The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1951, Page 11

— Troop 8 Girl Scouts of troop § went toy. Camp Jackson Lee Sawyer in the year 1949 during the 27th and 30th of June. Before a girl could enter camp she was required to have a health examination and permis- sion from their parents. The girls left at 9 a. m., on a chartered Greyhound bus. They sang and talked about the ex- citement all were about to have on their way up. Theminute they got off the bus they were welcomed by mosqui- toes. There were three cottages and the girls were divided by their age. The girls then went to their cottage and unpacked. | Each cottage had eight double bunks. Certain camp themes were schedulde as follows: | Monday: Girl Scouts explore the great Out-of-Doors. Tuesday: A Girl Scout is cour- teous. Wednesday: A Girl Scout is a friend to all and a sister to every other Girl Scout, Thursday: A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word, and deed It was said, “You cannot dream yourself into a character, you must force yourself into one At camp the girls formed tribes with names of real Indian tribes. This tribe system was used instead of patrols. The tribes were Seminole, Caloosa, Creek, and Cherokee, These tyibes were assigned special du- tie: Seminole: Monday, Cook, Tuesday; Ground Patrol, Wed- | day, Fire Builder; Thursday, Ground Patrol. Caloosa: Housekeeper, Monday, Cook, / Tuesday; Graund Patrol, Wed-} ; Fire Builder, Thursday. Fire Bulider, Monday; Ground Patrol, Tuesday; Cook, Wednes- day, Housekeeper, Thursday. | Cherokee: Ground Patrol, Monday; Fire Bulider, Tuesday; Housekeeper, Wednesday; Cook, Thursday. The Cooks helped prepare and serve the food. Housekeepers set tables and washed dishes. Fire Builders gathered wood and| and built a fire, burned trash, buried garbage. The the Ground Patrol cleaned bathroom, “emptied trash , and saw that the grounds, ere clean. Each tribe had its chief: Mrs. Whiting, our Big Chief, and the other workers were the Great Council Rock. The daily schedule was: %:00 a. m. Rising—Mrs. Whit- ing blew a whistle and the girls got out of bed and dressed in play clothes. 7:30-7:45 a. m. Flag Raising— The girls would stand according to tribes and have the flag ce- remony. The troop hymn would be sung until the girls arrived at the tables. 7:45-8:15. a. m. Breakfast— Girls would stand until the grace song had been sung and be seat- ed but would not start until the hostess had started. 8:15-8:40 a. m.—Housekeep- ing Duties—The girls would go to their cottage and make their beds and other cleaning. The leaders would inspect and an- nounce the neatest cottage each day. 8:45-9:15 a. m. Music. The girls would gather around tables and be led in singing by Mrs. Whiting. Many of the songs. learned in camp are still sung at some of the meetings. 9:20-10:15 a. m. Class. Three classes were conducted at this period. They were personal charm, shellcraft, and wooden bowls. 10:20-11:15 a. m. Glass. Same classes as period before. This en- abled a girl to attend two out of three of ,these classes. 11:20-11:30 a. m—Free time. 11:30-12:00 a. m. Assembly—A geenral assembly consisting of; group singing, talks, and demon- strations. The assemblies were planned by the tribes. Tues. Se- minoles; Wed.; Caloosa; Thurs. Creek and Cherokee. 12:10 p. m. Lunch. -2:15 p. m. Rest period. :15-2:30 p.m. Cotunselors’ meeting with’ Patrol Leaders. Patrol leaders would meet with the counselors to receive their orders. During this period the other girls remained rest- ing. 2:30-3:30 p. m. Patrol Meetings. ‘Tribes met with their chiefs and received their orders for the day. Plans weer made on games and) activities to be demonstrated that evening. 3:30-4:00 p. m. Craft Class. Three classes were conducted at this period. The classes were weather observing, camp cookery, and glass etching. 