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Nome, Alaska, Friday, May 6, 1949
A Tribute to American Mothers
Mother s Day has become a traditional American in
stitution. It is always the second Sunday in May—this
year, May 8th. Only in America will you find a million
and more queens on this very special day in May, each
with a place of honor, and her adoring subjects around
her, or thinking of her if they are away from home.
American women hold a place in life that is unique in
even this enlightened day, and the honor and respect
granted them extends particularly to the American
mother, whose guidance and love has been such a large
factor in making “good Americans.”
Mother is close to everybody’s heart, and this year
there will again be a spontaneous recognition paid her.
Editorials will be written about her, gifts will be lav
ished on her, poets will eulogize her, and each of us will
find some way to express on this one day what is in his
heart all year.
The idea of setting aside a special day to do mother
honor was started by a school teacher, Mary Towles
Sasseen of Henderson, Kentucky, who held a Mother’s
Day ceremony in the school house in May, 1887. But
the idea didn’t really catch on until Ann M. Jarvis, of
Pennsylvania, firmly decided to carry out the plans be
gun by Mary Sasseen to establish a national Mother’s
Day.
Finally her efforts were rewarded; in 1914 Congress
agreed to declare the second Sunday in May of each
year as Mother’s Day. Miss Jarvis then added the final
gracious touch by selecting a carnation, her own moth
er’s favorite flower, as the floral symbol of the day.
Most of us will be delighted with the greeting cards
especially designed and written for Mother’s Day and
so lovely that they express our sentiments perfectly.
Designs are sweet or amusing bouquets of flowers
scented with sachets, entwined by dainty bits of lace
and ribbon, or mischeivous little children getting into
jams and being comforted by mother; there is a type of
verse, sentimental, whimsical, endearing, for every
mother in America and many will be sent to mothers
abroad, as the bonds of filial affection always endure, j
Honor to Whom Honor Is Due—
A lonely spinster, Anna M. Jarvis, who founded
Mother’s Day 40 years ago as a memorial to her own
mother and mothers all over the world, died last No
vember in Philadelphia, Pa., blind, penniless, and 84
years old.
Her death in a quiet sanatorium followed a long ill
ness. Partially deaf and unhappy in her last years, Miss
Jarvis died of old age, acording to her doctors.
Deeply sentimental, she started the Mother’s Day ob
servance on the second anniversary of her own mother’s
death by gathering a few friends at her home for a me
morial service.
The movement spread. Miss Jarvis wrote to legisla
tive and executive officers of the Nation and States urg
ing adoption of the day legally. Eventually her prodding
pen, waxing sentimental, won over President Woodrow
Wilson. In 1914 he proclaimed the second Sunday in
May a “flag holiday” honoring the nation’s mothers.
Thereafter Miss Jarvis channeled her every activity
and her modest fortune into enshrining motherhood, and
she began the single-handed struggle to make Mother’s
Day into an international observance. Today, the occa
sion is recognized in 40 countries.
Though all alone in death, hundreds of people every
where counted Miss Jarvis their friend. One letter she
cherished most hung on the wall of her sanatorium
room. From a little boy, it read:
“I am 6 years old and I love my mother very much. I
am sending you this because you started Mother’s Day.”
Carefully sewed to the letter was a $1 bill.
churches'
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday—
8:00 a.m.—Mass
9:30 a.m.—Mass
4:30 p.m.—At the Base Chapel
May devotions every evening at
7:30 p.m.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors—Rev. H. R. Amund en
and Rev. Theran McGrew
Sunday—
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service
Wednesday—3:30 p.m.
Children’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday—7:30 p.m.
Prayer Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
PENTECOSTAL
Third Avenue West
Miss H. E. Brown
Missionary in Charge
Mother’s Day
Sunday—
Sunday School .10:00 a.m.
Adult Bible Class.11:00 a.m.
Evening Service .7:30 p.m.
Tuesday—
Young Peoples Meeting 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study .7:30 p.m.
Friday—
Bible Study and
Prayer Meeting .7:00 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
MOTHER’S DAY
‘‘A good wife is Heaven’s last,
best gift to man: her voice his
sweetest music; her smiles his
brightest day; her lips his faithful
counsellors; and her prayers the
ablest adv.ocate of Heaven’s bless
ings on his head.”—Jerome Taylor
Sunday—
10:00 a.m.—Singspiration and Sun
day School classes.
11:00 a.m.—Mother’s Day Program
and presentation of five hono
gifts to mothers.
7:00 p.m.—Portraits of Mother,en
Edgar F. Russell
Cited By A. N. S.
