Nova Scotia's Part in the Great War

by Unknown

During the last two years of the War, as the work became heavier, this Department had associated with it Mrs. W. McK. McLeod, who acted as Secretary for Cape Breton, and Miss Almon. Special mention must also be made of the work of Miss Clara Dennis in meeting and welcoming home repatriated men who had been prisoners of war. During 1918–19 one thousand and eight of these men were met and greeted by Miss Dennis. To each man was handed a card of welcome from the Red Cross and a box of confectionery. He was asked to record his name, regimental number, German prison camp, and his home address in a book specially prepared for the purpose. That the men appreciated this informal but hearty welcome home is abundantly proved by the fact that Miss Dennis has since received from them hundreds of letters of thanks.

It is impossible to give in detail the names of the many thousands of devoted and faithful voluntary workers throughout the Province of Nova Scotia who sought no reward for their labors but the joy of knowing that the Society achieved its aim—the alleviation of the sufferings of our fighting men.

Red Cross Chartered Branches.
Place.	President.
Amherst	Mrs. W. R. Fishleigh.
Arichat	Mrs. C. D. Terrio.
Antigonish	Mrs. D. G. Kirk.
Baddeck	Mrs. F. W. McCurdy.
Barrington	Mrs. Wilson Crowell.
Berwick	Mrs. Alex. Anderson.
Bishop’s Mountain	Mrs. C. O. Downie.
Brass Hill	Mrs. F. Nickerson.
Brule	Mrs. A. C. Cook.
Barney’s River	Mrs. Wm. McDonald.
Boulardarie	Mrs. J. Fraser.
Canso	Mrs. C. O’Donoghue.
Cape North	Miss Grace Gwynn.
Chester	Dr. C. O. Hebb.
Dartmouth	Mrs. W. R. Foster.
Dominion No. 6.	Mrs. Anna B. Wight.
Goldboro	Mrs. Edgar Silver.
Glace Bay	Mrs. P. E. Ogilvy.
Halifax	Mrs. Wm. Dennis.
Hazel Hill	Mrs. Dunning.
Hantsport	Miss Marcia Braine.
Lawrencetown	Mrs. D. M. Balcom.
Lawrencetown S.S.	Mrs. J. F. Brown.
Moser’s River	Mrs. Walter Smith.
Mulgrave	Mrs. L. C. Dixon.
New Glasgow	Mrs. P. A. MacGregor.
North Sydney	Mrs. J. J. Pallen.
Pictou	Mrs. A. S. Stalker.
Port Morien	Miss C. Macaulay.
Port Bickerton	Mrs. George Taylor.
Point Tupper	Mrs. James Swaine.
St. Peters	Mrs. J. Kemp.
Sydney	Mrs. H. A. Nicholson.
Sydney Mines	Mrs. B. Archibald.
South Berwick	Mrs. G. R. Nichols.
Tancook Island	Miss Beulah Wilson.
Trenton	Mrs. C. W. Stromberg.
Truro	Mrs. Harold Putnam.
West Quoddy	Mrs. Alex. Gamnon.
Westville	Mrs. R. Fraser.
Windsor	Mrs. P. M. Fielding.
Wolfville	Mrs. Harold Barss.
Woodlawn	Mrs. Jane Nauffts.
Westchester Station	Mrs. W. O. Webb.
Yarmouth	Mrs. W. D. Ross.
Red Cross Auxiliaries.
Avondale	Miss Bertha Crossley.
Advocate Harbor	Mrs. L. L. Hill.
Athol	Mrs. J. W. Boss.
Aylesford	Mrs. C. N. McIntyre.
Apple River	Mrs. E. Slocum.
Billtown	Mrs. C. R. Bill.
Bayhead	Mrs. James Johnson.
Baxter’s Harbor	Mrs. Fred Ells.
Bayfield	Mrs. F. C. Gass.
Bedford	Mrs. E. Butler.
Blandford	Mrs. C. Woods.
Bear River	Mrs. L. J. Lovitt.
Bridgetown	Mrs. O. T. Daniels.
Baccaro	Mrs. G. L. Crowell.
Barney’s River	Mrs. (Rev.) McDonald.
Barronsfield	Miss Nettie Baker.
Beacon Hill	Mrs. E. H. Langille.
Big Baddeck	Mrs. Alex. Anderson.
Birch Grove	Mrs. D. B. McDonald.
Brooklynn (Queens)	Mrs. W. P. Godfrey.
Brandford	Mrs. C. Woods.