4:00-5:00 m. Games Contest. The girls played volley, ball, baseball, and other games and contests. One day the girls > had apples to eat. This was to | “keep the doctor away.” 5:00-6:00 p. m. Free Time. 6:00 p. .m. Supper. toes 7:15 p.m. Scouts’ Own. A war- ship Service reverently on the Campers A Guide To Pictiires We regret to say that we dc troops in Key West. The picture in the upper left hand corner is of whie Troop 7, taken during their meeting at the Fleming Street Methodist Church. Only 16 out of 22 were present. The picture in the lower left hand corner is a picture of Mrs. Cobo’s Brownie Troop 6 taken at Martello Towers during ‘one of their outings. In the center of the page Mrs. Guinette’s Troop 9. This Picture was also taken near Mar- tello Towers on a picnic. In the upper right hand corn- er Troop 6 poses with their flag on the beach during their Day Camp on Boca Chica Beach. The picture in the lower right hand corner shows the girls of Troop 11 taken at their meeting place, Key West High School Annex. Only 10 out of 15 of your reporters’ were’ photographed. beach .as the sun set. There was a guest speaker for each even-| ing at this time. Each tribe had charge of the program as follows: Mon. Semin- ole, Tues. Caloosa, Wednesday, Creek, Thursday, Cherokee. | 8:15 p.m. Evening Program:| All would gather around a camp- fire on the beach. The programs not have pictures from all the! managed to gasp, “I know some- started to go a ‘Troop No.10 | In May, 1950, nine girls, hav- ‘Troop No. 5 | In the fall of 1943 Mrs. Eva | Warner, now Judge Gibson, and jing met their tenderfoot require- at that time my “Boss Lady” de-|ments, were registered with) cided something must be done to|Scout Headquarters to form Girl jrevive Girl Scouting in Key|Scout Troop No. 10 in the Key West. A wonderful idea | West area, under the sponsor- |thought until she brought a|ship of Wesley House, with Miss Helen Reeves as. leader. Featured in their Investiture Ege: at the home of Mrs. J. ; iat |F. Brooks, was an_ impressive ithing about Girl Scout Pro- | Candle-Lighting chan ony. |mising to get me an assistant she | Guests, as Miss Reeves presented eft. . .I looked at the girls and|the Scouts with their official ;how they looked at me. . “Sure pins ee SeertuP ree pay | fi eae ‘ ,, ; mothers and friends of the girls. | was looking like a mighty black jy. Sam Toth, President of the ;day for Girl Scouting when a|Gir} Scout Leaders Association ray of sunshine came our way / was guest of honor. in the person of my promised; During the Spring of this year assistant, Mrs. Lee Thompson. | we took several hikes to Monroe “You know about Girl Scouts, |County Beach for picnie suppers so you be the Leader,” I told her.jand game sessions. We enjoyed) | Wearing a very startled look she |participating in the City-Wide | from there./Scout Swimming Program at the The girls decided they liked her |Seaplane Base during the vaca- | land helped me fence her in. . .|tion months. ;Seems she knew as much about; When the beautiful new Wes- | Scouting as I did. . .had brought |ley House was completed we had | |group of about twenty girls and jinformed me it was my Troop. I |her daughter over to join a Girl/a “Good Turn” party and the} Scout Troop and look what hap-|girls assisted in ‘moving some pened to her. (Parents take |equipment from the old house to} warning.) Promising hér she|the new one. When our work} would not have to be Leader and | was finished there was a picnic ‘discovering the girls knew noth-|luncheon at the new house and | ing about Scouting so we could |then we said “Good Bye” to our all start even, we borrowed ajleader Miss Reeves, whose work | twen ar old Girl Scout Hand | took her to St. Joseph’s Missouri. ;Book from Wesley House and| In September we resumed our | Troop Five was born. jregular Scout Activity and are We had our growing pains but,| proud to have Mrs. Sam Toth as; {in Leader’s Training they tell us!our Leader, with Mrs. H. E.! that if we use our books we!Woodard, Miss Arlene Merritt, | |would not have to take training |Mrs. Otis Gordon and Mrs. J. F./ We | Brooks as committee members. | went; At our meeting Oct. 5th the! camping, had cookouts and/following new officers were swimming parties. We sent for)elected to serve for a term of books on Polic nd Leadership four months; and we sure used ours. worked on Badges, hiked, for the evenings were: Monday. Folk Dancing and} Campfire. | Tuesday. Indian campfie pro-| gram. | Wednesday. Party. | Thursday. Ceremonial Camp- fire. A poem about the great fire: The Sacrament of Fire,, John Oxenham: Kneel always when you light a fire Kneéel reverently, and