Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-27 | Page 2 | Leader of Girl Scouts Arrives

t I Pauline Wherry 1 I ile X LEADER or GIRl ARRIVES Nati National nal Regional Director tor tc r Talks r alks of o Aims and Purposes of of Body Wr For or the purpose of enlisting leaders who vho are capable or may mar become trained to take charge of various arious girl scout troops and to Introduce Miss Olga Carlson newly newly newly new new- ly appointed dl director ector of the Salt Lake council of the Girl Scouts of America Miss Pa Pauline Wherry national national national na na- na- na regional director ot of the Girl Scouts of ot America whose territory territory terri tern tory ers covers Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Bpd and pd Utah arrived here her Wednesday morning Miss Wherrys Wherry's headquarters are in New York This ThI is Miss WherryS Wherry'S first visit here heTe She said that Utah recently has been added to the national ie- ie eglon glon gjon and that Miss Carlson willbe will vill willbe be established In iii Salt Lake as paid director of the Salt Lake council She She will take entire charge of the troops now organized org here and those to be established later ater ater Miss Wherry said there has not been a re regional T worker Jn jo this territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter before Mr Mrs J T 1 W. W Anderson Anderson Ander- Ander son son Jr said Miss Wherry has been beena a voluntary worker for the organization organization organization or or- as commissioner of the local council H HELPS CHURCH WORK C In speaking speaking- of ot the girl spouting scouting work vork ork here Miss Wherry declared that the organization tion is backing the churches and schools and Is not taking the place of them In any way She said it has a program pro PIOT gram ram that i is 11 sectarian non-sectarian and that girls are enlisted In the as association as- as from the ages of 10 to 18 She added that the organization org alms aims to finer ln r girlhood ter will no doubt develop into the highest hest degree of womanhood She said that girls who desire to he be leaders must take a course along those lines tines and pass a rigid examInation examination ex ex- to act in that capacity Each girl Kirl troop Is composed of about two thirty two members with one oner or or r two leaders sh she concluded Miss Wherry expects to be here hereabout hereabout hereabout about ten days during which time she will speak peak before various arlous civic clubs and meet with the coun council and captains captain at the Hotel Utah She will then go SO to Os Ogden an and later to H Houston uston Tex where sh sho ah will attend a regional conference of ot the Girl Scouts of ot America MANY MEETINGS Sh She Sh spoke before the membership member member- ship luncheon of ot the chamber of Commerce Wednesday at noon Wednesday evening she will meet with ith the the co council and captains at atthe atthe the Hotel Utah Thursday she will address a joint assembly of girls of the West High and West Junior schools in the West We-st High HISh school chool auditorium at 3 p p. p p. p m. m Mrs George Gerg H H. Dern w will entertain her herrom from rom 4 until 6 o'clock at an In Informal Informal informal in- in formal tea at nt her residence Frida Fri Fri- da day dav noon she wilt will speak l before members of ot the Lions club At 2 30 o'clock she will speak at the Ladles Ladles' Literary club me meeting with the council and captains at t 8 p p. m. m at the Hotel l Utah She will meet with th the mothers and daughters at a luncheon Ul cheon Saturday at 1 p. p m. m at the Elks club