Broughton	Miss Ida McLeod.
Centre Burlington	Mrs. F. G. Brown.
Clarke’s Harbor	Mrs. George Phillips.
Central New Annan	Miss A. McIntosh.
Cherry Brook	Mrs. Mary Grosse.
Chignecto Mines	Mrs. F. M. Blenkhorn.
Clam Harbor	Mrs. J. B. Homans.
Collingwood	Mrs. Davies.
Cook’s Brook	Mrs. Warren Cook.
Caledonia	Mrs. B. Lempton.
Canaan	Miss Bessie Shipley.
Central Grove	Mrs. Byron Melaney.
Centre Gore	Mrs. N. Grant.
Centre Rawdon	Mrs. J. E. Wood.
Centreville	Rev. H. M. Manzer.
Clementsport	Miss L. Hicks.
Cleveland	Mrs. D. A. McLeod.
Conquerall Bank	Mrs. Angus Weagle.
Dalhousie East (Kings)	Mrs. M. Oickle.
Dalhousie East (Annapolis)	Mrs. John Long.
Dean	Mrs. Campbell Brown
Deep Brook	Mrs. G. Marsters.
Diligent River	Mrs. W. W. Lamb.
Digby	Mrs. Eber Turnbull.
Durham	Miss Janet Blaikie.
Ellershouse	Mrs. H. D. Archibald.
Elmsdale	Mrs. Chas. Thompson.
East Walton	Mrs. Levi Lake.
Economy	Mrs. P. Huntley.
Five Islands	Mrs. Calvin Corbett.
Fenwick	Mrs. F. B. Dickinson.
Freeport	Mrs. Egar Ring.
Five Mile River	Mrs. H. Hennigar.
Fraserville	Mrs. Gaius Fraser.
Glenville and Claremont	Mrs. C. A. McCabe.
Grand River	Mrs. McDonald.
Guysboro	Mrs. G. E. Buckley.
Glengarry	Miss Christine Fraser.
Granville Ferry	Mrs. W. Patterson.
Giant’s Lake	Miss K. A. McLean.
Goldenville	Mrs. L. Fraser.
Goshen and Argyle	Mrs. J. A. Sinclair.
Great Village	Mrs. C. B. Spencer.
Greenwood	Mrs. Chas. Neilly.
Hammond’s Plains	Miss S. Schmidt.
Hubbards	Mrs. Bessie McLean.
Harmony (Kings)	Mrs. C. S. Spinney.
Hemsford	Mrs. James Falconer.
Inverness	Mrs. E. Brassett.
Joggins Mines	Mrs. R. J. Bell.
Kingston Station	Mrs. G. G. Power.
Karsdale	Mrs. G. W. Chisholm.
Lake Ainslie	Mrs. M. A. McKay.
Louisburg	Mrs. A. L. Bates.
Liverpool	Mrs. John More.
Lunenburg	Mrs. Emily Smith.
Lower Selmah and Sterling Brook	Miss Lena Spicer.
Lochaber	Mrs. John Brown.
Latties Brook	Mrs. W. J. Macdonald.
Liverpool	Mrs. John More.
Lockhartville	Miss F. McInnes.
Londonderry	Mrs. J. G. R. Smith.
Lower Granville	Mrs. George Anthony.
Lyons Brook	Mrs. A. Hogg.
Lockeport	Mrs. Churchill Locke.
Mosherville, Stanley and Clarkeville	Mrs. H. B. Smith.
Milford Station	Mrs. Pooley.
McPhee’s Corner	Mrs. James McPhee.
Margaretsville	Mrs. A. B. Coulstan.
Marriott’s Cove	Mrs. Rupert Millett.
Middle River	Mrs. Mary MacDonald.
Mabou	Mrs. E. S. Bayne.
Maccan	Mrs. (Dr.) Forbes.
Mahone	Miss Nettie Zwicker.
Malagash	Mrs. Jacob Treen.
Malagawatch	Mrs. Hudson.
Manchester and Port Shoreham	Mrs. W. Bruce.
Mapleton	Mrs. G. E. Fletcher.
Margaree Harbor	Mrs. A. R. MacDougall.
Melvern Square	Mrs. E. F. McNeil.
Merigomish and Piedmont	Mrs. T. B. Olding.
Middleton	Mrs. W. Gwillim.
Mill Village (Hants)	Mrs. Hattie Wallace.
Mira Gut	Mrs. J. J. Philips.
Moose Brook and Tennycape	Mrs. W. F. Stevens.
Millsville	Mrs. R. MacKay.
Mount Uniacke	Miss Sadie Robinson.
Nappan	Mrs. Robert Donaldson.
Neil’s Harbor	Mrs. Ed. Dowling.
New Annan	Miss Agnes McIntosh.
New Port	Mrs. J. F. Rathburn.
North Dartmouth	Mrs. C. V. Vernon.
New Campbellton	Mrs. W. McKinnon.
New Germany	Mrs. H. P. Chesley.
N.E. Margaree	Mrs. J. H. Tulston.
Noel Shore	Mrs. E. S. Main.
North Kingston	Mrs. H. J. Neily.
Oxford	Mrs. J. R. Gilroy.
Owl’s Head	Mrs. J. E. Parker.
Oxford Junction	Mrs. S. Colburne.
