During World War I, funds raised in Copper Cliff for the war effort exceeded $954,000. Monies were raised through the purchase of Victory Loans, the Great War Veteran's Association Ladies Auxiliary, the Copper Cliff Navy League, the Copper Cliff War Relief Club, thrift stamps, and the share of the Provincial War tax. The war efforts of citizens included work of the the Copper Cliff Red Cross, food pledge cards, gift boxes, patriotic concerts, and donations. Women and girls sewed over 1,250 pairs of pajamas and knit over 2,045 pairs of socks.
Victory Loans
Much of Canada's war effort was launched by volunteers. The Canadian Patriotic Fund collected money to support soldiers' families. A Military Hospitals Commission cared for the sick and wounded. Churches, charities, women's organizations and the Red Cross found ways to "do their bit" for the war effort.
Canadians' willingness to loan money to their own government by buying war bonds exceeded all expectations. No bond issue in Canadian history had raised more than $5 million, but Ottawa's first "victory bond" drive brought in $100 million, twice the initial estimate. Subsequent drives proved just as successful. Publicity campaigns, including tens of thousands of posters, linked buying bonds to the direct support and welfare of soldiers overseas and used a variety of messages to encourage contributions, from well-known poems to emotional imagery. Long-term interest rates of up to 5.5 per cent for terms of up to 20 years were also a powerful inducement.
Total domestic bond purchases during the war exceeded $2 billion, ten times the amount of money raised abroad. Canada had financed the war by incurring more than $2 billion in debt, thereby passing the war's costs to future generations, but it owed most of this money to Canadian citizens, not foreign lenders. The success of the "victory bond" campaign would be repeated during the Second World War. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/finance-prod-e.aspx
Victory Loans were Canadian government appeals for money to finance the war effort in WWI and WWII. The first domestic war loan was raised in November 1915, but not until the fourth campaign of November 1917 was the term "Victory Loan" applied. The First Victory Loan, with an issue of $150 million, 5.5% 5, 10 and 20 year gold bonds (some as small as $50), was quickly oversubscribed, collecting $398 million, or about $50 per capita. The Second and Third Victory Loans were floated in 1918 and 1919, bringing another $1.34 billion. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Canadians' willingness to loan money to their own government by buying war bonds exceeded all expectations. No bond issue in Canadian history had raised more than $5 million, but Ottawa's first "victory bond" drive brought in $100 million, twice the initial estimate. Subsequent drives proved just as successful. Publicity campaigns, including tens of thousands of posters, linked buying bonds to the direct support and welfare of soldiers overseas and used a variety of messages to encourage contributions, from well-known poems to emotional imagery. Long-term interest rates of up to 5.5 per cent for terms of up to 20 years were also a powerful inducement.
Total domestic bond purchases during the war exceeded $2 billion, ten times the amount of money raised abroad. Canada had financed the war by incurring more than $2 billion in debt, thereby passing the war's costs to future generations, but it owed most of this money to Canadian citizens, not foreign lenders. The success of the "victory bond" campaign would be repeated during the Second World War. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/finance-prod-e.aspx
Victory Loans were Canadian government appeals for money to finance the war effort in WWI and WWII. The first domestic war loan was raised in November 1915, but not until the fourth campaign of November 1917 was the term "Victory Loan" applied. The First Victory Loan, with an issue of $150 million, 5.5% 5, 10 and 20 year gold bonds (some as small as $50), was quickly oversubscribed, collecting $398 million, or about $50 per capita. The Second and Third Victory Loans were floated in 1918 and 1919, bringing another $1.34 billion. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
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Copper Co. Will Aid
the War Loan. A general circular issued
to all employees says: “In view of the
forthcoming issue of Bonds by the Canadian Government… The Canadian Copper company
has considered it as a duty to encourage and assist its employees in the
purchase of these bonds. It proposes to
render this assistance by making it possible for employee subscribers to pay
for their bonds in twelve monthly payments instead of six. The Canadian Copper company wishes to impress
upon every employee the patriotic duty of subscribing to this Loan, to the full
extent of his ability.” November 10,
1917 The Sudbury Star
First Week of Campaign Exceeds Hopes Local Victory Loan Committee Exultant Near Half Million November 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star District Now Headed for Million Mark Victory Loan Campaign Gathers Momentum. Record Broken. November 21, 1917 The Sudbury Star Victory Loan Sudbury District $1,500,000 Canvassing Centres Broke All Records Last Three Days. Another big surprise has come from the Copper Cliff section. The company and its employees took an even half million dollars of the loan, the company subscribing the required to bring the figures to the even amount. Subscriptions from other sources in Copper Cliff and neighboring towns bring their total up to $566,800. The following congratulatory telegrams were received today in Copper Cliff from Headquarters in Toronto: To A. D. Miles [President Canadian Copper Co.], Copper Cliff, Ontario. Magnificent work done by your organization among the employees of your company place you in the forefront in Ontario’s splendid campaign. Its influence among their plants adds largely to the Victory Loan total. We cannot too highly congratulate you upon the result obtained and the spirit shown by your men. E. H. Wodd, Chairman Ontario Committee. To G. E. Silvester [Mayor], Copper Cliff, Ontario. The splendid work done by you in the organization of your plant has resulted in the finest industrial contribution yet made in Ontario. The entire Ontario committee join in congratulations upon the renewed pledge of Copper Cliff that Ontario’s dollars shall back Ontario’s sons. The north county had done some wonderful things in this campaign, and your returns is quite the best thing yet done in Ontario. N. Sommerville, Chief Organizer. December 1, 1917 The Sudbury Star. |
The Sudbury Star November 16, 1918
The Sudbury Star November 6, 1918
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One in Five Bought Bonds in District Final Figures Reach Over Million and Half. Great Record. Copper Cliff $396,450. December 5, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Victory Loan was $584,000 in Canadian Copper Co. Centres Officials Pleased with Generous Response Made in Each Town. December 5, 1917 The Sudbury Star
2,524 Employees of Copper Co. Bought Bonds – Cliff District Made Record in Recent Campaign – The Figures. A remarkable and most creditable record, probably unequalled in any district in Canada, was established by the employees of the Canadian Copper company in the different towns in which the company operates, who subscribed towards Canada’s Victory Loan. The total subscribers to Canada’s Victory Loan through the Copper Cliff branch was 1,140, amounting to $159,750 from Copper Cliff. Copper Cliff subscriptions average $128. per man. December 8, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Ask $400,000. In District for Victory Loan – Allotment is $50,000 more than last year. This will require an average subscription of $125 per employee. The $400,000 allotment is exclusive of any company subscriptions. This year payments will be distributed over ten installments, in place of twelve. October 19, 1918 The Sudbury Star
All Ready for Victory Loan Drive Monday – To Co. employees issue even more inviting than last year. Everything is in readiness and organization complete for the launching on Monday morning of Canada’s 1918 Victory Loan throughout the district covered by the International Nickel Co. A large amount of publicity will be given to the issue and a special effort will be made to reach the men who do not understand English. Special circulars in Finnish, Italian and Ruthenian will be printed, setting forth in detail just what a bond is, what should be done with it, and how to clip the coupons. Company employees will be specially favored this year in several respects. In the first place bond payment may extend over ten months, but no interest will be charged on deferred payments. Secondly, arrangement have been made whereby coupons, as they come due, may be cashed at the time office or any pay day. In the third place, bonds will be accepted by the company for safe-keeping in special safe deposit boxes in Copper Cliff. October 26, 1918 The Sudbury Star
With but two days of the three-weeks’ Victory Loan campaign elapsed, Copper Cliff had subscribed over 50 percent of its quota. All canvassers report the response as considerably better than in 1917, particularly among English-speaking people. As was the case last year, Austrians are the best class of foreigners from a Victory Loan viewpoint. October 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Honor flag is flying today at Copper Cliff – Coveted trophy won first week of big loan drive. The Honor Flag flies from the municipal building in Copper Cliff today the International Nickel Co.’s canvassing district having won the coveted prize in the first week’s drive of the Victory Loan. November 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Victory Loan mark in sight – for the International Nickel Co.’s canvassing area, the half million mark in sight. It is thought that a great many more employees have subscribed this year than last. The ‘flu’ [Spanish influenza] epidemic is retarding this work and with the situation continually improving this work [canvassing of non-employees and business men in Copper Cliff] is being left until the last. Copper Cliff subscriptions to date totalled $190,800. Over the objective of $175,000. November 6, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Loan drive in Copper Cliff has an aggregate subscription amounting to ten percent, of their annual pay roll, while seventy-five percent or more of the employees have purchased Victory Bonds. November 9, 1919 The Sudbury Star
More victory Loan honors are to hand this week, an Honor Banner adorning the front door of the general offices, Copper cliff having won a 100 percent flag, with 75 percent of its employees subscribing over 10 percent of the annual pay roll. November 13, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Nearly every employee owns a Victory Bond, final figures point to remarkable success of campaign
The International Nickel Co. canvassing area has made a remarkable record, possibly not equalled and certainly not surpassed in the entire Dominion, in the Victory Loan campaign which closed Saturday night last. A total of $612,100. Was subscribed by 3,074 people, an average subscription of $200. [Copper Cliff, Creighton, Crean Hill, O’Donnell, Big Eddy, Bisco, High Falls, Quartz] Of the 3,074 subscribers all but 249 were employees of the company. The result is not only a high tribute to the patriotism of the people, but a direct evidence of the faith which is imposed in the future of Canada, and more directly in the nickel industry.
The fifth Victory Loan was made particularly attractive to International Nickel employees. Of the $511,800 subscribed by them, some $52,800 was paid in cash. The balance $459,000. Is being financed by the company on the monthly payment plan. When a subscriber-employee pays for his bond, at the end of ten months, he receives it with accrued interest (5 ½ percent) coupons attached, at no extra expense to himself.
A feature of the local campaign which should not be overlooked and from which neighboring towns can take example is the fact that all canvassers’ commissions which in this case amount to over $3,000. Net, has been given to the War Relief Club for distribution among the different patriotic funds.
Copper Cliff Quota $175,000.; Amount $237,850.; Percent 147; No. of Subscriptions 1292; Population 3975; Ration Subscriptions to Population 1-3.1; Average subscription $100.; Average per head Population $65.; Percent Employees Subscribed 87. November 20, 1918 The Sudbury Star.
Objective $225,000 for Victory Loan This Amount for International Nickel Towns – Company Will Again Assist Employees – Taking Bonds
The objective set for the International Nickel Company’s district in the forthcoming Victory Loan is $225,000, as compared with $400,000 last year, the force of men being at present about one half of that during the last campaign. The company’s district takes in the towns of Copper Cliff, Creighton, O’Donnell, Big Eddy, Turbine and Quartz.
The company will finance the payments this year as last, accepting ten monthly payments from its employees, and will also pay the interest on deferred payments. October 15, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Victory Loan was $584,000 in Canadian Copper Co. Centres Officials Pleased with Generous Response Made in Each Town. December 5, 1917 The Sudbury Star
2,524 Employees of Copper Co. Bought Bonds – Cliff District Made Record in Recent Campaign – The Figures. A remarkable and most creditable record, probably unequalled in any district in Canada, was established by the employees of the Canadian Copper company in the different towns in which the company operates, who subscribed towards Canada’s Victory Loan. The total subscribers to Canada’s Victory Loan through the Copper Cliff branch was 1,140, amounting to $159,750 from Copper Cliff. Copper Cliff subscriptions average $128. per man. December 8, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Ask $400,000. In District for Victory Loan – Allotment is $50,000 more than last year. This will require an average subscription of $125 per employee. The $400,000 allotment is exclusive of any company subscriptions. This year payments will be distributed over ten installments, in place of twelve. October 19, 1918 The Sudbury Star
All Ready for Victory Loan Drive Monday – To Co. employees issue even more inviting than last year. Everything is in readiness and organization complete for the launching on Monday morning of Canada’s 1918 Victory Loan throughout the district covered by the International Nickel Co. A large amount of publicity will be given to the issue and a special effort will be made to reach the men who do not understand English. Special circulars in Finnish, Italian and Ruthenian will be printed, setting forth in detail just what a bond is, what should be done with it, and how to clip the coupons. Company employees will be specially favored this year in several respects. In the first place bond payment may extend over ten months, but no interest will be charged on deferred payments. Secondly, arrangement have been made whereby coupons, as they come due, may be cashed at the time office or any pay day. In the third place, bonds will be accepted by the company for safe-keeping in special safe deposit boxes in Copper Cliff. October 26, 1918 The Sudbury Star
With but two days of the three-weeks’ Victory Loan campaign elapsed, Copper Cliff had subscribed over 50 percent of its quota. All canvassers report the response as considerably better than in 1917, particularly among English-speaking people. As was the case last year, Austrians are the best class of foreigners from a Victory Loan viewpoint. October 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Honor flag is flying today at Copper Cliff – Coveted trophy won first week of big loan drive. The Honor Flag flies from the municipal building in Copper Cliff today the International Nickel Co.’s canvassing district having won the coveted prize in the first week’s drive of the Victory Loan. November 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Victory Loan mark in sight – for the International Nickel Co.’s canvassing area, the half million mark in sight. It is thought that a great many more employees have subscribed this year than last. The ‘flu’ [Spanish influenza] epidemic is retarding this work and with the situation continually improving this work [canvassing of non-employees and business men in Copper Cliff] is being left until the last. Copper Cliff subscriptions to date totalled $190,800. Over the objective of $175,000. November 6, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Loan drive in Copper Cliff has an aggregate subscription amounting to ten percent, of their annual pay roll, while seventy-five percent or more of the employees have purchased Victory Bonds. November 9, 1919 The Sudbury Star
More victory Loan honors are to hand this week, an Honor Banner adorning the front door of the general offices, Copper cliff having won a 100 percent flag, with 75 percent of its employees subscribing over 10 percent of the annual pay roll. November 13, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Nearly every employee owns a Victory Bond, final figures point to remarkable success of campaign
The International Nickel Co. canvassing area has made a remarkable record, possibly not equalled and certainly not surpassed in the entire Dominion, in the Victory Loan campaign which closed Saturday night last. A total of $612,100. Was subscribed by 3,074 people, an average subscription of $200. [Copper Cliff, Creighton, Crean Hill, O’Donnell, Big Eddy, Bisco, High Falls, Quartz] Of the 3,074 subscribers all but 249 were employees of the company. The result is not only a high tribute to the patriotism of the people, but a direct evidence of the faith which is imposed in the future of Canada, and more directly in the nickel industry.
The fifth Victory Loan was made particularly attractive to International Nickel employees. Of the $511,800 subscribed by them, some $52,800 was paid in cash. The balance $459,000. Is being financed by the company on the monthly payment plan. When a subscriber-employee pays for his bond, at the end of ten months, he receives it with accrued interest (5 ½ percent) coupons attached, at no extra expense to himself.
A feature of the local campaign which should not be overlooked and from which neighboring towns can take example is the fact that all canvassers’ commissions which in this case amount to over $3,000. Net, has been given to the War Relief Club for distribution among the different patriotic funds.
Copper Cliff Quota $175,000.; Amount $237,850.; Percent 147; No. of Subscriptions 1292; Population 3975; Ration Subscriptions to Population 1-3.1; Average subscription $100.; Average per head Population $65.; Percent Employees Subscribed 87. November 20, 1918 The Sudbury Star.
Objective $225,000 for Victory Loan This Amount for International Nickel Towns – Company Will Again Assist Employees – Taking Bonds
The objective set for the International Nickel Company’s district in the forthcoming Victory Loan is $225,000, as compared with $400,000 last year, the force of men being at present about one half of that during the last campaign. The company’s district takes in the towns of Copper Cliff, Creighton, O’Donnell, Big Eddy, Turbine and Quartz.
The company will finance the payments this year as last, accepting ten monthly payments from its employees, and will also pay the interest on deferred payments. October 15, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Great War Veterans' Association Ladies Auxiliary
In Canada, several
veterans organizations emerged during WWI. The Great War Veterans Association,
founded in 1917, was the first national organization for veterans, and by 1919
it was the largest veterans organization in Canada. Following WWI, 15 different
organizations existed to aid returning veterans in Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Legion
Gift Barrels in Stores – a novel method for receiving gifts to send to soldiers overseas, now in use in many cities in Canada and the United States, has been adopted by the Copper Cliff Ladies Auxiliary of the G. W. V. A. Barrels draped with red, white and blue bunting will be placed in John Anderson’s and Wilson’s Drug Store. All are invited to donate anything suitable to send overseas. The parcels will be collected at regular intervals and despatched to Cliff boys in the army. September 28, 1918 The Sudbury Star
For the Soldiers – although the decorated gift barrels of the Ladies’ Aid of the G. W. V. A. have only been placed a few days already the citizens are giving generously. The bottoms of the barrels have been well covered with cigarettes, chewing gum, chocolate bars, etc. Cigarettes are greatly in predominance. The barrels are in John Anderson’s and Wilson’s Drug Store. October 5, 1918 The Sudbury Star
A large number of members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, and also of the G. W. V. A. attended the social and dance given in the Cadet Club, Tuesday evening. A splendid program was rendered and a good time enjoyed by all. The program included songs, a piano duet, violin selection and short addresses. Refreshments were served during the evening. It is hoped that his is only the first of a series of social evenings to be held during the winter months for the returned men of Copper Cliff and the district. October 5, 1918 The Sudbury Star.
The officers of the Copper Cliff Auxiliary have collected the contents of the barrels which were placed in the different stores around town and which had been generously filled by the citizens. The ladies have been able to fill ten boxes for the boys overseas, and it is the intention to send each Copper Cliff boy a box if relatives and friends will forward the addresses. The barrels remain in the same places and any gifts, such as smokes, candy, gum, magazines, etc., will be very acceptable. October 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Sought a grant from the War Relief Club for $300. And send $100. Of this to the Ladies Auxiliary of Sudbury. February 12, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Total of $728. had been given to the Great War Veterans’ Association since February last. This amount does not include money given to provide receptions and entertainments for the returned men. $300. was received from the War Relief Club. September 20, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Fundraising activities included:
A sale of homemade cooking, pickles and preserves November 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
A sale of homemade cooking February 12, 1919 The Sudbury Star
A booth at Nickel park for the Victoria Day celebrations [May 1919] and will serve pork and beans, sandwiches, cake, tea and coffee, ice cream, soft drinks, cigars, cigarettes, etc.
The ladies met troop trains of soldiers passing through to the west and took with them gifts which were distributed among the men. March 22, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Receptions for returning soldiers were also hosted by church congregations and Masonic lodges.
Gift Barrels in Stores – a novel method for receiving gifts to send to soldiers overseas, now in use in many cities in Canada and the United States, has been adopted by the Copper Cliff Ladies Auxiliary of the G. W. V. A. Barrels draped with red, white and blue bunting will be placed in John Anderson’s and Wilson’s Drug Store. All are invited to donate anything suitable to send overseas. The parcels will be collected at regular intervals and despatched to Cliff boys in the army. September 28, 1918 The Sudbury Star
For the Soldiers – although the decorated gift barrels of the Ladies’ Aid of the G. W. V. A. have only been placed a few days already the citizens are giving generously. The bottoms of the barrels have been well covered with cigarettes, chewing gum, chocolate bars, etc. Cigarettes are greatly in predominance. The barrels are in John Anderson’s and Wilson’s Drug Store. October 5, 1918 The Sudbury Star
A large number of members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, and also of the G. W. V. A. attended the social and dance given in the Cadet Club, Tuesday evening. A splendid program was rendered and a good time enjoyed by all. The program included songs, a piano duet, violin selection and short addresses. Refreshments were served during the evening. It is hoped that his is only the first of a series of social evenings to be held during the winter months for the returned men of Copper Cliff and the district. October 5, 1918 The Sudbury Star.
The officers of the Copper Cliff Auxiliary have collected the contents of the barrels which were placed in the different stores around town and which had been generously filled by the citizens. The ladies have been able to fill ten boxes for the boys overseas, and it is the intention to send each Copper Cliff boy a box if relatives and friends will forward the addresses. The barrels remain in the same places and any gifts, such as smokes, candy, gum, magazines, etc., will be very acceptable. October 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Sought a grant from the War Relief Club for $300. And send $100. Of this to the Ladies Auxiliary of Sudbury. February 12, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Total of $728. had been given to the Great War Veterans’ Association since February last. This amount does not include money given to provide receptions and entertainments for the returned men. $300. was received from the War Relief Club. September 20, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Fundraising activities included:
A sale of homemade cooking, pickles and preserves November 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
A sale of homemade cooking February 12, 1919 The Sudbury Star
A booth at Nickel park for the Victoria Day celebrations [May 1919] and will serve pork and beans, sandwiches, cake, tea and coffee, ice cream, soft drinks, cigars, cigarettes, etc.
The ladies met troop trains of soldiers passing through to the west and took with them gifts which were distributed among the men. March 22, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Receptions for returning soldiers were also hosted by church congregations and Masonic lodges.
Copper Cliff Navy League
The latter half of the
nineteenth century saw rapid expansion and development of the British Empire
and, with it, the dependence on ocean shipping routes for its trade and
defence. At the same time the German Empire was becoming increasingly
aggressive, and competing step by step with Britain. Concern as to the adequacy
of the Royal Navy of that day to defend the widely separated components of the
Empire and their essential shipping gave rise to the formation in Britain in 1895
of a society with the primary aim of ensuring an adequate naval defence. This
was the Navy League, organized with local Branches in towns and cities and
drawing its support from people of all walks of life, but interested in the
problem of ocean trade and naval defence.
The First World War placed heavy commitments on the Navy League with its activities expanding into recruiting of Naval and Merchant Navy personnel, operation of hostels for seafaring personnel, provision of welfare services to the dependents of seamen and, in the final stages, the rehabilitation of Naval Veterans. http://www.navyleague.ca/en/about-us/our-history/
Copper Cliff Gives Navy League Grant Twenty-five Hundred – Chaplain Rev. S. Boal, representing the Navy League of Canada, met a deputation of the Copper Cliff Town Council this morning and explained the aims and objects of the League and the great need of assistance to the dependents of the sailors in the merchant marine. Many thousands of merchant sailors have lost their lives through the destruction of their ships by enemy submarines, and as these men are not enrolled in the Navy, their dependents are not taken care of by Government funds, as is the case with the dependents of enrolled men. The league is therefore conducting a campaign with the view to raising funds for this worthy cause. Subscriptions are being solicited from the different municipalities, and district branches of the League are being formed. The fee for membership in the League is $2.00 per annum and any citizens wishing to join may secure applications forms from the Mayor. It might be added that the League expects not less than 500 members from the town of Copper Cliff. May 22, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Local Branch Navy League – Copper Cliff is to have a local branch of the Navy League of Canada. May 25, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Preparing for the Navy League Drive – local campaign the first week in September is being arranged this week. A million dollars in one week or approximately 50 cents per head of population of the Province, is the objective set by the Navy League in its drive for funds. August 7, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Navy League Addresses Stirred Copper Cliff – A review of the work of the Navy League of Canada, its aims and objects. The Navy League drive the first week in September was outlined, in which the objective is to raise one million dollars in the Province of Ontario August 14, 1918 The Sudbury Star
$10,032.05 for the Navy League at Copper Cliff – International Nickel Co. $4,500.; War Relief Club 2,500.; Town of Copper Cliff 2.500.; Patriotic Dance 532.05. Copper Cliff’s magnificent contribution to Sailors’ Week Campaign of the Navy League totaled $10,032.05. The total ranks very high in the list of contributions acknowledged throughout the Province. September 11, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The First World War placed heavy commitments on the Navy League with its activities expanding into recruiting of Naval and Merchant Navy personnel, operation of hostels for seafaring personnel, provision of welfare services to the dependents of seamen and, in the final stages, the rehabilitation of Naval Veterans. http://www.navyleague.ca/en/about-us/our-history/
Copper Cliff Gives Navy League Grant Twenty-five Hundred – Chaplain Rev. S. Boal, representing the Navy League of Canada, met a deputation of the Copper Cliff Town Council this morning and explained the aims and objects of the League and the great need of assistance to the dependents of the sailors in the merchant marine. Many thousands of merchant sailors have lost their lives through the destruction of their ships by enemy submarines, and as these men are not enrolled in the Navy, their dependents are not taken care of by Government funds, as is the case with the dependents of enrolled men. The league is therefore conducting a campaign with the view to raising funds for this worthy cause. Subscriptions are being solicited from the different municipalities, and district branches of the League are being formed. The fee for membership in the League is $2.00 per annum and any citizens wishing to join may secure applications forms from the Mayor. It might be added that the League expects not less than 500 members from the town of Copper Cliff. May 22, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Local Branch Navy League – Copper Cliff is to have a local branch of the Navy League of Canada. May 25, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Preparing for the Navy League Drive – local campaign the first week in September is being arranged this week. A million dollars in one week or approximately 50 cents per head of population of the Province, is the objective set by the Navy League in its drive for funds. August 7, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Navy League Addresses Stirred Copper Cliff – A review of the work of the Navy League of Canada, its aims and objects. The Navy League drive the first week in September was outlined, in which the objective is to raise one million dollars in the Province of Ontario August 14, 1918 The Sudbury Star
$10,032.05 for the Navy League at Copper Cliff – International Nickel Co. $4,500.; War Relief Club 2,500.; Town of Copper Cliff 2.500.; Patriotic Dance 532.05. Copper Cliff’s magnificent contribution to Sailors’ Week Campaign of the Navy League totaled $10,032.05. The total ranks very high in the list of contributions acknowledged throughout the Province. September 11, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The Copper Cliff War Relief Club
The Canadian Patriotic
Fund (1914–1919) was a private fund-raising organization incorporated in August
1914 by federal statute and headed by Montreal businessman and Conservative
Member of Parliament Sir Herbert Brown Ames.
A private organization with the Governor-General as patron and the federal minister of finance as treasurer, the CPF would raise nearly $50 million for soldiers' families, distributing it through a vast network of local volunteers. The Fund urged Canadians "to fight or pay," and sought to reassure married men - 20 per cent of all Canadian soldiers during the war - that wives and families would be cared for in their absence. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/patriotic-fund-e.aspx
While this Fund was founded by the Government, it was entirely supported from beginning to end by the free offerings of the citizens or by grants by municipal bodies. While the pay of the soldier was deemed sufficient for the man who had no dependents, it was felt that this pay had to be supplemented in accordance with the number of dependents.
A definite schedule of payments was issued, allowing administrators of the Fund to grant each wife or dependent mother $10.00 per month; each child between 10-15 years, $7.50; between 5-10 years, $4.50; and under 5 years, $3.00 per month. This schedule was, as the War progressed, modified and increased with the result that dependent families were well cared for and the soldier relieved of financial anxiety.
Committees formed to look after Cliff needy – This town has magnificent record in $10,000 contribution to Patriotic Fund – will forward amount to Ottawa. As announced some time ago in The Star the subscriptions to the Copper Cliff branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund have reached the magnificent total of $10,000. It will be seen that practically everybody in the town has helped to achieve this total. Most people, in fact, have paid two or three times into the fund. While the whole amount has been paid into the National Patriotic Fund at Ottawa, the local relief will be administered by the following committees: Executive, Finance, and Relief. The following are the individual subscriptions: Canadian Copper Co. and Employees $7,673.53; Town of Copper Cliff (1/2 mill tax rate) $1,753.97; Patriotic Concert $177.50; Cochrane Hardware Co. $100.; Cochrane Hardware Co., Employees $25.; C. H. Parry & Co. and Employees $100.; S. D. Boyd $50.; J. R. McKinnon & Sons $25.; J. A. Darrach $25.; J. C. Chalmers $25.; Eli Wilson (clerk) $1.00; Fred J. Wilson $20.; John Anderson $10.; T. Eaton $5.; Rev. Fr. Crowley $5.; Mrs. John Saunders $2.; Children’s Concert (per Kenneth Bernhard, director) $2. October 28, 1914 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Patriotic Society donated $44. To the Sudbury Patriotic Society to assist families of men who have enlisted for overseas service. September 18, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Gives $24,000 – The Canadian Copper Company had made a grant of $20,000 to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, and the Town of Copper Cliff one mill of the assessment, or about $4,000. This is more than double the donation made last year, in both cases, when the grant was $7,500. And $2,500., respectively. Payments to soldiers’ dependents in Copper Cliff now approximate nearly one thousand dollars a month, which leaves a good margin to help the general fund. The Copper Cliff Patriotic Society has, since the beginning of the war, taken care of a district on the Soo branch as far as Spanish, including Creighton Mine, Nairn, Whitefish, Webbwood, Massey, Espanola, Walford and Spanish. There are no organizations in these places. There are about sixty dependents on the lists. January 27, 1917 The Sudbury Star
To continue War Relief - Officers and committee of local club resign, but work may go on over three hundred cards sent out. Over three hundred cards have been sent out to subscribers of the Copper Cliff War Relief Club making suggestions and questions of each individual, with a view to ascertaining the future plans of the club. The War Relief Club was formed about a year ago by members of the local branch of the Red Cross Society as a more practical way of raising funds for various relief purposes. Collections had not been made systematically and therefore not a success. The officers and committee in charge of the funds have paid all money collected over to the Red Cross Society and have resigned, while it is understood that the officers of the Red Cross do not care to continue the collections. The propaganda, however, is not to be dropped, a number of the subscribers being anxious to continue the worthy work. January 27, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Proposed Rules and Regulations of the War Relief Club – 1. That the officers of the War Relief Club consist of a President, a Vice-President, and a Secretary-Treasurer. 2. That the Officers be elected annually at a general meeting of subscribers. 3. That the annual general meeting be held on the second Wednesday in January unless otherwise arranged. 4. That an executive committee of five members be elected annually. 5. That the business of the Club be conducted by the officers, assisted by the executive, as required. 6. That five, either officers or members of the executive committee, shall be a quorum. 7. That all monies received be deposited by the Secretary-Treasurer in the Bank of Toronto, Copper Cliff, and all payments, made by cheque signed by the Secretary-Treasurer. 8. That no money be paid out unless authorized at a meeting of the officers and the executive committee, or approved in writing by five, either officers or members of the executive committee. 9. That membership fee be a minimum of fifty cents per month. 10. That a list of paid up members be published or posted up in a prominent place monthly. 11. That quarterly statements be rendered. 12. That subscriptions be paid to the Secretary or duly, appointed collectors, monthly, or in a lump sum in advance. 13. That the books and accounts be audited. February 3, 1917 The Sudbury Star
A meeting of the Copper Cliff War Relief Club is being held in the council chambers this evening, when cards will be given and instructions issued to collectors prior to the first canvass under the club’s new officers. Every house will be visited and a card submitted to every adult. Fifty cents per month is the minimum that will be accepted. February 14, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Various patriotic organizations and influences in Copper Cliff aim to make Copper Cliff’s contribution to the Patriotic Fund and Red Cross for 1917 $36,000. With the War Relief’s campaign completed this amount will be well in sight, or even exceeded. The collectors are seeking to set as a standard $5. Per month for the men making $100. A month, and proportionately lower or higher, according to the salary of the donor. The officers of the club ask that the citizens contribute liberally. February 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club Secure $8,700 Pledges with other subscriptions Copper Cliff citizens will raise nearly $34,000 for patriotic purposes this year. Subscriptions are based on monthly contributions for one year. The total amounts to approximately $8.700. It is expected that a large number of contributors will increase their subscriptions sufficiently to bring the total to at least $10,000. It is understood that about $4,000. More will be collected through the Municipal Taxes. This, with the $20,000. Given to the Patriotic Fund by the Canadian Copper company, will make a total of about $34,000 from Copper Cliff. March 3, 1917 The Sudbury Star.
The War Relief Club are receiving approximately $900 per month in subscriptions. The officers and executive wish to express their thanks to the canvassers and collectors for their good work and the time which they devote to this work, they also wish to thank the people of Copper Cliff for their generous contributions. If there are any families in the community who are in need, caused directly by the war, the officers would like to be advised so they may be of assistance. The officers also wish to offer their services to returned soldiers, either in an effort to place them in satisfactory positions or in any other way in their power. April 11, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Subscribers to War Relief Club are Daily Growing Most men are contributing one day’s pay each month. If you are not doing this, please give this matter your careful consideration, and increase your subscription if you can. May 12, 1917 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club Makes an Appeal – The following appeal for a more generous and prompt response in the matter of contributions to the Copper Cliff War Relief Club has been issued. Shortly after July 1st a complete list of all subscribers to the War Relief Club will be posted in the Post Office. This list will show the monthly amount subscribed and the months for which the subscriptions have been paid. Months not stamped “Paid” indicate that no contributions have been received for that month. “There are a number of wage earners in town who are not contributing one cent to the War Relief Club, there are a number of single young men who are contributing only fifty cents or one dollar per month. The single men who have enlisted are risking their lives and giving their services for $1.10 per day, with board and clothes. Why cannot those of us who are enjoying good wages and a comfortable living give a reasonable amount to support the families of the men at the front and provide the men themselves with all the comforts available under the circumstances” June 27, 1917 The Sudbury Star
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Belgium was pushed into international prominence in 1914 when German armies violated “the scrap of paper” affirming this neutrality. The German occupation and alleged atrocities aroused widespread sympathy for the small nation, particularly in North America where the Belgian Relief Fund received generous support. The Belgian Relief Commission fed the hungry in Belgium, as well as Northern France, during World War One and in its aftermath. Exports of food and supplies altered the traditional notion that military manpower constituted Canada's primary contribution to World War I; the steady flow of exports and financial support suggested another, less visible wartime sacrifice.
During the First World War, the YMCA was a major supplier of comforts to soldiers, which were often distributed through huts like this one, at the large Canadian camp at Witley, in the south of England.
Statement of receipts and payments for the quarter ending June 30, 1917; $2,803.05 payments to the Canadian Patriotic Fund $1,500. , Canadian Red Cross $300., Belgian Relief Fund $150., Belgian Relief for Children $50., British Sailors’ Relief Fund $500., Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund $100. July 7, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Patriotic Fund – Private soldiers receive $1.10 per day with board and clothes. If married, a separation allowance of $20.00 per month is paid to the wife. This is not enough for a family to live on, and the people are called upon to make up by donations, an amount which will be sufficient for the existence of the families of soldiers.
In Copper Cliff, The Canadian Copper Company contribute $20,000 to the Patriotic Fund. This year about $4,000 is being raised by the town through the tax of one mill. Of this tax the Company pays over seventy per cent. About $10,000 has been promised by voluntary subscriptions to the War Relief Club. Funds paid into the War Relief Club are distributed as follows: $500 per month to the Patriotic Fund, $100 to the Red Cross, $100 to the Y. M. C. A. and $50 per month to the Belgian Relief. Of the sum of about $875 per month promised by the people to the War Relief, only about $600 per month is being received at present.
There are a number of single men in this town who are able to spend their money on movies, shows, pool, clubs, smokes and other amusements, but who have not yet given ten dollars per year to War Relief Fund. If you should ask them what they are doing to help win this war they will probably say “Oh! I’m working at the plant helping to produce nickel.” Very good! They’re getting well paid for that, the boys who are fighting for them and for all of us are getting $1.10 a day (with board and clothes). September 22, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Financial Statement of War Relief Club Statement of Receipts and Disbursements. For the quarter ending September 29th, 1917 Receipts from subscriptions totaled $2,295.30; Disbursements France’s Day Fund, Canadian Patriotic Fund, Canadian Red Cross Society, Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund, Relief of Belgian Children. October 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff War Relief Club issues annual statement – Subscriptions to the Copper Cliff War Relief Club during the first year of tis existence were remarkably good, only $1,513. Of the total amount subscribed, nearly $10,000 being in arrears at the close of the year. The organization was formed with the object of preventing overlapping and confliction in patriotic giving, and to centralize the latter in Copper Cliff. The organization is undoubtedly one of the best of its kind in the Dominion. Monies were disbursed to the Canadian Patriotic Fund $5,100.; Canadian Red Cross Society $1,100.; Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund $700.; Belgian Relief Fund $600.; British Sailors Relief Fund $500.; France’s Day Fund $50. January 5, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Aim for 1918 is to collect over $10,000 War Relief Club will carry on work with renewed efforts. January 9, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff asks $30,000 for patriotic funds – Three day campaign starts Monday in five towns. Copper Cliff War Relief Club will go on Monday launch a three-day campaign to secure $30,000 for the Patriotic Fund, Red Cross and other patriotic organizations from the citizens of Copper Cliff, Creighton, Crean Hill, O’Donnell and High Falls. The canvass is to be thorough and no one is to be overlooked. On the campaign days the various foremen of the different departments and on the different shifts will make a canvass of their men. The business men and private homes will also be visited by canvassers, and all are to be asked to give as liberally as their means permit, payments to be made monthly.
Copper Cliff today occupies a unique position in Canada. It is dependent on an industry of national importance and for this reason its young men have not been materially affected by the Military Service Act. Work has been plentiful and wages high and the committees in charge are confident that all records in patriotic giving in this section will be broken – that there will be enough and some over to help out other sections who are feeling the stress of the great war. Those who are at present subscribers of the War Relief Club will be asked to sign a card authorizing monthly deductions from their pay for an amount equal to or greater than they are at present giving. In cases of non-employees of the company the envelope method will be used for collecting, as at present. Nothing need now be said of the merit of the cause to which the money will go. The time for this sort of education has long since past. A further sacrifice must be made. January 26, 1918 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Subscriptions over $36,000 Incomplete returns show objective will be exceeded. $36,480 had been subscribed as the 1918 donation of employees of the Canadian Copper Co. as a result of the campaign which has been in progress during the week. The estimate of War Relief Club officials of $1 per head per month will be exceeded when full returns are in. Employees’ subscriptions are to be supplemented by a grant of $20,000 from the Canadian Copper Co. February 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Executive meeting of the Copper Cliff War Relief Club, decided to pay $250. Per month to the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society. The club has been incorporated under the Ontario Companies’ Act and has applied for registration under the Dominion War Charities Act. February 20, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Two months’ statement of Copper Cliff War Relief Club Statement of receipts and disbursements: January and February 1918 from Copper Cliff funds $2,079.70 to Copper Cliff Branch Red Cross Society, Copper Cliff Branch Patriotic Fund, Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund, Belgian Relief Fund March 9, 1918 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club authorized $3,000. This year for the Y. M. C. A. campaign to secure extra funds for overseas work. April 10, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Payment of $287.75 has just been made by the Copper Cliff War Relief Club for special medical and nursing care of two soldiers’ wives while in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Sudbury. The officers of the war relief club authorized Mrs. R. R. McKessock, who is in charge of this work, to secure the required medical and nursing help in emergency cases, the extra accounts being guaranteed by the club. April 10, 1918 The Sudbury Star.
Copper Cliff War Relief Club Statement of receipts and disbursements for April, 1918 Copper Cliff receipts by envelope, pay roll, salary $1,856.03; payments to Patriotic fund, Red Cross, Y.M.C.A. War Work, Belgian Relief $1399.81.
In connection with the Knights of Columbus Army Hut Campaign, Copper Cliff people who are contributing to the War Relief Club and who desire to make a special contribution to the Army Hut Fund may leave their contributions with Rev. Father Trainor, P. P., at the rectory or W. J. Wilson, Serpentine St. September 18, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The War Relief Club collections may be discontinued at the end of next March, unless hostilities again break out or something else of an unforeseen nature happens. While money will be needed for some time yet, and that it may be twelve months before all married men have been firmly re-established in civil life. December 11, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Receipts and expenditures of the Club for the quarter ending December 31st, 1918 Receipts (fees and donations) $12,894.20; Disbursements Patriotic Fund $6,600.; Red Cross $1,800.; Y. M. C. A. War Work $750.; Belgian Relief fund $300.; Navy League of Canada $600.; Catholic Army Huts $300.; Sudbury Star $6.75; Soldiers Christmas Box Association $834.96. January 25, 1919 The Sudbury Star.
A grant of $500. Towards the Salvation Army Red Shield Drive for War Reconstruction work was made by the Copper Cliff War Relief Club; grant of $300 to the G. W. V. A. of Sudbury district; to the Upper Canada Tract Society $50. To provide books for soldiers’ convalescent homes and $50. For the Armenian Relief Fund. Disbursements for January to March 1919 totaled $2,100. $1,500. Patriotic Fund; $200. Y.M.C.A.; $200. Navy League of Canada; $200. Belgian Relief, $100.; Catholic Army Huts $100. January 29, 1919 The Sudbury Star.
Copper Cliff War Relief Club has given over $1,700 to the Navy League of Canada, has made application to the League for a paid-up membership for seven hundred members. The membership carries with it a year’s subscription to the Sailor’s Magazine. Few towns in Canada have done proportionately as well by the Navy League as has Copper Cliff. June 18, 1919 The Sudbury Star
The War Relief Club made a grant of $200. To the Navy League, sent to headquarters in Toronto. March 22, 1919 The Sudbury Star
All collections, except arrears, be suspended, also monthly payments, except for special purposes as the Board shall from time to time decide. A committee was appointed to deal with cases of returned soldiers who may require assistance from time to time. A grant of $200. Was made to the Copper Cliff G. W. V. A. Ladies’ Auxiliary, and $200. To the Salvation Army. The money for both grants was obtained from an amount of $1,283. Refunded to the Club by the Red Cross after work had ceased in Copper Cliff. April 2, 1919 The Sudbury Star
A private organization with the Governor-General as patron and the federal minister of finance as treasurer, the CPF would raise nearly $50 million for soldiers' families, distributing it through a vast network of local volunteers. The Fund urged Canadians "to fight or pay," and sought to reassure married men - 20 per cent of all Canadian soldiers during the war - that wives and families would be cared for in their absence. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/patriotic-fund-e.aspx
While this Fund was founded by the Government, it was entirely supported from beginning to end by the free offerings of the citizens or by grants by municipal bodies. While the pay of the soldier was deemed sufficient for the man who had no dependents, it was felt that this pay had to be supplemented in accordance with the number of dependents.
A definite schedule of payments was issued, allowing administrators of the Fund to grant each wife or dependent mother $10.00 per month; each child between 10-15 years, $7.50; between 5-10 years, $4.50; and under 5 years, $3.00 per month. This schedule was, as the War progressed, modified and increased with the result that dependent families were well cared for and the soldier relieved of financial anxiety.
