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{Sc The: Poppy'-Hias

asked: to wear a poppy. for ©... kemembrance. Between: wars the
world forgets the price in. blood that has been paid to preserve’ the
way of life. we hold dear. Tomorrow, our ‘country will ‘pause’ to

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mythology’ of” ‘ancient™ ‘Chita; it re well: mn wn by pat
tency. of the’ drug distilled ;from it, as the: flor forgetiullns
and th the’ ages’ pe ‘this: meaning: un otil lofefore “time oF Sr ait

Napoleonic. Wars ‘when’,
period’ first: remarked

observing ;, this... phenomenon-. in
Th

their. “fallen comrades lay,

of battle remarked ‘on

lions - had ° the’ iepportuinity : ot a

profusion, of . popies Satine” de- |.
. | fiantly at. the..terror:of arias

2 OF. thi
Pricer ‘the’ ‘scarlet’ Boppy |.
had; with: the graves ‘of, those who-had: fall iin. battle. “

trouble ‘and” hope, for. the future
It: has become ‘a source of useful

and those who gave their: lives ‘in ‘def
of Freedom in two world wars’ and the. worean conte The: Poppy
is the. the Eieyintel “oft that remembrani

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veterans for whom: ‘aenentigts' help ‘is imperative,
that help’ is‘ forthcoming: ' ‘Money ‘raised 2 is
assist veterans: ‘and ‘their families; bs WIN

. Each’ year the nui of: po

ely “and ©
veterans * replied, . “Yes, it’s. like
this: ‘every.’ year, but. '

to"increase in‘number. each time

.| they blossom.”

Perhaps’. it’ was from these
words that the ‘association. be-
tween’ tlie* blood shed “on : the
field of. battle’ Vand”

O/red poppy’ first grew:

men’s miinds.: Certainly * i

out Canada has. steadily. increased Y antil last year ‘over tive mil-

‘lion’ poppies were worn by .Canadi ins, the.

‘Legion, the. poppy has come -to mean 2. source, of aoe
ell as.

of regular’ employment. °

Canada’ asks very, little in the way of sacrifice tidin ‘its
ordinary citizens. We are asked only to participate in the Remem-
sbrance Services at the Castle Theatre tomorrow, give at :Jeast one
sew to the high, gost of freedom, and: wear - 0:
proudly, :

sible ‘to prove ‘that’ the “idea
of-‘assdciating’. the-poppy “with

the' blood shed! in’ ‘sacrifice by our].
@| gallant warrior: with

ans both in’ the Vetcraft Shi
and in, the , homes..of. thése
ai

ular. employment. |...“

The. -Veteraft Shops: are,.
ministered by, ‘the. Départment
of. Veterans’ ; Affairs .as'a means
of.: providing «sheltered : employ-
ment’ for..veterans "who-.are:not
able .to;compete ‘in, the.‘ open
labor: market ‘by reason’ of. their
disabilities. >»

The. -first’ Veteratt t

any ‘one’ -particular: person in

r|any one particular place. =. «

In‘Canada’ ‘fhe ‘ earliest -refer-
ence’ to the Flanders Poppy. as a
symbol; of remembrance’ is; con-
tained in an excerpt from the
minutes of 'a ‘meeting © of the
Great War Veterans Association
held'at Port. Arthur.’ in ‘July,

%2] 1921, i. It! reads? “Following a

* (motion ‘suspending the regular

order of

‘Cashegie residents stioula find itva: source of ft peta
community was chosen asthe site- of the* monument:
Thompson. ' erected. under. the ssusplees of*. the Hist
Monuments Board Of: Canada.

The national’ cand. historic -fapaalate the’ early ‘explorer’s

Guerin, “The '“Poppy*Lady of
Frarice,” ‘was: ‘presented: to © the
conference and invited ‘to’ out-
line her. suggestion’: as-to the
adoption of the poppy::as'a na-
tional . emblem: to (‘be ::yorn’' on
Day ': in jory..of

E.ling- of.

