Historic Sites of Manitoba: Czerwona School / Tolstoi School No. 1224 / Tolstoi School No. 1 (Tolstoi, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

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Known originally as Czerwona School District when it was established formally in March 1903, a one-room schoolhouse was built in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin. In December 1916, the district took out a $1600 debenture to construct and outfit a new schoolhouse, and in October 1918, another $600 for a teacherage. In 1922, the school was situated along the northern boundary of NW35-1-5E (1922), and the capacity expanded in 1923 to include a second room. The district was renamed Tolstoi in, or shortly before, late December 1918. In 1935, the district opened a second school within its catchment area. By 1944, this school later operated at NE36-1-5E (around 49.08583, -96.78677). Both schools remained in operation until the district became part of the Boundary School Division in 1967, and closed shortly thereafter in 1968. The school building was later relocated to Tolstoi and converted for use as a community seniors’ centre.

Principals / District Principal

Period	Principal
1918	Ethel P. Miller
1919	Mona Oulton?
1919-1920	?
1920-1921	Letitia J. Downey
1921-1923	None
1923-1924	Stephen Edward Radomsky (1893-1984)
1924-1925	Irene Helen Waluk Gayowsky (c1905-2007)
1925-1927	Peter Humeniuk (1895-1985)
1927-1928	Olga Lesik Vesey (1907-1995)
1928-1933	Olga Pauline Popiel Dolnychuk (1909-1992)
1933-1934	Sarah Ann Sproat (1885-1976)
1934-1935	Olga Pauline Popiel Dolynchuk (1909-1992)
1935-1941	George [Woloshynovski] Woloshynoski (c1909-1963)
1941-1942	Rene Allen Ollivier (?-1982)
1942-1943	William John “Bill” Dutka (?-2008)
1943	Edward Alva Chesley (1911-1995)
1944	Antoine Alphonse “Anthony” Allegeart (1890-1969)
1944-1945	Katrina Cecilia Michalchuk
1945-1946	Lillian Elizabeth Barker (1920-2005)
1946-1947	Evelyn Podolsky
1947-1948	Mrs. Cecilia E. Menzies
1948-1951	Daniel “Dan” Stasiuk (1914-2013)
1951	Alistair Haldane Jakeman (1925-2005)
1951-1952	William John Lowe
1952-1954	Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (1923-1987)
1954-1955	John Morris Stokotelny (1925-1972)
1955-1956	Donald William Smith
1956-1958	William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)
1958-1961	Mytro “Tony” Onysko (1928-1992)
1961-1962	Kenneth S. Shende
1962-1964	Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (1907-1992)
1964-1966	William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)
1966-1967	Lorraine M. Samborski
1967-1968	Eva Wachna Bially

Teachers (Czerwona School / Tolstoi School / Tolstoi School No. 1)

Among the early teachers of Czerwona School were Theo. Rochan [Kuchaw?] (Spring-Fall 1906), Bouplas [Bouplaw?] W. Dedeluk (Spring 1907 - Fall 1908), Paul Sazotiuk (pt Spring 1909), W. B. Dedeliuk? (pt Spring 1909), D. J. Kreshka? (Fall 1909), William Saranchuk (Spring-Fall 1910 & Fall 1911), John Cupak (Spring 1911), Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (Spring 1912 - Spring 1915 & Fall 1916 - Spring 1917), Harry George Shehar (Fall 1915), and did not operate (Spring 1916).

