The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1951, Page 9

> 4 ( 1 i |. West finally saw a dream come | | true this year. Most of them had |224 had as her assistants Mrs School The Girl Scout Leaders of Key Troop No. 6 | Troop No. 6 was organized on ed this troop. Mrs. Flora Granda | was a Troop Committee member. | ‘In March of 1950 Mrs. son Miller took over as leader | no professional training and had | Luise Horton and Mrs. J. C to rely on their handbook and Prepare them as leaders. Al- though to be a Girl Scout Leader | transfer of the Leader and Co-| requires special talent or school- ing, like all jobs and - organiza- tions there are specific Policies and suggested procedures to follow that are given in a “Basic Leaders Training Course,” but the Problem was to get a qualified person to give this course, | Mrs. Neil Saunders was sent | by the Leaders Association to | Windward Inn at Mentone Ala- bama to take her schooling so | she could be a “Girl Scout Lead- | ers teacher,” and she is an excel- | lent one. | As soon as Mrs. Saunders re- turned from “school” the leaders arranged to start taking their long awaited course. After much | discussion about a suitable place and time they decided to meet at | the home of Mrs. Sam Toth, 1004 | Leon street, “2:00 - 4:00 p. m., | Tuesday, July 17th, and each | Tuesday and Thursday thereafter | at the same time and place until | their course was completed. On July 17, 1951, the first| training course tor leaders ever | to be given in Key West started | with fifteen students enrolled. At last all felt they could obtain the proper training as a leader. | Mrs. Saunders started out by | finding just what the students | wanted or needed most in their lessons. Those things most de- sired were; basic Girl Scout poli- cies leaders duty to the troop and girls, troop bookkeeping and rec- ords, program planning, camp- ing, out-of-doors programs, arts and ctafts, and patrol system. Each lescon was devoted to one of ‘these subjects along with games and songs. ~ Did you ever see a group of adult females cavorting around the lawn? If you had passed their “school house” about 2:30 p. m., while school was in session you would have seen just that for they learned their songs and | dances by doing them. The out-of-doors took them out at 6:30 a. m., to the Pines on the Boulevard for a breakfast cook- j out. Imagine giving up your “beauty sleep” for Scouting! These ladies were ‘so eager to learn and benefit from their long awaited course that nothing wasjtold all about the duties fa too great an effort. The ‘Basic Leaders Training Course’ took eighteen hours to complete and came to a close August 9, 1951. Those enrolled were the Mesdames C, H. Parma- lee; John Tibbs; W. A. Cox; Lee Thompson; James Hemphill; Donn Cobb; Sam Toth; Jane Chapman; Carlton Smith; T. Lit- tle; _ Stuart Whiting; W. G. Stearns; Alfred Guinette; and | Thurman Sands, Jr. All finished the course with a feeling that at last they had the proper foundation to make a good Girl Scout leader and ever- la: gratitude to their instruc- tor, » Saunders, and the Girl Scout Leaders Association for bringing this course to them. Brownies Like Good Riddles What has ears but can’t hear? A cornstalk. Why did Johnny take a ruler to bed with him? To see how Jong he slept. ‘ What goes up when the rain comes down? Umbrellas. Why is a watch like a river? Neither runs long without wind- ing. : What's the difference between a bus driver and a bad cold? One knows the stops and the other stops the nose. j What is the largest jewel in the world? A baeball diamond. What has a big head but no brains? A cabbage. Why is a hat like a king? Be- it has a crown. ee duck before two ducks, A between two ducks, how many ducks in all? Three. the leaves. try out his new air brakes. Why liked cold pop. liked to see time fly. rules, | jour city. Members of our troop are Ce- celia Albury. Glenda Archer, duck behind two