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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1995
Page
10
Sonora Dodd led the push for a national Father’s Day honoring fathers. She proposed June for her father’s birthday but the third Sunday in June was chosen after Spokane ministers could not finish sermons. The day began in 1910 in Spokane Washington and spread nationwide.
Lipstick letter C sailboat safety pin ball bowl umbrella bell number 7 appear in a playful Father’s Day scene featuring Mini Spy and her father as they mark the holiday with small tokens and recognizable items.
An anonymous verse recounts extreme rain with fanciful exaggeration as a cat surfed, an umbrella ran away, and puddles became seas. The piece, part of The Writers' Corner, appears in The Gazette's Newspaper in Education service via KIDSLINE offering.
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