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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Willowdale School No. 309 (Purves, Municipality of Louise)Link to: The Willowdale School District was established formally in 1884, and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW15-2-10W in Purves, in what is now the Municipality of Louise. The school closed in 1966 and its catchment area became part of the Snowflake Consolidated School District No. 1111. A commemorative monument is situated at its former site. Principals
TeachersAmong the early teachers of Willowdale School were Florence L. Potter (January 1908), Maud E. McLaren (February-December 1908), Ida Thomson (January-June 1909), Percy J. Driscon (July-December 1909), Theresa T. Switzer (January-August 1910), Nellie A. Couner? (September-October 1910), Cora M. Rennie (November 1910 - December 1911), Alvin Campbell (January-February 1912), F. Edna Goulden (March-December 1912), Elsie B. Fisher (January-December 1913), Florence A. Maddocks (January-October 1914), Helen P. Robertson (November-December 1914, August 1915 - December 1916), Olive R. Davis (January-June 1915), Harriett W. Manning (January-December 1917), K. Oddson (January-June 1918), Miss F. MacCharles (September 1918), Emily Esther Phipps (October-November? 1918), Leila Stephenson (December 1918 - March 1919), Marie Rankin (April-December 1919), Clarence Morrow (January 1920 - March 1921), Percival Beresford Bennett (April-June 1921), Thomas H. Greenway (August-September 1921), Edith O. Windsor (October-November 1921), May R. Privat (November 1921 - June 1922), Susan A. Hammond (August-December 1922), Emma C. Hammond (January-June 1923), Irene Mitchell (August 1923 - June 1924), Mabel K. McKinnon (August 1924 - June 1929), Jessie Montgomery (August 1929 - December 1931), Electra Catherine graham (January-June 1932), and Cora Margaret Smith (August 1932 - June 1935).
Among the other teachers at Willowdale School were Anna May Pollock (Fall 1942 - Spring 1944), Margaret Isobel Chambers Grain (Fall 1944 - Fall 1945), Hilda Marie McLean (Spring 1946), Anne Melba Lindsay (August 1946 - April 1947), Ramona Cooper (substitute, Fall 1946 - Spring 1947), Lyra Leona McQuarrie (May-June 1947), Thomas Tesarski (Fall 1947 - Spring 1950), Kenneth Otto Mutcher (Fall 1950 - Spring 1951), Helen Giesbrecht (Fall 1951 - Spring 1952), Lydia Loutchan (Fall 1952 - Spring 1953), ? (Fall 1953 - Spring 1962), Jacob “Jack” Isaak (?-?), and Morris John Stefaniuk (Fall 1962 - Spring 1963). Photos & Coordinates
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. Manitoba School Records Collection, Willowdale School District No. 309 - Daily Registers, GR3146, Archives of Manitoba. Manitoba School Records Collection, Willowdale School District No. 309 - Annual Reports, GR3146, Archives of Manitoba. Manitoba School Records Collection, Willowdale School District No. 309 - Minute Books, GR3146, Archives of Manitoba. 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. This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Ed Grassick, and Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 25 May 2023
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