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Show Moab Scouts Chosen For Colorado Trip Two Moab girls. Marilyn Foy, and Jan McPherson. have been chosen to attend a Girl Scout conference in Colo. Springs this summer. The announcemnt was made by Mrs. J. G. Pinker-ton Pinker-ton on the eve of Girl Scout Week in Moab, March 10-16. The opportunity the Moab girls will enjoy is one of many available to outstanding outstand-ing Girl Scouts from 15 to 17 years of age. Scouts from 15 to 17 years of age will attend conferences on space exploration in Hunts-ville, Hunts-ville, Alabama; they will study theatre, music, graphic arts or folk arts in a camp near New York City, using the city facilities as a workshop. work-shop. In conjunction with the Hemisfair in Dallas, they may investigate the ways Latin American culture has influenced life in the United States; they may attend a conference in St. Louis to learn how to help people who are physically handicapped. Or, they may put a pack on their backs and take a camping camp-ing trip through the mountains moun-tains of Tennessee, and call at the Tennessee Trek. There is also a full roster of opportunities for travel to other countries with major expenses paid. 36 girls will make a 6-week trip to the GS Girl Guide center in Cuerna-vaca, Cuerna-vaca, Mexico; - another six will spend six weeks at the Scout Guide international center cen-ter in Adelhoden, Switzerland. At the invitation of Girl Scouts of West Germany twelve girls will visit this area and live in homes of German families. At least 36 more will travel to any one of a dozen other countries. It's a far cry from the image im-age many people have about Girl Scouting, partly because Girl Scouting has changed o-ver o-ver its 56 years of existence, but even more because the world has changed. And it's part of Girl Scout tradition to be ahead of the times. Early in their history, when a woman's wo-man's place was only in the home, Girl Scouts were encouraging en-couraging girls to play basket ball, hike in wilderness areas and learn about airplanes. Of course, they learned a-bout a-bout domestic arts, too and today's Girl Scouts still do. The first Girl Scouts pledged themselves to honor, intergity courtesy and service today's Girl Scouts make that same promise. The basic skills of Girl Scouting are as solid as always; al-ways; what's new is broader horizons, and new worlds of adventure that today's Scouting Scout-ing offers girls. As almost three and three-quarter three-quarter million Girl Scouts celebrate - Girl Scout Week (March 10-16) this year, and celebrate the Girl Scout birthday birth-day on March 12, they graphically graph-ically describe their organization organiza-tion in a simple theme "Girl Scouting: Values ,to Hold Worlds to Explore." |