By the end of the war, Fatherâs Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution. In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Fatherâs Day a federal holiday at last.
Finding Blue Chip Stocks. A blue chip is a large, financially sound company that has proved it can weather downturns in the market. These well-established companies have long track records of positive earnings and have paid dividends in both good times and bad.he Dow-Home of the Blue Chips. Established by journalist Charles Dow in 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, often just called the Dow, is composed of 30 blue-chip stocks from every important sector of the stock market except utilities and transportation.
According to 'Hall of Names', Stokes is one of the oldest Norman surnames, possibly also coming from the Battle of Hastings. The earliest known records of Stokes is in Pembrokeshire, where they had been seated since early times.eing only peasantry, Stokes would not have had a surname in the 10 th century (the French surnames didnt generally evolve till the end of the 13 th century), so all because Stokes does not sound French, it does not guarantee the Stokes are not of Norman origin, because a they would not have had a surname in 1066.