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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Apr 1937, p. 96

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Receqtion aoid Tea. .A bighlight in the. history -of W il-. mette Health Center was the ýrecep- tion and t.ea. given Wednesday after- noon, March 31, in honor of Miss Fannie B. Shaw, director of educa- tion of the National Tuberculosis as- sociation, Washington, D.C. It was more than a. social reception, ,more than a delightful tea. It was an educational event, in which many of those present heard for the first time of the ,broad scope upon .which the National Tuberculosis association is, building its. public health service in the schools of America. Invited, to hear Miss Shaw were school offi-w ciais, school nurses and civic officiaIs of New Trier township and Evanstôn. Mis.% Shaw. who was intrnduced bv spolcei pletely health N., Skokie s.ehool, Winnetka; Miss Green R. N., Wilmette; Miss Queen, R. N., Winnetka Health department; Mrs. Stopka R. N., Wilmùette; Mrs. K. Rudd, St. Joseph's school, Wil- mette; Mrs. D. VanWinkle, Howard- Logan school, Wilmette; Mrs. Shear- on, president Central-Laurel P.T.A., Wilmnette; Miss Ruth Hansen R. N., Parochial school nu >rseý Wilmette;. Miss Bennett R. N., C. T. J., Kenil- worth school; Miss Matchen R. N., C. T. I. Parochial schools, Evanston: Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman and Albert A., McKeighan, Wilmette HeIalth, Center ,board. Plan Duplicate Bridge Tourney at Waukegan DUDnicate bridge plavers alonoe the ForÜthefourth yeair Mills -oiitge Oakland, Calif, is-'offering a fresh- man scholarship of $50 o an out- standing me.mber 'of Girl, Scouts., The final date for receiving applications, is June 1. This is a golden opportun- ity you may be yearning for. 'Ask Miss Marcell for the details. CAMPING The girls of 1912 had a troop camp on Tybee Island, near'Savannah, Ga. About forty used it. The girls of- 1936 bad nearly 1,000 camps in the United States. The,,number uising them in July and, August .was 105,514. Neither ini 1912 nor in 1936,was there a major accident. or'serious itlness among thie camipers. When. Juliette Low inspected the sgi~e~t ite o f a camp in Georgia. Vhen one camp chairmail ,en camps in the RockyV .gion in 1936, she covered miles of mountain can- at a height of five to Lake ai Lthern 1,, enigtc the te ver girls wIio couici spefla weeics at a tixne: troop camps for those who could. spend* days at a time; day camps, for those who could flot leave home. Girl Scou ts in New York City share.d their programt in the public parks with n on-Scouts from thè settiement bouses. The city providé-à equîpment for ail. What did aIl the hundred thousapd do? Everything, nothing. They p$d- dled canoes. They wrote poetry. TI-y] played. pipes.- They learned toýbe steadfast ini the teeth of a gale. pex put on puppet shows.ý. They studied bird cails. They learned how to buy groceries. They. tried out a recipe' for hunter's stew. All learned to bë campers, because educators now re c- ognize that camping, done either at the end of the bus line or where the means of preparing girls for life ia modern,. uddled world. r- r-L WITH THE DO WLERS icn brougnt to tb ortant features., ed that thenul -Wilmette Rebi e1 . O.0. F., is sl lunicheon Wedne ic 'ciock at Odd cnairman ofthme will bc ini charge Iodge, No. 610. oring a plunkett ,April 14, at 1 lows hall, 1215 Wibnette. A is tiow as it was ini the begiiinu based on a system of small units "families," in which the girls m their. leaders, plan activities, thinlk projects, prepare meals, share gai and chores, joining other or ail gro occasionally for camnpfires, sing-sot oroduction of plays, or frienclly cc netitiorn ini.wat'er sports. "Famili Strikers league o dock. in triîmmed *The W rols -every e ýbowling sday at 7 ~Standl~gs in New Mexico woke Whiden came up from cail; on the Pacific for a brief visit. He a they slept in thie here for another week. tc plas I

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