Period	Teachers
1917-1918	Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (grades 1-4, Fall), Ethel P. Miller (grades 2-4, Spring), Laura R. Thorn (grade 1, Spring)
1918-1919	Mona Oulton? (grades 3-5, Spring), Lucie Hampson? (grades 1-2, Spring), Ethel P. Miller (grades 3-5, Fall), Laura R. Thorn (grades 1-2, Fall)
1919-1920	Margaret Mc. D. Laurie (grades 3-5, Spring), Mary C. Miller (grades 1-3), Rhome? Miller (grades 4-5 night school, November-March), Laura R. Thom (grades 1-2, Fall)
1920-1921	Letitia J. Downey (grades 4-6, pt September - June), Margaret Mc. D. Laurie (grades 4-6, pt September), Nena [Nina?] M. Steeves (grades 1-3)
1921-1922	Pearl Adolfson (grades 1-7), Carnel Joseph “Charles” Salinos (night school, Spring)
1922-1923	Emily Bilinski (grades 1-5)
1923-1924	Stephen Edward Radomsky (grades 4-6), Irene Helen Waluk (grades 1-3)
1924-1925	Maude Burdett (grades 1-3), Irene Helen Waluk (grades 4-8)
1925-1926	Peter Humeniuk (grades 4-7), Marie Werhun (grades 1-3)
1926-1927	Eva Eugenia Lesik (grades 1-3), Peter Humeniuk (grades 4-7)
1927-1928	Eva Eugenia Lesik (grades 1-3), Olga Lesik (grades 4-8)
1928-1929	Annie H. Koslowski (grades 1-3), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 4-9)
1929-1930	Annie H. Koslowski (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-9)
1930-1931	Olga Burranyk (grades 1-5), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 6-9)
1931-1932	Olga Burranyk (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-10)
1932-1933	Olga Burranyk (grades 1-4), Olga Pauline Popiel (grades 5-10)
1933-1934	Helen Elsie Kostyniuk (grades 1-5), Sarah Ann Sproat (grades 6-11)
1934-1935	Olga Pauline Popiel Dolynchuk (grades 5-10), John Samuel Evanchuk (grades 1-4)
1935-1936	Fred. Anton Ostafew (grades 1-6, 1935; grades 1-8, 1936), George Woloshynovski (grades 7-11, 1935; grades 9-11, 1936)
1936-1937	Fred. Anton Ostafew (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1937-1938	George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11), A. Zubaochek (grades 1-8)
1938-1939	Jessie Helen Prucyk Quesnel (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1939-1940	Anne Wach (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1940-1941	Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), George Woloshynovski (grades 9-11)
1941-1942	Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), Rene Allen Ollivier (grades 9-11)
1942-1943	Matilda Maier (grades 1-8), Rene Allen Ollivier (grades 9-11)
1943-1944	Antoine Alphonse Allegaert (grades 9-11, 1944), Edward Chesley (grades 9-11, 1943), Florence Louise Hancove (grades 1-8)
1944-1945	Katrina Cecilia Michalchuk (grades 9-11), Eva Wachna (grades 1-8)
1945-1946	Lillian Elizabeth E. Barker (grades 9-11), Eva Wachna (grades 1-8)
1946-1947	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 1-8), Evelyn Podolsky (grades 9-11)
1947-1948	William Jerowsky (grades 1-8), Cecilia E. Menzies (grades 9-11)
1948-1949	William Jerowsky (grades 1-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)
1949-1950	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 1-3), William Shydlowsky (grades 4-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)
1950-1951	Alistair Haldane Jakeman (grades 9-11, 1951), Elsie Korotash (grades 1-3), William Shydlowsky (grades 4-8), Dan Stasiuk (grades 9-11)
1951-1952	William John Lowe (grades 9-11), William Shydlowsky (grades 5-8), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 1-4)
1952-1953	Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11), Mary Kadyniuk (grades 5-8, substitute), Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-8)
1953-1954	Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11), Mary Kadyniuk (grades 5-8, 1954 substitute), Helen Topolniski (grades 1-4), Nestor Jeffery Topolniski (grades 5-8)
1954-1955	John Petrash (grades 5-8), Miss S. M. Podolsky (grades 1-4), John Morris Stokotelny (grades 9-11)
1955-1956	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Margaret Annette Mandzies (grades 1-4), Donald William Smith (grades 9-11)
1956-1957	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Margaret Annette Mandzies (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1957-1958	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Orest W. Kosowan (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1958-1959	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)
1959-1960	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)
1960-1961	Eva Wachna Bially (grades 5-8), Marjorie Onysko (grades 1-4), Mytro “Tony” Onysko (grades 9-11)
1961-1962	Gerard Bernacki (grades 1-4), Edward Vincent Domaratzki (grades 5-8), Kenneth S. Shende (grades 9-11)
1962-1963	Adele Marie Kolodzinski (grades 1-8), Bernice Shuwera (grades 5-8), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 9-11), (grades 1-4, see Tolstoi School No 2)
1963-1964	Jake D. Hildebrandt (grades 5-8), Gail Christine Okapiec (grades 1-4), Dmytro Tanchak (grades 9-11)
1964-1965	Edward Felix Goleski (grades 5-8), Agnes Louise Kroeker (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1965-1966	Edward Felix Goleski (grades 5-8), Aneta A. C. Martens (grades 1-4), William Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1966-1967	Eva-Lynne Gayle Bell (grades 5-8), Aneta A. C. Martens (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Pauline Nedohin (grades 1-3), Eva Wachna Bially (grades 3-4)

Photos & Coordinates

Former Tolstoi School (no date) by A. A. Herriot Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 80. Former Tolstoi School building (September 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.07629, W96.80785 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tolstoi School No. 1224 / Tolstoi School No. 2 (Tolstoi, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

Sources:

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), #28 School District of Czerwona No. 1224, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #29 School District of Czerwona No. 1224, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

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

School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Tolstoi School District No. 1224, GR1688 Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Tolstoi School District No. 1224 Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.

Sectional Map Collection of Western Canada, Emerson #23 (1922) 8th Edition - Manitoba - Canada 1:190080, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 11 February 2023

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