Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-24 | Page 8 | Poppies Are Made at 'Vet' Hospital

POPPIES ARE MADE AT VET HOSPITAL Employment Provided for Many Patients The MIDVALE-The The ALE memorial poppies which the women of the American Legion auxiliary of Jordan post No 35 will distribute in the Midvale district district dis- dis on Poppy day May 2 28 have been a means means' of providing employment employ employ- meat ment to hundreds of disabled World war veterans throughout the winter and spring months according to Mrs Vinnie Lind and Mrs Ertle Effle Hobbs rehabilitation chairmen of the local auxiliary unit The little red lowers flowers have haye made possible earnings of approximately approximately ap- ap proximately for these disabled men they stated The poppies to be sold in Midvale are made in the Salt Lake veterans veterans' hospital in special poppy workrooms maintained by the auxiliary This year 58 poppy making centers have operated in 40 states Employment is r restricted to men unable to do work of any other type and preference is given those with families to support The paper poppy is wed used because its making is a hand process I