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Show iTIayoi- Proclaims Poppy Day Next Saturday Mayor J. V. McLea has pro- j claimed Saturday, May 24, as i Poppy Day in Roosevelt. Members of the American, Legion Auxiliary, Basin Unit 64, will be on the streets Saturday Satur-day selling the poppies in memory mem-ory of the men who died that free men might live. The poppy has Decome tne f memorial flower of the Amer ican Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary because of its abundant blooming on the battle bat-tle fields of France, where so many of our men had fallen in battle. Revenue from the poppy sales is used entirely in the rehabil-1 itation program, Which is designed de-signed to aid and benefit those who still are confined in hospitals hos-pitals as results of the major world wars that have been fought to stabilize humanity. |