Ongoing Work at the Cathedral During the War.

Early in October the Reverend M. Little, of the Church of the Advent, Westmount, Montreal, held a mission in connection with the Mission of Repentance and Hope. He was assisted by the Reverend W.A. Hubard of Port Grenville, N .S. The mission lasted for a ten day period during which time the services were well attended and many resolutions were made. It was hoped that the efforts would have a permanent effect on all those who partook through the deepening of the spiritual life of the congregation.

Canon Simpson and his wife Alice suffered a very great

personal loss during the year. Frederick Thornton Peters, 8 St. Peter’s School

Their son, Lieutenant Stewart Boy, in his midshipman uniform. Peters served

«1 - - - in the navy during both the First and the BaSI Slmpson was killed In Second World wars. For bravery during the

aetlonnm France) In 1916' TIPS First War Dso and the DSC. In the Second World was a severe blow to hlm War he was awarded the Victoria Cross

(Canon Simpson) but his strong, posthumously. He was the only Islander to have manly Christian devotion to received this medal-

duty and to service enabled him

to carry on, though with a breaking heart, in helping others."201

The Reverend Mr. Jukes, who had been offered the position of Assistant Priest at St. Peter’s was forced to return to Nova Scotia in January afier only three months, due to ill health. Nineteen hundred and seventeen was a year filled with repairs to Church buildings, including repairs to the organ motor, the organ bellows, the foundation of the school, work to enclose the exposed electrical wiring, and the placement of additional radiators in the surplice room and sacristy. In total, an expenditure of over $200.00.

201. ‘The Charlottetown Guardian. December 1st, 1920.

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