Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
GIRL SCOUTS

More than 1000 Girl Scouts are ex-
pected to attend the Winter court OF
awards, to b. held at am. Saturday
January IS, at which rank and merit
badges will be presented to $50 girls
The ceremony will be held at the Be-
lasco or National Theater, and follow
ing 1t the girls will go to Keith's The
/ alter, where The Girl Scout Trail" will
be shown, through the courtesy Of Mr.
Shields. manager of the theater.
Invitations have been extended to the
embassies or legations OF the 81 coun-
tries where Girl Scouting or Girl Guild
ing is organized to send child with a
flag of their country to take part in
the color ceremony.
Miss Elizabeth Kahler, member OF
Troop %, of which Miss Marion Stevens
! Is captain, will receive the Golden
Eaglet, the highest award in Girl Scout
ing. A letter of commentator will be
presented and over 500 other awards
made.
All Girl Scouts and those interested
in Scouting are invited to attend the
ceremonies.
The II new troops which are wait
ing for leaders before they can be or
ganized will be supplied with captains.
through the activities Of the new dis
trict committees, which start function
ing this month.
Washington has been divided into
seven districts, each with its own COM
mittee and a field captain has been
supplied by headquarters to work I'M
der each chairman.
Meetings have been held in six of the
districts and the following officers
elected: District met Friday at Hine
Junior High School, Miss Nina MARI.
chairman; Miss Marion Barrett. field
captain. District, 2 met Wednesday,
Girl Scout headquarters; Mrs. Ketha
wildman. chairman and field captain.
District met Thursday. Chevy Chase
Mrs E. C. Wildman, chairman; field
captain not yet named. District met
Thursday, Girl Scout headquarters;
Miss Ada Taylor, chairman: Mrs. Neils
Hansen. field captain. District met
TUESDAY. POOL Rhode Island avenue
northeast Mrs. Charles Bovine, chair
man. Miss Lois Hall. field captain.
District s, Mrs. Robert McFa1l chair
man: Mrs. r. B. Breckenridge, field
captain.
A large attendance marked the open
house which was held Tuesday after
noon at the Girl Scout headquarters,
1925 M street. Mrs. T. Turner Smith
and Mrs. Martin Jones were hosteSSes.
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4:30 o'clock and all Girl Scouts are
welcome.
Drum and bugle lessons are given
each Saturday at 1890 am. at the Au-
ditorium Miss Thelma Falcone is in
charge of the buglers and Miss Hor-
tense Cusack leads the drummers.
There is no charge for the instruction.
The corps numbers "a and few more
girls can be accommodated.
Over so girls are entered in the Girl
Scout swimming class, which is held
Tuesday afternoons at 4 o'clock at the
E Street Y. w. C. A. The girls are
working on their swimmers badge and
life-saving requirements. Miss Marion
Barrett Is teaching the group.
Among the So people who attended
the drama and story telling course con-
Quoted last week by Miss Oleda
Schrottky, director of the bureau Of
drama of the National Girl Scouts were
Girl Scout leaders, representatives Of
the Playground Department, the Y. w.
c. A. and other local organizations
DramaticS in individual troops and
the possible organization of Girl Scout
drama club are the result of Miss
Schrottky's stimulating lectures.
A Girl Scout orchestra is in process
of organization and girls who play in
struments and wish to join the orches-
ira should register at headquarters.