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The Minto School District was established formally at Minto, in what is now the Municipality of Grassland, in July 1901, becoming Minto Consolidated School in 1962. The present red-brick school building dates from 1928, replacing an earlier two-storey building that was destroyed by fire on 9 March 1928. That new school was financed via a $15,000 debenture, as was a $5,000 teacherage built in 1948. The bell from the original Minto School is contained a monument nearby, at N49.40680, W100.02314, as a donation from the Minto and District Historical Society.
Period
Principal
1904
Charles A. Scarrow
1905-1906
Sadie E. Cleland
1907
Peter Robert Loutit (1878-1961)
1907-1909
Louise C. Anderson (1875-?)
1909-1910
Christina [Christena?] Stewart
1910-1914
Emma Laura Suttis (1881-1971)
1914-1915
William John Gordon Scott (1885-1953)
1915-1916
Emma Laura Suttis (1881-1971)
1916-1919
Nellie P. Rogers
1919-1921
Angus McNevin (1862-1923)
1921-1924
Alice Myrtle Jennings (1894-1964)
1924
Ida J. Finmen
1924-1925
Fred. H. Anderson
1925-1926
Lillian Margaret Vanstone “Lillie” Marshall (1905-1953)
1926
Elva Matilda Rollins (1906-?)
1927-1930
Mary Hazel Dunseith (1900-1983)
1930-1931
Amy Smith Simpson (1907-1979)
1931-1936
Janet Lavinia Rourke
1936-1937
Margaret Catherine Martin
1937-1938
William George Kelley
1938
Wallace Kingdon Maxwell (1914-1944)
1939-1944
Janet Louisa May [Mae] More (1896-1986)
1944-1945
Anna Pearl White
1945-1946
Emma Idea Scheibe Gilchrist (1917-2004)
1946-1948
Elizabeth Johannovna Penner (1909-2002)
1948-1951
Cameron Earl “Cam” Couling (1917-1976)
1951-1953
Jack Alexander “Alex” Smith
1953-1958
1958-1959
Jacob “Jack” Isaak (1921-2004)
?-?
Kathleen Elizabeth Chambers Armstrong (1919-2014)
1959-1964
?
1964-1965
James Allan “Jim” Coughlan (c1939-2014)
1965-1966
Stanley Vernon “Stan” Brickman
1966-1967
Arla Elizabeth Giesbrecht
Period
Teachers
1901
did not operate
1902
Charles A. Scarrow, ?
1903
Charles A. Scarrow, ?
1904
Charles A. Scarrow (senior grades, Spring), ? (senior grades, Fall), ? (junior grades)
1905
Sadie E. Cleland (senior grades), Minnie Burke (junior grades)
1906
Sadie E. Cleland (senior grades), Mary Patrick (junior grades)
1907
Louise C. Anderson (senior grades, Fall), Edith A. Kinley (junior grades, Fall), Peter Robert Loutit (senior grades, Spring), Mary Patrick (junior grades, Spring)
1908
Louise C. Anderson (senior grades), Edith A. Kinley (junior grades)
1909
Louise C. Anderson (senior grades, Spring), Hazel M. Hunt (junior grades, Spring), Ada E. Kelso (junior grades, Fall), Christina [Christena?] Stewart (senior grades, Fall)
1910
Bertha Gordon Keddie (junior grades, Fall), Ada E. Kelso (junior grades, Spring), Christina [Christena?] Stewart (senior grades, Spring), Emma Laura Suttis (senior grades, Fall)
1911
Bertha Gordon Keddie (junior grades), Emma Laura Suttis (senior grades)
1912
(January-June only): Bertha Gordon Keddie (junior grades), Emma Laura Suttis (senior grades)
1912-1913
Bertha Gordon Keddie (junior grades), Emma Laura Suttis (senior grades)
1913-1914
Annie M. Falconer (intermediate grades, Spring), Bertha Gordon Keddie (junior grades), Ethel A Sproule (intermediate grades, Fall), Emma Laura Suttis (senior grades)
1914-1915
Annie M. Falconer (intermediate grades, grades 3-7), Bertha Gordon Keddie (grades 1-3), Ethel A Sproule (grades 3-7, Spring), William John Gordon Scott (grades 8-11)
1915-1916
Bertha Gordon Keddie (grades 1-3), Ethel A Sproule (grades 3-6), Emma Laura Suttis (grades 8-11)
1916-1917
Bertha Gordon Keddie (grades 1-3), Nellie P. Rogers (grades 8-11), Ethel A. Sproule (grades 4-6)
1917-1918
Kemp C. Cossan (grades 4-6), Bertha Gordon Keddie (grades 1-3), Nellie P. Rogers (grades 8-11)
1918-1919
Bertha Gordon Keddie (grades 1-3), Nellie P. Rogers (grades 8-11), Alison M. Wilson (grades 4-7)
1919-1920
