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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1955
Page
4
In a brief editorial the writer recalls working with fifteen local youths and discusses juvenile delinquency. The group is described as well mannered and diligent, similar to students from ten to fifteen years ago, and the writer expresses gratitude for the opportunity to know them.
The Board of Education extends a summer boost with Lighted Schoolhouse supervised all day play for hundreds of school age children at no charge. A new board member notes every action impacts classrooms, and the Hyde Park Kenwood communities praise three lighted schoolhouses for providing a healthier, structured summer environment.
Readers hail the Hyde Park Herald’s student-led edition as a newsy community paper. Mrs. Frank Quayle and Walker Sandbach commend the effort and thank the Herald staff for enabling student editors at Hyde Park Cooperative Society.
Bob Chorley of Woodlawn Chicago Boys clubs praises the Herald for giving youngsters a chance to contribute under supervision. He commends the staff for lifting the issue with their work.
Hyde Park residents praised the student editors for producing an engaging issue. The note commends the editorial writing and urges all adults in Hyde Park to read the paper.
Wallace Williams of 5237 Kenwood argues in a Herald letter that redevelopment can't change people, claiming the community has been declining for 25 years or more and citing long residency since 1903. Mr. Morris Cohen is quoted on housing redevelopment contrast.
Herman J. Schover of Hyde Park Liquor Store writes to thank for the honor of being named King of Corn but declines the title in favor of Norman Watson of Watson Jewelry Store at 55th and Woodlawn, praising his rival's humor as older than the pyramids.
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