thank- ful be For God’s unfailing charity. And on the ascending flame inspire A little prayer, that shall up- bear The incense of your ness. For this sweet grace Of warmth and light; For here again is sacrifice For your delight. thankful- | | | | Within the wood That lived a joyous life Through sunny days rainy days And winter storms and strife; Within the peat That drank the sweet, The morland sweet, Of bracken, whin, and sweet bell-heather, And knew the gorse feather Flaming like love in wintriest weather, While snug below in sun and snow, It heard the beat of the padding feet and of gold joy lamb, And_ the weather. stamp of old bell- Kneel always when you light a fire! Kneel reverently And grateful be | Co-Leader. A wonderful arrange- Of foal and dam, and ewe and} and anything else we could get! President—Louise Brooks | our hands on, and Troop Five| Secretary—Ida Rymes | grew. Treasurer—Lynn Jackson | Our first meeting place was at} Mrs. F. Forrestal, veteran the Presbyterian Church Sunday | Scout Leader from South Caro- School room. When they needed /lina, will assist Mrs. Toth . in that for a day school we moved} planning the program for the to Wesley House where we stay-| year. This program will com- ed until they moved the building | plete the second class work of for new construction. The Con- | many of our scouts. H gregational Church kindly of-| Members of Troop No. 10 are:| fered us the-use of their Service| Sylvia Avila, Joan Bliss, Louise | Center and as the majority of|Brooks, Lynda DeMerritt, San-/| our girls were from that side of|gra Lee Doughtry, Dixie Joy, town it was very handy for us.| Forrestal, Cecilia Garcia, Mary By this move we also gained a}Herrick, Lynn Jackson, Ida sponsor, We have prided our-!Rymes, Martha Salinero, Ann selves always on taking care of | Vinson, and Susan Woodard. our meeting room, leaving it clean and in good order. Troop Flying Cloud Five girls have always been not- By Joan Knowles ‘ed for their good conduct, sense of Civie duty and pride in their ‘Troop. Last Spring, when Troop 8 de- After the first two years Mrs./ cided toenter the Nautical part Thompson was persuaded to be/ of Senior Girl Scouts (Mariners), the Troop Leader with myself as| we were without a name for our! |“ship”. During the months that | followed.every girl was pouring }over books for a suitable name. After many suggestions, all of, jwhich were hotly debated, we |decided upon the name “Flying Cloud, a clipper ship whose name d history appealed to us. Flying Cloud’s history began} just one hundred years ago when} ment it was until illn in her |\family forced Mrs. Thompson to Jresign from active participation in Scouting. Again I was Leader: Since then we have had mar- velous, talented Co-Leaders, Ani tra Hartenstine, Randy Yooper Janet Daniels, Patricia Robinso: all helped, but none with Mrs. Thompson’s staying power. she was launched at New York; We have been sponsored by | City on April 15,1851. She was the JayShees and The Business| built by Donald McKay who also and Professional Women's Club. | built such famous ships as “Stag- This coming year we will be! bound’, “Lightning”, “Westward sponsored by The Congregational | Ho,” and “Soverign of the Seas”. ‘Church Sunday School. Spon-|/She was the subject of much’ | skepticism because of her sleek, ‘clear line, and sharply pointed | bow. Certainly she would plow un- sors, like Co-Leaders have been few and far between, but, like Old Man River, Troop Five justf keeps on rolling along. Too much credit cannot be given the girls|der the first big sea they met. in the Troop, who even when} Why, a ship with a hull shap- they had outgrown our program|ed like the “Flying Cloud's” wes stayed on to help with the! tempting fate! She’d land in younger girls coming up. With/Davy Jones’ locker for suge! WHY IAM A (Continue From Page Seven) what makes Girl Scouts.—Mrs. Neil Sanders, Vol. Trainer.) (Continued From Page Seven) by putting me to work up camp. As other members of the Staff, arrived they gave me “looks” too. I tried to be very unobtru- sive, but as Margherita Mena- boni, there as a Craft Consultant, and myself were running up and a in C down, loaded with pictures, I think it is a worthwhile pro-| camp cots, baskets of toilet paper gram for girls. One of the best! and light bulbs it was a hard job times I ever had in my life wae} to remain unnoticed. two weeks at aiGirl Scout camp.