James S. Bell Junior Middle School their new rooms on the second floor. The remaining classes, kindergarten to grade three, and the library moved into their respective rooms on October 11. The school office was ready in November and the Home Economics room in December. Approximately five hundred and fifty people attended the official opening of the school on the evening of November 25. Mrs. Bell, the widow of James S. Bell, and family gave the school $500.00 as a memorial to Mr. Bell. This money was used for library accoutrement. In January 1967 the Lakeshore area, Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch were amalgamated with
HMS Amethyst (1799) days. Still, the ship was too badly damaged to salvage and by 10 March wave action had broken up the hull. The subsequent court martial found Walton and Robert Owen, the master, negligent and reprimanded both for allowing "Amethyst" to be anchored so close to shore with only one anchor. The court also barred Owen for a year from serving in anything larger than a sixth rate. Notes Citations References HMS Amethyst (1799) HMS "Amethyst" was a Royal Navy 36-gun "Penelope"-class fifth-rate frigate, launched in 1799 at Deptford. "Amethyst" served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing