Milford chronicle., 1957-12-20
Girl Scout News

Troop No. ~75
On Wednesday, December IL, we
held an investiture service at which
time 16 girls received their Brow
ME pins. We also celebrated the
birthdays of Mary Louise Long and
Regina Marynchak. Cup cakes and
ice cream were enjoyed by all. We
had the pleasure of the company
Of some of our mothers, and we
even had our pictures taken.
Troop No. SO
We opened our Girl Scout meet
ing with the promise and laws.
Our secretary, Kaye Mercer, re-
, ceived a letter from Mrs. Good
rich, who is to give us informa-
tiOn on Mexico. In the letter she
did not send us much information,
but she did say we had to earn a
lot of money in order to be able to
make our trip. We decorated the
mobiles we made last week, and
also wrote invitations to our mo-
theirs, inviting them to the Christ
mas party, at the Calvary Metho-
dist Church on Friday. the 18th.
Troop No. 33
Girl Scout Troop No. 33 is very
, proud of their troop scribe, Jackie
Belts. She has won the Fire Pre-
vention Essay contest for our town,
county, and state. For her efforts
she will receive cash awards and
a trophy. 1t always makes each of
us proud when one of us takes
part in a worthwhile project. Vir-
ginia Boyce won second prize for
our town. Congratulations to both
of these girls. We enjoyed our an
nual Christmas party very much.
1t was held at the Calvary Church
last Friday night. We had lots of
fun making tray cards for Stock
ley, and all the girls enjoyed the
dancing. After our regular meet
ing Monday night we went out to
Mamie Leverage's. We gave her a
tree and a few presents. Mamie
had a sore throat. We do hope she
is feeling much better now. When
we arrived back at Terry Lynch's
we had refreshments and received
gifts. We wish to thank our lead
ers, Mrs. Clarence Elliott and Mrs.
Frank Lynch for giving each of us
Friendship Book. Thank you
very, very much, leaders. Don't
target the baby sitting agency. We
charge Csc per hour. Contact Terry
Lynch, 1888, or Jackie Belts, 8512.
May we, of Troop No. 33, wish for
you and yours a very Merry Christ
mas and Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
We would also like to congratu-
late Jackie and Virginia. We are
pleased to think that others may
read of their achievements through
this column. That is the reason for
our weekly writing, to be able to
keep in direct contact with all of
our sister scouts and to be able
to report the projects they may
participate in.
On the evenings of December IL
and 13, the coming birthday of the
Christ Child was celebrated by the
Brownies and Girl Scouts of Mil
ford. Who else knows better than
gay children how to celebrate
birthday? The shrieks of laughter
and the tingle of excitement were
felt by everyone present. Surely IL
the wee Babe could have been there
i'm Person, the radiant smiles of the
girls would have filled His heart
with eternal happiness. The girls
began their party by making Christ
mas cards for the children at
Stockley. The original designs and
ideas used on these cards makes
one wonder why we go out and buy
commercial Christmas cards when
members of our families possess
such talent. The Brownies learn
ed a new singing game from Troop
No. 13, Jolly is the Miller" This
is the type of game that can go
on indefinitely, and knowing the
energy of the Brownies, halt was
called and Christmas carols were
sung. The Girl Scouts were taught
a dance by Troop No. 108, the sem
ior scouts. They also enjoyed the
singing of Christmas carols. Re-
freshments were served at the end
of the evening, but not before each
troop decorated a small Christmas
tree, again using original ideas.
Each tree reflected the beauty of
the spirit the girls had put into the
trimming of their tree, for each
tree was to be presented by them
to a shut-in friend of their troop.
The twelve trees were presented to
the troops by Lester Lovett of the
Lovett Nursery. To Mr.. Lovett we
offer our sincere thanks. He has ex-
tended the grace of Christmas to
many people through girl scouting.
The Girl Scouts of Milford sincere
ly wish everyone a very Merry
Christmas and all Good Wishes for
the New Year.
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