Irene E. Halliday (grades 1-3), Angus McNevin (grades 8-11), Alison M. Wilson (grades 4-6)
1920-1921
Kathlyne [Kathleen] A. Jones (grades 1-3), Angus McNevin (grades 8-11), Ethel Rogers (grades 4-6)
1921-1922
Gertrude E. Harris (grades 1-3, December), Alice Myrtle Jennings (grades 8-11), Kathlyne [Kathleen] A. Jones (grades 1-3, August-October & January-June), Ethel Rogers (grades 4-7), Vivianne Pascal (grades 1-3, November), N. H. Wark (grades 1-3, December-January)
1922-1923
Alice Myrtle Jennings (grades 8-11), Kathlyne [Kathleen] A. Jones (grades 1-3), Alice L. McCuaig (grades 4-7, October-June), Ethel Rogers (grades 4-7, September-October [died 8 October 1922])
1923-1924
Helen Burchill [Burchell?] (grades 1-4), Alice Myrtle Jennings (grades 9-11), Alice L. McCuaig (grades 5-8)
1924-1925
Fred. H. Anderson (grades 9-11, September-June), Ida J. Finmen (grades 9-11, August-September), Emily Jane Martin (grades 1-4), Alice L. McCuaig (grades 5-8)
1925-1926
Florence J. Hammond (grades 1-4, August-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Alice L. McCuaig (grades 5-8, August-December; grades 4-8, January-June), Lillian Margaret “Lillie” Vanstone (grades 9-11)
1926-1927
Mary Hazel Dunseith (grades 9-11, January-June), Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-3), Florence J. Hammond (grades 1-3, August-December), Elaine Eva Leaman (grades 4-7), Violet L. Reeves (grades 4-7, August-December), Elva Matilda Rollins (grades 9-11, August-December)
1927-1928
Mary Hazel Dunseith (grades 9-11), Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-3), Elaine Eva Leaman (grades 4-8)
1928-1929
Mary Hazel Dunseith (grades 9-11), Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-3), Elaine Eva Leaman (grades 4-8)
1929-1930
Mary Hazel Dunseith (grades 9-11), Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-3), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 4-8)
1930-1931
Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-4), Amy Smith (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 4-8)
1931-1932
Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-4), Janet Lavinia Rorke (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 4-8)
1932-1933
Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-4), Janet Lavinia Rorke (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 4-8)
1933-1934
Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-4), Janet Lavinia Rorke (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 4-8)
1934-1935
Mary Helena Gould (grades 1-4), Janet Lavinia Rorke (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 4-8)
1935-1936
Laura Patricia “Pat” Herron (grades 1-5), Janet Lavinia Rorke (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 6-8)
1936-1937
Laura Patricia “Pat” Herron (grades 1-5), Margaret Catherine Martin (grades 9-11), Ruby Young (grades 6-8)
1937-1938
Mary Margaret S. Hunter (grades 5-8), Alice Jane Hutton (grades 1-4), William George Kelly (grades 9-12)
1938-1939
Mary Margaret S. Hunter (grades 5-8), Alice Jane Hutton (grades 1-4), William George Kelly (grades 9-12, August-September), Wallace Kingdon Maxwell (grades 9-11, October-December), Janet Louisa Mae More (grades 9-11, January-June)
1939-1940
Gladys Evelyn Francis (grades 4-8), Janet Louisa Mae More (grades 9-11), ? (grades 1-3)
1940-1941
Mary Margaret S. Hunter (grades 1-4), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 5-8, January-June), Dorothy Marguerite McKenzie (grades 5-8, August-December), Janet Louisa Mae More (grades 9-11)
1941-1942
Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 5-8), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4), Janet Louisa Mae More (grades 9-12)
1942-1943
Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 5-8), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4), Janet Louisa Mae More (grades 9-12)
1943-1944
