The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-03-09
Campfire Girls

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sixth and seventh grade girls
and their mothers met in the
Junior High School to organ
ize the Campfire Girls in Har-
din. Mrs. Joseph Olenik and
Mrs. l.. L. Dehnert spoke on the
origin and organization of the
Campfire Girls, and told of the
many things the girls who join
ed could do.
On February II, the Hardin
Campfire Girls Council met at
the home of Mrs. w. F. Nc
Laughlin to plan the organiza-
ton of the various Hardin
, groups. This Council is COM
posed of the following members:
Mrs. I. l.. Dehnert, Mrs. Eric
Walker, Mrs. Charles Hubbard,
Mrs. w. S. Mclaughlin, Mrs.
Keith Martin and Mrs. Kenneth
Sullivan.
Each group is to have it's own
sponsor, but the entire group of
Campfire Girls and Bluebirds
is sponsored by the local v. F.
w. Auxiliary. Mrs. Sullivan is
the Auxiliary representative in
the Council. Rev. A. Clair King,
Bert Kronmiller and Rev. C. w.
Hart have been named spon-
Sors for three of the grade
groups. The SPONSORS of the 9TH
er groups will be announced at
a later date.
There are three groups into
which the girls are divided: the
pre-school group. the Bluebirds,
which are the girls from the
first through the fourth grade,
and the girls from the fifth
grade on. who are known as
Campfire Girls. The local Camp
fire Girls hope to have their
charter dated March II. which
is the birthday of the national
organization of Campfire Girls.
It was the first national girls
| organization of any kind, being
established on March IT, 1911.
Each Campfire Girl group
adopts an Indian name and each
girl is known by her own III
dian name. At present, only
two of the Hardin groups have
selected their Indian names;
Mrs. Lowell Painters group is
known as o ri Hi, which
means liable to ACCOMPLISH,
and the name of Mrs. Charles
Egnew's group is Otawateea,
meaning willing to do. The
Indian names of the other
groups will be decided upon at
a later date.
For the benefit of girls who
have not yet been to a meeting,
or who want to join, the follow
ing is a list of the guardians
and assistants, the day and
place of the meetings:
Pre-School: Mrs. Jack He
mann and Mrs. Keith Martin.
Helmann home. Wednesday.
First Grade: Mrs. Frank Star
ina and Mrs. William Burns,
grade school, Monday. Another
group of first graders will be in
charge of Mrs. Donald Blewett
and Mrs. David Hill.
Second grade: Mrs. John
Fisher and Mrs. Row Chambers;
Chambers home. Wednesday.
Third Grade: Mrs. Melvin
Harris and Mrs. Art Ebeling;
Harris home, Wednesday.
Fourth Grade: Mrs. Charles
Hubbard and Mrs. w. s.. Nc
Laughlin; meeting to be held
at each girls home in rotation,
I Wednesday.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. James Mil
ne and Mrs. Lawrence Bakken.
Sixth Grade: One group. Mrs.
Charles Egnew, Egnew home,
Wednesday.
! One group, Mrs. Lowell Pain
ter; Painter home, Saturday at
2.
! Seventh Grade: Mrs. J. S.
Simmons and Mrs. Denver Linn
ing; Simmons home, Thursday.
Women's Guild
The Women's Guild of the E
g. r church met in the church
basement for the regular meet
ing on Thursday, March 2.
Devotionals were led by Mrs.
Sam Kern. The Spiritual Life
Department had charge of the
program, which was on the to-
pic, Lets Worship Together in
the Family" The minister gave
a brief talk in closing.
Mrs. F. DeWald called the
business meeting to order, with
% members answering roll call.
Mrs. S. Kern and Mrs. F. Ben
eel, Jr., were appointed to serve
on the committee to arrange