New Britain herald., 1930-02-05
GIRL SCOUTS WILL
 STUDY ASTRONOMY
Course to Be Directed by High
 School Chemistry Instructor

The New Britain Girl Scout Coun. clI will offer a course in astronomy beginning Tuesday February II, at { o'clock in the Girl Scout office. Tho course is in preparation for the Starilndcr merit badge. Although some girls have already registered for the course, there IS still room for more who may wish to prepare for this merit badge. The badge IS used as q part Of the Rambler group and is required TOT Golden Eaglet rank. David Swift. instructor Of chemistry at the Senior High school, will be in charge of the course. The second meeting will be held Mon day evening, February l7, in the scout office.
 1 A new troop which will be called the Bmebirds has been organized at the Lincoln school. Miss Ebba An derson. already captain of Troop 14 captain of the new troop. Three meetings have already been held and about lG girls arc attending. The | troop faces the difficulty of securing an assistant who will help Miss An 1 derson in continuing the troop pro- gram.
 Miss Elizabeth Gibney will be the ! new office assistant and will be in 1 the scout office every afternoon. This enables the local director, Miss | II q icriS r)a Eot e1h A,,I1 ! for visiting troops. On Feb. , she will visit Troop 6 at the stanley Memorial church; February 6, the troops that meets in Kensington: | February 10, troops at St Peters and St. Joseph's churches; February l 1, troops at Central Junior High school and the Nathan Hale Junior High school; February l3, the drcc- tor and several older scouts will at tend the troop meeting in PlainVille.
 Mrs. E, L. Warren, commissioner, IS planning 10 visit the following troops within the next two weeks: The troop at the South Congrega- tional church: Troop ,, Center Con- groSational church. Troop 4, Berlin: Troop ], Camp school; Troop [, church Of St John the Evangelist :; Troop 10. Maple Hill, and Troop fl, Swedish Lutheran church.
 Drum Corps Reorganization
 There will be q complete rcorgan- ization Of the New Britain Girl Scout drum corps this month. A large line up of new members will | be made and the old scouts of which there are but a very few, will aid in the planning Of the new corps. A mass meeting of fife, bugle and drum divisions will be held in the Scout office at 2:50 on Saturday 1 February lJ. Charles Abell, the bugle instructor and drill leader will be in charge, The purpose of the meeting will be 10 decide upon a drill night agreeable to all and to outline the work for the season.
 The pine tree troop at the First
 Baptist church has started a patrol
 eral points and the contest stresses
 these activities. Points will be
 awarded for dues being paid up to date, new members registered, ad- vance in scout rank, uniforms worn and for the best patrol bulletin board
 Two old troops have rc-registered
 for another year. Troop 10 ot Ma
 pie Hill registered on time so that the honor roll for troop registration now reads: Troops 13, St. Mary's church; Troop 1, Berlin and Troor
 10 Of Maple Hill There are 14
 scouts in Troop 10. The other troor
 to re-register is troop of the Ma.
 than Hale Junior High school with
 fl scouts.