ECI TEACHER AND STAFF LIST

ESTEVAN
COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE
- ECI -

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YEARS ATTENDED AFTER NAME

INDEX

KEY:
( NAME IN ROUND BRACKETS ) = COMMON NAME OR NICKNAME
[ NAME IN SQUARE BRACKETS ] = MARRIED NAME
(NOTE IF THERE HAS BEEN A DIVORCE LET ME KNOW)
( I WILL REMOVE THE EX NAME ASAP AND APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE!)
(remember to hit BACK button to come back to our page!)
@ = Address Committee had the address and info on this teacher and or staff member
and info was printed in the reunion 2000 booklet
* = Reunion 2000 Committee had E-mail address but privacy requested
XYZ = Reunion 2000 Committee Members
xyz = misc. comments
XYZ = ALUMNI DECEASED [OR THEIR SPOUSE]
1925 AND PRIOR I HAVE PRESUMED THEY ARE DECEASED
REG= PAID AND REGISTERED FOR REUNION 2000

PLEASE NOTE- I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE FIRST NAME
OF ALL THE TEACHERS, RATHER THAN AN INITIAL
TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS A LETTER DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
IF THE TEACHER IS DECEASED I WOULD LIKE THEIR FULL NAME
TO ADD TO THIS LIST.
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO
SCHOOL RECORDS ONLY SHOW INITIALS AND MR AMD MRS
A REAL SHAME WHEN LOOKING BACK AT THESE RECORDS 30 YEARS LATER

New- Feb 2008
Pictures of some of the Teachers and Staff
from various yearbooks etc.
Click on the Thumbnail for a larger picture
some are as large as they can get

ABRAMS, MR HOWARD WALTER (WALT) [sp= Irene Margaret (Hoard)]- 1948-1969 @ REG
(DECEASED, b- April 26, 1919 Saskatchewan - Nov 11, 2007, at Elim Village, Surrey BC)
Hired as Phys. Ed. Instructor - Gym not finished until 1950, so played table tennis upstairs. Won seven McLeod Trophies, and eight Track and Field, plus five Junior Softball Saskatchewan Championships, plus one Saskatchewan girls' basketball championship. Switched to P.S.S.C. Physics until retirement. taught for 32 years in Estevan, Walt and his wife Irene established the Estevan Tennis Club. They were married for 64 years.

AMAS, MISS JENNIE [ WYLIE, EDMUND RICHARD (JUDGE)]- 1936-1946 (DECEASED)

ANDRIST, MRS. SHIRLEY (NEE SILLERS) [ ANDRIST, LLOYD ]-1957-1961 (STUDENT 1947-51) @ REG

ARMSTRONG, MR. WILLIAM EARL- 1915-1917 (DECEASED) b- Aug 6, 1889, Cornwall Center, Ottawa- d- ? )

(PRINCIPAL 1917, GIVEN LEAVE TO SERVE IN THE WAR, Reg # 3347190
Military Service Act #457147 LC,
SINGLE, PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION, FATHER WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, CORNWALL, ON
WHEN HE ENLISTED IN WINNIPEG MB, JUNE 5, 1918.)
Mother Margery b- Nov 12, 1860 Father William b-Dec 13, 1859

BALL, MR. W. N.- 1917 (PRESUMED DECEASED)
BANNATYNE, MISS MARGARET [ IRVINE, ROSS ].-1954-1955 (STUDENT 1937-41) @ REG

BANKS, MRS. M. JOAN [ BANKS, C. DAVID ] -1965-1966 @

BARNARD, MRS. CAROL L. [ BARNARD, STAN ] -1969

BARNARD, MR. STAN C. [ NEE ?, CAROL] -1969
BARNETT, MR. MANFORD .C. -1966-1969 @

BATEMAN, MRS. TERESA A. -1969
BEGGS, MRS. JOYCE A. (NEE CUNDALL) [ BEGGS, KENNETH (KENN) ] -1962-1969 - (STUDENT 1948-52) @ REG

She was Co-Chair of the Collegiate Capers Committee
Mrs. Beggs was a member of the Reunion 2000-Alumni/Souvenir Book Committee
BENNETT, MR. L.- 1925 (PRESUMED DECEASED) An article in the Estevan Mercury 1925, stated he moved to Chicago IL. USA

BEUHLER, MR. C. -1969

BOBIER, MR KEN H.- 1947 @
BONNOR, MR. GORDON S. [ SP= EILEEN ]-1966 @

BOUCHARD, MR. J. M.-1947
BOURGON, MR. JACQUES F. -1968

BRODINE, H.- 1951-1956 (PRINCIPAL)

CAMERON, MISS A. MARGUERITE [ GALLAWAY, RONALD (RON) ]- 1949-1951 @ REG

AWARDED THE SASKATCHEWAN ORDER OF MERIT IN 1988
AWARDED THE ORDER OF CANADA IN 1990
CAMPBELL, MR. R. S.- 1924 (PRESUMED DECEASED) (PRINCIPAL)

CARMICHAEL, MR. D. E.- 1921 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

CASE, MISS J. BETTY [WATSON, ? ] -1947

CLAYBO, MR. MERVIN (BUD) . L.[ Magnuson, Joyce Doreen] 1964-1965

(JAN 3, 1929 at Oungre SK.- DECEASED- FEB 16, 2000 at Royal Alexandria Hospital, Edmonton AB.)
COATES, MRS. VERNA -1964-1968 (SCHOOL SECRETARY) @

COATES, MR. WALLY H.-1962-1964 @

CODE, MRS. B. - 1949
CONRAD, MR. E. N.-1948-1950 (DECEASED) (PRINCIPAL) DONATED THE CONRAD MEDAL IN 1952

CREIGHTON, MISS VERA Y.- 1924-1934 DONATED THE CREIGHTON CUP IN 1926 sorry no larger picture

CURRIE, MISS J.- 1926-1928

DAHL, MR. W. O.- 1936-1947 (DECEASED)
DAKU, MR. S. -1967-1969 (CUSTODIAN)

DAVIDSON, MRS. HELEN- 1952-1953

DAVIS, MR. R. (BOB) -1956-1959 PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER

DEACON, MISS V. A.-1948
DECKER, MISS JOANNE -1968

DEMAER, MR. P. F. -19 ?
DIRKS, MR EDWIN (ED) CLIFFORD -1968-1969
                               (DECEASED MAR 8, 2005, age 79, buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan)

DORNAN, MR. DWAINE M. -1969

DRAGUSHAN, MRS DORA P. (NEE DASHEFSKY) [DRAGUSHAN, LEON] - (1960'S- SUBSTITUTE TEACHER)
                                                                     (DECEASED NOV 14, 2001, in Winnipeg, MB)

DROZDA, MR. LAWRENCE   J. -1962-1967 @

DUBYK, MR. MICHAEL [SP=MARTIN, GERTRUDE]-1948-1950 (DECEASED- 1960)

DUNCAN, MRS. CAROLINE-1962

DUNCAN, MR. C. W.- 1923 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

EARNSHAW, MISS SUSAN (SUE) C. [WALLACE, ?]-1965

ECKEL, ANDREA - 1958-1960-(SHE ALSO TAUGHT AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED- SEE STEGER) @

FARMER, MR. D. J.- 1959

FONDA, MR. CARLOS -1956-1957 (DECEASED)
FORGAY, MR. WILLIAM ARTHUR (ART)-[sp= BERYL ] 1953-1964 & 1966-1969- @ (DECEASED SEPT 11, 1997)

-(MR FORGAY WAS PRINCIPAL -1956-1964 & 1966-1969)
Saskatchewan School Library Association presents
the Art Forgay Award of Recognition of Admistrators, every year in honour of Art.
B Ed, 1952, BLS 1965, UBC

FORGAY, MRS. BERYL [ FORGAY, ART] 1969 REG WIFE OF ART FORGAY, PRINCIPAL

FORSYTH, MR. H. A.-1943-1944 (DECEASED)

FORSYTH, MISS J. A.- 1942 (DECEASED)

FOX, JULIA M.- 19 ? (TAUGHT BRIEFLY AT ECI)

FREEMAN, MR. H. A.- 1925 (PRESUMED DECEASED) Became a Professor at McMaster University,
1925 he served as a Pastor at Stirling Baptist Church in Estevan

FREY, MR. GARTH - 1960'S MAINT. MAN

GERMAINE, MRS. DARLENE -1968-1969 -LAST ECI SCHOOL SECRETARY
GESELL, MR. EDWARD (ED) HERMANN [SP= HOIUM, GUDRUN]-1965-1966
(Nov 30, 1908- Feb 10, 1973 DECEASED)

ED TAUGHT FOR 5 YEARS AT QUEEN ROSE SCHOOL,
AUG 1947-JUNE 1949 AT FROBISHER, SCHOOL, HIRSCH SCHOOL, ALSO LIGNITE SCHOOL,
THEN BIENFAIT HIGH SCHOOL, BEFORE ECI
GRIMSON, MR. J. WILLIAM (BILL) [SP= ? , LAURA ]-1951-1969 (DECEASED)

( ACTING PRINCIPAL IN 1965, WHILE MR. FORGAY WENT BACK TO UNIVERSITY )
GROOMES, MR. W. S. - 1914-1916 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

(FIRST PRINCIPAL, TAUGHT MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE IN 1914)
GUEST, MR. BENSON (BEN) H. -1941 @

GUTHRIE, MRS. MARGARET-1961

HAGE, MRS. LYDIA M.- 1962 (DECEASED)

HALLIDAY, MISS SUSAN [CONLY, ? ]- 1943-1947 @ REG COMMERCIAL TEACHER
HAUKENESS, MR. MAYNARD -1968-1969 @
HEGEL, MR. EDWARD (ED). J. [SP= GIESINGER, ALICE ]- 1964-1969-
(b- July 1, 1927, born on the family farm south of Allan, SK - d- January 9, 2009, St Paul's Hosptial, Saskatoon SK.-DECEASED)

MR. HEGEL TAUGHT AT BIENFAIT HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE COMING TO ECI
HE WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH TEACHER ADDRESSES AND NAMES
From His obituary- Ed and Alice moved to Roche Percee, SK in the fall of 1950,
where they lived for the next 15 years.
Ed was the principal of Roche Percee School for 9 years,
then moved to Saskatoon for a year to finish his Bachelor of Education degree.
Ed then taught high school in Bienfait, SK
for two years after which the family moved to Estevan
HESSELINK, HENDRICK (HANK) J. W. - 1962-1969 TAUGHT DRIVER ED @ REG

HOLLINGSHEAD, MISS L.- 1924 (PRESUMED DECEASED)
HOOPER, MR W. J.- 1926-1928 DONATED THE AWARD FOR SCIENCE, 1928

HORDERN, MR. C. ROBERT (BOB) [SP= CHARLOTTE]- 1951-1952 (DECEASED)

STARTED THE COLLEGIATE BAND IN 1951 AS INSTRUCTOR
HUNT, MISS M. T.- 1930-1932

JANKOSKI, MR. THEODORE (TED) [CORLEY, ROSINA]-1962-1969 (DECEASED FEB 2009, age 81)

From His Obituary- Ted was the Vice Principal of the Estevan Comprehensive School
and Guidance Counsellor, first Chairman of the Southeast Community College

JEFFREY, MR. HERB A. -1965 ASSISTANT BAND INSTRUCTOR IN 1965

JOHNS, MISS PAT R. [HOLBEN, ?] -1962-1964

KING, MR. COLIN -1960'S BAND ASSISTANT, ALSO STUDENT AT ECI

KLASSEN, MISS S.- 1947-1948
KRUEGER, MR. ERWIN P. [SP= ? , MARDY ]- 1961-1969 (STUDENT 1948-52) @ REG

Mr. Krueger was Co-Chair of the Reunion 2000-Displays Committee
KNUTSON, MR. O. -1969 CUSTODIAN

LARSON, MR. P. A.- 1941

LEE, MISS HELEN- 1956-1969 (STUDENT 1925-1929) (DECEASED -1977)

SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S ARMY CORP IN WWII
Helen Lee: Was born Dec 24, 1910 at Grassy Lake, Alberta. She moved to Estevan in 1921, where she received her education, and later graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Education. She taught elementary, junior, and high school in Estevan for many years. She died in Estevan Jan 19, 1977.
Her Parents were Robert John and Mary (nee Haughie ) Lee. she is buried in the Old City Cemetery north of Pleasantdale

LEE, MISS SADIE- 1918-1922 (PRESUMED DECEASED) (SHE WAS 1 OF 5 FEMALE TEACHERS IN 1918, NO MEN DUE TO THE WAR)
LEE (KEE?), MISS J.- 1923 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

LEGGETT, MISS E. H.- 1918 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

MacGREGOR, MISS ANNE R.- 1933-1961 (DECEASED)
29 YEARS TEACHING AT ECI, 2ND LONGEST TERM

MacKAY, MISS I. B.- 1950

MacPHERSON, MR. J. N.-1945-1946 (DECEASED)

MARR, MR. C.S.- 1914 (PRESUMED DECEASED) (HE HAD A M.A. DEGREE)

(ONE OF THE FIRST TEACHERS AT ECI, TAUGHT CLASSICS, ENGLISH, & GEOGRAPHY)
MARTIN, MR. G.W.- 1915-1917 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

McCALLUM, MISS M. C.- 1915-1916 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

McEWEN, MISS A. H.-1951

McEWEN, MR. D. R.- 1922-1923 (PRESUMED DECEASED)
McGARRY, MR. JOHN B.-1962-1964

McKECKNIE, J. H. - Years ?-

McKECHNEY, MR. RONALD- 1958 (STUDENT 1952-54) @ REG

McKENZIE, MR. G. I.- 1929

McKINNON, MISS M. J.- 1940
McMONAGLE, MR. JAMES ROACH- JAN 1924- FEB 1936 (PRINCIPAL)
(DECEASED) Born Mar 21, 1896 in Sussex, New Brunswick

Father- Walter McMonagle, Mother- Annie McIntyre
McMonagel in 1901 NB Census
McMonagle in 1911 NB Census
appears he is buried in the family plot
Trinity Anglican Cemetery located in Sussex Corner, NB
HE RESIGNED IN FEB 1936 TO BECOME AN INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS
DONATED THE McMONAGLE CUP IN 1927 McRORIE, MR. DOUG -1959

MELBY, MISS ELAINE -1967-1968

MELNYK, MR. WILLIAM.- 1964-1968 (CUSTODIAN)

MERRITT, MISS S.- 1951
MITCHELL, MRS. HELEN (NEE BROOKS) -1956-1961 & 1963-1965- -(STUDENT 1928-33) (DECEASED)

MITCHELL, MR. VICTOR (VIC) L. [SP= NETTIE] -1959-1964 (DECEASED)

MOIR, MR. R. C.- 1920-1922 (PRESUMED DECEASED) (PRINCIPAL)

MULVENA, MISS PAT [ KRUEGER, ?]- 1959-1960 BAND ASSISTANT

MURRAY, JACK R. [SP=BASSINGTHWAIGHTE, NELLIE]- (DECEASED 1958)

-MAINT. MAN AT HILLSIDE, THEN ECI, UNTIL LATE 1957

NEWFELD, MR. GEORGE- 1936-1947 (PRINCIPAL)(DECEASED)

HE INSTITUTED THE STUDENT'S REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL AT ECI IN 1936-1937
IT WAS TO REPLACE THE LITERARY SOCIETY

ORSTED, MRS. SHIRLEY JEAN (NEE- DALGLIESH) [ORSTED, BILL] 1961-1969 @REG (DECEASED OCT 29,2001) Obituary

PALMER, MISS ISABELLE [HOFFMAN]- 1952-1962 @ REG

PATOLA, MR. NICK-1953 @ REG

PIERCE, MISS ALICE L.- 1914 (DECEASED) (ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR TEACHERS AT ECI, HAD A B.A. DEGREE)

(SHE TAUGHT HISTORY AND BIOLOGY)

RAINE, MR. KEN- 1957-1969 (CUSTODIAN)@
RAINEY, MR. MELVYN (MEL) D.-1960-1969 @ REG

RATHGEBER, MRS. MYRNA Y. [NEE BISHOP]-1969 @

RATTRAY, MISS HELEN B.- 1918-1953 (DECEASED)

(THE RATTRAY AWARD WAS INSTITUTED BY MISS RATTRAY)
SHE ATTENDED THE FIRST GRAD EXERCISES AND BANQUET IN 1944 IN THE OLD STONE CHURCH
Served as Acting Principal from Feb to June, 1936, when J.R. McMonagle resigned mid term
TAUGHT AT ECI THE LONGEST, FOR 38 YEARS!
RODINE, MR. HOWARD B.- 1951-1955 (DECEASED) (PRINCIPAL)

ROGERS, MISS ELIZABETH F. C. - 1914-1922 (PRESUMED DECEASED) (PRINCIPAL 1918) (*MISS ROGERS WAS THE ONLY FEMALE PRINCIPAL OF ECI*)
SHE HAD A B.A. AND TAUGHT MODERNS AND ENGLISH IN 1914
SHE DONATED THE SENIOR BOY'S CHAMPIONSHIP CUP IN 1919, THE ROGERS CUP
ROHATYN, MR. LARRY -1967 [SP=BISH, CAROL]- @ REG

