Since this newsletter is being published on Sunday, June 17th, the day of a celebration honoring fathers, I would like to start by saying Happy Father's Day to all the fathers in our Club.  Did you know that Father's Day has been an official national holiday for only the past 40 years?

Father's Day was founded in 1910 by Sonora Dodd.  Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.  Her father, the Civil War veteran William Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children.  After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, Sonora told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them.  Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors didn't have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. 

This holiday did not have much success initially.  A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913.  In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak in a Father's Day celebration and wanted to make it official, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.  In 1924, US President Calvin Coolidge recommended that the day be observed by the nation, but stopped short of issuing a national proclamation.  Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress.

In 1957, Maine Senator Margaret Smith wrote a proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "singling out just one of two parents".  In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.  Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972. 

Quote of the week: " Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that makes a man want to make the best of what's in him and what's been given him". ~ Laurence Rockefeller 

Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

Galina Schott,   

2012 SBMC President 

Things you may or may not know about our Board Member, Julie Clements:

On February 19th 1934 at the Southside Business Men's Club meeting, Jacksonville Beach Mayor W. E. Montgomery, the guest speaker, opposed building a boulevard that would go to close to Mineral City but said he would support a road built on the FEC right-of-way. The idea of a new road had been broached and, at a November meeting, the delegation of Ben McCormick, Gene Zapf, and W. E. Montgomery held further discussions.

In 1945 the Club secured the old East Coast Railway right of way from Southside to the beaches for the construction of Beach Blvd. Which at the time it was built was a model, state of the art highway.

Crump Kirby,

In networking clubs it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that other members who overlap or directly duplicate your business' service or product will lessen your opportunity to receive referrals. Although it is counterintuitive, nothing could be more wrong. Clubs that become especially heavy in an industry, like finance, construction or automobile related services, don't see a drop in production by members in those fields, they see the opposite. Clubs that establish a focus in an industry become a hotbed of activity within that industry and those that are closely related.

As an easy example, more auto dealers generate more opportunities for auto service centers, body shops, bankers and even insurance agents. In turn, more of those related businesses will be drawn into our club which will increase the opportunities for the auto dealers. Businesses that are the closest to yours will have the most opportunities to refer to you. Having a few trusted referral partners that can help out with prospects that are not a perfect fit for your business is a value-added service that benefits your clients, your friends and your bottom line.

Scott Schilbrack,

2012 SBMC Membership Chair

Golf Outing -- June 22, 2012

Fishing Trip -- June 30, 2012

Daytona International Speedway Coke Zero 400 - July 7, 2012

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