Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-30
GIRL SCOUTS PLAN
CELEBRATION HERE
Mrs. Coolidge to Lead OBJ
servance of Founders
Day Tomorrow.

The Girl Scouts Of America will be
led in celebrating their founders day
tomorrow by Mrs. Coolidge. who is
honorary president of the order and
honorary commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter. Mrs. Cool
idge will head the list of national of
ficers of the Girl Scouts who will at
tend as sponsors of the Satur,;a Y
morning selected program for chill.
dren. which is given weekly by the
Crandalls Tivoli Theater.
In the afternoon Mrs. Herbert
Hoover. former national president of
the Girl Scouts and now chairman of
the executive committee. will preside
Al a e-pla ntins ceremony at the
Girl Scouts Little House. 1850 New
York avenue. at 4 O'Clock. Fifty
troops of the Washington Girl Scouts
will assemble AT the headquarters
there for the ceremony.
Officials to Attend.
AT the morning ceremony Mrs.
Coolidge will he accompanied by the
following officials OF the organization:
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Nine. Eken-
gren. Mrs. Henry n. Father com
missioner of District of Columbia
Scouts: Mrs Charles Lindsay. jr..
and Mrs. Gerritt s. Miller, jr. deputy
commissioners: Mrs. Theodore Will
kinson. jr.. treasurer; Mrs. Charles
Sheldon. secretary: "A Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman. chairman~of the Scouts
drive: Mrs. Amos A Fries and Mrs.
Arthur Macarthur. jr.
The pledge to the Fall will he given
by the honor patrol OF the Scouts.
who also viii give demonstration of
fas signaling. Attending ushers at
the function will be selected from the
Girl Scout troops here Members of
the honor patrol 10 appear will in
clude Ellen Anderson. Hester Baden.
Martha Cline. Marian Coward. Cyn.
thia Croker. Caroline Hobbs. Mary
Horton Eleanor Jones. Katherine
Moran. Helen Sheckells. Ruth
Shaughnessy, Dorothy Stubbs. Fife
Wade, Lucille Weber. Marion Wheeler
and Judith Steele.
The American Tree Association
will present the Girl Scouts with a
certificate of membership in the Tree
Association. The honor patrol com
posed of girls having Is merit badges.
VIII present pageant, and al the end
of the ceremony one girl from each
group will lay a branch at the foot
of the newly planted tree After a
dance around the tree the honor pa :
troll will lead the way into the house
where the ceremony of blessing the
Little House will take place.
Move Started in 1912.
In 1912 Juliette Lowe brought the
Girl Scout order from England md
founded the organiZa ton in this couD.
try. This celebration in honor of her
birthday will mark the opening of the
$50 900 drive, in which the Girl Scouts
will appeal for funds to carry on
their work.
For five years the Scouts in Wash.
ington have been practically self-sup.
porting through their tea houses at
HaineS Point and Rock Creek Park.
The District government is una BILE to
renew these concessions and 80 for
the first time the Girl Scouts are
forced to make a public appeal for
funds TO complete their budget for
the coming year. to furnish a small
capital with which to open a coffee
and waffle shop in the city and to
run the local office until such time
as the coffee house is on a paving
basis.
Under the Washington Council there
are 1914 registered Scouts. During the
past Summer 500 OF them went 10
the Scouts Summer camp. but funds
are needed for camp next year. wit h
all new camp equipment, it is ex-
planned.
Miss Evelina Gleaves. local director.
states that she wants three things
for the Girl Scouts Of Washington
$40, 900, 20 Scout leaders and a camp
near a large body of water.