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Show LEGION AUXILIARY SETS MAY 25 AS POPPY DAY SALE Poppies to honor America's dead warriors of two World Wars will be worn in Bingham district, May 25, Mrs. Maude Hocking, president of Bingham unit of the American Legion auxiliary, announced an-nounced today. The little red flowers will pay tribute both to those men who have died for their country in the present war and to those who fell 27 years ago in France and Belgium Bel-gium among the swaying poppies The money that is received lwr the flowers will be used to aid the afflicted veterans of both wars and their families. Extensive preparations for the observance of Poppy day are being be-ing made by the Bingham unit of the auxiliary here under the leadership of Mrs. Francis J. Quinn, unit poppy chairman. Everyone in the city will be able to buy the flowers of remembrance remem-brance from the many volunteer workers from the auxiliary who will be on the streets all through the day. The flowers are made of crepe paper on the pattern of the wild Eoppy of Flanders. They have een ordered from Veteran Facility Fa-cility where disabled veterans made them under the direction of the Utah department of the auxiliary. Making the poppies has helped these veterans keep their minds and fingers occupied, causing the otherwise tedious months to pass quickly and at the same time furnishing the men with a means of livelihood This year it is expected that more Americans than ever before be-fore will wish to wear the poppies pop-pies as a salute to the dead soldiers sold-iers and their bereaved families, and as a financial aid to the living liv-ing but disabled soldiers and their needy families. |