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Originally known as the St. Paul School District, it was established formally in July 1871. The schools name, later changed to West St. Paul, was also known as St. Paul West [or St. Pauls West] within some records into 1900s-1920s. Until the mid-1940s, classes of West St. Paul School was held at two sites in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul. One teacher taught early grades in a former church building at Middlechurch, also known as Middlechurch School, while classes in higher grades were held at the West St. Paul Municipal Hall by the Principal.
By 1945, the West St. Paul School District, beset with crowding problems, began sending higher grade students to St. John’s High School in Winnipeg.
To address the need for further capacity, the present West St. Paul School building was constructed in 1947 on designs of Winnipeg architect Edgar Prain. Built over a concrete basement, the brick structure was expanded in 1953 by the firm of Prain and Ward, adding four classrooms and a basement extension. In 1959, it became part of the Seven Oaks School Division and the school’s capacity was increased again in 1969, with a concrete, masonry, and steel frame addition designed by Ward & Macdonald. This raised its capacity to 600 students in grades Kindergarten to 10.
Period
Principal
1921
E. M. Deacon
1921-1924
Ethel M. Thornton
1925
James Andrew McKaughan (1877-1968)
1925-1926
George Russell Belton (1875-1954)
1926-1938
James Andrew McKaughan (1877-1968)
1938-1940
1940-1942
Norris Davidson Belton (1914-2000)
1942-1949
Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (1907-1985)
1949-1952
1952-1955
John William Mosquin (1926-2004)
1955-1956
Maurice [Karal] Karalnick (c1913-1990)
1956-1963
Harold Arthur Bathgate (1904-1983)
1963
Charles Leroy Clarke
1964-1966
George William Battershill (1923-2010)
1966-1967
Vladimir “Vlad” Solman
1967-1968
Mrs. M. E. Sutton
1968-1973
Arthur D. Sutton
1973-?
?
?-?
Peter Isaak (1933-2019)
?-2014
?
2014-2018
Robert George “Bob” McIntosh (1951-2023)
Among the early teachers of St. Paul School / West St. Paul School were Alex Cram (1883-1884 & Spring 1889 - Fall 1890), Andrew James Kayll (Spring 1885 - Fall 1888 & Fall 1893), Annie E. McAllister (Spring 1891 - Spring 1892), James B. Attridge (Fall 1892 - Spring 1893 & Spring 1894 - pt Spring 1899), Marguerite J. Ozard (pt Spring 1899 - Spring 1901), Sibyl Inkster (Fall 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1903), Lemuel A. Ferguson (Spring 1904), ? (Fall 1904), D. McKenzie (Spring 1905), William James Sharman (Fall 1905 - Spring 1906), Ambrose W. Stock? (Fall 1906), Clifford Cornish (Spring 1907), Wilfred Tait Fidler (pt Fall 1907), Letitia Ruby Lamb (pt Fall 1907 - Spring 1914), Laura O’Neill (Fall 1914 - Spring 1915), Isabelle A. Perrie (Fall 1915 - Spring 1917), Margaret Scott (Fall 1917 - pt Fall 1919), and Ida M. Oughton (pt Fall 1919 - Spring 1920).
