Evening star., 1926-04-18
GIRL SCOUTS

Girl Scout Troop, No. !, Julia Pal
mer. captain. had party on Thurs
daN. April s. The evening was spent
in playing many lively games, "h.cn
were followed by refreshment. After
few other games Taps was sung
Scribe, Margaret Logan.
Troon 10 Hazel Seaman. captain;
Rena Bernstein. scribe, held its reg
ular NEE ting saturday. Apri 20. IN
the Central Presbyterian Church. The
onaninc exercises were followed by
patrol corners. the knots were re-
viewed. After patrol corners, a game
was played bringing the knots into
use. Other games were played, after
which all sat down on The hoor and
listened to notices and reports which
were given bv the captain. An inter
ested visitor was The mother of one
of the girls Mrs. WelsbrUck. The
good night was held.
Troop -, Adoh Bagny. captain, met
at Calvary Church Friday night.
After formal opening "setting-up' ex-
ercises were done. Marion MacDon-
aid. patrol leader of the second patrol.
received her second-claSs badge. a
signaling game was played, me let
ters of each word being written in
Morse code on slips of paper. Aftol
these were worked out, the words
formed a sentence. The new lieuten-
ants, Harriet Kimhle and Stuart Glib
son. were present and taught a new
game Other games followed. and AT
9 o'clock a court of homer was eld.
Scribe, Evelyn Waloott,
Troop l3 of East Falls Church held
it's regular weekly meeting saturday,
April g. at pm. After the opening
ceremonies Rose Ardal was lnitla ed
into the troop as Scout. capt.
Bonell gave q talk to the girls about
badges and other things. Betty fiaf-
rison received Il small gold S'Jut pm
for her faithfulneSs as IA scribe. After
the exercises Capt. Boneu gave ten
derfoot test to several girls, while the
others played games. Scribe. Betty
Keith Harrison.
Troop II, Mrs. W. j. Peters. cap
tain, met Wednesday. April I. AZ the
Bethesda School. After having first
played games and had formation. in
the gymnasium, the Scouts went into
a classroom, where Capt. Peters gave
some of the girls u test on the history
Of the American flag. The other girls
worked on various tests until time to
60 home. Scribe, I.eis Greene.
The weekly meeting Of Barton
Troop. No. 10, was called to order
at $50 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon by
Lieut. Brundage. The horseshoe
formation was used for the opening
ceremonies. Lieut.. Brundage then
told the girls that Scout Carol Car
penter would be the lieutenant there
after. The new lieutenant taught
some new "setting-up" exercises. The
girls decided to have green and white
as troop colors, and that no girl
could wear these colors until she had
won at least 10 points. The troop
then divided into groups and worked
upon first aid, signaling and the
tenderfoot test. The good night cir
Gle. with TAPS" followed. Scribe,
Margaret Thrift.
Troop 90, group "A" did not hold
a meeting on Friday the 9th, but had
a program on Friday the 18th at
the cleveland Park congregational
Church. Treop 20. "R. met at st.
AIhans with Miss Gibbs on Friday,
April g. Following the usual eXer-
ciSes. there We're classes in tender
foot. second class. signaling and tolk
dancing. Then some games were play
ed. Troop 20 "B' is proud to say
that two-thirds of its members We're
helping with the Easter egg rolling
at the White House on Easter Mon
Aav. The good might circle was held.
Scribe. Jean Mackay.
Troop 21. Narcissus held its reg
ular meeting at Petwofthv>@S school,
The file format ton was used. Lois
Hall. a visitor, trained some of the
girls in Morse code. While the tender
foots drilled on knots. the second
class worked on the laundress badge.
Taps" was sung. Scribe, Laura
frundage.
The Scouts of Daisy Troop. No. rs.
spent most of the Easter vacation In
uniform. On Saturday, April ), tney
carried As Easter baskets filled with
brightly colored eggs to the klddles
Of the Childrens Emergency Home.
On Easter Monday the girls went
down to the esg.rolling on the " mite
House grounds and helped amuse tne
tots. after their eggs had been rolled.
smashed and had the other things
done that usually happen to them.
Besides helping to amuse them, they
had a share in trying to ease the
pain of stubbed toes and skinned
knees. in finding lost ones and re-
storing them to their loving and
frantic mothers.
On Thursday q scouts. 10 from
Troop 26. took part in the Press
Clubs musical entertainment for the
Pan.American journalists, who were
in Washington during the week. In
a pageant portraying the u republics
of America the girls marched onto
THE stage at Keith's carrying the re-
spective flags of the countries, While
the Army Band PLAYED their national
anthems After the anthems were
played "The Stars and Stripes For.