Milford chronicle., 1935-06-07
POPPY ESSAYSBY
LOCALSTLDENTS
Anne ZOdOrsney And Ray
mOnd Hamilton Award
ed Prizes By American
Legion Of Milford.

Chronicle a statement was made
that the prize winning poppy essays
would be printed this week in the
Chronicle. The essays, two in num-
Der, were written by Anne ZOdOrs-
ney and Raymond Hamilton, both
students at the Milford High School.
The prizes were given by the Ameri-
can Legion and the Legion Auxiliary
of Milford. The essays follow:
An Emblem Of HerOism
BY Anne ZOdOrsney
The lonely battlefields in France.
where lie the long dead soldiers, are
now a-hame with radiant bright
ness. But now, it is not the glowing
flashes of war-fire which terriies
the nation and SCARED the face Of
the earth, Il is not the scarlet of
blood of the wounded soldiers, but is
the glowing of natures beauty, the
poppies.
Have you ever stopped to think
that while a bloody conflict existed
between mankind, another battle
was being fought? Perhaps not, but
there was another battle amid the
bursting of shells and bombs and
screams of wounded and terrified
soldiers, a silent battle was fought.
This little red flower, the poppy.
struggled braveIy for its own life,
and now when peace has once more
settled over the land. the poppy
still continues to grow.
To me the poppy is an emblem of
bravery. The scarlet of the flowers
color is the scarlet Of the brave, dy-
ing soldiers blood.
Today we have set aside a day in
memory of those lost soldiers. We
sell poppies which are made by war
veterans, men who were lucky
enough to come back from indescrib-
able horrors. Many of the veterans
are so balIy disabled that they can
not, make a living any other way
than to make pOppies. Perhaps you
have bought these pOppies without
knowing why you bought them. Now
I hope you understand that when
you buy them you are helping some
one who was willing to give his life,
If necessary, for his country.
Over The Top
BY Raymond Hamilton
During the dark days Of the World
War the phrase cover the Top"
meant much to those gallant, cour-
ageOus meu who went to war with
the hope of ending war forever.
"Over the Top" was challenge to
every man TO go out across mo |
mans land" to meet he knew not |
what. It might be victory. defeat, or
even death.
Does this not bring to your mind
the thought of bursting shells, the
cries of dying men? Today blOOd-red
poppies are trying to cover the
scars of war on these fields of Flan-
iers and in the hearts of Americans.
In the booklet provided by the
American Legion Auxiliary there is
/ picture of a helmet lying on bat
lefield Of France with a huge hole
gaping in the crown. A poppy is
up through the ragged hole
bearing alOft It's red blossoms. II
seems to me a picture of what the
,oppy is trying to dO-cOvering up
he scars of war as we are trying to
10 by letting these little red poppies
ihow their red blossoms on the
oats of every true patriot, shelter
ID by the American hag. Let us all
Ielp to cover up the scars of war
" buying and wearing one of these
,Oppies.
Think Of how much help Il would
e if everyone would contribute a
mall sum for the purpose Of bring
ng happiness to those who lie help
essly disabled by the war.
When you buy a poppy. think of
low much pleasure it would bring
o those disabled veterans. By buy
ng a poppy you are helping them to
arm a living rather than living on
harity.
BY buying and wearing a poppy
re may share in the task for which
hey were willing to make the su-
RENE sacrifice. AS Lincoln said on
mother battlefield: I'VE may resolve
hat they shall not have died in
ain" That their wish to fight a war
D end war shall be fulfilled.