LEWISVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT No.3041
- Lewisville School was built by Henderson Brothers in 1914 on the NW ¼
- 7-44-8 W4, about 12 miles south east of Irma. In the winter of 1919-
- 1920 the school was moved two miles north and east to a site on the SW
- ¼ 20-44-8 to be near to the populated area of the district. The moving
- job was done by the local men using 24 horses for power. About this time
- a bridge was built over the Battle River near the new school site.
- The school was named for the Lewis family, who provided five pupils for
- the small enrollment. Other names on the register were: Nutt, Reber,
- Hutchinson, Armstrong, Szoke, Sanders, Hill, Gower, Dawson, Voros,
- Bishop, Kravenchuk. After 1922 more names were added to the register,
- namely: Rubenok, Skogg, Saville, Foreman, Pasztor, Cotton, Johnston and
- Krozier. The last enrollments included sons and daughters of these same
- families.
- The trustees were: Jack Armstrong as secretary-treasurer, Ollie Lewis,
- Claude Lewis, William Hutchinson, W.T. Hill, T. Sanders, George Rubenok,
- Henry Alm, E. Scogg, Frank Reber, Cliff Saville and James Armstrong.
- The first teacher was Miss Anderson followed by Miss May Read, Jean
- Stevens, Alice Hyde, James McLean, J.O. Rudy and Ina Askin. In 1920, the
- teacher was Ruby Foss followed by Miss Harris, Miss Daisy Johnson and in
- 1923 Miss Ethel Milburn. Then came Mildred Allen, Margaret Miles, Lucy
- Lett, Elma Solberg, Etta Woods, Miss Hall, Miss Gladys Siebrasse who
- taught for several years, followed by Max Saville. The last teacher was
- Miss Ethel Tate in 1940-41.
- In 1941 the school was closed after 27 years of usefulness. Students
- were bussed to nearby towns. In 1950, the school was moved to
- Wainwright to become part of the School Division Office.
- Much of the land of the Lewisville district became part of the land taken
- over by the Department of National Defense so there is no one living there
- today.
Lewisville School District No. 3041
Submitted by C. Ballentine
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