Show poppy peppy pay day to be observed in may tay may is I 1 the month that little rod poppies pop ples will bloom on rilia or coats coat throughout america As aa the tha annual day for or the wearing of the poppy draws near it la is well to bring to our minds the significance ot of this flower why do we have a poppy day first we wear the poppy oil once ca a year to express the feeling of reverence that is always in our hearts for or the men who died on the poppy studded fields of france and ana belgium duling dining the world war the poppy poppy is their lower flower it grew on their fresh graves the one touch of beauty and life in all that tha t region of destruction st and death known as the front second we wear the poppy to help lighten the burden for those who are still undergoing suffering and hardships because of the tha war the ahe disabled veterans and tile the families of 0 the dead and disabled ev every ry one of tho the ten million poppies which th this american a legion Aux auxiliary Illary will offer to the public on poppy day have been shaped by the fingers of some disabled veteran boiking in 11 government hospitals where in moro are than are still under tres treatment t in conva convalescent lement workshops where they are eking out a live 1 lahood until they become strong enough for regular work only men 1 who aho vho receive little or no ao government liam at compensation babp been becaj given the work and the money momey which they ha have haie ie been able to earn eam has bas been a real godsend god Godt send solid to 0 o them and their fy families early I 1 on tho alio llio morning tl of poppy peppy day the women ok of the am american legion auxiliary will take the poppies tho the disabled men have i made out on the streets and pin j them to tile the coats coata of passer bys every penny of the dimes or quartets teis which are arc received will go directly to the relief of the disabled their families and the families of the dead the bulk of Q which will be kept in roosevelt for or our needy buddies the basin unit his has received their full quota of poppies to sell this year mra pearl knudsen poppy chairman is already busy making plans for this year and poll programs will appear in the near abar future |