| I learned a lot before classes I should like to be instrumental! ever started, especially that Na- in helping girls to have similar, tional Staff members are a hard good times and fellowship. working lot of folks and it is a good thing they are not paid by | the hour. Met the Trainers of our group, Mrs. Gretchen Kidd, Miss I am a leader because I like girls, I like for them to have wholesome, natural outlets for energy, and I believe in the Girl Scout program. I am in Girl Scouting because I am a leader because having! been a Brownie and Girl Scout! 8"° : ; myself I want my girls to have} Elizabeth Figner and Miss Doro- the same good times and chance| thy Davidson and hoped they did to learn the interesting things 1) ot know how stupid I felt. Good did. Of course, I also enjoy| thing oad net oe —, i ii ‘ " every time 100: aroun knowing and working with girls. AIG thy, eyes ona Mi. The scenery was beautiful, but it sure I want to become a leader be-| fences you in. cause I enjoy working with girls) Then classes started and from and want to keep my own girls/then on it was study, morning, and their friends interested in @lnoon, night and Sundays. One progressive: group. | wondered how it could all be re- a membered and hoped that ones I would like to become a Girl| notes would make sense. To tell Scout leader because I am inte-! all I learned would be a Train- rested in working with girls and|ing Course but there are inci- helping them. In college I ma-|dents that stand out in my mem- jored in Social Work and learn-| ory. ed a lot, but I think that th Coffee at five thirty in the would teach me even more about| morning with “Aunt” Clara Mor- getting along with girls younger|emen, owner of Windward Inn. than myself. I was a Girl Scout! Coffee after a night session, with and know the value of it to the| Mildred Teague of Birmingham, girls. ; down at The Shadows. The won- |derful group at Falling Leaf, our Jam a Coleile:. bec y cabin and “ Leslie, who, when like to work with children andj #SKed by Katherine Park. | “Who help them accomplish _ things. Woon abl uines Kit cn igen alata want to help them make good ci-! re enh nervously — replied, tizens for the future so that; ~¢ Falling Leaders. | Gertrude Hellmouth, from someday there may be peace in| RBS ‘ the: world. y Re ") Jacksonville, moving in with me | when Miss Memaboni went back | to Atlanta, thinking with an old I am in Girl Scouts and help! lady like me the room would be with the Brownies tecause I quiet and finding out it was like likethem. I a: interested in! living in The Grand Central Sta- ing them d+ things and to| tion ip them learn the difference) That lost feeling that we Lone between right and wrong. | Troop Leaders have would dis- y {appear and you felt like Girl I am in Scovting becnuse of| Scouting was coming alive for! the chance it gives me to be you. aound girls and give them what-| For ten days we did not know ever help I can. To help them} what was going on in the world grow and be more prepared to! and then came the night of The face the future and become bet-|Camp Fire. Nothing is given you! Low seft the following message to all Giri Scouts. nes ing game of ours. They are: fair, ; in. your for your side and not for yourself, 1 score, best dhing) in a game is not the result, for: fhetin “When the Great Recorder. comes To write against your name, coi He writes not that-you won or lost nee But how you played the game.” : A Girl Scouts, I salute you. Your Friend, ‘ Juliette Low. 2 +> > A Sport Page in a recent Citizen caused me toe look this: up in one of the old Handbooks; Because in Tennis it seems Girl Scouts are Tops. June Yates, Eleanor Gato, Lynn Sellers, Barbara’ Twei- haus, all former Troop Five members. Norma Avila of Senior Troop Eight and a right smart Mariner and Lourdes Gonzalez of Troop No. 11 Junior Team at Key West High: Rose Annelli Reese, Peggy Jordan, Gail Parish, Sharon Pritchard, Joanne Johnson, Space i limited but we could go into other fields and where ‘you find a who is outstanding chances are she is.a former Girl Scout. Juliette Low would be just as proud of these girls as we are. O. 