Evening star., 1923-12-02
Girl Scouts.

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| captain; Leah Woods, scribe: held its
regular meeting Wednesday at $3.50.
After the opening exercises games
were played. The candidate scouts
were taught the promise and laws
by Patrol Leaders Dorothy Claypole
and Leah Woods. At O'Clock, after
singing the Evening Song, and
Taps" the meeting was adjourned.
Troop. No. %, Miss Hilda King, cap
! tain: Nanette Dembitz scribe; held a
| meeting November 26 which was
called to order by Chairman Leah
| Guggenheim. After the regular drill
the new members, Bernice Falk and
| Bertha Robbins, were entered. Ber-
| tha made a motion that committees
be appointed for the sewing which
the scouts are doing for charities, for
the distribution of it after its com
pletion and for entertainments. This
matter was fully discussed.
Marjorie Blumenfeld, as chairman:
Beatrice Mandell and Nanette Dem
bitz were appointed on the distribu-
| tion committee; Rhoda Friedman, as
chairman. Lillian Kahn and 10 Eileen
Rudnick for the sewing committee.
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Beatrice Mandell, Bertha Robbins and
Bernice Falk on the entertainment
, committee.
After this game of synonyms was
played and the tests were discussed.
Girl Scout Troop. No. 25. lieutenant.
Miss Lucille Duffy; scribe, Kathleen
kilroy: held its regular meeting No
! vember 16 at Notre Dame Academy
Hall. Miss Mabel Shannon presided.
The fire test held on a recent hike
was passed by all the scouts present
The scout signs We're practiced The
troop flag was received and was the
| cause of much JOY among the girls
The resignation of Lieut. Duffy was
received and accepted with many re-
grets. Election will be held at th.
next meeting to fill this vacancy
Taps" concluded the meeting.
Troop, No. AZ, Mrs. Conrad II. Young.
captain; Katherine Merritt, scribe:
! met as usual with an attendance Of
twenty-eight. The regular classes
were held, and the members prac-
/ ticed knot-tieing.
| A special meeting was called at the
| home of Capt. Young. Games wer.
| played.
| Seven members of the troop at
! tended the scout rally held at the
| Wilson Normal School on Saturday
| afternoon. Members of the troop
| entered the nature and cooking con
| tests, winning first place in the
former and second place in the latter
| The regular meeting of Pine Cone
Troop. No. "a. was held Monday eve
ming in the Anacostia Methodist
Church, with twenty-one present. a
| business meeting was held with
Evelyn Hazel as chairman. The sec
| retary's report was given by Esther
Rankin, after which the rally of Sat
| urday was talked over.
F., Troop. No. 81, won first place in the
! rally held at the Ingram Memorial
Congregational Church on Saturday
| Plans for Christmas were discussed
and a court-of-honor meeting called
! for Tuesday. The regular scout cere-
| monies were then held, following
| which the lights were put out and
| the girls sat in circle around a gas
heater for a camp fire and sang sew
eral songs.
| Evelyn Hazel. Josephine Rankin
Lou Snyder and Lille Hazel enter
tanned the members with motion
| songs after which Winifred
Josephine and Esther Rankin sang
) The troop formed a circle, sang
| TAPS" and the meeting adjourned.
: \ new member. Virginia Galatzo.
entered at this meeting, and Lille
| Hazel re-entered the troop.
| a court-of-honor meeting was held
Tuesday afternoon at the home of the<
| captain. Miss Vera Lawrence, with
the following present: Katherine
Peaper. Marjorie Robey, Evelyn
, Hazel. Esther Rankin. Margaret John
son and Josephine Rankin.
1t was decided that the troop would
give 50 from the treasury to the
Golden Page class of the Methodist
Church, to be used to help provide
Thanksgiving cheer for some needy
| family A system of interpatrol com
petition was outlined Plans for a
| Christmas entertainment were made.
| The Nature Study Club of the troop
has made special Christmas plans.
A meeting of the club was called
| for Friday at IL o'clock at the home
Katherine Peaper, member of the
club, who recognized every bird in
! the nature competition at the rally.
A meeting of the candidate scouts
was called for Friday afternoon for
work on the tenderfoot tests.
The next regular meeting of the
troop will be held Monday at pm
| in the Anacostia Methodist Church.
Troop. No. 45. Miss Mildred Averili
| captain: Dorothy Gothoudt, scribe:
met in the Ninth Street Christian
| Church Monday evening. After the
| opening exercises a business Meeting
was held. Several scouts are working
on their second class tests and study
J ing for merit badges. One of the
members won honors in the dressing
| contest at the field meet held on Sat
| urday. 1t was planned to take a hike
soon.
| Following the business meeting
| games We're played.
1 Troop, No. 20, Mrs. Dana Durand
| captain; Mary Durand, scribe; met
at the Cleveland Park Congregational
Church. Mrs. Woodbury. introduced
a group of girls who have recently
| become ten years of age. They will
] form the seventh patrol in the troop.
| During the summer the scouts
worked on articles for the bazaar
which the troop plans to hold
Anne Woodbury. and Betsy Garrett
| received their tenderfoot pins.
The troop is waiting for all to pass
| their tests, when they will be given a
! hearty initiation.