Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Mar 1937, p. 20

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Miss Allen; who is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Teach- ers' College, Columbia. University.: New York, :bas ,been associated with the Girl Scouts since 1933.. This year Camp Andree, which she directs'anid whîch is. the only girls' camp- run by nationalGirl Scout headquarters, will be the. scene, of one of the mnost in- terestiîng outdoor events ever Med in this country. This yNations Ti being the> Girl Scout twýentv-- fifth- anniversary year,, eachof thie thirty nations which shares the Scout program ha s bee-n invited to. send a representative to an international gathering ai Camp Andree to be h eld August 9-23. One week -ahead will come seventy-two Amnericans. rep- res enting evèry state in the Union, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Alaska, who will act as hostesses to the for- eig.n guests. The encampnlent will bc a huge celebration in honor of the founding of Girl Scouting in the United States on March 12, 1912, by the late Juliette Gordon Low in Sa- vannah, Ga. Part of the expenses of the foreign guests will be de- frayed by a fund, known as the Juliette Iow Memnorial Fund. ,deiboden, Switzerland. In 1936 and 37 the money was saved for the lebration in Camp Andree whichf fiss Allen now heads. Five-Year Study The new A. C. A. president is aiso member of :a committee recently hiking, is the most popular subject. Camping is tremendously popular ini America and you are justly proud olf the health buildi ng opp ortunities that 100,000. of your gi1rls: took ad- vantage of in your 1,000. permatnent cam ps last summerI Thç Swedish climnate limits camrping to june, July and August, but in ad- dition to that, .there is only one per- marient camp inail Sweden., This is asmalil etate near Stockholm-given by Countess von, Eckermann. It is available, to. Girl Guide troops f rom any part* of the Écontry, but, they, must w7rite, first to the national head- quarters and have it assigned to them for definitedates. N..d Leaders "In Sweden, as -here, the need for troop leaders is Our most pressing problem. 'We find most of them amon g business an d prof essional women, as you do. The majorit-y of ours are school teachers." Count Bérandotte, also social mind, ed, is interested in the Boy Scou mnovèment in Sweden and this fa' was appointed chairman of a ne' joint committee of the Boy Scoir and Girl Guide organizations for funi raising. Contributions and bequess are divided 'between the two group. I iklin D. Roosevelt, hotiorazy dent, will speak on the achieit- s of the organization which iws idd March 12, 1912. Mrs. Wod- Wilson set a precedent when is tLady in the land she becarw in Girl Scouting. Mrs. Warren ling and Mrs. Calvin Coolidg2e t..,611 DW, TN .. l1vuIs ai xplaineci somfe customs, of on1 to Mrs. Eg of saw.- Mrs.1 he and Mrs. ey 1 Winnetka. A V I. McJ uflk

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