Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-30
Girl Scout Clubs Of
The County Review The
Growth OF IS Years

The 35th Anniversary year of
the founding of Girl Scouting in
the United States finds many girls
celebrating the Week in upper
Montgomery County. From a few
troops sprinkled here and there in
the area, the number has grown in
1947 to a total of twenty-one
troops with a membership Of 1913
girls, plus at least two trained
adult leaders for every troop.
These active troops are located in
the communities of Sandy Spring,
Rockville, Gaithersburg, Potomac,
Emory Grove and Lincoln Park. In
addition to the troops, each COM
munity has Girl Scout Associa-
ton composed of interested adults
who meet once a month to coordin-
ate activities, formulate programs
and promote training.
All this means that in the upper
part of Montgomery County there
are now 1888 girls from seven to
eighteen years of age benefiting
from the broad Girl Scout program
of education for democratic living,
with the aim of developing better
citizens in the broadcast sense of
the word. The program is designed
to fit the requirements of three
different age groups: Brownie
Scouts seven through nine years
OF age; Girl Scouts or Intermedi-
ates ten through fourteen years
Of age; and Senior Girl Scouts lin
Guiding Mariners and Wing
Scouts) fifteen Tor in high
school) through eighteen years of
age. The twenty-one troops in the
Up-County District are divided
into age groups as follows: seven
Brownie troops with 1874 members;
ten Intermediate troops with ISL
members; and four Senior troops,
with SO members.
Each Girl Scout troop must have
an adult leader, trained in the
ways of girls and of Scouting. In
the Up-County District every troop
has at least two trained leaders.
During the past year eighty people
were enrolled in Initial Group
Leadership courses, eleven took an
overnight trip, twenty participated
in an Arts and Crafts workshop,
two took a nature leaders train
ing course and two took part in a
Song and Game workshop.
Every Girl Scout wishes to take
an active part in community af-
fairs. In numerous ways Girl
Scouts are able to contribute serv-
ice. Among their service activities
in this district during the year
were folding tuberculosis seals,
waiting on tables at the annual
supper for the benefit of the Mont
gomery County General Hospital,
assisting on Donation Day at the
Hospital, helping at shower to
equip the Girl Scout camp near
Brighton, making Easter decora-
tons for hospital patients trays
and various other projects.
Girl Scout Week, beginning on
the last Sunday in October, always
includes the birthday of Juliette
Low, who founded Girl Scouting
in the United States in 1912. On
Sunday, October 26, Girl Scouts
attended church in uniform and
ministers and priests paid special
tribute to the Girl Scout move
ment. Troop 80 of Sandy Spring
attended st. Petets Church in
Olney and sang the "Hymn OF
Scouting" A color guard was pres
cnt at the Rockville Baptist
Church.
The Get Acquainted" party
given on October 20 by Troop 200
of Sandy Spring was attended by
about sixty Girl Scouts from that
community.
Miss Kathleen Lillard, Girl
Scout Field Director for the Up
County District, who is to a large
degree responsible for the growth
of Girl Scouting in the area, was
q specially invited guest at the
Mother-Daughter Banquet held in