St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-06-25
Dear Editor:

Mrs. Maryedlth Kyle wrote OPP
posing a community center on the
south side in the June 4 issue of the
Spokesman. If there was ever a
greater need for such a place,
please tell US about it. We GER
tainly differ with her on that point
because we think, along with a
large number of others, that this
center would be an advantage espe-
cially in the Fourth Avenue and
Thirty-eighth street district.
1t has been said that in the high
class districts such as Park avenue,
Portland avenue, Minnehaha park
way, there are no centers but on
Park there are two and ID isn't very
pleasant for some smaller children
to go to these places. Even the
teachers and instructors cannot
keep down all the friction.
What are we going to do, allow
our children and older boys and
girls roam the streets as they are
now doing or give them place to
go? In the center under discussion,
there need not be any segregation
or discrimination for if other
groups feel so disposed to come,
we'll and good, but we would still
have a place in a convenient loca-
ton for ours. 1t seems to US that
the larger our church attendance
and community activity, the more
respect we could demand.
Wouldn't it be better to work to-
gether for the welfare of the group,
and have this center for our young
folks than to fight? There were no
such places for many of us when we
were children and we can appreci-
ate the greater need for such recre-
alton and supervision for the chill
dren of today, not only for pleasure
but for education. Omitted we
stand, divided we fall"
Mrs. H. L. Jackson, and a
Group of Clinton Avenue
Residents.
595 Olson Highway,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Editor:
I am one of the faithful readers
of your interesting paper and wish
to express my appreciation for hav-
ing had the opportunity of reading
it.
I am taking the liberty of put
ting in my bit in the apparently
heated, and I think uncalled for,
discussion inspired by a letter by
Clarence Hughes regarding the
possibility of a Community House
in the neighborhood of Fourth Ave.
So. and E. 18th st.
I am in favor of a Community
House there and believe it would
boost the morale and build up the
standard of our youth more than
anything else could possibly do at
this time. I laud the spirit of
Mr.. Hughes and his many we'll
wishers because contrary to the
comments of a mother and a prop
erty owner living in that district,
I can point to regretful incidents
in that area possibly due to the
lack of Community Center or a
place for some of our young men
and girls to gather and fraternize.
A druggist on the corner of 38th
St. and Fourth Ave. &c., in business
there for a long number of years,
was forced to go out of business
and he said, eff these young people
could gather in some other place
than drug store maybe I could
keep my customers and save some
of my stockton which 1 am not
getting paid from disappearing
from the shelves"
Possibly that mother doesn't
know of the bad conditions being
developed just through the lack of
a meeting place for young folks.
There are intelligent people living
in sections of the city other than
Portland and Park and Fourth Ave.
So. and I am quite sure that they
join in wishing Mr.. Hughes all of
the success possible in his good