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POINT-CRESr SEPTEMBER, 1945 PAGE FOUR GIRL SCOUTS DEVELOP WORTHY TALENT ANOTHER LOCAL PROJECT supported by the Chest is Girl Scouting. Now —■" offers young girls an interesting and constructive boasting some 750 members it character building program. SHEPHERD HILLS TRACT BEING MADE A CAMPING SITE FOR GIRLS’ PROGRAM One of the several youth groups in our coniniunity which will benefit from the Comnuuiitv Chest drive will be the Girl Scouts; an organization that plays..*;' outstanding part in fram ing our vfKith in good citizensnip. Girl Scouting in High Point was organized in 1937, and now serves 750 girls, including three troops at Allen Jav school, one troop at Arch dale, and seven negro troops. 'I’he pn^tiecfs carried out through the vear ISy the Girl Scout 'I'roops are planned to be beneficial to both the communitv and the individual girl. Not only docs a Scout Troop offer a girl some place to go, but it also offers her something constructive and enter taining to do. Here she has an oppor tunity to de\elop her skills and tal ents, and to learn to be of service in her home inid community through troop program. For example, during the last year the projects of the Girl Scouts have included work as hospital aides, nurserv school aides, child care; sale of war’ bonds and stamps; co operation on many civic undertakings such as the Community Chest; and doing craft work for the Red Cross and our wounded servicemen in army hospitals. A good illustration of this last phase of work is shown in the ac companying picture for the Girl Scouts have now completed a total of seven afghans for the Red Cross. During the coming year the Girl Scouts ha\e two maii;i projects in mind; 'I'he development of their new- Iv purchased camp; and the introduc tion of a Maritime troop which will correspond to the Boy s Sea Scouts. Last year the Girl Scouts purchased and started developing a 94-acre camp in the Shepherd Hills, 14 miles south of High Pohit. Now the camp is rcadv for overnight camping, and they hope to be rcad\- for a camp season bv next summer. 'The work and benefits from the Girl Scouts has increased each year since it was founded in 1937, and with our aid and support it can prove to be even more beneficial to the vouth of our community. • Cold weather note: Only half as nian\- people died from excessive cold as those who died from excessive heat during 1941. the National Safety Council reports. A lot of drivers get into traffic trouble by hugging the wrong curve. .\ccidental deaths in the United States during 1944 decreased 4,000, or 4 per cent from 1943. 'The total last year was 95,000. Dc'spite wartime driving restrictions, 2,050 school age children were killed in motor ve hicle accidents in 1944. One hundred and ten thousand school age children were in jured l)v motor vehicles last year. i YOU were approached 27 times a year, I as a citizen of High Point, to support land subscribe to the agencies listed here (everv one of them in dire need of your help), you would undoubtedly give every time you were asked. Check these contributions on the list below, I’OTAL THEM UP, and then you will get a picture of what your support and contribution to the Community and War Chest would be. (Please note that this is the final appeal of the War Fund.) National War Fund Agencies 1. U. S.O. United Seaman’s Service War Prisoners Aid. Belgium W'ar Relief Society. United China Relief. American Relief for Czechoslovakia. American Relief for France. Greek W'ar Relief Association. /\mcrican Relief for Italy. United Litliuanian Relief. Friends of Luxembourg. American Relief for Norway. Philippine War Relief. Polish War Relief. Queen Wilhelmina Fund. United Yugoslav Relief. Refugee Relief Trustees. United States Committee for Care of European Children. Community Chest Agencies Veterans’ Center. Salvation Armv. Y. M. C. A. Carl Chavis Branch Y. M. C. A. Y. W. C. A. Mary Bcthune Branch Y. C. A. Family Service Bureau. Boy Scouts Girl Scouts. COMMUNITY CHEST GIVES SUPPORT TO BOY SCOUT WORK (Continued from Page 1) an early age with the now existing Cub Organization. Boys upon attain ing the age of 12 graduate into the Boy Scout Organization and at the age of 15 are eligible to join the advanced movements which include Sea Scout ing, Explorer Scouting, and Air Scout ing. The facilities of the Uwharrie Council include a camp called Camp Uwharrie located in Guilford County and very handy to the various troops of High Point and vicinity. The Sea Scouts have a base on High Rock Lake and this organization is known locally as the Sea Scout Ship Chesapeake. At High Rock, the boys are well schooled in the art of sailing and in all matters pertaining to water safety. Most of the organizations in scout ing are sponsored by the local churches. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. More than three times as many people died from burns and scalds last year in the United States as died in the eight most dis astrous fire catastrophes since 1871, accord ing to the National Safety Council. The National Board of Fire Underwriters estimates that during 1944 over $400,000,- OpO went up in flames. Of the 3,299 motor vehicle-grade crossing accidents last year, 52 per cent occurred in ciaylight. Interstate Commerce Commission Answers To Save-a-Life Quiz Hand over, breech broken. Before time for winter fires. Defective flues, chimneys, etc. Buildings. Fingers. Accidents. Falls. 20 per cent. Forward pass. Red. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. • About $90,000,000 worth of farm prop erty, one-fifth of the national fire loss, was destroyed last year by fire, according to the National Safety Council. Through a more or less understandable error. Dumb Dora contributed a $29.95 piece of costume jewelry to the last tin-can drive. May Pre^sent A rather unusual outside interest oc cupies the spare time of one of our third shift loom fixers, Eugene Rayle. Gene, as the picture to the right indi cates, is quite a checker fan. lo the average person, a game of chcckcrs means two players sitting on opposite sides of a checker board trying to out wit each other. Gene, however, being unable to find enough competition in this vicinity, finds his opponent by mail. There are many people scattered over the United States who take a very keen interest in this game. These persons have read and studied the fine points of checkers and in order to de velop keener competition play each other by mail. The I'jroccdure for carrying on these games is in mailing a penny post card to the opponent outlining the play. I'he opponent in turn sends back his next play and thus a game is started. Gene says that he has quite a few games in’ play at all times. He will go home and sit down and figure out his plays, make out the post cards and mail a half dozen on one night. He was recently a guest at the Over seers’ Monthly Meeting and put on a demonstration for this group to the enjoyment of everyone present. Gene came to us by way of trans fer from Greensboro Weaving and is enjoying his work here with us. He would be very much interested in meeting anyone from either of our plants who would be interested in pursuing the art of checkcr playing. Nothing annoys a woman more than hav ing friends drop in unexpectedly to find the house looking as it usually does. -Vn occupational death took place cyervr 30 minutes during 1944, the National Safc- tv Council reports.
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