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Show Mothers Day, 1945 Since the year 1907, the people of the United States have been observing the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, with appropriate services in the churches of the land, where individuals are accustomed to commemorate holy things. In 1914, Congress designated the day which is widely observed in other countries, as well -as our own. It differs from the earlier celebrations of ancient peoples whose festivities did not carry the same sense of appreciation for individual mothers. Words of man are incapable of expressing proper appreciation of the unselfish and devoted life of good mothers and it is given to most children child-ren to revere and appreciate their own mother as the noblest expression of this intimate human relationship. Certainly, the day has been commercialized in some respects but so widespread is the recognition recog-nition of the fittingness of the occasion that Mother's Mo-ther's Day stands apart from other days' and special spe-cial occasions. It will be so. for many years and worthily so. Springville will observe Mother's Day this year with greater appreciation of mothers whose sons have gone to war. Millions of young Americans, Ameri-cans, engaged in battle, will stop amidst the fighting to breathe a prayer, and for the instant forget the slaughter and sacrifice in memory of happier days. It is well for men to revere motherhood but it is better for them to honor their own Mothers, who will be pleased to witness some expression of a love that should not be assumed. Let us all join to make living Mothers conscious of respect and love and to reverently remember the virtues of those who have gone on ahead. |