Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ninga School No. 485 (Ninga, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

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The former Ninga School building in Ninga, in the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain, was built in 1929 to replace an older building erected in 1908, designed by Winnipeg architect G. G. Teeter, that had been destroyed by fire. After the school closed in 1973, the building was renovated into a private residence.

Principals

Period	Principal
1900	Robert Leslie
1900-1903	James Alfred Laird (1873-1908)
1904	?
1905-1908	Elbridge Doty Parker (1884-1981)
1908	Winfred Elmore Marsh (1872-1932)
1909	?
1910	George Cecil Speers (1886-1958)
1911	Archibald James McIntyre (1886-?)
1912	William John Rose (1885-1968)
1912-1913	A. J. [C.? F.?] Matthias
1913-1915	James Ogel Beckstead (1883-1985)
1915-1916	George James Elliott (1869-1948)
1916	Alex Russell
1917	Wilfred Almon Rideout (1878-1949)
1917-1918	S. Christie Atkinson
1918-1919	Edith Ann Fingland (1877-1957)
1919-1921	Olive Marion Evelyn Crookshanks (1892-1984)
1921-1925	Anna S. MacKenzie
1925-1926	Alfred Blakely Gillespie (1870-1939)
1926-1929	George Boyer Poole (1880-1958)
1929	Eleanor M. Pellisson?
1930-1938	Allan Alexander “Andy” Anderson (1892-1981)
1938-1941	Robert John Coates (1908-1990)
1941	Frank Benbow Fox (1890-1964)
1941-1943	Iris Ada Caroline Diamond (1905-1990)
1943-1944	Nora Edith Sankey (1916-1996)
1944-1945	John S. Schellenberg (?-?)
1945-1949	John Franklin Morrison (1910-1984)
1949-1955	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (1907-1985)
1955-1956	Douglas Gordon Pomeroy (1911-1968)
1956	J. B. Norrie
1956-1957	Ralph Ernest Mayes (1891-1969)
1957-1958	Alexander “Alex” Korzeniowski
1958-1960	Peter Stobbe
1960-1961	A. Frances Jacques
1961-1963	Brian Bryce Tannahill
1963-1964	Bernard Roland “Ben” Siemens
1964-1965	Ronald Peter Chay
1965-1966	Alfred Stephan Klassen
1966-1968	Eleanor Jean Cochrane
1968-?	?
?-1973	Alice Isabel McKnight