The Alaska Native Serv.ce an
nounces tin at a citation lor merito
rious service has recently been re
ceived from the department of the
interior by Mr. Edgar F. Russell,
principal of the Hydaburg school.1
This citation was given as recog
nition for Mr. Russell’s superior
accomplishment in the develop
ment of Native leadership and for
his successful promotion of econo
mic, health and educational pro
grams for that village.
Mr. Russell entered the Alaska
Native Service in 1937 at Igloo
and also worked at Shishmaref
and Hoonah prior to his transfer
in 1944 to Hydaburg.
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SON BORN TO ROTHS
Cpl. and Mrs. James A. Roth are
the parents of a son, Jimmie Joe,
born at the MAF Base hospital
here at 1:30 a.m. on May 4, 1919.
He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
acted in pantqmime, presented
by the young people.
8:00 p.m.—Double duet, “Back to
Mother’s Bible,” by the young
people. Evening Message “Moth
er’s Day Message.”
“Most of the beautiful things in
life come by two’s and threes, by
dozens and hundreds. Plenty of
roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows,
brothers, siste's, aunts, and cou -
ins, but one MOTHER in all the
wide world.”—Kate Wiggin.
Wednesday—
7:30 p.m.—Melody, Testimony and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelization Society
Rev. Vem Rimlir.g, Pastor
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Sunday— 1
2:00 p.m. Sunday School fori
boys and girls.
P caching service in the Eskimo
! language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday—
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday—
2t00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
boys and girls.
Friday— ^
730 p.m. B ble Study.
HONOR THY MOTHER—MOTHER’S DAY—MAY 8
SCHOOL NOTES
THIRD GRADE
Roy O'Connor left for White *
Mountain this week. We hope he
will like his new home.
We have been studying about
butterflies. In art class we made
free-hand drawings of them.
FIFTH GRADE
The fifth grade has bean work
ing hard to get all their work fin
ished. There are only three weeks
of school left.
These pupils were neither absent
nor tardy the last six weeks: Rob
ert Dunbar, Lucy Fagerstrom, and
Carolyn Hyndman.
Donald Pierce is back in school
after having been Outside since
the 24th of January. His sister
Rosie is also here from Unalaklect.
We also have a new boy from
Massachusetts. His name is Robert
Lent and his father is in the army.
HIGH SCHOOL
Friday, May 6, is the 53rd an
niversary of the Langley airplane.
Early in the nineteenth century
many attempts had been made to
fly. Near the end of the century,
an American scientist, Langley,
fitted a steam engine to an air
plane. It flew a half mile distance.
The steam engine was not well
suited to aviation. Early in the
20th century, the French began to
use the gasoline motor and found
it better adapted. The first suc
cessful airplane was made by two
Americans, the Wright Brothers.
In 1905, one of their first machines
flew forty-five miles in an hour 4
and a quarter.
The Seniors are now enjoying
their senior privileges in attend
ing school only during class hours.
Twelve years of faithful attend
ance permits them to this special
privilege during the last month of
their publ:c school career.
The English IV students are
writing interesting autobiogra
phies of their lives. They are also
tracing back their family tree.
Sociology students are studying
the pl^ce that eciucat:oo and reli
gion hold in a democracy.
The general science class is
studying first aid.
The blue print reading students
arc busy mak ng booklets for the
Fair.
The Girl’s Glee Club has been
ousy reviewing the songs' they
plan to sing at their spring con
cert. This will be given in the
school gym Thursday, May 12th at
eight o’clock. No admission will be
charged.
High inte est centers around the
badminton tournament in which
the physical education ' students
are participating.
The earth’s radius is a conveni
ent unit for the distance of the
moon because it has to be taken
only 60 times. The mean radius of
our orbit is accepted for our solar
system but the unit for stellar or
star distances is the distance trav
eled by a light wave in one year.
This unit is called a light year.
Polaris, our North Star, is 47 light
years or 276 trillion miles away.
NAZARENES TO HONOR
MOTHERS WITH GIFTS
Five honor gifts will be present
ed to Mothers Sunday morning
following the Mother’s Day pro
gram at the “Church of The Naza
rene” at 10:00 to 11:45 a.m.
Mothers bring your children
young and old. Fathers bring your
Mother and the Mother of your
children and enjoy the services in
honor of MOTHERS.
Sunday evening the Young Peo
ple are presenting “Portraits of
Mother,’’ enacted in pantomime at
7:00 p.m. Following this se vice
will be special music and a sermon
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