Milford chronicle., 1958-07-04
Girl Scout News

Year-End Report Of the Chairman
In this column, over the past
months, have appeared the activi-
ties of the Girl Scouts and Brown
les Of your town. They have been
an active and happy group, learn
ing wany new things and helping
others.
This has been possible through
the efforts Gf me adult volunteers
who have been NSlline to give
their time to help th> girls grow
through group activiIies which
follow the ideas and ideals of the
Girl Scout movement.
The new preamble to the Con-
stitutiOn of the Girl Scouts Of the
United States of America states in
part: I'VE maintain that the
strength of the Girl Scout move
ment rests in the voluntary lead
ership of it's adult members, (and)
in the cooperation and support of
the community We hold that
the ultimate responsibility for the
Girl Scout movement rests with
volunteers"
In locking back over this year
OF sc0Eting in Milford, it becomes
increasingly evident how much we
owe to the work of our volunteers
and to the support of our COM
munity in all we have tried to do
for the girls.
So many businesses and institu-
ti0ns have opened friendly doors
to inquisitive groups of Girl Scouts
and Brownies. Not only did they
invite them in, but they also took
time to explain their work and to
answer all the questions a group
OF girls can think Of Many organi-
cations have opened the doors OF
their meeting places to give the
girls rooms in which to hold their
functions.
We started our year with tre-
mendous boost from the Junior
Chamber of Commerce which
handled our fund drive; and a
wonderful training course for our
new leaders, which was given in
Milford by the Peninsula CcanciI.
Then followed very active year.
Our Christmas parties were a
double SUGGEST They were not
only fun, but we helped others
with Christmas cards for Stock
ley. Christmas trees for shut-ins,
and Christmas toys for the V.F.W
toy drive. Our thanks go to the
girls and to Mrs. Claude Lynch and
Mrs. Roy LaFontaine, Chairmen OF
the Brownie party and Mrs. Ber-
nard Frankel, Mrs. Gordon Kicker
and Mrs. John Howell, Chairmen
for the Girl Scout party.
The programs our troops gave
for their parents during Girl Scout
Week in March were under the very
able Craftsmanship of Mrs. Garrett
Grier for the Girl Scouts and Mrs.
Joseph Kemp for the Brownies
Service to our community was
again in evidence at the end OF
Girl Scout Week when, with Mrs,
Frank Lynch, a representative from
each troop presented 13 Bibles ta
the Maternity Wards at the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital Window
displays during that same week
showed in a most interesting way
some OF the accomplishments OF
our girls this year. These displays
were made possible through the
efforts of Mrs. Roy LaFontaine
Mrs. GORDON Kicker, Mrs. Finley
Jones and Mrs. Parker Hitch, who
took the time to get the materials
together and arrange them so ar
tistically.
Plans for a successful movie
Afternoon" were carried out by
Mrs marry Mayhem and Mrs
Thomas Galloway. The girls en-.
tsyed seeing the movie 1.-The Wider
WoSld" and afterwards joined in
contributing to the Juliet Lowe
World Friendship Fund.
Our Cookie Chairman, Mrs
Frank <. Appel. did an excellent
job this year. We not only sold