Construction of ECI
Contractor Mr. Harry (Emerson) (Mac) McKenzie
And his wife Jennie, nee Mill.
He was awarded the Contract in Aug. 1912.
Feb 20, 2010, Received a nice email from
Joan Lytle, nee Wilkinson (1958-1962)
who, as a School Project,
wrote a letter to
Mrs. Jennie McKenzie
the Wife of Estevan Builder,
Harry Emerson (Mac) McKenzie,
who built many buildings in Estevan,
including ECI.
Jennie June McKenzie, nee Mill,
was born to
Rial and Carrie Mill,
at Schaler, Iowa on July 6,1889,
She died July 23, 1980,
and is buried in Estevan City Cemetery.
She married Emerson, June 24, 1909.
Below is Mrs. McKenzie's reply to Joan in 1955.
Here she describes coming from Iowa to Estevan,
on Apr 5, 1905, by train.
The Mill family lived in Strubel,
Archer, Sheldon, Hudson and Reinbeck, Iowa.
Before they came to Canada.
Some very interesting historical information included.
(2 pages)
Please click to enlarge.
Thanks Joan for sharing this letter!
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ECI Ca-1930
Not Much in Westview at the time!
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Estevan Collegiate Institute
Collegiate opened for classes
Jan. 22, 1914
(Above the door it said built in 1912)
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Collegiate -1949
Opened Friday Oct 28, 1949
by Education Minister W. S. Lloyd.
(New Gym on left-
and new Vocational Training Wing,
On Right Front)
The Vocational Wing was built
at a cost of $128,000.00.
It was started in 1947, but due to a shortage
of materials, it wasn't closed in until 1948.
It was first used in September of 1949.
In the Vocational Wing there was classrooms
for Commercial work, and in the work shops,
machines for wood working, metal work,
motor mechanics, and drafting.
City of Estevan issued debentures fro $1,000
and a grant of $58,850 from the Dominion
and Provincial Governments.
An Equipment Grant of approx $12,000
from the Dominion and Provincial Governments
and the School to put up $6,400.
Speakers at the opening:
Mayor of Estevan, Harry Nicholson
A. P. Miller, Torquay, of larger School Unit #2
and Edward McCormack, MLA, Souris
July 30, 1946
New Gym being built at $36,000
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Collegiate -1964
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Estevan Collegiate Institute
1969
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School Monogram on Top
Designed by
Creighton Bannatyne, 1931
School Crest
Designed by
Paul Fraser in 1963
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School Song
Written by
Harriet Holmgren- 1934
School Hymn
Written by
Ron Jevons in 1961
Tune - Waltham
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