The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1951, Page 10

Early in 1948 Key West had 2%. intermediate, 1 senior, and brownie Girl Scout troops. closer coordination of leadership of the lone troops, looking tow- ard the formation of a county} Girl Scout council at a future) date. The leaders desired to in- terpret Girl Scout policy and procedure correctly, and they felt troops would operate more) effectively if leaders could dis- cuss. needs and problems in com-! mon and help each other to solve} them. Camping was a definite) need, and the leaders believed) that an association of leaders and! committee members working to- gether might make possible the! establishment of a Girl Scout ¢amping program in the locality Acordingly, through the assist- ance of Mrs. Ralph Craft, a Girl Seout Committee Member of 20 years experience in scouting, the Key West Girl Scout Leaders’ Association was organized Oc- tober 9, 1948. Officers elected were as follows: Mrs. Lee Thompson, President; Mrs. Merrill Sands, Mrs.Neil Saunders, Approximately 25 leaders ‘ committee members comprised the organization. The Association held regular monthly meetings, discussed problems common to all troops, and took steps to interest more leaders needed to form addition- al troops from long waiting lists of girls eager to join. Camping was discussed frequently. Plans were made for National Girl Scout Week, and for a _ cookie sale. Funds from the cookie sale wererto be saved toward estab- lishing a camp. Much progress was made during the year. Mrs. T. Little succeeded Mrs. -Thor as President on May’ 2949. Mrs. Sands and Mrs. ‘Paarl contitued in their po- sitions as Secretary and Treasur- el Treasurer. ca r troops in the city. With the year 1949 came a camping program made possible for lone troops. The Boy Scout Organization had developed a tract of land on West Summer- land Key through the coopera- tion of the Overseas Road and Wolk Commission, and through __the interest and support of com- a eed and Boy Scout leaders, Edwin Trevor. J. M. Bringman, Joe Cornell, Robert Braun, Rob- ert--Dopp, Antonio Martinez, George Sutton and Boy Scouts of the troops. ia The Boy Scout organization offered the camp to the girls to use at times when schedule per- mitted. Camp facilities permit- ted one troop at a time to hold a lone troop camp. The commu- nity coperated to the fullest ex- tent, supplied equipment, trans- portation, and assisted with pro- > grams for the girls, Mr. Joe Cor- S6). Heverend Osear Rodriguez ~Mr. Del Valle constructed £ fabtesand benches for the use of the camp. . National Girl Scout Week, @uring the fall of 1949, was ap- propriately celebrated. Merch-| ‘nts gave space in their shop} ‘indows for displays of Girl Beoit "wor The annual cookie rought more funds into the vamp fund treasury. . Correspondence was continued = hk National and Reginoal Girl . ut Headquarters concerning the advisability of forming a lo- eee eeeeer eal council. fh, January, 1950, an election of * officers made Mrs. Sam Toth President, Mrs. Manson Miller cretary, and Mrs. Neil Saun- ers Treasurer. Mrs. Toth contin- ued to seek leadership for new troops ready to be formed. She > ®nlisted- the assistance of regis- > tered leaders and committee members in obtaining qualified Persons willing to become lead-} ers... __ Page.) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN and) est Girl ‘outs Leaders Associa tion 2) mediate Troop 8, Intermediate] The! troop 5, Intermediate . Troop 3, leaders and committee members! Brownie Troop 7, Brownie Troop| of the troops felt the need of @'¢ Brownie Troop 9, and Brownie| Troop 2. da, but this troop was unable tc be present. Girl Scout leaders, committe members and former were honored at this meeting. gram lowed. A display was filled to capacity. The annual election of officer Toth was reelected President, Mrs. Hemphill, Secretary, | Mrs. Saunders Treasurer. Leaders’ Association voted t ‘send a representative to the Re iJuliette Low as Cloudland, Geor Secretary; gia, for a special training course jto be held during June, 1951 Mrs. Neil Saunders, Girl Scou period | nity for the longest of