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The Oakburn School District began in February 1882 as the Oak Creek School District but changed its name in 1885. A school building erected one mile south of Oakburn in the Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake (today, the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead). A new schoolhouse was erected in the fall of 1895 and a second classroom was added to it in 1898.
In 1926, with increasing student enrollment, a five-acre parcel of land at this site was chosen by school inspector J. B. Morrison and purchased from merchant Abraham B. Fishman. Construction of a one-storey, four-classroom frame structure, by the Sheppard Construction Company of Hamiota, was completed by the fall of 1928. The school opened under Principal Janet L. More with 68 elementary and 23 high school students in grades 1 to 11. More taught grades 7 to 11 while Stella Laing taught grades 3 to 6 and Zelma Peden taught grades 1 to 3.
In January 1959, the school was consolidated with three schools from the surrounding area (King George School No. 1242, Rogers School No. 1267, Wheatfield School No. 954) to form Oakburn Consolidated School. A six-room elementary school was built by Komhyr Construction of Russburn. Other rural schools joined it as they closed in the 1960s: Braddock School No. 2134, Culross School No. 185, Harrower School No. 1513, Olha School No. 1243, Randale School No. 2148, St. John School No. 2193 and Zaporoza School No. 1468.
A monument at the former school site was dedicated on 23 July 2000 to the pioneers, trustees, teachers and students of Oakburn School.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1916-1917 |
Mary Aitchison (grades 1-5), L. A. Ecluier? (grades 6-10) |
1917-1918 |
David Iverach (grades 1-5), Jean M. McLaren (grades 6-11), Lillian Wherrett (grades 1-7) |
1918-1919 |
? (grades 1-5), Jean M. McLaren (grades 7-11) |
1919-1920 |
Gladys E. Findlay (grades 1-5), Jean M. McLaren (grades 7-11) |
1920-1921 |
Eleanor J. Carson (grades 1-4), Jean M. McLaren (grades 6-11), Lily Kuntz (grades 1-5) |
1921-1922 |
? |
1922-1923 |
M. McKinnon (grades 1-5), Sophie Moffett (grades 1-5), Katherine Bray (grades 1-7), James Woodside (grades 8-11) |
1923-1924 |
Metanis B. Vaux (grades 1-5), Elsie Finnie (grades 1-6), James Woodside (grades 7-11) |
1924-1925 |
Mrs. Bessie M. Harris (grades 1-6), Jennie B. Keith (grades 1-4), Mary Bljule (grades 8-11) |
1925-1926 |
Helen E. Hepworth (grades 1-6), Jennie B. Keith (grades 1-4), Mary Bljule (grades 7-11) |
1926-1927 |
Helen E. Hepworth (grades 3-6), Jennie B. Keith (grades 1-3), Alfred James Struthers (grades 7-11) |
1927-1928 |
John H. Menzies (grades 1-3), Jennie B. Keith (grade 3-6), Alfred James Struthers (grades 7-11) |
1928-1929 |
Zelma W. Peden (grades 1-3), Stella Gertrude Laing (grades 3-6), Janet Louisa May More (grades 7-11) |
1929-1930 |
Zelma W. Peden (grades 1-2), Stella Gertrude Laing (grades 3-4), Michael John Twerden (grades 5-7), Janet Louisa May More (grades 8-11) |
1930-1931 |
Zelma W. Peden (grades 1-3), Beryl Alexandra Young (grades 3-5), Michael John Twerden (grades 6-8), Janet Louisa May More (grades 9-11) |
1931-1932 |
Zelma W. Peden (grade 1-3), ? (grades 4-8), Janet Louisa May More (grades 9-11) |
1932-1933 |
Zelma W. Peden (grade 1-3), Mabel Jean Sinclair (grades 3-5), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 6-8), Janet Louisa May More (grades 9-11) |
1933-1934 |
Margaret Meryl Hanlin (grades 1-2), Anne Smigel (grades 4-5), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 6-8), Janet Louisa May More (grades 9-11) |
1934-1935 |
Margaret Meryl Hanlin (grades 1-3), Anne Smigel (grades 3-5), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 6-8), Janet Louisa May More (grades 9-11) |
1935-1936 |
Margaret Meryl Hanlin (grades 1-3), Anne Smigel (grades 4-5), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 6-8), William Schultz (grades 9-11) |
1936-1937 |
Mary Kereluk (grades 1-3), Olga Alice Lestition (grades 4-6), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 7-8), Leslie Irving Spear (grades 9-11) |
1937-1938 |
Mary Helen Anderson (grades 1-3), Olga Alice Lestition (grades 4-6), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 6-8), Leslie Irving Spear (grades 9-11) |
1938-1939 |
Mary Helen Anderson (grades 1-2), John Parsons (grades 3-5), Frank Halinsky (grades 6-8), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 9-11) |
1939-1940 |
Helen Forrest (grades 1-2), Taras Robert Korol (grades 3-5), Fred R. Turman (grades 6-8), Michael Alain Hawryluk (grades 9-11) |
1940-1941 |
Helen Forrest (grades 1-2), Taras Robert Korol (grades 3-5), Margaret Howe (grades 6-8), Walter B. Wachna (grades 9-11) |
1941-1942 |
Hildur Ingrid Josephine Sandhorn (grades 1-2), Mary Isabel Mazier (grades 3-5), John Tutkaluke (grades 6-8), Walter B. Wachna (grades 9-10), George Woloshynoski (grades 11-12) |
