| Show B II f Record Number o D 1 Father that much neglected and woebegone individual WhO is 15 usually remembered only ml lit aI paying bill-paying time time will have hU his Innings Sunday m i rl This year according to vital vit 1 Statistics probably see lee the biggest Father Fathers Father's Day in the year history of the occasion For in 1046 1946 the nations nation birth rate r reached an time all high high and Indications are that this year yeat years year's p figures wilt will top t p even those of i last year J N Father Father Fathers Father's Pay ray surprisingly enough was originated by a a mother In 1909 Mrs John Bruce Bruc Dodd of Spokane WashL W thought of the idea as 11 a tribute to her own father Smart a Civil War veteran who raised his six children after their th mothers mother's death Ms Dodd wrote ea to the resi- resi resident resident dent of the Spokane Minters Minister Association suggesting that on the third Sunday Sunday in June ser ses- sermOns mons coons be given throughout the city stressing the importance ol of a fathers father's place in the home When the idea was submitted tel the association members member it wa val teas unanimously approved Ia a J a n d dl l Fathers Father's Fath Day Da was Wall first drat observed ob ted let In Spokane in bt 1910 4 |
