The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-13
GIRL scout TROOPS
OBSERVE BIRTHDAY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
22nd Anniversary Of National
and 9Th Of Local History
Being COMMUNICATED

Girl Scouts Of Bismarck, In their
various troop meetings during the
present week, will Join with thousands
Of other scouts throughout the. ma
,tion In observing the twenty-second
anniversary Of the Girl Scout move.
ment, whose official birthday Is March
Il.
Two radio programs will be broad
cast from the local station by the Bis
marck scout organization. The first
VIII b . skit to be given at tbs Tues
day evening. Thursday evening at 3
o'clock, Mrs.. Burt F1nney will give q
talk and news Of the Lone Girl scouts
In this area will be given.
Qirk taking part in the program
Tuesday evening are Emily Belk,
Evelyn Ellington, Mary Louise Finney,
Beulah Hedahl, Jean Truman, Betty
laist and Eleanor Conway. Girls rep.
resenting each troop in the city will Be
in the chorus. Miss Clarice Belk. radio
chairman, Is directing the skit pre-
sentation.
For the anniversary celebration,
girls In Troop are reviewing the life
OF Juliette Low, founder Of the scout
movement.
Troops Plan Programs
At the close Of its regular meeting,
Troop 3 will put on program giving
outstanding events in the history Of
scouting. Mildred Entringer and
Rosaltne Fortune are In charge Of the
program.
Members Of Troop I are giving an
entertainment for their parents
Marion Little will give q talk on
How Girl Scouting Began" Betty
Laist will talk on What Scouting
Means to Me-" Blanche Robinson will
dance and Roberta Reid will contrib
ute q reading. Group singing and
games will conclude the program.
Troop s held its anniversary pro.
gram week ago when it invested
Lorraine Anderson, Marion Wagner,
Marcia Logee, Jean Gulson, Dorothy
Carlson, Jean Brandenberg and Grace
Almanson during candle-light cere-
mony at which mothers were special
guests. The investiture service was
written by the troop captain, Wilma
Olson. First class scouts who arrang.
ed the lunch were Lois Riggs, Jean
Baker and Phyllis Brainerd.
Troop 6 gave birthday party Mon
day evening at the home Of the lieu.
tenant, Miss Irene Brown. Mary
Louise Finney was in charge of q pro-
gram In which Sara Bashara, Isabel
1aRue, Harriet Rosen and Gayle Kelly
took part. A decorated birthday cake
centered the refreshment table.
Rebecca Freitag Is directing play
which was put on by Troop Z, at the
meeting held Monday evening. The
captain, Vera Person, gave talk on
the life Of Juliette Low.
225 Girls Enrolled
Scouting, now officially four years
old In Bismarck, has total Of 225
members, 205 residing in the city and
20 at the United States Indian school.
Twenty-eight young women are act
ing as leaders and so women are act
ing as council or committee members,
or as examiners.
In the city there now are five first
class scouts, IS second class scouts and
125 girls holding tenderfoot rank.
Many will advance in rank at the an
nual spring court Of awards set for
Thursday, April 26.
Mrs. Roy Logan and Mrs. John Flick
have become council members, tax
Ing the places Of Mrs. George Shafer
and Mrs. Neil Q. Churchill. whose
terms have expired.
Mrs. w. q. Worner Is chairman Of
the new handicraft committee. or
ganized to encourage handicraft ac-
tivities at troop meetings and at the
day camp In the summer. Mrs. Fleck
has been assigned to Mrs. WornerS
committee, while Mrs. Logan will serve
on the badges and awards committee
Of which Mrs. Eric Thorberg Is chair.
man.
Beginning was In 1928
The pioneer scouting work here was
under the girls work committee until
1880, when it was organized under Z
Girl Scout council with q part-time
director, Miss Harriet Rust. Previous
to that there had been several troops
Of scouts at different times under
various leaders.
In 1928, color organization was
perfected under the girls work COM
mittee, under direction Of Mrs. Lois
Howard GRADER, who then was physi-
cal education instructor In the Bis.
marck high school. She now resides
at Stanley. Wis. Mrs. Finney. as scout
commissioner, has been prominent In
promoting tho work. Building Of the
day camp last summer was one Of the
major accomplishments Of the scout
council.
Miss Dorothy Petron now Is part.
time director with an office ct the