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Show MOTHERS' DAY PROGRAM PUBLIC Principal speaker at the Mothers' Moth-ers' day exercises of Bingham Canyon aerie, No. 659, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be Mrs. Harold Barton, prominent member mem-ber of the community. The exercises, exer-cises, to which the public is invited, in-vited, will be held at 8 p.m. May 13, at Masonic hall, announces Bert Hocking, treasurer of the local aerie. "In. a very special sense, Mothers' Moth-ers' day belongs primarily to the Fraternal Order of Eagles," declares de-clares Mr. Hocking. "The inspiration inspi-ration for the day came from within our ranks. Thirty-six years ago, Frank E. Hering, a leader of the order, made the first-known public plea for the national observance of a day to honor mothers. Mr. Hering has been officially recognized as the 'Father of Mothers' day' by the American war mothers." So great was the interest taken by various leaders and members of the order, continued the treasurer, trea-surer, that in 1912 the Grand Aerie Ae-rie passed a resolution making it mandatory for every aerie to observe ob-serve Mothers' day. It was not until two years later that congress con-gress passed the resolution setting set-ting aside the second Sunday in May as a national Mothers' day. According to the local officer, preparations for the Mothers' day program, are almost complete. The committee in charge includes Bert Hocking, chairman; Sid Tre-gaskis Tre-gaskis and Neil Fresh. o |