Muriel Amelia Christie (grades 1-4, April-June), Muriel Jean Kerr (grades 5-8, January-June), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 5-8, August-December), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4, August-March), Janet Louisa Mae More (grades 9-11)
1944-1945
Muriel Amelia Christie (grades 1-4, August-September), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4, October-June), Emma Mahaly Powell (grades 5-8), Anna Pearl White (grades 9-11)
1945-1946
Blanche Louise Lesy (grades 5-8), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4), Emma Idea Scheibe (grades 9-11)
1946-1947
Muriel Jean Kerr (grades 5-8), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Johannovna Penner (grades 9-11)
1947-1948
Muriel Jean Kerr (grades 5-8), Kathryn Margaret Middleton (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Johannovna Penner (grades 9-11)
1948-1949
Cameron Earl Couling (grades 7-11), Mary Irene MacDougall (grades 1-6)
1949-1950
Cameron Earl Couling (grades 7-11), Mary Irene MacDougall (grades 1-6)
1950-1951
Cameron Earl Couling (grades 7-11), Mary Irene MacDougall (grades 1-6)
1951-1952
Mrs. L. E. Campbell (grades 4-6, January), Jessie Margaret Fast (grades 1-6, September-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Vonna Ethel Muir (grades 4-6, February-June), Jack Alexander “Alex” Smith (grades 7-11)
1952-1953
Jessie Margaret Fast (grades 1-4), Vonna Ethel Muir (grades 4-8), Jack Alexander “Alex” Smith (grades 9-11)
1953-1954
?
1954-1955
?
1955-1956
?
1956-1957
?
1957-1958
?
1958-1959
?
1959-1960
?
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
?
1964-1965
James Coughlan (grades 6-8), ?
1965-1966
Stanley Vernon “Stan” Brickman (grades 6-8), Elizabeth June Cosgrove (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-5)
1966-1967
Arla Elizabeth Giesbrecht (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-5)
Among the other teachers of Minto School were Miss Jean Armstrong, Miss Lacey, Miss Allison Wilson, Miss Finnen, Mrs. Lillian Munro, Miss Gwen Clarke, Miss Emily Martin, Miss Mary McDougall, Mrs. Beth Armstrong, Mrs. Gwen Martens, Mrs. Jean Young, Miss Karen McNeill, and Sara Elizabeth Buchanan.
Postcard view of the original wood frame, two-storey Minto School (1920s)
by Charles Ignatious Meyers
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0051
Minto School (no date) by George Hunter
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 71.
Minto School (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Minto School (July 2025)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Minto School (July 2025)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Aerial view of Minto School (September 2025)
Source: George Penner
Minto School bell monument (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Minto School bell monument (July 2025)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40708, W100.02531
denoted by symbol on the map above
Birth registrations [Elva Matilda Rollins], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Ethel Rogers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Changes in School Principals,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 July 1904, page 14.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Minto Memoirs: 1881-1979 by Minto and District Historical Society, 1979, pages 34-35.
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.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #18 School District of Minto, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School Division borrowing files (MA 0038), Minto School District #1174, GR1798, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Minto School District No. 1174 - Daily Registers, GR4072, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Rose Kuzina, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 19 November 2025
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