Committees formed to look after Cliff needy – This town has magnificent record in $10,000 contribution to Patriotic Fund – will forward amount to Ottawa. As announced some time ago in The Star the subscriptions to the Copper Cliff branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund have reached the magnificent total of $10,000. It will be seen that practically everybody in the town has helped to achieve this total. Most people, in fact, have paid two or three times into the fund. While the whole amount has been paid into the National Patriotic Fund at Ottawa, the local relief will be administered by the following committees: Executive, Finance, and Relief. The following are the individual subscriptions: Canadian Copper Co. and Employees $7,673.53; Town of Copper Cliff (1/2 mill tax rate) $1,753.97; Patriotic Concert $177.50; Cochrane Hardware Co. $100.; Cochrane Hardware Co., Employees $25.; C. H. Parry & Co. and Employees $100.; S. D. Boyd $50.; J. R. McKinnon & Sons $25.; J. A. Darrach $25.; J. C. Chalmers $25.; Eli Wilson (clerk) $1.00; Fred J. Wilson $20.; John Anderson $10.; T. Eaton $5.; Rev. Fr. Crowley $5.; Mrs. John Saunders $2.; Children’s Concert (per Kenneth Bernhard, director) $2. October 28, 1914 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Patriotic Society donated $44. To the Sudbury Patriotic Society to assist families of men who have enlisted for overseas service. September 18, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Gives $24,000 – The Canadian Copper Company had made a grant of $20,000 to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, and the Town of Copper Cliff one mill of the assessment, or about $4,000. This is more than double the donation made last year, in both cases, when the grant was $7,500. And $2,500., respectively. Payments to soldiers’ dependents in Copper Cliff now approximate nearly one thousand dollars a month, which leaves a good margin to help the general fund. The Copper Cliff Patriotic Society has, since the beginning of the war, taken care of a district on the Soo branch as far as Spanish, including Creighton Mine, Nairn, Whitefish, Webbwood, Massey, Espanola, Walford and Spanish. There are no organizations in these places. There are about sixty dependents on the lists. January 27, 1917 The Sudbury Star
To continue War Relief - Officers and committee of local club resign, but work may go on over three hundred cards sent out. Over three hundred cards have been sent out to subscribers of the Copper Cliff War Relief Club making suggestions and questions of each individual, with a view to ascertaining the future plans of the club. The War Relief Club was formed about a year ago by members of the local branch of the Red Cross Society as a more practical way of raising funds for various relief purposes. Collections had not been made systematically and therefore not a success. The officers and committee in charge of the funds have paid all money collected over to the Red Cross Society and have resigned, while it is understood that the officers of the Red Cross do not care to continue the collections. The propaganda, however, is not to be dropped, a number of the subscribers being anxious to continue the worthy work. January 27, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Proposed Rules and Regulations of the War Relief Club – 1. That the officers of the War Relief Club consist of a President, a Vice-President, and a Secretary-Treasurer. 2. That the Officers be elected annually at a general meeting of subscribers. 3. That the annual general meeting be held on the second Wednesday in January unless otherwise arranged. 4. That an executive committee of five members be elected annually. 5. That the business of the Club be conducted by the officers, assisted by the executive, as required. 6. That five, either officers or members of the executive committee, shall be a quorum. 7. That all monies received be deposited by the Secretary-Treasurer in the Bank of Toronto, Copper Cliff, and all payments, made by cheque signed by the Secretary-Treasurer. 8. That no money be paid out unless authorized at a meeting of the officers and the executive committee, or approved in writing by five, either officers or members of the executive committee. 9. That membership fee be a minimum of fifty cents per month. 10. That a list of paid up members be published or posted up in a prominent place monthly. 11. That quarterly statements be rendered. 12. That subscriptions be paid to the Secretary or duly, appointed collectors, monthly, or in a lump sum in advance. 13. That the books and accounts be audited. February 3, 1917 The Sudbury Star
A meeting of the Copper Cliff War Relief Club is being held in the council chambers this evening, when cards will be given and instructions issued to collectors prior to the first canvass under the club’s new officers. Every house will be visited and a card submitted to every adult. Fifty cents per month is the minimum that will be accepted. February 14, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Various patriotic organizations and influences in Copper Cliff aim to make Copper Cliff’s contribution to the Patriotic Fund and Red Cross for 1917 $36,000. With the War Relief’s campaign completed this amount will be well in sight, or even exceeded. The collectors are seeking to set as a standard $5. Per month for the men making $100. A month, and proportionately lower or higher, according to the salary of the donor. The officers of the club ask that the citizens contribute liberally. February 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club Secure $8,700 Pledges with other subscriptions Copper Cliff citizens will raise nearly $34,000 for patriotic purposes this year. Subscriptions are based on monthly contributions for one year. The total amounts to approximately $8.700. It is expected that a large number of contributors will increase their subscriptions sufficiently to bring the total to at least $10,000. It is understood that about $4,000. More will be collected through the Municipal Taxes. This, with the $20,000. Given to the Patriotic Fund by the Canadian Copper company, will make a total of about $34,000 from Copper Cliff. March 3, 1917 The Sudbury Star.
The War Relief Club are receiving approximately $900 per month in subscriptions. The officers and executive wish to express their thanks to the canvassers and collectors for their good work and the time which they devote to this work, they also wish to thank the people of Copper Cliff for their generous contributions. If there are any families in the community who are in need, caused directly by the war, the officers would like to be advised so they may be of assistance. The officers also wish to offer their services to returned soldiers, either in an effort to place them in satisfactory positions or in any other way in their power. April 11, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Subscribers to War Relief Club are Daily Growing Most men are contributing one day’s pay each month. If you are not doing this, please give this matter your careful consideration, and increase your subscription if you can. May 12, 1917 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club Makes an Appeal – The following appeal for a more generous and prompt response in the matter of contributions to the Copper Cliff War Relief Club has been issued. Shortly after July 1st a complete list of all subscribers to the War Relief Club will be posted in the Post Office. This list will show the monthly amount subscribed and the months for which the subscriptions have been paid. Months not stamped “Paid” indicate that no contributions have been received for that month. “There are a number of wage earners in town who are not contributing one cent to the War Relief Club, there are a number of single young men who are contributing only fifty cents or one dollar per month. The single men who have enlisted are risking their lives and giving their services for $1.10 per day, with board and clothes. Why cannot those of us who are enjoying good wages and a comfortable living give a reasonable amount to support the families of the men at the front and provide the men themselves with all the comforts available under the circumstances” June 27, 1917 The Sudbury Star
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Belgium was pushed into international prominence in 1914 when German armies violated “the scrap of paper” affirming this neutrality. The German occupation and alleged atrocities aroused widespread sympathy for the small nation, particularly in North America where the Belgian Relief Fund received generous support. The Belgian Relief Commission fed the hungry in Belgium, as well as Northern France, during World War One and in its aftermath. Exports of food and supplies altered the traditional notion that military manpower constituted Canada's primary contribution to World War I; the steady flow of exports and financial support suggested another, less visible wartime sacrifice.
During the First World War, the YMCA was a major supplier of comforts to soldiers, which were often distributed through huts like this one, at the large Canadian camp at Witley, in the south of England.
Statement of receipts and payments for the quarter ending June 30, 1917; $2,803.05 payments to the Canadian Patriotic Fund $1,500. , Canadian Red Cross $300., Belgian Relief Fund $150., Belgian Relief for Children $50., British Sailors’ Relief Fund $500., Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund $100. July 7, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Patriotic Fund – Private soldiers receive $1.10 per day with board and clothes. If married, a separation allowance of $20.00 per month is paid to the wife. This is not enough for a family to live on, and the people are called upon to make up by donations, an amount which will be sufficient for the existence of the families of soldiers.
In Copper Cliff, The Canadian Copper Company contribute $20,000 to the Patriotic Fund. This year about $4,000 is being raised by the town through the tax of one mill. Of this tax the Company pays over seventy per cent. About $10,000 has been promised by voluntary subscriptions to the War Relief Club. Funds paid into the War Relief Club are distributed as follows: $500 per month to the Patriotic Fund, $100 to the Red Cross, $100 to the Y. M. C. A. and $50 per month to the Belgian Relief. Of the sum of about $875 per month promised by the people to the War Relief, only about $600 per month is being received at present.
There are a number of single men in this town who are able to spend their money on movies, shows, pool, clubs, smokes and other amusements, but who have not yet given ten dollars per year to War Relief Fund. If you should ask them what they are doing to help win this war they will probably say “Oh! I’m working at the plant helping to produce nickel.” Very good! They’re getting well paid for that, the boys who are fighting for them and for all of us are getting $1.10 a day (with board and clothes). September 22, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Financial Statement of War Relief Club Statement of Receipts and Disbursements. For the quarter ending September 29th, 1917 Receipts from subscriptions totaled $2,295.30; Disbursements France’s Day Fund, Canadian Patriotic Fund, Canadian Red Cross Society, Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund, Relief of Belgian Children. October 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff War Relief Club issues annual statement – Subscriptions to the Copper Cliff War Relief Club during the first year of tis existence were remarkably good, only $1,513. Of the total amount subscribed, nearly $10,000 being in arrears at the close of the year. The organization was formed with the object of preventing overlapping and confliction in patriotic giving, and to centralize the latter in Copper Cliff. The organization is undoubtedly one of the best of its kind in the Dominion. Monies were disbursed to the Canadian Patriotic Fund $5,100.; Canadian Red Cross Society $1,100.; Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund $700.; Belgian Relief Fund $600.; British Sailors Relief Fund $500.; France’s Day Fund $50. January 5, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Aim for 1918 is to collect over $10,000 War Relief Club will carry on work with renewed efforts. January 9, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff asks $30,000 for patriotic funds – Three day campaign starts Monday in five towns. Copper Cliff War Relief Club will go on Monday launch a three-day campaign to secure $30,000 for the Patriotic Fund, Red Cross and other patriotic organizations from the citizens of Copper Cliff, Creighton, Crean Hill, O’Donnell and High Falls. The canvass is to be thorough and no one is to be overlooked. On the campaign days the various foremen of the different departments and on the different shifts will make a canvass of their men. The business men and private homes will also be visited by canvassers, and all are to be asked to give as liberally as their means permit, payments to be made monthly.
Copper Cliff today occupies a unique position in Canada. It is dependent on an industry of national importance and for this reason its young men have not been materially affected by the Military Service Act. Work has been plentiful and wages high and the committees in charge are confident that all records in patriotic giving in this section will be broken – that there will be enough and some over to help out other sections who are feeling the stress of the great war. Those who are at present subscribers of the War Relief Club will be asked to sign a card authorizing monthly deductions from their pay for an amount equal to or greater than they are at present giving. In cases of non-employees of the company the envelope method will be used for collecting, as at present. Nothing need now be said of the merit of the cause to which the money will go. The time for this sort of education has long since past. A further sacrifice must be made. January 26, 1918 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Subscriptions over $36,000 Incomplete returns show objective will be exceeded. $36,480 had been subscribed as the 1918 donation of employees of the Canadian Copper Co. as a result of the campaign which has been in progress during the week. The estimate of War Relief Club officials of $1 per head per month will be exceeded when full returns are in. Employees’ subscriptions are to be supplemented by a grant of $20,000 from the Canadian Copper Co. February 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Executive meeting of the Copper Cliff War Relief Club, decided to pay $250. Per month to the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society. The club has been incorporated under the Ontario Companies’ Act and has applied for registration under the Dominion War Charities Act. February 20, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Two months’ statement of Copper Cliff War Relief Club Statement of receipts and disbursements: January and February 1918 from Copper Cliff funds $2,079.70 to Copper Cliff Branch Red Cross Society, Copper Cliff Branch Patriotic Fund, Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund, Belgian Relief Fund March 9, 1918 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club authorized $3,000. This year for the Y. M. C. A. campaign to secure extra funds for overseas work. April 10, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Payment of $287.75 has just been made by the Copper Cliff War Relief Club for special medical and nursing care of two soldiers’ wives while in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Sudbury. The officers of the war relief club authorized Mrs. R. R. McKessock, who is in charge of this work, to secure the required medical and nursing help in emergency cases, the extra accounts being guaranteed by the club. April 10, 1918 The Sudbury Star.
Copper Cliff War Relief Club Statement of receipts and disbursements for April, 1918 Copper Cliff receipts by envelope, pay roll, salary $1,856.03; payments to Patriotic fund, Red Cross, Y.M.C.A. War Work, Belgian Relief $1399.81.
In connection with the Knights of Columbus Army Hut Campaign, Copper Cliff people who are contributing to the War Relief Club and who desire to make a special contribution to the Army Hut Fund may leave their contributions with Rev. Father Trainor, P. P., at the rectory or W. J. Wilson, Serpentine St. September 18, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The War Relief Club collections may be discontinued at the end of next March, unless hostilities again break out or something else of an unforeseen nature happens. While money will be needed for some time yet, and that it may be twelve months before all married men have been firmly re-established in civil life. December 11, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Receipts and expenditures of the Club for the quarter ending December 31st, 1918 Receipts (fees and donations) $12,894.20; Disbursements Patriotic Fund $6,600.; Red Cross $1,800.; Y. M. C. A. War Work $750.; Belgian Relief fund $300.; Navy League of Canada $600.; Catholic Army Huts $300.; Sudbury Star $6.75; Soldiers Christmas Box Association $834.96. January 25, 1919 The Sudbury Star.
A grant of $500. Towards the Salvation Army Red Shield Drive for War Reconstruction work was made by the Copper Cliff War Relief Club; grant of $300 to the G. W. V. A. of Sudbury district; to the Upper Canada Tract Society $50. To provide books for soldiers’ convalescent homes and $50. For the Armenian Relief Fund. Disbursements for January to March 1919 totaled $2,100. $1,500. Patriotic Fund; $200. Y.M.C.A.; $200. Navy League of Canada; $200. Belgian Relief, $100.; Catholic Army Huts $100. January 29, 1919 The Sudbury Star.
Copper Cliff War Relief Club has given over $1,700 to the Navy League of Canada, has made application to the League for a paid-up membership for seven hundred members. The membership carries with it a year’s subscription to the Sailor’s Magazine. Few towns in Canada have done proportionately as well by the Navy League as has Copper Cliff. June 18, 1919 The Sudbury Star
The War Relief Club made a grant of $200. To the Navy League, sent to headquarters in Toronto. March 22, 1919 The Sudbury Star
All collections, except arrears, be suspended, also monthly payments, except for special purposes as the Board shall from time to time decide. A committee was appointed to deal with cases of returned soldiers who may require assistance from time to time. A grant of $200. Was made to the Copper Cliff G. W. V. A. Ladies’ Auxiliary, and $200. To the Salvation Army. The money for both grants was obtained from an amount of $1,283. Refunded to the Club by the Red Cross after work had ceased in Copper Cliff. April 2, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Red Cross
The Red Cross played a
much larger role in World War I from the very beginning of the conflict. The
national organization, mobilized a major effort to collect funds. Community
campaigns were organized and received generous support. They raised $275,000 in
1914. Canadian supplied and funds were soon flowing to more than 100 hospitals
and other charitable institutions caring for wounded soldiers. Most were based
in England where British and Canadian casualties were generally evacuated to
for care. The Canadian Red Cross also operated ambulances. Red Cross women
volunteers also worked at home. They knitted khaki sweaters and grey socks for
the soldiers, and they sewed dressings, bandages, surgical coveralls and bed
linen. The Red Cross also help prepare and transport parcels to the soldiers
and assisted with POW activities.
