Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
GIRL SCOUTS

captain blew her whistle, the girls
sat in a circle, and they started on q
tour around the world. They started
| from New York and went to Southern
| Spain. The cities visited were
Cadiz, Malaga and Valencia. Next
| week they will continue their journey
to Barcelona. Capt. Reid was born and
| raised in Barcelona and so is telling
! some wonderful and very interesting
| things. She also sang some songs in
Spanish. The meeting was closed
| with Taps" Scribe, Tessie Berge.
Holly Troop, No. 80, met at the
Bryan School Monday, February Is.
Instead of holding a regular meeting
Games were played and some of the
girls did stunts" The Valentine box
was opened and each girl received one.
Refreshment were enjoyed. Good
night circle was formed and TAPS
sung. BefoN@ leaving Capt. Stevens
told the girls to meet her on Monday
morning and all would go to the d.
A. r. Hall for the Washington Birth
day celebration. Scribe, Julia Curtin.
Pinecone Troop, No. "a. held its
meeting Thursday afternoon in the
scout room at the home of the cap
tain, Vera Lawrence. The girls no
ticed the patrol record charts on the
wall, showing that the Cardinal Pa
troll, Linda Swain, patrol leader, leads
by q few points. They also reported
on birds they had seen and fed at
their feeding stations during the
snowy weather. Patrol corners We're
followed by opening ceremonies. Then
the girls practiced the "Trefoil Pro-
gram" and Ceremony of the Scout
Laws" for Parents and Friends
night. The following girls went with
the captain and lieutenant TO the
Washington birthday exercises at the
D. A. r. Hall on Monday: Linda
swain. Helen Earnshaw, Gertrude
Roberts, Alice Williams, Mabelle
Herring, Margaret Torney, Grace
Wood and Mary Brashears. on
Tuesday. some of the girls went to
the captains home and worked on
parts of the tenderfoot test. Ruth
Lott and Leona Fisher completed
their tests. Scribe, May Lott.
At the meeting of Troop %. Mar
garet Miller and Virginia Pemberton
were invested as tendertoot SCOUTS
by the captain, Betty Adams. Songs
were sung, followed by games ana
the scout prayer. SCRIBE Maoie
Myers.
Troop SO, Mrs Gerritt S. Miller, Jr.,
held it's weekly meeting at 2029 Allen
place on Saturday, February 70, al
1890 O'Clock. The meeting opened
with patrol corners. Then the cap
tain gave each girl a purple pansy Tor
her uniform. The tenderfoots Went
upstairs to learn bed-making. Fleld
Capt. Betty Adams came In time
for the ceremonies in which AMANDA
Chittum was invested as tender
foot Scout In the closing circle,
Capt. Miller made the following an
nouncement: There will be a blrd
class on March /. There will be a
Girl Scout meeting at d. A. X. HAN
on February %. There will be a Girl
Scout benefit rummage sale she re-
ouested the girls to bring any rum
mage to the next meeting. Scribe,
Mary MaXon.
Troop 56-Ruth Craven, captain;
Hilda NJ. Jackson, scribe-held it's reg
ular meeting on Thursday at St.
Paul's Academy at 3 pm. After
formation, songs were sung and the
tenderfoot test was reviewed. The
troop held a Valentine luncheon, Sat
urday, February 10, at St. Paufs
Library. Each girl contributed to the
affair and it was great success.
At the February meeting of the
Girl Scout Council Mrs. GlrVln Peters
and Mrs. George Myers were elected
to membership on the council. Mrs.
Charles r. Lindsay, jr., commissioner
of the Washington Scout Council. an
nounced. that through the kindness of
julius Garfinckel, the rummage sale
for the benefit of the new coffee
house will be held in the shop adjoin-
ing his store on + street. The sale
will take place March 8 and 4.
On Monday, February %, approx
imately 200 Girl Scouts attended the
Joint celebration given by the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
Sons of the American Revolution and
Children Of the American Revolution
at the d. A. r. Hall, having been in
vited by those societies. The troops
represented We're 81, "a, 80, "a, 50,
40, AZ. AS, SO. SO and 50.