Milford chronicle., 1957-11-22
Girl Scout News

Mrs. Earl Gay of Woodside Drive
will accept the Girl Scout news for
Mrs. Lafontaine next week. Tele-
phone Mrs. Gay at 1890.
Troop No. 33-Last Monday even
ing after the regular meeting the
girls gave a surprise stork shower
for Mrs John Hallett, who was a
former Scout leader. She received
many nice gifts and after opening
them, refreshments of cake and
punch were served by the girls
During the meeting we discussed
several things. We are planning to
fix fruit baskets for Thanksgiving.
We are also going to make tray
cards for the JEWELS Nursing
Home. On Nov. 29th Mamie Lever
age, our honorary member, has in
vited all the girls to her home for
slumber party while her mother
and sister are away. At that time
she will teach us some crafts. We
are all looking forward to that date
Don't forget our Baby Sitting A
gency. The fee is 25c per hour Con-
tact Terry Lynch 1888 or Jackie
Belts S512.
Troop No. So has been meeting
since October End, at the home of
Rachel Grier. At the first meeting
we elected officers. The patrol
leaders are Mary Lou Garbutt and
Carol Gay. Assistant Patrol Lead
ers are Rachel Grier and Janet
Rathmell Troop Scribe is Kaye
Mercer, Troop Treasurer is Mary
Lou Lankford Many Lou Garbutt
acts as chairman at our meetings.
The other members of our troop
are Bonnie Burton, Donna Howell,
Bonnie Jones, Tina Lundstedt, Mary
Ann Kitchens, Carolyn Kicker,
Florence Scott and Eileen Short.
We also made plans for the year at
our first meeting. We are selling
Girl Scout Calendars now and
cookies in Feb We plan two camp
ing trips, one to Redden State For
est and one to lockwood, the Girl
Scout Camp in Washington, D. c.
We are looking forward to a trip to
the Girl Scout Camp in Washing
ton, d. G. We are looking forward
to a trip to the Girl Scout Cabanya
in Mexico, in one or two years. Mrs
John Howell and Mrs. Earl Gay
have been helping us with our Citi-
zenship requirement for the First
Glass Rank. This includes service
and friendship abroad. Mrs. Howell
and Mrs. Gay showed us slides of
England, Japan and Hawaii and
helped us choose pen pals for our
friendships abroad. For our SER
vice at home we plan to adopt a
girl about our age from StOckley
Hospital. We wish to thank these
two mothers for their very inter-
esting help. We have also started
work on two badges, Folk Dancing
and Adventurer. We had a Morse
Code MarshmaIlOw Roast" to start
us on our Adventurer Badge. For
our Folk Dancing Badge Troop
33 and Troop So have been taking
lessons from Mr.. Carl Dynes of
Maryland. We've had two meetings
just for fun. One, our birthday par
ty at which we registered and Bon
ME Jones brought in a beautifully
decorated cake, and the other
Halloween party that Patrol | gave
for Patrol H.
Troop NO. 13-At their regular
meeting on Wednesday, October 13,
the girls of Brownie Troop No. 13
boarded the truck of Mr. George
Westphal, which he had filled with
straw and took a hayride out to
Abbott's Mill. They were taken
through the mill and they saw how
it is operated. The girls enjoyed
the trip and especially the water
wheel. Pictures were taken. On the
way home the girls had lollypops
and sang a song dedicated to the
lollypop. Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs.