Evening star., 1926-11-28
GIRL SCOUTS

| Jeanne Molyneaux IL scribe. met ~
| Glen Echo. The meeting was opened
by game Of fox and goose: Pa
troll corners followed. then the "horse-
shoe formation" -Four girls ware In
vested as Scouts.
! Holly Troop. No. 10. Miss Hazel
| Seaman. captain. met Saturday morn
ing. While some Of the girls were
| passing part of their second class test
| others palyed nature games. In pa
troll corners the girls discussed @
Thanksgiving party to be given for
| the mothers Of the Scouts Some
practiced signaling. compass. judging
distances. etc. A knot-tying relay fol
lowed. patrol No. 8 winning.
Troop No. II met in the Sherwood
Church November II. Mrs. Perry.
captain, opened the meeting, with the
troop in horseshoe formation. After
inspection. patrol corners and Indoor
hike" the purpose OF which was to
stimulate observation. and was won
| Dy the Saratoga and Swastika patrols.
classes followed. with Mrs. Perry In.
structing the tenderfoot candidates.
and the rest of the troop under Mrs.
Bowling. Althea Hull and Hortense
Cusack played Washington Crossing
the Delaware" with the girls who
were working on second class.
Troop No. 12, Miss Adah Barov.
captain, met at Lieut.. Stuart Gibson's
home Friday night. Patrol No. q re-
| ceived point for the best song, com.
posed to the tune Of Taps" One
group OF girls worked on first class.
while others worked on tenderfoot
and second class. Miss Gibson served
orangeade and cookies. Lieut.. Kimbel
was assistant hostess.
Falls Church Troop. No IS, met
| recently at the Parish Hall. Capt.
| Bonell announced patrol leaders an
follows: Ellen Anderson, No. /; Mar
garet Cousins, No. 2. Patrol corners
were held and names chosen-Scraech
Owl and Crocus. The following week
| the troop had a treasure hunt, to
| which Troop No. 28 was invited. Tho
| trail began at the Parish Hall and
ended at Upton Station. The treasure,
box OF candy, was found by Jane
Cline, Mary Fell, Valerie Wheeler and
Ellen Anderson. A picnic supper was
held In nearby woods. and later
Troop % returned to town on the
trolly and Troop No. 19 followed the
railroad ties home.
Troop No. IT met November II In
the Wallach School. After the regu-
lar exercises they formed two patrols
and planned a hike.
Wildrose Troop. No. IS. Mrs Gibbs
Lyons, captain, met Saturday morn
ing. The court of honor preceded the
regular meeting. Four girls were en-
rolled as Scouts. There were patrol
corners and games. The Scouts gave
baskets to a children's home as their
Thanksgiving good turn.
At Troop No. 24's last meeting at
Jefferson High School 1t was decided
to hold three meetings q month and
they discussed the need OF O new pa
troll to take care of the increasing
number Of new recruits. They played
"F'lying Dutchman" and ended with
the goodnight circle.
Daisy Troop, No. &c, met Friday at
the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Miss
Bessie Whitford and Miss Florence
Murray, teachers in the English de-
partment of Central High School,
We're visitors. . The cNfiraculous
by Hawthorne, was read by Miss
Whitford At patrol corners Miss
Margaret Tuckey told about scouting.
Lieut.. Dotty Stubs was in charge of
inspection. Julia Bell, Elizabeth Ca
hill and Grace Oleanburg, formerly of
other troops. and Dorothy Smith, a
candidate, attended as prospective
members of this troop. A Christmas
sale will be conducted December IL.
special court of honor was held at
Miss Tuckey's home. Dorothy Stubbs
and Ruth Hunt, second lieutenants.
were in the color guard at the court
OF awards. Other girls taking part in
the program were Rena Bernstein,
Cary Aal Betty Brundage and Mar
jory Smith.
Miss Lucy Lee. on the stair Of the
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital, is giving a. course in home nurs-
ing at the Little House Tuesday after
Moons. Those taking 1t are Estelle
Henderson, Elizabeth Franzoni, Betty
Brundage, Adelaide Woodley, Julia
Whitson and Cary Aal.
Ruth Hunt, who was bugler at
Camp Choptank last Summer, and
Betty Brundage, Cary Aal, Adelaide
Woodley and Lois Hall are members
of the Drum and Bugle Corps, which
meets at the Little House Monday aft
ernoOnS.
At the meeting Of Troop No. 2s
Capt. Stevens told the girls some of
the things Miss Gleaves had said at
the court of awards.
Troop No. 81, Dogwood, met No
vember 1G at the Blair School The
opening was conducted by Miss Caro-
line Thorn, captain. replacing Miss
Katherine Wylie, who has left Wash
ington temporarily. Plans for future
activities were discussed and 1t was
decided they should take up study of
artcraft. All future meetings will be
held on Monday at the Blair School.
Troop No. 3S of Lyon Park, Va,
met November 20 for a hike along
the Potomac above Rosslyn. The girls
were accompanied by their new cap
tain. Mrs. Percy Crewe. and Lieut..
Withauer. AT noon the Owl Patrol
served luncheon.
Troop No. 40 held It's meeting at the
Chevy Chase Circle. Opening forma-
tion, nature study. patrol corners and
games filled the meeting time The
troops first hike of the Fall was
November 13. Eleven girls met at
Capt. Griffin's home, where they start
ed for Wills Camp. When they
reached the park they played games
and, after luncheon, returned home.
The Scouts Of Troop No. Al met at
the Chevy Chase School last Friday.
The second class Scouts fixed up some
baskets. which were taken to q home
the following day. Three girls were
invested as tenderfoots.
The November meeting Of Troop
No. "a was held at Sherwood High
School November g. The 4th Patrol
elected it's patrol leader and cor
poral Mrs station and Miss Thom
taught Onward" Miss Thorn taught
folk dancing.
Troop No. SO had three new mem
bers present last week The Scouts
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