HELP FOR THE FISHERMEN* 



. of the most gratifying features of this particular 

 part of the Mission's enterprise was the warmth of 

 the expressions of approval from naval officers of 

 high rank ; and the spontaneity of some of these 

 thanks added greatly to their value. In recognition 

 of her services as honorary secretary and treasurer 

 of the Mil ford Haven and South Wales Mine- 

 Sweepers' Comforts Supply Association, Miss 

 Elizabeth Cooper, a member of the Council and 

 Honorary Lady Superintendent of the society's in- 

 stitute at Mil ford Haven, was appointed an Officer 

 of the Order of the British Empire. 



The extensive coast-line covered by the Mission's 

 operations made it possible for a fisherman, what- 

 ever his special work might be, to keep in touch 

 with the society, and so it happened that if his last 

 place of call chanced to be Lerwick, in the Shet- 

 lands, and his next Newlyn, at the Land's End, he 

 could rind a home ; and to that home he went as 

 surely as the magnet draws the metal. He had 

 absolute faith in the institute, and as often as not 

 put himself unreservedly into the hands of the Lady 

 . iperintendent or other head of the branch, this 

 head, in some cases, being one who had been a 

 fisherman himself, and therefore understood pre- 

 cisely what to do. 



The perfect and child-like confidence of fishermen 

 who had to deal with the Mission in war-time was 

 well illustrated in a case relating to one of the East 

 coast institutes. The Lady Superintendent re- 

 ceived by post an envelope containing notes of the 



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