Smyrna times., 1933-01-18
Y. w. C. A. ACTIVE
THRU THE STATE
Dover Girl Reserves Have a
Dance - Bridgeville
Also Active
SUPPERS AND PARTIES

The Dover High School Girl Re
serve club with Mrs. David Greer
as adviser met Tuesday evening o
last week in the Y. w. c. A. head
quarters. The reports from tn
Christmas dance were given anC
it was decided that the dance haC
been very successful. The clut
hopes to have another such affail
in the spring. The club planned &
roller skating party and a series
of handicraft meetings as theil
next activities. The Torchbearel
Club of Dover met with Mrs. Law
renee Foard, adviser, and made
plans for fixing up the Y. w. c. A
office as a club room. This pro-
ject will occupy their next few
meetings. Plans are being made
by Mrs. Watson Harrington, chair
man, for the Girl Reserve Vesper
Service to be held in Dover next
month. The committee assisting
Mrs. Harrington is as follows: Mrs.
Roy Helfenstein, Mrs. Russell Will
son, Miss Ruth Jones, Miss Minnie
Gross and Miss Betty Ward. The
Rose Hill Girl Reserves held their
regular meeting recently in the
Rose Hill school. The club decid-
ed to make clothes for babies and
young children to be distributed to
needy families in their community.
The Women's Council are going to
assist in securing materials and in
sewing. The two groups plan to
give festival to raise money for
this project in the near future.
Miss Dorothy Parker and Miss
Ella Burris are the advisers Of the
Girl Reserve club and will have
charge of the festival. The Bridge
vile Junior Girl Reserve club has
organized itself into a travel club
and each meeting some country is
visited. Various activities take
place in these visits" and much
information is gained through the
interesting presentations. Dolls
are being dressed in the costumes
of the different countries. The
Senior Girl Reserve club in Bridge
vile is planning to make study
of the various ways and things
they can do at different kinds of
parties. Committees will teach
new games, stunts will be looked
UP, kinds of refreshments for
parties will be investigated. Then
they will work out the things they
can do at home parties, school
parties, church socials. etc. The
program committee is also working
out a series of discussion groups
for the club from topics suggested
at their club meetings. Miss Pret-
lyman is the club adviser and Miss
Rachel Stewart is the club presi-
dent. The New Castle Girl Re
serves are busy with handicraft.
The Junior club is making silver
bracelets while the Senior club is
making scrap boks to be sent to
one Of the Wilmington hospitals. \
The New Castle Business Girls
club IS planning to give a supper
January oath to raise money to
buy milk for the undernourished in
the New Castle school. Besides
milk for the school chill
dren, the club members have been
clothes and renovating old
garments for distribution among
the needy Of New Castle. The
Girl Reserve club is pre-
pairing for the Recognition or
Candle light ceremony to be held
this month. At their meeting next
week they viii learn a number of
the Girl Reserve songs and discuss
what il means to be a member of
the Girl Reserve club. This club
was organized this fall and this
will be the first time the girls have
taken part in q Recognition Cere-
monial which is one of the lovely
Girl Reserve services.