A movement is on foot in Copper Cliff in the form of a canvas and open subscription list to raise money for the purchase of a machine gun for use at the front. The gun costs in the neighborhood of $750. And every additional gun will shorten the struggle at the front. General French says that one gun is equal to one hundred rifles and more effectual and practical. The town is being canvassed thoroughly and the dial outside The Star office shows a satisfactory start has been made. The band is arranging to have subscription boxes at their regular Thursday evening concerts, which will give everyone a chance to contribute, or else send your subscriptions to Mr. Garrow, care of Canadian Copper Co., and thus take part in a glorious work. July 17, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The campaign launched by the Citizens’ Committee of Copper Cliff to raise funds for the purchase of a machine gun has exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic. It is notable that the good example of Copper Cliff is spreading throughout the district, it being stated that Creighton Mine and Coniston will each raise one gun, while Sudbury may raise two. July 21, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Subscriptions to the Citizen’s Fund for the purchase of a machine gun or guns to be donated to the Canadian Expeditionary force, has passed the thousand dollar mark. July 24, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Four Machine Guns from Sudbury Nickel District - Copper Cliff through a Citizen’s subscription list has raised more than sufficient funds for the purchase of one machine gun. Those who cannot go to the front are using this opportunity to aid those who have gone or are going in a way which means not only saving Canadian lives, but increasing the efficiency of Canadian regiments. Probably no where in the Dominion has the proposal met with a more hearty and enthusiastic response than in this district, and it will be with considerable pride that the donations will be forwarded from here. July 28, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The movement to form a Copper Cliff branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society has met with splendid success, over forty members having enrolled. July 28, 1915 The Sudbury Star
As a result of an appeal for contributions by the Department of Militia and Defence five $1,000 cheques , the gift of public subscriptions in the Sudbury Nickel District were for the purchase of five machine guns. Included were funds for one of the guns from employees of the Canadian Copper Company at Copper Cliff. August 21, 1915 The Sudbury Star
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The Italian patriots of Sudbury and Copper Cliff are arranging for a big picnic to be held in Sudbury on September 20th. The object is to raise funds to be donated to the Italian Red Cross Society. September 11, 1915 The Sudbury Star
A lawn fete was held on the Parson’s lawn at 7 Granite Street, under the auspices of the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society, proved an immense success, both from a social and financial standpoint. Admission is 10 cents. The proceeds go towards the Ambulance Fund. The Copper Cliff Band and the Italian Orchestra furnished music pro gratis. The fete included dancing, fortune telling, a candy booth, ice cream, fish pond, guessing contests and other forms of amusements. September 11, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross sent a cheque for $1,000. To the Department of Militia and Defence for the purchase of a Lewis machine gun. A surplus of $475. was turned over to the Red Cross Society where it will be applied towards the purchase of a motor ambulance.
Shipment of six cases of towels, sheets, handkerchiefs to headquarters in Toronto. September 29, 1915 The Sudbury Star
At the Red Cross meeting, with the sanction of headquarters it is proposed that a more expensive ambulance car be given, and for this purpose, the local branch is prepared to give $200. To $225. or half the additional cost of the new car [for use at the front]. $500. Of the funds at present on hand were also allocated to be sent as a donation to the Red Cross Society of Canada for general purposes. October 9, 1915 The Sudbury Star
British Red Cross – To the citizens of Copper Cliff and vicinity – On account of the appeal of Lord Lansdowne throughout the Empire for aid for the British Red Cross, subscriptions are requested for this very worthy and patriotic cause. The necessity which prompted this first overseas appeal is great and the response should be generous. Let everyone contribute something. Subscriptions will be received at the following places: Canadian Copper company’s General Office Cashier’s Window, Post Office, Bank of Toronto, Copper Cliff and by the members of the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society. G. E. Silvester, Mayor October 23, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The Trafalgar Day campaign in Copper Cliff will not close for a few days yet owing to the delay in organization and the late start made. October 23, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The British Red Cross Fund has forwarded the sum of $3,670. To the Provincial Treasurer of the fund in Ontario. This amount included a $2,500. Donation from the Canadian Copper Co. October 30, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Second shipment consisted of 81/2 dozen sheets, 30 pairs pajamas, 75 pairs hand-knitted socks, 64 dozen handkerchiefs, 2 boxes magazines, a barrel of jam and a box of jam. The executive of the society wishes to thank all those who helped in any way towards making such a successful shipment. The parents of the school children are to be especially congratulated for their generous donation of jams, fruits and magazines, and the society feels that those things will be especially appreciated by our poor fellows who have given the best in them for Britain’s cause. The society also extend thanks to the Bachelor Maids of the town for the interest taken in our welfare by donating the proceeds of their dance, amounting to the splendid sum of $102. November 4, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The Red Cross Society of Copper Cliff received a letter last week from Mrs. Plumptre, the Honorary Secretary of the red Cross Society of Toronto, in which she advised them that she had received a letter from Lady Drummond, London, England, asking for war mitts for the convalescent soldiers, and asked if this society would take up the matter as the soldiers who were able to go out driving were in need of good warm mitts or gloves. The executive procured ten dozen pairs from Messrs. John Parry and J. R. McKinnon & Sons, amounting to approximately sixty dollars, and shipped same direct to London England. December 16, 1915 The Sudbury Star
At the regular monthly business meeting we would ask all the women who can possibly come to be there as we need all the help we can get. Our boys need socks and the hospitals need supplies. We would be very pleased to see a large attendance at this meeting. The Red Cross Society made a very satisfactory shipment Thursday. They sent seven cases. They contained: 4 dozen sheets, 41 surgical shirts, 84 pairs of socks 13 ½ dozen pillow slips, 7 ½ dozen Turkish towels, 8 dozen towels, 1 dozen sheets, 2 dozen pillow slips, tobacco and pipes. Mrs. George Spreacher is taking subscriptions for the “Good Housekeeping,” $2. per year “Saturday Evening Post,” $1.75 per year and “Ladies’ Home Journal” $1.75 per year magazines. This is to make money for the Red Cross. Every subscription sent in before a certain time means so much money for our boys, so we would ask anyone intending to subscribe to these magazines to send in their subscription through Mrs. Spreacher. Phone her at No. 6, Copper Cliff. February 26, 1916 The Sudbury Star
At a regular business meeting of the Copper Cliff Branch of the Red Cross Society it was decided to have a Red Cross night at the Copper Cliff Rink. The management of the rink has very kindly offered to the Society free of charge for Tuesday next, March 7th, and the band has also consented to give its services. The admission fee will be 25 cents. A committee will serve hot coffee and Bovril with cake at 10 cents per cup. Given good weather the Society hopes for a good crowd and a great sum is expected to be raised for this worthy cause.
At Thursday’s regular meeting a vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Robie, who has so very kindly offered to supply the material, and to her mother who will make home-made bread and rolls to be sold for the benefit of the Red Cross Society. March 4, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Ask 50c a Month – Local Branch of Society takes business like step towards securing monthly income – do away with concerts, etc. they say. In order to assure a stated monthly revenue and institute a more fair and equitable way of raising Red Cross funds, the local branch of the Red Cross Society have started a project patterned after the lines of the 50,000 Club, with which most local citizens are familiar. Petitions are being placed in the clubs, banks, stores, etc., for the signatures of those interested in Red Cross and other patriotic work, and the earnest cooperation of the people of Copper Cliff and Creighton is being solicited, the minimum amount asked being 50 cents a month. This matter has been under the consideration of local officers for some time and has received the sanation of Mayor Silvester. It is proposed to do away with all patriotic entertainments, etc. With the prolongation of the war this is thought to be a more business like way and the idea has been taken up in many parts of Canada. The petition reads:
The “War Relief Club” To the People of Copper Cliff and Creighton: Owing to the prolongation of the War, and the greatly increased numbers of our soldiers at the front and in training there is urgent need for more funds to carry on efficiently the patriotic and humane work of the Red Cross and other Relief Organizations.
In order to ensure, if possible, a regular income for this purpose, as is done in many places, it is proposed to organize a subscription club, designated as above, each of whose subscribers will undertake to pay Fifty Cents (.50) each month during the continuance of the War and for six months afterwards.
This money will be collected through the agency of the Copper Cliff Branch of the Red Cross Society, by collectors authorized by them.
Each member shall have the privilege of designating from time to time, what particular Relief Organization or fund shall be the recipient of all or any portion of his or her subscription.
A subscription hereto will constitute a membership in the above Club, including a Membership button, and will be taken as a pledge to pay Fifty Cents each month as specified above. Anyone may subscribe for additional memberships as desired by designating number of fees he or she wishes to pay or by furnishing additional names.” March 25, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Red Cross made a large shipment Thursday last, composed of nine boxes containing 12 fomentation wringers, 6 ½ dozen Turkish towels, 28 cheesecloth handkerchiefs, 12 dozen and nine pillow slips, 24 dozen suits pyjamas, 127 pairs of sox, 2 quilts, 2 dozen pairs wristlets, 4 dozen and 7 sheets, 16 dozen huck towels. The demand for comforts for the wounded is very great, and we at home should be willing to do our bit and provide these for the heroes who are taking the places of those unable to go and fight for the honor of their King and country. We would like to see the War Relief Club reach the 500 mark by next week. Get busy everybody and put your name down for 50 cents a month.
Another shipment of 127 pair of sox and 2 pair of wristlets has been prepared and shipped during the past week by the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society. This branch has done exceedingly well in helping towards this great work, a total of 286 pairs of sox having been sent to headquarters in Toronto to date. Yarn for this purpose will be sent free of charge to any person making application. May 27, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Copper Cliff branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society made a very satisfactory shipment on Monday September 18th, the result of their summer’s work. There were five cases containing 5 ¼ dozen sheets, 9 dozen pillow slips, 32 suits pajamas, 6 dozen Turkish towels, 12 dozen huck towels and 85 pairs of socks. September 20, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Few as loyal and untiring workers for the Red Cross and the soldiers at the front as Mrs. O’Connor, aged mother of Mrs. G. E. Sylvester. In the last shipment of the local branch of the Red Cross, she knitted 25 of the 85 pair of socks. September 30, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Good Year – Annual Report Issued First annual meeting Receipts of money from subscriptions, donations, sale of flowers, dances and benefits, commission from magazines, sale of preserved fruit, balance from machine gun fund, War Relief Club. Expenditures included contribution to the ambulance fund, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, and supplies. Total $2,194. October 14, 1916 The Sudbury Star
About two hundred and fifty people attended the Red Cross dance at the Copper Cliff Club last evening and $305. was realized by the local society, under whose auspices it was held. January 20, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Cliff Red Cross Makes Shipment – seven boxes were shipped to headquarters in Toronto containing in all 341 towels, 183 pillow slips, 110 pyjamas, 107 pair socks, 85 sheets. The officers of the Red Cross wish to thank the following ladies of Copper Cliff for their liberal assistance, which enabled the Society to make this shipment.
Red Cross Will Hold Sock Shower for Copper Cliff Soldiers Sewing Machines to be Placed in Work Rooms at Town hall for Willing Workers in Red Cross Vineyard. It has been decided to put sewing machines in the work rooms at the town Hall building, and next week the rooms will be cleaned and put in order so that on Thursday of each week any who will give their services for part of the day will find sheets, towels, pillow cases, etc., ready for machine work. November 31, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Successful Sock Shower. At the sock shower held yesterday for copper Cliff boys overseas, in the Ontario Club, 102 pairs of socks were donated. November 10, 1917 The Sudbury Star
The sum of $2.08 was received by the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society from the following children of No. 2, Waters Township School: Sylvia Ristinaki, James Ristinaki, Garnet Sydney, Stanley Fielding, Lorne Brackburn, Bermrr Kaalio, Willie Kaalio and E. E. Hunter. December 11, 1917 The Sudbury Star
In aid of the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society, the returned soldiers of the district have arranged a dance to be held on Christmas Eve in the Forester’s Hall. It is expected to be the big patriotic social event of the season. December 12, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Society Financial Statement Total receipts for seven months show patriotic spirit of Copper Cliff citizens. The financial statement fo the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society from June 1st to December 31st, 1917, shows a total of $2,613.87 received from various sources, including: War Relief Club donations, membership fees, proceeds of teas, concerts, bridges; Expenditures include supplies, donations to the head office Red Cross Society, British Red Cross appeal, sewing machines for work rooms. January 9, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Last Wednesday the Copper Cliff Red Cross packed and shipped 6 boxes of material including: 134 sheets; 31 ½ dozen towels; 19 ½ dozen pillow slips; 42 suits of pajamas; 100 pairs of socks; 5 sweaters and 2 scarfs. February 23, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Letter received from Pte. Johnny Lineham, a Copper Cliff boy. The other day his unit was issued a supply of Red Cross socks, and in one of the pair issued him was the card of Mrs. R. K. Moffet, wife of the Canadian Copper Co.’s chief of police and a Red Cross worker here. He asks that his thanks be conveyed to Mrs. Moffet. March 18, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Statement of cash receipts and disbursements January 1st to March 31st, 1918 Receipts including War Relief Club donations, proceeds of dance and teas, memberships $1,420.84.; Disbursements including supplies, proceeds of dance sent to Canadian War Contingent Association to buy field comforts for soldiers in the trenches.
Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society yesterday made a shipment of eight boxes to headquarters, containing 28 ½ dozen towels, 96 suits of pyjamas, 198 sheets, 229 pillow slips, 148 socks, 2 caps and a scarf. The officers of the local branch wish to thank the ladies of the town who so kindly assisted in the preparation of this shipment. April 13, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The Copper Cliff Red Cross Society packed and shipped nine boxes on Friday last, containing: 103 pajama suits, 197 sheets, 518 pillow slips, 402 towels and 110 pair socks. June 8, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Statement of cash and disbursements of the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society for the year June 1st, 1917 to June 1st, 1918. Receipts $4,299.88 including proceeds of Minstrel show, dance, teas; memberships; War Relief Club Donations; Sundry donations; refund on supplies (Eaton’s orders); Expenditures $4,299.88 including supplies, sewing machines, donations to Head Office, British Red Cross Appeal, Canadian Overseas War Contingent Association, cartage, postage, laundry and cleaning workrooms.
