Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Editorial
March 21, 1949
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
Columnist Joe Serra critiques expensive public recreation programs for failing to curb juvenile delinquency, highlighting a successful parental accountability law in Baker, Oregon, enforced by Police Chief Guy Church.
Clipping
OCR Quality
92%
Excellent
Full Text
THE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE
Teaching grandma, and grandpa how to play and romp, and teaching the small-fry the scientific approach to "go-sheep-go," is now Big Business. Yep.
We just had a convention in our town of the recreation folks from far and wide -- and pardner, it woke me up. Talk about what is from 130 public recreation agencies--in this one state. Stayed 4 days -had a great time. And the recreation budget for just our own county here, is $46,000 bucks --and there are around 3000 other counties in the U. S. A., with "play" budgets. Not chicken feed.
And with all this recreation expense, look at delinquency - and delinquency is the very thing that a recreation program was to solve.
But for a horse sense remedy for delinquency, Police Chief Guy Church of Baker, Oregon has it. His town gave him a new law where the parents of a convicted delinquent goes to jail to serve the off-shoot's sentence. Easy does it, says the Chief-only 2 reported delinquent complaints since he got his new law.
Prancing mamas and papas baby sitters - hired community play watchers -- no wonder our youth sometimes is brash or gets out of hand. That town again, it is Baker, Oregon.
Yours with the low-down
JOE SERRA.
HICKORY GROVE
Teaching grandma, and grandpa how to play and romp, and teaching the small-fry the scientific approach to "go-sheep-go," is now Big Business. Yep.
We just had a convention in our town of the recreation folks from far and wide -- and pardner, it woke me up. Talk about what is from 130 public recreation agencies--in this one state. Stayed 4 days -had a great time. And the recreation budget for just our own county here, is $46,000 bucks --and there are around 3000 other counties in the U. S. A., with "play" budgets. Not chicken feed.
And with all this recreation expense, look at delinquency - and delinquency is the very thing that a recreation program was to solve.
But for a horse sense remedy for delinquency, Police Chief Guy Church of Baker, Oregon has it. His town gave him a new law where the parents of a convicted delinquent goes to jail to serve the off-shoot's sentence. Easy does it, says the Chief-only 2 reported delinquent complaints since he got his new law.
Prancing mamas and papas baby sitters - hired community play watchers -- no wonder our youth sometimes is brash or gets out of hand. That town again, it is Baker, Oregon.
Yours with the low-down
JOE SERRA.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Or Punishment
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Recreation Programs
Juvenile Delinquency
Parental Responsibility
Baker Oregon
Police Chief Guy Church
What entities or persons were involved?
Police Chief Guy Church
Baker, Oregon
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Parental Responsibility For Juvenile Delinquency
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Recreation Programs, Supportive Of Parental Jail Law
Key Figures
Police Chief Guy Church
Baker, Oregon
Key Arguments
Public Recreation Programs Are Expensive But Fail To Reduce Delinquency
Recreation Was Meant To Solve Delinquency But Hasn't
Baker, Oregon's Law Jails Parents For Children's Crimes, Reducing Complaints To Only 2
Over Involved Parents And Watchers Contribute To Youth Issues