Milford chronicle., 1958-06-27
Girl Scout News


We are proud to announce that
the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of
Milford will combine their efforts
in support of Delaware's third ALI
Star football game to be held at
1.-The University of Della ware Stadi-
Ium on August %, 1858. All pro-
lceeds of this annual game, after
expenses, will go for the benefit of
lDeIaware's retarded children and
will be applied toward a Rehabili-
ltation Center for Stockley, Della
Iware's Hospital for the Mentally
Retarded. 1t is indeed a warm feel
ing to know that our boys and girls
at this early age have the SENSITIVE
lty to see beyond their own imme-
diate pleasures to the necessities
of those less fortunate.
The weekly news releases and
newscasts of the Girl Scouts will
end with next weeks program,
which will be devoted to the report
of the Chairman of the Milford Girl
Scout Neighborhood Association.
Your publicity chairman would
like to join all the leaders, mo-
theirs and Scouts in expressing our
sincere appreciation to the Milford
Chronicle, which printed our news
each week. and to Mr.. Borden Smith
and others of Radio Station WKSB,
who SO generously gave the Zine
! on the radio to our cause. We are
ali cognizant of the value of such
radio time, and also of the invalu-
able experience which it has afford
ed our girls.
The Court of Awards for Troop
So under the leadership of Mrs.
Charles Lundstedt, was held on Sat
urday, June ID, and the following
badges were presented: Second
Class Rank-Kathy Huyler, Eileen
Short, and Carol Gay; Hospitality
l-Kathy Huyler and Florence
Scott; Backyard Camper Bonnie
Jones, Carol Gay; Pen Pal-Carol
Gay; Tree Badge-Tina Lund-
stedt; Outdoor Cook-Mary Lou
Garbutt, Rachel Grier, Mary Ann
Kitchens, Kathy Huyler, Mary Lou
Lankford, Janet Rathmell, Carolyn
Kicker, Florence Scott and Eileen
Short; Campcraft-Rachel Grier,
Mary Ann Kitchens, Kathy Huyler,
Mary Lou Lankford, Florence Scott,
Kaye Mercer, Eileen Short; Ad-
enturer--Mary Lou Garbutt, Ra-
chel Grier, Mary Lou Lankford,
Tina Lundstedt, Kaye Mercer, Jan
ct Rathmell. Carolyn Kicker, Eileen
Short, Kathy Huyler and Florence
Scott.
Following presentation of badges,
the troop presented a beautiful sill
yer bracelet to Carole Gay. who left
Milford Immediately after the cere-.
mony for Alabama. The girls will
miss Carole very much and also
her mother, Kay, who devoted her
time to working with the scouts
while living in Milford.
On Thursday, June 10, Troop So
met in the backyard of Kathy Huy-
Ter, where they had a cook-out,
thereby meeting one requirement
or their backyard campers badge
cooking on charcoal. The girls
lso worked on formulating their
ado program on lockwood which
was given last Saturday over
WKSB.
Comments on the program which
the girls gave have been glowing.
One question was: The girls not
only did an excellent Job of pre-
Isenting the program, but it was a
very interesting one. I would like
to know who wrote the material.
Your publicity chairman was very
proud to say that each girl wrote
her own material.
Our collection of rags and news
papers will be made on June 80.
Anyone having anything for collec-
tion, please call member of Troop
5S, or Mrs. Lundstedt-S921, or Mrs.
Mercer-5479, and your contribu-
tiOns will be picked up.
The Scouts of Troop So wish to
express their appreciation to their
leaders, Mrs. Charles Lundstedt.
Mrs. Ira Garbutt and Mrs. Garrett
Grier for the time and effort ex-
pended in making this past year a
most interesting and eventful one.
The Brownies of Troop 1856, un-
der the leadership of Mrs. Claude
Lynch, climaxed their second year
with trip to Camp Todd on Sat
urday, June ii. They left Milford
8:45 and arrived at Camp Todd
round 10000 a. m. TRANSPORTATION
was furnished by Mrs. Lynch, Mrs.
Albert Rosen and Mrs. Doran Nc
Fadden.
After unloading their food and
quipment, all the group ioined in
licking up firewood in order to
ct the fire started as soon as pos
ible. 1t was quite windy and each
f Troop 1853 firebuilders got a
hance to participate before the
fire finally started. The cooks then
peeled potatoes, scraped carrots
and cut up onions to make their
beef stew. They also prepared eel
cry sticks and had bread and but-
er and juice Each girl had preyi-
usly prepared her stick for marsh
mallows.
After dinner, they went for
walk around the camp and later
went into the water. Then they
played several games of dodge bali.
Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. ROsen pre-
sented each Brownie with their
econd-year pin and a shirt with
he word Brownie" stamped on il.
After cookies and ice cream, the
girls returned to the cars for their
rip back to Milford. They arrived
4:30, little tired but full and
happy.
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