During the year the branch shipped the following supplies: 1527 pillow cases, 2094 towels, 771 sheets, 406 suits pyjamas, 433 pairs socks, 5 sweaters, 3 scarfs, 2 caps, 2 wash cloths. June 12, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Four boxes have been shipped this week from the Red Cross Society containing 38 dozen pillow slips, 54 suits of pyjamas, 72 pairs socks, 1 trench cap, 15 scarfs and 22 wash cloths. A large supply of material has been received by the Red Cross Society. Sheets, pillow slips and towels are cut ready for sewing at the workrooms and we ask the ladies to come for a few hours a week to make ready another shipment overseas. The rooms are open every day, but for those who find it more convenient on other days of the week, they may have the keys from Chief Clark. Those who are knitting socks we ask that the legs be made ten inches long including tops, which are 3 ½ inches deep according to new regulations. August 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Major Brodie, formerly of the 159th battalion, gave a most interesting and instructive address before the ladies of the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society yesterday afternoon in the Co-operative Club. The speaker dealt with the work of the society overseas and enumerated countless splendid deeds which had been accomplished by willing organizations in Great Britain and other Allied countries. October 12, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Red Cross has ceased work – workrooms closed on account of health regulations – large shipment made on Wednesday last. Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross on Wednesday made a large shipment to Headquarters at Montreal, consisting of eleven boxes. At present no work is being done in the work rooms of the Society here, owing to the health regulations respecting the Influenza epidemic. Also no further work will be given out until further notice. The Society is very grateful and extends thanks to all those who aided in the preparation of the shipment made Wednesday. In the boxes were packed: 259 sheets, 271 pillow slips, 633 towels, 5 wash cloths, 96 suits of pyjamas, 96 pairs socks, 1 knitted scarf.
Decided to take up, for a limited length of time, relief work in the form of clothing for the destitute, repatriated civilian population of the different devastated allied countries of Europe. November 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Shipped 104 pairs of socks and stockings for refugees. January 29, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society made its final shipment to headquarters consisting of five boxes of garments for refugees. These included 275 pairs of stockings, a box of yarn, box of flannelette underwear for women and children, and some well knitted bonnets for babies, the generous gift of Mrs. Bradley, of Power street. March 15, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Reviewing work of two years special mention was made to the busy wives, mothers and grandmothers of Copper Cliff who were not at liberty to come to the meetings or workrooms, but sent in supplies of well-made garments and socks, and sere always ready to accept another parcel of cut material. To the conveners of the various departments, Mrs. Burgess, pyjamas; Mrs. Martin, towels and pillow slips; Mrs. Jones, sheets; Mrs. Chalmers and Mrs. Mayhew, yar; and Mrs. T. D. Jarvis, chairman of conveners, the society’s thanks was due. Special reference was also made to those who came to the rooms each week and when a special call was made gave extra time; to the Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist Church for the use of their sewing machine; and to Chief Clark and his assistants for their unfailing courtesy and kindness at the workrooms [in the Town Hall] and to the boys who helped to deliver and collect materials.
Mrs. O’Connor (Mrs. Silvester’s mother) never ceased her work during the four long years of the war, and knitted in the neighborhood of 1100 pairs of socks, a large part of them being sent overseas through the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross. May 10, 1919 The Sudbury Star
A movement is on foot in Copper Cliff in the form of a canvas and open subscription list to raise money for the purchase of a machine gun for use at the front. The gun costs in the neighborhood of $750. And every additional gun will shorten the struggle at the front. General French says that one gun is equal to one hundred rifles and more effectual and practical. The town is being canvassed thoroughly and the dial outside The Star office shows a satisfactory start has been made. The band is arranging to have subscription boxes at their regular Thursday evening concerts, which will give everyone a chance to contribute, or else send your subscriptions to Mr. Garrow, care of Canadian Copper Co., and thus take part in a glorious work. July 17, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The campaign launched by the Citizens’ Committee of Copper Cliff to raise funds for the purchase of a machine gun has exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic. It is notable that the good example of Copper Cliff is spreading throughout the district, it being stated that Creighton Mine and Coniston will each raise one gun, while Sudbury may raise two. July 21, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Subscriptions to the Citizen’s Fund for the purchase of a machine gun or guns to be donated to the Canadian Expeditionary force, has passed the thousand dollar mark. July 24, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Four Machine Guns from Sudbury Nickel District - Copper Cliff through a Citizen’s subscription list has raised more than sufficient funds for the purchase of one machine gun. Those who cannot go to the front are using this opportunity to aid those who have gone or are going in a way which means not only saving Canadian lives, but increasing the efficiency of Canadian regiments. Probably no where in the Dominion has the proposal met with a more hearty and enthusiastic response than in this district, and it will be with considerable pride that the donations will be forwarded from here. July 28, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The movement to form a Copper Cliff branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society has met with splendid success, over forty members having enrolled. July 28, 1915 The Sudbury Star
As a result of an appeal for contributions by the Department of Militia and Defence five $1,000 cheques , the gift of public subscriptions in the Sudbury Nickel District were for the purchase of five machine guns. Included were funds for one of the guns from employees of the Canadian Copper Company at Copper Cliff. August 21, 1915 The Sudbury Star
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The Italian patriots of Sudbury and Copper Cliff are arranging for a big picnic to be held in Sudbury on September 20th. The object is to raise funds to be donated to the Italian Red Cross Society. September 11, 1915 The Sudbury Star
A lawn fete was held on the Parson’s lawn at 7 Granite Street, under the auspices of the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society, proved an immense success, both from a social and financial standpoint. Admission is 10 cents. The proceeds go towards the Ambulance Fund. The Copper Cliff Band and the Italian Orchestra furnished music pro gratis. The fete included dancing, fortune telling, a candy booth, ice cream, fish pond, guessing contests and other forms of amusements. September 11, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross sent a cheque for $1,000. To the Department of Militia and Defence for the purchase of a Lewis machine gun. A surplus of $475. was turned over to the Red Cross Society where it will be applied towards the purchase of a motor ambulance.
Shipment of six cases of towels, sheets, handkerchiefs to headquarters in Toronto. September 29, 1915 The Sudbury Star
At the Red Cross meeting, with the sanction of headquarters it is proposed that a more expensive ambulance car be given, and for this purpose, the local branch is prepared to give $200. To $225. or half the additional cost of the new car [for use at the front]. $500. Of the funds at present on hand were also allocated to be sent as a donation to the Red Cross Society of Canada for general purposes. October 9, 1915 The Sudbury Star
British Red Cross – To the citizens of Copper Cliff and vicinity – On account of the appeal of Lord Lansdowne throughout the Empire for aid for the British Red Cross, subscriptions are requested for this very worthy and patriotic cause. The necessity which prompted this first overseas appeal is great and the response should be generous. Let everyone contribute something. Subscriptions will be received at the following places: Canadian Copper company’s General Office Cashier’s Window, Post Office, Bank of Toronto, Copper Cliff and by the members of the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society. G. E. Silvester, Mayor October 23, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The Trafalgar Day campaign in Copper Cliff will not close for a few days yet owing to the delay in organization and the late start made. October 23, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The British Red Cross Fund has forwarded the sum of $3,670. To the Provincial Treasurer of the fund in Ontario. This amount included a $2,500. Donation from the Canadian Copper Co. October 30, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Second shipment consisted of 81/2 dozen sheets, 30 pairs pajamas, 75 pairs hand-knitted socks, 64 dozen handkerchiefs, 2 boxes magazines, a barrel of jam and a box of jam. The executive of the society wishes to thank all those who helped in any way towards making such a successful shipment. The parents of the school children are to be especially congratulated for their generous donation of jams, fruits and magazines, and the society feels that those things will be especially appreciated by our poor fellows who have given the best in them for Britain’s cause. The society also extend thanks to the Bachelor Maids of the town for the interest taken in our welfare by donating the proceeds of their dance, amounting to the splendid sum of $102. November 4, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The Red Cross Society of Copper Cliff received a letter last week from Mrs. Plumptre, the Honorary Secretary of the red Cross Society of Toronto, in which she advised them that she had received a letter from Lady Drummond, London, England, asking for war mitts for the convalescent soldiers, and asked if this society would take up the matter as the soldiers who were able to go out driving were in need of good warm mitts or gloves. The executive procured ten dozen pairs from Messrs. John Parry and J. R. McKinnon & Sons, amounting to approximately sixty dollars, and shipped same direct to London England. December 16, 1915 The Sudbury Star
At the regular monthly business meeting we would ask all the women who can possibly come to be there as we need all the help we can get. Our boys need socks and the hospitals need supplies. We would be very pleased to see a large attendance at this meeting. The Red Cross Society made a very satisfactory shipment Thursday. They sent seven cases. They contained: 4 dozen sheets, 41 surgical shirts, 84 pairs of socks 13 ½ dozen pillow slips, 7 ½ dozen Turkish towels, 8 dozen towels, 1 dozen sheets, 2 dozen pillow slips, tobacco and pipes. Mrs. George Spreacher is taking subscriptions for the “Good Housekeeping,” $2. per year “Saturday Evening Post,” $1.75 per year and “Ladies’ Home Journal” $1.75 per year magazines. This is to make money for the Red Cross. Every subscription sent in before a certain time means so much money for our boys, so we would ask anyone intending to subscribe to these magazines to send in their subscription through Mrs. Spreacher. Phone her at No. 6, Copper Cliff. February 26, 1916 The Sudbury Star
At a regular business meeting of the Copper Cliff Branch of the Red Cross Society it was decided to have a Red Cross night at the Copper Cliff Rink. The management of the rink has very kindly offered to the Society free of charge for Tuesday next, March 7th, and the band has also consented to give its services. The admission fee will be 25 cents. A committee will serve hot coffee and Bovril with cake at 10 cents per cup. Given good weather the Society hopes for a good crowd and a great sum is expected to be raised for this worthy cause.
At Thursday’s regular meeting a vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Robie, who has so very kindly offered to supply the material, and to her mother who will make home-made bread and rolls to be sold for the benefit of the Red Cross Society. March 4, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Ask 50c a Month – Local Branch of Society takes business like step towards securing monthly income – do away with concerts, etc. they say. In order to assure a stated monthly revenue and institute a more fair and equitable way of raising Red Cross funds, the local branch of the Red Cross Society have started a project patterned after the lines of the 50,000 Club, with which most local citizens are familiar. Petitions are being placed in the clubs, banks, stores, etc., for the signatures of those interested in Red Cross and other patriotic work, and the earnest cooperation of the people of Copper Cliff and Creighton is being solicited, the minimum amount asked being 50 cents a month. This matter has been under the consideration of local officers for some time and has received the sanation of Mayor Silvester. It is proposed to do away with all patriotic entertainments, etc. With the prolongation of the war this is thought to be a more business like way and the idea has been taken up in many parts of Canada. The petition reads:
The “War Relief Club” To the People of Copper Cliff and Creighton: Owing to the prolongation of the War, and the greatly increased numbers of our soldiers at the front and in training there is urgent need for more funds to carry on efficiently the patriotic and humane work of the Red Cross and other Relief Organizations.
In order to ensure, if possible, a regular income for this purpose, as is done in many places, it is proposed to organize a subscription club, designated as above, each of whose subscribers will undertake to pay Fifty Cents (.50) each month during the continuance of the War and for six months afterwards.
This money will be collected through the agency of the Copper Cliff Branch of the Red Cross Society, by collectors authorized by them.
Each member shall have the privilege of designating from time to time, what particular Relief Organization or fund shall be the recipient of all or any portion of his or her subscription.
A subscription hereto will constitute a membership in the above Club, including a Membership button, and will be taken as a pledge to pay Fifty Cents each month as specified above. Anyone may subscribe for additional memberships as desired by designating number of fees he or she wishes to pay or by furnishing additional names.” March 25, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Red Cross made a large shipment Thursday last, composed of nine boxes containing 12 fomentation wringers, 6 ½ dozen Turkish towels, 28 cheesecloth handkerchiefs, 12 dozen and nine pillow slips, 24 dozen suits pyjamas, 127 pairs of sox, 2 quilts, 2 dozen pairs wristlets, 4 dozen and 7 sheets, 16 dozen huck towels. The demand for comforts for the wounded is very great, and we at home should be willing to do our bit and provide these for the heroes who are taking the places of those unable to go and fight for the honor of their King and country. We would like to see the War Relief Club reach the 500 mark by next week. Get busy everybody and put your name down for 50 cents a month.
Another shipment of 127 pair of sox and 2 pair of wristlets has been prepared and shipped during the past week by the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society. This branch has done exceedingly well in helping towards this great work, a total of 286 pairs of sox having been sent to headquarters in Toronto to date. Yarn for this purpose will be sent free of charge to any person making application. May 27, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Copper Cliff branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society made a very satisfactory shipment on Monday September 18th, the result of their summer’s work. There were five cases containing 5 ¼ dozen sheets, 9 dozen pillow slips, 32 suits pajamas, 6 dozen Turkish towels, 12 dozen huck towels and 85 pairs of socks. September 20, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Few as loyal and untiring workers for the Red Cross and the soldiers at the front as Mrs. O’Connor, aged mother of Mrs. G. E. Sylvester. In the last shipment of the local branch of the Red Cross, she knitted 25 of the 85 pair of socks. September 30, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Good Year – Annual Report Issued First annual meeting Receipts of money from subscriptions, donations, sale of flowers, dances and benefits, commission from magazines, sale of preserved fruit, balance from machine gun fund, War Relief Club. Expenditures included contribution to the ambulance fund, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, and supplies. Total $2,194. October 14, 1916 The Sudbury Star
About two hundred and fifty people attended the Red Cross dance at the Copper Cliff Club last evening and $305. was realized by the local society, under whose auspices it was held. January 20, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Cliff Red Cross Makes Shipment – seven boxes were shipped to headquarters in Toronto containing in all 341 towels, 183 pillow slips, 110 pyjamas, 107 pair socks, 85 sheets. The officers of the Red Cross wish to thank the following ladies of Copper Cliff for their liberal assistance, which enabled the Society to make this shipment.
