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Show I . kmwd poppy sales sev for dis&hled veterans The poppy material is furnished fur-nished by the Legion Auxiliary Auxil-iary and then they purchase the poppies from the veterr ans and in turn sell them The women will make a house to house canvass Saturday Sat-urday asking every one to buy a poppy for a dime or whatever he desires to give. Volunteers will also be on Main Street throughout the day to ask townspeople to buy the red flower for remembrance. re-membrance. This year perhaps more than any since World War II or I, townspeople are more aware of the sacrifice the veterans have made for freedom The auxiliary is therefore urging all to wear the red poppy as a memorial memor-ial for those who have lost i pies and as a result the ; auxiliary sells as many as possible each Poppy Day. Occupational therapy de-: de-: partments in the various i hospitals praise the poppy i work as a booster to veteran veter-an morale. ) Next Saturday, May 25, is i I'oppy Day in Springville and throughout the state. Members of the Legion Aux-' Aux-' iliary are sponsoring the 1 sale of lne t'ny re flowers in memory of veterans who have lost their lives in past wars, in defense of freedom. The Springville unit will sell 1500. Disabled veterans begin several months before Poppy pay, making the memorial flowers. The veterans are 1 paid for the work they do and for many men it is the only opportunity they have of making extra money all year long. The veterans always al-ways ask to make more pop- their lives for their country. To impress upon students, the significance of the red poppy, the auxiliary sponsors spon-sors a poppy poster contest each year, in the schools, awarding cash prizes to the winners. This year, as in previous years, there were many fine posters entered in the contest. The best ones are being exhibited in store windows to remind citizens of the annual Poppy Day and what it means to wear the flower. Clara Sumsion is poppy pester chairman. Lela Nelson, Nel-son, president of the auxiliary, aux-iliary, is general chairman of poppy day sales. |