ducks, A duck When is it easiest to read in the woods? When autumn turns Why did the moron-drive his car off the cliff? He wanted to did the moron lock his father in the icebox? Because he did the moron throw his clock through the window? He Do trains have ears? Yes, they | Barr. Mrs. Delio Cobo attended {in April of 1950, due to sudden | leaders, Mrs | She w Cobo took jty Groomes for a few months Troop No. 11 Troop No. 11 of the Girl Scouts | February 28, 1949 with 14 girls| held their first meeting on March registered. Mrs. Oscar Rodriguez, 27, 1951, at the home of our lead- wife of the minister of the Meth-| er, Mrs. E. W. Parish. Nine girls odist Church, with the assistance) were present, also our co-leader, |of Miss Lollie Green, House resi-| Mrs. W. E. Lemos, At that meet- jdent of the Wesley House, start-|iné_we decided to meet regularly ef at 3 o’clock on Thursday at the | Key West High School Annex, thanks to the Principal, able to us. Calendar Events: March: In March our Troop was organized, April: Patrol leaders, Gail Par- what literature the: a jthe meetings as an assistant, and | ish and Sharon Pritchard, were y. could get to | We selected our First elected. Aid Badge to work on Dr. H. C. Nordstrom, Mr. Man-| Sweitzer, who made a room avail- April 14th: We had a picnic at over./ the beach to study Artificial res- assisted by Mrs. Jer-! piration under the supervision of Troop No. 7 By MRS. J. R. DeLand Brownie Troop No. 7 was or- Sanized in January 1946. Their birthday. is celebrated on the 20th of each January. Under the leadership of Miss Ruth Cates the troop got off to a good start. The Misses Mary Bumgardt, Louise Ketchum, .and Thelma Cates helped from the first with Miss Ruth Cates acting as Lead- €r afd the other young ladies as Co-leaders. The Fleming Street Methodist Church was and _ still is the ‘sponsor of this troop. The first enrollment was sixty- five girls, With the help of three or four mothers, who were very faithful, the troop was able. to carry that many girls on the | ea E << CH , April 19th: Dr. H.C. Nord- [rolls, . fupel retently miter, Mis_C. H-/ strom visited our’ meeting and| “Miss Bumgardt was not able | Parmalee and } s. W. G. Siearns| demonstrated Pressure points, }to be with the troop. too long and jeame to her aid as Co-leaders,| treatment of shock, use of tourni- jjlater Miss Ketchum had to stop }sbe has led the Troop without| quet, and assembling of First Aid } because of: her work, but Miss any assistance. Troop No. 6 now| Kit. ‘Thelma and Miss Ruth Cates has 27 registered Brownies! April 26th: Our Co-Leader, {continued and«'were joined by Girl Scout Week of 1950 has just ended, and now we sté new year. After much di: jon on our rally and exhibit ch was held at NCCS hall, when all! {parents of Girl scouts were in-| vited to be entertained with a program of music and skits, and} view the exhibits of handcrafts} and work done during the yea We get on schedule again | Brownie troop 6 meets at the) Wesley House, our sponsors,| jevery Monday at 3 p. m. | We have a chairman, secretary,| and treasurer, who conducts our| business meetings, collect dues of! 5c each, and call the roll. Wel ave a historian who keeps our| scrap book, and clean-up patrols.| The real fun comes when we} settle down to work, because| Brownies are industrious _ little} creatures. | We work for about forty five minutes on crafts or useful items| which during the pas ear in-| cluded, waste paper cans made} from large ice cream cartons wo- ven pot holders with attractive} hangers made of paper plates and yarns, earrings, pins and bracelets from shells, _ textile painting on bridge cloths, nap- kins, handkerchiefs, and aprons, jewelry boxes frém cigar boxen, woven pocket-books and maps! of Key West on which each! Brownie designated her -home and school, and the route goes back and forth. One afternoon our troop gath- ered at the home of our leader and made cookies which were actually