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IK A. I SI Section Two Section Two Vol. No. 177 Helena, Montana, Sunday, May 17, 1953 Price Five Centi emorialPqppies Will Make Annual Appearance Saturday I I II 1 1 II II Symbols of Supreme Sacrifice For Freedom Made by Disabled Veterans af VA Here offer them to the public Saturday The always-generous public will re By D. XV.

Bowler Crepe paper Memorial poppies, fashioned by the otherwise idle hands of Montana veterans hos spond and the poppy will provide still more funds for rehabilitation of veterans and the welfare of children. pitalized at Fort Harrison, will be sold in Helena and throughout the Treasure State next Saturday by '1 American Legion auxiliaries. The double-purpose Memorial poppy symbolizes the memory of those who have died that America All of the poppy proceeds, other than the two cents each paid the veteran-makers, is placed in the separate funds for rehabilitation and child welfare. Expenses oi the Memorial poppy day sale must be from other American Legion and auxiliary funds. The 1953 Memorial poppy day sale in Helena will be conducted under the leadership of Mrs.

Clem ent Brent and Margaret Hoffman, co-chairmen of the Lewis and Clark chapter committee. Others on the committee are Mrs. Tom Ferguson and Mrs. Don House. J'Next Saturday the little red might be free.

It symbolizes the untiring work the American Legion and its auxiliary does throughout the year to rehabilitate the disabled and aid the widows and orphans of those who fell in defense of the nation. Auxiliaries from Lewis and Clark chapter will be on the streets and in the stores and of fices Saturday offering the Memori al poppies to a generous public that the worthwhile programs will not cease. The American Legion Memorial noppy starts its good work from the- moment sometimes unsteady BUSY HANDS HELP PATIENTS at the veterans' administration hospital where patients put together the familiar crepe DOUBLE-PURPOSE POPPIES are made by hospitalized veterans at Fort paper Memorial poppy. The poppies will be offered for sale throughout Montana Saturday by members of the Ameri- Harrison. These two veterans are typical of the many who each year can Legion auxiliary.

The auxiliary pays the veterans two cents each for the poppies which then are sold to the public fashion the crepe paper Memorial poppy which members of the American on Memorial poppy day. The proceeds are used only for child welfare and veterans' rehabilitation. This year, hos- Legion auxiliary offer for sale to the public the Saturday before Memorial pitalized veterans at Fort Harrison earned $3,240 by making the crepe paper emblems of help. Shown here with the day. This year 54 veterans hospitalized at Fort Harrison fashioned 162,000 two veterans who helped make poppies are (left to right), Mrs.

H. L. Holm, state auxiliary poppy sale chairman; Marga- of the crepe paper poppies. Fifteen thousand of them will be sent to ret Hoffman, cochairman of the Helena sale, and Mrs. Herb Kibler, state committee member.

Alaska with remaining number to be sold in Montana by auxiliary chapters. poppies will bloom on hundreds, yes thousands, of coats in Helena and throughout Montana," Mrs i Brent said. "As the annual day for the wear ing of the poppy draws near, it is well to bring to our minds the American Legion Memorial Poppy Had Origin During Homecoming Of 32nd Division in Milwaukee abled men help themselves by worthwhile work? "The funds derived from the poppy sale constitute the largest source of revenue for the rehabilitation and child welfare work of the Legion and auxiliary. The dimes, quarters and dollars dropped into contribution boxes on Poppy day enable the Legion posts and auxiliary units to carry out a constructive program of aid. The American Legion Memorial poppy, to be offered for sale Satur day, has its origin in the home cesses to serve with the queens are Helen Day, Shirley Harvey, Mar-Iene Wills, Thelma Norseth, Mar-lene Foley and Jeanice Helland of Central, Sharon Fulbright, Virga Noland, Donalda Murfitt, Dorothy Jones, Shirley Deering and Elaine Kunnery of Bryant, and Willie Gough, Donna Creer, Penny Carson, Janice Moe, Susan Castles and Terry Potter of Hawthorfie.

Pages will be Judith King of Central, Carol Anderson of Bryant, and Carol Jane Carlson of Hawthorne. Jeanice Hellend, Patty Bauer, and Sheron Fulbright will be accompanists. A violin duet will be played by Carol Anthony and Roberto Miller. Lorraine Brown, accompanied by Betty Best, will sing a solo. Judy Retz will be announcer.

In connection with the dress re coming of the 32nd division in Mil significance of this little flower. "We wear the poppy to express the feeling of reverence that is always in our hearts for the men who died for America in the two World Wars and now the Korean conflict "The poppy is their flower. It grew on the battlefields of France and Belgium where so many of them fought and died. It grew over their fresh graves, the one touch of beauty and life in all that region of death and destruction known as the front. Nothing can symbolize our remembrance of the sprrifices of war in so fitting a way as the wearing of the poppy.

hands wrap the crepe paper and wire al the Fort Harrison hospital until the funds are expended in good works. "The Memorial poppy has a Ihereapeutic value which cannot be discounted," Mrs. H. L. Holm, state American Legion auxiliary poppy chairman, states.

