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Highland Park Press, 26 Oct 1950, p. 4

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Girl Scout News ‘ in honor of the birthday of their it a real birthday party. _ Mrs. George Kenry and Mrs. Charles Walker work together leading two troops at Oak Terâ€" race school. ‘Mrs. Kenry leads troop 43 (8th grade) and Mrs. Walker, troop 44 (6th and 7th grades); but they are coâ€"leaders (5th grade, West Ridge) reports week on different afternoonsâ€" each day they took nature walks and built fires. The 8th graderg broiled hamburgers, and the 6th and 7th graders roasted wieners for an afternoon snack. for each other also. They took both troops to the cabin last »~ By afternoon, troop 19 (6th Last Saturday morning there were three more troops at Sakaâ€" jawea lodge. Brownie troop 47 (3rd grade Oak ~Terrace) and their _ leaders, Mrs. <Jacob €. Frehner, and Mrs. Walter Guthâ€" .man took along a nosebag lunch and. went there to explore and gather wood for a fire. Mrs. Peter \Chioni, a member of the troop _committee, and Mrs. Guthman and ~Mrs. . FreRRZY_"Relped them â€"to build a fire and make popcorn for everybody. They shared this fire and popcorn and cupcakes and pop with troop 46 (4th grade, St. James), headed by Mrs. Richâ€" ardâ€" Roach and Mrs. Richard O‘Connor; and Brownie troop 60 (3rd grade, St. James), headed byâ€" Mrs. A. Linari and Mrs. James Bernardoni. This friendly meeting between Brownies of Oak Terâ€" race and St. James schools is a perfect example of good Scoutâ€" Carol Sikorski reports that on Friday night Troop 11 (7th grade, Elm Place) had an overnight at the cabin. This was mostly for fun, although the meal planning was worked out as part of the Nutrition badge, which the troop is working on, in conjunction with the Good Grooming badge. Everything went smoothly, except for Beth Lange getting stung by a bee when she nonchalantly laid her hand on a log while getting her picture taken. Besides Carol and Beth, Sandra Walz, Margarâ€" ette Lubka, Barbara Axelrod, Connie Adler, Judy Baskin, Joâ€" sephine Ledurini, and Marian Peterson went on this overnight, accompanied by their leader, Mrs. Eugene Adler, Mrs. Stanley Siâ€" korski, Miss Ariene Goodhart, and Miss Gerda Swenson. After dinâ€" ner, Arlene told them stories about the Indians she met this last summer in the Southwest, and Gerda, a young Norwegian Scout leader, told them all about her life in Norway, and showed them her uniform and pins. for one of their Campâ€"craft cookâ€" outs. Their leader, Mrs. J. A. Allen, â€" and Mrs. Vernon Heins and Mrs. Wm. Glickauf worked along ‘with the girls while they built a big logâ€"cabin fire and roasted potatocs and hamburger patties in the coals. Besides raw carrots and pop, the girls had wookies, brought by Alice Childs and (Martha Brown. Melissa Mcâ€" Clure was in charge of the fireâ€" builders; and Marilyn Tippey, the cooks, Brownie fun is best when the girls help to plan: the meetings themselves. Troop 23 (4th grade, Elm Place) has a Program patrol â€"Mary Ann Fell, Janice Juhrend, Judy Velo, Barbara Ledlic, Judy Spalding, and Kirsten Werrenrath â€"who met recently to plan games, handicraft, outdoor nature study, and a Christmas party for their troop. The other two patrols in this troop are the Business patrol and the Hostess and Cleanâ€" up patrol. By the middle of Deâ€" cember, patrols switch jobs. Mrs. Frank Dubach and Mrs. Orin Spalding are their leaders. 7th, 8th grades, West Ridge). They hold most of their meetings outâ€"ofâ€"doors, _ One â€" meeting . at Turnbull Woods was spent on a thorough discussion and practice of the proper use and care of knivesâ€"part â€" of .the Camperaft badge. Two teams then each built a fireâ€"playing the game of seeâ€" ing which fire can first burn an overhead stringâ€"and afterwards ‘pushed them together to form a campfire, around which they took care of the business part of their meeting. The . néext week this troop went te. the Park Avenue beach, using the drift wood for a similar study of the use of an axe. Mrs. Philip Gould and Mrs. make a poipt of frequently reâ€" viewing longâ€"past work on other badges, by impromptu questions and group discussions. More news from Troop 8 (6th, Local Girl Scouts Honor Birthday Anniversary Of Juliette Low Big "Singâ€"Together" Planned For Sunday Low‘s birthday as Girl Scout Week. During this time they try to make their families and their community aware of the things they, as Girl Scouts, believe in, and what they are doing. Every.year Girl Scouts choose the week which includes Juliette Girl Scout Sunday (Oct. 29) beâ€" gins the week, with all Brownies, Intermediate and Senior Scouts, and their leaders attending church in uniform. Most of the churches will