the camp were voted to be paid from the Leaders’ Associa A troop of Intermediate Scouts had ben organized at Islamora- Parents, representatives of civic! organizations and troop sponsors} were invited to attend the pro-| and reception which fol- of handicraft articles made by the girls was exhibited. The NCCS auditorium, was held in January, 1951. Mrs. and/| hiking, treasure In the early spring of 1951 the} €e gional Leaders’ Training Camp] leader, leader in service in the commu-| of | time was selected to be the first ‘leader to represent the Associa- tion. Funds covering the expense Brownie Troop No. 4 Makes ‘Overnight Trip Key West's Brownie Troop No. 7 made the first overnight camp- | ing trip ever made by a Brownie ‘troop in Key West, Friday night | | leaders} 3+ the Bahia Honda camping area Key. membefs, 7, to 1 “on West Summerland Twenty-three troop ranging in ages from jleft Key West Friday afternoon ‘and returned Sunday afternoon spending two nights in 14 pup tents pitched on the key. . | Giri Scout officials here know lof no other such overhight: trip Itor a Brownie troop. | The weekend was _spent on i} hunts and «itr \eraft classes. The girls made fin- |ger paintings and modeled:-clay? Mrs. James Hemphill, leader of -ithe troop, Mrs. A. V. Mills, Cos | Miss Lee » Huddle a ss Nancy Brooks, junior assist~ EpEE EO? Janet Shupp. and {Miss Taylor, first aid instructor, t| camped with the girls. The Brownies were the camp in cars driven by Ed- ward Ambler, Lt. Comdr. A.V. Mills, Capt. W. T. Nelson, Miss Janet Shupp and Miss Taylor. Friday morning, Mrs. J2-8. -IPhillips and the Overseas Trans- portation Company took equip- | taken « to]: tion Treasury. A sholarship fund u ‘ was established, to send one Girl/ment to the camp site. Morton Scout leader to a training camp) Hall assisted the group’ in. re- leach year, selection to be based! turning equipment Sunday. lupon length of time served as al George Sutton’s Boy ’Scout Girl Scout leader in the commu-jTroop No. 54 furnished the nity. tents, Fausto’s, the Naval Com- Mrs. Saunders served as am-|misary Store. and Noble’s Art bassador in representing the Girl) Center aided the campers. Don- Scouts of Key West, and in pre-|ations of $5 for the. trip. were senting local scouting needs to|made by Mrs. Tibbs, and Mrs. Regional officials. Accordingly, |Ethea Stricker. Mrs. W. -Caffer- Mrs. Gretchen Kidd, Member/ata assisted in the preparations National Field Staff, recommen-i for the trip. * ‘ . ation of a Commun- i ii e trip Guire, Patricia McGuire, Emily Harris, Ann Mills, Marsha Mills, Judy Knowles, Diane Jenkins, Mary Liesyea, Ann* Nelson, Kathryn Spingler, Judy. Tibbs, embrace troops not only in Key West proper, but on the Keys within the county. Mrs, Kidd’ areed to include Key West in her’ travel schedule for January, 19- 52. Lee Ann Cafferata, Marilyn. De- Upon her return from the/Tand, Lucretia’ Godinet, ' Rose- Leaders’ Training Camp, Mrs.|mary Lesher, Patricia ‘ Brooks, Saunders held a training course] and Sharon Lynch. for local leaders beginning in Dabney Phillip, “ Jackie Wil- July and continuing throughijjams and Deborah Ambler are |August, 1951. The course was e troop members who were ill and wel lattended, and Mrs. Saun-| unable to make the trip. ders’ instruction was of the high- est quality and as presented in a most interesting manner, jTroops are already benefiting ‘from the inspiration their lead- ers received under Mrs. Saun- ders’ guidance. 3 In August, 1951, Mrs. Virginia Stearns succeeded Mrs, Hemphill as Corresponding Secretary, and Mrs. Marion Cobb became Re- cording Secretary of the Associ- ation. When an apple wanted to fight a banana, why did the banana run away? Beause it was yel- jlow. way in Key West..A precial irl Scout edition of The ‘Key st Citizen is made possible through the generosity and courtesy . of that newspaper, the interest and arduous work of Mrs,’ E. W. Par- ish, leader, and. her ‘Intérmediate Introducing Mariner — Scouts A troop of Mariner Scouts must hate aeress to a body of water (River, lake or sea) large enough fo permit 2 comprehensive pro- gram of water activities, for everything done on land is in Preparation for life on the water- ways. To be a Mariner a Senior Scout must pass the following re- quitements. 