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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
2
The second Sunday is set aside annually as Mother's Day with thousands of families hosting reunions in honor of their mothers. Church groups and social organizations dedicate meetings to the observance, tracing its origins to Anna Jarvis.
The text traces the creation of Mother's Day from a 1908 wish to honor mothers, the formalization by Mrs Jarvis in Philadelphia, her plea through letters, and the spread of the observance after 1913 when Pennsylvania declared it a state holiday. It notes the custom of wearing pink or red carnations for living mothers and white for deceased mothers.
May 5 assembly in the Vernon building spotlighted Al Bell who has long shared world travels with Boone Valley audiences. He described Peru as the treasure chest of Spain and exhibited souvenirs and a film from his trip this past summer.
Norman lists favorites including food steak cherry pie and song Lonely Man Blues color candy apple red and notes his pet peeve is people who accuse others of things they haven't done He suggests lengthening noon hours if he could change the school system and plans to get a job after graduation Lacey Carr of Kanawha visited Henry Kraft home with others Sunday Vernon White and Harold Oxley households hosted Sunday dinner guests including Mrs Henry Bram and Mr and Mrs
Me and Mrs Elmer Prilipp and daughter with Mr and Mrs Ben Prilipp and children attended dinner at Bob McKenna's Hardy home. Mrs R W Myers of Pocahontas visited Sunday afternoon with Bess Foley.
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