try, when possible in their services, to bring out special menâ€" tion of Scoutingâ€"its aims, Promâ€" ise and Laws. A big "Singâ€"Together" is planâ€" ned on Wednesday, November 1, for all troops from Highland Park, Highwood, Fort "Sheridan, Deerâ€" field and Bannockburn. They will meet at 4 p.m: at Elm Place School Auditorium for one hour of singâ€" ing and watching a technicolor movie about camping. Mrs. Robert Herbst Heads Group To Aid Hospital Plan The ‘ cityâ€"wide committee, of which Mrs. Allin K. Ingalls of River Forest is chairman and Mrs. A. B. Dick, Jr.,.of Lake Forest is coâ€"chairman, will begin its formal activities on November 20 and will Approximately 65 residents of this area, under the leadership of Mrs. Robert Herbst of Highland Park, met Wednesday at the Highâ€" land Park Presbyterian Church to consider plans for a forthcoming program in which selected memâ€" bers of the community will be inâ€" vited to help establish a $5,500,â€" 000 building fund for The Presâ€" byterian Hospital of the City of Chicago, . " The group, members of the special â€"gifts committee of the Presbyterian _ Hospital bu{lding fund, will take part with nine other divisions of the committee throughoutgreater Chicago in a three"week effort to obtain $500,â€" 000 in public subscriptions as their share in the extensive building and expansion project. Highland Ten Pin Dolls dressed in uniforms of North Shore Florist Telegraph Delivery Service Landscape Service JOS._KOLBECK | _ FOR EVERY OCCASION OPEN BOWLING 12:30 to 6:30 P.M. Call HI 2â€"0319 OPEN ALL DAY for bowling instructions 290 Greenwood Avenue F L O W E RS Every Day from WEDNESDAY TEL H. P. 319 Phone Glencoe 6 0 9 other nations will be on display at the Highland Park Public Liâ€" brary, along with a good selection of books especially pertaining to the Girl Scouts, Garnett‘s _ Departmerit _ Store will have a spe is window disâ€" play devoted to .>6 Scouts, and showing Girl Scout equipment. Juliette Low was the foufder of our Girl Scouts. While visiting in England she met Lord Badenâ€" Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and he and his friends interested her in the fastâ€"growing Girl _ Guide _ organization. . She established her first troop in Scotâ€" land; then, when it was running smoothly, went to work with other troops in the poorer sections of London, Full of enthusiasm for this wonderful program for all girls, "she hurried home to her home in Georgia to spread this idea to America. All the rest of her life she gave to Scouting, usâ€" ing her own funds at first to keep the movement growing, and dediâ€" cating her whole heart and time to encourage international friendâ€" ship between our Girl Scouts and the Girl Guides of other nations. Assisting her as team captains are Mrs. James W. Merricks, Mrs. Herbert E. Kerber, Mrs. Thomas‘ continue through December 11. In this area, the divisron headed by Mrs. Herbst will seek public support throughout Highlan d Park, . Glencoe, . Fort Sheridan, Deerfield, _ Bannockburn, _ a n d Northbrook. THE PRESS Head for Your Kitchen, - % ‘»,.\/-' 9 ; $ It‘s Old Stove ;’/'//,_‘ k. .- ‘ /., Round Up Time Time to ftrade in your old stove on a new fully automatic gas range ! Here‘s the chance you‘ve been wa‘ting for . . rid yourself of that old stove . . . and treat yourself to theworld‘s most modern cooking apâ€" pliance . . . a new automatic gas ranmye! * * Liberal tradeâ€"in allowances and. a frae 18â€"piece Mirro aluminum set are just part of the big things that are in store for you if you trade in that old stove on a new 1950 gz=s range during our Old Stove N. Tennant, Mrs. William R. Rufâ€" fner and Mrs. Robert M. Cobb, all of Highland Park; Mrs. Willâ€" iam A. Patterson of Northbrook, ART COURSE IN PUMPKINSâ€"One of the art classes of the Loyal Order of Moose "Child City" schools moved out to the pumpkin field to try their talents in carving jackâ€"o‘â€"lanterns. The carved pumpkins will be used by the Mooseheart children to decorate their halls for the annual observance of Youth Honor Day on October 31. Youth Honor Day is observed all over the nation where Moose lodges sponsor the event in an effort to build in the minds of youngsters the idea that it is a highly desirable quality of citizenship, at Halloween time, to celebrate the day by carrying on constructive activity rather than indulging in destruc« tive pranks, usually attributed to that day. NORTH SHORE | SEE YOUR tE % and Mrs. B. A. Reinking of Deerâ€" field. goa e At, Wednesday‘s meeting, a reâ€" view was made of prospective subâ€" "The Friendly People" DEALER, OR Thursday, Oct. 26, scribers, and detailed plans of organizations were discussed, TRY A PRESS WANT AD THEY BRING RESULTS

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