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8Nashua Girl Scout Writes of Experience At International Roundup in Button Bay^ « hA S . fc - • d ■ ? T 1 t i * T t A lt;A Ail ■ a ■NASHUA TELEGRAPH. N.Tbe following article was writ-1 in* and laughter in everyday listen by MircU WaUon, of M Fair-j She stressed the responsibility of view ar, one d SV413 girl sccuts U *wnw to be the source of hap*i?.r i! aL......a it... . - i A • v ------- ^1 c —participating In the recent Button B*yt \t roundup. Harris was the firi reporter for tbe Nashua council:“The arena events open orij to Roundup camperr, cast a spell that words alone cannot explain lb* second such gathering on July 14th featured ft 50th birthday party. Songs lead by a versatile Mrs Lurien Smith of Atlanta, Ca, opened the program. The spirit of the ceremony being caught from Ihe lively songs, tbe campers found much excitement and interest the evening through...Special guest of ihe evening was Mrs George von Trapp, mother of the famous Trapp fajnffly singers, bo spcie cci the importance of keeping sing-pinrn and tbe peacemaker of herfamily..,“As 10,000 girls blew out can* dies and sang Happy Birthday, hundreds d sparklers in the audience caught the flame whkh will carry scouting for another50 years.HORfcf SALES ft SERVICEW€ SERVICE ALL HAKESC. J- McKUSKlE CO.1M W. JIARL ST. to *-SS1D“Qse ol the events that proved interesting and colorful was a patrol demoostratktt. Through skits, crafts, singing and festive costumes the girls brought part of their culture to Roundup.“New Hampshire and Massachusetts* Revototfcnary heritage, provided the background for the Nashua and Hcffis demonstration, early American candlemaiing.“Early New England housewives saved the bits of their | used candles. These were melted I over tbe hearth with suet and J JQeat fat Vi'hen the mixture was j melted to the correct tempera-|ture, tbe wicks were dipped star. ;ly into the hot wax. Often yamwith a small pebble arid served as a wick.“Wednesday evening section t heH its own arena program highlighting singing and dancing. Scouts from New Zealand did native dances and Swedish guides explained the scouting program there.'TtxurJay morning severe thunderstorms hit the area. One (t tbe assembly tents was flooded Visitors found the bucket brigade busily bailing water from underneath tie tent Tbe First Aid tent was also moved•Internationa] day was presented in section 6 last Friday.“Saturday evening we had the last of the aD-eamp arenas. This was as wonderful and interesting as were the previous two.'*iKeene Nun Saved From Drowning Off SwampscottSWAMPSCOTT, Mass IB — A^was weifehled down on the end Catholic nun wto was hauledMONTGOMERY WARDN*L^,N-H. TEL. 7U 3-7781 OPEN THURS. FRI. 'til 9 ~FEW VISITORS AT SCOUT ROUNDUPBUTTON BAY, Yt IB - Tourist travel at the just-ccocluded Girl Scout Rtundup was fir be-*o* expectations says the direct* or of a special state accomo-dations service.Burr Vail ol Stowe, who w*j charged with finding lodging for the thousands o( visitors expected during the Ronudup, said there was no necessity for his services*‘There were too many vacancies,” be sail “We didn't hit tbe total number of tourists an* Ikipaled by a long shot”An estimated 72,000 visitors toured the Girl Scout Roundupduring the. 1 Way period.[rota the surf after being swept into lie wtltr by a big wave was reported recovering today al Lynn Hospital Sister Leone (GreerJeH), a superior of the Sisters of Mercy convent at Keer.e, Mi, was rescued unconscious by a firefighter,Joseph P. Ryanjr.When mouth-lo-mouth resusciYOUNG, THROTY MOTHERS STRETCH THEIR BUDGETI'4% -y y jGET FINE QUALITTtation proved unsuccessful. Dt Ellen T. Dignan, 32, of Brooklyn, XY, performed an emergency tracheotomy on a ledge beside the sea and restored breathing.Fire Chief Walter 3. Champion if said the nun’s face was “almost blue when the doctor arrived. “She most certainly would have died if the doctor had not operated,’1 Champion said.Another nun. Sister Justine, who had been walking with Sis-ter Leone, also went to the hospital to be. treated for shock.
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Nashua Telegraph
Nashua, New Hampshire, US
Wed, Aug 01, 1962
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