Red Cross Will Hold Sock Shower for Copper Cliff Soldiers Sewing Machines to be Placed in Work Rooms at Town hall for Willing Workers in Red Cross Vineyard. It has been decided to put sewing machines in the work rooms at the town Hall building, and next week the rooms will be cleaned and put in order so that on Thursday of each week any who will give their services for part of the day will find sheets, towels, pillow cases, etc., ready for machine work. November 31, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Successful Sock Shower. At the sock shower held yesterday for copper Cliff boys overseas, in the Ontario Club, 102 pairs of socks were donated. November 10, 1917 The Sudbury Star
The sum of $2.08 was received by the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society from the following children of No. 2, Waters Township School: Sylvia Ristinaki, James Ristinaki, Garnet Sydney, Stanley Fielding, Lorne Brackburn, Bermrr Kaalio, Willie Kaalio and E. E. Hunter. December 11, 1917 The Sudbury Star
In aid of the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society, the returned soldiers of the district have arranged a dance to be held on Christmas Eve in the Forester’s Hall. It is expected to be the big patriotic social event of the season. December 12, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Society Financial Statement Total receipts for seven months show patriotic spirit of Copper Cliff citizens. The financial statement fo the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society from June 1st to December 31st, 1917, shows a total of $2,613.87 received from various sources, including: War Relief Club donations, membership fees, proceeds of teas, concerts, bridges; Expenditures include supplies, donations to the head office Red Cross Society, British Red Cross appeal, sewing machines for work rooms. January 9, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Last Wednesday the Copper Cliff Red Cross packed and shipped 6 boxes of material including: 134 sheets; 31 ½ dozen towels; 19 ½ dozen pillow slips; 42 suits of pajamas; 100 pairs of socks; 5 sweaters and 2 scarfs. February 23, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Letter received from Pte. Johnny Lineham, a Copper Cliff boy. The other day his unit was issued a supply of Red Cross socks, and in one of the pair issued him was the card of Mrs. R. K. Moffet, wife of the Canadian Copper Co.’s chief of police and a Red Cross worker here. He asks that his thanks be conveyed to Mrs. Moffet. March 18, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Statement of cash receipts and disbursements January 1st to March 31st, 1918 Receipts including War Relief Club donations, proceeds of dance and teas, memberships $1,420.84.; Disbursements including supplies, proceeds of dance sent to Canadian War Contingent Association to buy field comforts for soldiers in the trenches.
Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society yesterday made a shipment of eight boxes to headquarters, containing 28 ½ dozen towels, 96 suits of pyjamas, 198 sheets, 229 pillow slips, 148 socks, 2 caps and a scarf. The officers of the local branch wish to thank the ladies of the town who so kindly assisted in the preparation of this shipment. April 13, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The Copper Cliff Red Cross Society packed and shipped nine boxes on Friday last, containing: 103 pajama suits, 197 sheets, 518 pillow slips, 402 towels and 110 pair socks. June 8, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Red Cross Statement of cash and disbursements of the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society for the year June 1st, 1917 to June 1st, 1918. Receipts $4,299.88 including proceeds of Minstrel show, dance, teas; memberships; War Relief Club Donations; Sundry donations; refund on supplies (Eaton’s orders); Expenditures $4,299.88 including supplies, sewing machines, donations to Head Office, British Red Cross Appeal, Canadian Overseas War Contingent Association, cartage, postage, laundry and cleaning workrooms.
During the year the branch shipped the following supplies: 1527 pillow cases, 2094 towels, 771 sheets, 406 suits pyjamas, 433 pairs socks, 5 sweaters, 3 scarfs, 2 caps, 2 wash cloths. June 12, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Four boxes have been shipped this week from the Red Cross Society containing 38 dozen pillow slips, 54 suits of pyjamas, 72 pairs socks, 1 trench cap, 15 scarfs and 22 wash cloths. A large supply of material has been received by the Red Cross Society. Sheets, pillow slips and towels are cut ready for sewing at the workrooms and we ask the ladies to come for a few hours a week to make ready another shipment overseas. The rooms are open every day, but for those who find it more convenient on other days of the week, they may have the keys from Chief Clark. Those who are knitting socks we ask that the legs be made ten inches long including tops, which are 3 ½ inches deep according to new regulations. August 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Major Brodie, formerly of the 159th battalion, gave a most interesting and instructive address before the ladies of the Copper Cliff Red Cross Society yesterday afternoon in the Co-operative Club. The speaker dealt with the work of the society overseas and enumerated countless splendid deeds which had been accomplished by willing organizations in Great Britain and other Allied countries. October 12, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Red Cross has ceased work – workrooms closed on account of health regulations – large shipment made on Wednesday last. Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross on Wednesday made a large shipment to Headquarters at Montreal, consisting of eleven boxes. At present no work is being done in the work rooms of the Society here, owing to the health regulations respecting the Influenza epidemic. Also no further work will be given out until further notice. The Society is very grateful and extends thanks to all those who aided in the preparation of the shipment made Wednesday. In the boxes were packed: 259 sheets, 271 pillow slips, 633 towels, 5 wash cloths, 96 suits of pyjamas, 96 pairs socks, 1 knitted scarf.
Decided to take up, for a limited length of time, relief work in the form of clothing for the destitute, repatriated civilian population of the different devastated allied countries of Europe. November 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Shipped 104 pairs of socks and stockings for refugees. January 29, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross Society made its final shipment to headquarters consisting of five boxes of garments for refugees. These included 275 pairs of stockings, a box of yarn, box of flannelette underwear for women and children, and some well knitted bonnets for babies, the generous gift of Mrs. Bradley, of Power street. March 15, 1919 The Sudbury Star
Reviewing work of two years special mention was made to the busy wives, mothers and grandmothers of Copper Cliff who were not at liberty to come to the meetings or workrooms, but sent in supplies of well-made garments and socks, and sere always ready to accept another parcel of cut material. To the conveners of the various departments, Mrs. Burgess, pyjamas; Mrs. Martin, towels and pillow slips; Mrs. Jones, sheets; Mrs. Chalmers and Mrs. Mayhew, yar; and Mrs. T. D. Jarvis, chairman of conveners, the society’s thanks was due. Special reference was also made to those who came to the rooms each week and when a special call was made gave extra time; to the Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist Church for the use of their sewing machine; and to Chief Clark and his assistants for their unfailing courtesy and kindness at the workrooms [in the Town Hall] and to the boys who helped to deliver and collect materials.
Mrs. O’Connor (Mrs. Silvester’s mother) never ceased her work during the four long years of the war, and knitted in the neighborhood of 1100 pairs of socks, a large part of them being sent overseas through the Copper Cliff branch of the Red Cross. May 10, 1919 The Sudbury Star
District Campaign to purchase Thrift Stamps
Major Brodie urged
buying as an investment as had been published in circulars issued by the
government, and he invited the co-operation of all present in inducing their
children to buy the stamps. At the
conclusion of Major Brodie’s address the chairman of the entertainment
committee [Copper Cliff Club] assured the speaker that Copper Cliff which had
given good support in the past to all such objects, would net be found wanting
in the purchase of Thrift stamps and in the inducement of others to
purchase. April 30, 1919 The Sudbury
Star
Copper Cliff's Share of Provincial War Tax
A cheque for $4,846.67
has been forwarded to the Ontario Government by the Town of Copper Cliff to
cover this municipality’s provincial war tax for 1918, a special war levy of
one million having been placed on all municipalities at the beginning of
hostilities. Copper Cliff property was
assessed at tis full value, whereas most towns followed the two-thirds valuation
rule. December 14, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Food Pledge Cards
In the summer of 1917,
Ottawa resorted to more direct efforts to manage resources in support of the
war, appointing food and fuel controllers to encourage production, avoid waste,
and manage shortages. By early 1918, the
new Canada Food Board licensed and monitored food sales in public
establishments and encouraged food or ingredient substitutes for high-demand
items. The centrepiece of the government’s thrift campaign was the distribution
of a food service pledge card to every household. Housewives were encouraged to display the
long-winded card prominently in their windows: "To Win the War This
Household is Pledged to Carry Out Conscientiously the Advice of the Food
Controller." http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/inflation-e.aspx
District representatives attended a recent convention of women from all parts of the Province, held in Toronto, and called by the Conservation of Resources Committee, for the purpose of discussing and planning ways and means to conserve food, prevent wastage and encourage thrift and economy. Every housewife is asked to preserve, can, dry and store all perishable foods and garden truck, so to prevent waste and release storable food for export. We are especially asked to reduce the consumption of white flour, beef and bacon, and use as substitutes, fish, eggs, milk, oatmeal and barley, and keep the garbage cans empty. Mrs. Moorhouse has received a large supply of Pledge cards and Win-the-War cards. “The men in the trenches will be hungry if you fail them. Will you let them fight for you and not fight for them?” August 25, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Women Rally to Save Food – Pledge cards to be signed forthwith – Enthusiastic meeting. Pledged in the conservation of food for the Empire, by the women of Copper Cliff. The town will be divided into districts, and the women will make a jouse-to-house canvass to have the pledge cards signed by all and sundry. The pledge states that the bearer of the card will endeavor by every means possible to save and conserve food in the household, thereby ensuring a sufficient supply for Britain, her allies and the men in the trenches. There was a recent embargo placed on the retail sale and purchase of certain lines of canned goods. There was also a meatless days regulation. August 29, 1917 The Sudbury Star
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Food Pledge Cards Being Freely Signed – It is expected that the results of the signing of the Food Pledge Cards in Copper Cliff will be announced early next week. September 22, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Food Pledge Cards Were Freely Signed in Copper Cliff – 350 signed pledges are in, with two districts to be heard from. With a few exceptions they were very kindly received and some who would not sign the first time they were asked, did so later when the real mining of the pledge was understood. In many cases the women told the canvassers they would gladly sign but their husbands had forbade them doing so. One and all declared they never wasted anything but many of their neighbors did. A number of the housewives are baking their own bread, using the various war breads and cakes made of meal other than white flour. Tuesday and Friday of each week are being observed as days to do without beef or bacon and in many homes no meat is used on those days. November 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star
District representatives attended a recent convention of women from all parts of the Province, held in Toronto, and called by the Conservation of Resources Committee, for the purpose of discussing and planning ways and means to conserve food, prevent wastage and encourage thrift and economy. Every housewife is asked to preserve, can, dry and store all perishable foods and garden truck, so to prevent waste and release storable food for export. We are especially asked to reduce the consumption of white flour, beef and bacon, and use as substitutes, fish, eggs, milk, oatmeal and barley, and keep the garbage cans empty. Mrs. Moorhouse has received a large supply of Pledge cards and Win-the-War cards. “The men in the trenches will be hungry if you fail them. Will you let them fight for you and not fight for them?” August 25, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Copper Cliff Women Rally to Save Food – Pledge cards to be signed forthwith – Enthusiastic meeting. Pledged in the conservation of food for the Empire, by the women of Copper Cliff. The town will be divided into districts, and the women will make a jouse-to-house canvass to have the pledge cards signed by all and sundry. The pledge states that the bearer of the card will endeavor by every means possible to save and conserve food in the household, thereby ensuring a sufficient supply for Britain, her allies and the men in the trenches. There was a recent embargo placed on the retail sale and purchase of certain lines of canned goods. There was also a meatless days regulation. August 29, 1917 The Sudbury Star
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Food Pledge Cards Being Freely Signed – It is expected that the results of the signing of the Food Pledge Cards in Copper Cliff will be announced early next week. September 22, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Food Pledge Cards Were Freely Signed in Copper Cliff – 350 signed pledges are in, with two districts to be heard from. With a few exceptions they were very kindly received and some who would not sign the first time they were asked, did so later when the real mining of the pledge was understood. In many cases the women told the canvassers they would gladly sign but their husbands had forbade them doing so. One and all declared they never wasted anything but many of their neighbors did. A number of the housewives are baking their own bread, using the various war breads and cakes made of meal other than white flour. Tuesday and Friday of each week are being observed as days to do without beef or bacon and in many homes no meat is used on those days. November 17, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Gift Boxes
Smokes for Soldiers at
Salisbury Plain Christmas remembrance to be forwarded Thursday by thoughtful
people not too late to help. The
response to The Star’s appeal for tobacco and cigarettes to send as a Christmas
gift to the Copper Cliff boys at Salisbury Plan, England has been instant and
unanimous, and the ten happy recipients will be assured of enough ‘smokes’ for
some time to come. The parcel will be
shipped on Friday morning, and if you wish to share in giving token of
remembrance to the boys who will soon be fighting for you and your contry,
leave your contribution at The Star office.
December 9, 1914 The Sudbury Star
Cliff Boys stand up well at Salisbury Plain We are please today to reproduce a letter received on Monday from Captain R. R. McKessock. January 12, 1915 “My Dear Morris: I received your letter of Dec. 11 with express parcel for the Copper Cliff boys over here, and so far have located with of them and gave each a fair share of the thoughtful remembrance from their home town. All have asked me to write to you expressing their deep appreciation for the gifts, which I may tell you are most acceptable here, as your tobacco and cigars are superior to anything we get on this side; but the quality is not all – it is the knowledge that they who have come over because of a sense of right and duty in the great cause are not forgotten by their friends at home, whose business connections and other good reasons prevented them offering themselves as we were privileged to do. So far as I know not a boy from Copper Cliff has ever been paraded sick since leaving home, a record your town may well be proud of when it is known there are not about 1,100 of the contingent in hospital. The balance of the 97th has also a good record, as very few have had to refuse a parade because of ? position. We are always pleased to get the papers from home, and each is devoured with an interest portending extreme hunger for information of all the doings of your community.
Have written letters before giving a synopsis of our work here and of other things, and suppose the friends are fairly well informed of us. We expect to be at the front in four or five weeks, and some believe the war will be over in seven or eight months or less; but none can tell. There is a prophetess in France just now who foretold the present war accurately, and who says peace will be declared before March 15, 1915. The Allies are now the aggressors all along the line and on both fronts, and the tide has definitely turned in their favor; but how much more killing the Hun will put up with before knowing he is beaten remains to be found out.
On behalf of your boys and on behalf of all the representatives of the 97th Algonquin Rifles now doing duty here I wish to again express our thanks for your not forgetting, and if it please, Almighty God that we should all return (which is improbable), each will thank you in person; if not, you will all know from this that a kind thought and timely remembrance from old friends are more priceless than a king’s jewels from strangers. Wishing you all a bright, happy and prosperous New Year from them, yours faithfully R. R. McKessock January 27, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The staff of the branch of the Bell Telephone Co. received a collective acknowledgement from Copper Cliff boys now in France for Christmas boxes containing dainties and gifts which the girls thoughtfully forwarded at the festive season. The letter says in part: “The boys enjoyed it immensely. All arrived in excellent condition and the cakes and cigarettes were especially good. We don’t receive much fancy stuff around here unless we can manage to get into a town or village” A picture is forwarded. The boys are still in the kilts. They say the weather is very cold, but the break-up is expected soon. They spent both Christmas and New Years’ day in the trenches. The boys are with No. 2 Co. of the 15th Battalion, (48th Highlanders). January 12, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Star is in receipt of a letter from Pte. Thos. Burns, from “somewhere in the trenches in Belgium” in which he says “I wish through the medium of your paper you would kindly thank the members of the Park Club, Copper Cliff, for the ‘smokes’ they have sent me. They were greatly enjoyed by quite a number of the boys and some of them remarked that it was the best smoke they have had since leaving Canada”. It is unnecessary for the Star to elaborate on just how much these little gifts are appreciated by the boys at the front. February 21, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Many Copper Cliff young ladies contributed with their Sudbury sisters in the gift parcels which were presented to the men of the 159th at Sudbury armories last night. This fact has been generally overlooked, as the gifts have commonly been spoken of as coming from Sudbury girls alone. June 17, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Bell Telephone staff at Copper Cliff this week forwarded their annual Christmas bundles for Copper Cliff boys at the front. The shipment included eight boxes of towels, socks, soap, handkerchiefs, smokes and other ‘eats’ for the boys, some of whom were former employees of the Bell Telephone Co. Last year the phone girls sent a shipment to the front and from the ‘thank yous’ received later the presents were more than appreciated. November 18, 1916 The Sudbury Star.
