Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
WILL TRAIN SCOUTS.
Special Course for Captains
and Lieutenants Here.

l. Girl Scouts has announced that a
special training course for Girl Scout
captains and lieutenants will be given
beginning next Thursday. The
classes will meet in st. Johns parish
nan. on 18th street, every Monday and
thursday evening for Ave conSecu-
/ tive weeks from 1880 to o'clock.
Among the subjects taken up at
this meeting are tenderfoot and Sec
ond-class work, troop organization
and methods of teaching scouting by
means of games. The last named
subject will be particularly empha-
sized.
The members of the Girl Scouts
Officers Club will meet at the Y. w.
IC, A. headquarters for their monthly
! dinner and business meeting. All
| officers are especially urged to be
present. Dinner will be served in the
dining room on the fifth floor Tues
day at 6 o'clock.
The various troops of the organiza-
tion are resuming their meetings now
that the holidays are over. and many
or them are planning definite pro-
grams of study and play to be follow
ed during the early spring.
| several members of Troop 81 went
on a hike to Havemeyer Park Satur-
day, starting from the home of the
made and sausage cooked. Special
notice was taken of any birds seen,
4 and attention was called to the study
OF trees FOR their general shape and
| After luncheon the girls played
games. then the following girls passed
the observation part OF their second
class test: Margaret Johnson. Eliza
Lawrence and Evelyn Hazel. The fol-
| lowing passed in fire-making: Eliza
| beth Frame, Winifred Rankin, Mar
garet johnson. Dorothy Lawrence and
Betty Lawrence.
The regular meeting OF Troop 81,
MISS Vera Lawrence, captain, was
held Tuesday evening in the Sunday
schooi room of the Anacostia NJ K.
ChuTch. Miriam Fort gave a report on
the patrol leaders meeting which was
held Saturday at the Thompson
School. Mrs. A. II. Everham instruct
ed the girls in the first aid require
ments for their second-class test. The
t19 Ini girls passed in this test:
Ieates Helen Gibbons. Alice Gibbons,
Alice Teates, Betty Lawrence, Mar
garet Johnson. Elizabeth Frame and
in the c comnss: Miriam M Fort passed
class test. The next meeting OF the
troop VIII be held Tuesday, Janu-
airy "a.
Troop Is. Miss Mildred crooke, cap
meeting at the Wallach School at 3:15
| tuesday afternoon. The following
girls were presented with their GER
tihcates showing they are registered
Malvina Bandel, Ruby Saunders
Emily May. Mary Kelso and Teresa
| Breen. The girls plan to take a hike
at very early date.
| Troop 20. Mrs. Dana Durand, cap
tain: Virginia Stephenson, scribe; met
Friday, January s, at the home of
Scouts Anne and Betty Franchot The
question Of drilling was discussed
! Mary DuTand and Anne Franchot re-
ceived their second-class badges. Fol-
lowing the business meeting Mrs.
Franchot showed the girls how to
bandage sprained ankle. The troop
was then entertained by Mr.. Franchot,
VINO gave an interesting talk on
French Canada
Troop Sc, Miss Lucy V. Reardon,
captain; Audrey Allen, scribe, held its
last meeting at the Young Peoples
building. The girls received cards
from their former captain, Mrs. Jones:
These very Interesting cards answer
ed the purpose of round robin"
letter. Several of the scouts helped
with community work during Christ
mas week. Scouts Catherine Sloane
and Audrey Allen, with their captain,
picked out toys for the poor children
or Alexandria, Va, Friday night be-
fore Christmas. Scouts e. Eidhammer.
Margaret and Caroline Blunt and
Thelma and Audrey Allen helped to
pack the baskets which were sent to
the poor on Christmas day =
Troop is, Mrs. L. E. Norwood, can
tain; Frances Short. scribe. met Fri
day Instead of Wednesday of last
week, with a large attendance. The
troop is very. sorry to lose one OF its
members, Flora Crandall, who is
forced to withdraw on account of i'll
health. Capt. Norwood read a note
OF thanks which was sent to the
troop by the mother of the family
they adopted at Christmas. A letter
also was read from Mrs Station, a
member of the Girl Scout council.
inviting the younger sisters of the
scouts to meet with her and form a
pack OF Brownies in the neiEhbor-
hood. The captain announced the
patrol leaders meeting to be held
Saturday, and also that all merit
badges worn by the scouts recently
would be awarded by the awards COM
mittee of the council at the court OF
honor meeting to be held SATURDAY.
January 81. The troop is fortunate in
having Lieut.. Butler to give a regular
course in drilling, beginning We'd
nesday. Mrs. Butler. mother Of Mary
Marion Butler. was a guest at this
meeting.