James S. Bell Junior Middle School A secretary was added to the school staff. Long Branch Public and Continuation School became the James S. Bell School in 1953 in honour of its late principal who had served it for 20 years. In 1954 six kindergarten and five grade one classes moved into a new and final wing of the school. In 1959 Parkview School was opened and Mr. Rod Jack left James S. Bell to be its principal. Mr. Elmer Yeandle became vice-principal of James S. Bell. In 1962 the Board awarded Mr. Harvey Gibbs a service certificate on completion of 25 years at James S.
HMS E20 British code. Upon arriving at the designated location, "UB-14" surfaced and fired a torpedo at "E20" from a distance of . "E20"s crew saw the torpedo, but it was too late to avoid the weapon. The torpedo hit "E20"s conning tower and sank her with the loss of 21 men. "UB-14" rescued nine, including "E20"s captain who, reportedly, had been brushing his teeth at the time of the attack. HMS E20 HMS "E20" was a British E-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 25 November 1914 and was commissioned on 30 August 1915. She was sunk,