Manlius School District #2956

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The first meeting was held to form a school district at the home of Albert E. Nicklen on November 10, 1913. The Brady School District was formed by January 10, 1914 with Albert Nicklen as chairman and Ed Richards as secretary treasurer. In a subsequent meeting the ratepayers decided to change the name of the School District to Manlius.

The new district borrowed $1660 for the construction of a school. The mill rate was set at71⁄2¢ per acre. Approximately two acres in the north west corner of SW12-48-15-W2 were purchased from Tom Rowe and a tender was granted to Charlie Harvey to build the school. Some of the initial expenses were: land $57.25, building materials $763.13, insurance $35, equipment $213.52.


The school opened in 1914 with Jim Breadner as the first teacher. There were some problems with attendance in the early years. The school had to be closed at times due to the roads being impassable because of snow, mud or water. In 1918 a letter was written to the Department of Education requesting a footbridge over the Carrot River. The school closed for a period of time in 1918 because of the influenza epidemic and in 1926 for a measles outbreak.


The school stable, ice house, and two “outside closets” were built in 1919. Each year tenders were put out for two cords of wood for heating the school and ice to provide water for drinking and washing. At first, ice blocks were cut from the Carrot River. This ice was not always clean so later it was hauled from the Leather River.

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Teacherage

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In 1931-32 there were forty-eight students registered. The first teacherage and a new barn were built in 1935. The first coal used for heating the school was also purchased in 1935. In May of 1947 the teacherage was destroyed by fire and new 18 by 25 foot house was erected to replace it.
Electrical power was brought to the school in 1949 and soon an oil fired space-heater and indoor toilets were installed. By 1962 enrolment had dropped to nineteen pupils. The school was closed and the students were bussed to schools in Tisdale and Ridgedale.

The Teachers:

Jim Breadner

1914-15

Dorothy Streadwick

1916

Evelyn Bates

1917-18

Ellison Dykman

1916

Laura Boxall

1918

Alice Christie

1920

Russel Hollingshead

1921

Ivan Hollingshead

1921

Ivan Hollingshead

1923-29

Mildred Hollingshead

1923-24

Mildred McIntyre

1922

Mildred Hollingshead

1930

Florence Evans

1925-26

Lilla Venn

1931

Laura Fletcher

1932-33

W. H. Davies

1934

C. C. Dymond

1935-37

Kenneth McKay

1940-41

Glenn Hanna

1942-43

Iva M. Fry

1944-46

Ed Klopoushak

1947-48

Evelyn Kindrat

1949

Thelma Van Blaricum

1949-62



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Information from: Homestead to Heritage: A History of Armley and Districts
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