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80 KANE - THE SPIRIT LIVES ON me. Some of these pupils even from Mr. Siemens room still contact me. I feel happy over these phonings when these 1937-39 friends call. I also feel proud to have taught descendants of different nationalities. Our rural schools have proved to become a great Canadian institution. As you can deduce I married into the teaching family of Jacob and Anna Schellenberg - Jacob being a pioneer teacher in southern Manitoba, William Schellenberg, a younger brother of Katherine Toews and John J’s brotherin-law. We married on July 10, 1939, and went to live at Seddon’s Corner (north of Beausejour, Manitoba). Bill operated a McCall Frontenac filling, repair, and oil station. One year went past and Bill joined the Royal Air Force. When the World War II finished we came back to Kane with daughter Heather Gail, five years old, and Kenneth Lyle, three years. We built our first home on a site east of the teacherage. Bill worked for John J. Toews in his garage. Heather began her first days at Kane Consolidated. After Rhonda May was born in 1946, at Winkler Hospital, wages as a mechanic looked higher to Bill - hence a move to Dauphin, Manitoba. Our home was sold to Mr. Jake Born. This house is close to Bill and Barb Toews’ farm. We had sons Bruce and Ted born at Dauphin. So we were seven. We moved out to British Columbia in 1965, due to Bill’s declining health. He died in 1978. I lost a great husband, friend and father to our children. His memory will live on. Our children are all here in British Columbia. We have nine grandchildren. Heather Gail Schellenberg Runge, a widow, is a nurse at Valeden. Dr. Kenneth Lyle Schellenberg M.D., lives at Squamish. Rhonda Schellenberg Williams lives at Penticton. She is an Executive Officer for Canadian Home Builders Association in South Okanagan. Bruce Schellenberg is a professional forester at 150 Mile House. Edward (Ted) Schellenberg is a radio broadcaster in Vancouver. I am 81 years old (and a proud Mom), living at the coast of Tsawassen, British Columbia. I still get excited on my visits to Manitoba - to see relatives and loyal friends. TINA V. WARKENTINE (1941-1944) Miss Tina V. Warkentine at the school picnic, 1944. RUFUS SCHELLENBERG (1943-1945) by Rufus Schellenberg In August of 1943, Rufus was invited to join the teaching staff of Kane Consolidated School. Miss Tina Warkentine taught Grades I to IV and Mr. George G. Siemens, the principal, taught the high school students. The following year Mr. Nic G. Neufeld replaced Mr. Siemens. Miss Warkentine also left. Rufus became a primary teacher for Grades I to IV. NICOLAI G. NEUFELD (1944-1946) by Marge (Neufeld) Neufeld We lived in Winkler, Manitoba, prior to moving to Kane, where my Dad, Nic G. Neufeld, taught for five years. My family lived in Kane for two years, 1944-1946. Dad taught the higher grades and also had a violin class teaching them the fundamentals of music and sight-reading. Dad also had a choir here. I believe he also had a woodworking class with the boys. At this time Mom taught sewing, embroidery and knitting to the girls. Loretta, my sister, took grades two and three here. I started school after Easter during our second year at Kane as a beginner, equivalent to Kindergarten now.
... IN OUR EDUCATION 81 Mr. and Mrs. Nic Neufeld, Marjorie and Loretta, 1946. ANOTHER OUTSTANDING TEACHER by Arthur O. Toews Mr. Nic G. Neufeld, 1945. After leaving Kane our family moved to various country schools where Dad taught for a total of almost fifty years. Loretta and I were privileged having Dad as our teacher grades one to nine. Loretta was a teacher and later married Alan Janzen. After her children were in school she was a librarian at the University of Manitoba and died in June of 1999, a year after her retirement. Stan, born after leaving Kane, also had Dad as his teacher. Stan also became a teacher. He retired from teaching and worked several years in a print shop in Winnipeg. I worked in a bank for several years in Winkler, Manitoba. I married Leonard Neufeld, a teacher. In 1975, we moved to British Columbia to work with Campus Crusade for Christ, which we are still involved in. Dad died in November of 1988 and Mother (Sarah) in July of 1992. Nic Neufeld had a relatively short tenure (1944-1946), but it was evident from the start that he was a truly dedicated teacher and a fine man. It was apparent to us that there was much more to teaching than getting students through a curriculum. He put a heavy emphasis on choir work, spending many hours rehearsing with us, and at the same time showing admirable patience with us guys who were just mouthing it. He volunteered his services and taught a number of us to play the violin. There would be group sessions in the evening, with no remuneration expected. Three of us played a prank on Mr. Neufeld that I certainly am not proud of today. Manuel and Alvin Schellenberg and I would often arrive at school early in the morning before anyone else had arrived. His violin and bow on the piano caught our attention on this one morning. Manuel and Alvin were the Brylcreem kids of the school. They proceeded to run his bow through their hair. Nic would always accompany the singing of “Oh Canada” and “God Save the King” with his violin. That morning the violin emitted no sound when he ran it over the strings. Unfortunately, we did not appreciate Nic Neufeld the way that we should have.
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