| Show t 4 a' 't s ' V i THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE i Thoughtful Act Brings !Mf JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING MAY 27 Page PJre 1834 Writers Send Stories About Memorial Day Jefferson Champion " Sincere Joy N It was the day before Memorial day Anna Fey and Audrey had de- cided to pay respect to the deed sol diers and townspeople by making flowers to put on their1' graves the next day In the afternoon the three girls met at Audrey’s place and set to work with crepe paper scissors paste wire and all the other things' necessary to flower making By night the girls hod several boxes of bright pretty flowers Their mothers were proud of their work and so were the girls themselves They planned to gather flowers early the next morning from the garden to add tp thepaper ones and give them ’ enough for nrvaff graves The next morning the girls met The flags were waving in again honor of the day The air was filled with fragrance Everything seemed to be especially lovely because of the occasion The girls took their flow ers end went to the cemetery Here the graves of the solthey diers who had been willing to give their lives for their country “Poor fellows! They were certainly brave!'' said Audrey as they neared the graves They neatly arranged their flowers on the graves of the soldiers meking them look very Several 4 pretty “There Lake -- MEMORIAL day Memorial or Decoration day as it is more often called was first started by the bereaved southern gentlewomen who lost husbands and brothers in the wifr of secession OnCe each year they carried wil( flowers and strewed them on the graves of their dead The custom gradually widened un til it was finally adopted and s day was set aside by most of the states as a legal holiday in which to do honor to our dead The day is not the same date In all states but is usually in April or May Most states set it according to the montl when there are the most flowers Our day In Utah as everyone knows is May SO now don’t they look pretty?’’ asked Anna when she had finished “Yes they really do Oh I am so happy that we could do this littlp thing in honor of these soldiers" said f Fay AH the people in the cemetery gathered around to admire the graves of the soldiers “Those girk are certainly thoughtful and kind” said ' one woman “They set us all s good example of patriotism The girls then placed flowers on a number of undecorated graves Here they knew lay the bodies of those Whose families and friends had moved away and left no one to pay this little courtesy to their graves As the girls walked home that afternoon they were filled with solemn happiness REVA SHEPARD 14 Mona verses are: True friends' are like diamonds precious but rare False friends are like autumn leaves found everywhere The last in your book I’ve chosen to I be But last in your heart would be ful to pain- - me PAGE MERLE McCLELLAN Woods Cross The principal service of pith to a plant is for storage of starch The tower of London grounds has a cannon shaped like a bulldog 4 LaRue P&rdinI 8 years old has been announced champion jack player of the Jefferson School LaRue won this title in the recent Jack tournament held at Jefferson Although LaRue is but a fourth grade pupil and had to compete against girls from the fourth fifth and sixth grades she carried off the laurels and Is now undisputed queen of the “steps” for Jefferson girls did most of their practicing on the broad cement steps at each entrance to the building CHARACTER CLUB LETTERS Well it must seem to you as if I have entirely forgotten that there ever was such a place as the Knighthood of Youth office but really I haven’t! I have been going to write for a long whilg but I Just haven't got around to it I thought the contest turned out very nicely There are quite a few in line for a medal aren't there? Maxine Reeder of Blackfoot wrote to you before school started and said she had organized a club called the “Excelsior Since then I League" have Joine4 and find it is a very nice elub She asked me if I would tell you about it because she wants more members For myself 1 think it is a very fine club Well I must close now Love t Phosphorus for medical use is tained from distillation of bone a Buzzin Round With Buzz " 4 4 ' Dear Editor: VERSES FOR YOUR AUTOGRAPH ALBUM album My favorite autograph i 4 C 4 P ob- sent in good Newton Mona Anne Garfield Mona Reva Shepard Mona Betty Cowan Nephi Arleen Tanner Lajtdn Young Mona Walter Broman Salt Lake Betty Lu Carwile Salt deco-rate- 4 contributors articles dealing with the history-- of Memorial day and with its signifi- cance and meaning to us The judges read all these carefully and chose this one by Page LuCee Williams for publication The others were award ed 50 points each They are: Dorothy t ELDA Dear Editor: I am reading your paper each Sun day and enjoy it very much although my things haven’t been published yet I suppose you have so many that you can put only "the best ones in But I like to belong to it anyway None of my friends have joined yet but I am' going to try to get them in I think one will join right away Of course I am a brand new member myself Wishing the club much success GERALDINE BECRAFT Salt Lake Dear Editor: sending in a few new things and 1 hope you like them I had written quite a few stories but hadn't sent them in so when I saw that I just got 200 points in the last contest 1 decided to work harder I have not been marking my chart for quite awhile Isn’t it funny that we didn’t have any show on Christmas or New I am We now decorate the graves of the dead soldiers of the Spanish-Amer- i can war and the World war Since the World war the president each year makes a pilgrimage of ceremony to the tomb of the American Unknown Soldier 'and places there a wreath of beautiful blooms Ever? mother who lost trace of her son in the World war carries a secret hope that it may be her son who is so honored PAGE LU CEE WILLIAMS Salt Lake We Should Honor Memorial Day On May 30 we should observe Memorial day Some people do not think there Is any reason for them to do anything special but this day has been set aside as a day to honor and pay respect to the dead We should go to the cemetery on this day and decorate the graves Some people cannot go to the cemetery and wonder how they can show respect One way is to hqpg a flag on the porch There are other way a also Special ceremonies parades and services may be attended WANDA WEST 11 Salt Uke The Colca valley in Peru shelters’ last of an ancient Andrean tribe Paris green an insect poison contains arsenic copper oxygen and hydrogen -- the If this keeps up ' we shall surely have a dry summer Year’s? Sincerely ydUrs ESQUIRE ROBERT ARNOLD Tooele Orval Graves |
