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D7191-4
Date(s)
- 1938-04-15 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Seven year old Rosalie Meany watches her 14-year-old brother Neill Meany draw a cartoon character for his 136th weekly edition of "Family News" on April 15, 1938. The talented freshman won a scholarship to Bellarmine High School, scoring higher than any previous student on the scholarship test. Neill began publishing the Family News when he was 12 years old and credits his mother's encouragement as his greatest inspiration. The newspaper has a readership of 7; Neill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Meany, and his brothers and sisters, Catherine, 11, Joan, 9, Rosalie and Billy, 3. (T. Times, 4/20/1938, p. 20).
Meany, Rosalie; Meany, Neill; Newspapers; Journalists; Journalism;