Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-08
Girl Scout Events
This Week Mark
Anniversary
Series of Parties to
Be Given Wednesday
Through Saturday

In celebration of the 3lst anniver-
sary OF Girl Scouting in America,
the Washington Girl Scouts and
their leaders will have a series of
parties and dinners from Wednes-
day through Saturday.
The national organization grew
from a meeting of small group of
girls with Juliette Low on March
IL, 1912. in Georgia. Today there
are more than 100000 Girl Scouts
in the United States and mem
bership of more than 100000 is
expected by 1914.
The first large local event on the
anniversary calendar will be the
annual dinner of District leaders
at 6:15 pm. Wednesday in Pierce
Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV. Guest speaker will be Mrs.
Charles Farnsworth, niece of Mrs.
Frederick H. Brooke of this city,
who is honorary vice president of
the Girl Scouts of America. Mrs.
FarnsWorth, who is on the Massa-
chusetts State Girl Scout Board, is
commissioner of Girl Scouting in
Concord and the leader of troop.
Mrs. M. B. Fetzer, president of
the Leaders Advisory Committee in
the District, will preside at the
dinner and introduce the speaker.
The program will include colored
motion pictures of Camp May
Flather and exhibits at the Girl
Scout Little House and the District
day camps to be shown by Mrs. w.
r. Chapline, in charge of motion
pictures for the Girl Scouts of the
District.
One of the most important events
for the girls will be party from
1890 am. to noon Saturday, to be
held by the Juliette Low Memorial
Fund Committee, named in honor
of the founder, who died in 1927.
The party will feature formal pres
entation of friendship" pennies
which have been collected from
members of all the troops as
voluntary contribution to help girls
In war-torn countries. Three girls
from each district will attend to
bring the pennies.
The penny project, conducted on
q Nationwide scale, already has re-
suited in a gift of $4,000 made to
Nine, Chang Kai-shek in behalf
OF Girl Scouts and war orphans in
China. A similar amount has been
designated for England.
The revolving fund originally was
started to spread scouting over the
world and to establish international
camps, but has been used for war
work recently.
Because of the international ma
ture of Saturdays program there
will be special interest in a group
of young women from Brazil,
Ecuador. Chile, Colombia, Mexico
and Cuba who are to be guests.
Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller, jr, chair
man OF the Memorial Fund Com
mittee, is in charge of arrange
ments.
Other celebrations will include a
banquet at Pierce Hall at $50 pm.
Saturday, to be sponsored by the
Junior Camp May Father Commit
tee. Miss Joan Yeilik, president of
the committee, is in charge of ar
rangements. Miss Joyce Poison MIN.
preside. The. program will include
group singing and history of Camp
May Flather. All Scouts who have
been to the camp are invited to at
tend and wear their uniforms.
Another event will be a visit to-
morrow evening by Troop No. &c in
District 2 to Alva Belmont House,
headquarters of the National Wom-
ans Party, for review of the
woman suffrage movement in this
country by Miss Mary Elizabeth
DoWney, librarian at Alva Belmont
House. This will be a part Of the
troops work toward their citizen
ship badges,