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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 13, 1984, p. 17

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Fathers Day Exploring the origins of Fathers Day Wednesday June 1984 Once was no Fathers Day but hat was back in 1909 Then in 1910 Mrs John Brace Dodd concept of honoring American fathers inspired by her fathers devotion and dedication to his motherless family of a daughter and five sons was first observed in Spokane Washington Sometimes a good idea like Father Day takes a long lime to and it was a year before Mrs Dodd a young and mother herself organized her idea into a city wide She worked with the church and their ministers with the with other civic groups She cajoled she persuaded she communicated Her hope was to have the first Fathers Day on her fathers birthday which fell on the first Sunday of June in 1910 Then her crusade met up with another hurdle the ministers of Spokane t get themselves put together with especial pre pared sermons to meet her dead line So they all compromised on the third Sunday of June And they began a tradition now written into the laws of the land by Joint Congressional Resolution From the very begin rung into this its year Father Day has been observed the third Sunday of June Although the Idea got some official recognition from the very beginning William Jennings Bryant Presidents Wilson and Coolidge all admonished the country to observe the occasion wasn t until the National Fathers Day Committee was organized back in 1931 that Fathers Day took of f as a truly integrated national holiday Today years later Father s Day is so widely observed as to be universal in its acceptance One of the more interesting aspects of Fathers Day is the way it flourished into national prominence Mrs a father William Smart the man who inspired Fathers Day died in 1919 but by that time the observance of Fathers Day had been if not yet a truly national event It was his satisfaction to witness the mushrooming accept the idea This year as fathers go back to work in a swelling stream there is more happiness in more families than we have witnessed in several years Solve your Jala Fathers Day Gift Idea Problems Thru Tidy Car SUNROOFS INTERIOR CLEANING RUST PROTECTION PROTECTION PIN STRIPING SAME DAY SERVICE 8776136 -Si- Live Ban axidermy 130 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN 8731438 Gift Certificates Available For Dad on Fathers Day FATHERS DAY SPECIAL With purchase over a gift certificate FREE toward your next tackle SUMMER DREAM DAYS SALE 134 Guelph Street Georgetown 8778277 SPORTS COATS SUITS SLACKS SLEEVE moral SHIRTS CLOTHING Kiwi MAIN ST DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN HAZENS SALES SERVICE SINCLAIR AVE UNIT 10 GEORGETOWN PERFECT for DAD Includes one and one vise grip with curved jaws knurled and wire cutters 266 AutoRewind Tape 17t Abrasion res slant return Metric one side English on reverse Side 15 adjusts 180 II ever any bell ftom mm to mm I And the as gots Mods of tough chromed guaranteed 1 1 Economical Gas Barbecue Small meals or party feasts the economical batbe cue can handle both 30 000 burners Comes fully equipped with tools shelf igniter and 20 lb propane tank Permanent lava rock coals that every meal cooked will have the delicious char broiled flavour Supplies are limned so hurry and pick up yourbbq today COMPLETE RANGE OF PRICED TO SELL FROM UP 15 per square foot DECK KIT 259 Pressure Treated Deck 2 AS LOW AS 25900 Price Per Foot PressureTreated BBQ ITEMS Basting Set Rotisserie Kit Lava Rock 1x6 33 2 4 41 2 6 59 2 8 82 2 x 10 113 4x4 83 3 DAYS ONLY NOTE TO FARMER HA YOUR DECK OR FENCING INSTALLED BY US DuBtottwshortaoaof your order In arty to incraaM on naw minimum of Flowtron Insect Killer Reg 94 now coop JE MENS 12 I YOUTHS 10 Carpenters Level Rag 999 NOW HI FARM HOME CENTRE 8772271 STREET GEORGETOWN

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