Show COALVILLE POPPY DAY SATURDAY MAY AUX prepared for poppy day to be observed here and throughout the the nation saturday may went forward rapidly today with the arrival of the memorial poppies american lelon legion le lon auxiliary headquarters the little red fa flowers lower 5 of them came from the veterans hospital salt lake bluy where they were made by disa disabled bleLl world war veterans comrades of the men in whose honor they will be worn the poppies are being counted and arranged in readiness tor for distribution trib ution to the poppy day workers who will offer them on ahe il e street may to be worn az as a tribute to the world war dead all work in with the observance is being carried out by 01 intner so hat c cay ay iy penny recel rec elid as poppy day contributions ran can go into the welfare funds of the legion and auxiliary the poppies are paper replica a i of the wild european poppies which bloomed along the battle front and in the war cemeteries during the world war it was this flower growing between the rows of wooden crosses above fresh battle graves which inspired col john mccrea t to write his famous poem in flanders fields the flowers has been made by hand by some disabled veteran in need of employment for each poppy the auxiliary has paid als its maker one cent enabling hundreds of veterans to support themselves and families through 0 the winter and s spring p r I 1 n g A ampro p p r 0 x irately ten million of the poppies have been made this year meaning ing earnings of placed in th the e empty pockets of these disabled veterans in addition to the earnings of the veterans manking the poppies the poppy funds gring bring aid to thousands of needy families of veterans throughout the year |