1. Know the story behind the name of the troop to be joiriéd, if the troop has chosen the name of a vessel or seaman. 2. Have a health examination. 3. ump or dive into water at least six feet deep and swim, float, or tread water for teh min- utes within a designated area. 4. Know the principles water safety. When a Mariner Scout has completed her membership re- quirements, she may also wear the Mariner Scout pin as well as the Girl Scout trefoil. . A plan of ratings has been de- veloped: for individual and group interests in various nautical fields: Each troop adapts the ratings to its own opportunities, The Key West troop, the Flying Cloud, more interested in sailing and rowing than in canoes. Ra- tings are intended to be outlets to. wider opportunities rather than boundaries beyond which ships may-not ‘sail. Seme of the requirements for Midshipmite which our troop has done are: 1, Helped plan and carry out a@ service program in the com- munity as a Mariner Scout Troop. We cleared the paths in the Botanical Gardens so it was again usable. 2. demonstrated our ability to Plan.and cook a well balanced meal out-of-doors with a supper at the beach, each girl cooking her own supper. 3..A land trip such as a visit to a. shipping center, marine museum, planitarium, city pier, yacht club, or Coast Guard sta- tion, was suggested by the book, and our troop went to the local Coast Guard Station, which help- ed gather information for another of our requirements, to name and describe the principal aids to navigation. of S our Intermediate Swimming Certificate issued the Red Cross. *e Other requirements for this rating are: Fulfill requirements for the Boating Badge, learn ship's time, Earn First Aid Badge from the Red Cross, Make a ditty bag or some other useful afticle. Advanced ratings which our troop has not reached as yet are: Jack Tar, Seaman, and Old Salt. The Jack Tar rating is a bit more specialized and will inr crease enjoyment of the Mariner Scout program. The Seaman tating offers a chance to acquire More advanced skills, including sailing, signaling in code, and the Peading of charts. The Old Salt tating gives a nodding acquaint- ance with some of the naviga- tional instruments, and the op- portunity to learn how the dinghy @s a rowboat in the Mid- ipmite rating is stowed aboard At the present time there are nine troops in Key West, with approximately 150 girls register- ed in Scouting, under the leader- ship of approximately 65 leaders, asssitant leaders and committee members. ‘The majority of the leaders, assistant leaders and committee members attend the meetings of the Leaders’ Asso- ciation regularly. The Associa- tion is meeting thé needs of the troops, and has dealt with prob- lems common to all troops. Of these nine troops, one is a senior troop, Mariner _ scouts, which was formerly troop 8 of intermediate scouts; four ore in- termediate troops, and four are brownie troops. Increases in the leadership training and camping fund in the treasury of the Girl Scout! Leaders Association have been made possible through Commu- Troop 11, and the advertisen of business people of the ¢o! a nity who have responded t generously, The Leaders’ |aton and the girls in thé troops have enjoyed doing research and preparing the material for. publi- cation. 5 Merchants have donated dow display space for. Girt Seout exhibits, the annual’ cgokie sale is under way (Don't forget to, or- der your cookies from a Girl )Scout), and the girls will erljoy a picnic on Saturday, November 3, under the auspices’ of:. the Leaders’ Association. Under the excelient leadefship of Mrs. Sam Toth, president of the association at the a time, the Girl Scout program Key West has made excellent progress. Mrs. Toth has expended, unlimited energy in devoting her leisure time to Girl Scout work. nity Chest funds of several'|Through her interpretation of years ago which re made) the policies and procedures of available to the Girl Scouts. The] scouting much advancement has Navy Charity Carnival of 