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Show " POPPY SALES' TOTALS HIGH According to Mrs. J. Dewey Knudsen, chairman of the annual American Legion poppy sale conducted last Saturday, 1700 poppies were sold in Bingham Canyon district. 1350 were sold in Bingham and the remainder in Lark, Copperfield and Cop-perton. Cop-perton. Fifteen girls worked all day selling poppies. 40 per cent of the funds derived from sales are sent the disabled veterans at the Salt Lake City Veterans hospital, who make the poppies. 60 per cent of the funds are kept by the auxiliary to be used for welfare work in Bingham Canyon district. dis-trict. Mrs. Ross Hocking is in charge of the welfare committee. Some of the proceeds from poppv sales was expended for materials used in making 17 wreaths which will be placed on graves of veterans at Bingham cemetery. A group of auxiliary members met at the home of Mrs. Knudsen in Copperton Thursday Thur-sday and made the wreaths. Committee members in charge of poppy sales were Mrs. J. Dewey Dew-ey Knudsen, chairman; Mrs. W. T. Allmark, Mrs. C. A. Morley, Mrs. Anast J. Chipian, Mrs. Ross Hocking, Mrs. C. W. Adderley, Bingham Canyon: Mrs. Gust Alexion, Copperfield; Mrs. L. A. Christensen, Mrs. Mike F. Brisk, Mrs. D. J. Sullivan, Copperton; Mrs. Clarence Ball, Lark. |