Evening star., 1923-03-18
TROOP LESSONS.
Girl Scout Officers to Have
Week of Trainiino.


April II to April 90. This week will
be devoted to a course in troop man
agement which outlines the basic
principles and gives the logical de-
velopment of Girl Scout troop organ
ization. All Girl Scout officers, as
we'll as local directors. commission
ers and council members. are ex-
pected to find this course most help
full in their own Girl Scout work.
Miss Bewley. an English guider, will
assist in giving the course.
week end course of four lessons
planned especially for commission
ers and council members. will be held
on April 81, % and % at the same
place. The hours will be arranged
so that they will not conflict with the
member wishes to take both.
Troop !, Mrs. Harris Franklin. cap
tain; Margaret Straight. scribe. held
it's weekly meeting Friday at the
home of the captain. The major part
of the brief business meeting was
devoted 10 the discussion of merit
badge work. Following the business
meeting instruction was given in first
aid
Troop :. Mrs. j. p. Hovey. captain.
Margaret Martignoni. scribe--Sun-
flower troop met Saturday at Foun-
dry Methodist Church for hike. The
scouts took the car to $50 and NJ
streets. They marched across the
bridge and divided into two sections,
calling themselves "hares and
hounds.
The hares set out and blazed their
trail. Twenty minutes. later the
hounds followed They caught the
hares near the river.
During a rain the scouts took
shelter in an empty shack, after
which they cooked and ate supper. At
3 o'clock they left for home, planning
to meet again Saturday at o'clock.
Troop II. Mrs. Louis Dashiell. cap
tain, Frances Gruver. scribe, met in
the Hyattseille public library Mon
day, March 5. After short business
meeting, the new second lieutenant.
Emma simmons, was introduced and
Scout Florence schaetter was an
nounced to have been raised 10 the
rank of second Lieutenant
Election OF officers was then in or
der. Scout Bertha Werlich was
elected treasurer. succeeding Eleanor
Dove, who had resigned. Scout
Frances Gruver was reelected scribe
In the first patrol Scout Myrtle Her
berson was elected patrol leader and
Scout Katherine Dove, corporal
In the second patrol the Officers
are: Patrol leader. Lillian Severe
corporal. Katherine Rose. In the
third patrol Scouts Elizabeth Webt
and Ellen Matsudaira were re-elect-
| ed The election of standard bearer,
/ was deferred until ths next meeting
| The scouts have taken as their par,
of the work for the Near East Relief
| the collecting of contributions. They
! will also mend and make toys ant
| books
Troop 20. Mrs. Dana Durand cap
tain. Virginia Stephe nson scribe. me-
| Friday, March ., at the home of Scou
! Agatha Varela- Mrs. Dursnd told o.
| girls of the troop. Most OF the even.
! ing was taken up in studying fol
I tests.
| The troop. together with the Boy
! Scouts OF Troop IS. has been giver
charge of the program for the enter
Cleveland Park Church on Friday
| April 6.
| Troop 81. Mrs Vera Lawrence cap
| tain, Winifred Rankin scribe, held Z
| special meeting for girls working or
| second-class tests Thursday, March
| following girls PASSED the History o.
| the American. Flag" part of theiI
test: Alice Gibbons. Elizabeth Frame
Alice Teates. Margaret Johnson. Vera
| Inscoe and Winifred Rankin. Evelyr
Hazel passed III first aid and fire pre-.
vention.
On Monday ten members Of the
| troop attended the bird study clas.
at the Thomson School with the cap
tain. They are Esther Rankin, Eve
lyn Hazel: Katherine Peaper. Vera
| Inscoe. Alice Gibbons Helen Git.
| bons, Elizabeth Frame. Lou Snyder
| Elizabeth Rielley and Anna F'ugitt.
Troop 80. Miss NJ. z. Craig captain
! Alice Mckay scribe. has reorganizet
and now has two patrols.
i The first patrol is as follows: Mar.
tina Weathsriy, patrol leader; Mar
SarmeH Eollier Ki1en w.ieon' Eif.
{ Smith and Alice Mckay.
: Patrol 2-Kathryn McLane patro
! leader: Roberta January, corporal
! Marjorie Shaw and Helen McI.ane
| Margaret Hamburger is now treas
| urer of the troop and Alice Mckay /!
! scribe.
! The troop plans to meet the frs
and third Saturdays in each month.
| Eleanor Mcclure scribe. met. will
| thirty-six present. Scout Buchhol;
! was unable to be present. az she wa.
| i'll with tonsilitis.
After the regular exercises ther,
| were classes for instruction. This wa,
| followed by the usual drill and. be
| fore being dismissed. the singing O.
America at attention, after which
the scouts marched by the officers il
! single file. giving the salute.
The patrol leaders meeting wa,
! held Saturday. March 10. at pm. a
I q Thomson T.
wood. president of the association
presided. Miss Ruth White, director
| made several announcements 7. ~al
! decided that meetings would be hslt
| every two months. with special pro
| gram. II was planned to have
! regular yearly hike in the spring ant
! a play or pageant in the fall
! The field meet was discussed ant
! the girls were told to practice for il
j There will be no jumping event thi.
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