1951 also made a substantial contribu- tion, been made in the work of the troops and in the individual *|keep on a bearing or |Council, a permanent and ade- In order to establish a County’ quate source of funds will be ne- * The senior troop disbanded - -prior to January, 1950, but two} whie troops were organized _during 1950. | apri-dur-kaletreob In October, 1950, Mrs. J. I. Hemphill became Secretary, due| to the transfer of Mrs. Miller. During National Girl Scout week held in November, 1950, aj rogram commemorating Girl! uting in Monroe County was| held ‘Thursday, November 2, 1950 at the NCCS building on Duval St. Mrs. Eileen Coughlin and the Natonal Catholic Community Services were most cooperative in atfanging a place for the meeting to be held, and in pro- viding facilities for the program. The address of the evening was given by Mrs. Wilhelmina Har- vey, who spoke on the subject, “Citizenship”. Girl Scout and . . | mittee, cessary. The Community Com-} to be organized in the next few weeks, will be compos- ed of citizens in the community interested in Girl Scouting, who; will investigate the possibility of establishing the council, who will determine the size of a ne- cessary budget, and who will at- tempt to find an adequate source of income to support the increas- ing program in Monroe County. The Community Committee will work in close cooperation with the Leaders’ Association, and will take the responsibility wevenee Brownie troops present at the meeting and participating in the “program were as follows: Inter- of a part of the work now being] ant leaders and committee mem-! good work, done by the over-burdened lead-| bers engaged in Girl Sco in] Good luck during Girl Scout ers and committee members. Key West, congratulations, | Week! National Girl Scout Week for} grateful appreciation, and best Sincerely, 195i is being celebrated in a\wishes for another excellent MARIE LANSDEN most appropriate and unique year of Scouting. achievements of the girls. Girl] things the larger craft, to discover tricks and gadgets for rough weather Cookery, and to find out how to compass course, American Red Cross Reply AMERICAN RED CROSS Office of the Field Director U. S. Nayal Hospital Key West, Fla. October 18, Brownie Troop No. 7 Key West, Florila 1951} Dear Brownies: The hospital has asked that we write and thank you for the stuffed toys which you brought here in July for the children on ‘the Dependent’s ward. Everyone is very sorry that your gifts were not ecknowledg- ed sooner. Sometimes these happen—not _intention- Troop No, 3 was Feige’ Bagh : ized in February 1949 un leadership of Mrs. J,.M. Bring-}| man. There were a total of seven girls. Carolyn Putnman is the only charter member left with the Troop. The first get-together the raop had was May 23, 1949. This was.@ tea in honor of the day assign our troop as their official birth-je day. The troop grew and after a va- cation during the summer, took up with new vigor and interest. In September 1949, there were 18 girls and 2 adult leaders. Overseas bags were one of the main projects of the year. They! were filled with. articles needed | by children in distressed. coun-) 4, hour or so to get up there. tries, such as Korea. A Christ-| we had a wonderful time: we mas party and Community Christ-| }-4 4 treasure hunt, we went ex- mas caroling’ terminated 1949. ploring, and we took a nap for February 1950 a colorful flag} 57 hour every day. We found a preséntation ceremony took place | hottie on the beach, so we wrote in Bayview Park, the flags, Am-| 4 note in it and sent it to sea. eriean and Troop, being a gift MARILYN DeLAND. All the Brownies went on a cam trip. of us could not wait to get there, and we had fan sftet we S6t up there. We fan hunting shells. We found r’s shell. We found many ! ects too. I am sorry I! the others. We saw tracks. were shaped like this —]. And a to Mrs. Hemphill and and Lee Huddle and | Naney Brooks, too. ETHEL ROBERTS. —_ In February we went week-end camping trip. on a It took from our sponsor, the V. F. W. H Auxiliary. r 4 Our last. registration rolled}; The Brownies went on a camp: ing trip. They had a very