Period
Teachers
1920-1921
E. M. Deacon (grades 5-8, Spring), Laura Katherine McCormick (grades 1-4, Spring), Ida M. Oughton (grades 1-8, Fall)
1921-1922
Rose Donald (grades 1-4), Ethel M. Thornton (grades 5-8)
1922-1923
Rose Donald (grades 1-4), Ethel M. Thornton (grades 5-8)
1923-1924
Rose Donald (grades 1-5), Ethel M. Thornton (grades 6-9)
1924-1925
Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 1-5), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 6-10, Spring), Ethel M. Thornton (grades 6-9, Fall)
1925-1926
George Russell Belton (grades 7-10), Letitia Emes (grades 1-3, Fall), Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 4-6), Clara Sanderson (grades 1-3, Spring)
1926-1927
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 5-7), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 8-11)
1927-1928
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 5-7), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 8-11)
1928-1929
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 5-7), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 8-11)
1929-1930
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Rhea Pearl Forder (grades 5-7), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 8-11)
1930-1931
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Gertrude Mewburn Holmes (grades 5-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11)
1931-1932
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Gertrude Mewburn Holmes (grades 5-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11)
1932-1933
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Herbert Orville Hayes (grades 5-8, Spring), Gertrude Mewburn Holmes (grades 5-8, Fall), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11)
1933-1934
Letitia Emes (grades 1-4), Herbert Orville Hayes (grades 5-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11)
1934-1935
Herbert Orville Hayes (grades 5-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), Laura Jeanne Vandal (grades 1-4)
1935-1936
Herbert Orville Hayes (grades 5-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), Laura Jeanne Vandal (grades 1-4)
1936-1937
Herbert Orville Hayes (grades 5-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), Laura Jeanne Vandal (grades 1-4)
1937-1938
James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 5-8), Laura Jeanne Vandal (grades 1-4)
1938-1939
Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 5-9), Laura Jeanne Vandal (grades 1-4)
1939-1940
Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 6-9), Laura Jeanne Vandal (grades 1-5)
1940-1941
Anna Grace Balderstone (grades 1-4), Norris Davidson Belton (grades 9-10), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grades 5-8)
1941-1942
Anna Grace Balderstone (grades 1-4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grades 5-8, Fall - pt Spring), Norris Davidson Belton (grades 9-10), Pretta Isabella Powles? (grades 5-8, pt Spring)
1942-1943
Anna Grace Balderstone (grades 1-4), Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Magnusina Jones (grades 5-8)
1943-1944
Anna Grace Balderstone (grades 5-8), Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Louise Kobrinsky (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
Senta? Clara Ammeter (grades 1-4, Fall), Anna Grace Balderstone (grades 5-8), Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), Jean M. Perreault (grades 1-4, Spring)
1945-1946
Anna Grace Balderstone (grades 4-6), Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 7-9), Jean M. Perreault (grades 1-3)
1946-1947
Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 7-9), Elsie Lorraine Patteson (grades 4-6), Jean M. Perreault (grades 1-3)
1947-1948
Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 8-10), May Irving Davidson (grades 5-7, Fall; grades 1-2, Spring), Jean Erskine Nelson (grades 5-8, Spring), Elsie Lorraine Patteson (grades 1-2), Jean M. Perreault (grades 3-4)
1948-1949
Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grades 2-3), Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (grades 9-11), May Irving Davidson (grade 1), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 6-8, Spring), Jean Erskine Nelson (grades 6-8, Fall), Jean M. Perreault (grades 4-5)
1949-1950
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 6, Fall), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grades 2-3), May Irving Davidson (grade 1), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 7-8), Anne Harder (grade 6, Spring), Michael “Mike” Leung (grades 9-11), Ann Elizabeth Adam (grades 4-5)
1950-1951
Laura Jennie Andrews (grades 3-4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), May Irving Davidson (grade 1), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 7-8), Anne Harder (grades 5-6, Fall), Michael “Mike” Leung (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Gwendoline McKenzie (grades 5-6, Spring)
1951-1952
Laura Jennie Andrews (grades 3-4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grades 2-3), May Irving Davidson (grade 1), Mary Jeanne Fraser (grades 5-6), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 7-8), Michael “Mike” Leung (grades 9-11)
1952-1953
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), Martha Katherine Bonie (grade 1), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 7-8), John William Mosquin (grades 9-11), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grades 5-6)
1953-1954
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 7-8), Ragonhildur? Guttormsson (grade 5), John William Mosquin (grades 9-11), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grade 6), Lorraine Patricia Thomson (grade 1)
1954-1955
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grades 7-8), Victor L. Michalchuk (grade 11, Spring), Lillian Susanna Morgan (grade 5), John William Mosquin (grades 9-11, Fall; grades 9-10, Spring), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grade 6), Lorraine Patricia Thomson (grade 1)
1955-1956
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 8), Maurice Karalnick (grade 11), Ethel Mary Kindefora (grade 6), Lorraine Patricia Thomson Kowalski (grade 1), Lillian Susanna Morgan (grade 5), John William Mosquin (grades 9-10), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grade 7)