good endugh to eat, and after much bowl scraping and dough tasting, the cookies, burn- ed ones and all, were enjoyed! with a soda. We had fire station No. 3 where we were she} a wonderful trip to fireman, the performanges of the fire trucks and what to do in case of a fire in our homes. The Historical Museum was one of our most enjoyable trips, with a picnic on the beach after- wards. About the first of December, we started practicing Christmas carols, so we prepared to go out caroling when Christmas came, after which we went to tne home visiting places of importance in Connie Arnold, Peggy Bath, Bar- bara Carey, Glenda Carey, Dean- na Cobo, Claudette Delaney, Re- gina Estenoz, Joyce Galvin, Lau- delina Garcia, Rosalinde Grooms, Carol Harris, Arleen Hinton, Car- olyn Jenks, Peggy Johnson, Jean Knight, Anita McCormack, Bon- nie McCreery, Ann Noble, Carol Rinas, Agatha Royz, Virginia Rios, Patty Whitley, and Pame- la Yates. Picknicking Is Real Fun the summer Brownie Troop 7 aes a family picnic at the Navy Recreation Beach. The mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers came with their Brow- ie. The families brought supper for themselves. We played many games. We had our regular Brownie Meeting so our daddies and mothers could know what we do, After supper we joined hands in our Friendship Circle; every- one of us at the picnic! Then we made our wishes and sang “Taps”. The picnic was so much fun for all of us. We will have another | Mrs. W. E. Lemos, R, N. instruc- on} ted us on the 10 essential points of First Aid. Review of’ pressure points and artificial respiration. May 3rd: Mrs. Lemos demon- strated bandaging. We all -prac- ticed on each other, May 10th, and May’17th: Ban- daging, review, and bandaging. May 26th: Capt. L. F, Curry of the Naval Base Fire Department gave an inypressive talk on first aid, giving us many. helpful points, such as prevention: of .ac- cidents, emergency actions, care and transportation of injured people, treatment of. shock, and the correct way to report emer- gencies. ay 3lst: First Aid quiz game. June: Vacation time, July: First Aid reviéw. August: Completed our badge. September: We startéd on: our great adventure of Journalism with the help of Miss Dorothy Raymer, of The Key West Citi- zen. Our wekly column given the name, “Attention Girl © Scouts,” suggested by Lillian “Thrower. Sept. 18: First sewing’ mieetirig. Sept. 22nd: First column ap- pears in The Citizen: Sept. 25th: Sewing. Girl Scout skirts take shape. Pe elected: “Editor, Gail Pavan; “AS sistant Editor, Sharon Pri Advertising Managet,, Rosé. -An~ nelle Reese; Assistant Advertis- ing Manager, “Joanne Johnson. Patrol leaders elected: Yolanda Garcia and Lee Jackson, Oct. 2nd: Sewing. Oct. 4th: TRird column written for the newspaper. Oct. 9th: Sewing away. Oct. 11th: Visited. The’ Key West Citizen newspaper office: : Oct. 16th: Skirts completed, thanks to Mrs. H. W. James, Mrs. J. W. Ferris, Mrs. C.F, Holden, Mrs. N. N. White, Mrs.~G. ‘W. Girard, Mrs. J. H. Clare, .Mfs. F. W. Burgess, and Mrs. W. E. Lemos. : Oct. 18th: Mr. John Cellars, Advertising Manager of The Key West Citizen visited our: meetin, ig to give us help on getting ads for our “Scouting Around” newspa- per. Troop members: Merry Clarke, Wilma Felton, Yolanda’ Garcia, Lourdes Gonzalez, Lee Jackson, of our leader for our Christmas) Joanne Johnson Peggy Jortlan, party. Gail Parish, Sharon. Pritchard, We do not meet during the}Rose Annelle Reese tly summer, so we had a weiner| Sinjmons, Francie Situgo Lil- roast ‘on the beach in May, to] lian Thrower, Barbara Trout, and end up our year. Daphne Warren. Our plans for 51-52 include} Our Troop Committee: _ Mrs. cook-outs on the beach, a trip to; Harry Pritchard, Chairman Mfrs. Botantical Gardens, baking} G. W. Reese, Mrs. T. F. Schnei- cookies, learning to be helpful at] der. home-craft work, singing folk! Our Sponsors: VX-1l Navy dances, Halloween and Christ-| Wives