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-SiemorGirtSi Oil IOltf ItoatmY,rethHy LOUISE RORERwalJueietJlt;Nsi!riTTONBAY VKHMONT21July 20 was the first fullday of the* Girl Scout Roundupwith the last of 8,300 girls fromaround the free world arriving theprevious dayLieutenant General Garrison H, Davidson, of the United States First Army, for helping to prepare the Roundup camp jute and or oval mu servicesLELwdIfDuring the ceremony, the guides representing other countries were greeted by the Senior Girl Scouts of AmericaThe representatives from the 12Girl Scout regions of the United States sang their regional songs and placed their regional symbolon a 24 bv 80 foot United States I awhich are part camn uniformofASwapping was Lie chief activity that day. A swap is a small article of little material value, representative of the girls’ homearea Some of the swaps were.sunflowers from Kansas, Confederate flags from the Southernstates and maps made out of wood. ~___. . .and frit Iran .•v.rwh«e The ™P, Bwta County ., fgirls „m ih.„ ,« I her hub, “ 'TwidZ'their official I ^rK“ W“S*;ton, DC. Hus regwns song is’ Shenendoah,” and the symbol is the Capitol Building Following a flag ceremony involving 2fi4 American and foreignflags, a message from President John F. Kennedy was read. It challenged the campers to develop*n(i I their individual abilities in prcpar-l.aOt) adults gathered in the main ation for playing uailul roles in 11arena. Mrs Charles U Culmer.j their communite* and in theworldTlie camp, located lt;wi Like Champlain, Button Bay State Park, Vermont, provided swim-aS'building and clean up*ipresident of the Girl Scouts of America, officially opened the Roundup bv lighting an Olympic type torch to continue the Roundup spirit from the 1958 RoundupImum. vmFollowing, the Girl Scoutsthanked tlie Honorable F. RayKesev. governor of Vermont, am!Penndelbk : •**cr\L
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Bristol Daily Courier
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 25, 1962
Page 18
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