Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 26, DeMotte, Jasper County, 28 May 1948 — POPPIES TO HONOR WAR DEAD AND AID WAR'S LIVING VICTIMS [ARTICLE]

POPPIES TO HONOR WAR DEAD AND AID WAR'S LIVING VICTIMS

Tomorrow will be Poppy Day in DeMotte and throughout the nation. - From early morning until nightfall, workers of the American Legion Auxiliary will be on the streets offering memorial poppies to be worn in honor of the dead of the two world wars. In exchange for the flowers they will receive contributions for rehabilitation work among the disabled*’ w% veterans and for child welfare work among children of veterans. The poppies, which are crepe paper replicas of the wild poppies that grew on the European battlefield of the two wars, have been made by disabled veterans working in hospitals and convalescent workrooms throughout the country. Poppy Day activities here will be directed by Mrs. Lorraine Gor- j bet, Poppy Chairman of DeMotte Unit No. 440 of the American Legion Auxiliary. A large corps of volunteer workers has been organized to distribute the poppies in downtown and neighborhood centers. The poppies to be distributed here have been made by veterans at Marion hospital. “Much depends upon the success of Poppy Day,” “On the public response to our Poppy Day appeal depends the Auxiliary’s ability to carry forward its work for the disabled war veterans and for the children from whom war has ttiken a father’s .support. We would not like to go to them with 1 empty hands. Poppy Day contributions give us the means to serve them with more than words of cheer. “But the poppy is more than a badge for those who contribute to our rehabilitation and child welfare work,” “It is a symbol of individual tribute to the war dead—a sign that the wearer holds in his heart a place of honor for those who died for America.” “The debt we owe for the freedom we know” A memorial to the dead a symbol of hope for the living. PLEASE REMEMBER! [ —— Mr. and Mrs. Davis and tw'O sons of Dyer have purchased the Henry Fink residence Northwest of town. Do not forget the Hymn sing at the American Reformed church Sunday evening. May 30.