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Shafter Press in Shafter, California

09 May 2001

Page 8

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Shafter Press

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Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

May 09, 2001

Page

8

Past Mother's Day festival spans ancient roots and modern gifts

The piece traces Mother's Day origins from ancient Greek and Roman rites to Mothering Sunday in the church. It notes Cybele and Mary associations, English customs with motherme cakes and Carlings, and honors Anna Jarvis’s influence, ending with a modern message of appreciation for mothers.

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Christ Greece Rome Lem Cybele Mary England Scotland Jarvis Anna R. Jarvis Andrews Methodist Church Grafton West Virginia Miss Jarvis Female Seminary Wheeling
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Ott commissioned as Air Force second lieutenant at OTS

Lan P. Ott has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U S Air Force after graduating from Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama He will report to Goodfellow Air Force Base Texas for intelligence officer training Ott is the son of Sally and Donald Ott of Shafter and a 1989 Shafter High School graduate He earned a 1993 bachelor s degree from Carleton College and a 1996 master s degree from Georgetown University

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Lan P. Ott U.S. Air Force Maxwell Air Force Base Montgomery Alabama Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base San Angelo Texas Ott Sally Donald Ott Shafter Shafter High School Carleton College Northfield Minnesota Georgetown University Washington D.C
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