Port Maitland	Mrs. E. H. Porter.
Port Greville	Mrs. R. S. Kerr.
Pleasantfield	Mrs. Charles Arnburg.
Paradise	Mrs. H. P. Layte.
Port Medway	Mrs. Grace Andrews.
Parrsboro	Mrs. F. A. Rand.
Pentz	Miss Alberta Smith.
Port Dufferin	Mrs. E. W. Dunlop.
Port Hawkesbury	Mrs. D. Gillis.
Port Hood	Mrs. Daniel McLennan.
Port La Tour	Mrs. D. Snow.
Port Hilford	Miss Isabella Reid.
Parker’s Cove	Mrs. H. Anderson.
Plainfield	Mrs. W. A. Graham.
Princedale	Mrs. Forman Wright.
Ragged Island, East Side	Mrs. Chas. Matthews.
Richmond	Mrs. A. G. McIntosh.
River Herbert	Mrs. T. Shipley.
Rockingham	Mrs. W. J. Clayton.
Rodney and Windham	Mrs. M. Y. Boss.
River John	.Mrs. C. W. MacKintosh.
River Philip	Mrs. G. L. King.
Rossway	Mrs. Bessie Crowell.
Sandy Point	Mrs. Anzo Long.
Sandy Cove	Mrs. E. D. Morehouse.
Shag Harbor	Mrs. N. C. Nickerson.
Shelburne	Mrs. Martha C. Morton.
Ship Harbor Lake	Mrs. Alvin Webber.
Shubenacadie	Mrs. A. E. Culton.
Smith’s Cove	Mrs. Edward Winchester.
Southampton	Mrs. Victor Brown.
Spencer’s Island	Mrs. Edmund Spicer.
Sackville	Mrs. Robinson.
South Athol	Mrs. L. D. MacKeen.
Seal Island	Mrs. John Smith.
St. Croix and Sweet’s Corner	Mrs. J. F. Rathburn.
Stake Road	Dr. Barbara McKinnon.
Sutherland’s River	Mrs. Dwight Burns.
South Side Cape Sable Island	Mrs. E. C. Nickerson.
South Farmington	Mrs. Wilkins.
Springhill	Mrs. David Stewart.
Stellarton	Mrs. George Gray.
Stewiacke	Mrs. Rachel Pollock.
Stony Island	Mrs. S. L. Brannen.
Sydney River	Miss Sarah McDougall.
Selmah	Mrs. Cyrus Weldon.
South Rawdon	Mrs. W. H. Lawson.
South Bay	Mrs. T. A. Young.
Torbrook	Mrs. A. B. Payson.
Tupperville	Mrs. L. H. Chipman.
Tatamagouche	Mrs. D. A. Cunningham.
Upper Burlington	Mrs. Harry B. Sandford.
Upper Lakeville	Mrs. Margaret Webber.
Upper Musquodoboit	Mrs. W. B. Hutchinson.
Upper Economy	Mrs. C. F. Lewis.
Upper Rawdon	Mrs. J. E. Weatherhead.
Upper Port La Tour	Miss Rosa Snow.
Wallace	Mrs. A. S. Murphy.
Wilmot	Mrs. J. B. Kilton.
West New Annan	Mrs. W. Wilson.
Westport	Mrs. E. C. Bowser.
Wallace River	Mrs. Chas. Fisher.
Waterville	Mrs. D. R. Pineo.
Waverley	Mrs. E. Fauchea.
West La Have	Mrs. Clarence Wambolt.
Welton’s Corner	Mrs. P. A. Smith.
West Apple River	Mrs. Robert McWhirter.
West Berlin and Eagle Head	Mrs. B. Conrod.

THE WILLING WAR WORKERS, GLACE BAY.

An organization that blazed a new and unique track in the War, and accomplished great results, especially in the colliery districts of Cape Breton, was the Willing War Workers of Glace Bay.

MRS. G. S. HARRINGTON.

A number of the mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts of the boys “over there,” finding that other Societies lacked the personal touch, banded themselves together to send parcels every week to their own home boys in France, and kept up the good work enthusiastically until Armistice Day, when they disbanded.

Mrs. Gordon S. Harrington, wife of Colonel Harrington, Deputy Overseas Minister, was the first President, and Mrs. Stuart McCawley, of Glace Bay, the Secretary-Treasurer.

Mrs. Harrington went to England in November, 1916, and became actively interested in war work for Canadian soldiers in that country, particularly at the Beaver Hut, Strand, London, and St. Dunstan’s Hostel for blinded soldiers.