nice time. We slept in tents. We ate | outside. We washed our faces | and hands under the Bahia Honda Bridge. We made clay ashtrays and we did finger painting. We | had lots of fun, We thanked Mrs. | Hemphill and Mrs. Mills because | we had so Much fun. LINDA STRICKER. | around in May 1950 with 31 girls on the register. At this time we had the Investiture Ceremony and a gala birthday party cele- brating our second. year. The girls have participated in all Girl Scout 4 activities, such as selling ‘cookies; Christmas ‘cards, preparing :bask- ets of food for a needy family, donating flowers to hospitals..and| helping in different drives—March of Dimes, etc. Pe During this year, Troop 3 has 5 girls to pass Second Class) Badge: Shirley Brill, Carol Cox, Nancy Tucker, Carolyn Putnman,, and Mona Gravel. They hope. to be Firat Class Girl Scouts in May of 1952. There have been many various types of entertainment over the 3 years, camping, hikes, cook- outs, and parties. F The Troop. has 3 leaders who. took the Girl Scout . leader's course and hope to have a better To get ready to go to Brownie | camp, I took a towel, wash-rag, soap, toothbrush, toothpowder, | and-two blankets. We had 14 pup | tents and 22 Brownies. We divid- ed'the camp into three groups) and each group had two leaders. | The big girlshad two girls in a tent but the little girls had three | in a tent. We had trouble keep- | ing the wash-rags together and the blankets would not keep straight. In the mornings we had | the flag ceremony and exercises. | One night when it was dark we | them after they become. mem- bers. We have hiked miles over | Field. We took long walks up the Troop Five either draws all the girls who love to walk or the Spirit of Hiking must touch AFather My knowledge of scouting stems from pleasant and useful associa- tions I Have had as a Boy Scout. While there are no official inter- relationships between the Girl Scouts and Bey Scouts I know that the prineiples, duties, and teachings of these two organiza- tions are similar. I was proud to be a Boy, Seont, I have equal pride in the knowledge that two of my eligible daughters, on their own volition, have become mem- bers of this most important or- Banizstion for girls. 1 know that they are learning as they play. J know. that they are guided by experienced leaders who volun- tarily give of their time and ser- vices for the betterment of the Scouts. Finally, and of this I am most certain, I know that my daughters will be better citizens, better mothers, and better lead- ers in whatever they seek to lead because of their earlier train- ing as Girl Scouts. Signed : Comdr. Robert Jackson Big Pine Key; around the Boule- vard and from Wesley House to the Pines. We have trudged up the Stock Island road as far.as the American Legion Home, skirted the Golf @ourse and re- turned to the Navy. Hospital -to catch a Bus tired but happy. Hiking up the old Boca i road, loaded with fishing i and bait, destination, the bridge, object; catching fish for, a fish cook out. We never caught a fish, but we did have fun and food. Our Leaders, who at that time were Mrs. Saunders and Mrs. Thompson made certain. we had plenty of food before we started. ‘We used to find many things of interest on these outings. We walked up the Boulevard to the Pines for an Easter Egg Hunt. A friend of Mrs. Saunders went ahead and hid the eggs. We had a, wonderful time ending with a swimming party. This summer we worked on our Rambler Badge in the Nature —————— How far can a dog go into a forest? Just halfway. starts out again. . Then he Beach, collecting shells and. vari- 2 ous species of things that grow in the ocean. We followed these walks with a swim and then our nosebag lunches. From the things we collected we made Shadow Box Pictures. This, showed us how much fun Badge work can be when we all work. together. ‘We have shown our Commun- ity spirit by marching as a Troop in every Parade. We have march- ed with the other Troops fer the Polio Fund Drives. All in all we} have done a lot of Foot Travel- ing. When you consider that we are the only Troop in which the Leader has a broken arch we wonder how