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Show Girl Scout Date Month Observance In recognition of 50 years of Girl Scouting in the United States, the Utah Girl Scout Council Coun-cil will observe the month of March as Girl Scout month, with special ceremonies in every Brownie, Intermediate and Senior Sen-ior Troop as well as in many public events. March 12 marks the formation of the first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia by Juliette Low in 1912. It was 1922 before Girl Scouting started in Utah with the first troops organized in Salt Lake City. It has since spread to many corners of the state with almost 8,000 girls and over 1700 adults in 500 troops Since January 1961 the Girl Scouts in Utah, who were formerly for-merly organized into four councils coun-cils and a number of Lone Troops, have been operating under one council the Utah Girl Scout Council, with Mrs. John S. Erickson of Salt Lake City as President. Mrs. Erickson invites all Utah citizens to join in the special Girl Scout Golden Anniversary Anni-versary celebration, pointing out that the purpose of Girl Scouting today, as it was 50 years ago is to "help girls become happy, resourceful, re-sourceful, creative citizens, willing will-ing and able to serve others in their homes, schools, their communities, com-munities, their country and the world." |