Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 81, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 19, 1949 Page: 5 of 10
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turti year then- ts rrucl. tulk of Mother4* Day, and people
urd then selves Aitii rod and white mars and listen to eulogies
of Mother. This is fitting and proper, for kothers do have a
tough tine.,.lh<*re is a lot of pain and work involved in being
a t'other...but did anyone ever think n ucii about the troubles
buthirs have1)
This forgotten nan. except for hut hriet splurge of publicity
on “bather's Day.'* g<»* s all year long with little or no atten-
tion.
Inless the children want the car. or Mother wants a frayed
electric cord n ended; or ■ rreone wants son e cash, in n ediately,
no one ever gives bother a second thought.
bo. here's to you bathers! Whether awaiting the new arrival
while pacing the hospital floor; or switching Haliers In a
“pinch”; or walking a rule to your club Meeting while the kids
take die fan ily car two blocks for a rr ailed rrilk. or giving up
tliul new suit you need so daughter can have a new fortr al. or
ci’ii iorting v ur heli -tiate when vrr»'w strikes..you’re _just
a “bather.”
All the trouble you to just to be* called "bather” oust be
wortli it..or you wouldn't puss out cigars when >uu be-con e one..
Nor would your chest swell >ut when - eone ..sks you how die
kiddies are. t_o right ahead and la* proud you’re a bather...this
is \Cl h Tay!
i*i< lured below is a |>ietirr su>r» ol I a liters in t.ladewoler. Viator
I'b.iifaigrapher l!n an I aulkncr snapped do se ini carnal shots uf some
local "proud Papas " In order listed, li«e> are
I lired <>l pacing Uie liospnal < orndor, expectantly, Nash ndor.
tries to relax while awaiting ll.e eight-pound event...a hot. he logies.
this t.reggton papa-liehe is in dip creates! agonx any father ever
endures...he U>lnl>s'
j. < ia.es Uie i'.ahy. cones evlra hardship. Viaina gets ured switrhuig
Irimi wet-U>-drx so I'apu gels a shot at being a “lather." Here I. V
"lohv” lime swaps to a dry cloth »n his daughter, spartan I »nn.
i ol*> is new to the I ather-routine as his daughter in unb three-
ueeks old.
I llo I aUa rs ii.iss out on llle liecause ol (heir added reS|*onsibillO 1
ion W mi ill doesn't think so lie won a tree trip (o ( ulia He having
the largest uoteane in sales anong (liirteen shires in die meat imarket
department ol I'lggh Wiggly., hut lie passed the irip i*> Ills daughter,
Virginia Sue, had insl been released iron the hospital after suffering
an attack ol polio l>e iell Uial la'ing al home with her. hi give lav die
proper attention aiai exercise hi aid in her ccmplete recovery, was
u ost important. Ms son is also named lom W.
4. VnoUa-r proud lather is l.erman Williams, agricultcac teacher in
Ha' i.lailewater schiaii systen Hernian is especially iiroud ol his
twin sons hoiiald aial Donald who are wrll*known in local ilaey shows
lor their work with dairy anunals I lie two hoys usually w uid up with
blue riblxms whenever (hex show liieir animals lie girl pictured on the
right is Viarlha. Herman's daughter. In ll.e intermediate stage ol lather-
i.nod. Herman is mil plagued with "teen-age-itis.'' yet.
V. «.rad> In leu an suffers Ihe agony of bathers the world oyer, aa
his son and daughter sue ask hun to “dig” for his hack larchel. Itr
implies uaiurallv hi'iausr he knows they will get Uie money anyway.
1 een-sgers have ways of gelling bathers to cone across with Ihe car
keys "gold" ut ail'Hung else [hex leel lliey really need, urudy la
well-veryed in his job of being a lather, hecauae he given m easily
now However tie still feels the title la worth (lie pain.
I. i.rudualion into i.raml-balhericuod la die next step for bathers.
JiUhi letrr. birn three miles math ol t.ladewater many years agu, was
lather o( Iota children. He now has ill aanddilltfreii and lias reached
the ulUnate goal of all graitdfaUcers with a group ol ureal urandctidd*
nn nun is-nng six. He alls outside in tla* warm i.lade sun and re-
flectively thinks it ail over lie finally reached the conclusion that
being a I a liter was worth all Ihe trouble.
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Greep, J. Walter. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 81, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 19, 1949, newspaper, June 19, 1949; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008091/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lee Public Library.