Historic Sites of Manitoba: Melrose School No. 1039 / Melrose East School and Melrose Central School / Melrose School (RM of Springfield)
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The Melrose School District was established in September 1899 and one-room schoolhouses operated at NW25-12-5E in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, just west of Cooks Creek. The original building was a wood frame structure with a belltower and saw both classroom as well as community and church congregational use.
Following steady enrollment growth, in June 1916 the district commissioned a second one-room schoolhouse that became known as Melrose West School, and this location then took the name of Melrose East School [lesser known as East Melrose School]. At the same time, significant repairs were made to the original building, with a $2,000 debenture issued to cover the costs of the repairs and new Melrose West School.
In September 1917 the district issued a further $3,200 in debentures to finance yet-again expanding its capacity, adding a four-room 22 feet by 22 feet teacherage along with an additional classroom in the form of a second stand-alone building located nearby the first school. It opened around 1918. By the mid-1920s, the oldest schoolhouse was used for junior grades and known individually as Melrose East School, while the newer and larger senior schoolhouse became known as Melrose Central School. A Principal, who exclusively taught at Melrose Central School after 1924, oversaw the districts' three-school arrangement until 1951.
When the Melrose School District split in September 1951, the East School and Central School designations were largely discontinued in favour of a simplified Melrose School, although Melrose Continuation School sometimes used for the former Melrose Central School. The former Melrose West School became the Rose School District No. 2332. In 1965, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Oakbank Consolidated School District No. 2426 and later the Transcona Springfield School Division.
Principals
Period |
Principal |
1916-1920 |
? |
1920-1921 |
E. S? [L?] Elmitt |
1921-1922 |
Charles Foulsham Laine (1888-1945) [at Melrose West School] |
1922-1923 |
E. J. Thomson |
1923-1924 |
Frederick Webster Simms (1923-1924) [at Melrose West School] |
1924 |
G. Jane Irwin |
1925 |
Glenora Miller |
1925-1926 |
Kathleen Goodchild |
1926-1927 |
Eugenia Prygrocki |
1927-1928 |
Blanche C. Hark |
1928 |
Jessie Phyllis Leus |
1928-1930 |
Mary Margaret Leus |
1930-1931 |
Gladys Evelyn Horton |
1931-1932 |
Bella Mary Sopchuk |
1932-1933 |
Helen Bettina Frances |
1933-1935 |
Ignatius Joseph Zaborniak (1902-1989) |
1935-1941 |
Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988) |
1941 |
Frank W. Zaborniak |
1941 |
May Irving Davidson |
1941-1942 |
William Nazeravich |
1942-1949 |
Dennis Nazeravich (1916-2010) |
1949-1950 |
Gisele M. Ruel |
1950-1954 |
Mytro “Tony” Onysko (1928-1992) |
1954-1955 |
David Leonard Semenko |
1955-1957 |
Donald Zaporzan |
1957-1958 |
Viola M. Dale |
1958-1959 |
Yvonne Hanson |
1959-1960 |
Lorraine Ingeborg Oswald |
1960-1961 |
Paul Kereliuk |
1961-1962 |
Donald Alexander Bell |
1962-1964 |
Lena Catherine Basiuk |
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1912 |
Spring term only: M. W. Pilcha (February-April), M. M. Wark (May-June) |
1912-1913 |
Anthony J. Palmer |
1913-1914 |
Minnie J. Hensen (Fall 1913), Minnie Werseen (Spring 1914) |
1914-1915 |
N. Boychuk |
1915-1916 |
P. P. Shreyer |
1916-1917 |
Annie C. Blackhall (grades 1-6) |
1917-1918 |
Annie C. Blackhall (grades 1-6, Fall), Marjorie Hunter (grades 1-6, Spring) |
1918-1919 |
Marjorie Hunter (grades ?), Mary J. Kinsella (grades ?) |
1919-1920 |
Mary J. Kinsella (grades ?), Anna F. Lackmance (grades ?, Spring), S. G. Matheson (grades ?, Fall) |
1920-1921 |
Muriel E. Paterson (grades 1-2), E. S? [L?] Elmitt (senior grades) |
1921-1922 |
Marjorie M. Casey (grades 3-6 August-October; grades 1-6, November-June), Amelia Magdaline Laine (grades 1-2, August-October - wife of Charles Foulsham Laine) |
1922-1923 |
Gladys V. McEwen (grades 1-2, November-June), E. J. Thomson (grades 1-8, September-October; grades 3-8, November-June) |
1923-1924 |
Kate Livingstone (grades 1-2, January-June), Edith Mildred Simms (grades 3-8, January-June; wife of Frederick W. Simms) |
1924-1925 |
G. Jane Irwin (grades 3-8, August-December), Kate Livingstone (grades 1-2), Glenora Miller (grades 3-8, January-June) |
1925-1926 |
Kathleen Goodchild (grades 3-8), Kate Livingstone (grades 1-2) |
1926-1927 |
M. Demchuk (grades 1-2, August-December), Emily Goodchild (grades 1-3, January-June), Eugenia Prygrocki (grades 3-8, August-December; grades 4-8, January-June) |
1927-1928 |
Blanche C. Hark (grades 4-8), Violet Hark (grades 1-3, January-June), Islay McKinnell (grades 1-3, August-December) |
