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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1972
Page
7
A retelling of Juliette Gordon Low's 1912 Savannah gathering that launched Girl Scouting. The movement grew from 18 girls to nearly four million participants, emphasizing character, patriotism, service, and inclusive, flexible education across races and backgrounds.
The Badger Council of Girl Scouts in Wisconsin is a licensed nonprofit chartered by the Girl Scouts of the USA to serve Green Rock and Walworth counties. It runs a 25 member board led by President Mrs. George Barry of Monroe with extensive local committees and neighborhood service teams.
Brownie troops across Monroe performed community service with nursing homes and hospitals, made tray favors, and arranged pen pals and holiday messages. Leader groups coordinated badge work from art and drama to outdoor and crafts, culminating in camping trips, canoes, and planned spring activities.
Three window displays on the square honor Girl Scout Week and the 60th anniversary of Scouting in the United States. Mrs. Robert Dearth led the Tot Shop window display with contrasts of present and past Scouting and photos of local scouts. Mrs. Keith Holcomb and Mrs. Louis Studer staged Brownie projects in the First National Bank window. Senior Troop 217 awards and camping gear appeared in the Chamber of Commerce window, organized by Mrs. Aaron Norder.
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