Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1921-05-04
LOCAL ORCANIZA.
HONS TO SELL POPPIEs
American Legion and Century
Club to Aid French
Children

REPRESENTATIVES, OF the New Cen
fury Club and of the local post Of the
American Legion, including Mrs. 7
fearce Cam, Dean Winifred j. Robin
son, 5. Pussy Morrison and others at
tended the luncheon meeting held at
the Hotel du Pont on Monday to plan
hitting observance of Memorial Dav
IN honor of those who died on the
battlefields of France. The luncheon
was attended by representatives of
practically every club and civic Or
ganlzation in Delaware. The luncheon
was given under the Delaware section
Oh the American Star and the Della
ware Federation of Women's Clubs.
Among those who were invited to
this luncheon were representatives of
the Daughters of 1912, the Daughters
OF the American Revolution, the
Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary
Club, the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION, the Young Women's Chris
tan Association, the Kiwanis Club,
the Daughters of Isabella, the Groupe
de Wilmington of the Alliance Fran
calse, the Junior League, the Council
OF Jewish Women, the Consumers
League, the captains of Legion posts,
the president of each of the 80 clubs
in the Delaware Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, city officials, George B.
Miller, president of the State Board
Of Education; the Rt. Rev. John J..
Monaghan and the Rt. Rev. Philip
Cook.
VIII Sell Poppies to be Worn
Memorial Day
One of the matters taken up and
discussed was the sale and wearing on
Memorial Day of red peoples, the
emblem adopted by the American
Legion. These peoples, of which 3d.
600 will be sent to Delaware, are be-
ing made by the women and children
of France, and the money obtained
from their sale, will be used for the
relief of the makers Of these artificial
= flowers. This work will continue for
three years.
Several hundred of these will be
sold in Newark by the American
Legion, the Century Club, and the
Women's College.
, Distinguished Guests at Luncheon
The special guests for the lunch
, con were Colonel Moffat, of New
York, and Miss Elizabeth Kite, of
New York, who addressed the meeting
in the interest Of fitting memorial.
Mayor Taylor formally welcomed
those present, and Josiah Marvel, as
chairman of the gathering, made a
few remarks in which he said it was
the duty of the men and women of the
world to look after the children of
soldiers who died during the war.
d. Major J. P. LIE Fevre, of Smyrna,
= State commander of the American
/ Legion, spoke in behalf of that or
ganization. The posts of the States
are cooperating to make the sale OF
: peoples a success, he said
Miss Kite in her speech said that
/, last summer she visited hill 304, the
scene of one of the most deadly bat
ties of the war, which then was COW
I cred with barbed wire, grenades and
Z the wreckage of battle. The bodies OF
soldiers slain there were placed in un'
marked graves, she said, many bodies
resting in one trench. The American
Legion, she said, had shown the peo'
i pie the way to wear peoples, and she
e hoped the public generally would fol
, low that practice and honor the mer
0 who fought and show respect TO,
those who died.
n Purpose and Personnel OF the
n Organization
The American Star, or as 1t IS now
f called, the American-France Chill
dren's League, was started in Della
ware sometime over year ago WIFI
Mrs. Irenee du Pont as honorary pres
9 ident and Mrs. William c. Speakmaf
as secretary and treasurer. It's obJec'
is to foster friendly relations between
: the two countries through the children
and to keep alive the memory OF those
u who gave their lives in the grea
struggle. The American League vii
n act as distributors OF the popples II
this state.
d The Board of Directors of the Del
e aware Section are: George Gray
n president of the Delaware Chapter o.
!. the American Red Cross; Ohio Now
land, president of the Equitable rus
| , Clifford T Scott, Superln