Chaffey High School - Fasti Yearbook (Ontario, CA)

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I 776 . , We often take our freedom and independence for granted. But as we celebrate our nation's Bicentennial, weqfsho 1 ., . Y. S P ' - ' ' if K I5 ' 1 1 H ' A, 1' , e if think of it not only as our countries birthday but as the observance of 200 years of struggle, conflict, growth, and pros sa lty . H- ' L-L-1 'L W , The 200 years of national growth has included almost a century of parallel advance for the Ontario. birth in the early 1880's, Ontario has had peaks and valleys of development, but always with an upwarddirection. It started when George Chaffey, Sr. and his son, William B. Chaffey, left their home in Ontario, Canada in 1878 a new life in Riverside. George Chaffey,jr. heard exciting accounts from his father and brother and joined them pih h George jr. foresaw a beautiful city without slums or saloons. He paid 360,000 for 6216 acres of land to estalilishdhis f model colony in Ontario. c . L X. Four progressive programs were established for the Colony. The first was to distribute water in cement pipes to 10f , acre farm lot and smaller city lots throughout the whole tract. In 1883, for as little as 150 dollars, onecould buy landiandpi one share in the San Antonio Water Company. The plan was unique because water was used not 'only to irrigate fbutito V generate electricity. , 9 Vi . g Secondly, a major thoroughfare was to stretch from one end of Ontario to the other. QA 200-foot-wide highway, eight. miles long with a spacious parkway became Euclid Avenue. It was landscaped with Grevillea and Papper trees.gWlien the purple mountains at its northerly end were capped with snow under azure skies, the Avenue compared favorably with the most beautiful in the world. W W C' ' Another basic program entailed securing the best possible class of settlers for the Colony. QTo this end, among other things, the sale of intoxicating liquor was forbidden for 50 years.j In 1903 the U. S. Government selected. the Ontario Colony as a standard for American colonies using irrigation. 1 Y . I 0 The Chaffey brothers sold their interest in the Ontario Land and Improvement Company in.1886, They moved to 5Aus- tralia to form similar colonies there. But George retumed in 1896 and was put under contract by the Ontario Land and Improvement Company to develop more water for Ontario. He continued his work with the company until his retirement. To commence the fourth major program, in 1883, the Chaffey brothers donated 20-acres at Fifth Street and Euclid Ave- nue and 320-acre endowment of land to serve as the location of Chaffey Agricultural College. The College was for many years associated with the University of Southern California. W ' In 1901, Ontario High School District was formed. For the next eight years, classeswere held in the-college buildings. In 1908 the High School District purchased land from the college at Fourth and Euclid to serve as fthe location for a high school building. In 1911 Upland joined Ontario in forming the Chaffey Union High School District. Eventually theboun- I dries of the district were extended to include Etiwanda, Alta Loma, Cucamonga, Fontana, Mountain View and Camp Baldy. I Chaffey junior College of Agriculture, was organized in 1919. re 'N q T During the depression of the 1950's, one of the low periods nationally, Chaffey education ascended to one of its peaks. For, as is noted on a bronze plaque At a time when men were experiencing difficulty in finding work, our government, with the cooperation of the people of this district, accomplished these improvements: Aviation Building, Memorial Library, Women's and Men's Gymnasium, Bleachers, Music Building, Athletic Field, Tennis Courts, North and South Halls, Plunge, Shower and Dressing Rooms, G. W. S. Auditorium, Science Building, Transportation Building, Mechanic Arts, Aviation Building addition. l In the late 1950's Chaffey District served students in a 200Lsquare-mile area, from Pomona to Rialto, from Mt. Baldy to Chino. One -third of the district students are at Chaffey High. In 1960 Chaffey College moved to its present site in Alta Loma and buildings formerly occupied by the College were taken over by the High School. The U. S. Bicentennial will be much celebrated in Ontario. The annual Chaffey High School Tournament of Bands will be a major event. Ontariois Bicentennial Commission is sponsoring a parade, the annual All States' picnic to be held on Independence Day, and after the picnic, a fireworks display. p I W 3 But for Chaffey and Ontario, the Bicentennial will be occasion for a look into the future as well as the past. A Worldis Fair - Expo 81 - to be held at the Ontario Motor Speedway, must mean continuous, perhaps spectacular growth for this area. The face of downtown Ontario will be drastically changed by the development of a Civic Center. Even as the Pepper trees along Euclid Avenue are dying, a new landscaping plan is bringing the street to even greater beauty. Chaffey campus has a new Math-Science building, a locker compound, new landscaping in the South quad and is preparing for new quarters to house the Business Education department. And more significantly, there is exciting educational change,1and hopefully ' growth, in the future. g f' it ff, . ' tl 2 .,-, ' ta-QV' ur A -gl ks- . .. , ,-, 'L V fgii. w1'4'.F- Af-se. 1'

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