Evening star., 1947-01-31
T ca Ends Pmley
OF Hemisphere
Girl Scouts
BY Gretchen Smifh
Women's Club Editor

The goodwill evidenced among
those attending the round table and
tea held yesterday by the Inter
national Committee Of the Wash
ington Girl Scouts, the Pan Amer
ican Union, and the Western Hemi-
sphere Committee at the Pan Amer
ican Union was neartening to all
who realize the Importance Of the
Good Neighbor Policy"
The affair was the concluding
event on the two-day program Of
the Girl Scout Western Hemisphere
Conference which has been meeting
in Washington and attended by
delegates from every part of North
and South America.
With the Scout movement firmly
established in the United States,
Canada, Mexico and Brazil, leaders
OF the international association have
been eager to extend the benefits of
scouting to all the countries in the
Western Hemisphere. and with this
idea, representatives from all the
South and Central American coun-
tries were invited to attend the con-
ference. Whereas troops composed OF
of scattered groups are already
in the 81 republics of
the Americas. many of these coun-
tries do not have sufficient interest
among the women to make much
headway In building national COM
mittees.
Guests at yesterdays tea were
greeted by Mrs. Frederick Brooke,
chairman of the Washington Host
ess Committee which has enter
tanned visitors to the conference.
Greetings and welcome to the Pan
American Union were extended first
in Spanish and then in English by
DR.. Pedro de Alba, acting director
of the Pan American Union.
Others who spoke briefly included
Mrs. Charles Kendrick of San Fran
cisco, chairman of the Western
Hemisphere Committee and Miss
Ethel Rusk of the International
Committee of Girl Scouts.
A colored moving picture OF Girl
Scouts at work and play designed
to show prospective leaders how the
Girl Scout movement functions
and what are its purposes and
aims was shown following the brief
addresses. 1t was explained prior
to the showing that the dialogue
in the film is to be translated into
Spanish when the picture will be
sent to the South American
countries.
Tea and cakes were served fol-
lowing the picture by Girl Scouts
in uniform.
Countries represented by guests
at the tea included Brazil, France,
Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Domini-
can Republic, Ecuador, Salvador,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mica
ragua. Panama. Paraguay, Puerto
Rico, Uruguay and Mexico.
Much interest centered about
charming little woman in Scout
uniform, Sonora Beatriz C de
Braniff Of Mexico City, member of
the Western Hemisphere Committee,
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and who is flying back
today.
Mrs. Kendrick also was admired
greatly for her efforts in attending
the conference as she, too, flew to
Washington for the occasion and is
to San Francisco today.
In addition to Mrs. Kendrick, Mrs.
Brooke and Sonora de Braniff, other
members of the Western Hemi-
sphere Committee who attended the
tea included Sonora de Lima Rocha
of Brazil, Mrs. E. Swift Newton of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Alan Morkill of
Victoria, B. c., Mrs. e. Wishart of
Canada, Mrs. William Merrill Ches-
ter of Milwaukee, Wis; Mrs. Arthur
Choate of New York, DR.. Lillian
M. Gilbreth of New Jersey, Mrs.
Alan H, Means of Utah and Mrs.
Paul Rittenhouse of New York.
Others glimpsed in the gathering
Mrs. Adophus Station,
president of the Washington Girl
Scouts, Mrs. Frederick Mountford,
Mrs. C. Leslie Glenn, Mrs. Robert
Walsh, Mrs. John E. Dingwell and
Mrs. Norman Gerstenfeld.