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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes a weekly journal, advertising and publication notes, with scattered names and a date of October 1917. The legible content is insufficient to identify a clear event, person, or organization beyond general publishing references.
A selection of letters from soldiers extols the YMCA and YWCA in France for aiding fighting men. Correspondents describe hardships, from mud to exhaustion, and praise YMCA canteens near the front, hot coffee, and moral support that sustains them in weary advances.
About forty or fifty citizens gathered at Connell Chambers to organize a Campaign Committee for the district. Ernest Phillips, traveling representative of the YMCA in France, outlined the campaign and the club’s overseas work. Appointed were W. I. Mathewson, chairman. J. D. Bary, secretary treasurer. a reception and canvassing committees with members across Mission City and surrounding districts. Phillips continued his speaking tour at local churches and planned canvassing for the district following Capt. Pearson’s lecture.
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