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iirst day or uiri scout senior Koundup. xney are or tnne Valley Council in CeorRia. (AP)lt;Scouts HearPresidentIn WelcomeBUTTON BAY, Vt. (AP) -Girl Scouts heard a welcome fromPresident Kennedy as they held their first major campfire last night at their 50th anniversary roundup.The president, in a prepared statement, called on the 8,500scouts from the 50 states and several foreign nations to “develop your skills and character and to seek wider horizons in order to become constructive citizens.” Displays of historical significance were ready to be exhibited on the village green today.Swaps Begin| Following the last arrivals yesterday, “Operation Swap” began and the thousands of girls began getting acquainted with each other in the traditional scouting method. All sorts of small objects — sea shells, badges, tiny decorations — were swapped around and pinned on hats and sweaters.IT’S ROUNDUP TIME — Peggy Boutin, left, and Penny Bergquist appeared mighty happy to hit the trail for Button Bay. They were among the eight “Catamount Patrollers” who left Bennington yesterday for the International Girl Scout Roundup. (Staff Photo — Edmunds)The Rochester, N. Y., patrolentertained the girls later with ablack tie and tails takeoff of a2,500-Foot Tumblephilharmonic orchestra. Two Swedish girls joined the patrol anddanced to the music supplied byhome made instruments£Wonderful FreeTo achieve the “arty” look ofmusicians, the girls made color ful wigs out of purple and yellowyam.Says Lucky ParachutistUnusual OrchestraMARSTONS MILLS, Mass. (AP) - “I had a wonderful free feeling while falling,” said a 2(Vyeartumbling fall into a lake after abad parachute jump.With her mother at her bedold girl Thursdayluckv to beside, thetele-Their feature attraction, played on an accordian, bamboo flute, pogo stick cello and t o y trum j bone, was the “Stars and Stripes Forever” which the Rochester Philharmonic had delighted Rus sians with during a recent visit to the Soviet Union.alive after a half mile plunge from a plane.“Then I saw the chute was notslender Hyannischatted freelyphone operator with interviewers about her firstgoing to open and I said, “The heck with it; I’m going down.” Petite, blond Lois Ann Frotten—and perhaps last — parachute jump. She explained that one leg had become entangled in chute.thellt;Lit IsmporbroScoTma400peotoleacten1(Baccflovginquaout.IirousavBeeVerheBiDancing to the girls’ music were Gunilla Hansson. 19. of An nebodav Yo Aelvsjoe a town near Stockholm, Sweden, and LillemorJogstad, 18, of VaesterLanggatan.in the town of Eslov in the southawoke brightly from sedation to day at Cape Cod Hospital after a parachute leap in which she hurtled into a lake.“I thought I had got out of the all right.” she said. Ia p a clikeRadin tcouiplane all right, thought I made a good jump. For a few seconds I had a wonderfulfree feeling.Minor InjuriesNot Enough Strengthernmost province of Sweden.Hospital officials said that she was in good condition that she suffered little more than a cutThe girls have been guests of the Rochester patrol since arriving in the U. S.nose and two minor fractures of vertabra — small bones in her backbone — in her 2,500 footAfter realizing her chute w’ould not open, She said she began to“wonder where I was going to land.ScSchlt;lenc citij the pe tes nI tried to pull the cord to open the spare parachute but I guessi T HiHn’t havp tho ctrpnirth tn nnpnthenenditret tura by l
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Bennington Banner
Bennington, Vermont, US
Fri, Jul 20, 1962
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