The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
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MANY PROJECTS
Local Unit of Frank Lozar Post
Busy With Work of Country
Wide Importance.

Making of memorial peoples for the
American Legion AuXiliary's annual
Poppy Day" distribution is going for
ward rapidly in government hospitals
and special poppy work rooms in every
part of the country, Mrs. Hulda
Murphy, chairman of the Frank Lozar
Post Units poppy committee, has an
nounced. More than ten million OF the
little red flowers of remembrance Will
be ready for wearing on Poppy Day"
May 18th.
Disabled veterans unable to do other
work make all the peoples Tor the
Auxiliary and many hundreds are being
given employment" Mrs. Murphy said.
I'm the hospitals the work IS part Of
the occupational therapy treatments
and has increased benefit because 1t
gives the disabled men the encouraging
experience of earning money as well as
an interesting occupation. In the con-
yalescent work rooms unemployed dis
abled veterans are given an opportunity
to help support themselves and families.
1.-THE men develop high skill at shap-
ing the peoples in replica of the wild
peoples of France and Belgium which
grew in profuSion on the World War
battle fields. The flowers, symbolic OF
war sacrifice, gain added significance
from the fact that they are made by
the war disabled for the benefit of the
disabled men, their families and the
families of the dead.
The peoples which the Ely unit will
distribute on May %, were made at
the Veterans hospital at Fort Smelling.
Efforts of the Auxiliary were con-
centrated during April on child welfare
activities, according to Mrs. Marie
Buckley, child welfare chairman of the
local unit. Plans for the continuance
of the Auxiliary'S vast work for unfor-
tunate American children will be de-
veloped and placed in operation by
Auxiliary Units throughout the country,
she said.
Child welfare work of the Auxiliary
is closely coordinated with that Of The
American Legion" stated Mrs. Buckley
"The two organizations, working to-
gether brought aid to 381 ,274 children
last year, expanding more than ST.
100000 in the work. This year the
work is being further expanded to meet
an increasing need among children of
veterans
"The first concern of the Legion and
Auxiliary is the children of World War
veterans, hundreds of thousands of
iy,fn Inv ho
death or disability of their fathers.
For these children the full resources of
the two great organizations are called
into action. Emergency relief is given
and efforts made to place the children
in a permanently satisfactory situa-
alton. Keeping the family together and
maintaining the home is always the
first aim
''The child welfare program is not
confined to aiding children of veterans
but includes a wide range of activities
for the benefit of all children. Pre-
vention of juvenile delinquency is work
now receiving much attention from the
Legion and Auxiliary Positive health
work is another important part of the
child welfare program, clinics being
sponsored, public health nurses sup
ported, immunization campaigns con-
Quoted and weakened children sent to
health camps.
A new selection of songs for the ma
tional music contest of the Auxiliary,
has been announced by Mrs. Charles
Tucker, of Liberal, Kansas, who will
direct the contest. The songs will be
sung by Auxiliary glee clubs, quartettes
and trios in competing for national
honors at the national convention in
Los Angeles next September. They are:
For glee clubs, Morning Hymn" by
Henschel.
For quartettes, Mystery of Night
by Dennie.
For trios, Luxembourg Garden" by
Manning.
The national contest will be open
only to one glee club, quartette and trio
from each state, and these will be
selected in contests at state conventions
during the summer. Each competing
group will sing the selected song and
one song of its own selection.
Opportunities offered by the Citi-
zens Training Camps this summer are
being pointed out to young men
throughout the country by the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary as enrollments for
the camps continue, said Mrs. Vernice
Brownell, chairman of the national de-
tense committee of the Ely unit.
The Auxiliary not only is taking an
active part in encouraging young men
to attend the camps, but will offer
awards to the trainees making the
best records at many of the camps.
The Auxiliary also worked with the
Legion to prevent reduction of anpro-