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WEDNESDAY. MAY 8, 1929
My Mother
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W said: This shall be cast in
My most perfect mold.
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SHE shall have love, reason,
understanding, justice, sym
pathy. ;1 ,j
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£*HE shall always radiate good
C/ will toward man.
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HER life motto shall be serv
ice, her guide be kindness.
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AND this one He made—
My Mother.
ANITA 11. COOK.
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Origin of Mother’s
Day in Dispute
Honor of First Observance
Claimed by Town of
Henderson, Ky.
It has been the popular belief that
the second Sunday in May was the
day first suggested for Mother’s day,
but the natives of this Kentucky
town have an entirely different ver
sion, writes Martha Lee Forgy from
Henderson, Ky., to the New Orleans
Item-Tribune.
Folk here, Miss Forgy continues,
insist the day was originated by Mary
Towles Sasseen Wilson.
Born and reared in this little city,
on the south bank of the Ohio river,
in the ’GOs, she labored earnestly to
have April 20, her mother’s natal day,
observed in the schools in the manner
in which the day is now celebrated.
In ISO3 Miss Sasseen, then a school
teacher, published a book setting
forth her ideas, aims and objects,
dedicating the volume to her mother,
with a hope for natural recognition
The book was eopywright that year.
She traveled extensively and ad
dressed various educational meetings
throughout the country in her effort
to have the day observed in the
schools. It was in the little Center
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Mrs. Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson.
street school of Henderson that the
first observance of Mother's day was
held by Miss Sasseen, and in IS!)I she
succeeded in having it celebrated in
the public schools of Springfield, Ohio.
In 1899 she became a candidate for
superintendent of public instruction
of Kentucky, and it was then gen
eraliy discussed over the state that
she had first conceived (lie plan of
celebrating Mother’s day.
It is still being discussed and
proudly boasted by officials and citi
zens alike here, who argue that:
“Miss Annie Jarvis of Philadelphia
has neon given the credit of originat
ing the idea of setting aside a day
for the purpose. Miss Jarvis is en
titled to great credit In connection
with the national celebration of the
day, but the idea of Mother’s day was
conceived long before the time cred
ited to her. It was first thought of
here, in Henderson, by Miss Sasseen
and celebrated in the schools here
long before the date the sponsors of
the movement claim it originated.”
In 1907 Miss Jarvis invited a friend
to spend the second Sunday in May
with her, to commemorate the day of
her mother’s death. On that day Miss
Jarvis announced her plan for a na
tional observance of “Mother’s day.”
The next year Miss Jarvis’ propagan
da had progressed so far that Phila
delphia celebrated the day in church
and home.
Mary Towles Sasseen married
Judge Marshall Wilson of Florida,
and gave her life to the cause of
motherhood when her first child was
born.
The movement to bestow credit to
her for the origin of the idea has
merited the indorsement of many
Kentucky organizations. Tins move
ment, they say, would not detract
from the impetus that Miss Jarvis
gave it, and there is plenty of honor
for both her and Mary Towles Sas
seen Wilson.
Communities Honor Mothers Day
SMYRNA OAK GROVE
Nobody Cares Like Mother
Nobody cures like Mother,
Nobody’s half so true,
And nobody’s half so dear to me,
Mother, my dear, as You.
Miss Grace Walker
Miss Margie Walker
Miss Myrle Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Bartow Walker
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To All the Mothers:
It’s too long to wait till I see you again,
It’s too far to talk to you too,
So I’m sending this in-between message
To tell you I’m thinking of you.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Lamar Wood
and Family
W. P. Hicks and Family
Pinkie, Dollie and Jeff Norton.