Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
GIRL SCOUTS

Golden Rod Troop. No I. went for
a long hike during the holidays At
dusk the Scouts returned to their
captains home. where they cooked
supper. Later they had a short meet
ing.
Troop No. met at the Foundry
Methodist Church, where they had
opening exercises, inspectaNn and re-
viewed signaling. Miss Hatliff, cap
tain of the troop. gave drill in march
ing and setting-up exercises. Miss
Ratliff read King Arthur story.
AT the last meeting of Troop No. II
Scout Annabel Mckee took charge.
The meeting was opened with the star
formation, followed by patrol corners.
instruction classes were held in second
class and tenderfoot work. The camp
fire circle was formed, at which Mrs.
Perry, captain. read a story. Mrs.
Perry also told another story.
Troop No. 15's meeting last week
was the first of the new year. Miss
Mcintosh. who probably will be the
future captain, was present, as well as
| Miss Lewis, field captain. who taught
the Scouts the new method of drawing
| the American Flag.
Wild Rose Troop. No. IS. met at
| Hamline Church. After court of honor
| the regular meeting was opened with
the color ceremony. The patrols were
! inspected and several got points. Pa
| troll councils were held. Work was
done on signal flags. They practiced
| signaling and played a game involving
| the Morse code.
| Troop No. "a met at the Jefferson
Junior High School last week. They
had patrol corners and opening cere-
mony. Miss Catherine Vaux. captain,
| was in charge of the tenderfoot tests.
while Mabel Myers, second lieutenant,
was in charge of the Tenderfoot tests.
A new member, Rena Sporting. Joined
| their ranks.
Troop No. g. Miss Margaret Tue
key. captain. met at the Fourth Pres.
byterian Church with Second Lieut..
| Elizabeth Franzoni in charge of open
| ing exercises. A nature lesson was
given by Miss Tuckey. other games
were played. Edwerta Boyer told
about singing Christmas carols; Julia
Bell gave an account OF the program
at the Christmas tree lighting at
Sherman Plaza. Ruth Hunt told Of
presenting the wreath to Mrs. Bow
man, hostess at the Girl Scouts Little
House, and Lois Hall told of present
ing the wreath to Mrs. Coolidge.
The meeting of Troop No. 30 was
called to order by Capt. Mrs. Jesse Mil
Ter. A new member entered the
troop. THE Monthly Bulletin" is the
name the Scouts have given their
| troop paper.
Holly Troop No. 80 met with their
captain, Mrs. Dodson, at the BRYAN
School January 8. Miss Marion
Stevens, captain of Troop No. 2s. as.
sistant field captain. made an address.
Troop No. 80 opened its meeting
January 10 with a game and song
Tenderfoot tests were passed BY Elise
Thompson and Frances Lewis.
During the holidays. the Scouts of
Troop No. IS. Lyon Park. had their
second anniversary. Miss Lewis
was present. Capt. Mrs. P. s.
Crewe and Barbara Crewe were in
vested as tenderfoot Scouts. They
had birthday cake and each scout
told how she earned her registra ton
fee The troop committee pre-
sented each Scout with the troop
Hover crests as a Christmas present.
Inc Scouts had a regular meeting
January s. Suggestions were made
as to the troop colors and also what
merit badges the Scouts would work
for.
Troop No. 40 met last Friday at
the Presbyterian Church at Chevy
Chase Circle. The troop packed a
box with clothes, books, dolls and
toys for poor family for Christmas
Troop No. AZ met Monday after.
| noon Miss Lewis taught new songs
and games.
Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller. jr.. is captain
of Troop No. SO. which meets at the
Potomac School gymnasium Satur-
day mornings at 10:3 80. Last week
the meeting opened with inspection
and the flag ceremony.
Troop NO. 90 met January at the
nome OF their captain The Tinker
Dell patrol won the competitive
game. A hike was held through
Rock Greek Park Capt. Miller
gave points to the patrols first find
ing pin oak tree. Other points
We're given for patrols finding the
largest. longest and widest leaves of
the pin oak.
Troop No. so. Miss Mary Phelan.
captain. has had. a number of girls
invested as Scouts. They are:
Helen AMOUR, Marietta Booth,
Thurley Clark. Blanche Hughes,
Adele Tehaan. Virginia Ulrich. Ma
RE Wilmer, Mary Crocker and Vir-
ginia Johnson. Polly Blunt was in
vested with her second class badge.
Troop No. 81 met in Cleveland
Park under the direction of Capt.
Tabb and Lieut. Mckay. Games
were played and instructive classes
held under the direction of Scout
Marion Ryan. A court of honor
was held and Margaret Moses was
appointed treasurer to fill the va =
cancy. caused by the resignation of
Winifred Kohler.
Troop No. SO of Lee Heights, Va,
held its weekly meeting, beginning
with arrowhead formation. The
Oneida Patrol won the most points
for the games played.