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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1960)
Introducing: THE GIRL SCOUT ROSE To celebrate their approaching 50th anniver sary, Girl Scouts will plant a new golden rose to help beautify America's towns and cities By LYNN LANDMAN A troop leader and Intermediate Girl Scouts watch a Senior Scout at work in a rose garden. WW 37f I ..V - Contrasting the old with the new, this photo shows the Lily of the Valley Patrol organized in February, 1913. Fiftieth anniversaries are always something special. But when some 3V& million members of a "family" prepare for a golden anniversary, that is "special." On March 12, 1962, the Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. will be SO years old. In the half-century since a Southern gentlewoman named Juliette Gordon Low organized 12 young girls in Savannah, Ga., into the first Girl Scout troop, almost 17 million Americans adults as well as girls between the ages of seven and 17 have been Girl Scouts. Every American family, whether they live in a teeming city or a tiny hamlet, has been touched by Girl Scouting. A charming tribute will be paid to the Girl Scouts in honor of their approaching 50th anni versary. This week, a beautiful golden rose named the Girl Scout Rose will be introduced to the American public and to Girl Scouts convening for their 35th convention in St. Louis, Mo. The first bouquet of Girl Scout Roses (see cover) will be presented to the president of the organiza tion, Mrs. Charles U. Culmer. The city of St. Louis will receive a gift of rosebushes to start a Golden . Blossom Girl Scout Garden at the City Hall Plaza. The Girl Scout Rose, which bears clusters of up to 15 blossoms on each stem, was developed by the eminent hybridist, Eugene Boerner, director of re search for Jackson & Perkins Co., one of the world's leading rose nurseries. Despite its delicate appearance, it will grow anywhere in America even in deserts of the West and the frozen earth of Alaska. Since Girl Scouts, as well as roses, flour ish in these climes, by the summer of 1962 all of our vast country will be abloom with Girl Scout Roses and other golden blossoms. The rose is part of a program called "Blossoms for the Birthday Years," and, in celebration of their 50th birthday and as a token of their pledge to "Honor the Past Serve the Future," Girl Scouts will beautify their surroundings by planting it and other blooms. From the tiniest 7-year-old Brownie to the most knowledgeable 17-year-old Senior, Girl Scouts will "scout their neighborhoods," looking for suit able sites on which to start Golden Blossom Girl Scout Gardens. Village squares, shopping centers, parks, hospital and library grounds, city halls, old peoples' homes, church and synagogue grounds all will be beautified by the girls in green. A golden crop of crocuses, tulips, azaleas, daffodils, chrysanthemums, sunflowers, marigolds and roses, of course will emblazon the Girl Scout colors, green and gold, on the landscape. Girl Scouts who live in large cities will take part in this program, too. They will plant window boxes with yellow nasturtiums and cucumber, to mato, and squash plants, all of which have yellow flowers. They will prepare terrariums with small yellow blossoms and bring them to shut-ins in hos pitals and other institutions. They will take raw materials seeds, pots, etc. to orphanages and teach the youngsters how to grow and care fori plants. They will, in short, use all their ingenuity to bring the joy of growing things to all. Gardening has always been an important activity in Girl Scouting! In 1917, Juliette Gordon Low wrote: "Now what about the gardens, for it goes without saying that Girl Scouts must have gardens. Getting right down and smelling the fresh soil is good for anyone. It is mother earth's own breath. Watching the growth of our seeds is a veritable joy of joys." If the gardens planted by Girl Scouts flourish as the 50-year-old organization has, all America will enjoy the experience of watching beauty bloom. COVER: WoeJciy November 13. I960 Lewis Long's photo captures the winsome Leonard s. davidow i'mi .. Mi'.,-r axd of Ediiori ernest v. heyn EMor.i-chiri 'mil nf Jli tninr fiiri cnnt m xhp WAITER C. DREYFUS Kir. fmidrM EN KARTMAN Krmlire Kiitar smile o; liis Aenior Ctrl iycout as she pAttlK ( .,,, Aitrr1Mnt ,tirlor . rorert fitzgiuon w.v.'. Editor holds the new Girl Scout Rose, created by . . ,, . ., . , . Margaret ieu fromrr Editor Sond all advertising communications lo PHILLIP DYKSTRA Art IHrrrlor Jackson & Perkins Co. for the Girl Scouts' Family Weekly, I53 N. Michigan A... Chicago I, III. MELANIE DE PROFT Food Kdtor SOthanniversary. For more,see story above. 7J'1,T,0i!r'. aS V"'? i"!"'" 10 ,ob Otiicoii. John Hochmonn. J.rry Ki.in. Harold London, " ' " '" WMr. oO E. 54th St.. N.w York 22. N. Y. Muo, Mill.,, jock Rron; P, Opp.nh.im.r. Hollywood. IWO, FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE, INC.. 153 N. Michigan A,... Chicago 1. Ml. All tight.
