Show 1 D I 1 11 mil I 1 clarl allred mayor of the town of velta mindful of the sacrifice made b by y those who offered their liv es in the of this nation and those of freedom and democracy and of the great debt of gratitude we owe to those who re ire turned from such conflict broken in body do hereby proclaim saturday may 23 POPPY DAY I 1 further call upon the good citi zens of this community which pour ed out ou its full measure of manhood its financial resources and patriotic service of its citizens la in the critical da days ys of 1914 18 in a world struggle to hark back to the spirit of those times to help the disabled veterans their families and the orphans of the deceased soldiers by buying am legion poppies which will be sold on the streets saturday by the women of that organization and to wear those flowers which so fitting ly symbolize the acts of those men and women who gave their all dark clark allred mayor |