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o SPECIAL O SECTION Building Housing Scowl Offices Has Been Extvanded The office of the Rogue Valley Girl Scout Council is located at 300 East Main st., Medford. The property is city owned and houses both the Boy Scout and Girl Scout offices. Boy Scouts occupy that por tion across the front facing East Main st. and the Girl Scouts oc cupy a larger portion at the rear of the building. During the last 25 years both organizations have remodeled and added space as needed with growing membersships. From October. 1955, to January, 1956, an addition and remodelling pro-, ject was started and 80 per cent more floor space was added to the Girl Scout quarters. Two more rooms were added and the old Srtion was modernized for greater efficiency in working. The walls of the rooms were lined in knotty pine and asphalt tile cover the cement floor. Allows Meetings The arrangement of space al lows room for board meetings, training sessions, conferences with staff and volunteers, re cord keeping and storage space. Sliding doors were used to close off a meeting room to give more privacy and make it possible for more than one meeting or train Qing session to be held at the same time. Improved lighting and heating system was also installed and matchstick shades were selected for the windows giving privacy as well as ventilation when need ed. Books, records, program aids, training equipment and other aids to volunteers are kept in designated spaces for use in plan ning programs. The professional staff who serve the 800 volunteer workers I is an executive director, field director, office secretary and as sistant secretary. The program and policies of the national or ganization are worked out on a local level here. First Wing Scouts Were in Medford Members of Troop 58 of Grants ass are Wing Scouts, a special field open to Senior Scouts which provides a pro gram of pre-flight training. The troop passed tests and earned their wings in 1956, and mem bers hope to advance in the program. Experience such as this has enabled many girls to decide the vocation they wish to pursue after school. . At the present time Troop 58 is the only Wing Scout troop in the Rogue Valley Council, but a few years ago Mrs. C. B. Collins of Medford was leader of the first Wing Scout troop in southern Oregon from her troop some girls went on to be airline hostesses, and others went into various fields pertain ing to aviation. That troop was known as the Kittyhawks. Wing Scout must know the history of outstanding planes and aviators; be able to locate major parts of an airplane and explain their functions; learn how and why an airplane flies: know the principles of personal safety while in a plane or at an airport, and be able to inter pret them to others; and know the basic principles of first aid and fotiow health standards of the Girl Scout Organization as stated in "Safety-Wise." Alor tith the Wing Scout O progim, members of Troop 58 n serve ( s ground observers in Grants Pass, working with the regujr GOC unit. Orotfh of Scouting j Hs: ken Phenomenal Th tfc-owth of Girl Scouts' sir th first troop was started j in uvanan, oa., in nas bn jhenomenal. The 1,000.000 mart reached, in a little more, the.it 30 years, but it took only 10 years to pass the 2,000, 000 marl. The Ntionl Organization es timates that 12.000.000 girls and adults have participated in the program, and that by 1960 the total membership figure . will reach 3' j million. From the first group of eight girls in 1927 in Medford. mem bership has increased to more but the figure would be larger if enough volunteers to serve more girls had been available. In the normal course of growth at the present time, the area may have about 4.500 girls seeking Scouting in the next few years. Girl Scout officials pointed out j that adult membership must in crease correspondingly. 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wirt Third Section .r V.I FAMILY AFFAIR The Girl Scout theme, "Girl Scouting is a family affair," is exemplified in the picture above. Left to right are Mr and Mrs. Maurice Ritchey, Karen Lytle, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lytle. and on the floor, left to right, are Anita and Sharon Ritchey. Mrs. Ritchey is chairman of the Day Camp; Ritchey is camp building chairman: Mrs. Lytle is president of the Rogue Valley council of Girl Scouts; Lytle is a member of the camp building com mittee; and Karen Lytle is a senior scout. Rogue Valley Area Council Made Up of 800 Adults, 2,300 Scouts The Rogue Valley Area Girl Scout Council. Inc., is made up of about B00 adults serving more than 2.300 girls in