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court of honor nml a circle* andout songs, We our leader wasnot go. We arcIraK*itfbIit0oI?lt;trnmeeting* end thewas over, we all Joi sang pomp Girl 8c planned a hike, hutnick, and we could hoping to he able to go next week* Ruth blaster directed a game, whilethe court of honor met. We had only one Girl Scout absent for th*e meeting. The grouts are all busy with their eommuntty service.Frnin *** Abbott, Scflhe Northfork — The mem he re of the cuckoo” patrol met In the “bird-nest** on Thursday evening, March 13. for the purpose of building birdhouses to d etrlbute In the community for the birds to nest in this; spring.The meeting closed with the cere ninny and taje Those present were Mabel Jaunbert, Dora Owen,I Frances and Alice rook, Frances Smith, Goldie Kahn, Clara Wallaceland Mrs, Cook.Four of the Girl Scouts, with their I leader, organized an “after-school| hike'9 to work on nature meritbadges.The younger troop of the Bird Troop gave* a party Wednesday evening, March 12. at the Northforkhigh school. A very on joy able evening waa spent and the Scouts plan to have other social activities in the near future. The younger patrols held their meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Karh patrol gave their report afid the meeting closedwith the ceremony and taps,”( lara Wallace, Scribe.M\Rlt; ItAbove her head she wraps a cloth of gray,Ten, like a hustling housewife, hr ck and k • n,Singing a noisy song with spirit#*civ.She sweep* the hill* and held* and valleys clean.She take* the tattered covers from the treesSo H»ring may bang her flowered draperies;Wipes off tin* fronted coat from every streamThat each may like a brilliant mirror gleam;And, whcii her eyes no other tasks d elt;* rn,(’alls halt; k the truant birds to welcome spring s return.- Albert Harlem Cattle.r.HIPIMJ IT* Tnp HOI STO\One of tin* thrills about this camp Is its name. No Girl Scout In McDowell county can hear this nameand not feel a proud fending around her heart to think that she once knew Miriam Houston Her name will go “down in Girl Scout htatory in McDowell county.” She was thefaithful “Juliette l»w“ to us, andto honor her name even more thaneve r, the Mlt; Dowell county council,jOIrl Scouts, at their regular campmeeting** last year, decided tochange the name of the camp from j ( amp Houston to a name a little more dear to each Cllrl Scout and friend of scouting f amp Miriam j Houston. Don't we know that Mr*, j Houston felt in a small way repaid i for her years of loyal and true Girl |Scout spirit? 1 know #*he did, She wrote how proud and happy If made her. What Girl Scout that doegnot have the exquite pleasure of knowing Miriam Houston, doe* not I know something about her, tho*?| The other day, in or.e of uy visile to a troop in the county, some of I the older Girl uta and I were I reviving some of the old ramp song*that have always been so popular,and. after singing them for the newer Scouts, 1 asked them if theykn*w who Miriam HouNton wa« one i »n.,r„„,rtrlittle lo-year-old mM: Yes, ahe |J VI?;!,. 0the person the Girl 8rout» talk r lifesaveraiabout all of the time. I feel that t* really the very best answer that1 could have gotten to my question For truly, she is that verv person.She it was who was the first Girl j• n M l)owell county; she it was who gave of Iict time and moneythat the more remote sections ofthe county might have a Girl Scouttroop; she it was who planned the activities for the b#t~ terment and furtherance rf Girl Scouting for u* She was the real “pioneer scouts” to ti*. She blazed the trail and is it not up to us to keep it going?often, theSoGirltheir with sue tiIs,•H goes out thatS» lt;uta are not protected In camp. Persons not familiar tho camp program may form ideas. bUt the Girl Scout « up possibly, tho most carefullyGirl Scout leader simnly bv calling her name. In each cabin, three to six Girl Scouts live. What more protection could your daughter have? Does she have more thanthis at home?Not only dot* she have the protection during sleeping hours, but also during the day. The day Is rtarted with jerks—and truly they are Jerks Following this f* the next mo? important amp Item -a half mile wall*, to breakfast. Wholesome foods are the only kind served in a G rl Scout camp The pstrol and troop inspection follow, and the group work. Lunch, the carnp-stoTe, where a girl may spend five cents dally for candy; the one-hoiif rest hour follows. Then come* the happiest time of the day—Dieswimming period*. Before a Girl Seoul can enter the water at all. atractor with Juniorhand. Kvtry Girl Scout must pass a twt In swimming, to determine her swimming privileges. The be-g nners are kept in hound* bv ap*\ tho water not being shoulder The i lt;rmed v ■■ wimmsr»must first pass their beginners test,! and they, too, arc klt;pt In the bound!for their group. An instructor 1« j on band for each group. The* are j allowed to remain in the water twenty minute* at a time. The senior or advanced swimmers are I allowed the privilege of the deep | part of the pools only w hen thelife-saving instructor says so.’9 Aamany as four iunior life savers are always on the hanks for emer-geneiei.! Following the swimming periodsare the group activities for theafternoon. Three include handcraft, i signali ng, hiking, nature instruction, first aid, campcraft and slng-Ing. ,After supper, the Scouts have free time, until campfire or ttroop activities begin. They gather together for these. Tapo eend them to bed at. nine o’clock. I wonder what other organisation or organizations can offer to the youth of it* countytrplanned, protected and constructive piece of work In the county, next to our schools. From early morninguntil the wee small hours” of thefollowing morning adult* and leaders are constantly watching and planning for the safeguard of the Hcout* entrusted in their car®. Asnight steals on, and the dusky*hadows creep over the hills sur-|nnv more idv.in* * '»**, with the sameround ng tin beautiful pot in which amount of protection as doc* C imnnight-six inmlt;*rn-inov***our ramp is situated, the watchman may he seen climbing the hills to camp,ing h« equipment for the watch, lit* i* t»n duty from the evening until six the nexting. He does not sleep, but about the camp, keeping up the fires, guarding the cahina and thecamp property. In addition to thi*lt;areful watch every evening anadult or two sleep with n calling distance of every cabin on each hill.The cabins are so arranged that alenders cabin Is in (be midst of every group of two or three girls' cabins. The Scouts know* that they Can have the aaslstaiu e of everynight j Miriam Houston. McDowell county’s slowly j one Girl Scout camp?carry-BIG GAME HUNTERSSEEK BLUE DIKERNew York (INS)-Baron andBarones* Uoldolphe do Bchauenaoe arc* on their wav to the Kalahari desert, where they will seek the blue dikor, which is reallv a small antelope, found only in Hh odea la. The baron and baroness w i!l attempt to obtain specimens of the anirnal [ for the Philadelphia Academy ofNatural Science.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 23, 1930
Page 16
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