Evening star., 1926-04-11
GIRL SCOUTS

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day, April 6.
Pinecone Troop. No. "a, met in the
scout room at the home OF the cap
tain. Vera Lawrence, on Thufsuay
afternoon. The room was very cheer9
with q roaring wood fire. A treasure
hunt" was held. Jelly beans had
been hidden in all sorts of places
about the room. 1t was heaps OF
fun to hunt them. Then at o;oo
o'clock the regular opening ceremonies
were held, followed by patrol corners
The girls voted to go to the captain ;
home on Easter Monday. A special
! merit system was adopted the glrl
winning the greatest number of points
at the end of the regular meetings 10
be given a free week at camp. or II
! she cannot go to camp, couple OF
GOOD books instead. The captain has
offered a prize of the book, The Song
| of the Cardinal" to the first girl earn
inc nature badge. An INDOOR
nature hike" was played and won py
the Chickadee Patrol, the Cardinals
having only half-point less. Ihen
a game of recognizing pictures was
! nlayed. this also being won by the
| Chickadees. After that the patrols
| dramatized some of the scout Jaws
then worked on tests. y new men,
Der, Mary White. entered: some Oh
the girls stayed until nearly O'Clock
nlavinc dodge ball. Scribe, Helen
| EarnShaw. -,
Troop 81 of Woodside, Md, held
meeting March 81. In the absence
| OF the captain. Betty Adams TOOK
charge. \ sister of Miss ADAMS was
. visitor. Most of the time was speht
in learning the code by games. After
closing exercises a court OF honor
was held. Scribe, Frances Benedict.
Troop 3S held a party SATURDAY AZ
the Lyon Park Community han. y
game called Advertisement opened
the affair. This was won D! MI .
ore. the Brown Owl, and Katherine
Tullots. Dances by Louise Carl ana
Katherine Tullots were given. "A
uLulele duet was played by Frances
Rohinson and Lucille Miller, Ihe
girls of this troop have taken sucl
an interest In their community tHdt
they have decided to buy snare III
the community house Mrs. kahE
cave a talk on "WhatSdt Is 10 BE
Shareholder" After this, refresh
ments were served. The hostesses
for this party were Jeanette & hicil'
ardson, Juliette and Rebecca HENS
Iev Scribe, Mary Withauer.
Troop IS of Bradbury Heights met
at the home of the captain, Mrs. Cur
rison. Tuesday evening at I. Inc
lieutenant, Lily May Raba. opened
the meeting. The girls made pans
for hike. After that, work on tests
was done, followed by drill and one
verse of America. Scribe, Wilma
Sterba. :.
Troop SO. Mrs Gerritt s. Miller, jr.'
captain; Mary MaXon. scribe held lts
weekly meeting at the gymnasium oil
v,
Anril 3. The horseshoe formation
was used for the opening ceremonies
perfect posture and hiking songs
were sung. During patrol corners
Lieut.. Fitzhugh had inspection.
signaling game was played ana
Taps" sung.
Troop 81. Mrs. r. D. Shure, cap
tain, met Thursday. The regular
opening ceremonies were held' loi-
lowed by games, Knot-tying was
practiced and a contest was held 10
see which patrol could tie them most
quickly. The Narcissus Patrol Won
There are 81 girls in this troop. OF
whom 90 were present. Bernlce
Hendrick was made scribe.
At the monthly meeting of the ON
Gers Club. held at the Lotus Lantern
Tea House on Tuesday evening. Hazel
Scanlan presided. Agnes McElroy
read the constitution as amended,
moved. and seconded. Evelina Gleaves
reported on the Hynes training class,
held recently. and gave a report OF
the officers hike taken March IA.
Twentv-one members attended and re
ceived instruction in map making
Judging and nature work. setting
up'' exercises were practiced. She also
spoke of the Spring dance festival to
be given by Miss Minnie Hawke for
the benefit of the Girl Scout camp.
Mrs. Reid reported on the egg roll
ing at the White House. Anne F1tZ-
hugh announced that the practice OF
using nature suggestions and story tell
ing had proved satisfactory. The rally
of the northwest section, held at the
Potomac School, was reported on. sig
mailing seemed to be most satisfactory
and also helpful. The southeast district
meeting was reported on by Marion
Stevens. Mrs. Franklins district has
planned an all-day hike or picnic.
Miss Gleaves reported on an inter
esting troop meeting and party pre-
sented by Miss Lawrence's troop.
Mothers, fathers and friends were
present, as were two members
of the council and three captains. 1t
ended in being one of the best demon
stratiQns of girl scouting we have ever
had.
Mrs. Theodore Wilkinson reported on
the international guests who are to he
entertained in Washington on their
way to Camp Andre. Some scouts will
serve supper at the Little House on
Monday, May 10. 1t was moved and
seconded that Miss Seaman he ap
pointed from the officers Club to act
as representative.
Hereafter, the meetings of the Off
GERS Club will be held in the new Girl
Scout Coffee House being run by the
council at 171S F street northwest.
Forestry week was talked about and
plans made for observing it. Miss
Fitzhugh reported on the field meet
to be held on April II, and announced
that a dressing race would be added.
The Washington Girl Scouts will
be represented by the following at
the annual Scout convention to be
held in st. Louis: Mrs. Charles r.
Lindsay, jr.. district commissioner;
Mrs Gerrett s. Miller, ir., and Mrs.
Arthur Ringland of the council; Miss
Evelina Gleaves. local director. and
Mrs. Gertrude l.. Bowman. who is
hostess at the Little House.
Among the merit badge tests to be
given in the near future are the fol
lowing: Needlewoman and dressmaker
at the Little House, on April "a at
10 am: health winner and health
guardian. on May l, at the same
place; bird hunter. flower finder and
tree finder, or May 8. by DR.. Paul
Bartsch, at the National Museum at
| 10 o'clock.
APPl + GR0WERS' MEETING