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A close friend of the late Lord Badenâ€"Powel!l and Lady Badenâ€"Powâ€" ell,. Mrs. Low saw the beginnings of the Scouting movement for boys and girls in England. Under Lord Badenâ€"Powell‘s direction, she became leader of a Scottish Girl Guide comâ€" pany, and later of two London comâ€" panies. â€" Her enthusiasm for the new opportunities for youth which Scoutâ€" ing opened was so great that alâ€" most her first act, upon returning home to Savannah, Ga., was to teleâ€" For the last year of the Girl Scouts‘ third decade, | nationâ€"wide emphasis is being placed upon the strengthening . of â€" Pan â€" American friendship and participation in the nation‘s deftnse program. One of the major projects for the twentyâ€" ninth year will be the second Westâ€" érn Hemispshere Encampment next summer for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from all the Americas. (The first Panâ€"American Girl Scout enâ€" campment was held last summer at Camp Andress Clark, Pleasantville, N. Y., and was attended by nearly a hundred girls from every section of the United States and thirteen North, South and Central American countries). â€" The â€" Juliette Low Fund, which the Girl Scouts mainâ€" tain in honor of their founder, will sponsor the 1941 encampment. Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, believed strongly that Scoutâ€" ing was an active force in the deâ€" velopment of international friendâ€" ship and understanding. Common interests and activities, she felt, would weld the young people of the world together and help them bridge the differences of language and naâ€" tional cultures. Local Girl Scouts Celebrate Founding Of Girl Scouting The Girl Scouts of Highland Park will join the half million memâ€" bers of their organization throughâ€" out the nation in celebrating the twentyâ€"ninth birthday of the foundâ€" ing of Girl Scouting in this country on March 12. In thousands of comâ€" munities from coast to coast and border to border, Girl Scouts are planning special parties or events to mark the day. Thursday, March 13, 1941 ‘"‘See America First" At High School Saturday Evening phone her friend, Miss Nina Pape, saying, "Come right over. I‘ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all America and all the world, and we‘re going to start it tonight." The first Girl Scout troop in the United States resulted from the conversation, being formed on March 12 ,1912, in Mrs. Low‘s home city. The Girl Scouts are devoting speâ€" cial effort to make the celebration of the twentyâ€"ninth anniversary of the founding of the first Girl Scout troop a tribute to Mrs. Low‘s belief in Scouting as a force for internaâ€" tional friendship, Many of the local celebrations will feature Panâ€"Amerâ€" ican friendship. Deerfield Women Of Presbyterian Church Hold Annual Meet sent Mrs. Eugene Singer, soprano, of Highland Park, and her accomâ€" panist, Mrs. Kenneth H. Kraft. Both are members of the Highland Park Music club, The program: Jewel:â€"Song from Faust Nina by Pergolesi. Passepied by Delibes. When I Was Seventeen (A Swedâ€" ish Folk Song). In the meantime, the Girl Scouts are sponsoring the current goodwill tour of South and Central Ameg- can countries for Mrs. Arethusa F. G. Leighâ€"White, director of World Bureau of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides. She will visit fourteen Girl Scouting centers in as many counâ€" tries before returning to the United States on May 18. The Carnegie Foundation for International Peace is cooperating with the Girl Scouts in making possible Mrs. Leighâ€" White‘s effort to coordinate and exâ€" pand Girl Scout activities in the Western Hemisphere. The Woman‘s association of the Deerfield Presbyterian church will hold its last meeting for the fiscal year on Thursday, March 20, with a 1 o‘clock luncheon at the church, Mrs. Wendell Goodpasturé, the presâ€" ident, will preside at the business meeting and election of officers. Mrs. Irl Marshall has charge of the musical program and will preâ€" T HE PRESS The first grade mothers of the Deerfield Grammar school have arâ€" ranged for ‘two performances of Deanna Durbin movie "100 Men and a Girl" for this Friday, March 14. The first performance will be a maâ€" tince at 3:00 in the afternoon, The second performance will be at 8:00 in the evening. This outstanding movie will be a movie given with sound and should be of wide interâ€" est to all people of Deerfield. The mothers are presenting this movie in an attempt to see if it would be possible to show good movies in Deerfield for our children so that they might see them here instead of having to go to other towns. It is pointed out by the chairman of the committe, Mrs. James Curtis, that such a system has been worked out in other villages quite successfully. If the first experiment is successful, arrangements will be made to have one movie a week show here under the school and P.â€"T.A. sponsorship. Only the best movies will be obâ€" tained at the door. . First Grade Presents Deanne Durbin Movie At Deerfield School Seventyâ€"eight members of the Highland Park Chamber of Comâ€" merce heard Harry M. Pritzker, forâ€" mer Cook county state‘s attorney, give a most interesting and educaâ€" tional talk at the monthly dinner meeting Tuesday evening at Open House tea room. He reviewed his recent 13 months trip around the world on a freighter, recounting his explorations in Africa ,Bali, Europe, Palestine, Tibet and innerâ€"China, inâ€" cluding strange visits . with the Igorrote headâ€"hunters in Africa and the Moros of the southern Philipâ€" pine Islands. Harry M. Pritzker Gives Fine Talk Before C. of C. Mon. Cubbing Program In Deerfield Moves Ahead With Progress Communications intended for publication mnthvflunoomuholthm only, and signed with the name and of the writer. ‘They should reach the editor by Wednesday noor. to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutione of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, otices of. entertainments, or other affaire where an admission charge ds published, will be charged at regular adâ€" vertising rates. John L. WUdell, Publisher and Man‘g. hre: Fiorence‘ W. Paries, Aematinh mhttor A mothers and fathers meeting was held on Wednesday evening of last week at the Deerfield Grammar community room. Mr. Speer and his staff from Boy Scout headquarters discussed the cubbing program with parents at this time, Thus without the active participaâ€" tion of mothers and fathers a cubâ€" bing program, which is a home cenâ€" tered program, cannot succeed. "Does Deerfield Need Cubbing"? Boys in the ages of 9 to 12 are tremendously active. To often this energy is wasted in poor activities and enterprises. Cubbing will help fathers and mothers keep the ‘T occupied at worthwhile objects. It will draw the boys together and give fathers and mothers their chance to work and play with the youngsters. Deerfield is the only village in this scout council without a Cub program, If we are to bring real opportunities to our young boys cubbing must be practiced here. 1, 1911, at the Post Office at Highland Park, Tlnois. Udell Pri T omg Usen " nuhang, Highland ::: nnu':.""lumm land Park 567â€"568. Chicago Offices: 185 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 901 â€" Tel. State 6826 ; 1016 Willoughâ€" by Tower â€" Tel. Central 8356. % Quality Group. Subscription Price, $1.50 per year. 6 per single copy. What Is Cubbing? Cubbing is a special scout proâ€" gram for boys between the ages of 9 and 12. It operates on a different basis than the boy scouts and is a different program. Cubbing has its own work, its own manual, its own uniform, and its own type of proâ€" cedure. Cubbing is a home centered proâ€" gram. ‘Cubbing is divided into dens. A den is a group of boys from 5 to 8 boys living in the same neighborâ€" hood who meet once a week in the afternoons at one of the homes to carry on the program,. Each den has a mother and a den chief, The den mother is responsible for the general organization of the meeting. The den chief is a scout who asâ€" sumes immediate leadership of the The dens, and there maybe 6 or 10 of them in a village, make up a pack. The pack is headed by the cub master who is father of one of the boys and is the active leader of the cub movement of the village. The pack committees consists of fathers of boys who are interested in a very progressive program carried The Highland Park Press A~ member of ‘The Chicago Suburban very progressive forward.