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Old" Soldiers’: Civil’ Re-establish-
ment’ Department. Since ‘that
time the manufacture’ of “artifi-
cial poppies has grown tremen-

‘a: few. ‘thousand’ to
over four: million Poppy § emblems
in’ 1951,

Two pri ‘pal centres are main-
tained’ jn‘ Toronto and’ Montréal
to provide for the ~ large _Stor-
age of _ supplies | and”

rd mie sian iipresent
Musical: ‘Conceért.on ie Ne Now|

online. Rien

enuhe ae G

19.jn the ‘High School auditorium,
stint ‘aildition, to numbers by; the]
} displaying Athel ir; increasing,

los, elty ’ items, G:
wales hy een

‘thane ever .b re—A6-
Ha ‘oat ‘ip 18 ‘per ‘cent ‘trom, 1952;

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213,745 seatskien or esven times
aq‘many as in ‘1950, ° :

" sie. only ue at iT}

Here’ ‘the. ‘poppy maker, cuts
and shapes | the imany’, ‘varied
parts that go. into ‘the, millions

of poppies” ‘and - over "50,000

wreaths that. are distribute an-
‘With; few. exceptions the

. [fallen comrades.::\It:. was * moved

by Comradet.Chursey, seconded
by. .Comrade Hamilton: that this

n of our <eouney. ‘was ¢
at’ the uneaitis “ond: dedi the

B areas,

by. thousands: ‘of. ‘people. When ‘Thompson braved the hardships and
difficulties ‘ofthe: unknown, | to explore ‘and: ‘chart™ it, the valley ‘was
only wildern H

r the Do:
mion Command of the G.W.V.A:
of..Canada . hereby approves: the
poppy: as its flower of remem-

poppy. a registered with the: De-
partment of - Veterans Affairs
Casualty | Rehabilitation ‘Section:
THe * exceptions . are, several | ex,
‘members of the Women’s . Ser-
vices ,who are employed . in ,the
of a. need

brance. and. 0 that. the.
{Poppy be worn on.:the anniver-

;|sary of Armistice -Day. ‘.«

thi th 3
tion.” The ‘present and the: future- would: not have been possible
had ‘there ‘bee 10, David: Thompso ,

vid! Three His.

was" ‘
‘and ‘to ‘Canada can be better‘ seaperg “when we fi

realize the fear. that the always i
and hardship entailed i in’ making the unknown,

/ |. It is fitting’

The: first : ies sold ‘in :Can-
ada - were. also - those? made’ by

shop nee
of ‘particularly skilled and nim- |}

ble fingers in certain ‘operations.
‘The average. age ‘of the workers
is 60, years, Many men‘are over
70, years. ‘of age. but despite ‘their
vand

women-and children® of: Prance.

But, the next: year, th

e | leadership of, the
thi

EMBLEM: “AND EMPLOYMENT
py emblems distributed : throu

“year ‘the ‘number of }pop+ ?

‘ou they have. an’ independenc

spirit: and. determination to; pro-.
vide: for. themselves -which. would

do. credit,:to” men® of -half- tele,

years, :
FILLING. A NEED % naa
Whilé most-of the ee are
in, receipt . of.a: disability Pen

has been erected’ at Castlegar where ‘the two mighty rivers, which
he was the: first: to explore: and chart: and: which‘ are: now’ ‘being
for:.our. and !our ity, flow

out. Canada. hi

is fitting too: sirice C often as’'the a
Kooténays, is also’ the, focal: point. of ‘the’ Columbia River Basin’ in
its Jong, winding * way: “to the. Patific.

Castlegar today, like the Columbia River Basin. i in 1 "Thompson's

says, has an" uncharted future — a. future: of tremendous potential,

of and livelihood, that future un;

folds, . will. owe_a large and: ‘indispensable; ‘part. of its sxistence to.
‘the ion of - David I

indt
ak a‘hew pl workers:,
because life ‘insurance companies invested
joney i in it on behalf of their policyhol S

‘Di ing 1952 ‘a Douglas’ fir’ fel-

Do their biight spirit

an, we..can Inow.or

for you and. me, :
beneath : ithe sea

places,’ row, on’ row?,
urged of carthly: stain,
- Now: serve ‘the Captain, of ‘their. souls again
In: land “celestial, ‘seen “by! other: eyes,
Thi “; vaguely. e

special
ie etki outfit ‘or ee imnauit);
and Painv rotect

ow how, mi much our ‘spi its: yearn:
* fo’ ‘reach’ ‘them ‘in’ that. land‘ of* a
.); That. in all fair young; faces’. that we. see,
The likeness: of o loved, ones. seems to!