we ever got started. ———— BEST WISHES to the GIRL SCOUTS YOUR DRY CLEANER FERNANDEZ CLEANERS 1107 Olivia Street TEL. 326-R troop in the future. The Leaders at present are: Mrs..W. A. Cox, Mrs. Milford Chapman, Mrs.. Ed. Dickerson. Troop Committee: Mi Venessa_ Saunders, Mrs, Ida Smith, Mrs. Gerald Saunders, and Mrs. Doris Gray. Troop No. 3 is sponsored: by ae Ladies Auxiliary of the V. F. Our Troop members. are: Bren- da Adams, Carol Andrews, Linda Mag Bolden, Shirley Brill, Carol olyn Smith and S Rls Ge at the by aoe . munity Building on Monday 6 to 7:30 p. a : AS ; ene \ewariren Giareme mntinu 0) r gram offered ees Foie ge every number was. heartily ap- plauded: patrol. Ukelele duet, Archer and Ada Reading, Mrs. Curry. Vocal Solo, J. P. Curtis. " Reading, Miss Margaret Cur- is. Vocal solo, Miss Fay Kitchin, Pantomine, Girl Scouts. Piano duet Misses Anna Belle and Mae Hill. Vocal solo, Miss Harriet John- son. Recitation, “The Waking of the Flowers,” by several scouts, arade of the Wooden Soldiers, members of the patrol. Vocal solo, Miss Dotty Bearup. Vocal solo, Edmund Curry. Closing pantomine, members of the troop. Mrs. George F. Archer, scout- mistress of Troop 3. Girl Scouts, was director of the — entertain- ment. ——— Why are playing cards like wolves? Because they go with aj pack. Compliments Martinez Refrigeration Co. 1024 DUVAL STREET Com : OV. and APP! ELIJAH SANDS, PROP. patrol andj some day. pea RBar och beara Pantomine by members of the} ‘What is the diffeence between ‘ii Dorothy| watches and other watches cells.; gan. ——— ‘ roasted marshmallows and lis- | tened to stories. We went for a walk on the beach and found some shells. and we each did finger painting and clay modeling and we. had a treasure hunt. We | had. a nice time and would like to go again. ANN MILLS. } ‘We-avent) many places this | summer. We went to many pic- | nics. I liked the trip to the Coca Cola bottling plant for the best. Not only was it very interesting, “Cokes” are made, clear fom the time the bottles were fWashed until the completed “Coke” was finished. They gave us a cold Coca Cola which sure was good. Also they gave us a notebook and pencil which I am | using now to write*this story. I hope we are asked to return} PATTY PUTNAM. a jeweler ahd a jailor? One sells It is harmful to write a letter| on ah empty stomach? No, but paper is. better. _Compliments CHILDREN’S | - CORNER TEL. 75 Fleming and Simonton Streets Congratulations GIRL SCOUTS MARGARET How can a leopard change its spots? By moving from one spot to another. sicuiae ; WEDDING and HIMTRDAY CAKES, PIES, D | CUBAN BREAD PASTRY, ————__—_ What has panes ache? A window. but doesn’t Good Luck GIRL SCOUTS R. J. Faraldo Agent | a Best Wishes .to the GIRL SCOUTS ISLAND CITY GAS CO. Phone 4 Locally Owned and Operated 415-419 FLEMING STREET and COOKIES 1025 White Street TEL. 1463 OUR BEST WISHES ERSEAS RADIO AN STORES 617 Duval St. Scout Week activities the last) @lly--but because everyone is so two years have been ¢arried out|busy here taking care of Navy under her direction as general|Personnel and their families who chairman. The smooth-running}are ill. and effective m of the The toys have certainly been Leaders’ Assogi is to| used by the children. They were the careful planning and effici- ency characteristis of her leader- ship. To Mrs. Parish, chairman of the Newspaper Project, Mrs. Toth, Geenral Chairman of Girl Scout Week activities, Mrs. Neil Knowles, Chairman of the Cookie Sale, Mrs. Neil _ -|forgive all of us for not writin, ders, Chairman of Le: ip; yeu sooner. The Brownies ha’ Training, Mrs. Mary Degtoff, In-|previously done many nice structor in Swimming and Life-jthings for the patients here and saving, and to all leaders, asssit-|we want you to keep up the very attractive and we are won- dering if you Brownies made them. If so, we’re going to keep an eye on you! ! When you're older you can become Gray La- dies and teach the patients here just how to make the toys. We certainly hope you will Field Director PIC'M GIRL SCOUTS —_ We Carry A Complete Line of Children’s Shoes $10 FLEMING STREET to the GIRL SCOUTS SIMONTON AND FLEMING sts,