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PLAINTIFFS EXIIIHIT FD-102 March 23, 1971 Miss Charlotte Pollock, Editor Girl Scout leader Girl Scouts of the C.S.A. 830 Third Avenue New York, H. Y. 10022 Dear Miss Pollock: Oa page 28 of "Girl Scout Leader" there Is a comment concern ing Tips on asbestos powder." I have no way of knowing whether this was in any way related to my letter to the Girl Scouts of November 16, 1970 concerning my misgivings about advising the use of asbestos powder In the volume entitled "Moreabouts? since I received no reply to my letter. I do not believe that the recommendation la suitable, alnce mixing the powder will cause It to be disseminated for consider able distances end glrla "not standing by" will hardly be protected. Too, I fall to see why leaders should not also be protected. The recommendation to work In a well-ventilated area when mixing the powder is much too indefinite to be effective. If you plan to recommend the deletion of this use of asbestos powder In the next printing of "Hereabouts" and the "junior Handbook? I am curious why such recommendation not be nede now. I believe this osdsslon disadvantageous, and one which could lead to aerlous consequences* Sincerely yours. , IJStJlr cc: Dr. Hoy E. Gealer Irving J. Sellkoff, M.D. Professor 6000 1630 p. M ppnnnrm t>v mnn v - - - - - - - - --VUJ*Q 4,/V.AJ in trying to live by the Girl Scout Prom ise and Laws. A Girl Scout really is -mi uie moist asuesuw uioaeung ma terial. With the next printing of More- honest, loyal, and helpful. She is kind and considerate to other people and to animals. She is human too, and of course, she doesn't always live up to all the laws all of the time. The important thing is that she tried... ``On my honor, about* for Brownie Girl Scout Leaders and the Junior Handbook, the use of asbestos powder will be deleted. You may wish to add this information in your copy of these two books. BULLETIN BOARD 1 will try." ' How many of your girls are just "girls in green uniforms?" Why not spend some time at your next few meetings discussing the Promise and Laws with the girls. Ask what they mean and how they apply to day-to-day living. Help your girls to understand the Promise and Laws so you will have a troop of real Girl Scouts and not just girls in green uniforms. -- Mrs. Charles A. Berry, Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital Interested in your environment but worried because you don't know a thing about nature? Don't let this keep you from exploring your surroundings with the troop. A gem of a book will help you! Written nearly thirty years ago, Marie E. Gaudette'a Leader's Nature Guide is still a most useful resource. It is one of the best confidence builders we know, covering a wide range of ideas and activities in down-to-earth lan guage. Program Datelines: April-May Project Heritage resource Order from National Equipment "100 Books," a bibliography dealing Service, Catalog No. 19-205, 50 cents. April 1-30--Cancer Control Month April 2--International Children's Book Day --Hans Christian Andersen's birthday April 10-11--Passover begins (first two days) April 11--Easter April 11-17--Pan American Week April 13--'Diomas Jefferson's birthday April 16-24--National Library Week --National YWCA Week April 17--Paasover ends April 16--Easter (Eastern Orthodox Church) May 1---Law Day with Chicano/Mexican and Mexican history, culture, and art is being made available to Girl Scout troops by the Mexican American Council on Educa tion. A valuable resource for troops working on Project Heritage, or en gaged in Action 70 activities. The bibli ography may be reproduced, in whole or in part, providing the words cour tesy of Mexican American Council on Education, Chicago, Illinois 60626 are used. Distribution is limited to one copy per troop. Include troop number in your request. (The Mexican Ameri can Council on Education, 1234 West Granville, Chicago, 111. 60626) Dive into summer--read The Children's Book Council has launched its 1971 campaign to promote summer reading with a new theme: "Dive Into Summer--Read." Promotional materials designed by William Pene Du Boia, a popular illua trator of children's books, include a poster, bookmarks, achievement certif icates, and membership cards. Information on how to order any of these materials may be obtained by writing to Children's Book Council, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010. --Loyalty Day May 1-8--American Camping Week May 2-8--National Be Kind to Afiimals Week May 8--World Bed Cross Day May 9--Mother's Day May 15--Armed Forces Day May 20--Ascension Day May 24-30--Drug Abuse Prevention Week Summer activities for teen-agers Teen-agers can find ideas and activities lor a worthwhile, interesting, and useful summer in Summer Opportunities for Teen-Agers, a vocational guide pub lished by the Advancement and Place ment Institute. Hundreds of organiza tions and individuals have contributed May 31--Memorial Day to this compilation. For a copy, write the Advancement and Placement Insti Thought for the month . tute, 169 North Ninth Street, Brooklyn, A. s.k any group of. peop.le, "Wha:t n. a--JJrY.--1-1--2-1--1-;'--c-o--s-t-:---$-3--.-0-0--.