Historic Sites of Manitoba: Prairie City School / Snowflake Consolidated School No. 1111 (Snowflake, Municipality of Pembina)

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The Prairie City School District No. 1111 operated in Snowflake in the Rural Municipality of Pembina from April 1901 to March 1910, when Snowflake Consolidated School was established. It eventually merged several small rural schools, including Snowflake School No. 283, Willowdale School No. 309, Star Mound School No. 413, Valley View School No. 666, Carthage School No. 752, and Aberdeen School No. 761. The two-storey brick school building, constructed in the fall of 1911. It later became part of the Pembina Valley School Division and continued operating until 1992 when it closed. The building was demolished sometime after 1996. A monument near the site is topped by the school bell.

Principals

Period	Principal
1911-1913	Charles Herbert Egan (1872-1922)
1913-1916	Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1916	Solomon Abraham (1872-1942)
1917-1920	Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1920-1923	Clarence Harold Hand (1894-?)
1924	William Raymond Waind (1896-1945)
1924-1925	Victor Wellington Jenkins (1884-?)
1925-1928	Clarence Harold Hand (1894-?)
1928-1938	Chester MacMillan Fraser (1904-1975)
1938-1948	Caroline Cumming (1885-1979)
1948-1949	Elizabeth Johannonna Penner (?-?)
1949-1950	Manuel Alexander “Alex” Mihaychuk (1927-1999)
1950-1951	George Wesley Denstedt (1896-1979)
1951-1957	John Henry Doughty (1900-1958)
1957-1961	Alexander Krawec
1961-1963	R. E. Crawford
1963-1964	Arthur Neilson (1908-1975)
1964-1965	Richard John Lapusniak
1965-1967	?
1967-1970	John Ronald Zacharias
1970-1974	Carl Edward Golebioski
1974	Ronald J. Bell
1974-1975	Gwenith Lynne Edna Werry
1975-1976	Donald Steven Maksymchuk
1976-1980	Bruce Andrew Wood
1980-1982	Raymond Harold “Ray” Mutcheson
1982-1983	Ann Sellers
1983-1987	H. Martens
1987-1988	?
1988-1990	Brenda Norrie
1990-1991	Neal Remple
1991-1992	?

