Milford chronicle., 1962-05-04
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

Last Wednesday, April 25, the
Peninsula Girl Dcout Council, Inc.
held its annual dinner and business
meeting at . St Johns Methodist
Church, Seaford, DEL After the
presentation of Colors and the In
vocation which was delivered by
Mr.. Ralph l. Lewis, Director Of
Christian Education, Mrs. G. A.
Mcdaniel, Vice-President of the
Council introduced honored guests,
among them Miss Margaret Nc
Clellan, Director of Region III,
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.; M r S.
Jerome Weinberg and Miss Vir-
ginia Middlebrook, President and
) Executive Director respectively of
the Wilmington Area Council AL
so dinner guests of the Council
were the Senior Girl Scouts chosen
to attend the Roundup this sum-
mer in Vermont, and the Alternate
Patrol, swith their Trainer, Miss
Jane Kirwan, Cambridge Md. Sen
ior girls led in group singing and
three OF the Seniors, Jane McFar-
Ian, Carol Toope and Kathy Moore,
discussed the purpose of Roundup,
the real value and meaning of
Roundup training and the qualifi-
cations necessary to selection for
this signal honor.
Awards were presented to Mrs.
Ernest G. Clark of Salisbury, Md
for 40 years membership; Mrs.
Austin @B. Roberts and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Martha Walmsley of Sud
lersville, Md. received 35 year pins;
Mrs. Joyce H Moore and Mrs. An
nette Hubbard of Denton, Md re-
ceived 20 year pins; Mrs. Robert
w. Cox, Cambridge, Md; Mrs, Jo-
Ann Klein, Dover, Del and Mrs.
Mabel Henry, Denton, Md. all re-
ceived 15 year pins. Thirty-o e
other members received 10 and 5
year awards.
The first order of business on
the Council agenda, with Mrs. VIM.
]. Hart, Jf., President, presiding,
was the delegation to the Board
of Directors of authority to take
all action necessary to facilitate
the merging of the Peninsula Girl
Scout Council with the Wilmington
Area Girl Scout Council by Octo-
ber of 1862. Unanimous approval
was given.
Miss Margaret Mcclellan, key
note speaker of the evening, then
addressed the meeting on "The
Challenge to YOU She spoke of
the unique opportunity offered by
the upcoming. program changes in
1868 for larger and stronger cOun-
ellis to cover every acre of the
u. S. A. with strong effective pro-
gram for more and more troops.
Miss Mcclellan spoke of t h
growth of the Girl Scout move
ment from one troop to its present
100000 troops, the largest girls
organization in the country and the
world. She said, in discussing the
anticipated Council merger that
the experience in pioneering of the
Peninsula Girl Scout Council
blended with the experience of the
older and more seasoned Whining
ton Area Council offered a won
derful combination for assured sue
cess. "The next so years can be
our best" continued Miss McClel-
Ian, lessons of the past equip us
to accept the challenge of the fu-
3 pture."
Mrs. John w. Henderson, Field
Vice-President, who had arranged
the dinner meeting thanked Miss
Mcclellan and also reported the
delegate attendance.
Mrs. Hart, in closing h
last Council meeting of the PENN
sula Girl Scout Council as an
entity, urged the membership to
feel that this was no time for sad
ness but rather a time for antici-
pating new challenges and new op-
portunities. Together, said NJ s.
Hart, 1--WE will be able to meet
the challenge of the future:" TIE
Colors were retired and with the
traditional Goodnight S Scouts',
the Peninsula Girl Scout Council
adjourned to hold it's next annual
meeting as the still unnamed
Council serving Wilmington, Della
ware to Kiptopeake. Virginia with
membership of 10000 girls and