Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-28
SEEK FUNDSFOR
GIRLSCOUT WORK
Captains of City Troops Out
line Plans For Campaign
For Sustaining Members

What do you think fourteen
year-old girl ought to be able to
do?' is the question asked by jose
phine DaSkam Bacon in letter sent
throughout the country in the inter-
est of the Girl Scouts. Mrs. Bacon
then goes on to enumerate various
things that the girl should be able
to accomplish and tells how the
Scouts aid her in attaining the
highest standards of girlhood.
She adds in conclusion that each
little group of Scouts needs q
trained, interested young woman to
captain it. Each captain needs a
council of interested women to help
her with advice and cooperation.
Each council needs the financial
backing of the leading citizens of
the town interested enough to see
that their little citizens get their
chance to grow into big ones. The
Glrl Scouts will take care of the
rest. They have the organization,
the training. and the vacation
camps; they have centers in forty
seven states of the union. They are
growing faster and faster and big
ger and bigger. They want to grow
better and better.
To accomplish these things they
need money, and since one of the
rules of their organization is that
no Scout may ask for money, an
| effort is being made by some of the
older folk to obtain a large num-
Der of sustaining mem bers-not
| girls eligible to membership as a
Scout-who will pay one dollar per
year as membership fee.
Last evening meeting of the
captains of all the Girl Scout Troops
in the city was held at the home
| of Miss Almeda Herman, 2025 North
Front street, to plan for this drive
Tor sustaining members. Saturday
was chosen as the day for the cam
paign and Miss Herman, captain of
Dogwood Troop No. 2, of Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, and
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the drive, selected ten work.
ers, each of whom will in turn Sc
lect ten more. These workers, 100
in all. will receive final instructions
at the Y. w. c. A. at supper on
Friday.
The troops in this city are as fol-
lows: Sunflower Troop, No. 1; Dog
wood Troop, No. 2; Golden Rod
Troop, No. 3; Oak Troop, No. 4;
Wild Rose Troop, No. s.; Holly
Troop, No. 6; Thistle Troop, No. Z;
Iris Troop, No. 8; Narcissus Troop,
No. 9; Pine Troop, No. 10, and Acorn
Troop, No. II, now forming. These
troops, comprising about $50 Scouts,
have made an unusual record for
themselves in this city. During the
Liberty Loan Drives they sold nearly
$4,000 worth of bonds. They in
every way possible backed every pa
triotic drive during the war and as
sisted constantly with the various
Red Cross activities.
The National headquarters, Girl
Scouts, which already number g.
600 members. enrolls every month
an average of 5000 new girls. That
means nearly 200 girls a day Join
this splendid organization which
gives them an opportunity to do the
things that are good for them in
their own way.
The executive committee for the
campaign includes: Miss Herman,
chairman; Mrs. Charles Stroh,
treasurer; Miss Mary Creighton,
publicity, with the following partial
list of directors: The Rev. Robert
Bagnell, Edwin S. Herman, Frank
G. Sites, William Bowman, Mrs. Ed
win S. Herman, Mrs. w. p. Starkey
and Mrs. Frank Sites.