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Medford United Pres Full Leased Wire Second Section Girl Scouts Celebrating Annual Week Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. this week are celebrating the 43rd birthday of the founding of their organization by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Ga. These years have seen the Girl Scouts grow from 12 girls to al most 2,000,000 Girl Scouts. These for the year is "Belong ing. Building, and Believing." Each day of Girl Scout week represents a different service day. Sunday, both this past and next Sunday, are go to church days, with many Girl Scouts at tending church in uniform. They go to their own church, or to one the troop, elects to attend. Monday was homemaking day, Tuesday citizenship was stressed and on Wednesday, health and safety is emphasized. Thursday is international friendship day, which now means more to the many Scouts and Brownies who attended Camp Low Echo this past summer and became well acquainted with Trinidad Sales, camp exchange counselor from the Philippine islands. Arts and craits is the theme for Friday. Saturday is out-of-doors day, when if the weather permits, many troops may be taking outings. Saturday also happens to be the last day of the snnual cookie sale. Junior High Girl Scouts will be selling cook ies at booths in various stores. This year the scouts hope to sell 23,000 boxes of cookies, the pro ceeds to be used for the operat ing fund of the established Camp Low Echo at Lake of the "Woods. Five cents per box goes to the individual troop treasu ries. One of the important meetings which preceded Girl Scout week was a session of the camping committee of Rogue Valley area held March 3 in the Washington school cafeteria. During the meeting little Su san Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gordon and a member of Brownie Troop No. 117, pre sented a McCulloch chain saw to the committee for use at Camp Low Echo. The presentation was to William Jones, Caretaker and maintenance man at the camp. I MARJORIE JOHANNESEN General Operator MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1955 ousan Gordon, xirownie scout and daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gordon, is shown hers presenting a McCu-lloch chain saw to Girl Scouts of this area for use at Camp Low Echo. Accepting the saw are (left to right) William Commiliee Named A committee of the Veterans Allied Council of Jackson coun ty has been appointed to keep the council informed on an in- The Gordons were special guests at the camp meeting. Mr. Gordon is manager of Southern Oregon Equipment company and has been active in Boy Scout work in this locality. During the committee meeting camp dates and budgets for Low Echo and six day camps in the area were set. Also day camp training dates were set for the staff in each district of the area council. Reports were given on the ACA workshop and Girl Scout caravan to be held in Eugene in April.. Slides taken at Camp Low Echo last summer were shown. ; A , WINNIE WEIXEL Manager NEW TO MEDFORD Penetray Hair Cuts Direct From Eastern Salons For Natural Wavy And Natural Curly Hair ' By Vets' Council On yestigation being conducted in to possible cuts in various pay ments to veterans. Members of the Veterans Al lied Council, the Grants Pass Ve terans Council, and other vet erans' groups have expressed interest in the investigation, which has been ordered by President Eisenhower, accord ing to Charles Holbrook, coun cil secretary. Plans for coordinating the ef forts of the Jackson and Jose phine county veterans' councils were discussed at a recent meet ing attended by representatives of the twD groups, according to Holbrook. Among the problems facing the two groups, he said, is a need for increased service to veterans, caused in part by the rapid growth of southern 5. 0. V v v. 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