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Show FORGET-ME-NOT DAY IN BINGHAM This city is to participate in the great national movement of Saturday, November 4, when "Forget -Me-Not Day" is to be observed throughout the United States. Arrangements are rapidly rapid-ly being completed for the sale of the little forget-me-nots by the girls and women of the city, on t'he streets and in the public centers of the community, on November 4; and a great force of sales-peopj'e will be out on the streets on that day, to distribute the little flowers to the citizens. The entire proceeds of "Forget-Me-Not Day" are to be used for the relief and welfare of the nation's na-tion's wounded and disabled veterans vet-erans of the world war, assisting their national legislative activities activi-ties establishing clubhouse quarters quar-ters and summer camps, and for general advancement of the men who were maimed and crippled during the late war; so that they may be aided in their fight to regain the places in civilian life. The Disabled American Vet-arans Vet-arans of the World War, which is sponsoring "Forget-Me-Not Day", has within its rolls, over 100,000 of the wounded and disabled dis-abled veterans of itye United States ; and is also functioning for the remaining 150,000 all of whom are to be benefited by the activities of November '4. C. Hamilton Cook, national commander com-mander of the Disabled American Amer-ican Veterans of the World War, has sent out an appeal to the mothers, wives, sweethearts of the nation's war Veterans, to take an active part in tfie sale of the little fcrget-me-nots, the proceeds of the day counting for much in general welfare of the disabled veterans of the nation. R. T. Dahlquist is chairman of the "Forget-Me-Not Day" committee com-mittee in this city. Tjhe Central Cen-tral Bank is Treasurer of .. the commiittee, and donations to the "Forget-Me-Not Day" campaign can be made direct to the Bank, by mail or in person. |