Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
Girl Scout Council
Survey Completed

The seven Eastern Shore of
Maryland and Delaware counties /
have been hearing a great deal /
about Girl Scout Council these /
past few months Miss Gilmore (
Hoover of WaynesborO, Pa, spent /
an evening in Denton, discussing |
the possibility of forming a Girl
Scout Council for this area. She ad- /
vised the formation of the council. !
to insure the continuity of the pro-
gram. She explained that the for
nation of the council would entail
a probable expenditure of $4,000 I
the first year, with a subsequent
reduction in annual cost, including
rental of an office, purchase of Off
ice equipment, payment Of an exc
cutive and at least a part-time sec
retary.
A survey is being conducted in
I Milford to find out whether the
citizens of our town are interested
| in a Girl Scout Council. If only a
/ handful of people are sold on the
value of a council, it won't be
success. In order to really do the
! lob a council must have the moral
/ as we'll as the financial backing of
the entire community. The survey
covers many organizations in the
/ town. which include the PTA, RO-
tary. Kiwanis. Lions, Century Club,
iV. r. w, Home Demonstration
/ Clubs and the churches. The ap-
probation and understanding of
these community groups is essen
] tial to the success of the Girl
Scout Council If cooperation with
this survey is any indication of the
entire towns feeling toward cOun-
Gil, there is no question about the
cooperation a Girl Scout executive
will receive in Milford. The survey
isn't completed but the following
/ people have been cooperating so
far: Mr.. and Mrs Garrett Grier,
Mr.. and Mrs Theodore Townsend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Isaacs Jr.. Miss
Isabelle Kinks, Mrs. David Greene,
Mrs. Robert Wall, Mrs. Franklin
! Lynch, Mrs. Harold Stauffer. Mrs.
William T. Jackson. Mrs Earl Will
liams, Mrs. Winfield COnard, Dr..
p.
Galianto. Mrs. Robert Mercer Mrs.
Joseph Lotiand. Jr.. Mrs. Jack
Glenn. Mrs. David X. Brown, Mrs.
Michael GrOverman, Mrs. Mary
Jackson and Mrs. Lochlin Huth.
Social movements, if they per-
sist, become institutions and, in do
ing so. acquire professionals. This
-, fol ~ n
much greater extent than it has in
the parent movement in England.
The first professionals emerged
from the movement as nucleas
of more expert leaders. They We're
volunteers who devoted more time
than others to the movement, took
special training and were paid for
their services. The urge for higher
standards and a type of profess
siOnal with more specific training
or technical prerequisites has come
from within the professional group
itself especially from within the
=. national organization. The Girl
Scout executive is trained for her
RESPONSIBILITIES in accordance with
professional and educational stand
ards. These standards in general
' conform to those of all group work
organizations. Apart from admins
tration and supervision of local
work. an important part of their
work is TO assist and train greater
number of girls than could he
reached by the staff alone. Special
lists are from time to time secured
without charge to give training
along certain subjects. Training
courses will help the leaders make
the programs more interesting,
both for the children and for them
solves. Ry belonging to n council
they will have endless OppOrtuni-
ties for training.
Let us all get behind the Girl
Scout movement and help organize
3 a Girl Scout Council in this area.
J AS Bruce Barton, a former Con-
gressman. said: "In times like
: these, invest in boys and girls.
! Men talk about buying stock at the
: bottom When you invest in a boy
} or girl. you are always buving at
: the bottom. You are sure that the
yOungster is going mp and there is
= no telling how far"
t Article written by an older Girl
: Scouts Mother:
There are so many reasons why
5 I am glad. to have my daughter a
Girl Scout I like the we'll balanced
' fun and jolly cOmradeship. / like
the Friday evidence of soap and
shoe polish. I like the feeling of
J. fraternity that comes through be-