Show Poppy Day Set Saturday In Basin Area Mayor Alvin Kay has is is- is issued sued a proclamation setting aside May 25 as Poppy Day in the Vernal area Memorial poppies which will be worn In Vernal on this day have been made macre by disabled veterans at t the Ft Douglas Hospital in Salt Lake City according to the American Legion Auxiliary Unit No 11 THE RED crepe paper flowers which are arc worn as asa asa a tribute to the nations nation's war dead each year are distributed ed by volunteer workers under un- un dier der the direction of the Am- Am American American legion Auxiliary Mrs Maurine Freestone lary iary Poppy Day chairman has announced that more than poppies have been received here this year Making poppies provides gainful employment and needed work therapy for thousands of our servicemen still hospitalized with war war- wartime time injuries These tiny reo re- replicas of the wild poppies which lined the battlefields of Europe during World War WarI I have become the emblem for personal remembrance of our servicemen's sacrifices Mrs Freestone said THE AMERICAN Legion Witbeck Unit No 11 have been busy the past month preparing for this day with poster contests in the schools and have also prepared a window display that can be viewed in the Style Shop window g 1st place in the poster pos pos- poster ter contest at Ashley Elemen tary was Randy Merrill with Ashley Valley Junior High Schools 1st place goIng to Jimmy R Reynolds olds 2nd place Beth Cook and Bar Bar- Barbara bara HubUn and Bruce Nel son taking 3rd places THESE POSTERS are on display in Ashton Brothers Brother's Department Store window Other participants in the poster contest from the theA A V JH were Melody Thune- Thune horst Connie Connle Caldwell Clay Clay- Clayton ton Merkley 1 Larry Hicks Billie Smith Debra Goodrich Good Good- Goodrich rich Katherine Luck Dennis Terry Mary Denver Roland and Steve Darby |