The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 1, 1952, Page 7

Girl Scout Week Is TINKLING TUNES AND RIPPLING RHYTHMS were produced by the Rhythm Band made up of the brand new B-ownies of the newest troop in town, being sponsored by the Grace’ Lutheran Church. All these pictures were taken at the Girl Scout Week program given Wednesday night at the High School. By MARGARET FORESMAN All week you have probably been seeing Girl Scouts flitting about in uniforms. Maybe you've even glimpsed a Brownie or two or three in their saucy little brown beanies and cute little brown dresses. Did you know that the reason for so many Girl Scouts and Brownies appearing so often was that this has been, Girl Scout week all over the nation? One of the main enterprises that all our local troops have been working on is the cookie sale that is always a part of Girl Scout week. The girls and their leaders have been pushing this project with | a little extra fervor this year be- | cause they have such an important | use to which to put the money they make. 3 For a long time the troops in this vicinity have been aware of the great need for a camp site and buildings of their own, All the troops could make their summer jaunts to the camp, and perhaps they could even spend some weekends there during the school year. Getting that camp is just what the girls have determined to do this year, before another summer comes. And that’s what they. are going to spend their cookie sale proceeds on. BROWNIE SCOUT TROOPS The Girl Scouts are divided into three general groups: First come | the Brownies, who are not yet Scouts in the true sense of the word, but they are little girls. be- tween the ages of seven and ten! irl Seout MAPPY LITTLE HULA DANCERS girls were gay in th to know Scouts when the time comes. They alize in having fun and par- ing in. group activities. In Key West now there are six Brownie troops. Taking them in | the order their numbers come we | have Troops 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and a brand new troop which has not j yet been numbered. Troop 2 is sponsored by the | Poinciana School P. T. A. Their |leader is Mrs. Fuche and the co- | leader is Mrs. Montney. Committee | members helping with the activi- | ties and problems of the troop are | | Mrs. Ida Smith, chairman, Mrs. Darnell Carey, Mrs, Donna Chap- | man, Mrs. Otis Carey, and Mrs. |W. B, Hanson. The First Presbyterian Church | sponsors Troop Four, and it holds | its meetings in the church social hall. Mrs, Frank Castagna is the |very able and popular leader of |the group, and she is assisted by | Mrs. Mercedes Rider as co-leader. |Mrs. Ann Noble and the Rev. Ralph Rogers are the committee | members. Wesley House and meets there on Monday afternoons. It has a regis- tration of 16 girls. Under the able | leadership of Mrs. W. G. Stearns, | with Mrs. Quirk and Mrs., Joseph Gentilini as co-leaders, the girls have been learning new games, songs and folk dances. During the coming year they | are planning several projects in- cluding clay painting, making yarn novelties, story sessions, a few | homemaking activities and more Past: are the Brownie Troop 6 is sponsored by | Brownies from T: skirts with colorful leis and hibiscus blossoms. , who learn the things they will need ; games and outdoor parties. This to make them better | troop will have a fly-up ceremony | |in the near future at which time | | six members of the group will. be- come Intermediate Girl Scouts. | Brownies of Troop 7 have as their j able leader Mrs, Hubert Morrison. Co-leader is Mrs. Paul Simdars. This troop is sponsored by the Fleming St.- Methodist Church. Mrs. J. R. Deland , Mrs. Neil Knowles and Mrs. Edward Ambler | are the committee for the troop. Troop 9, Harris School P. T. A. | sponsored, has an alert and ener- getic corps of leaders in Mrs. Al- fred Guinette, leader! Mrs. Robert |Dopp, co-leader; and Mrs. Thur- | man Sands Jr., Mrs. Winston Jones and Mrs. Harry Johnson, com- mittee. This group of Brownies is | undertaking several projects this jyear ,and they have been divided into three groups, sevens, eights jand nine-tens. This is so each | group can work at {ts own level and so that the older Brownies can be given exact training for library on Thursday afternoons. Event of the year for them was | their camping trip up to Grassy |K y this past summer where they | stayed two days and one night and prepared all their meals out of | doors.’ There are 20 members and | a sizeable waiting list. A brand new Brownie troop was formed in September under the | sponsorship of the Ladies Aid of |the Grace Lutheran Church, This troop began with five girls at the first meeting, but the number grew : w Hecate oo p 4, sponsored by things they can do to have fun, and this troop had lots of fun being Hawaiiam dancers, Se becoming Girl Scouts next year. | This troop meets at the school | Much of Brownie activity is cer READY TO COubucr Ai Auxiliary, Post 3911, rapidly until now there are 16 members. The troop ‘eader is Mrs. Helen Isley, with Mrs. E. L. Williams ; as co-leader, Committee’ members include Mrs. L. Eschen, Mrs, D. Render and Mrs. C. Graybill. Sometime in the future the troop plans to begin work on crafts and other skills suggested in the Brown- ie Scout handbook, but most’ of all they plan to have fun! INTERMEDIATE GIRL SCOUTS After a girl reaches the age of ten, she is eligible to fly up from being a Brownie and she then be- comes an Intermediate Girl Scout. | There are four Intermediate troops in Key West ~ 3, 5, 10 and 12. The Intermediates work on pro- |ficiency badges which show that they have spent time on becoming | acquainted with the various fields in which the badges are given. For instance, the girls can earn such badge work as : bird, games, minstrel, hostess, sewing, cooking, nutrition and the like. Troop 3 is sponsored by the V. F, W. Auxiliary Number 3911, with Mrs. K. O. Bates as leader. Mrs. Ida Smith is committee chairman, and her helpers are Mrs. Venessa Saunders, Mrs. Albert Carey and Mrs. Gerald Saunders, Troop 5 is the oldest troop in |Key West under the same leader- lship. Mrs, Neil Saunders is the n Chuich. The tered around HAPPY 18 THE MILLER s the folk dance these Bro: St Me t Churey > 7 were doing. T! B es learn these t ~.@ of their t:aop are these Intermediate Girl Scouts of Troop 3, sponsored by the V.F.W. leader and the. committee is com- posed of Mrs. Nellie Boza, chair- |man, Joe Boza and the Reverend and Mrs. Charles H. Meeker. This jtroop is sponsored by the Sunday School of the First Congregational Church and it meets on Friday afternoons in the Church Annex. This has always been known as an outdoor troop, and the girls usually make their badges in the outdoor fields. Overnight camping has been one of the things in this field that the troop does frequent- ly. December will mark the tenth year of this troop’s registration at National Headquarters. Known as the pioneer troop of Key-West, they have always blazed the trail for others. The troop has 1% members Wesley House sponsors Troop 10 which is lead by Mrs. Sam Toth who replaced Mrs: Frank Forres- tal. Co-leaders are Mrs. Ruth Mil- ezarek and Miss Arline Merritt. This troop uses the patrol system with two patrols: the Palm Trees Patrol which is the older girls and the Poinsettia Patrol made up of the younger group, Ten troop members earned their swimming badge this summer. The winter program they have planned is extensive, covering a great deal of badge work, together with special Christmas activities such as.giving a party for their parents MR. INTERLOCUTOR AND THE MINSTRELS who performed at the program Wed ey gave was filled with typical minstrel wit, interspersed with displays of tap dancing, singing and other Troop 12. The show th |Intermediate program, Saturday, November 1, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page? rownies And Older T: roops SINGING A SPIRITUAL Intermediate Troop 5 displayed their talent and training at the Girl ~ Scout Week program. This troop is especially interested in outdoor activities, and most of their work is in this field, They are sponsored by the First Congregational Church. jand presenting a program for the | Old Folks Home. They made a trip to Sugar Loaf Key this summer to Mrs. Forrestal’s home for bird observation and an outdoor cook. The troop meets at Wesley House on Tuesdays, beginning next week. Troop 12 has no sponsors at pre- sent. Leader is Mrs. R. L. Brewster with Mrs. Anna Curry and Mrs, Edna’ Mae Prusinkas as her co- leaders. Committee is made up of Mrs. Ophelia