Show If 4 1 v I I 1 t I. I r J X- X r J i f i iI t l p I S St r I c 1 I l t 1 1 it I i lf ti t i rr y- y 4 t I Ll t 7 BUY A A POPPY Mrs Arthur Horsley and John Peterson show Matt Galt Gait left some of the poppies to be sold during the annual popy day next week end Mrs Horsley May 25 and 26 will again be 1 Poppy Days in n Bountiful and surrounding area WILL WILT YOU WEAR WEAn a poppy over o your heart We feel sure you will if iC you know what the poppy means These little poppies have been blooming in abundance during the winter and spring in veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veter veter- ans' ans hospitals all over o the na na- tion lion Some were verc working in beds on tables with painstaking ing care Crippled hands have struggled to make them beautiful ful lul while others have had their hands guided by touch because they gave their sight for or you and me I ITilE TilE THE POPPIES are replicas of the famous blooms that bloom in Flanders Field between between be be- tween the row on row o of crosses that mark the graves of oC our heros peros who sleep there In this day of oC space it is difficult difficult cult cull to to associate these silent graves grave's graves s in far away places with toda today We might not be looking toward the sky and a glorious future without the task forces of of these men but might be bowing to a dictator and our beloved nation no longer theland the theland theland land of oC the free and the home of the brave but vassals of I tyranny and Mr Petersen head the local units of the American Legion and Auxiliary of the event HOW now CAN WE connect the events of oC 40 some odd years ago with toda today Our astronauts arc are fine servicemen because the they believe in America and have a sober reverence for the ast as well as the present and for those who came before them The striking difference is that they face ace the unknown up in the blue while the men in France sloshed through mud and muck much to achieve a future The seed of greed of the tyrants tyrants tyr tyr- ants was not dead as ns had been the hope One cold Dec 7 we were cre shocked to hear that Pearl Harbor Har Hal Harbor bor had been bombed and the ugly head of the tyrant had again risen to threaten tho thole e things we hold dear ou our freedom freedom free free- dom to worship as we please our freedom of speech and our democratic way of life liCe After one t tyrant rant is put down there is another to take his place THE TILE MEN AIEN WHO fill these beds may ma never return to their I loved ones and know the joy of reunion reunion with wives children and grandchildren Lest we forget you cannot cut the chain that forms the protective e circle that began in the past and has been strengthened by bythe bythe byi the present to keep our nation free The wearing of or the poppy over ovel your our heart tells the world that we do remember and are arc grateful to those who made the supreme sacrifice that w e c might live in America where God is known and worshipped each in hi his own wa way where family life is sacred and where you OU and I can share the duties and privileges of helping to maintain the myriads of blessings bles bles- ings sings we have and hold dear GIVE AN EAR again when a volunteer worker offers you a poppy and you drop a coin in inthe inthe inthe the box that little poppy peppy is saying saying saying say say- ing to you every dime people g give e when they wear me goes goes' toward helping disabled war veterans widows and needy children of veterans Let us see sec that every every single poppy is worn over the heart hearton i on Poppy Days and be thank thankful ful nil for or the privilege of being able to help a little Visitors are always welcome at the Veterans' Veterans Hospital and it is suggested you make a visit there to get the full impact of this message of the Poppy |