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Show AUXILIARY TO SPONSOR BIG POPPY SALE Springville women of the Amer- i jean Legion auxiliary already are ; preparing to make the 1932 Poppy day the success th.it it. has always : been, according to Hilda Giant. ! president of the 'organization. i "Memories of tne war dead al- way's bring thoughts of those who j did not die. hut came back doomed i to years of hardship and suffering, i sometimes worse than, death," Mrs. i Grant stated in discussing" the j hopes of the auxiliray women to j make the day a huge success. 'While plans are already under ! way for the Poppy sale, the day of this, annual event has not as yet been announced, Mrs. Grant states. .Attention is called to the fact that in the poppy was found a way to link the honoring of the dead with service for the living" victims of the war. Soon after the war different patriotic organizations began be-gan conducting poppy sales to raise funds for relief work among the suffering ex-service men and their families. The paper poppy made by the American disabled in government hospitals and poppy work shops became be-came the standard American Legion Leg-ion auxiliary flower. Every poppy for sale on Poppy Day is made by hand by some disabled veteran.. "Working in government hospitals, where mole than 30,000 are still under treatment, in convalescent workshops where they are' eking out a livelihood until they become strong enough for regular work, and in little homes which they are stiuggling to keep together, disabled dis-abled veterans have been busy for months preparing poppies for Poppy Pop-py Day. Only.' men who receive no government compensation arc given this work. 1 'It is to these that every cent of the returns of the poppy sale goes, auxiliary members state. |