1928-1929 |
Jessie Phyllis Leus (grades 4-7, August; grades 1-3, January-June), Mary Margaret Leus (grades 4-7, September-June), Marguerite Muriel Sharpe (grades 1-3, August-December) |
1929-1930 |
Jessie Phyllis Leus (grades 1-3), Mary Margaret Leus (grades 4-8) |
1930-1931 |
Gladys Evelyn Horton (grades 4-8), Helen Firth Tweedie (grades 1-3) |
1931-1932 |
Ruth Carol (grades 1-3, August), Elizabeth Stanbury Ferguson (grades 1-3, November-June), Gladys Evelyn Horton (grades 4-9, August-October), Bella Mary Sopchuk (grades 4-9, November-June) |
1932-1933 |
Elizabeth Stanbury Ferguson (grades 1-3), Helen Bettina Frances (grades 4-9) |
1933-1934 |
Edward John Komodowski (grades 1-3), Ignatius Joseph Zaborniak (grades 4-9) |
1934-1935 |
Fred Klym (grades 1-3), Ignatius Joseph Zaborniak (grades 4-8) |
1935-1936 |
Fred Klym (grades 4-9), Ignatius Joseph Zaborniak (grades 1-3) |
1936-1937 |
Fred Klym (grades 5-9), Frank W. Zaborniak (grades 1-4) |
1937-1938 |
Fred Klym (grades 5-9), Frank W. Zaborniak (grades 1-4) |
1938-1939 |
Fred Klym (grades 5-8), Frank W. Zaborniak (grades 1-4) |
1939-1940 |
Fred Klym (grades 5-9), Frank W. Zaborniak (grades 1-4) |
1940-1941 |
May Irving Davidson (grades 5-9, June), Fred Klym (grades 5-9, August-February), Bessie Ella May Robinson (grades 1-4, April-June), Frank W. Zaborniak (grades 1-4, August- March; grades 5-9, March-June) |
1941-1942 |
Isabel Duffey (grades 1-4), William Nazeravich (grades 5-9) |
1942-1943 |
Elaine Alexandra Kostiuk (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 5-9) |
1943-1944 |
Ann Maradyn (grades 1-3), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 5-8) |
1944-1945 |
Adeline P. Duda (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 5-9) |
1945-1946 |
Dennis Nazeravich (grades 5-9), Stephanie Sawchuk (grades 1-4) |
1946-1947 |
Donna Grapentine (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 5-9) |
1947-1948 |
Bernice M. Kowal (grades 1-6), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 7-10) |
1948-1949 |
Dennis Nazeravich (grades 7-11), Helen Penner (grades 1-6) |
1949-1950 |
Gisele M. Ruel (grades 7-10), Irene Imelda Ruel (grades 1-6) |
1950-1951 |
Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 7-10), Edward Theodore Witoski (grades 1-6) |
1951-1952 |
Robert Gordon Duff (grades 1-6), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 7-11) |
1952-1953 |
Mary Onysko (grades 1-6), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 7-11) |
1953-1954 |
William Alex Lebedeff (grades 1-6), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 7-11) |
1954-1955 |
William Alex Lebedeff (grades 1-6), David Leonard Semenko (grades 7-11) |
1955-1956 |
Donald Zaporzan (grades 7-11), Eileen Ruby Zaporzan (grades 1-6) |
1956-1957 |
Donald Zaporzan (grades 7-11), Eileen Ruby Zaporzan (grades 1-6) |
1957-1958 |
Viola M. Dale (grades 5-8), Julie Patricia Pikowick [Pikowich?] (grades 1-4) |
1958-1959 |
Yvonne Hanson (grades 5-8), Julie Patricia Pikowick [Pikowich?] (grades 1-4) |
1959-1960 |
Lorraine Ingeborg Oswald (grades 5-8), Shirley Parkes (grades 1-4) |
1960-1961 |
Mary Kereliuk (grades 1-4), Paul Kereliuk (grades 5-8) |
1961-1962 |
Donald Alexander Bell (grades 5-8), Angeline Bernice Biedron (grades 1-4) |
1962-1963 |
Lena Catherine Basiuk (grades 5-8), Angeline Bernice Biedron (grades 1-4) |
1963-1964 |
Lena Catherine Basiuk (grades 5-8), Anne Dueck (grades 1-4) |
1964-1965 |
Phyllis Kwiatkowski (grades 1-8) |
Photos & Coordinates

The original Melrose School / Melrose East School (left) and Melrose Central School (right) (no date) by J. E. S. Dunlop
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 45.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.04747, W96.78550 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Melrose School No. 1039 / Melrose West School / Rose School No. 2332 (RM of Springfield)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Miles Macdonell Collegiate / Melrose Junior High School (757 Roch Street, Winnipeg)
Sources:
Selkirk topographic map, 62I/2, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #19 School District of Melrose, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #44 School District of Melrose, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Melrose School District No. 1039, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Melrose School District No. 1039 (Melrose East School & Melrose Central School) Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Melrose School District #1039 - Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Springfield, 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973, Dugald Women’s Institute.
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.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 October 2021
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