The Washington herald., 1916-04-02
GIRL SCOUT NOTES.

At the Wednesday meeting of Troop
!, which was held at the home of the
Visiting Nurses, twenty girls were
present. Miss Fox gave an interest
ing lesson on The Care of the Baby"
The hike that had been planned was
abandoned because of the weather. The
next meeting will be at the home of
the Visiting Nurses and will be the
last one before the troop takes it's
examination on this course of instruc-
ton.
Troop 8 of Petworth celebrated it's
second anniversary on Friday, March
"a, at the residence of the captain.
feature of the evening was the mu
sic furnished by the Musical Mccarthy
Family" Between eighty and ninety
guests were present. including the
parents. Mrs. G. +. Rafter, national
wise president. and Mrs. II. A. Colman,
local field commissioner. were both
present the former presenting the fol-
lowing girls with tenderfoot and sec
ond class badges: Rita Eastburn. sec
ond class; Elizabeth Rice, Hazel Smith.
Margaret Caffee and Hope Nichols, ten
derfoot. Mrs. Colman presented the
following proficiency badges: Rita
Eastburn and Isabelle Cote. laundress;
Katherine Davis. music; Helen DAILY,
flOpe Iledson ana lnurZa Suler, nat
uralist.
After the reception a short comedy
sketch. entitled, No Men Wanted" was
given by Gertrude Coon. Melba Jones,
and Eunice Haden. After the installation
of new officers, the captain, Mrs. Mooers.
presented the retiring officers and the
secretary, who was elected for a second
term. with little pins. and a summary
of the years work was told by the cap
faf s,ly ole
by surprise when her smallest scout.
Thurza Suter, presented her on behalf
of the troop. with a gold piece, and Mel
ba Jones stepped forward with a beauti-
| full birthday cake on which two candles
cleaned. An original jingle accompanied
each presentation.
Eunice Haden made a charming Turk
ish fortune teller, in a little booth fitted
up for the occasion. The party concluded
with dancing until a late hour.
After the regular meeting of Troop Z,
on Friday, March "a, the tenderfoot cere-
moFv was performed. Miss Cora Neal
presented twenty-eight girls with their
tenderfoOt pins. Laura Merrill, leader of
patrol g. was presented with an attend
ance pin for having attended every meet
ing for year. Patrol Leader Harrington
received a proficiency badge for music
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the troop by having the flag. recently
presented by Mrs. Lowe. mounted with
brass eagle at the top and presented
by Rev. David Covell Mrs. Callbreath
and Miss Alma Barker visited the troop
A meeting of Troop II was held last
Friday night at the home OF the cap
tain. AS many OF the girls are working
for their proficiency badges In cooking
Oh
explained much to the members con-
corning this part of the work. 1t was
decided that tn" troop give . benefit
at Polls soon. the exact date to be
decided later, to raise the money for
the new suits soon to be purchased.
Initiation was discussed but no decision
was reached at the last meeting of Troop
6. motion was adopted that a girl
asked to Join the troop must be intro
duced to all of the members before being
voted in. Catherine Caldwell was voted
in at the last meeting. Another motion
was adopted that only three visitors may
be allowed every other week
Al the last meeting of Troop IS. DR..
Mary Holmes continued her series OF
surgical talks. The subject "Bandaging"
was presented Interestingly to the girls.
At its meeting last Thursday Troop 20
was very busy. Mary Newton passed her
tenderfoot test. The majority of the
bigger girls are rehesrsing for their scout
play TO be given at Northeast Masonic
Temple on April 26
On Saturday. March Is, Troop 20 was
just a year old. and was rendered q
birthday party by Harrie Enoch. menu
Der OF the troop, at her home 4l6 B street
northeast. The house was appropriately
decorated with large American flags.
Practically the whole troop. with It's cap
tain, Mrs. Arnold, and the lieutenant,
Miss Pansy Barbour. and post captain,
Mrs. William B. Bales, attended the fes-
tivities. Many friends of the girls were
present. Dancing and refreshments were
enjoyed and later the girls sang and
gave the troop yells.
Pansy Troop. No. %. held its fourth
meeting at the Wallach School on Tues.
day at $3.50 O'Clock. Lemuel B. Miller
taught the girls the knots and spoke to
them about semaphore signaling. The
three patrols have been named for birds,
as follows No. !, Bluebird: patrol No. .,
Thrush; patrol No. 5. Wren. Miss I'm
derwood. teacher of the fifth grade at
the Wallach School, was welcomed as
the lieutenant OF the troop.
The newly organized troop at the Jeffer-
son Bradley School had its second meet
ing March n. in the kindergarten room
of the Jefferson school. Miss NJ J. Jar
Dos is captain, and Miss Fitzhugh assis-
tant & captain. II was decided that
the girls would earn their uniforms by
selling boxes OF burnt almond chocolates,
which their captain was authorized to
buy. Yesterday the girls toured some OF
the public buildings. Another girl has
been admitted, making In all eighteen
enrolled as probatoners.
Girl Scouts OF Troop 4 met at Noel
House gymnasium. Annie Kyle and
Blanche HuIbear received their tender
foot examination and found that they
had successfully passed, After a short
meeting the troop hiked TO the mouth
OF the Eastern Branch. The girls paced
half way back and walked the rest of
the way. When they got back they bade
their captain good-by. She has gone to
Panama for a month. Miss Harlow and
Miss Blair will now be leaders.
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