 1 Lockport School (1970) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Lockport 17 Lockport School (no date) Source: Cam Timlick The former Lockport School building (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Lockport School building (April 2021) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.09159, W96.94286 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #22 School District of Lockport, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #23 School District of Lockport, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

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

“Tenders for Lockport School,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 August 1922, page 16.

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.

Obituary [Lorna Leslie Ellison], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 2018.

We thank Randy Rostecki and Cam Timlick for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 May 2023

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