Chapter Notes: The War Effort 1. Boyd Beck et al., Canada: At the Dawn of a New Nation ( Windsor Publications Ltd ., 1990), 172. 2. Mary Burge et al., They Chose to Serve ( St. Peters Bay , 1987, 1989), letter from The Hon. Gerald S. Merrithew . 3. Interview with Roddy Pratt, St. Peters Bay , 25th May 2000. 4. J. Angus MacLean , Making It Home (Charlottetown: Ragweed Press, 1998), 255. 5. J. Angus MacLean , 255-257. 6. Interview with Donnie Anderson , St. Peters Bay , 10th January 2000. 7. Interview with Anna Rattray , St. Peters Bay , 14th March 2000. 8. Douglas Baldwin, The Land of Red Soil ( Charlottetown : Ragweed Press, 1986), 108. 9. Receipts found in the Greenwich Women's Institute Minute Books. Courtesy of Flora Sutherland . 10. Interview with Sister Mary Irene MacKinnon , Charlottetown , 3rd March 2000. 358