St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02
GIRL SCOUTS NO
LONGER PART
OFCOVINGTON
DAILY LIFE
Mrs. w. Porteous Hopes for
Return of Scouts To
Permanent Home
MAMIE NEWMA N
POPULAR BOSS
Scout Falling From Second
Story Saves Life By Us
ing Scout Fall Break

The Girl Scouts broke camp We'd
nesday and returned to. New Orleans.
Their headquarters have been in tho
de la Vergne place on Riverside
Drive, a mile or two from Coving-
ton on the Bogue Falaya River. They
have been in charge Of Mrs. VIM.
Porteous. which alone is a guarantee
of good management and a pleasant
time-not a Scout that would not
fight for her and not one that would
disobey her.
The Girl Scouts captured tho
friendship and esteem of Covington
and the surrounding country through
which they hiked and picnicked and
enjoyed themselves, with all the
discipline of regular troops, and they
will carry with them the best wishes
Of all. Their department at enter
tainments and theatre parties, their
attendance at church services, their
visits to factories and places OF In
terest were all conducted with due
regard for the benefit or entertain
ment attached to each. The Scouts
certainly got the most there was IN
every opportunity offered them and
made it pleasure to those who en-
tertained them.
In Covington, they Werp much In
terested in their inspection of the
Mackie Pine Products Company, the
ST. Tammany Ice & Manufacturing
Company and the Pineland Spring
Bottling Company.
Hon. w. H. Sullivan made their
trip to Bogalusa very enjoyable by
visits to the big lumber and paper
mills, the Wv. G. A., with its fine
swimming pool, which they took ad-
vantage Of, and hanquest at the
Pine Tree Inn.
The Girl Scouts range from 10 to
18 years OF age, and a majority OF
the captains are school teachers. To
become an officer you must have won
the required number of badges Tor
service distinction-the captain 21.
lieutenant ,18, second lieutenant 16.
Then there are badges for merit and
for attainments, such as Economist"
etc. The Scouts in their hikes thru
the woods study bird life; tree and
plants and flowers become more than
Of passing interest. Swimming Is
sport that many Of them have be-
come quite proficient in, and they
have life saving corps that has done
actual service in this respect, Misses
Mamie Newman, Elizabeth Cur1ey.
Miss Curley also had charge OF the
hospital and Red Cross work. Miss
Newman attended to the recreational
work, drills and assignment Of duty.
Miss Newman perhaps has moro
Individuality than any girl wh0ahas
visited Covington, Girl Scout. or not.
She seems to be particularly adapted
to bringing order out OF chaos, has
an economical understanding OF the
advantage OF exact accounting and
can line up a squad of Girl Scouts
In an ice cream parlor and soft drink
establishment after an hours sitting,
collect the bill and turn 1t over to tho
cashier without missing even glass
of soda water with the speed OF
machine calculation Everybody
loves Mamie, from the drug store
man to the postmaster. When she
doesn't get anything out Of life and
help others to do so, 1t will be be-
cause ''it amt there"
Among the athletic requirements
OF the Girl Scouts is the knowledge
how to break fall so that one will
not be hurt. This came in very
handy when one of the scouts fell
from the second story Of the build
ing. The use she made OF the
knowledge Of how to break the fall
probably saved her life; She was
uninjured.
Effort is being made to secure a
location for a permanent camp for
the Girl Scouts. The matter was
put before the Association OF Com
merce.