Of the 19 units manifesting growth, 16 yielded only diphtheroids, 1 unit grew coagulase-negative staphylococci, 1 unit grew diphtheroids and micrococci, and 1 unit grew diphtheroids and coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Spokane, Wash. â Father's Day was started a century ago because inventor Sonora Smart Dodd was upset by widespread mocking of fathers in popular culture as lazy, sleazy and drunk.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held July 5 1908 at the Central United Methodist Church in Fairmont, West Virginia. In 1909, Mrs. John B. Dodd of Washington, arranged a tribute for her father on June 19, 1910. She was the first to suggest an official Father's Day observance.