"It keeps busy hands with idle time. It helps the hospitalized veteran to earn a few dollars to help out his family at home. "There is something heart rending about a man coming to you and showing you how his hands, wracked by pain, have become useful again through the fashioning of the Memorial poppy. "Money paid to the disabled vet Poppy day is one day when the public is privileged to contribute waukee in June of 1919. toward this great work.

"As the significance of the becomes more widely known In 1921, the first national convention of the American Legion auxiliary, the poppy was adopted as the official memorial flower. The annual nation-wide sale was inaugurated. Prior to that, in September, 1920, the American Legion became the first national organization to adopt the poppy as its memorial flower. Soon after, the Legion and Auxiliary dedicated the entire proceeds to welfare relief and child welfare. Even the materials from which the poppies are made are supplied out of 'other funds of the Legion and Auxiliary.

and the work which is done with the proceeds becomes better understood, more and more Ameri cans wear the little llower eacn year. "We also wear the poppy to The 32nd division was having a homecoming. Wives of the veterans had set up a booth where coffee and doughnuts were sold. Thinking they would give the veterans a reminder of the little red poppies that blossomed all over France and brightened the soggy battlefields, the women decorated their booth with paper poppies. Persons stopping at the booths began taking poppies and leaving coins on the counter.

Soon the booth was stripped, so the women sent out for more paper poppies The wearing of the poppy has become recognized almost univer view an exhibit of work done by seventh and eighth graders will sally, not only as a means of paying tribute to the memory of the war dead but also as a means of aiding be on display. The theme of this lighten the burden for those who still are undergoing suffering and hardships because of the wars, the disabled veterans and the families of the dead and disabled. "Making the poppies gives work to men unable otherwise to earn anything toward the support of themselves and their families. If you have never visited the men those who are bearing war's af flictions. "The need for the relief work exhibition will be a county fair.

In each boothwill be something exemplifying projects and work as they would be displayed at a county fair. Booths will be displaying good grooming, child care, seventh grade sewing, foods and sewing which the poppy funds make pos to recover the stand. sible has grown greater and greater erans quite often goes to pay taxes on their homes, to send gifts to their wives and families, to help a daughter through college. Some of the men even buy their home-bound tickets with the few dollars their poppy making has earned." Mrs. Holm's committee paid 54 veterans who chose to make poppies a total of $3,240 'he past year.

For this, the patients twisted paper and wire for 162,000 of the crepe paper Memorial poppas. Most of the poppies made at Fort Harrison will stay in Montana to continue their good work. American Legion auxiliaries will each year. The American govern Again and again the customers took the poppies and left coins ment has been lairly generous hints. making poppies in the hospitals, it is difficult for you to realize that these little flowers made by the with the distabled veterans and In one booth will be wood proj ects made by boys from Central, Higby Says Poppy Is Personal Tribute to Dead "When the people of Helena pin on their Memorial poppies Saturday, they will be paying personal tribute to those who have died for America in three wars," J.

Donald Higby, commander of Lewis and Clark post No. 2 of the Ameri disabled is one of the largest pieces of welfare work done by the to pay for them and soon again the booth was stripped of its decorations. The next year, the women of the Legion post in Milwaukee conducted a poppy sale to raise funds for their projects. The poppy sale was born. Hawthorne and Bryant.

They are taught by Larry Mayer in shop American Legion auxiliary. "What form of aid could be more effective than helping the dis- class. Seveuth grade boys start on the same project, which was a small, revolving tray this year. They then select their own projects from a list Each must make a sketch of this project" and an outline of the tool operations as well as tools required, and select his can Legion, states. ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT of the annual American Legion auxiliary Memorial poppy sale has been given by Mayor O.

L. Brackman. The mayor is shown here buying his crepe paper poppy from Mrs. Clement Brent, chairman of the poppy day sale for Lewis and Clark chapter of the Legion auxiliary. Girls of Eighth Grade Homemaking Classes and Instructor Will Present Dress Revue Tuesday Night the families of the dead, but there is a large gap between what the government can do and what the veterans and their children need.

"The little poppy fills this great gap. Families aided by the poppy to hold their homes together while the veteran father was struggling to regain health in a government hospital are to be found in every community. "The benefits of the poppy reach out in many directions, bringing hope and help into lives blighted by war. "When you buy your poppy Saturday, think of the disabled veteran in a hospital or a convalescent workshop who has fashioned the little blood-red flower. "Think of the fatherless family whose struggles during the coming year will be lightened by the coin you drop "In three wars of his age of aggression some of our country's fin own finish.

Bishop Gilmore To Be Guest AtKC Banquet Eighth grade boys select their own projects, which are more ad est young men have given their lives in America's defense. We have closed our ranks and gone forward as we must, but deep in our hearts we remember them with The Most Rev. Joseph M. Gil- vanced and include tables, bookcases, lathe work, chests, and others. Many select hardwood such as gum or mahogany.