---- - Movies by teen-agers Movies by young film-makers, "out to communicate ideas...to make a per sonal statement... to examine a civic problem... to educate... or just to have a little fun" are showcased in a 28minute movie, "Teen-age Movies in Competition," available free for group showings from Eastman Kodak Com pany. Narrated by a young film-maker, the 16mm color film--with optical sound-- excerpts twelve winning film produc- Bona entered in the annual Kodak Teen-age Movie Awards. These range Some might say, "A little girl in a green \ When using asbestos powder, listed as uniform," or "A girl who belongs to i 1 a modeling material in Moreabouts for Girl Scout troop." Perhaps someone Brownie Girl Scout Leaders (page 64) will say, "A girl who like* to do things and the Junior Girl Scout Handbook for other people," or "A girl who liken (page 184), remember: to go camping." J Always work in a well-ventilated True as these answers may be, they area when mixing the powder, allowing all miss one important point None pf the dust to disperse. these answers are nearly big enough./A Leaders, only, should mix the green dreas does not make a Girl Scout, powder, and girls should not stand nor do selling cookies and attending nearby when this is being done. If in meetings. haled, the dust may be harmful. Manu Being a Girl Scout is something facturers of the powder state that it is Being a Girl Scout is being _ thing special. f harmful only when it is inhaled. There is no danger involved in girls' working it : from a satirical look at a well-known television aeries to what happens when a boy builds a sand castle. To reserve a print of "Teen-age Movies in Competition" for a group Bhowing, write Audio-Visual Distribu tion, Eastman Kodak Company, De partment 396,343 State Street, Hoc);es ter, N.Y. 14650. For information on the Kodak Teen age Movie Awards, including rules and entry blanks, write Kodak Teen-age Awards, Eastman Kodak Company, Department 840, 343 State Street, Rochester, N.Y. 14650. D CIRL SCOUT LEADER 8000 1631 a 117) PDOnTTPtrr> r>v rrooiem clinic ContipcsJ from page 6 Selecting a badge subject My Girls are interested in developing a special Our Own Troop'* badge. The badge subject they have selected is bowling, which is not, 1 am certain, the type of thing hoped for in suggest ing such a badge. 1 would like to know what kind of things other Junior troops have done for this badge, how the ages of the girls in the troop might have influ enced the choice, and whether the choice stemmed from the girls' real interest or from what was locally available. From Mrs. L. C. Jansen, leader, Joliet, 111.: The subject must be something in which the girls are interested. Having moved to Illinois a few years ago, I tried to interest several troops (Junior and Cadette) in developing a heritage badge to make use of the sesquicenten nial theme. No one was interested, it was too much like school. Some of these same girls, in their third year of Junior Scouting, found a subject they wished to explore--budgeting. Dismayed by the ever-rising costs of camping, they were ready to develop a badge on the subject. Having received approval of our council's program committee, the girls are set to work. First they discussed in patrols the name, the badge symbol, and requirements they would like to include. Next the Court of Honor set everything down in exact wording (ex cept the symbol), and the patrols again had an opportunity to make any changes they wished. As we worked on the requirements, girls drew pictures of the badge symbol until one submitted a design that was unanimously selected --a cash register on which rested a winged dollar bill, to show that our dollars would go farther, not faster. The girls pursued the badge with enthus iasm, and every girl finished it. The important things to remember are: 1. Refer to the guidelines in the Handbook. 2. Local availability doesn't neces sarily make it interesting to your girls. 3. Interest can be built in subtle ways, but if they resist your best ef forts, forget it. The idea of writing their own badge appeals to most girls, and, sooner or later, together you will find a subject if you are alert to their interests. 4. Keep the badge symbol simple, remembering that it has a small badge space to fill, and young fingers aren't always agile. Our troop did their "Budge a Budget" badge with embroi dery paint at the suggestion of one of our needleworking mothers. cars, or by charter bus; tney also learned how to go places both courte ously and safely. Best of all, they went to many places they had suggested and had fun doing it From Mrs. Harold Sharpe, Senior ad viser, Forth Worth, Tex.: When my girls were in the fourth grade, they also wanted to do a special Our Own Troop's badge. Many things were discussed, in cluding bowling. But after a little soul searching, the girls realized much of their desire for a bowling badge was based on a "fun thing" and not really something they could learn and then put to use. So, they reached an excel lent compromise. They would learn to bowl and then practice their new-found skill all summer long at weekly sched uled Scout meetings. The only differ ence being that we met at the bowling alley instead of in a home. (This cer tainly was a boost to the leaders, who know summer meetings are what keep a troop active!) From Elma M. Stipe, leader, Welles ley, Mass.: Our troop recently com pleted Our Own Troop's Going Places badge. This badge developed from re plies to our usual start-of-the year question, "What special thing do you want to do this year?" All the replies seemed to include the word "go." Be cause the troop leaders do not consider aimless "going" valid or rewarding Girl Scout program, we worked with the girls to develop meaningful and pur poseful requirements. The Court of Honor determined the statement of purpose of the badge, and the girls, working in patrols, created the require ments. The result was that the girls learned about many interesting places near home that they could visit on foot, by public transportation, in private Perhaps you can help this Cadette leader with her problem of-- Welcoming newcomers Our problem concerns friction be tween new Cadettes coming into the troop and those already in. The older girls openly make nasty remarks about those "babies." They separate at meetings, and despite all our ef forts, my co-leader and I have been unable to stop it. Any suggestions for a discouraged leader? Address your letters to: Problem Clinic, Gire Scout Leader, 830 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Letters to this department cannot be individually ac knowledged. earn NO INVESTMENT -- NO RISK Revere light bulbs guarantee a profit without money, risk or investment You send us no money until after you tell the bulbs. 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