Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-10-29
GIRL
SCOUTS

Everybody in the Up-County
Girl Scout Association seems to
have adjusted nicely to the fact
that summer is over and it is time
to get things started. Everybody
that is bat your Girl Scout column
list. | am the kind that needs a
good snow storm to convince me.
vince me.
While | have been idly sitting by
Mrs. Margaret Mantel, our Dis
trict chairman, spent busy four
days in Cincinnati at the 32nd
National Convention of Girl Scouts.
Mrs. Mantel returned to Wheaton
the end of last week and at last
report was trying to get her feet
on the ground to prepare her con-
vention report for the Up-County
luncheon to be held at the Rock
vile Presbyterian Church on No.
vember 10.
Advance publicity on the "en-
tertainment" mentioned on the
luncheon invitation indicates
something out of the ordinary.
Mrs. John Keresztesy has secured
the film Golden Eaglet" for the
affair. Golden Eaglet was the
highest rank girl could attain in
Scouting in its early days and how
one girl earned it makes an inter-
esting and amusing story.
All those who plan to attend
the luncheon should notify their
community chairman before No
yember l so that reservations may
be held for them.
This past week has been ma
tional Girl Scout Week and last
Sunday all Girl Scouts were asked
to attend their church wearing
their uniform. The Rev. Jacob
H. Gamble, minister of the Rock
vile Baptist Church, extended
special welcome to the girls at his
II am. service as did the Rev.
Gilbert Ham, at the 9 o'clock mass
at st. Mary's Catholic Church.
Girls in the Wheaton Association
also attended their churches in
uniform in observance of Girl
Scout Sunday.
Saturday night, the time for
"trick or treats" the Up-County
Scouts are being asked to go out,
in uniform, and collect bar soap
for the American Friends Service
Committee. This will be distrib-
uted through the Friends organi-
cation to needy people and seems
an excellent way for Girl Scouts
to prove their interest in being
good citizens and helping those
less fortunate than themselves.
Last Saturday, Scouts from the
Up-County Association were ask
ed to march in the United Ma
TONS Day parade in Rockville and
% girls from Lincoln Park par
ticipated. Eighteen Brownies, six
Intermediates and four Junior
High girls marched.
The Leadership training courses
are in full swing with three
training sessions and two cook
outs successfully completed. Mrs.
Peggy Sussey and Mrs. Martha
Moe are conducting the classes
which are being held at the Meth
odist Church in Rockville. Twen-
ty-three intermediate and nine
teen Brownie leaders are taking
the training.
While the parents are prepar-
ing themselves for Scout leader
ship, some of the active troops in
the District have already begun
their projects.
intermediate Troop $50 in Po-
tomac is working ON Armistice
Day posters for the Red Cross. The
girls are making cut-outs of the
Statue of Liberty and shields. Mrs.
John Trip is Troop leader and is
being assisted by Mrs. Lewis
Whitmore.
Mrs. Kinda Hudson took Brown
lie Troop 525 of Rockville on
lookout on October 21. The girls
went to the home of Mrs. Ralph
Ripley for a lesson in fire build
ing complete with toasted marsh
q mallows.
Speaking of outdoor experiences,
the Fall issue of the TreFoil did
not include the figures on Up
County's participation in the Camp
Menke Day Camp this past sum-
mer. These figures are not avail
able right now but we will let
you know how many of. our Scouts