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1911	Eleanor Grace Pryce (junior grades), Charles Herbert Egan (senior grades)
1912	A. M. Conner (grades 1-4), Charles Herbert Egan (grades 5-9)
1913	(Spring only) Charles Herbert Egan (grades 5-10), ? (grades 1-4)
1913-1914	Lavina McKenzie (grades 1-4), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 5-11)
1914-1915	Mary E. Kirkland (grades 1-2, 1914; grades 1-3, 1915), H. R. Magnusson (grades 3-5, 1915), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 6-11), ? (grades 3-5, 1914)
1915-1916	Kate E. Armstrong (grades 4-6), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 8-11), Rosetta M. Rochford (grades 1-3, 1916), V. P. Ruddell (grades 1-3, 1915)
1916-1917	Solomon Abraham (grades 7-11, 1916), Annie M. Anderson (grades 4-6, 1917), Kate E. Armstrong (grades 4-6, 1916), Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11, 1917), Rosetta M. Rochford (grades 1-3, 1916), Anna L. Young (grades 1-3, 1917)
1917-1918	Annie M. Anderson (grades 4-6), Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11), Anna L. Young (grades 1-3)
1918-1919	Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11), Isabelle Sutherland (grades 4-6), Gertrude W. Wishark (grades 1-3)
1919-1920	Annie L. Day (grades 4-6, 1920), Elsie E. Irwin (grades 1-3, 1920), Jessie C. Iverach (grades 1-3, daughter of William Iverach), Walter Gard Jose (grades 7-11), M. C. “Katherine” McDongall (grades 4-6), Elizabeth Stevenson (grades 4-6, 1919)
1920-1921	Marjorie Abey (grades 1-4, 1920; grades 1-3, 1921), Clarence Harold Hand (grades 8-11), P. A. Richardson (grades 5-7, 1920; grades 4-7, 1921)
1921-1922	Marjorie Davidson (grads 4-7), Clarence Harold Hand (grades 8-11), Dorothy E. Ritchie (grades 1-3)
1922-1923	Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-6), Mary E. Williams (grades 1-2)
1923-1924	Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11, 1923), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-6), Hazel B. Robertson (grades 1-2, 1924), William Raymond Waind (grades 7-11, 1924), Mary E. Williams (grades 1-2, 1923)
1924-1925	Victor Wellington Jenkins (grades 7-12), Mrs. J. Linton (grades 1-2, 1926 substitute), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-5), Hazel B. Robertson (grades 1-2)
1925-1926	Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Margaret H. Mullin (grades 3-6), Hazel B. Robertson (grades 1-3)
1926-1927	Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Alice A. Gordon (grades 4-6), Mildred Warren (grades 1-3)
1927-1928	Clarence Harold Hand (grades 7-11), Alice A. Gordon (grades 4-6), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-3, 1928), Mildred Warren (grades 1-3, 1927)
1928-1929	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 7-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-3), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 4-6)
1929-1930	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1930-1931	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1931-1932	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1932-1933	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Jean E. McDonald (grades 1-4, 1932), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1933-1934	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1934-1935	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1935-1936	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1936-1937	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8)
1937-1938	Chester McMillan Fraser (grades 9-11), Jean Elizabeth Lawson (grades 5-8, 1938), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4), Ethel Annie Robertson (grades 5-8, 1937)
1938-1939	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Jean Elizabeth Lawson (grades 5-8), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4)
1939-1940	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Jean Elizabeth Lawson (grades 5-8), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4)
1940-1941	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Donna Marie Lougheed (grades 5-8), Velma Marjorie Milne (grades 1-4)
1941-1942	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Velma Marjorie Milne Keir (grades 1-4), Donna Marie Lougheed (grades 5-8)
1942-1943	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Ada May Hoffman (grades 1-4), Donna Marie Lougheed (grades 5-8)
1943-1944	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Berniece Eileen Fines (grades 5-8), Ina Constance Hawkins (grades 1-4)
1944-1945	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Ina Constance Hawkins (grades 5-8), Lorna Jean Rankine (grades 5-8)
1945-1946	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Evelyn Merle Fallis (grades 5-8, 1945), Francis Enid Havard (grades 5-8, 1946), Vyrna Bernice Joyce (grades 1-4)
1946-1947	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Ethel Irene Major (grades 1-4), Velma Adell Motherall (grades 5-8)
1947-1948	Caroline Cumming (grades 9-11), Norma Gertrude Handford (grades 5-8), Ethel Irene Major (grades 1-4)
1948-1949	Norma Gertrude Handford (grades 5-8), Elizabeth Johannonna Penner (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Anne Wyseman (grades 1-4)
1949-1950	Dorothy Agatha Dick (grades 1-4), Norma Gertrude Handford (grades 5-8), Alexander “Alex” Mihaychuk (grades 9-11)
1950-1951	George Wesley Denstedt (grades 9-11), Susan Hildebrand (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy (grades 5-8)
1951-1952	John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Florence Elizabeth Murphy (grades 5-8), Mrs. N. Widkowski? (grades 1-4)
1952-1953	John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Dorothy Agatha Dick Gower (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy Milljour (grades 5-8)
1953-1954	John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy Milljour (grades 5-8)
1954-1955	John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 1-4), Florence Elizabeth Murphy Milljour (grades 5-8)
1955-1956	John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 1-4), Susanna Schroeder (grades 5-8)
1956-1957	John Henry Doughty (grades 9-11), Shirley Sadie Mary Dow (grades 1-4), Myrtle Jane Jopp (grades 5-8)
1957-1958	Myrna Leone Bell (grades 1-4), Alexander Krawec (grades 9-11, 1957; grades 10-11, 1958), Shirley J. Krawec (grades 5-8, 1957; grades 5-9, 1958)
1958-1959	Myrna Leone Bell (grades 1-4), Alexander Krawec (grades 9-11), Shirley J. Krawec (grades 5-8)
1959-1960	Myrna Leone Bell (grades 1-4), Alexander Krawec (grades 9-11), Shirley J. Krawec (grades 5-8)
1960-1961	Alexander Krawec (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1961-1962	R. E. Crawford (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1962-1963	R. E. Crawford (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1963-1964	Arthur Neilson (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1964-1965	Richard John Lapusniak (senior grades), ? (other grades)
1965-1966	? (all grades)
1966-1967	? (all grades)
1967-1968	Mildred Anne Braun (grades 4-6), Sheila Gail McKay (grades 1-3), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 7-8)
1968-1969	Myrtle Rae Rinn (grades 3-5), Sheila Gail McKay (grades 1-2), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 6-8)
1969-1970	Elsie Maud Maxwell (grades 1-2), Cheryl Elaine Todd (grades 3-5), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 6-8)
1970-1971	Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 5-8), Elsie Maud Maxwell (grades 1-2), Cheryl Elaine Todd (grades 3-4)
1971-1972	Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8), Elsie Maud Maxwell (grades 1-3), Joyce Elaine Matthews (grades 4-5)
1972-1973	Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8), Carol Mary Anne Miller (grades 1-3), Joyce Elaine Matthews (grades 4-5)
1973-1974	Carl Edward Golebioski (grades 6-8), Joyce Elaine Matthews Hagyard (grades 4-5), Carol Mary Anne Miller (grades 1-3)
1974-1975	Ronald J. Bell (grades 6-8, 1974), Carol Mary Anne Miller Falk (grades 1-3), Gwenith Lynne Edna Werry (grades 6-8), ? (grades 4-5)
1975-1976	Pamela Christine “Pam” Buhr (grades 1-3), Donald Steven Maksymchuk (grades 7-8), Gwendolyn Mildred “Gwen” Moffett (grades 4-6)
1976-1977	Laurie Jean Lawson (grades 1-3), Gwendolyn Mildred “Gwen” Moffett (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8)
1977-1978	Laurie Jean Lawson (grades 1-3), Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8)
1978-1979	Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8), Laurie Jean Lawson Wood (grades 1-3)
1979-1980	Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Bruce Andrew Wood (grades 7-8), Laurie Jean Lawson Wood (grades 1-3)
1980-1981	Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Raymond Harold “Ray” Mutcheson (grades 7-8), Carol Lynne Nuttall (grades 1-3)
1981-1982	C. Christie (grades 1-3), Dorothy Evelyn Ann Runciman Hryniuk (grades 4-6), Raymond Harold “Ray” Mutcheson (grades 7-8)
1982-1983	Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), Ann Sellers (grades 7-8), ? (grades 1-3)
1983-1984	Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 3-5), H. Martens (grades 6-8), Ann Sellers (grades 2 & 7)
1984-1985	Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), H. Martens (grades 7-8), Ann Sellers (grades 1-3)
1985-1986	Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), H. Martens (grades 7-8), Ann Sellers (grades 1-3)
1986-1987	Mrs. D. Goerz (grades 4-6), H. Martens (grades 7-8), Ann Sellers (grades 1-3)
1987-1988	Cindy Howden (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-8)
1988-1989	Cindy Howden (grades 1-3), Brenda Norrie (grades 4-6)
1989-1990	Brenda Norrie (grades 1-3), Miss Veal (grades 4-6)
1990-1991	Miss B. Penman (grades 1-3), Neal Remple (grades 4-6)
1991-1992	?