-( MR ROHATYN WAS A STUDENT AT ECI- 1958-XII-1960 -)
ROSENDAHL, MR. ROBERT (BOB) D. [SP=OLSON, RETA]- 1967 (STUDENT AT ECI 1950-51) @ REG

(HE TAUGHT WOODWORKING AT ECI AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS)
"MR. ROUTER" AUTHOR OF 2 ROUTER BOOKS, STAR OF HIS OWN WOODWORKING SHOW ON TV
CHECK OUT HIS WEB SITE http://www.routerworkshop.com/
ROWAN, MRS. A. C. EMMA [ROWAN, WALLY]. -1966 @

RUSH, MR. J. M. -1969

RUTLEDGE, MR. ROBERT- (FIRST JANITOR- JUNE 19,1912-JUNE 19, 1922)

SCHWEIDER, MISS J.- 1949
SEIPP, MR. LEO B. [SP=EVANS, BEV]-1968 STUDENT AT ECI 1960-1964 @

SCHICK, MR. J. LAWRENCE -1960

SIEMENS, MR. P.-1951-1952

SMITH, MR. G. ELWIN- 1948-1950
STEGER, MRS. ANDREA (NEE ECKEL)-1958-1959 (STUDENT 1942-43) @@

*STRANGE, MR. FRANK [SP= MARJORIE]- 1953-1967 @ REG

SUCCEEDED MR HORDERN AS BAND INSTRUCTOR AND ALSO WAS GLEE CLUB LEADER
He was the Conductor for the Glee Club practice and performance at the reunion.
He was a member of the Collegiate Capers Committee - Regina SWANSON, MR. LEE-1960

SYMONS, MRS DOROTHY- 1958-1973- MAJORETTE INSTRUCTOR AND BAND CHOREOGRAPHER

TANGJERD, MR. ERLING. [SP= ?, GERTIE]-1957-1969 (DECEASED)

THOMPSON, MR. GLEN -1959 @
THORHAUG, MRS. IRENE F.(NEE ROSS) [SP= THORHAUG, GEORGE]-1960-1969 @ George was a WWII veteran.

TOWNSEND, MRS. DORIS [TOWNSEND, TOM]-1968 @

TRUMPOUR, MISS STELLA J. - 1938-1939 (DECEASED)

TUCKER, MR. DARYL W. -1967-1969

VANSTONE, MISS L. M.- 1929-1931

WALKER, MR. DON [SP= ? , INES]-1959-1961 (DECEASED)

WALLACE, MR. T. H.- 1932-1933

WARD, MR. FRED E.-1948-1949
WELLOCK, MR. HORNBY [SP=JAHN, ADELA L.]- 1957- 1967 (CUSTODIAN)
                           born in Skipton Yorkshire England in August 11,1905. D- Jan 2, 1982 in Estevan, buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens

WENDELL, MR. LAVERNE -1961

WHIMSTER, MISS M. L.- 1924-1929

WHITE, MR. E. W. (LEFTY)- 1930-1939

WHITE, MISS J. M.- 1918-1920 (PRESUMED DECEASED)

WHITTON, MISS GEORGINA A. [SP=PETTERSON, RAYMOND]-1946 @ REG (DECEASED 2002)

WILKEN, MISS HAZEL -1960
WILLIAMS, MR. HUGH   -1956-1967 (ECI BANDMASTER FROM 1956-67) @ REG

WILLIAMS, MISS   JUDY -1966

WILLISON, MR. GARY   -1969 @

WRAGG, MR. NORM -1960'S ASSISTANT BAND LEADER

I GUESS MR. XEROX DIDN'T TEACH AT ECI EITHER!!

YOUNG, JAMES (JIMMY)-[ SP=HOTCHKISS, ANNIE] 1922-1958 CARETAKER -(DECEASED,1963)

VETERAN OF WWI, RECEIVED THE JUBILEE MEDAL FROM LORD TWEEDSMUIR IN 1935
THE CITY NAMED "YOUNG ST" AFTER JIMMY, TO HONOUR HIS 36 YEARS OF SERVICE
JIM YOUNG SCHOLARSHIP LATER MEMORIAL WAS SET UP IN HIS HONOR IN 1960
He was born Nov 12, 1892 and died Aug 6, 1963, buried in Estevan City Cemetery

ZAKRESKY, MR. J. R. (JERRY)-[SP= ? , BETTY] 1959-1969 (DECEASED)

ZINK, MISS E.I.- 1941

Some Older teacher Group Photos below