Evening star., 1924-03-16

| Troop 2, Mabel Nelson. captain:
Grace Afuirhead scribe, held its week
| ly meeting in the clubroom of Epiph-
| any Church on Friday, March z.
! After the meeting the basket ball
| team played against the women's
Auxiliary team of Hyattsviile. The
| score was 10 to 4 in favor of the
| Scouts.
The lineup of Scouts was as fol-
! lows: Forwards, Mildred Yates and
Thelma Wallace; jumping center,
, Margare, Scott; size center. Jose
phine Stanton: guards. Annette Bet
nett and Grace Muirhead
Mildred Yates and Annette Bennett
starred for the Scouts. In a previous
game with Hyattsville the girls were
defeated.
Troop 7. Mrs. J. T. Hovey, captain
Eleanor Jones, scribe, won the rally
held at the Wilson Normal School
| Saturday the Sth. The troop has won
two rallies in succession in this dis
tr1ct
A first-aid team has been organized
under the direction OF Elizabeth Grtf-
fifth. Mary Ewin. = Red Cross Junior
life saver, will instruct the girls in
! swimming. diving and life saving.
| Five of the scouts took tulips, jon
! quils and pussywillows And cheer TO
| Mary Frances Wilson, who is very ill.,
Three girls received merit badge GER
tincates Saturday-Elixabeth Griffith,
| Michaeiis. cooking and sewing. and
| Eleanor Jones, cooking. sewing and
| laundress.
Troop 10, Hazel Scanlan, captain:
Florence Rice, scribe, met at the
| home of the captain Saturday and
! from there went to the rally. The
troop took fifth place in the rally.
| In the contest Mary Scott made the
| cup custard- Effie Wade entered the
| running race and Effie Wade and Lii
| liam Lindquist entered the three
! legged race. Ruth Shaughnessy and
| Priscilla Morse entered the signaling
contest: Florence Rice entered for the
nature part: Ruth Lewis. India Bell
Morse took part in the first aid. Ef1ie
Wade has received the merit badge
for child nurse. The next meetings
| of the troop will be held at the Gem
| trail Presbyterian Church.
Troop Is, Ruth Wallace, captain;
| Virginia Daiker. scribe, held q meet
ing Monday afternoon at the Wallach
School. For the next three weeks the
| meetings will be held on Thursdays
In the rally that was held at the
| Church on Saturday Troop Is tied
| with troops 81 and As, each troop hav-
ing won a total Of twent-ffve points.
Troop 20, Mrs. E. d. Durand, cap
the Boy and Girl Scout party given by
the girls of Troop 90 and the boys OF
Troop Is on Friday, February %, in
the Cleveland Park Congregational
Church. The party began with the
portraits OF ancestors, which were
given by the girls of division 2. The
boys then gave a mock field meet
Throwing the shot "a balcony, push
ing a peanut with the nose. and then
different events Of field meet, were
done by the boys. Pieces of butter
scotch were given as prizes to the
winners.
After a very clever stunt given by
the girls of Patrol all joined in and
iplayed going to Jerusalem. Tommie
Hawes, one of the girl scouts, won
in this event.
The final event. given ey the five
girls of Patrol s. was the Judson
combs, one pair of potlids and one
drum "a large dishpan and two
wooden spoons). Mrs. Durand accom-
panied them on: the piano Marching
Through Georgia. "Old Zip Coon and
jseveral other selections were played
After ice cream and cake the party
uno!sicially adjourned. A number OF
girls afterward went to the kitchen
land helped wash and dry the dishe s.
The troop wishes to thank Mrs. Yung
kwai, Mrs. Surface, Mrs. Stephenson
and several other scout mothers for
ing the refreshments.
The troop held division meetings
ton Friday, March Z, at the usual
places The girls of the senior di-
Durand, at her home. They voted to
work hard for second class and merit