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Origm of the FOPPY1 The idea of the poppy as a niem- orial flower for the World war dead sprang up as naturally as the littie wild flower itself grows in the fields of France. and Flanders.: The flower wus the one touch of beauty which survived amnid the hideous destruction of war. Along the 'edge. of the trenches,, beneath the tangled.,barbedl wire, about-the ragged sheli1 holes and. ovcr' the fresh, graves it, raised. its- brave red blossom. It seemed tobe the one immortal thinig in that region *where- death reigned. The soldiers of, ail nations came to look upon il as the living symrbol of the sacrifices of, th eir dead comrades. It was a poet who first -gave ex-, pression to the idea. Soon him'sclf *to lie bencath thc poppies, he wrote: "In Flanders field' the poppies blo,, Betiweeu the crosses, row on ro- Even bef ore the, men had returiled from the war the perfect little poein of Col. John McCrae 'had winged its wýay around the world carrying the picture of the poppies. Returning soldiers brought the vision of the poppy fields back with them, en- graved indelibly ini their hiearts with, the 3Tiemries. of the comrades they had left on the battle front. Spon-. taneously the poppy took on a sacred significance. It became the :flower of remnembrance for the men who hiad *poured out their life's blood around, the, roots of the littie plant. M~emories of the war dead always dead with service for the living vic- tims of the war. Patriôtic organiza- tions ini different countries soon afte.r the war began to conduct sales Of poppies nmade by disabled veterans to raise funds for relief work among *sufering ex-service men and their families. A double significance be-.. came attaclied to the poppy; wearing the littie flower came to mean honor- * ing the dead and helping the living. The poorn was worn in -Arnerica Phone, Winnetka 1959 No Toil Chkarge Stamped Meter Rcît Mrç. OrvilleG aily, 618 Tenth street, is, to direct. the poPPY day actiities of thse Amierkia Legion, a.ilsarV, in W'sIlmette on May 23. The pop pies are to be placed on safre on behigI f <4the'. World wur's, living victims, disabled veterans, their families, and thte famtiies of the dead. Relief Status in April Indicates Seasonal Decline Ninety-four families were on re- lief in New Trier township, at th( was 15. The families on relief in March this year was 107, the same in March a year ago. In April this year, the number was 94, an increase of eight over the cor- responding month a year ago. The seasonal decline in the relief load is due to the ability of emnploy- ables to find pivate work, and WPA employnient. PA TRONIZE O UR AD VER TISERS 2ist NNIVERSARV SALE "JE WELER"9 1166 WILMETTE AVENUE we wiII give away ABSOLUTELY FREE seieci, st rl n A U r f IttW '. PJUV yJ buy seven more place settings of th pattern. THIS OFFER, will interest al JUNE BRIDES ost tnear 11 ing those w of war v-es an aai Who live SSaine of , the sb