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1A. WILMETTE LI'FE January 24, 1930 ·· NEW TRIER GIRL SCOU At the meeting of th~ Community committee of the Girl Scouts of \Yin . First prize was awarded by the judges netka held on January 15. Mrs. Alfr ~·d to Nancy Jackson. age 23, captain of Brittain resigned as chairman. Her Tampa, Fla., for the best essay writ- place is to be taken bv Mrs. Thoma;-; ten on ·the subject "\\'In· I Shou-ld Like Hearne with Mrs. Gertz as vice-chai "to Have Known Juliette Low." The man. Mrs. Brittain 1s now licutenai lt second prize-winning essay will appear of Troop 3. : M rs. Goetz and Mrs . next week. The first prize essay ioi- 1Hearn<: will report at the next mce~ lows: ing on the Finance committee whit:h A GrRr. Scon· C..\PJ'AIX's 'l'Rrnt;n: j they were appointed to choose. M:·"· ro J n.n:rn~ Low , Goetz reported a gift from the Chr;::t B·\' NanC'\' Jacksotl : church parish of $200 to the Girl Seoul' M;.· life is f;1/l,·r 11 n;c·, krause slu? li?·ed of \Vinnetka. Mrs. Bravton Withe;- a1 1 f'< · r lear 11 ,·d th 1· ; 11 , . of scr·~·icc tlzat i · I has also donated $50 to he used as tl1c dane, · · · s · committee sees fit for our troops.The ·warmth thClt floods tlte 'l'l'r).' bollom Ruth BrO\Yll Burnham, secretarv awl of my heart, _tr_e_a_s_u_r_e_r._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ SalufilllJ lraf'f'.\' /atts. Ollt' f,y one'. TOW~SHIP. EWS Girl Sco~ting is not a Club that Meets Once a Week-it is a Way of Living. Here's Prize Essay in Former Tribute to uJuliette Low" Mrs. Thomas Hearne New Chairman of Scout Group Regional Director Talks Scouting at Meeting in Winnetka My aims arc hiyh,·r lived, l't.·c scrn a ·wish 110'il', beta11sr she alive a11d y1·nw Because sht· lwd Jhe f>O<·'cr, the 1.vill. tlu strcllgth To dream c1 tlrill.t! and mal~,· it so. bt't'OIIlt' M'J' life is broada no<, ·. s/i,· f'<·c teamed Jh, · t'Onlrudcship of their UJa}'S, Their compr,·hc 11 di 11 y s 111 ilts. thc·ir 1'/rcir fi 11 c fn~t· standards, and wistful praiSP. b~·raltSc' /i···,·d. ,t;ir/s ,ioys theiJ Oh, I should love to have kno\\'n Juliette Low when she was a little girl and they called her Dais\'. I love the story her sister tells of o;te cold night Each little girl had a china headed doll in bed witt{ her, when Daisv said. "~tv doll ·is freezing. I have put her insid~ my nightgown. \Vhere is your doll? You'd better put her inside, too." . \,Ht when her sister refused, Daisy grew indignant and slept with the two ·old little china heads pressed close again:>t her breast. I would likt.· to haH' kn0\\'11 Daisy with her cold lit tic dolls and Dai.:;y when she organized the "Helpft;l Hands" and tried to teach the memb('rs to sew, though she knew notl1ing of the art. I should love to have seen her wistful little face when she looked out of the hollow tree wh~re the big- boys had _put her. she being a Yankee ~pv and they the Southern arnty. l shoul(l love to have se~n her acting the pa ··t of a Yankee spy, singing as t!1c children pulled her from under the hcd and hung her to the bedpost. Thl·n J should haYe known that little Dais\· Gordon and J ulictte Low were 1eall\r only one-that Daisy had made thousands of hands into helpful hands ~nd that she had thrown her arms around thousand-; of little girls and warmed them with thl' light of comradeship and service tu one another. Then I should have known that the m;Jtme :nsight and understanding of Julict te Low l·ad to be supplemented by the c~n1rat~e and will of the little Yankee spy. Mrs. Kerr said that Daisy Low (·nultl see a !airy palacP in an unintpn·Htin~ looking house, and, what is more, sqe would start to make it into om·. :-;}w wa:-: an idealil'it and a ma~;ter craftsman at making reality O!Jt cJf ht: r drenrHs. Slw gathered togeth("r lwr tf>oJ:.;, he1· un(lt·rstanding- of tht· twed fot· Scouting- amr1111-;' the girls of Amer·ica, her wealti't of t>·1thuslasm, her tremendous (t y n a m i c strength, her wit, hf'r charming personality, and ln spite of her physical handicaps she started out a.t Savannah and took America by storm. And this was th, sa.me little Daisy Gordon whose grandmother