Evening star., 1938-04-13
WHITE HOUSE VISIT
SLATED FOR GIRLS.
70 of Camp Fire Group Will
Enjoy Tea Today With
Mrs. Roosevelt.

The 10 Camp Fire Girls meeting
for three-day convention here were
having the time of their young lives
today. their schedule including tea
with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
visit to Congress and breakfast in
the Senate dining room.
The youngsters, garbed in white
MILDLY blouses, red ties and dark
skirts and wearing arm bands with
the cross logs and flame insignia,
were entertained by Senator Hattie
Caraway of Arkansas at breakfast.
They presented bright smiles and
much tossing of pig tails and curls
to the Senators who dropped in to
say hello to their young constituents.
Senator Lonergan of Connecticut
was applauded when he greeted the
girls with their own password "Wo-
hello" which stands for work, health
and love. He urged the girls to keep up
with their work, even when they left
the Camp Fire group. and stressed the
need for conservation of wild life and
natural resources.
Senator Gillette of Iowa, after break
fasting with the youngsters, took a
way between the Capitol and the
Senate Office Building. Representa-
tive Honeyman of Oregon also spoke
briefly.
The girls were to have tea with
Mrs. Roosevelt at pm. after being
shown through the White House gar
den. This evening they will have
rally meeting in the south auditorium
of the Department of Agriculture and
will be given a preview of Conserva-
ton Service movies. Raymond Evans
of the Agricultural Extension Service
will welcome them.
Enjoy Box Luncheon.
More than 100 Camp Fire Girls,
Including 40 from Washington and
Bethesda, Md, made themselves at
home in Rock Creek Park yesterday
and settled down to box lunches
amid trees typical of the ones they
have worked to conserve.
They wandered along the creek
behind the Joaquin Miller cabin,
around which the luncheon tables
were set, and investigated the swings
and examined the 20 trees they had
sent to Rock Creek Park as a lasting
memory of their rally. Mrs Arthur
H. Vandenberg, wife of the Michigan
Senator, carried boxes of doughnuts
from table to table. She is vice
chairman of the national conserva-
ton project of the Camp Fire Girls
and summoned the girls to Washing
ton for the convention.
After the picnic the girls gathered
for the ee-plantlng ceremony. Mrs.
Vandenberg read the inscription to
be put on the bronze memorial marker
at the foot of the gum tree. which
was sent by the Cleveland. Ohio,
girls. The Cleveland delegation was
the largest at the rally.
Finnan Welcomes Girls.
&C Marshall Finnan. superintendent
Of National Capital Parks. accepted
the trees for the United States and
Welcomed the girls. Edward Kelley,
administrative assistant, pointed out
that Rock Greek Park was good
example of conservation and said it
was appropriate that the Camp Fire
Girls, who are young conservationistS,
were celebrating in the park.
-Four Camp Fire Girls joined in
spadlng dirt into the ground around
the gum tree. 1t was explained that
the spade used in the ceremony had
been used in breaking ground at
every important ceremony in Wash
ington and the vicinity for 40 years.
First used by President Theodore
Roosevelt, the spade has figured in
the ground-breaking ceremonies at
the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier and has
been held by every President since.
The girls who spoke briefly at the
ceremony included Miss Mary Jane
Anderson of Bethesda. Miss Beatrice
Pugsley, Buffalo, N. Y; Miss June
Wamble. Walla Walla, Wash, and
Miss Lorraine Sterkel, Cleveland.
Visit Pierce Mill.
Before the girls left Rock Greek
Park they visited Pierce Mill and saw
the old mill wheel turn. In the eve
ming they held a swap party" to
discuss the conservation problems in
their own regions.
The delegates represent 250O00
girls. Those attending from Wash
ington and Bethesda include Miss
Lucille Harrell, Miss Marguerite
Schaffer, Miss Anderson and Miss
June Slaughter. Chaperons for the
local delegates are Mrs Elinor c.
Hearn and Mrs. Paul Ledig.