Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-29
GIRL SCOUTS BATTLE t
70 MAKE Il! RRR lAs DROP
Many Troops IL Tsis stss: Are inter-
sssed III Deferred Spending Plan
Outlined by National Director.

More than seventy thousand Girl
Scouts, according to an announce
ment made recently at National Girl
Scout headquarters, 1e9 Lexington
Avenue, New York, have adopted the
principle of deferred spending as a
means Of combating hysterical prices
Of the present day and "doing their
bit" to help put the nation on sta
BILE economic basis. Instead of spend
ing all of the money that they earn
or get from parents as gifts or allow
ances, hundreds of these patriotic
girls in each Of the eighty-threc local
councils throughout the United States
ara investing in Treasury Savings
Certificates and War Savings Stamps,
obtainable at the majority OF banks
and trust companies, or at local post
Offices.
VIRGINIA Girl Scout Troops inter
ested in this announcement arc as
follows: Troop l, Berryville, Miss
Frances Wolfe, captain; Troop 1,
Blacksburg, Mrs. Mary Rashe, CAP
tain; Troop l, Cherrydale, Miss
Ethel King, captain; Troop /, Cranes
Nest, Miss Mamie Fields, captain;
Troop /, East Stone Gap, Miss Chric-
tie Jones, captain; Exter, Mrs. R. r.
Jones, captain; Troop i, Fredericks
burg, Miss Emily Hetiin, captain;
Troop l, Hampton, Miss Eleanor
Hewins, captain; Troop 2, Hampton,
Miss Katherine Peck, captain; Troop
8, Hampton, Mrs. Geo. R. Shannon,
captain; Lexington, Mrs. S. N. Mill
ner, captain; Troop l, Lynchburg,
Miss Annie Owen. captain; Troop l,
Manassas, Mrs. Edith Sanders, cap
tain; Troop /, Newport News, Mrs.
w. B. Freebooter, captain; Phoebus,
Mrs. Fannie Moon, captain; Port Nor
folk, Miss Mildred James, captain;
Troop l, Portsmouth, Miss Agnes
Earnest; Troop 3, Portsmouth, Miss
Ellen Lash, captain; Troop a, Ports
mouth, Miss Lena Karp, captain;
Troop 5, Portsmouth, Miss Anne Todd
Foster, captain; Troop 6, Portsmouth,
Miss Charlotte Ewsld, captain; Troop
1, Quantico, Mrs. Nellie M. Dyer, cap
tain; Roanoke, Mrs. A. B. Brooks,
Miss Marion Bolinger, Mrs. Il. E. Rey-
nolds, captains; South Boston, Miss
Mary Barksdale, captain; Staunton:
Miss Mary Miller, captain; Toms
Creek, Miss Grace Deaton, captain;
University of Virginia, Miss Marsa-
ret Carter, captain; Wytheville, Miss
Kate Terry Green, captain; Wise,
Mrs. Edmund D. Wears, captain;
Richmond Eva Hewitt, Miss
Hazel shackalford, MISC Hannah En-
cleberg, Mrs. Florence Dooly, Miss
Rosebud Smith, Mrs. W. B. Saunders,
Miss Mary Davis, Miss Halle AtIis-
son, captains.
"One of the ten Scout laws is that
a Girl Scout must be thrifty" seys
Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, national di-
rector of Girl Scouts. ''Thls means
that a Scout must avoid all useless
waste of every kind, must be careful
when spending her money and must
always remember that she should
save every penny that she can invest
in safe manner. This habit OF saw
ing, if practiced regularly in youth,
will make for better wonanhood and
will also give to the Girl Scout sur
plus in time of need.
Reports coming into National Girl
Scout headquarters show that the
idea behind the governments WORK
and save movement appeals to Girl
Scouts. They like the Treasury Saw.
ings Certificates, for they are forward
looking girls. That the investment
now of sS2.4O means the return IN
January, 1925, of $500, with the
money meanwhile absolutely safe-
guarded from loss through accident
or theft, shows them that the certifl-
cate is sound. And where are the
girls of America who do not have
dreams of the days in the near fu-
ture? Some want to give a present
to their mothera; some wish TO save
for a trip; others desire to start
fund for educational purposes. IheSe
are only a few of the many reasons
prompting girls to save and TO invest