An experiment in reforming drug addicts, which has been tried successfully at a few celebrated institutions like Synanon in California and Daytop Village in New York, has come to the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.
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In the Delmar Baptist Pre-School summer classes the children spend the morning excitedly feeding some hungry guinea pigs.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council has been reorganized to increase the number of area residents on the Board of Directors.
Mr. Corliss Billups, 5800 block of DeGiverville (south side); Mr. Percy Armstrong, 5800 block of Pershing (North side); Mrs. Jane Davis, 5800 block of Pershing (North Side); Mrs. Sarah Whitehead, 5900 block of Pershing, (south side); Mrs. Ruth Devenport, 5900 block of Pershing (north side) Mrs. Justyne Davis, 5900 block of Waterman, (south side); Mr. Steve Lukens, 5900 block of Kingsbury, Mr. Robert Arbuthnot, 5900 block of McPherson.
It is encouraging to see residents of the Skinker-Debaliviere area become actively involved in the real estate and housing problems of our neighborhood.
HAMILTON SCHOOL CHAMPION BOXERS.
If you haven't noticed already -- something unprecedented is happening in this community.
Mrs. Anna Bergman, 5826 Pershing, is our cook-of-the month.
In recent weeks we have had a number of conversations with neighborhood people, mostly property owners and merchants, and more often than not, the rash of student demonstrations against ROTC on the Washington University campus has come up.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1970.
You and the staff of THE PAPER deserve the congratulations of the entire community.
Operation Neat, Neighborhood Effort in Action Today, will begin a 90-day program in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area this month.
