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Page 14 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 8, 1977 Everything about Fathâ€" er‘s Day is Allâ€"American â€" from its small beginâ€" nings in a far Western village to its broad impliâ€" cations in 1975, It has withstood the erosion of four wars, a Depression, countless recessions, a soâ€" cial revolution and womâ€" en‘s lib, and today is more significant than ever! STROLL IN THE SUN in this tan polyester/cotton pool set with multiâ€"colored embroidery accenting the swim suit waist and jacket pocket, suggests the Men‘s Fashion Association. We‘re Moving to a Larger Location â€" EVERYTHING MUST GOIl! ecarhartt ".‘\ @ ANDm ” r OVERALLS â€" * Many More Unadvertised Inâ€"Store Specials! P.S. â€" Special Prices for the Kidsâ€"Size 1 & up! _ CASUAL & DRESS SLACKS Pool yourself together Cord & Denim While they Last Preâ€"Relocation Sale! While They Last ... Father‘s Day traditionally to show dad he‘s appreciated by all \ _ For Kittens, Cats and Toms 31 499 31 999 When Mrs. John Rruce Dodd of Spokane, Washâ€" ington conceived the idea of Father‘s Day in 1910, she had no idea it would ever become so important. to want to honor her fathâ€" er because he brought up his motherless family with devotion, dedication and the American way. 8o, from this small beâ€" ginning, Father‘s Day was subsequently recognized by Presidents Wilson and cCoolidge as a day calling for introspective thought and reverence, for nationâ€" al recognition. Growing like Topsy, and with equal spontaneity, Father‘s Day captured the imagination of a grateful nation during the 1930‘s, and with no other governâ€" mental benedictions, grew to be an event observed nationwide during the past generation and a half. In response, Congress enacted Father‘s Day into law, to be celebrated the third Sunday of every June. responsibility that, to her, In retrospect, it would seem that the work of the National Father‘s Day Committee, which relentâ€" lessly pursued its objective of making Father‘s Day an event of importance in the American social fabric was essentially responsible for the place Father‘s Day now has earned for itself. Observed by 9 out of 10 Americans, it is now secâ€" ond only to Christmas in its importance as a family focus. And although the day is dedicated to dad, Father‘s Day is a family activity that evokes the best that is America. In characteristic Amerâ€" ican tradition, Father‘s Day has also become an dignity" to dad to mark his day of the year. follow the Americagy patâ€" tern, and observe Father‘s Day as the Third Sunday in June. brated in many different (about 40) countries This year Father‘s Day will be June 19. On that day, statistics reveal, something like 150,000,000 gifts will be lavished on American fathersâ€"everyâ€" thing from nursery school creative projects to the most lavish hiâ€"fA equipâ€" ment or sporting gear. Most American dads who get gifts get two or more, and their combined total worth is in the neighâ€" borhood of a billion and a half dollars; Favorite gifts are items of men‘s apparel â€" necessary and useful gifts, upgraded by fashion and aboveâ€"averâ€" age priced because they are gifts for dad. > So in a year during which the highest values of American life are being put to the test of time and the economy, Father‘s Day looms up like a beacon of security, expressing, symâ€" bolically, the "good old days" when protecting the family was almost as unâ€" complicated as, figurativeâ€" ly, standing guard at the log cabin door, to ward off midnight predators. MAIN MALL WATERLOO SQUARE RELAX ON THE WHITE BEACHES OF ANTIGUA in the West Indies in this white cotton poplin shirt suit with safari styling, suggests the Men‘s Fashion Association, It‘s worn over a cotton knit vertical striped pullover in navy, pink, white and peach. A stylish sandman Dad‘s day‘s a ® & family affair Father‘s Day is a day for all American Fathers to be honored. And since fathers come in all differâ€" ent sizes, shapes, colors, creeds and ages, Father‘s Day is observed and celeâ€" brated in almost as many different ways as there are fathers. Perhaps a Sunday morning at church is the most widely practiced form of observance. It is followed closely by the traditional Family Sunday Dinner â€" maybe around the dining room table, or at an outdoor barâ€"bâ€"que or with a picnic in the park. But some dads take the family to a ball game, maybe play in one with the kids on the Little League sand lot; others go golfing, fishing, make model planes or trains, or go for a Sunday drive in the country. And unfortunately, beâ€" cause life must go on, perhaps as many as 10% of all American dads havre to work on Father‘s Day, work as policemen or fireâ€" men, in restaurants and hotels, in gas stations and drug stores.That‘s irony, but that‘s DAD! “rdlmgfiv 12 King St. N. W aterloo Selection of New and Used Books 885â€"0411