The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-26
MANY GIRLS GET AWARDSATSC0UT
 COURT ON SUNDAY
Civilian Defense Service Prominent Among Ae-
 tivities of Girls

In a significant ceremony honor
 ing Girl Scouts of Juneau and Douglas, the Court of Awards held yesterday afternoon at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church present. ed service badges and special awards to Scouts who had completed quail flying work
 Outstanding was the work done by members of the Senior Troop led by Mrs. Earl McGinty. 12 ef whom had finished the regular First Aid course offered for adults, and have offered their services as Civilian De- fense officers in the city's air raid shelters. Of these Dorothea Hend- rickson, it was announced, received the highest grade ever scored by anyone in Juneau on the examina- ton. R. E. Robertson gave the girls their oath of office as Civilian De- fense officers and notified them of eligibility for Red Cross certificates. Expressing the hope that disaster would never come to Juneau, MT. Robertson commended the girls for their work and said he felt con- fidence in their ability to work ef- ficiently along with the other 300 members of Juneau's Civilian De- fense.
 Have Guest Speaker
 Guest speaker, Mrs George Wash ington, gave vivid picture of every day activities of Puerto Rican young people, based upon her own stay as exchange teacher there. Pointing out that many of them were able to subsist if necessary on whatever foodstuffs were at hand, she de- scribed picnic meal where sections of banana leaf were used for plates, and chips from the stalk for spoons. Oranges, she said, were sold by sing ing vendors at three for a penny, and cooking oils were as generously used as olive oil in Italy.
 In brief resume of activities of Girl Scouts here, Mrs Robert Cough lin described the work carried on in the troops and introduced the Scout leaders present. Mrs. H. J. Powers, leader of the A Scouts in the Juneau Brownie troop, has organized the girls into packs with leaders, she said, and the Brownie troop of Douglas, led by Mrs. Nevin, and having 12 members. has been active all summer
 The three Intermediate Troops consist of 14 girls led by Mrs. Floyd Fagerson, who have been working for their Personal Health badges and have taken Junior First Aid, taught by Mrs Ernest Gruening; those led by Mrs. P J. Gilmore, studying Home Nursing under Mrs. McGinty; and the third, newly organized troop of Aleut girl evacuees at Xiii lisnoo, led by Mrs. Charles McGee, a teacher.
 The fourth, that of Douglas, led | by Miss Ruby McNeil, has 12 girls enrolled who have completed re- quirements for Bibliophile, Clothing, l Housekeeping Hostess, Home Safety | and other badges.
 InyeStiture of new Scouts and | presentation of awards and badges 1 was made by Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Girl Scout Commissioner. Mrs. Faulkner paid special tribute to the but primarily important work done by Mrs. McGinty among local Girl Scouts, describing her as the hub of the wheel around which l Scouting here revolves. The rest ] of us,' she went on. "are more or less regular, but Mrs. McGinty keeps things moving"
 Chairman of the program and mistress of ceremonies, was Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, who expressed her thanks to all who participated and praised the girls for their worthwhile work for defense here. Mrs. Carol Beery Davis played the entry march, and color bearers were Lorraine English, Alyce Jean Davis, Loretta Keithahn and Lois Fossum.
 Award Winners
 Following is a list of those who received awards and badges:
 Douglas: Patsy Anne Balog, De-