Pioneer
Schools in The R.M. of Arthur
16.
Belfry School District
No. 626 (1891-1956)
Belfry School was established in January 1891, with a frame building
erected in the southwest quarter of 12-4-28 west of the Principal
Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Arthur. Land for the school was
provided by local farmer Warren Belfry, from whom the school name was
derived. Five years later, the building was moved to its present
location at SW5-4-27W. With declining enrollment, the school closed in
1963 and the remaining students were bussed to Edward Municipal School
No. 2353.
Belfry School (no date) by George Hunter
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 99.
Belfry School (no date)
Source: Manitoba Historic Resources Branch
17 Melita School District #440 (1886)
The first school was built on the Manchester site ( SE corner of
2-4-27) about 2 km west of the current town.
The present town of Melita ws created with the arrival of the railway
in 1891 and in 1893 construction was started on the Melita School.
(E.A. Blakeway (Contractor) and W.H. Shillinglaw (Architect)) A large
addition was complted in 1905.
18 Coates School District
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