Club. mas parties, story telling, and | Troop No. Il Decorates Float decorate a float which we entered in the Armed Forces Day Par- ade. Each girl brought hér “nose bag” lunch and we had a fine time decorating the truck which was made available to, us by | Captain Robert Quackenbush. Our theme was “Camping on the Keys” with each gift sitting around a make-believe fire toast- ing marshmallows and” singing songs. We decorated the base of jour float with palm fronds. The jfloor of the truck wascovered with sand and in the background was a tent with a troop flag and an American flag on*either side. On the back of the float a huge sign was posted which read “You Shell Out, We Camp Out”. The idea was that the girls are trying to raise money for a camp on the Keys. On our float with us were our leader, Mrs, E. W. Parish, and our Co-Leader, Mrs. W. E, Lerhos. We the spectators got as much en- joyment out of watching the par- ade as we did in participating in ‘one soon. All Brownies will + joy a family picnic. ed Anne Phillips shave engineers. rene it! past - Barbara ‘Trout, and Yolanda Garcia Girl Scouts of Troop 11 met < on | 3:30 to 5:00. Saturday,May 19, 1951 at the Sea-| - plane Base at 10:00 ofclock to|with headquarters in had a fine time and hope that|& Mrs. Daisy McDenald, who in Sept. of 1947 - became - leader when Miss Ruth Cates resigned because of other pressing mat- ters. Mrs. McDonald ‘for some time and then moved away from the city, so the work was taken up by Mrs. Peggy Lennox, assisted by Mrs. Mervin Rosam, Jr. Mrs: Lennox did a good job~of leadership and the gitls: were all sorry ‘to see her go, but she was being - transferred, so, Of Course, couldn’t help it. Next came Mrs. Tuggle who was leader for several months and was loved by all of the girls. She ‘was assisted by Mrs. Janet Daniels, a former Girl Scout her- Self, and between ‘the two, they really gave the Brownies of Troop No. 7 a good time. Mrs. Sarah Barr was the next leader ard *it was with ‘regret that we Had to see her leave after only two tonths with us, but ‘the Navy will’send their people to other places, so we have to ac- cept it. Mrs. Charlene Tibbs be- gan helping us then until we could get another. leader and she really deserves a lot of praise for, sticking with us for so many iths without. any help. We “Nov. of 1950. Mrs. .Hemphill ‘been our leader for almost @ year now and the girls have certainly learned to. love her. She has done-a wonderful job assisted by Mrs. Tibbs for a month and then. by. Mrs. Audrey Mills, who has been most help- ful and cooperative. Mrs. Tibbs tmoved to Poinciana where she assumed the leadership of the ‘troop of Brownies there. Many interesting things have been un- dertaken by the troop this year indeér the leadership’ of Mrs. Hemphill and’ Mrs. Mills, among which was the camping trip which was held over a week-end and ‘will probably ‘be the topic of conyersation for. many days with all of the girls who were able to attend: Since Mrs. Mills is going to move away from Key ‘West in Nov., we now have two fadies who are to assist Mrs. Hemphill as Co-leaders. They are Mrs. O’Brien and. Mrs. I. G. Cockroft. We are very much in- debted to these ladies for the ork they are doing. This brings the Brownies up to Oct, 15, 1951. Let us hope that this troop will continue for mafy years to come. cana eee eee Troop No. 9 Brownie Troop No. 9 had its beginning in the early part of 1950. Harris School PTA was the sponsor of this troop. The princi- pal gave permission to let the group use the library each Fri- day throughout the year from was first registered August, 1951, with eighteen (18) girls. These were: Darlene Guizguski. Henriette Sands. Kristena Dopp. Gail Guinette. Dawn Loeblich. Marilyn Bearup. Brenda Stickney. Sybil Key. Pat Dooley. Kathleen Dooley. Claudette Salis. Joan Key. Shelia Stresland. Janet Hayes. Dianrie Higgs. Mildred Hart. Lorie Lowe. | Marilyn Joy. In September bought our