Josephine, Jackson and West Siskiyou counties. All girl and adult mem bers are registered with the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Officers and members of the board of directors are elected by the total adult membership of the council at the annual meet ing held in November each year. Each members of the board serv es a two year term, one-half be inglected each year-so as to have a rotating membership. Officers of the board are also officers of the council. The coun cil delegates to the board the job of carrying out administra tive work of the council required by charter with the national or ganization which is issued for two year periods. Board of Directors The board of directors con sists of the officers, chairman of the membership-nominating committee, 2 to 4 members at large, chairman of seven func tional committees and the dis trict chairman of the four dis tricts within the council's ju risdiction which includes Med ford. Grants Pass, Ashland and West Siskiyou. Officers include Mrs. T. R. Lytle, president; Mrs. Richard Finch, second vice president; Mrs. R. W. Gray, third vice pres ident; Mrs. Frank Tamney, secre tary; and Mrs. Judson Compton, treasurer. Members at large in clude Mrs. Ted Kelt, Grants nrA it MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1957 i"tT .- rX aS v.-. '; . 'infill: W: V') iffj i i.. . -fefeg&tf&A Pass; Mrs. G. M. Cannon, Mrs. Walter Garner, and Mrs. Mich ele T. Rossi, all of Medford. Committee chairman include Mrs. M. N. Hogan, membership nominating; Mrs. Charles Bar nes, program; Mrs. Scott Davis, public relations; Mrs. Orbin Cooksey, employed personnel; Mrs. W. W. Stevenson, establish ed camp; Dwight Houghton, fin ance; and Mrs. Jerry Gastineau, troop organization, all of Med ford. Mrs. Hugh Moulton, Grants Pass, is training chairman. District Chairmen District chairman Include Mrs. Calvin Ross, Ashland: Mrs. Rich ard Finch. Medford; Mrs. Charles Kudlac, Grants Pass, and Mrs. T. M. Deter, Yreka. who is chair man of West Siskiyou district in northern California. The board of directors meets in September, October, January, February, April, May and June. The entire council meets in Nov ember and March. The council meetings are planned by the council meetings committee, under the chairmanship of the third vice president, Mrs. R. W. Gray. The first vice president is re sponsible for coordinating work of the districts. Each district chairman attends a meeting of the field . committee which is chaired by the second vice pres ident. Each district is divided into geographic units called neigh borhood associations. There are presently 27 associations in the council. All registered adults liv ing in a neighborhood attend GIRL SCOUTING-A FAMILY GIRL SCOUT BIRTHDAY-March 12 ANOTHER F. A. is Dad's family MAIN AT CENTRAL TOR ' li I meetings of the associations. Each neighborhood elects a neighborhood chairman who pre sides at meetings, is appointed by the president and brings day-by-day service from the board to the troops. Each neighborhood chairman is a member of a dis trict committee. The Medford district includes the following neighborhoods and chairmen: Central Point, Mrs. Bruce Stuart: Griffin Creek, M r s. J. E. Moir; Hedrick-Mc-Loughlin junior high and Senior high, Mrs. Jack Sanborn; Jack-sonville-Westside, M r s. Robert Kasy; Lincoln - Jackson, M r s. B. E. Culy; Roosevelt-Lone Pine, Mrs. LeRoy Smith; St. Mary's, Mrs. Thomas Eslinger; Washington-Jefferson, Mrs. Kenneth Howe; Phoenix. Mrs. Jack James, and the Howard neigh borhood, which has no chairman. Service Teams Other helps for the troops in clude the neighborhood service teams, a new plan initiated by the national organization in the past two years. Each neighbor hood chairman in the Medford district only at present is as sisted by a troop organizer who is responsible for the organiza tion and reorganization of troops and a troop consultant who pro vides "on the job help" to the leader. ' All the administrative work of the council is aided and as sisted by two professionally trained staff members including the executive director, Miss Mary Aldrich. and one field dir ector, Mrs. William Baker. AFFAIR looks! jffair Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wire Pages 1 to 6 Miss Aldrich Resigns For National Position Miss Mary Aldrich, who has been serving the Rogue Valley Area Girl Scout Council for al most 2Vi years as executive di rector, has resigned to take a more specialized job with the National organization. The committee of office per sonnel, of which Mrs. Orbin Cooksey is chairman, will an- nounce a replacement at a later I time. Mrs. William Baker, field di-1 rector from Grants Pass, will be available for consultation, and any help required by ap pointment through the Girl Scout office. Mrs. Baker divides her time between the Ashland, Medford, and Grants Pass dis tricts. Mrs. Max Leischner serves as office secretary and is assisted by Mrs. Harry H. Howard. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Mon day through Friday, at 500 East Main st., Medford. More than 99 V$ per cent of the members of the Girl Scout or ganization are volunteers, who contribute time, interest and talent. The cost to the Girl Scout is SI a year for membership. 45th of the W are, indeed, happy to salute the Girl Scouts, here in the Rogue River Valley, upon the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of their fine organization. Girl Scouts here join with over 2 million others through out of the Nation in a significant celebration, rededicating themselves to respect for God, love of America, arid service to all mankind. Theirs is a real contribution to a better, happier, more peaceful worldl And dont forget .... (EHML CdDHJTIIMG is.., A IFAMniLY AIFlFAlim Published in behalf of the Girl Scouts of this area and their XT Vesper Services Scheduled As Part Of Girl Seoul Week Girl Scout Sunday is being ob served today. In addition to Girl Scouts attending the church of their choice for the morning serv ice, a Vesper service is being held at 3 p.m. today in the First Presbyterian church. Brownies, Girl Scouts, their leaders, par ents and friends have been in-, vited to attend. A non-denominational service has been arranged with the Rev. D. Kirkland West, First Presby terian church. The Rev. Ray mond W. Hum, First Church of the Nazarene, and the Rev. Rich ard J. Jones, Eastwood Baptist church, participating. Participate in Service Girls attending will partici pate by joining in giving the Brownie promise lead by Brown ie Troop 142, Mrs. Price Shafer, leader and the Girl Scout laws led by Intermediate Troop 163, Mrs. Glen Bessonette, leader. The Medford district Senior Girl Scouts will assist in singing a selection, accompanied by Mrs. Richard Hart at the organ. This is the first time a group Vesper service for Girl Scouts has been held in the Medford district and it is the plan of the program committee to make it an annual event for Girl Scout Week. Girl Scout and Girl Guide or ganizations are active in 35 countries throughout the world. There are usually about 30 girls in a Girl Scout troop.. I 13 7gw:r7 1 r ' g nn i .uTa-f Eight Southern Oregon Girl Scours who will attend the First Girl Scout National Roundup for Girl Scours in Michigan late in June, 1957, had a practice encampment on the banks of Bear Creek in Medford. The girls pitched their tents, prepared meals using roundup menus and practiced other camping skills. Pictured here left to right are: Sandra Ullijn, Janice Paxton, Judy Srais, Heide Jones, Mary Friend, Patrol Leader, Sue Oliver, Assistant Patrol Leader, Karen Johnson and Doris McLane. Of course, Jorgensen's milk is en the picnic table. TO ROGUE VALLEY AREA GIRL SCOUT HUe leaders by quality . . Maemstm Girl Scouts of America this week are observ ing their 45th anniversary. In connection with the observance, Rogue valley merchants, the Mail Tribune and the Rogue Valley Area Girl Scout Council, Inc., of which Mrs. Scott Davis is public relations chairman, have cooperated in publica tion of this special Girl Scout section. Troop 155 Completes Troop 155, McLoughlin Jun ior High school, reached a cli max in their scouting experience wilh a trip to the state capital at Salem recently. The trip was made to complete requirements for the "My Government" badge which. was' to complete the Curved Bar Rank for the troop. The troop led by Mrs. Jack Sanborn left Medford and drove to Salem. Several of the troop mothers drove cars for the trip. The troop stayed at the Marion Hotel, in Salem. Adults going to Salem, besides Mrs. Sanborn were Mrs. Dale Waltermire. Mrs. Kenneth Ed- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUNCIL UPON THE . . coins all of us who prepare and market those fine, . o o o FINE DAIRY Badge Requirements wards, Mrs. Roy Jackson, and Mrs. Precia Medley, a teacher at Jackson school. Mrs. Gertrudo Holmes and Mrs. Naomi Van Dyke, teachers at McLoughlin Junior High, coached the girls in civics and proceedures of the legislature before the trip. Making the trip were Linda Jo Waltermire, Martha Sanborn, Donna Fosgate, Janice Hiller man. Sherry Pritcnard, Judy Hardin, Betty Young, Sharon Smith, Pam Gilkison, Louis Willis, Judy Sims, Betty Kyker. Roberta Willett, Pam Jackson, Barbara Baccus, and Mary Lou Moore. 1 1 1 1 GIRL SCOUTS PRODUCTS
