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Show Buddy Poppies To Be Sold Saturday Saturday will be "Poppy day" throughout the Uuited States. Mil lions of Americans will wear little red poppies in tribute to the men who gave their lives on the poppy-studded poppy-studded battle fields of France and Belgium during the World war. An army of approximately 100,000 women wo-men will distribute the memorial flowers on the streets of practically every city and town in the country. Arrangements for observance of, "Poppy day" here have been com-; pleted by the women of the local' American Legion Auxiliary Unit un- der the leadership of Mrs. Willardj Nichols, poppy chairman. Auxiliary i I women will distribute poppies on the: I street throughout the day, and will: ! receive contributions for the welfare of disabled veterans, their families: and the families of the dead. j The poppies to be offered by the Auxiliary are paper replicas of the wild poppies of France which grew j on the battle fields and war ceme- teries. They have been made by the ; j disabled veterans working in 58 gov-: ernment hospitals and Auxiliary J workrooms in 40 different states. ; The local Auxiliary unit will distrib-J ute poppies made at the Salt Lake; Veterans hospital. ! The bulk of the money contributed : for poppies will be retained in the city to be used for the relief of needy veterans and their families during the coming year. Part will go to ! support state and national activities of the American Legion and Auxili-j Auxili-j ary for the disabled and dependents. The poppy sale is the principal source j of support for the continuous welfare j and rehabilitation program carried i out by the Auxiliary, and the Auxi- liary workers are hoping that more people than ever before will "honor j the dead and serve the living" by wearing a poppy Saturday. ! o |