Maloney, Mrs. John Rivas, Mrs. Thurman Sands, Mrs. Harry Johnson and Mrs. Laura Wickers. SENIOR PROGRAM *When, girls begin to outgrow the there is still another phase of Scouting open to them. They can join either a Senior troop here or they can be- come members of the Mariner pro- gram. The Mariner Scouts are sponsor- ed by Wesley House and are led by Mrs. Donn Cobb. Mrs. Mary Degtoff is the co-leader. Mrs. Sam Toth, Miss Arline Merritt and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bringman are the committee members, The Mariner troop is Troop 8, The VX-1 Naval Officers’ Wives’ Club sponsors Senior Troop 11. Mrs. Sam Toth is the acting leader with Mrs. E. W, Schmelzer slated to take over soon. Mrs. R. W. Jack- son, Mrs. B, E. Felton and Mrs. James White serve on the Com- mittee, Troop 11 isin the process of re-organizing néw since they lost their outstanding leader, Mrs. E. W. Parish, when her husband was transferred out of the area. The girls are selling itmas cards to augment their ary. will be invested as Senior Scouts at an impressive ceremony. In the next year their activities will cov- er a five point program that will include many interesting educa- tional and civic projects. This troop meets at the Wesley House every Thursday. EXCELLENT PROGRAM As a part of their Girl Scout Week activities, all the troops in town participated in a very enter- taining and well-planned program Wednesday night at the Key West High School Auditorium under the direction of Mrs. Robert Dopp. The program was made up of variety acts put on by the indivi- dual troops of Brownies and In- termediates, Troops 10 sang choral numbers, The Lutheran Church Brownies had a rhythm band. Folk dances were presented by several troops, among them being 6, 7 and 9. Intermediate Troop 3 presented a skit portraying the girls gather- ing for a meeting and discussing their various badge work. A piano duet and song and dance number were worked into the skit. It con- cluded with the presentation of badges. Brownie Troop 4 were dressed like a group of cute little hula dancers and they presented a well- rehearsed dance. Troop 5 Inter- mediates sang a spiritual, and Troop 12 presented a minstrel which showed a great deal of act- ing, singing and dancing talent. The crowd of parents and friends of Girl Scouts and Brownies who packed the auditorium was indica- . ttive of the great interest in this Within the next month all the girls worth-while work in Key West, day Were members of yntermeetate Up to this time, the Girl Scouts have had to do all their summer camping at some borrowed site, if they got to make a trip at all, There had always been strong feel- ing among local leaders that some of the nearby keys would offer wonderful camping facilities for. the girls, if they could only amass the funds necessary to purchase a location and begin work on build- ings. Scouts in other vicinities have such camping facilities, and the girls have in all cases shown great pride and interest in their camp, The local leaders are sure that the girls here, after the long wait for a camp, will have the same pride in it. Girl Scout work trains girls in many fields, all of which contribute to their growing up to be better women in all the phases of wo- manhood. Their activities in work- ing for badges in housekeeping, cooking, sewing and the like con+ tribute to their being better wives and mothers. Other of their acti yities help them in being better citizens of whatever community they may be members in later life, These girls learn how to be hostesses, how to perform in public, how to participate in outdoor acti- vities -- in countless fields that assure them of added charm, poise, knowledge and ability when they are grown up and are active in civic affairs and homemaking. Although Girl Seout week has ended, the troops will not stop their striving to become better citizens by learning about life in all the phases that will help to enrich their personalities, evidences of the talent and training which this group has ree¢dived from their live-wire leaders, rp SKILL IN FOLK DANCING was demonstrated by several of the Brownle donk, among them bee Troop € which ts spom- shoes and brown beanies Almost all the Brownses were completely uniformed im their cute brown dresses, brown sox en@ 7