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 Trincomalee (1799) HMS Trincomalee (1799) HMS "Trincomalee" was a sloop of Dutch or French origin that the British Royal Navy took into service in 1799. She was destroyed in action in 1799 with the loss of all but two of her crew. The Navy commissioned "Trincomalee" under the command of Commander John Rowe. An Arab Dow arrived at Bombay on 6 December 1799, from Muscat. She brought information from Mr. Manesty, the British East India Company's (EIC) Resident at Bassorah. He reported that "Trincomalee" had been dispatched from Muscat to intercept two French ships in the Gulf of Persia that had captured