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Wilmette Life in Wilmette, Illinois

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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1931

Page

7

Girl Scout Patrol Leaders and Troop Notes

The piece lists Evergreen Sailors Buccaneers and Honeybees patrols with named leaders second scribe and roles. It notes a tie in Troop II scribe election and a hike planned for Saturday January 17 with 20 cents for food. It describes a scout trip inspired by landscape teaching and a Berkshire Connecticut hill charcoal burner history lesson.

The Evergreen Patrol Jane McClintock Verna Archambault Lois Rosen Joan Halliwell Louise Schreiber Betty Todd Marian Cox Barbara Ormsbee Sailors Georgette Becker Marie Haake Scribe Nell Chambers Anna Marie Reese Dorothy Byrne Jean Robertson Gloria Rettke Betty Solomon Buccaneers Mildred Farmer Jane Solomon Jerrine Fromm Dorothy Burgess Marcia Smith Dorothy Yarian Margaret Lively Betty Peterson Honeybees Midgy Wood Betty Rosen Dorothy Holmes Louise Hickman Ruth Koegel Jane Blaylock May Farmer Nancy Durgin Girl Scouts Wilmette Miss Palmer Miss Humphries Miriam West

Library Has One Book for Every Local Resident

Wilmette Public Library posts record December activity with 8,857 books circulated, up 30 percent from last year. Librarian Anne Whitmack notes 133 new borrowers and a total of 6,000 borrowers, while 16,865 books sit on shelves about one per resident. About 200 books are added monthly and other Chicago towns report similar patronage gains.

Wilmette Public Library Anne L. Whitmack Wilmette Miss Whitmack Chicago

New Scout Patrol Formed in Kenilworth Girl Scouts

Troop No. 2 adds a new scout patrol to accommodate many new members. Edith Gillette serves as leader as the Kenilworth Girl Scouts expand enrollment.

Kenilworth Girl Scouts Edith Gillette

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Girl Scout News Troop II Berkshire Connecticut Bliss Carmen Davis Street Evanston Chandler Fountain Square Kipling, van Dyke Dickens de Maupassant Anatole France Underwood Chandler's Pathfinder Playmate Scotland Yard
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