Show The American Legion Poppy Day Saturday The little red poppy will be on sale everywhere Saturday May 25 2 by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit These little flowers are arc made by disabled men men In the Veterans Administration hospitals furnishing needed employment and some funds for them The proceeds of ot the salo sale go Into a Child Welfare fund und The opportunity to purchase some of ot these little messengers of or Charity comes only once a year y ar and the public Is urged to give the women of ot the Legion Auxiliary a pleasant smile and welcome when they Contact you whether at or Q on Q the e. e street This poppy sale originated with the tho American Legion Auxiliary at a the end of World War I. I I And was as inspired by a a. poem by a Canadian soldier entitled In Ill the field the th poppies grow between the crosses row and row As a reminder of the poppies growing in Flanders fields on the graves of ot our departed comrades tho the local post of ot the American Legion is having on Memorial day May 30 a service in the Veterans building commemorating the sacrifices of the men who lost their lives in World War II Ih It is proposed to have the obituary obItuary ary record of ot all who made the supreme sacrifice The parents of or these men are areto areto areto to be the special guests at this Memorial service All service ex-service men are urged to be present W. W J. J J BARDSLEY Adjutant Post No 14 |