They are required to figure the cost of materials in addition to the items the seventh grade boys do. more, Bishop of Helena, will be honoring pride. "We therefore welcome each Girls of the eighth grade home- making classes and their instructor, one of the honored guests at the annual bishops' luncheon, which will climax the 49th annual state year the opportunity that Memorial poppy day gives us to perform a personal act of tribute to Amen In the finishing process, they convention of the Knights of ca's heroic war dead the wearing Columbus, scheduled to be held in Miles City May 23 to 25. learn how to hand rub furniture and do more advanced finishing processes. of the poppy, their memorial flower.

into the poppy worker box. "Think of the brave Americans who lie beneath the waving poppy fields on foreign soik Think of these things and you will understand the true significance of the poppy." All boys are encouraged to build The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Nicholas H.

Wegner, director of Boys Town, will be featured speaker at the articles which have use and will be designed to harmonize with home and furnishings. ing to adjust the pattern and place it correctly on the material, the use of shears, pinning, and basting. Works from all other sewing1 projects tie in with the making of these dresses. Various seams, their uses, and how they are acquired is only one of the projects which has been a great help. The homemaking room is equipped with both electrical and treadle style sewing machines.

The girls are taught to sew with and give minor repairs to each type of machine. "The Coronation" has been selected as the theme of the show. Queens, who will also serve as com mentors, are Betty Best of Central, Carol Anthony of Hawthorne and Nancy Nelson of Bryant. Prin- convention banquet Sunday eve ning, May 24. He became director of Boys Town on Sept.

15," 1948. Elvira Smith, plan an exhibit and dress review at the Central school at 7 o'clock Tuesday night. Participants will represent Central, Bryant and Hawthorne schools. Exhibits will open at 7 o'clock and the review, is to begin at 8:15 o'clock. Cotton dresses, which will be modeled by their makers, have been made in lfr to 12 weeks, according to the skill of the girl and style of the pattern.

The girls have two hours of homemaking a week. In making the garments the girls have put into practice various useful skills they have learned throughout their two years? of in stru'etion. Among these are: Learn- In addition to learning tool "We are grateful to the women of the American Legion auxiliary, who greet us on the streets on Poppy day with baskets of bright red poppies. And we are happy to drop a contribution into the coin containers they carry, knowing that this money will aid living victims of the wars, disabled veterans and veterans' children." Election of the president of the United States has been thrown into the house of representatives and there decided in two instances, In i ii in niMmiiiniiiininimir- umiuMiimin- i rmmi processes, boys learn facts about tin materials, such as, glues, hardwares, finishes, woods, abrasives, and other tools related to Jefferson and John Quincy Adams. succeeding the late and beloved Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town.

A large class of new members is to be initiated Sunday afternoon. The convention will end with the bishops' luncheon, which -will also honor the Most Rev. William J. Condon, Bishop of Great Falls. The public has been invited to YOUR POPPY, DADDY Little Rika Aronson pinned the first American Legion Memorial poppy sold in Montana this year in the lapel of her daddy, Gov.

J. Hugo Aronson of Montana. Aronson served in France in World war I where the poppies grow between the white crosses of dead comrades. Also shown in the photograph is Mrs. L.

O. Bradford (at left) and Mrs. II. L. Holm, chairman of the American Legion auxiliary poppy committee for Montana.

Mrs. Bradford and Mrs. Herb Kibler serve on the department committee. Some human beings and some animals are albinos that is without color having pink eyes and white skin and hair. come and see what the, men and women of tomorrow are doing to day, Mrs.

Smith and Mayer said. 4 if I 1, 7:1 1 Ti In -4 -1 1 iW i1 JTtO a 1 -H intfmiiiinifV)iiirTivii miiiii-ti'-f-ii Ai.1 Hi AID, COMFORT to hospi'alized veterans is brought by the American Legion auxiliary department rehabilitation committee, of which Mrs. R. B. Downs is chairman.

Mrs. Downs and her committee members are at work daily on the volunteer job of bringing comfort to patients at the veterans' administration hospital at Fort Harrison. The Memorial poppy sale helps finance the project. CHILD WELFARE chairman for the Lewis and Clark chapter American Legion auxiliary is Mrs. Edwin Booth.

By mandate of the national convention of the American Legion, proceeds from the Memorial poppy sale can be used only for child welfare and rehabilitation of veterans. PRESIDENT of the American Legion Auxiliary here is Mrs. John L. Hoffman, who will be in the shopping districts Saturday offering the crepe paper Memorial poppy to the citizenry. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY WORKERS bring much joy and comfort to patients at the veterans' hospital at Fort Harrison.

This scene was photographed when the auxiliary members through their rehabilitation committee set up the annual Christmas store. In it, veteran-patients could select gifts to be sent to their wives and children at home. Some of the proceeds of the Legion Memorial poppy sales are used for this project. Parties for the patients are conducted throughout the year aid help given to their loved ones at home. Poppy proceeds can be used only for child welfare and veterans' rehabilitation..