A subscription has been passed in several of the departments at the General Office during the past week to provide funds for Christmas gift boxes for former Canadian Copper Co. employees now with the colors. The accounting department, which alone has twenty-five of the former members either at the front or in training has already forwarded a dozen or more packages of sweets and smokes to Copper Cliff boys in France. The appeal has met with a generous response. November 29, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Employees in Khaki all Received Gifts - Some time ago it was decided by the employees of the Canadian Copper Company at Copper Cliff, to remember the boys at the front, and those hwo had enlisted and are still in Canada by some Christmas boxes. A very generous response was made by the men, and over $500. Was collected. With this money 65 Christmas boxes were sent to the soldiers in England and France. One parcel was sent to Pte Sidney Smith, who had been a prisoner of war in Germany for nearly two years, and 86 parcels were sent to the boys who are still in Canada. December 27, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Just received Christmas Box in Far-off Saloniki from Copper Cliff – An interesting letter has been received in Copper Cliff from Mr. James Duncan, a former Copper Cliff boy, who enlisted with the Motor Transport, and has had considerable experience at the front, notably at Saloniki where he took part in the retreat of the Serbian army before the drive of the Austrians and Germans. On April 15th he was in a hospital at Malta and is progressing favourably to recovery. The parcel followed him for two months. May 19, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Christmas Boxes for all Ex-Employees of C. C. Co. Now Overseas. The employees of the Canadian Copper Company have organized a Soldiers’ Christmas Box Association. Christmas boxes will be sent to employees who are serving in the armies overseas, the addresses of the en whose names are listed below are requested, and should give number, rank, name, battalion, division and place. Cards for this purpose may be obtained at the time office. October 31, 1917 The Sudbury Star
More Addresses are Required by Christmas Box Association. The addresses of the following former employees of the Canadian Copper Company are still required by the Solders Christmas Box Association, Copper Cliff branch. November 7, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Christmas Boxes sent soldiers pleased many “Just the very thing wanted” is general verdict. Of the one hundred and seventy-four Christmas boxes sent overseas to former employees of the Canadian Copper co. by the Christmas Box Association some 80 have acknowledged receipt, while a half dozen others have written personal letters of acknowledgement. January 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Highest praise for boxes sent to the soldiers – Seventy-five send their thanks from France and England. Seventy-five acknowledgments have been received by Secretary F. C. Allgeier of the Canadian Copper Co.’s Christmas Box Association to parcels despatched June 12th last. Boxes were mailed to eight officers and one hundred and forty-four men of other ranks. It will be remembered that employees of the company subscribed so liberally to this fund last Christmas, when the first boxes were sent, that sufficient money was left to send another batch of boxes this June past. The boxes each contained: ½ lb. maple sugar, 1 cake sweet chocolate, ½ lb. shelled almonds, 1 lb. fruit cake, 1 tin maple butter, ½ lb. arrowroot biscuits, 50 Player’s cigarettes, 5 pkgs. Gum, 5 pkgs. Life Savers, 1 pkg. raisins, 1 pkg. dates, 1 pr. Socks, 1 pr. Suspenders, 1 pkg. bachelor buttons. September 18, 1918 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club will send money orders to nearly hundred and fifty former employees. Gifts to former employees of the International Nickel Co. from Copper cliff and district, and who are now serving with the army, will this Christmas take the form of money orders, replacing boxes which have been sent in former years. Of the 142 former employees whose addresses are available, 42 are in England, 97 in France, one in British West Indies, one in Palestine and one in Greece. November 23, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The War Relief Club provided funds for the Canadian Copper co. Christmas Box Association for the despatch of boxes this Christmas to ex-employees of the company now with the army in France, England, Canada and elsewhere. November 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Cliff Boys stand up well at Salisbury Plain We are please today to reproduce a letter received on Monday from Captain R. R. McKessock. January 12, 1915 “My Dear Morris: I received your letter of Dec. 11 with express parcel for the Copper Cliff boys over here, and so far have located with of them and gave each a fair share of the thoughtful remembrance from their home town. All have asked me to write to you expressing their deep appreciation for the gifts, which I may tell you are most acceptable here, as your tobacco and cigars are superior to anything we get on this side; but the quality is not all – it is the knowledge that they who have come over because of a sense of right and duty in the great cause are not forgotten by their friends at home, whose business connections and other good reasons prevented them offering themselves as we were privileged to do. So far as I know not a boy from Copper Cliff has ever been paraded sick since leaving home, a record your town may well be proud of when it is known there are not about 1,100 of the contingent in hospital. The balance of the 97th has also a good record, as very few have had to refuse a parade because of ? position. We are always pleased to get the papers from home, and each is devoured with an interest portending extreme hunger for information of all the doings of your community.
Have written letters before giving a synopsis of our work here and of other things, and suppose the friends are fairly well informed of us. We expect to be at the front in four or five weeks, and some believe the war will be over in seven or eight months or less; but none can tell. There is a prophetess in France just now who foretold the present war accurately, and who says peace will be declared before March 15, 1915. The Allies are now the aggressors all along the line and on both fronts, and the tide has definitely turned in their favor; but how much more killing the Hun will put up with before knowing he is beaten remains to be found out.
On behalf of your boys and on behalf of all the representatives of the 97th Algonquin Rifles now doing duty here I wish to again express our thanks for your not forgetting, and if it please, Almighty God that we should all return (which is improbable), each will thank you in person; if not, you will all know from this that a kind thought and timely remembrance from old friends are more priceless than a king’s jewels from strangers. Wishing you all a bright, happy and prosperous New Year from them, yours faithfully R. R. McKessock January 27, 1915 The Sudbury Star
The staff of the branch of the Bell Telephone Co. received a collective acknowledgement from Copper Cliff boys now in France for Christmas boxes containing dainties and gifts which the girls thoughtfully forwarded at the festive season. The letter says in part: “The boys enjoyed it immensely. All arrived in excellent condition and the cakes and cigarettes were especially good. We don’t receive much fancy stuff around here unless we can manage to get into a town or village” A picture is forwarded. The boys are still in the kilts. They say the weather is very cold, but the break-up is expected soon. They spent both Christmas and New Years’ day in the trenches. The boys are with No. 2 Co. of the 15th Battalion, (48th Highlanders). January 12, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Star is in receipt of a letter from Pte. Thos. Burns, from “somewhere in the trenches in Belgium” in which he says “I wish through the medium of your paper you would kindly thank the members of the Park Club, Copper Cliff, for the ‘smokes’ they have sent me. They were greatly enjoyed by quite a number of the boys and some of them remarked that it was the best smoke they have had since leaving Canada”. It is unnecessary for the Star to elaborate on just how much these little gifts are appreciated by the boys at the front. February 21, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Many Copper Cliff young ladies contributed with their Sudbury sisters in the gift parcels which were presented to the men of the 159th at Sudbury armories last night. This fact has been generally overlooked, as the gifts have commonly been spoken of as coming from Sudbury girls alone. June 17, 1916 The Sudbury Star
The Bell Telephone staff at Copper Cliff this week forwarded their annual Christmas bundles for Copper Cliff boys at the front. The shipment included eight boxes of towels, socks, soap, handkerchiefs, smokes and other ‘eats’ for the boys, some of whom were former employees of the Bell Telephone Co. Last year the phone girls sent a shipment to the front and from the ‘thank yous’ received later the presents were more than appreciated. November 18, 1916 The Sudbury Star.
A subscription has been passed in several of the departments at the General Office during the past week to provide funds for Christmas gift boxes for former Canadian Copper Co. employees now with the colors. The accounting department, which alone has twenty-five of the former members either at the front or in training has already forwarded a dozen or more packages of sweets and smokes to Copper Cliff boys in France. The appeal has met with a generous response. November 29, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Employees in Khaki all Received Gifts - Some time ago it was decided by the employees of the Canadian Copper Company at Copper Cliff, to remember the boys at the front, and those hwo had enlisted and are still in Canada by some Christmas boxes. A very generous response was made by the men, and over $500. Was collected. With this money 65 Christmas boxes were sent to the soldiers in England and France. One parcel was sent to Pte Sidney Smith, who had been a prisoner of war in Germany for nearly two years, and 86 parcels were sent to the boys who are still in Canada. December 27, 1916 The Sudbury Star
Just received Christmas Box in Far-off Saloniki from Copper Cliff – An interesting letter has been received in Copper Cliff from Mr. James Duncan, a former Copper Cliff boy, who enlisted with the Motor Transport, and has had considerable experience at the front, notably at Saloniki where he took part in the retreat of the Serbian army before the drive of the Austrians and Germans. On April 15th he was in a hospital at Malta and is progressing favourably to recovery. The parcel followed him for two months. May 19, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Christmas Boxes for all Ex-Employees of C. C. Co. Now Overseas. The employees of the Canadian Copper Company have organized a Soldiers’ Christmas Box Association. Christmas boxes will be sent to employees who are serving in the armies overseas, the addresses of the en whose names are listed below are requested, and should give number, rank, name, battalion, division and place. Cards for this purpose may be obtained at the time office. October 31, 1917 The Sudbury Star
More Addresses are Required by Christmas Box Association. The addresses of the following former employees of the Canadian Copper Company are still required by the Solders Christmas Box Association, Copper Cliff branch. November 7, 1917 The Sudbury Star
Christmas Boxes sent soldiers pleased many “Just the very thing wanted” is general verdict. Of the one hundred and seventy-four Christmas boxes sent overseas to former employees of the Canadian Copper co. by the Christmas Box Association some 80 have acknowledged receipt, while a half dozen others have written personal letters of acknowledgement. January 30, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Highest praise for boxes sent to the soldiers – Seventy-five send their thanks from France and England. Seventy-five acknowledgments have been received by Secretary F. C. Allgeier of the Canadian Copper Co.’s Christmas Box Association to parcels despatched June 12th last. Boxes were mailed to eight officers and one hundred and forty-four men of other ranks. It will be remembered that employees of the company subscribed so liberally to this fund last Christmas, when the first boxes were sent, that sufficient money was left to send another batch of boxes this June past. The boxes each contained: ½ lb. maple sugar, 1 cake sweet chocolate, ½ lb. shelled almonds, 1 lb. fruit cake, 1 tin maple butter, ½ lb. arrowroot biscuits, 50 Player’s cigarettes, 5 pkgs. Gum, 5 pkgs. Life Savers, 1 pkg. raisins, 1 pkg. dates, 1 pr. Socks, 1 pr. Suspenders, 1 pkg. bachelor buttons. September 18, 1918 The Sudbury Star
War Relief Club will send money orders to nearly hundred and fifty former employees. Gifts to former employees of the International Nickel Co. from Copper cliff and district, and who are now serving with the army, will this Christmas take the form of money orders, replacing boxes which have been sent in former years. Of the 142 former employees whose addresses are available, 42 are in England, 97 in France, one in British West Indies, one in Palestine and one in Greece. November 23, 1918 The Sudbury Star
The War Relief Club provided funds for the Canadian Copper co. Christmas Box Association for the despatch of boxes this Christmas to ex-employees of the company now with the army in France, England, Canada and elsewhere. November 21, 1918 The Sudbury Star
Obey That Patriotic Impulse
You will have a chance
Monday night – Rex should be packed to the roof. It is up to all to remember the widows and
also the children most certain to be left fatherless as a result of the
war. One thing certain, the Rex Theatre
should be filled as never before in this chance to substantiate “that patriotic
feeling”. A first class concert will be
given. The Dramatic Club have selected a
powerful dramatic sketch, with a strong patriotic thread running through
it. One feature of the affair that
should be kept in mind is that every cent of the proceeds will go to the
fund. The promoters of the concert wish
to express their best thanks to Messrs. Dan and Dick McKinnon for the free use
of the theatre, to all those who are so kindly giving their services both on
the stage and by selling tickets, and to the Star for printing the tickets and
advertising the concert free. September
19, 1914 The Sudbury Star
Patriotic concert success – theatre packed to doors and receipts are gratifying – all numbers on program loudly encored. The people of Copper Cliff responded nobly to the call sent forth by the promoters of the Patriotic concert. The proceeds, which have already topped $150., with several ticket sellers yet to hear from, have been handed over to Mayor Silvester, who will decide upon the best way in which it should be used. The concert was probably unique in the history of Copper Cliff, in as much as there are no bills of expense to meet, every cent of the proceeds being handed over to the fund. September 23, 1914 The Sudbury Star
97th Band will give Patriotic Concert soon – proceeds will provide comforts for regiment at the front – concerts to be best ever staged here – Sudbury and Copper Cliff artists to Cooperate. Arrangements are now being made for two monster patriotic concerts to be given by the 97th regimental band in the near future, with the idea of providing comforts for members of the 97th Algonquin Rifles on active service. March 27, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Patriotic concert success – theatre packed to doors and receipts are gratifying – all numbers on program loudly encored. The people of Copper Cliff responded nobly to the call sent forth by the promoters of the Patriotic concert. The proceeds, which have already topped $150., with several ticket sellers yet to hear from, have been handed over to Mayor Silvester, who will decide upon the best way in which it should be used. The concert was probably unique in the history of Copper Cliff, in as much as there are no bills of expense to meet, every cent of the proceeds being handed over to the fund. September 23, 1914 The Sudbury Star
97th Band will give Patriotic Concert soon – proceeds will provide comforts for regiment at the front – concerts to be best ever staged here – Sudbury and Copper Cliff artists to Cooperate. Arrangements are now being made for two monster patriotic concerts to be given by the 97th regimental band in the near future, with the idea of providing comforts for members of the 97th Algonquin Rifles on active service. March 27, 1915 The Sudbury Star
Canadian Copper Co.
$5,000. From Copper
Co. for relief in Belgium. The
Governor-General has received a donation of five thousand from the Canadian
Copper Company, Copper Cliff, to be used by the St. John’s Ambulance
Association in relieving British and Canadian sick and wounded in France and
Belgium. Once more is New Ontario’s
premier industry to the forefront in its full share of what Canadians generally
believe to be the duty of the hour – the relief of the suffering of those in
Belgium. The contribution takes rank
with any which have been received in Ottawa.
November 7, 1914 The Sudbury Star
