Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Comp Fire
Girls


q Mildred Ayers home. The name
Abanakes" was chosen for the
group. Plans for q Christmas candy
sale were made. The following
members were placed on the enter
tainment committee: Beatrice Ru-
bright, chairman. Arlene Stamp and
Mildred Aver. Arlene Shamp was
also chosen to have charge Of tin
foil collection for this group.
The tin foil campaign which has
been carried on by the Camp Fire
Girls in Omaha, is to close on De-
cember Il. All Campfire Girls are
urged to have every bit of tinfoi,
available turned in by that time in
order that they get necessary credit
in their respective districts. The
group in each district Is to be given
an honor bead, to be awarded at the
next grand ceremonial.
The October collection of tin foil
amounted to 1870 pounds.
District No. 7, which includes
downtown, turned in $40 pounds
from the middle of July to the first
of October. Myrtle Hall and Hazel
Chumbley are at the head Of this
district. Bertha Vaughn's group,
the Toheha, turned in "a pounds in
August At the present time Miss
Alice Chambers group and Bertha
Vaughn's group are in the lead Mrs.
Hubbard's and Mabel Workman's
groups are doing very we'll in the
collection of tin foil, as their reports
have shown.
Blue Bird Nest No. of Nebraska
City. Of which Lewise Vessel is
chairman, has collected and sent in
tin foil during the past week to help
Omaha Campfire Girls.
Omahaqua Campfire headquar-
tiers has been closed during the past
week except on Saturday. This is
due to the fact that a permanent
secretary has not been secured to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation Of Mrs. H. P. Gates, The
Office will be open on Saturdays
from 9 a. m, till $50 and will be
open during the entire week very
soon. The date will be announced
through this column.
The groups of which Mrs. Thomas
Jones and Mrs. Edith Chantry
are guardians have not met re-
Gently because of the flu.
The Akita group, of which Mrs.
Charles Hubbard is guardian, will
meet with Virginia Offutt's group on
Tuesday at Miss Offut's home. A
council fire will be given by Mrs.
Hubbard's> group when Elizabeth
Patten and Mildred Troxall will be
taken in. The rest of the time is to
be spent in singing campfire songs.
The Oshoha group, of which Mrs.
Jane Buck is guardian, met Satur-
day at her home.
Helen Kuehn and Vera Orr of
Mrs. N. A. Nisewanger's group, are
recovering from the flu.
Herberta Bankers group met with
the group of which Zoe Shalek is
guardian at the home of Dorothy
Carmichael Wednesday to practice
campfire songs.
Gladys Stamps group met on
Monday at the home of Helen
Williams.
Eleanor McGilton's group met
Wednesday at the home of Dorothy
Guckert.
The group of which Myrtle Hall
is guardian, met Tuesday at the
home of Thelma Nye, They are to
sell the Christmas stockings for the
benefit of Belgian refugees. The
girls of this group are planning to
take care of several poor Omaha
families at Christmas time.
The Raosu group, of which Mrs
H, P. Gates is guardian, met Friday
at the home of Helen Cole.
Elinor Scott of Elinor Nc
Giiton's group left recently with her
family to spend the winter in Cali.
tornia.
The Ganeshaho group, of which
katherin Sturdevant is guardian
had hard times party at Beatrice
RosenthaPs home,