went as a pioneer into the West and whose father brought her up with the At a meeting of the Community committee of the Gir_l Scouts of Winnetka the girl who bas the best score in 111held ] anuary 15 at the Parish house, spcction for the month in each , patrol, ~{iss Kirk, our regional director, gaye is pi ·ked ft ,· the Color Guard reprea most intere sting talk. The chief ohsentative. The most points a girl can ject of her talk was to help the comget in a month is 28. There is a close mittee to function to the best advanrace m our patrol and all ot ns arc tage. eagerly awaiting the announcement of She first sketched briefly the flethe girl who wins-] udith Cunning,·l'lopme n~ of the Girl Scout movement 'I P · 1 ? '1' ·J !Jam, , Serr ~e, atro -, roop -· w Amerit..:a. Incorporated in 1912, the first locat ed 1 national department was PRESENT PLAY ' in \Vashington. It grew rapidl~· and In Troop 3 Patrol 3, we ga,·c a i was soon transferred to New York, Christmas play for the other Girl I ,,·here it is now situated and is divided ?cmtts. The fir ~ t scene takes pla~c into many departments such as those m a poor house 111 the slum· s of a b1g 1for camping, busine'is, field, program cit'y. The second scene is in Santa's I ancl plays and pageants. shop up at the North Pole. There are The Girl Scouts of America arc dimany things lying around. 'l'hc place of the third scene is in the small house ,·ided into tweln.~ sections which corm the slums. Two Girl Scouts bring respond to those of the Boy Scouts. some toys for these children. Then the \Ve are in the Great Lakes region. She GLENCOE Girl Scouts rttll out. The Girl Scouts told us of the five-year expansion prowere m the secon d scene also. The gram now started. Through this ,,-e s 111 the house. The will have a miniature department to fourth scene 1 l HAPJPY NEW YEAR! each region instead of the one in Xew .\ OIH1 ay, anuary fj saw the begin - characters in order of appearance: . . Susan Coolidgl' , York alone. This will give three times ning of the new Girl Scout year t)f Betty (sist r) J.fary Inez Potter the amount of service we now have, 1930. It also saw Patrol 4 of Troop 3 Jean (sister) 11arjorie Lynn givin~ us in each region a camper, of the Glence Cnion church learning Robert (brother) 'f ot t1cr . . . . . . \\' ' 1 l t trainer and or,ganizer. To do thi-; the Girl Scout Hike song to make ~' . ]) orot 1 l\' ' lebo< .. VirgiJ~ia Schmidt ele\'en million dollars must he raised. easier their pathway on the trail of Father . . . . . . . . Phebe \\'illiams nf which three million, the flUOta for the New Year. '0/ c elected patrol re- Santa Claus ~Jiriam Kehiaian this vear, is practically assurrcl already. porters. Our patrol elected Barbara First Girl Scout Austin. Patrol 4 is unanimous in wish - Second Girl Scout Florenct.' Christie ).fis~ Kirk spoke of the advantages ing you, through me the best and hap At the end thev all com~.: out and to be gained by having a council inpiest New Year possihk-H arbara Au!'- yelled ~1ERKY CHRIS'l'~f:\S. The stead of a communitv committee. :\ tin. Heporter, Patrol 4. i>lay was written by 1\lary Inez Potter trained person is ne-cessary for this -Phebe \\'illiams, Patrol 3, Troop 3. \York of directing activities. The keeping- and trainin):! of good captains ~.s PATROL THREE ORGANIZE PATROL l!reatl~· helpefl hy attendance at the Tuesday, January 1-4-, Troop 2 had PatioP:l.l trainin!! ramps. Camp Edith investiture. which Js the awarding of Patrol 1 of Troop 3 of the Glencoe \fan· at Briar Cliff, New York. has a 11 the Girl Scout pm to those who have Scouts has just been organized. all s-ummer session for volunteer anrt just passed their Tenderfoot test. F rnm Girl For patrol leader Janice 'vVolford was patrol three J can Younglove was ill- elected, Uary Eleanor Hyatt . 