Frayed Hearts and Aiding Orphans in a Town Charity
A reader reports on a poignant World War I era piece, describing a laywoman’s visit to the Alice Ma Cotter Children's Shelter on Worsley Street. She portrays the home as well managed, with nine children, two at school, and ongoing needs for bedding and clothing from local churches and institutes. The article highlights mothers, staff led by Mrs. Steer, warm kitchens, and the shelter’s hopeful mission to give homeless children a fresh start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worsley Street
Irs
Woman's Auxiliary
Chas. Drury
Alice May Cotter
Crown Hill Oren’s Institute
Lowell W. L
Collingwood
Mrs. Horace W. Parsons to Speak Across Ontario
Ottawa report notes Mrs. Horace W. Parsons of The Northlands Cochrane a seasoned speaker on social literary religious and educational topics. She has served on Ontario Women's Institutes lecture staff and as Press Convener of the National Council of Women of Canada with ties to multiple councils associations and institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Women's Institute
Ontario Women's Institutes
National Council of Women of Canada
Women’s National Council
Woman’s Auxiliary
Sunday School Commission
Church of England
Ontario Department of Education
Woman's Art Association
King’s Daughters
The
Daughters of the Empire
Band of Mercy
National Home Reading UN
Ion
Grange
Vermont
Ottawa
Toronto
London
Windsor
Ontario
Edinburgh University
Germany
National Home Reading Union of
Great Britain
Leen Non Institute
New York
Christmas Adoption Home Benefit and Donations Highlight
A local home for children featuring nightly chores and hopeful adoptions is praised for its care. Mr Cotter funds handsome cots and plants. the Women’s Auxiliary seeks gifts to brighten Christmas. The Toronto Red Cross received a generous donation of money and garments from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cotter
L. I. Wair
Woman’s Auxiliary
Toronto Red Cross
Society of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Khan
Alasso
Cain
D. M. Stewart
St. Andrew's Church
Allandale
Alice Ma Cotter
Horace W. Parsons
the Northlands
Cochrane
Alex. Milne & Son
Men’s Outfitters
Dunlop Street
Barrie
Madras and Flannel Ma
Clark
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