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m i i weekender june 12 1993 p17 tribute to dad started south of the border fathers day may have begun south of the border but in towns and countries all around the world people pause in tribute to the one who so often guided and kept his family cohesive fathers day was inspired by the daughter of a daring pioneer who bore a great love and respect for the man who took over the rearing of his orphaned children five boys and a girl after their mothers death on the western plains it was mrs john bruce dodd a young mother from spokane wash ington who launched her idea in june 1910 but it took the whole year preceding that to organize the local politicians and churchmen to back the idea it was the son of thing that could be expected from a resurrected city spokane had been nearly levelled by a disastrous fire 20 years earlier but had risen from its own ashes to become a prosperous little city again working with city fathers civic leaders the spokane ministerial association and the ymca she lob bied successfully for the first fathers day to be observed in spokane in june 1910 gaining recognition for the special day had been a labor of love dedicated to bruce smart dbclds beloved father who had labored so mightily for his family dodd planned to celebrate the first fathers day on his birthday june 6 but the spokane ministers who planned to preach special fathers day sermons didnt put it all together on schedule so fathers day was observed the third sunday in june and so it has been ever since the road to becoming an official holiday was slow and tortuous despite the recognition that fathers day got from william jennings bryant and presidents woodrow wilson and calvin collidge the formation of the national fathers day committee in 1931 gave nation al significance to fathers day about 10 years later by the early 19i0s lathers day had become a grassroots movement that was accepted by soas daughters wives and mothers all across the country jr bauer xf1 or micro rollerblades 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by chef dad formal dinners baseball games movies photographs etc then there are the gifts truly dads cup spilleth over fathers day is second only to christmas as a gifted event for men most opt for buying dad something to wear but the fathers day gifts run the gamut from spoils gear and power tools to barbecue paraphernalia xe cannot forget the 100 million or so greeting cards dispatched to remind dad hes king for the day countless phone calls long dis tance and local often with charges reversed also have become a part of the celebration dodd lived until the late 1970s and during her long lite remained a crusader to uphold fathers day as a family and community event of social significance so when we celebrate fathers day we can remind that veiy special dad of ours just how important he is sale v anniversary season extended to sat june 19 in time for fathers day gifts sale on every stock item ur to 50 off unionville 8601 warden ave at hwy 7 mississauga toir toronto 2703243 5vi50 3674080 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