Photos & Coordinates

Prairie City School / Old Snowflake School (circa 1911) Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65. Snowflake Consolidated School building, constructed in 1911 (circa 1911) Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65. Postcard view of Snowflake Consolidated School (no date) Source: Rob McInnes. Teacher Marjorie Davidson with students on the steps of the Snowflake Consolidated School (1922). In the lower right corner, the barefoot boy is Blake Nash, son of Rev. Samuel Nash, minister at the Snowflake Anglican Church. Source: Carol Hooper. A view of Snowflake School from the top of the nearby grain elevator (no date) Source: Star Mound Museum Snowflake School (1964) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Snowflake 1. Snowflake Consolidated School commemorative monument (April 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04558, W98.65776 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Tenders [Brick school building, Snowflake],” Manitoba Free Press, 14 July 1911, page 2.

“Assailant is U. S. escaped convict,” The Mail Herald [Revelstoke, British Columbia], 20 September 1911, page 6.

“Snowflake School nearing completion,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 October 1911, page 10.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Chronicles of Our Heritage by the People of Snowflake: Pioneer Stories from Clearwater, Crystal City and Pilot Mound, 1970. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.S62 Chr]

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.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Snowflake School District No. 1111 - Daily Registers, GR5330, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Snowflake School District No. 1111 - Daily Registers, GR10357, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Pembina Valley School Division No. 27 (Snowflake School) - Daily Registers, GR10357, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Carol Hooper for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 October 2022

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