'W. S. (Old Weary Scout), - —— reaper na (Continued From Page Seven) | (Continued From Page Seven) challenge and offer your services| there may be a number. of omis- as a Girl Scout . or ‘ Brownie} sions and inaccuracies, Leader, Assistant Leader, ‘Troop; Any additional information on Committee. Member, or Commu-| Girl Scouting in its — years nity Committee member to Mrs.|in Key West, would be most, ap- Sam Toth, President of the Mon-|preciated by the Girl Scouts roe County Girl Scout Leaders| Leaders Association, Association, Telephone 1556-M? Whe da & theatre a, veracsed a a place? Because al! the seats: are NOSE BAG in tears (tiers). (Continued From Page Seven) j= ing. The girls will be well chap- eroned by Leaders, Co-Léaders, Committee Members and Moth- ers. Come to our picnic, Girl Scouts, and don’t forget Permission turday at the Darian Slip — See you. GGirl Scout Picnic! ter citizens. to show whether you have met} er the standards. That is sent to I have just come to Key West) your Training Council. As we did) to live. Scouting is a Way to help} not have a Training Council in the young girls in whom I am|Key West my letter was sent to interested. Scouting is 2 worth-| me. vbile organization an2d 1 feel i/ Received it just before begin- adm —-not living for heiping in the community injhere. Ipassed and while the let- which I live. I have made many) ter was very encouraging it did new frineds in Scout work. too.| not give me much courage. * : | As I faced the first class here { am a Girl Scout Leader .be-|[ remembered Gretchen Kidd cavse first, I like children of ail! telling me that I must be digni- zges, secondly, after a Troop] fied and wondering how it could Meeting, a successful one, I can! be done with my knees shaking return home with a fveting of) like castanettes. heving accomplished somethi: But I am glad now that I was worthwhile. At the same time 1/sent. My only hope is that all lave spent an enjoyable one or|the wonderful patience and 0 hours with a good bunch of| knowledge of the Instructors up {at camp will not be wasted and |that. I may be able to pass it jalong to others so that Girl Scouting in Key West will con- tinue to grow and go ahead. & 1 have one little. giv) of own. As she has grown, I reali riore all the time that there is a need for such activities as tne Prownies and Girl Scouts offer, So, I wish to become a Leade- to offer my own and all oth little girls all that I can to make} them worthwhile, fine women} when they grow up, and to make tneir “growing up” a wonderfv! experience. | I amin Girl Scouting as 1) think it is the best organization myself butPning the first “Iraining Coursey’ For God’s unfailing charity! The laws of the Council were: 1. There shall be absolute si- that kind of spirit how could we fail? So many girls have helped But the “Flying Cloud” was well named. She made a record |sailing—from 50 degrees South for gitls. It covers such a range of activities that it should be lence while others are speaking. 2. The word of honor is sacred. 3. There shall be no light ex- cept the light of the greai fire. i Those swishing to address the Great Chief use the word- craft sign and say “O Chief, I —of —tribe wish.to speak.” 5. Approval. “How, How”. Di approval: “Nitche, Nitche’ Great disapproval: “Waugh, Waugh”. 6. The Council Circle is 24 feet in diameter. 7. There are no hats: or caps worn in the Council. 10:00 p. m. Lights out. The girls returned to Key West at 6 p. m. on Thursday, June 30th with great reluctance. Those attending camp_ were: Sarah Bringman, Betty Bowery, Elizabeth Russell, Roberta Meek, Sylvia jwles, Ruth Holsom- back, irta. del Valle, Leone Runnels, Dawn Lancaster, Yo- landa Garcia, Dora Garcia, Lor- raine Warnock, Gloria Knowles, Margaret Ayers, Barbara Ladd, Millicent Taylor, Wendy Mill- ner, Katherine Brady and Joan Knowles. The girls were grateful to the ladies who attended camp with them. They were Mrs. Floyd Bo- wery, ommittee member, and Mrs. J. M. Bringman, scout Mrs. Dorothy Sands, Others which shall be remem- bered for their help were Rev. Driscoll, Bev. Rodriguz, Rev. sor Mr. Whiting who served as st that it would be impossible to start listing names. This