10) Winnipeg Falls South School (S.D. #1348)

Winnipeg Falls South School  (S.D. #1348)

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When Winnipeg Falls school was divided in 1929, a school building was built here to school the southern portion of the division. In 1929, when construction of the Seven Sisters hydroelectric power dam commenced, the original schoolhouse was replaced by two structures: the Winnipeg Falls North School nearer to Seven Sisters and the other a two-room structure at this site in the community of River Hills. A third classroom was added to it in the 1950s. In 1967, the district became part of the Agassiz School Division. 

Among the teachers who worked at Winnipeg Falls South School through the years were Murray Holmes (1928), Thelma Jean Dryborough (1929), John Gordon Tully (1932), Edward Alexander Mroz (1936, 1940), Miss McCullough (1939), Gladys Mooney (1945), Mrs. M. Peleshok (1950), Maria Warkentin (1954), Nonnie Peleshok (1957, wife of M. W. Peleshok), Marian Balness (1961), and Carolyn Klepatz (1964-1966).

When the South School closed in 1968, the building was turned into the River Hills Community Club. The Community Club was torn down in 2015, all that remains is the school yard.  

This site was also the home field for the River Hills baseball team “The Hungry Nine” between the 1930s-1980s. The Hungry Nines were a very successful fastball team, often reviled by other teams who had to play them.  

Additional Details

Civic Number: 63 019 Homestead Road l   Amenities on Site: Baseball cages still erect. Picnic shelter on site.  l  Building on Site: No; School & Community Club no longer erect. 

 

  
                                                                                                       Hungry 9 Jersey                     Bats and Gloves from the Hungry 9 Team The former Winnipeg Falls South School, later the River Hills Community Club
(October 2013) *Photo courtesy of Gordon Goldsborough*