Mrs. B.F. Longworth . Three younger women also departed this life and were returned to Charlottetown for burial from afield — Mrs. Bleasdale , Katie Brady , and Mrs. P.C. Corbin . For the duration of the war Canon Simpson was a leader and organizer in various movements designed to aid the war cause and to supply relief for those afflicted in various ways by the struggle. He was the Vice President of the Patriotic Society of P. E.I ., taking an active part in the recruiting campaign by attending weekly meetings throughout the Province. He was also the Treasurer of the Prisoners of War Fund for P.E.I. , a fund he inaugurated and which was gratefully acknowledge by many Canadian Prisoners of War "who declared that they owed their lives while in German prison camps to the food and clothing provided through this fund.".195 The fund raised over $27,000.00 used to purchase food and clothing for P.O.W .'s. In addition, he was Chairman of the Returned Soldiers Reception Committee, extending a warm and kindly welcome and good counsel to the men and 'boys' who returned. Further work was needed on the Chapel and the Church building, again using interest accumulated from the Hodgson Bequest . The old heating system of the Church and School was defective and causing a good deal of expense each year for repairs: it was felt that it was better to install a new system than to proceed in that wasteful fashion. The spouting around the Church roof was found to be leaking badly and was too worn to be repaired. Instead it was replaced with new spouting in an effort to save the walls and foundations of the Cathedral. The decoration of the west wall of the Chapel was completed as a memorial to the late Mr. William C. Harris , who designed the Chapel and devoted much loving care to its interior adornment without receiving any remuneration. The central picture was the gift and work of Mr. Robert Harris C.M.G. Mr. Robert L. Cotton contributed generously toward the expense of completing the work. The new heating system provided 50% more heating surface in the Church building with new radiators. This increase in the temperature of the Church buildings necessitated a thorough overhaul and tuning of the organ. The time also arrived to paint the exteriors of the schoolroom, the sexton's house, the front of the Cathedral, and the rectory. The assistance of the Reverend D.J. McDonald was a welcome addition. He was a graduate of Dalhousie University and had completed post-graduate work at Yale University and at the General Theological Seminary , New York . He came to St. Peter 's as a deacon and was ordained to the Priesthood in October of that year. 195. The Charlottetown Guardian. December 1st, 1920. 167