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Show Lake. They will be distributed on the streets here on Poppy Day by volunteer workers from the American Legion Auxiliary and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Contributions received for the little red memorial me-morial flowers will go entirely into the rehabilitation and child welfare funds of the Legion and the Auxiliaries. The flowers are made of crepe paper with wire stems and SATURDAY. MAY 26 IS POPPY DAY Making memorial ponies to be worn in honor of the war dead on Poppy Day, May 26th, is providing employment for thousands of disabled veterans in hospitals throughout the country, according to Mrs. Pat I Stewart, poppy chairman for the Milford American Legion Auxiliary. The work not only enables the veterans to earn much-needed money, but also is valuable as occupational therapy, ther-apy, Mrs. Davis said. Poppies which will be worn here are being made by patients at the Veterans hospital at Salt are accurate replicas of the wild poppies of France and Belgium,, Bel-gium,, which grew in such profusion pro-fusion on the battlefields of both world wars. This "Flanders "Flan-ders Field" poppy has been the memorial flower of all English speaking countries ever since the first World War. Millions are worn throughout the world each year and, in addition to keeping bright the memory of the war dead, they are an important im-portant source of funds for the welfare of the disabled veterans veter-ans and needy children of veterans. vet-erans. The veterans work on the flowers in their hospital beds, wheel chairs, or in the hospital hobby shops. The veterans develop de-velop great skill and speed in shaping the flowers and are able to earn substantial amounts For them the poppy fills empty hospital hours with interesting, profitable employment. |