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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Consolidated School (Rebecca Street, Morris)
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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
The Morris School District was formally established in March 1876 and a school building operated in the Town of Morris. In 1908, a new school building was designed by Winnipeg architect W. W. Blair. After the 1950 Red River flood, the school was renovated into a fourplex residential building.
Principals
Period
Principal
Before 1950
1950-1951
Arthur Kendall Stratton (1895-1961)
1951-1956
Raymond Ronald Bailey (1922-2015)
1956-1973
Peter Dyck
Teachers
Among the teachers of Morris Consolidated School were Doris Penstock (1952-1954).
Photos & Coordinates
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35563, W97.35827
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris School No. 29 (157 Lucinda Street, Morris)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris Primary School (159 Main Street South, Morris)
Manitoba Organization: Morris-Macdonald School Division School District No. 19
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.
We thank Ralph Groening and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 May 2021
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