Evening star., 1931-05-03
GIRL SCOUT AWARD
CEREMONY IS HELD
Mrs. Hughes Presents Nine
"GoIden EagIets"-
and Stripes Given.

Nine Girl Scouts were awarded
Golden Eaglets," the most coveted OF
all awards In scoutcraft, In an elaborate
ceremony at the annual court OF awards
of the Girl Scouts Of the District OF
Columbia in Constitution Hall yester-
day. First class badges and silver stripes
were also awarded at the ceremony.
Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes presented
the eaglets to the nine girls in behalf
Of the Girl Scout organization. Those
receiving the eagletS were:
Virginia Hammerley and Alma Laux-
man. both of Troop IL; Ansley Spalding,
Troop 20; Polly Lewis and Barbara
Moulton, Troop 43; Clar1SSa Howe,
Troop So; Hope Norris, Troop 30; Polly
Leake and Mrs. Betsy Fries Henney, the
latter of Troop 8.
=' SonEs and Talks Heard.
The program was opened with music
bv the orchestra Of the United States
Army Band, followed by selection by the
local Girl Scouts Drum and Bugle
Corps. Next came an elaborate inter-
national ceremony. with the Girl Scouts
marching into the large hall carrying
flags of various nations.
tire assemblage of Girl Scouts in the
auditorium of the hall and on the stage,
joined in reciting the Scout pledge and
Scout laws.
A talk on why Girl Scouting is a
National Asset" was delivered by Bar
bars Fenton, Troop ST. district No. l
winner Of the Girl Scout Oratorical
Contest. An address on Camp May
FIather, the Girl Scout camp, was made
by Frances Shield. Troop Al, chairman
Of the camp council.
Subsequently, Brownie Songs" were
sung by members of Five Brownie
Packs made up Of girls under the
regular Scout age.
Mrs Stuart MCGUIRE, regional COM
missioner Of Girl Scouts, assisted Mrs
Miller, district commissioner of Girl
Scouts, in presenting first-class awards
Lord Hampton, an official OF the Boy
Scouts organization in England. was
guest Of honor at the ceremony. Miss
Dorothy Greene. director Of Washington
Girl Scouts. was in charge Of arrange
mentS for the program.
Awards Are Listed.
Girls receiving first-clasS badges were:
Betsy Winter and Helen Sheets of
Troop 10; Elizabeth SchultZe, Troop
Ia; Valerie Wheeler, Troop 13; Beverly
Marshall. Lois Kuhn, Eleanor Kuhn
and Sarah Robbins, Troop IT; Joy HUI
sizer and Frances Combes, Troop 20;
Catherine Hart and Wilma Moffett,
Troop az; Dorothy Jenison, Betty Jane
Oswald, Mary Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor
Lyle and Mildred Vierling, Troop 2s;
Catherine Strong and Betty zapf.
Troop 80; Margaret Edge, Shirley
Thompson and Dorothy Pyles, Troop
81: Louise Erik, Clara Hall, Dorothy
Linz, Ruth MagnuSson, Jane Patterson,
Janet Rastall, Margaret Snow, Adelaide
Smith and Marion Thomas. Troop 40;
Elizabeth Cotton, NARROW Davis, Frances
Shield and Elizabeth Waters, Troop Al;
Ruth Behrend, Carol I.aise, Jean Craig
head, Ellen Zirpel and Anne Ashley,
Troop 43; Iris Wilson and Doris John
son, Troop 81; Betty Leake, Louise
Surine, Rosa Ellis and Mary G. Nc
Pheeters, Troop So; Claudine Moss,
Troop So; Doris Griffen, Betty Jef1ers,
Margaret Swanson, Dorothy Law, Flea
nor Law, Edith Hazard and Janet
Brown, Troop 81; Rita Kessler, Peggy
Star, Margaret Ann Clayton. Grace
Louise Greenwood, Ruth Jehle and
Sylvia Waldman, Troop 73; Cecilia
Silver, Troop 10, and Eleanor Norris,
Troop 90.
Those receiving the silver stripe for
five years membership In the Girl
Scouts were:
Margaret Clark, Margaret Hamburger
and Marion E. Stevens. captain of Troop
%: Mary Mann Kirk and Mrs. r.
Bruce Horsfal, the latter captain Of
Troop II; Hortense Crusach, Troop A.;
Clarissa Howe, Troop So; Claudine
Moss, Troop So; Estelle Henderson.
Troop 26; Mrs Oliver o. Kuhn, cap
tain Of Troop IT: Elizabeth Waters and
Frances Shield, Troop Il.