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Pirate Bill and the Parrots in a Wilmette Scout Tale
Captain La Gonda’s Ghost notes a Wilmette Girl Scouts writing contest winner Jane Lyons fourteen wins first with Alice's Good Turn second and A Girl Guide of France third. The piece ends with pirate adventure about Bill the pirate seeking parrots on an African shore and capturing a bird after a tense clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmette Girl Scouts
Jane Lyons
Troop II
Alice
Margaret Bickham
France
Marjorie Braymer
Bill McKee
Bill
Mediterranean
Shrimp
Tam
England
Africa