1942-1943 |
Mary Ewashko (grades 1-2), Mary Isabel Mazier (grades 3-5), John Tutkaluke (grades 6-8), Walter B. Wachna (grades 9-10), George Woloshynoski (grades 11-12) |
1943-1944 |
Mary Ewashko (grades 1-2), Mary Isabel Mazier (grades 3-5), Luna Nechwediuk (grades 6-8), Walter B. Wachna (grades 9-10), George Woloshynoski (grades 11-12) |
1944-1945 |
Anne Panko (grades 1-2), Mary Isabel Mazier (grades 3-5), Luna Nechwediuk (grades 6-8), Walter B. Wachna (grades 9-11) |
1945-1946 |
Lena Tillie Kuzyk (grades 1-2), Mary Isabel Mazier (grades 3-5), Peter Michael Luba (grades 6-8), Walter B. Wachna (grades 9-11) |
1946-1947 |
Lena Tillie Kuzyk (grades 1-2), Olga Jean Haziuk (grades 3-5), Olga Annie Stechkewich (grades 6-8), John Parsons (grades 9-10), Walter B. Wachna (grades 10-12) |
1947-1948 |
Anne Marjorie Shalay (grades 1-2), Alice Julia Shalay (grades 3-5), Alex Sabeski (grades 6-8), Peter Black (grades 9-10), John Parsons (grades 11-12) |
1948-1949 |
Anne Marjorie Shalay (grades 1-2), Alice Julia Shalay (grades 3-5), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 6-8), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 9-10), John Osborn Wilson (grades 11-12) |
1949-1950 |
Anne Marjorie Shalay (grades 1-2), Alice Julia Shalay (grades 3-5), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 6-8), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 9-10), Peter Michael Luba (grades 11-12) |
1950-1951 |
Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 9-10), Olive Luba (grades 1-2), Peter Michael Luba (grades 11-12), Elinor Maxiene Natizk (grades 3-5), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 6-8) |
1951-1952 |
Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 9-10), Olive Luba (grades 1-2), Peter Michael Luba (grades 11-12), Elinor Maxiene Natizk (grades 3-5), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 6-8) |
1952-1953 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-2), Elinor Maxiene Natizk Waddell (grades 3-5), Stanley M. Biluke (grades 6-8), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 9-10), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 11-12) |
1953-1954 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-2), Mary Matiation (grades 3-5), Stanley M. Biluke (grades 6-8), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 9-10), Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (grades 11-12) |
1954-1955 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-2), Mary Matiation (grades 3-5), Stanley M. Biluke (grades 6-8), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grades 9-10), Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (grades 11-12) |
1955-1956 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-3), Mary Matiation (grades 4-6), Stanley M. Biluke (grades 7-9), Stephen Stanley [Szucki] Susky (grade 10), Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (grades 11-12) |
1956-1957 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-3), Mary Matiation (grades 4-6), Stanley M. Biluke (grades 7-9), Victor L. Michaluk (grade 10), Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (grades 11-12) |
1957-1958 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-3), Mary Matiation (grades 4-6), Stanley M. Biluke (grades 7-9), Walter Manulak (grade 10), Victor L. Michaluk (grade 11), Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (grade 12) |
1958-1959 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-2), Mary Matiation (grades 3-5), Jerry Matiation (grades 6-8), Stanley M. Biluke (grade 9), Walter Manulak (grade 10), Victor L. Michaluk (grade 11), Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (grade 12) |
1959-1960 |
Olga Yarish (grades 1-2), Anne Matiation (grades 3-4), Jerry Matiation (grades 5-6), Stanley M. Biluke (grade 7-8), Stephen M. Waytowich (grade 9), Sonia Silewich (grade 10), Victor L. Michaluk (grade 11), Wesley Henry Sametz (grade 12) |
Among the other teachers of Oakburn School were Clara Letitia Hamilton (1895-1898, 1900-1901), E. Cameron (1899), Mary Cameron (1900, 1905), Angus McGregor (1904-1905), Mary C. Cowan (1905), and Ellen “Nellie” Douglas Jenkins (1909-1910).
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oak Creek School / Oakburn School No. 255 (RM of Yellowhead)
Sources:
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Echoes: Oakburn, Manitoba, 1870- 1970 by Oakburn Centennial Committee. Oakburn: The Committee, 1970.
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.
Ripples On The Lake: A History of Shoal Lake Municipality, 1884-1984 by Shoal Lake History Book Committee, 1984.
Shoal Lake Crossroads, 15 July 2000, page 11.
Manitoba School Records Collection (GR2061), Oakburn School District No. 255 Daily Registers, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Joel Fishman and Malcolm Bell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 4 September 2021
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