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November 30, 1928 WlLMETTE LIFE 7 ·~---G_,_·r_l_S_c_tJu_t_s_T_el-:-l-A_,_·m_s_,_H_is_to_r_Y_ _ _, Girl Scout Week to Be Observed . by Fine Program Girl Scout week will be observed throughout Chicago and Cook county from December 1 to December · 8. A great program has been planned and will start with a week-end convention for Girl Scouts, their leaders, council members, and friends of Girl Scouting. The convention will be held at the Drake hotel, Walton Place entrance to he used. The Wilmette Girl Scouts also will meet at their headquarters here, the \Vilmette Methodist church. The program at the Drake ts as follows: Saturday, December 1 9 :30 a. m.-Registration desk opens. 10 a. m.-Annual m eeting. 10: 30 a. m.-{jolor ceremony, Miss l'!::lizabeth Baker, Commissioner, presiding. Guard of Golden Eaglets. National convention, Regional confere nce, and County councils. Standards. Chicago's Four Camps (Illustrated). 12 :15-Luncheon. Guest of honor, Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, national Girl Scout djrector. Citizen Scout chorus. Greeting song to Mrs. Rippin. 3 p. m.-Ca!!lP Reu_ nion-Drake hotel ballroom. "'Tis the hour when we gather as one big camp." Gray's Lake--Juniper K!loll-Sycamore Trail. Saturday Night 6 :15- Jamboree. Leaders only-Allerton club. "Hello, hello, hello, hello. We're gla,d to greet you. "-Mrs. Rippin ! Sunday, December 2, 1928 3 :~0 tu 5-Scouts' Own .. . . Drake hotel For registered Girl Scouts and Leaders only. Scouts' Own is a gathering for every Girl Scout, no matter to what creed, sect or denomination she may belong. It is a sil11J>le and dignified expression of our loyalty to God, and of our desire for better understanding of the Girl Scout Law. A Scouts' Own with Mrs. Rippin as s peaker should be an inspiration that will rema-in with us all our lives. Jane Deeter Rippin has been a National Director since 1921. Col. RooseYelt f'1id this of h er, "She is th e kind of public servant that the whol United States ~hould be thankful f or. " It has been her keen sense of organization and her great faith in thE' id eals of Girl Scouting, which have brought it to have meaning in th e life of American girlhood. Since Sunday is "Go to Church Day" for Girl Scouts, th e Wilmette Scouts will attend th f! 'Vilmette Methodist church !=:ervice in a body Sunday morning at 11 o'clock as well as the Scouts' Own servic-e Sunday afternoon . 1\Ir~ . the Girl Guides, developed and flourished with equal success. Mrs. Juliette Low, an American visitor in En~land, and .a.personal friend of the Father of Scouting, realized the tremendous future of the movement for her own country, and with the active and friendly co-operation of the Baden-Powells, she founded the Girl Guides in America, enrolling the first patrols in Savannah_, Georgia. in March 1912. They were re-christel]_e_ d the Girl Scouts..in a very few months, however, as that name was more appro:vriate in America. In 1915, National He:;tdquarters were established in Washington, D. C., but the following year they were moved to New York and the methods and standards of what was to be a -nation-wide organization became established on a broad, practical basis. Each succeeding year has shown a larger and more enthusiastic body o"f ~iris and younfi women leaq_1ing in the happi est way how to combine patriotism outdpor activiti~s. skill ln every branch of domestic science, and high standards of community service. -Scouting for Girls. XMAS CANDIES A SWEET thought . . ._ and a sweet gift! Delicious assorted chocolates in a handsomely wrapped Christmas box makes a welcome present. Place your order now for Christmas Delivery Village Chocolate Shop In the New First National Bank Building Mrs. Harry Griswold, formerly of 619 Seventh street, ha.s returned ±rom a long visit in California where she went last fall. She ]s now residing at 802 Lake avenue. 1150 Wihnette Avenue Phone Wilmette 436 Wilmette Girl Scout will hC'lp her Mother and Father in the home, eith er by pren.a ring dinner Mondny eYen ing-, or in any othE'r way in which lwr h elp is most needed. T"C'ESDAY-The Day in which we will try to demonstrate to the public the thi)1g-s we do in Girl Scouting and how Wf' do them. Each troop will put on a demonstration Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church between four and five o'!:!lock. The publi c is cordia}ly invited to attend, so please save Tuesday afternooJL Decem ber fourth to get a better un!lerf:tanding of the yarious phases of Girl flcQuting. 'VEDNESDAY-A big Girl Scout "Sing" will be held at the Metho<U,st Church at 4 o'clock The Girl Scouts of Troops 1, 2, and 4 invite all the Girl Scouts in Wilmette to join them on Wednesday afternopn. THURSDAY- The day when each Girl Scout entertains her family in the way th ey like to be entertait~ed. FRIDAY--Girl Scout service day. flATURDAY--We will close the week in Wilmette with a grand treasure hunt · for all troops. The hunt will start :tt 8 o'clock Saturday morning. When will it end? .:\TO~DAY-Each years DECEMBER 1 marks the completion of two years of service to the people of the north shore. . We take this occasion to thank one and all for their patronage and to renew our pledge of quality and good servic.e for the future. TELEPHONE WILMETTE ' 999 SKOKIE VALLEY COAL & MATERIAL COMPANY ' SCOUT ~JOTTO AND SLOGAN Motto-"Be Prepared" Slogan-"Do a Good Turn Daily" GIRL SCOUT HISTORY When Sir Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout movement in England, It proved too attractive and too well adapted to youth to make it possible to limit its great opportunities to boys ~lone. The girls' organization, known In England as . Lake Ave. and Skokie Route Marcus Mick, Prop.