flags. The troop the committee scouting right along ‘with the iris. After a few trij to tench the little e continued ; sponsors The year has been spent with two new leaders and two active workers learning) The girls have learned to sew, paint, and cooking on a very small, scale. The meetings were discontinued for the Summer. to the beach ones to swim. | Our Troop was stared October of 1945 with 20 girls registered at that time, and five more re- gistered in November. Mrs. J. A. Harris was the originial leader of this Troop. Brownie Troop No. 2 of Poin- ciana, which mets every Thurs- day afternoon, from 3 o'clock to four-thirty, at the Community Building, consists of nineteen lively girls of seven to ten years of age. These girls are, Linda Powell, |Cheryn Oneta, Tamara Lang, Sandra Hawkins, Madeline Han- sen, Vera Stout, Patty Wright, Carol Ann Chinchare, Mary Jane Chapman, Dottie Boukal, Sharon Stewart, Judy Stewart, Pat Trauth, Alfreda McFerron, Patty Chapman, Darnella Carey, Gail Boswell, . Becky Fowler, and Jackie Ellis. Mrs. Loren Hawk- ins is leader of this group and her co-leader is Mrs. Wright. The committee members, who help with this troop are Mrs. | Carlton Smith, Mrs. John Chin- char. The Sponsors are the Poincia- na. Parent Teacher Association. Several out-door trips were en- joyed by these Brownies this past year. On one occasion, a trip to East Martello Towers was made. On another, they visited Municipal Aquarium, which was of great interest to the girls. One Saturday they were taken on a tour of The Citizen office and printing plant and across the street the firemen of Number 1 Station intrigued the Brownies with their explanation” of the Signal system, their sleeping quarters, and last but not least, their shining fire enines. Fun was had at two beach pic- nics. The highlight of the year. was a Day Camp for five days, held at Boca Chica. Every morning, several mothers, the Brownies and their leaders met at eight o'clock at the Poinciana Commu- nity Buliding for their trip to Boca Chica. Mothers provided transportation and assisted the leaders with their work. Upon arrival the flag was set up. Lean- tos were made and wood was gathered for the fire for the noon day meal. a ee making, under supervision, and lean-to making kept them busy for part of the morning. Beach hikes, shell collecting, finger painting and fashioning of plaster paris molds were some of the projects. A mid-morning snack helped to‘quell their ferocious appetites. A one pot meal such as stew ‘or spaghetti, served with salads, drink and bread and butter com- prised the noon day meal. : After lunch was a period of rest. Singing, recitations, and skits were performed for the en- te (ofall. - | Cooking, dish-washing and fire- Mariner hip No. 8 Ship No. A Mariner Scout’ is a Senior Girl Scout with nautical learn- ings. Even though her sea may be a pond hardly larger than one city block it is the sine qua non of her Mariner existence. She agrees with the Water Rat when the Mole asks him about boating, “Is it so nice as all that?” Nice? It’s the only thing! Believe me, my young friend, there is noth- ing, absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,” he went on dreamily, | “messing about in boats, messing about in boats, or with boats! In or out of ’em,sit doesn’t matter. | Nothing. seems really to matter | that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you } don’t; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or wheth- er you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you }mever do anything in particular, and when you've done it there’s always something else to do and you can do it if you like, but you’d much better not. Look Here! If you've. really nothing else on hand this morning, sup- Pose we drop down the river to- ether, and have a long day of it.” Do you agree with us that “messing around boats is fun? The | Mariner program is still in its infancy but all are