Evening star., 1926-03-28
GIRL SCOUTS

| a
| Of The girls attended an informal en-
tertainment given by the troop in the
| parish hall The program included
| group and solo numbers. The regu-
lar troop opening ceremonies came
| first. followed by roll call py tne
patrol leaders. While some OF the
members prepared for the next num-
| her. Scout Evelyn Montgomery
played a piano solo Then caino .no
| Trefoil ceremony. when SIX heuhpeis
were invested as tenderiooI scouI'
They were May Lott, KUN LOU VIZ
| heIIe Herring. Gertrude Roberts, Leoila
| Eisber and Mary Brashears. ihe
| oirls taking part in the ceremony
were the patrol leaders, Linda SWain swan,
I'D Iosenhine Rankin Alice WI
| lianos Jacnueline Kelly, Gladys 49,
| and Helen Farnshaw. Follo"his tnlH
| the girls sang their own Scout svnS, u,,
"r.irl scouts of America Tney .,on
car In a semi.circle while scout Mas
| I oft plaved a piano SOLO lnIs
| followed by reading OF the I..S,
| NJ the troop by Second Lieut. Es."o
Rankin, who has been hieilio1
the troop since 1871. Josephi, de.
| Lin gave a short but Interesting uo
na,.,n1iop of the troop meeting room
- +be caDtain's home. Gladys Aclon
than cave a violin solo, with the COP
tntn acconpanying her at the pia no
,rha ceremony of the scout laws ""S 1
eivan next. the only light IN tne a na
Sa;,, fron, the imitation camp nre a'iu
- -, ndle lights. Those taxing pa
were Nav Lott as the spirit VI 80
laws. Alice Williams as the 7'o
Tho camp fire; Linda swain .a
E,arnshaw, Catherine Schey'I, .tY,,de
t%shar Mabelle Herring, Gert,uue
Acton.
nSH,I,;n puth Lott and Mary bia
tams rhe rest of the methnel
80 seated around the camp M
,rhiS was followed by an at'-n1 -
e,nyu march. led by the spirit Vi "a, ;,
Iars while the girls sang oio
:" s1ica Williams played piano soio'
"a then accompanied Anna US
wban she sang. Josephine nanS tar
,,IaIed very pretty Vlohn num-
and was accompanied by neI MN Tarn'
Mrs. Charles Rankin. ieiei ,,,as
shaw gave a piano solo' Mn''tanant.
saIlowad nv a. song by the neu'el"nt,
Ina Lawrence, with the captain o.
tba niapo The captain calico upoi'
t,velina Gleaves to give snoit '.n
- tho members present, WINE ~
troon prepared for the last nuiio
. short sketch" written by the CAP,
tain called 'The Hike. nele w
troon marched in singing faGk up
yo,,,. Dinner in Your BroWa hhap
| sack 3" with blankets. canteehs' hltp
sacks, etc, strapped upon thelr oSt
| in true hiking style. upon ie"oH@
the stage they tossed things asioe'
sme ,,oro6 fo,, dinner, practiced first
! aid on a member who had peet SEN
! aftsr wood with some others, and VINO
fai md cut her leg" A tournlouet
uas annlied bv Linda Swain, ano
| aftar the member was brought In anu
| made comfortable at the camp hfe on
an inprovised bed made from the
| blankets. iodine was "applleu'
| The lights were then put out ana
the next scene showed the glrlS
around the camp fire singing songs.
| Mabelle Herring was called upon 10
recite a verse about Logs 10 bh'h'
! This was followed by the evening song
! and Taps ended the scene. Inc
guests were then served ice cream
and Girl Scout cookies. Eta May
| Rlankenship and Ethel Soper took
| charge OF the serving of the refresh
! ments. The troop was honored oy
having among its guests Mrs. *: ID.
| breckenridge and Mrs. z. III. Scudoer
J of the Girl Scout council; t.Nellha
! Gieaves. local director; Betty Adams,
| field captain. and Marion Stevens,
captain of Troop 33 George T.
Havenner. president of the Anacostia
| Citizens Association. also honored the
| troop with his presence. vera
Lawrence captain, was in charge or
the affair. Scribe. Helen EarnshaW.
Troop 35 met at St. Anthony's Hall.
Tuesday at 3.3O Mrs. Simons again
helped the girls with their basket
making Later. while Capt. Sturde-
want played the piano the girls sang
| The coming field meet was talked
about. The meeting adjourned after
taps was sung. Scribe, Ruth Hodge.
Troop 81 of Woodside, Md, held a
meeting March II. Games were
played outdoors. Prisoners base.
streets and alleys and poison were.
| PLAYED Scout Elinor Moor could
| swing the girls more quickly than
| anv Of the others. The following
passed their tenderfoot test: Mary
stuart. Dorothy Covert, Esther Whit
acre and Leonora Shorb. After good
night circle. Taps" was sung. Scribe,
Frances Benedict.
Troop 3S, Mrs. Sue Brown captain,
Lyon Park, Va. held a party in the
! community house Saturday, the reg
uIar day for social event. The
| hostesses for the party were Lucille
Miller, Jeanette Richardson and Jane
Kicker 1t was success. Nearly all
the girls We're present and all had
good time. For entertainment each
girl was required to do a stunt
poems, music or dances. At the end
of the party. Mrs. OdeN, who is help
ing the girls working for scribe
badges, dropped in and reminded the
girls to meet at her home next Sat
urday. All tenderfoots are to meet Mt
the home of Mrs. Withauer for their
cooking test. Scribe, Mary Withauer.
The meeting of Troop 45 of Brad
bury Heights was held on Tuesday
with Mrs. Currie, the captain In
charge Wilma Sturba, the scribe,
was i'll with the measels. so Irma
Simpson took her place. Five of the
new members worked on tenderfoot
tests Marie Mcdonald. Frances
Hutchinson. Anna Prochozka, Mildred
Hrbeck and Virginia Farley. Some
of the others worked on second class
Mrs. Currie read some important an
nouncements from the Office. The
Scouts then formed horseshoe.
games were played, and Armenia
Windle recited verse which she is
TO speak at the school soon.
Troop So Betty Adams captain:
Janet Bandel. scribe, met Saturday
at 1880 at the Eastern Presbyterian
Church. One of the elders requested
that the meeting night be changed
and the girls decided that Monday
night would be the best. The Scouts
working on second class worked on
the compass for the first time. The
| troop is planning a treasure hunt and
all details will be found by the use of
the compass. The hit of the evening