past year we have had a Troop Committee that has really shown an interest, not only in our Atlantic to 50 degrees South Pa- cific in seven days, entering Golden Gate on August 31, 1851, !89 days and 21 hours from New Troop, but in helping Girl | York. : ae Scouts. They are Mrs. Joseph Bo- | With such an inspiration be- za, Mrs. Wilhelmina Harv fore us we will have to work Judge Eva Gibson and our first | hard to uphold the honor of our Co-Leader, Mrs. Lee Thompson, | $!P, the “Flying Cloud”! whose daughter, Elsie, one of our} iene first, First Class Scouts, worked | with the Troop this past year as | a Junior Assistant. We know when a few more of girls Interesting Notes What has four wings and flies? | Two birds. our grow a little older we 2 going | $ a x4 to have some wonderful Scout Why should you never tell se- Leaders in Key West crets in a stable? Because Lorses Mrs. Bert Skinner kept the | °@'TY tales (tails). ci his sum- | er 52 aeeep shape coe How many books can you put r- while I was away taking} : Lasiers Training and things are | into an empty schoolbag? Just really looking fine for Troop |" after that, it isn't empty. Five now as we are being as- ne sisted by Mrs. Gerald Saunders andj another Junior Helper, |Francine Sirugo, who came to visit us as a reporter from In- termediate Troop Eleven. Fran-/} cine found us in a weiter of wool and sticks as we were mak- ing Tee Dee Looms to weave belts. Seeing our need for help and exemplifying the true Girl Scout Spirit, Francine stayed to help. Better yet, she came again, jand we hope she will continue to do so. . Wonderful girls, these Scouts. So Troop Five goes on. . .turn- ing girls into Girl Scouts and Good Scouts, we hope. We try to remember that Badge Work can be fun and plan our activities with that in mind. Always we look ahead to what we will be doing in the future, though per- haps not a$"fa Shedd “as the Mt- tlest Jenkins’ girl who now has Why should you never pit a shoe on? Because every time you do, you put your foot in it What has a bank but no money? A river. What gets wetter and wetter, }the more it dries? A towel. What dog has no tail or hair? A hot dog. in the Brownies. She told me when she grew up she was g0- ing to be in my Troop, and I sure hope that both she and I make it. Histories, I know, should ‘be full of facts and figures, but who has time to go delving records? One fact I'm sure of is that | Troop Five is made up of a grand | group of Girl Scouts and I figure on meeting .with them every | Friday afternoon. MRS. NEIL SAUNDERS, ee: two sisters in my Troop and one | meron Leader. ee eae ea a ho ron srt es. It could make better citizens} Compliments of BEL 'S Women’s Apparel $28 DUVAL STREET helpful to every girl. I was a Girl! Scout in my younger days. I have two girls, one in the Inter- mediate Troop, the other I hope will be a Brownie and come on; up through the different branch-} of all girls. who participate in Girl Scouting. i} ee GIRL SCOUTS OF , (Continued From Page One) and a half girls are celebrating Girl Scout Week. We are cele- Compliments of brating in honor of Mrs. Juliette Low, who was founder of Girl | _ GULFSTREAM Scouting in the United States,! and whose birthday was October é _ FOOD DEPT . Girl Scout Week began on the | last Sunday in October and ends! on the folowing Saturday. Each! day in the Week is set aside to} demonstrate a different Girl) Scout activity. | 1105 WHITE STREET Girl Scout Sunday: A_ Girl) “You Save When You Buy at Gulfstream Scout's first duty is to God. Monday, omemaking Day: For this is the most popular of all} Girl Scéut activities. | Tuesday, Citizenship Day: Girl} Scouts learn the responsibility} of living in a Democracy. } Wednesday, Health and Safe-| ty Day: | ‘ Firts aid is only the beginning) Compliments of of the Girl Scout Health and Safety program. Thursday, Internat ional} Frinedship Day: Girl Scouts be- lieve that the cornerstone of lasting peace must be frinedship) and understanding among the people of the world: Friday, Arts and Crafts Day. Saturday, Out-of-Doors Day. What is the difference between a pretty girl and a mouse? One charms the he’s and™ the other! harms the cheese, ! -<rteenonntrer ti eeteneeg ten NNERIMNSNREANN tag isintCEDIORA stat enters