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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1960
Page
8
The piece traces Father’s Day origins from independent earlier efforts across the nation to a unified third Sunday in June. It credits Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane for proposing the tribute in 1909 and describes Spokane’s 1910 observance and 1922 adoption as the standard date. It urges readers to honor their fathers on June 19.
Miss Jackie McGhee in Albuquerque with telephone company spent time with her parents in Lordsburg. David Warren heads to New Mexico State University Las Cruces for summer session. Melvin Phillips visited Las Cruces with fiance Lynette Miles and her parents, plus a Carlsbad Caverns outing. House guests included Mrs. Joe Scarborough and family from El Paso. Otto Kurt returns from four months in Germany. Manuel Diaz Jr. born June 2 at Mimbres Memorial Deming weighs 9 lbs 9 oz. Naoma Gruwell to come home from Watts Clinic Silver City. State Police Officer John Mullins and family visited Lordsburg. John A. Johnson, Sr. returns from Los Angeles gift show. John Bradford and son John of Albuquerque visited Lordsburg then Douglas to see Allen Hood.
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