Show How Did Fathers Father's Day Start Mrs John Bruce Dodd is generally thought to have done more to originate Fathers Father's Day than any other American THE IDEA occurred to her in 1909 when she was living in Spokane Wash She suggested it to the ministerial ministerial minis ministerial minis minis- association and pro pro- posed fathers be honored on the third Sunday in June In June of 1910 the first observance was as held in Spokane Spokane Spokane kane and slowly the day came to be recognized in other cities some thinking they were the first t to do so MOST OF the impetus for observing a day for fathers came from women omen as did the custom of wearing red or white roses on the day This year Fathers Father's Day falls on the and is especially appropriate in view view of the recent flood of literature literature literature litera litera- ture and films picturing old dad as a money-mad money monster monster monster mon mon- ster out of touch with his children FORTUNATELY that's an exaggerated protest and the tobacco and cigars father receives on the will in most cases have been earned the hard way av |