Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-12

By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 4-8SS9

Garden 4-SSS9
AS Brownie Scout program I'm
aid that have devoted space
ect of the Camp Girls very organization
girls in this
MY apologies and hope to make up for it with this column
act after threeway telephone conversation with Miss Mary
%ers and Mrs Joseph America leaders this find
that have enough material for coumns
There couldn't introduce the Camp Fire
Girls since Saturday is the beginning their
one Embarrassing activity the and they will knocking
on your door anytime before April g.
Also on Saturday, at the Christ Episcopal Church Rockville
ne Iheaer OF Silver Spring will give two performances
Fire Girls. Tickets are so cents.
Rogers working full time for the Camp Fire
Girls field director in Montgomery County 1854 she
graduated from the University of Maryland.
Before that time at the
Camp Fire Girls summer MaWaV, for the Maryland,
Washington and Virginia Prince Forest
Park near Quanco Va She still director there throughout the
eightWeek
Mrs America 1907 Drive began Camp
group in the Rockville when oldest daug
ter reached Buebd age AT present there IS such
the upper county
She has been in the Camp Fire Girls years
first at the of IS Bethesda Besides leadership
courses in the county she has attended workshops Aurora
N. Y. and Trenton N j.
AS qualified to give me
the background for this organization which
councils in the country.
1t founded in 1910 by of
that time Dr. Luther Easey GulicE his wife 1913
younger girls admitted Buebirds for the first time
There three main agegroups the Buebirds
the Camp Fire Girls 10 49, the Horizon
1Syearods
The program underwent many changes when
the knowing young girls giving them
what they and need
The Potomac Area Council with membership 5000 in
cludes Alexandria Washington Arlington
fax Prince Georges and Montgomery National headquarters
in New York City
Leadership training is given hours monthly
meetings and in the alday workshops held three times year.
Training chairman Mrs Eugene Mere Silver Spring and
her assistant is Mrs James Robertson
plotting her first year at this job
The sessions rotated and the first be
before the leader meets with her Background
orntation philosophy detectives of the and how
begin are learned in these two
Then the up age groups
meet the needs of each particular with sessions devoted
to creative work. outdoors arrange meetings. understand
ing the girls leaders, play
Camp Fire Girls symbolism Indian lore traditions and ceremonies
which the basis for these programs
The three workshops specialize folk
tvites in the spring and indoor activities in the fall
Indian culture is important part Camp pro-
Each girl chooses symbolic what
examples AIisNIa-Iina Love of growing
things, music outdoors and swimming" Zone little word!
Miss Rogers this is the American shOhand);
HoNa "love, music; anda Laughing
maiden" girl people happy.
Each Camp Fire Group chooses that its
pose such as LYowa banded together for single purpose
KnKoda, ito grow flourish" WaKaNIi< under
standing plus willing to undertake attempt aCanTan
which is ambitious meaning ito do difficult things
well make glad joy feeling pur
the group name girls study
Indian symbols and work their
headband ceremonial
gowns and boleros.
The ceremonial gowns which long leather.
eyecatchers During
to obtain and the girls had travel by instead felt
little place appearing public gowns service
bolero created.
There made of blue felt proved attractive
and serviceabe that they here All costumes
decorated with beads the girls work their through the
crafts of the camp fire program.
Home craft by orange symbolng the
hearth flame Outdoors brown the
Creative arts for things business yellow for the
harvest frontiers blue for horizons h the most difficult
the sports and games gnifying red
cheeks health and citizenship red white blue for
the obvious
through completing ranging easy
difficult In homecra for instance easy would be
frostng cupcae easy this homemaer
who always spoons with her frosng).
top honor in this field that would difficult for anyone
without docorate in home economics earned planning and
preparing meals day for week. including basic
foods keeping within the family recording the
the number served the which provided the
value Wtamns minerals these
girls usually of junior high age!
the frontiers division task is visiting a radio
TV station to observe its operation And the difficult task
is lulu! One is simply required TO make piece of paper!
How said to Mrs America, does about making
paper? It's that simple All mulch linen flax
(Which brings mind the old rabbit first catch
fol a md henr o