Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
MOTHERS TEA DAY.
Girl Scouts Also Have Other
Events Under Wav.


TROOP Z. Mrs. j. p. Hovey captain.
L Margaret Martignour scribe. held
the regular meeting at the
Foundry Methodist Church at 4
o'clock Saturday. Eleven girls re-
ported. The troop plans to give a
mothers day tea Frances Vernon
completed her second-class test. The
number Of merit badges won by the
girls up to date Is twenty. Plans
are being made for another trip to
Walter Reed
On April and 6 the patrols had
meetings at the home of Capt. Hovey
In Mount Rainier, Md. Tho girls
cooked lunch. made plans for the
mothers day tea event. went over merit
tests and hemmed some bandages.
Ihe troop is considering ways to
make money to finance a paper 1t is
anxious to publish. The captain Ia
making dolls for the dressing table
and the girls are making letters to
sell to students at Force School.
Troop s, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, cap
tain. On Wednesday Of Easter week
several Of the girls OF the troop met
Ldeuts. Grace Kelley and Phillip
Harding at 10 am. at Chevy. Chase
Miller's cabin in Rock Creek Park.
On the way the girls made maps Of
the country covered by what is called
'traversing." This was for q part
of their first-class test. After reach
following which games OF various
sorts were played. Altogether they
covered about ten miles.
The girls who went were Betsy
Fries. stockton Voorhees,. Helen
Sheckels. Marjorie Hannay, Florence
To, IL ~aha
and Margaret Kari.
On Monday the girls hiked from
Western High School to Mrs Hoov-
ers home. On the way they identi-
fed trees. wild flowers and birds.
The girls have started making a COL
lection Of various nature specimens
Troop Is. Mrs. Mildred Bennert
captain, Mary Kelso scribe. held no
regular meeting on April 3. but the
scouts met at the home Of the cap
Of their second-class test. Malvina
Baudel has passed all second class
work except signaling. while Emma
Anon has only a few things in the
test to finish before becoming a
Troop 20. Mrs. Dana Durand cap
tain: Virginia Stephenson scribe.
was assisted by the Boy Scouts Of
Troop 15 in presenting a pageant in
the new Cleveland Park church on
tableaus. the first ten representing
Scout laws.
The girls represented % Ruth and
Naomi: CD Joan Of Arc: ca Poca-
Dolly Madison: tsJ sacajawea; rs
Florence nightingale: ts) Grace Darl-
Ing: 90 Little Women: 1o) Jenny
Lind: UD group OF Girl Scouts
around campfire.
The pageant was under the direc-
~ os.fA
Katherine Dunkhout taught the girls
and boys to dance the minuet for the
Dolly Madison scene.
Troop SO, Miss Nellie Dunkley. cap
tain. Edith Robertson scribe. held
at the Kenilworth church. The whole
troop is working on second-cla test
work and all hope to pass in the near
future.
Saturday morning the troop met at
the captains homo and started on an
all-day hike at $3.50. The members
rode to Riverdale. Md, on the electric
cars and ,hiked back. the distance
being a little over FIVE miles.
This is the second hike OF the
spring.
Troop 81, Miss Vera Lawrence, cap
tain: Winifred Rankin, scribe. on
Friday. April 6, twelve girls OF Pine
Cone troop and two from Troop 10
met at 9 o'clock at the home of the
captain. From there they went on a
hike to a lovely place some distance
to the east of the Congress Heights
rife range. The girls cooked lunch
over a fire and then played games Of
all sorts for a couple of hours. They
also recognized trees. birds and a
few wild flowers. The girls hiked
about six miles in all, returning home
at o'clock. Those who went were
Alice Fowler, Marion Barrett, Ruth
Teates Elizabeth Frame, Alice Glib
bons, Helen Gibbons. Winifred Ran
kin, Dorothy Lawrence, Betty Law
renee, Evlyn Hazel. Elizabeth Rielley
and Anna Fugitt of Troop "a and Ruth
Shaughnessy and Priscilla Morse Of
Troop 10.