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Show ; ' Saturday Is Poppy Day Saturday, May 26, is Poppy Day. In Springville, Spring-ville, and throughout the nation, the little red flowers will be sold to help those who have suffered suf-fered in the first and in the second World Wars. The poppies in Springville will be sold by members of the Legion auxiliary. When Col. John McCrae wrote, "In Flanders' fields the poppies blow, between the crosses row on row . . .," he did not realize of what impor-I impor-I tance soldiers would attach to the flower, seen as the one touch of beauty surviving amid the hideous destruction of World War 1. The little flower has become a living symbol of the sacrifices sacri-fices of veterans of the first World War. The crepe paper poppy was selected as the official flower of the American Legion and auxiliary aux-iliary because it could provide the maximum of work for disabled men, and earn for them money for welfare and relief. As each poppy leaves the hands of a disabled veteran it means help for necessities and comforts not provided by the hospital. hos-pital. It adds a little to the store of coin which, when he leaves the hospital, helps him to face the battle of winning back his place in life. The cut material for the poppies is furnished without cost to veterans of the first World War, and to those who have suffeered in the second. The men can make 300 to 500 a day and each poppy means one cent. This year 35 World War I veterans and 10 World War II veterans earned $1060. Mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of the soldiers of the American Legion have volunteered volun-teered to sell these poppies on the streets, Saturday, Sat-urday, May 26. To show their reverence to those who died in both wars, members of the home front will wear them proudly, with a feeling too deep to put into words, for Americans everywhere know the fighting spirit of our American boys. |