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Show Foreign Wars Group 'Explain I Buddy Poppy Process I Editor's Note: Officers of the Juniper Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary unit of Cedar City have requested that we publish the following-statement following-statement from them with regards re-gards certain phases of the an- , nual Poppy Sale conducted by the organization. The statement 1 Each year in the Iron County Record the V. F. W. and our auxiliary aux-iliary have given a history and I account of the "Buddy Poppy", jand its origin in France for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Now we would like to clear up some thoughts about the making of them. There has been some comment to the effect that the V F W Buddy Bud-dy Poppies were machine made-in made-in a factory, and to clear up any doubts let us tell you how and by whom they are made. The disabled dis-abled veterans do make them. They are made in hospitals and soldier's home by the disabled veterans. Some of these men operate op-erate the machines that cut out the heavy poppy leaves and make the stems; others put the flowers together and attach the date and name tags. The poppies pop-pies are then counted, packed, and labeled for shipment by the veterans. These artificial blooms are fashioned by the hands that operated planes, steered the ships, or fired the guns in our wars. This veteran activity proves the real theraupeutic value and also provides extra spending money so these men may buy some additional comforts. The idea of selling poppies to the American people to support a national welfare program was originated in 1922 by the Veterans Veter-ans of Foreign Wars, and the men who made the flowers coined the term Buddy Poppy, in honor of their fallen buddies. In 1924 the name was registered regis-tered with the' U. S. Patent Office. Of-fice. The patent guarantees that all Buddy Poppie are made by disabled and needy veterans. |