The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-15
|AUxY active In
MANY PROJECTS
Letter Trade in Fidac Program,
Poppies, Posters, Plaques,
On Units Program.

have gone from women of the American
Legion Auxiliary to women of similar
organizations in European countries,
according to Mrs Edwin Toms, chair
man of the Fidac committee of the local
American Legion Auxiliary Unit. The
letters are being sent in letter ex-
change sponsored by Fidac, the inter-
allied veterans federation, as means
of promoting understanding and good
will among nations.
Women in 81 states nave written ex-
change letters to women in Belgium,
Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Czecho-
lSlovakia, Roumania and Portugal. Some
| of the letters are written in the Ian
guage Of the country to which they are
addressed, while others will be trans
lated. The letters have been sent from
Auxiliary national headquarters in
Indianapolis, Indiana, to headquarters
of the women's Fidac organizations in
the different European countries for
distribution to individual members. The
shipment weighed 10 pounds, four
ounces, first class mail
The writer's have described conditions,
activities and customs of the life in
! their communities so that the letters
will give European families personal
picture of life in the United States.
Replies are expected during the sum-
mer. The exchange is one of the &C
tivities sponsored by Fidac to carry out
its purpose of developing friendship
among nations as a foundation for Sc
cure peace.
Poppies by the millions are blooming
in veterans hospitals and convalescent
workrooms in every part of the country
as disabled veterans of the World War
are making the flowers with which
America will honor its war dead on
Poppy Day, in May The flowers are
shaped from crepe paper and wire in
replica of the wild peoples of France
and Belgium that grew in such pro-
fusion on the World War battle fields
Fully 100000 peoples will be re-
quired for Poppy Day this year, &C
cording to Mrs. Thomas Murn, poppy
chairman of the local Unit. Millions
already have been completed and many
thousands more are being produced
every day. The work is being con-
Quoted in IS hospitals and workrooms in
40 states.
Employment is being given to hun
dreds of disabled men who are drawing
little Or no government compensation
and are unable to do other work. Men
with families to support receive pre-
ference. The program is directed by
the state organizations of the Auxiliary
and coordinated through the national
organization.
The peoples will be distributed by
volunteer workers from the Auxiliary
on Poppy Day, the Saturday before
Memorial Day. Worn in honor of the
war dead, the little red flowers or re-
membrane will also aid the living
victims of the war, explained Mrs.
Murn. Contributions received for them
will help support the work of the Ameri-
can Legion and Auxiliary for the dis
abled veterans and fatherless children
of veterans.
With enrollmentS running approx
mately $4,000 members ahead of the
same date last year, the American Lee
gion Auxiliary is making a strong bid
to exceed last years record enrolment
of 424,311, according to Mrs Emil Nor
by, membership chairman of the Ely
Unit. On March 1st, BAT ,308 members
had enrolled for 1887. Three member
ship trophies awarded this month went
to the departments of Louisiana and
Wisconsin. Louisiana won the ToWne
trophy, for the largest percentage of
gain up to March 1St and the Car
penter trophy for the department in
| the southern division reaching it's
quota, while Wisconsin won the Mac
Dowell trophy, for the department in
the central division enrolling the
highest percentage of its quota up to
March LIST.
Brentwood plaques commemorating
| the American Legion's service to the
cause of conservation are being pre-
sented to Legion Posts throughout the
country this month by their Units of
the Auxiliary, according to Mrs. Oscar
Friedsburg, president of the local Unit.
One of the plaques will be presented to
Frank Lozar Post here at the next
meeting of the Post by Mrs. FriedSburg
The plaques are made of yellow
birch, which is typical of the wood in