First Baby of the New Millennium Baby Gets a 7-foot Grandfather

Furniture World Magazine

Little Rebekah Yi, the first baby of the new millennium in the continental U.S. has a new grandfather - grandfather clock, that is. On March 13, she became the owner of a Marcross Millennium Edition grandfather clock from the world's leading clock manufacturer - Howard Miller®. Last November, Phil Miller, executive vice president of Howard Miller, promised that the first baby born in the continental United States in the new millennium would be given an heirloom version of Father Time with one of the company's special grandfather clocks with a millennium inscription. The Yi family accepted the valuable grandfather clock from Paul Godnig of the Country Collection in West Brighton, Staten Island, and Howard Miller salesperson of the year, Shelly Schwartz at a party to celebrate the happy event. Schwartz is sales representative for metropolitan New York and New Jersey. Rebekah, the daughter of Yunhee and Chan Yi of New Springville, was born a second after midnight Jan. 1 in Sisters of Charity Medical Center, St. Vincent's Campus, in the Staten Island borough of New York City. Headquartered in Zeeland, Mich., and family operated since 1926, Howard Miller is the world's leading clock company and one of the world's most recognized brand names in collectors cabinets. Howard Miller products are available at fine retailers nationwide. For free information on clocks and collectors cabinets or to find a store near you, call 1-800-873-0506 or visit www.howardmiller.com.