looking for- ward to a full program. So far as we can learn, this is the first Mariner Troop in Key West. Since we launched our land- ship, Flying Cloud, our program has included the following activi- ties;; Mother’s Tea at the Casa Roma; attended the Sea Scouts ; Bridge of Honor; a sailing meet under thé supervision of Mr. David Myers, Skipper of Sea Scouts, rowing ‘with Skipper My- ers and Sea Scouts Robert Muse and .Whit Swain; visited the Navy Yard and inspected ships and a boat ride on Armed Forces Day; cook-out at County Beach; cleaned paths at Botanical Gard- ens; visited Coast Guard Station; { | Mary Degtoff came to the rescue | Walle, Barbara Foh Joan Knowl- Green and Mrs. Merill Sands and registered February, 1946. The Intermediate program was wide and varied. The girls have explored each of the eleven fields, agriculture, arts and Crafts, Community Life, Health and Safety, Homemaking, Inter- national Friendship, Literature and Dramatics, Music and Danc- ing, Nature, Out-of-doors, and Sports and Games. We have some very pleasant memories of spec- ial Programs; parties, camping picnics, hikes and exploring the eleven fields. _ Last February when it was time to register for a new year, the girls being of Senior Scout age decided to form a Mariner instead of a Senior Service Troop. Mrs. David Myers consented to help us launch our ship. Soon after starting, Mrs. George Ment- zer, Mrs. Muriel Staples and Mrs. Donald Cobb joined our Ship as Mates. Mrs. Sam Toth had joined the troop as Co-Leader, June; 1948, and took the Leadership in had to leave due to illness. Most of the present Mariners were members of the troop dur- ing the Intermediate program. The troop is sponsored by the Wesley House and meets in the Club Roon: of the beautiful new Wesley House every Monday at 7:00 p. m. In September, Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Mentzer took a leave of ab- sence for the remainder of the year to the regret of all. Mrs. and 1s Now a member of the Ship. Mrs. Staples has been unable to be with the troop since summer. The Mariner Ship 8 has the following members: Norma Avila, Phyllis Blotti, Elizabeth Braun, Yeomanette; Sarah Bringman, Bosun; Mirta del es, Purser; Dorothy Lesher, Irene Munyan, Evelyn Nettles, Crew Leader; Kathryn Sanchez, Milli- cent Taylor, Fay Williams Lor- raine Warnock, Crew Leader. February, 1950 when Mrs. Sands One Leader Mrs. Sam Toth. Co-Leader—Mrs. Mary Deg- toff. Committee Members — Mrs. Stuart Whiting, Chairman; Mr. and Mrs. J. M, : Investature Ceremony; and other interesting work on our Midship- mite rank. troop was formed by Miss Lottie in to do their part. Then the flag ceremony was held. Tired but happy they departed for home. Much credit is due Mrs.. John Tibbs, the leader at that time for this wonderful camping expe- rience. . At the regular meetings, much has been accomplished in the way of handcrafts. The girls have made luncheon sets, lanyards, nature note books, made with potato stamps, wooden spoons, painted and decorated for pot holders, and individiual first aid kits. t Bach Brownie took “part: At clean up time everybody, pitched “enjoyable. year. BEST WISHES To Those Sponsoring the GIRL SCOUT Movement In Key West SCOUTING BUILDS GOOD CITIZENSHIP THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT KEY WEST MEMBER OF THE FDIC GROWING WITH KEY WEST All in all, the troop had an = I é Donald Cobb, and Miss ae Merritt. ee DRY CLEANERS - TEL $6 Enjo . Scouting Tve enjoyed Brownies, spon- soder by Harris School. We go on treasure hunts, pienies, we make things to sell. We weave, sew, paint we make Pot-holders, nap- kin holders, maps. We went to the beach several times. We play games at the meetings, sing songs, ws had a@ party. at. one meeting. working a erat be Gin Seout Week. We have two leaders. Miss Carol IT could join troop 9 ‘ BEVERLY JONES. — teen The advantages. of being. a Brownie in Key “AIR Soda get ak an SR RR ER NOH sen