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1898	Martha “Mattie” Cross (all grades)
1899	Martha “Mattie” Cross (all grades)
1900	Martha “Mattie” Cross (all grades, spring; junior grades, fall), James Alfred Laird (senior grades, fall), Robert Leslie (senior grades, fall)
1901	Martha “Mattie” Cross (junior grades), James Alfred Laird (senior grades)
1902	James Alfred Laird (senior grades), Edith Mills (junior grades, spring), Beatrice E. Stuart (junior grades, fall)
1903	James Alfred Laird (senior grades), Beatrice E. Stuart (junior grades, spring), ? (junior grades, fall)
1904	Bertha F. Emmons (junior grades), ? (senior grades)
1905	Laura M. Greenway (junior grades), Elbridge Doty Parker (senior grades)
1906	Laura M. Greenway (junior grades), Elbridge Doty Parker (senior grades)
1907	Elbridge Doty Parker (grades 4-8), Allie L. Wilson (grades 1-4)
1908	Winfred Elmore Marsh (grades 4-8, fall), Elbridge Doty Parker (grades 4-8, spring), Annie Penman (grades 1-4, fall), Allie L. Wilson (grades 1-4, spring)
1909	Laura A. Manz (grades 1-3, spring; grades 4-6, fall), Laurinda Mae Martin (grades 1-3, fall), ? (grades 4-6, spring), ? (senior grades)
1910	Laura A. Manz (grades 4-6), Laurinda Mae Martin (grades 1-3), George Cecil Speers (grades 7-10)
1911	A. J. McIntyre (grades 7-10), Laura A. Manz (grades 4-6, spring), Alice H. Potter (grades 4-6, fall), ? (grades 1-3)
1912	Spring only: Alice H. Potter (grades 4-6), W. J. Rose (grades 8-10), ? (grades 1-3)
1912-1913	Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-6, 1913), A. J. [C.? F.?] Matthias (grades 7-11), Alice H. Potter (grades 4-6, 1912), ? (grades 1-3)
1913-1914	Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-7), ? (grades 1-3, 8-11)
1914-1915	James Ogel Beckstead (grades 8-11), Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-7),? (grades 1-3)
1915-1916	George James Elliott (grades 8-11), Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-7), Grace E. Oke (grades 1-3)
1916-1917	Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-7), Grace E. Oke (grades 1-3), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 8-11, 1917), Alex Russell (grades 8-11, 1916)
1917-1918	Iva Angers (grades 1-3), S. Christie Atkinson (grades 8-11), Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-7)
1918-1919	S. Christie Atkinson (grades 8-11, 1918), Edith Ann Fingland (grades 8-11, 1919), Elsie MacGregor (grades 4-7), ? (grades 1-3)
1919-1920	Olive Evelyn Crookshanks (grades 8-11), Sadie E. Forbes (grades 1-3, 1920), Enid B. Steel (grades 1-3, 1919), ? (grades 4-7)
1920-1921	? (all grades)
1921-1922	Ida G.[J.?] Finnen (grades 5-7), Margaret L. Stoddart (grades 1-4), ? (senior grades)
1922-1923	? (all grades)
1923-1924	Jean L. Babb (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4, senior grades)
1924-1925	Jean L. Babb (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4, senior grades)
1925-1926	Jean L. Babb (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4, senior grades)
1926-1927	Laura M. Fisher (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4, senior grades)
1927-1928	Laura M. Fisher (grades 5-8), ? (grades 1-4, senior grades)
1928-1929	Annie Wilhelmina Campbell (grades 1-4), Laura M. Fisher (grades 5-8), George Boyer Poole (grades 9-11)
1929-1930	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11, 1930), Ruth Mildred Bates (grades 5-8), Annie Wilhelmina Campbell (grades 1-4), Eleanor M. Pellisson? (grades 9-11, 1929)
1930-1931	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Ruth Mildred Bates (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1931-1932	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Ruth Mildred Bates (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1932-1933	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Ruth Mildred Bates (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1933-1934	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Ruth Mildred Bates (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1934-1935	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Ruth Mildred Bates (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1935-1936	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), E. P. Grierson (grades 5-8, 1935 substitute), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1936-1937	Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4)
1937-1938	Margaret G. Allison (grades 1-4), Allan Alexander Anderson (grades 9-11), Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Mildred Camilla Smith (grades 1-4, 1937)
1938-1939	Margaret G. Allison (grades 1-4), Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), ? (grades 9-11)
1939-1940	Margaret G. Allison (grades 1-4), Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Robert John Coates (grades 9-11)
1940-1941	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Robert John Coates (grades 9-11), Frank Benbow Fox (grades 9-11, 1941), Shirley Marguerite Tod (grades 1-4)