'rs cor- naid executives. The camp is situated in a beautiful part of New York state vested. \\' e have been keeping track of the girls to see if their uniforms arc ~~~:\v~~Jdcl~~~et~~ril~~/'~~;' ~=~~~l ]~t~~~ and is most inspiring. There are many rourses. the most nopular one being perfect. Louise Kecklcy, Jran Youngblem we have decided on silver. stars 1 1rld oyer a period of one or t\yo weeks. love, Katherine Hillenger, and Trnch· upon a blue background. \V e have not Schnur have so far been perfect i;1 permanently decided 011 the name. Our This camp, although prohahly ·he i12spcction. Jean Younglove or Louise patrol is to keep a notebook in which best known, is onlv one of ele\'en h:eckley will be chosen to be in the verses, pictures, stories and the doings \Yhich arc held throu-ghout the country, color guard. Katherine Hillenger and of our patrol will be written. The peo- nnrn from at least two to four weeks. Trudy Schnur can not be chosen for ple in our patrol arc all Tenderfoot Our rl'Qi()nal rrlmp is to open this year that, becau;o;e thcv are officers tn the Scouts except one girl. We are all at JarksoP, \1ich., from June 14 to 30. patrol. · working hard on our second-class tests Thrrc w;~1 hr four courses for troop and hope to pass them this year. I work. for captains. for advanced worl< COLOR GUAR D hoi-' ,,.e will succeed 111 doing so as and for !1ahtre activities. Every month our Color Guard Scuuts are useful and help much This vear the national convention 111 changes. One girl is chosen from each this world-Mary-Lee Neeves, Patrol will he . held at Indianapolis starting patrol. As the girls on the Color 1 neporter. October 12. This will be most imGuard arc to br tn perfect uniform, --nortant f. r all the national staff memWINNETKA bers will be present. There will ~\!so wnnl:-; Duty" ( 'ourag-t· :111<1 Lnyalt,,· l'ingitt~ _ be a training camp held. for two weeks 110 in " "ars. REORGANIZE TROOP I preceding this meeting. It is cusThns(' who <'nnw in ro_ ntad with l1er, her ,.t.ptalns, her girls, her councillors, her -:\fonclay, January 13, Troop I of tomary f,)r the council to send at least ncquaintnn<'<'s wf't'<' at first surprisl'd, the!t \Vinnctka was enti~ly reorga 111.zed. one capt.lin to one of these camps. t·e~igned, hut finally n.tered into enthu~- \ Ve now have fil"e At the camp a t J ac k son, M' h th ere . t' . t>atrols of sevel1 lC .· tas IC' conpPratinn with h~r. And with T · will he a three-day rerrional conference thi~ cooperation behinfl her Juliette Low eac 1 1. he new patrol leaders are as d' h t-. has huilt fl.ll org-anization in America follows: Caroline Barrett, witll n·ora prece mg t e camp period-that is on whh·h spreads from coast to coast and June 9, 10 and 11. Our national dirt-aches hands across the waters- han<ls Crawford as her assistant, Esther 1f R' of. intC'rn~ti~nnl g-ood feeling- and fellow- Hearne with Marv Randal as an as- rector, rs. lppen, will be present :-:I-~<>1\lv). · Thts 1s the mn.Pument to Julif'tt<' s, ista. nt, Grace Barnum with Jane and there will be a course for leaders . and a course for council members J havf' sC'en, too, a hundred little monu .. i f~v1st as an assistant, Anne Burnahm, which should prove very valuable. n~t>nts.. faces that have lost a sad o!· with ] ane V\Teston as assistant and M' 1~· <ltscontented look and now are smiling- B tt, z· . ] ' ~ tss '-1rk made us feel very strongly hands that ha\'e g-ro\vn useful doing turn:; e ) . Immerman, wtth ane Knowles the n_eed fo.r .a New TI ier township for others-hearts thnt haw· grown broad as assistant. councrl consJstmg probably of the vgb~ause ~hey have learned to love the In the new organization there is a· 1 f -x1· htgher thmgs-llves that haw· grown full- p· T I Tl . . . ages o \v mnetka, Wilmette, Keniler because thPy have learned the joy of m_c ree . patro · us IS an tnter- worth and Glencoe. A trained person service. I have watched this miracle national Ulllt. There are eight girls in is needed. for this work in order to broug-ht nbout by Juliette Low, hnve felt the patrol. Each one has certain out- work efficiently and to assure tts of a ht·r Slrengtb, hf'l" nowt-1'. her finenf'SS, have I' d d ( h'k ' . man·~leu and ltave -felt her influence on me u Ies on 1 ~s, 111 camp, 111 pa- strong organization. my hfe. I only wish r · could have seen trol and troop curnculum. The mem- -Ruth Brown Burnham, secretary and her, face to face. (Continued on page 27) treasurer. Troop Activities ~f II