1956-1957
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 11), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 8), Ethel Mary Kindefora (grade 6), Lillian Susanna Morgan (grade 1), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grade 7), Yvonne E. Pelissier (grade 5), Alfred Charles “Alf” Selver (grades 9-10)
1957-1958
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 11), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), May Irving Davidson (grade 2), John Derksen (grade 6), Gloria DeLaronde (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 8), Ethel Mary Kindefora (grade 7), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grade 10), Yvonne E. Pelissier (grade 9), Wilma Jean Smith (grade 5), Jean Wilkinson (grade 1)
1958-1959
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 11), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling Beaton (grade 2), Katherinee Dainton (grade 3), May Irving Davidson (grade 3, Fall; grade 5, Spring), John Derksen (grade 7), Julia Faryna (grade 6), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 8), Victoria Elaine Mosquin (grade 9), Alfred R. Pelissier (grade 10), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 3, Spring), Wilma Jean Smith (grade 5, Fall), Jean Wilkinson (grade 1)
1959-1960
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 6), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Mona Kathleen Gaudin (grade 6, pt Fall - Spring), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 5), Joseph Hallas (grade 5, Spring), Rose Klym (grade 1), Alfred R. Pelissier (grade 6, pt Fall), Elaine Helen Rempel (grade 1, pt Spring), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 4), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2), Gwendoline Ruby May Volk (grade 1, Fall - pt Spring)
1960-1961
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 2, Fall; grade 4, Spring), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 6), May Irving Davidson (grade 3, Fall; grades 2-3, Spring), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 5), Joseph Hallas (grade 4; Fall; grade 5, Spring), Rose Klym (grade 1, Fall; grades 3-4, Spring), Elaine Helen Rempel (grade 1), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2)
1961-1962
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 6), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 5), Rose Klym (grades 5-6), Janet Kathryn Kulchyski (grades 2-3), Elaine Helen Rempel (grade 1), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2)
1962-1963
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Harold Arthur Bathgate (grade 6), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Elizabeth “Lily” Gawne (grade 5), Rose Klym (grade 3), Janet Kathryn Kulchyski (grade 2), Elaine Helen Rempel (grade 1), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2)
1963-1964
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), George William Battershill (grade 6, Spring), Charles Leroy Clarke (grade 6, Fall), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Anne Keith (grade 5), Rose Klym (grade 3), Richard James Labun (grade 4), Jack Peter Magalas (grade 5), Elaine Helen Rempel (grade 1), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grades 1-2), Donna June Vandenburgh Wall (grade 2)
1964-1965
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), Joy Hazel Applegate (grade 4, April-June), George William Battershill (grade 6), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Lynne Iris Farley (grade 1), Jean Margaret Henry (grade 2), Anne Keith (grade 5), Rose Klym (grade 3), Donald Peter Mandryk (grade 5), Esther Matz (grade 4, September - March), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2)
1965-1966
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), George William Battershill (grade 6), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Lynne Iris Farley (grade 1), Jean Margaret Henry (grades 1-2), Rose Klym (grade 3), Loreen Iola Lund (grades 5-6), Donald Peter Mandryk (grade 5), Shirley Sawchuk (grades 4-5), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2)
1966-1967
Laura Jennie Andrews (grade 4), May Irving Davidson (grade 3), Faye Lynn Kiapman (grade 4), Rose Klym (grade 3), Marie Annette Lambourne (grade 1), Donald Peter Mandryk (grade 5), Shirley Sawchuk (grade 5), Elvarette Jean Smith (grade 1), Vladimir Solman (grade 6), Marie Louise Pelissier Tougas (grade 2)
Among the later teachers of West St. Paul School was Lianne Thérèse Hélène Marie Fournier.
West St. Paul School (April 2015)
Source: Nathan Kramer
West St. Paul School (April 2015)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98575, W97.06245
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: West St. Paul Municipal Building (3550 Main Street, RM of West St. Paul)
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Marriage registrations [Andrew James Kayll & Sarah Martha Rattray], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Andrew James Kayll], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
1891 & 1921 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
“City and general [St. Paul Assessment Roll],” Manitoba Free Press, 25 April 1913, page 21.
“Middlechurch can’t accommodate pupils,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1945, page 7.
“Tenders,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 January 1947, page 18.
“Children to serve at storybook tea,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1968, page 10.
“Okay given to build 2 Seven Oaks schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 September 1968, page 3.
“Tender notice addition to West St. Paul School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 1969, page 28.
“Three School Inspectors named,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 1965, page 7.
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.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Peter Isaak], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 2019.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 1 December 2023
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