1941-1942	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Eunice Merle Fowler (grades 1-4, 1942), Jessie McDonald (grades 1-4, 1941), ? (grades 9-11)
1942-1943	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Eunice Merle Fowler (grades 1-4, 1942), Jessie McDonald (grades 1-4, 1941), Nettie Louisa Ryan (grades 1-4, 1943), ? (grades 9-11)
1943-1944	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Nora Edith Sankey (grades 9-11), Myra Inez Vig (grades 1-4)
1944-1945	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Reta Marjorie MacDougall (grades 1-4), John S. Schellenberg (grades 9-11)
1945-1946	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Reta Marjorie MacDougall (grades 1-4), John Franklin Morrison (grades 9-11)
1946-1947	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Reta Marjorie MacDougall (grades 1-4), John Franklin Morrison (grades 9-11)
1947-1948	Kathleen Chapman (grades 5-8), Agnes Irene Snyder (grades 1-4), ? (grades 9-11)
1948-1949	Agnes Irene Snyder (grades 1-4), Dorothy Alice McShane (grades 5-8), ? (grades 9-11)
1949-1950	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-10), Ileen Ruth Lockhart (grades 5-8), Agnes Irene Snyder (grades 1-4)
1950-1951	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Ethel Florence Bridgeman (grades 1-4, 1951), Doris Horosko (grades 1-4, 1950), Phyllis Margaret Lundgren (grades 5-8)
1951-1952	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Bernice Joyce Flatt (grades 1-4), Phyllis Margaret Lundgren (grades 5-8)
1952-1953	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Bernice Joyce Flatt (grades 1-4), Cora Margaret Smith Privat (grades 5-8)
1953-1954	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Joyce Cairns (grades 1-4), Gladys Mary McKnight (grades 1-4, 1954), Cora Margaret Smith Privat (grades 5-8)
1954-1955	Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Cora Margaret Smith Privat (grades 5-8), Dorothy Aileen Riddell (grades 1-4)
1955-1956	Douglas Gordon Pomeroy (grades 9-11), Dorothy Aileen Riddell (grades 1-4), Eva Beatrice May Dundas Hysop Smith (grades 5-8)
1956-1957	Gerald R. Brown (grades 5-8), J. B. Norrie (grades 9-11, 1956), Ralph Ernest Mayes (grades 9-11), Dorothy Aileen Riddell (grades 1-4)
1957-1958	Gerald R. Brown (grades 5-8), Alexander “Alex” Korzeniowski (grades 9-11), Dorothy Aileen Riddell (grades 1-4)
1958-1959	Helen I. Fast (grades 1-4), A. Frances Jacques (grades 5-8), Dorothy Aileen Riddell (grades 5-8, 1958 substitute), Peter Stobbe (grades 9-11)
1959-1960	Lila E. Garrett (grades 1-4), A. Frances Jacques (grades 5-8), Peter Stobbe (grades 9-11)
1960-1961	Patsy Karen “Pat” Coates (grades 1-4), A. Frances Jacques (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	Patsy Karen “Pat” Coates (grades 1-4), Brian Bryce Tannahill (grades 5-8)
1962-1963	Phyllis Vera Maloney (grades 1-4), Brian Bryce Tannahill (grades 5-8)
1963-1964	Phyllis Vera Maloney (grades 1-4), Bernard Roland “Ben” Siemens (grades 5-8)
1964-1965	Ronald Peter Chat (grades 5-8), Lyla Marlene Kenter (grades 1-4)
1965-1966	Lyla Marlene Kenter (grades 1-4), Alfred Stephan Klassen (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	Eleanor Jean Cochrane (grades 5-8), Lyla Marlene Kenter (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Eleanor Jean Cochrane (grades 5-8), Alice Isabel McKnight (grades 1-4)
1968-1969	Alice Isabel McKnight (grades ?), ? (other grades)
1969-1970	Alice Isabel McKnight (grades ?), ? (other grades)
1970-1971	Alice Isabel McKnight (grades ?), ? (other grades)
1971-1972	Alice Isabel McKnight (grades ?), ? (other grades)
1972-1973	Joan Ferguson (junior grades), Alice Isabel McKnight (senior grades)

Among the other teachers of Ninga School were Ada Ram, Miss Shortreed, and Dorothy Teeter.

Photos & Coordinates

Ninga School, new and old (no date) by W. J. Parr Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 70. Ninga School No. 485 (c1908) Source: Education Department Report, 1908. The former Ninga School building (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1379. The former Ninga School building (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Ninga School building (August 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23019, W99.88936 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.

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

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

Reflections: Turtle Mountain Municipality and Killarney, 1882-1982, pages 111-112.

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Ninga School District No. 485 - Register of Attendance, GR4072, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Ninga School District No. 485 - Daily Registers, GR4072, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Bobbi Jo Panciera and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 13 March 2020

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