anaheim-gazette 1964-06-24

RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP — Senior Scout Christine Walk chats with the founder of the Anaheim Girl Scouts, Mrs. Kate Rhea, Mrs. Rhea celebrated her 85th birthday and was honored by the council on Juliette Low Day. Lower picture shows some of the hard working adults who make up the force behind such an outstanding council and the program it presents. On the right is the president of the Anaheim Girl Scout Council, Mrs. Kay Walk. FIRE SAFETY — Los Angeles Fire Inspector Ray Horelly demonstrates the proper use of the fire extinguisher to Junior Troop No. 180 during an instruction course on the need for safety with hair sprays, matches, and camping equipment. The health and safety program in the council is extensive with most leaders having had First Aid instruction by the Red Cross as well as Council instruction. ACTIVITIES WIDE AND INTERESTING — A typical flag ceremony is pictured in the upper left, many flag ceremonies are held by each troop in the Council during the year. In picture at upper right, girls call on local residents to distribute calendars and cookies for fund raising projects helped the complete purchase of a $ conservation and water safety are t and shown in picture at lower left. HALLOWEEN TROPHY—For the first time a Girl Scout Troop won a trophy in the Anaheim Halloween Kiddie Parade. This distinction went to Troop No. 198 of the La Palma West Neighborhood. The theme of Americanism was depicted by each girl. Fun, Learning, Ad Fifty-Two Weeks A AID ORPHANAGE — Service to others is one of the main responsibilities of a Girl Scout. Shown above, the girls are loading toys, foodstuffs and clothing for an orphanage in Tijuana. Later, Senior Troop No. 74 adopted the orphanage and has purchased two large buildings to be assembled at the orphanage site. Service is also given at hospitals in the county, convalescent homes aid is given to handicapped and other needy groups. or fund raising projects. This source of revenue complete purchase of a $50,000 Scout House. Tree and water safety are taught at the Scout House picture at lower left. Older scouts, Senior and Cadettes, serve as Campettes, Troop Aides and assistants to teach the younger Junior and Brownies the skills of scouting they have mastered so well. Shown here, the girls are learning a song and the actions that go with it. Wednesday, June 24, 1964 The Gazette—3 me a Girl Scout Troop in Kiddie Parade. This La Palma West Neigh-ons depicted by each girl dressed in costume of famous Americans of the past and a float of the statue of liberty. This theme is an example of the citizenship and patriotism program in scouting. ng, Adventure, Service—Weeks A Year For Scouts Anaheim Council Anticipating Busy Summertime Activities "Fun, learning, adventure, service — 52 weeks a year" is a theme with a meaning when Other camping experiences open to Senior Girl Scouts are the annual All-States Encamp- Anaheim Council Anticipating Busy Summertime Activities "Fun, learning, adventure, service — 52 weeks a year" is a theme with a meaning when you're a Girl Scout. For even in the good, old, lazy summertime, a Girl Scout may be just about anywhere, doing just about anything. She may be teaching a handicapped child how to swim. She may go off to work in an international service project, such as helping to rehabilitate a remote Greek village touched by war and other disasters. She may be spending two weeks of her summer at a conference with sister Girl Scouts, sharing ideas and experiences and pondering her role as a maturing young citizen. She may be helping a guest from another land get to know the U.S.A. She may be joining with other Girl Scouts in a major project to benefit her community, such as the arboretum and wild life sanctuary being created in a northern New York State village. Or she may be doing the traditional "summertime thing" — having a wonderful time in the out-of-doors. The details vary, but the busy summer story of Girl Scouting is repeated over and over in community after community, especially Anaheim. Camping, of course, has been synonomous with Girl Scouting and summertime since the first Girl Scouts, ankle length skirts notwithstanding, learned to rough it at the first Girl Scout Camp, Camp Lowland, near Savannah, Ga., in 1912. Today there are 639 Girl Scout established camps in the United States and more than 100 other camping experiences open to Senior Girl Scouts are the annual All-States Encampments and the triennial Girl Scout Senior Roundup. At All-States, qualified girls from across the United States gather to plan and carry out advanced camping projects. The next Roundup, to be held in the summer of 1965 at the Farragut Wildlife Management Area in northern Idaho, will be attended by some 11,000 girls and adults from all parts of the United States and from many other countries. In some areas, day camping has taken on a new and special significance for Girl Scouts. These "day camps with a difference" are being operated by Girl Scouts for girls from underprivileged areas, for mental- SONYA SNYDER Executive Director For many Senior Girl Scouts summertime means a chance to carry out Service Aide projects... Camping, of course, has been synonomoys with Girl Scouting and summertime since the first Girl Scouts, ankle length skirts notwithstanding, learned to rough it at the first Girl Scout Camp. Camp Lowland, near Savannah, Ga., in 1912. Today there are 639 Girl Scout established camps in the United States, and more than 200,000 girls spend at least two weeks a year roughing it much the way the first Girl Scouts did. Approximately 300,000 Girl Scouts attend day camp annually, and over 600,000 go troop camping each year for periods ranging from one night to one or more weeks. Anaheim's camping program started yesterday. Camping means many things in Girl Scouting. To a Brownie (ages 7-8), it might mean her first cookout — featuring toasted taffy apples. To a Junior (ages 9-11), it may mean her first encounter with a tent on a troop camping weekend at a city, state or national park or at a Girl Scout camp. For a Cadette (ages 12-14), camp time might well mean badge time — a chance to work on one or several of some 20 proficiency badges dealing with the out-of-doors. And by the time a girl reaches Senior Scouting (ages 15-17), camping can be specialized. If she is a TrailBlazer Scout, she may take off with her troop for a mountain pack trip or follow a wilderness canoe trail. Other Senior troops that choose the out-of-doors as their special interest are — Mounted, on horseback; Mariners, in or on the water; Wing, in the air or in ground training. SONYA SNYDER Executive Director For many Senior Girl Scouts summertime means a chance to carry out Service Aide projects — to give a helping hand in the community and at the same time explore a variety of vocational possibilities. Exploration may take the form of working in the local hospital, the library, a museum. It may be serving at the local animal shelter as Animal Care Aides or helping to make a summer of fun for younger children as Child Care, Program or Aquatic Aides. In one community last year, four Senior troops gave swimming classes for crippled children twice a week during the summer. Each Senior worked with one child, following the particular instructions required for that child. Later, the Scouts assisted with special group swimming classes. When Girl Scouts are on the go, they may be on an overnight hike a few miles from home, or they may be flying to Peru. Summertime 1964 will find them all over the map in Southern California and the U.S. Some will attend Camp Williams; beach camp; Equestrian camping; Brownie Magic camp or Observer camp; and many others in the well-rounded program offered by the Anaheim Council. "Fun, learning, adventure" — that's Girl Scouting — even in the good, old, lazy summertime.