—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 17. 1973
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Mrs . Robert Gregory
Girl Scout Leader
Today concludes Girl Scout
Week which was a round of ac
tivities in Lancaster County
commencing with Girl Scout
Sunday March 11 when many Girl
Scouts attended church in a body.
It included a display of crafts and
skills by Rolling Hills Neigh
liorhood at Park City all week.
Scouting provides excellent
training for girls for about 11
vears Girls in school grades two
and three are in Brownies,
grades four, five and six in
Juniors, grades seven, eight and
nine in Cadettes and grades 10,11
and 12 are in Senior Scouts.
We salute one of the Girl Scout
Leaders. Mrs Robert E (Mary
Mice) Gregory of Lititz RDI, who
lives on route 322 near
Bnckerville Mrs Gregory
served five vears as Leader of the
Brunnerville Brownies who meet
in (he Brunnerville Fire Hall She
ius( finished serving five years as
assistant leader of Girl Scout
Troop 250 with Mrs. Ruth Shirk,
Scout leader Mrs Shirk served
is leader about twenty years
Mrs Gregory took over the
reins as scout leader for Troop
250 this past January This Troop
meets at Bnckerville Fire Hall
everv week during the year
except when there is a Scout
activitv In the summer they
have a watermelon party, a
eookout and hikes
Troop 250. which was organized
in 1944 includes the Junior Girl
Scouts and Cadettes Both are
sponsored by Baron Steigel Lions
Hub There are 17 girls in the
Iroop and about evenly divided
between Juniors and Cadettes
They are divided into Patrols and
each Patrol works on a badge.
The Cadettes have been working
on first aid and Challenge of
Social Dependability The
Juniors are working on a cooking
badge now They might spend
four to six weeks on one area.
Some of their work is done at
home They have discussion and
work at their meetings and have
some social meetings Mrs.
Gregory thinks there are ad
vantages in having the two
groups meeting together.
Parents can bring the girls at the
Mrs. Gregory, second-vice
president of Society of Farm
Women of Lancaster Co., is
also pin custodian for the
county.
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same-lime and each group helps
the other group.
Mrs. Gregory says Scouting is
really a good activity for girls.
She has three daughters who
have been active in it a number of
vears Debra was a Girl Scout for
10 years She was in Brownies,
Juniors, Cadettes and Seniors.
Debbie attended a regional on
dramatics at York and a two
week national event of the Girl
Scouts of America on Indian lore
at Boone, lowa in 1970.
Jane just finished Cadettes and
will probably go in the Lititz
Senior Scout Troop. She was on a
basketball team. She went to
Camp Hack-N-Tac at Camp
Todd. Delaware last summer.
The camp had 25 girls in a hor
seback riding unit and 25 in a
waterfront unit. Jane was in the
horseback riding unit. She was
the only girl attending from Penn
Laurel Neighborhood.
Penn Laurel Council is made
up of York, Lebanon, Lancaster,
Franklin and Adams Counties.
This council pays transportation
expenses to the campus and the
girls pay other fees.
This is Martha’s first year in
Cadettes. Both Jane and Martha
have also been in Brownies and
Junior Scouts.
Mary Alice, the daughter of
Mrs Scott Eshelman and the late
Mr Eshelman, grew up on a 70
acre farm near Morgantown. At
that time it was a truck farm and
a general farm with a dairy. Mrs.
Eshelman still lives on the farm
and her son Harvey farms it. He
grown mostly corn and hay on it
now Mary Alice worked in the
fields, drove tractor, picked
tomatoes and helped milk.
Mary Alice graduated from
Morgantown High School and
Pennsyvlania State College in the
College of Home Economics. She
worked in Extension five-and-a
half years. She started in
Bradford County and worked in
some other counties, finishing as
associate Home Economist in
Berks County. She was there
three and a half years. She has
done substitute and part time
teaching for seven years. Last
vear she did full-time Home
Economics teacher at Linden
Hall. Since there aren’t so many
girls to teach it doesn’t require a
full day schedule for her. She
likes this position because she
says “Teaching keeps you more
aware of the changes and I’m
home when the children are
home.”
Likes To Teach Girls To Cook
Left to Right - Mrs. Robert E: Gregory,
Lititz RDI, Girl Scout Leader of Troop 250,
and daughters Jane and Martha. Daughter
Mrs. Gregory also says “I’ve
done judging at just about all the
county fairs. I thoroughly enjoy
this, see a new product and it’s
fun to taste the new things. And
the heads of departments are
such gems.”
Gregorys live on a five acre
farm. Because it is so small they
make use of every bit of it. They
raise some broilers and roasting
chickens, rabbits, some ducks
and have three horses and a
pony. They have a large garden
Mrs. Gregory is smocking a red and white striped dress for
Sallie, who is by her side.
which the whole family works in.
They grow all kinds of vegetables
and this year have 1,000
strawberry plants. -They had
more other years. They
can, freeze and make jelly. They
also buy a beef half and freeze it.
Bob grew up on a dairy farm in
Monroe County where his parents
still live although they are retired
from farming. Their land is
rented to neighbors. Bob
graduated from Penn State also,
in the School of Agriculture. He
Sallie is in front of Mrs. Gregory. Jane has
many badges for her Scout work which she
proudly displays. Martha is a Cadette.
taught agriculture a few years in
Berks County then went with
Pennfield Feeds at Robesonia.
He is now'in charge of the dairy
and livestock feeds sales division
at the Rohrerstown office. Re is
active in Baron Steigel Lions
Club and his church. He was on
Warwick Union School Board.
Gregorys have four daughters.
Debra is a freshman at Penn
State University in the College of
Human Development taking
foods and nutrition. She is in
dietetics now. She graduated last
year from Warwick High School
and was taking the Academic
course. She played clarinet in the
band, was student manager of the
basketball and hockey teams,
was in FHA and in the National
Honor Society.
Jane is in tenth grade at
Warwick High School and is
taking the Academic course. She
plays flute in the band. She is an
outdoor girl and is president of
their 4-H Horse Club which meets
once a month in the homes of the
members. They go to spring,
summer and fall district shows,
on trial rides and must go to the
county show. May 6 they will
have a show. Jane talks about
being a veterinarian.
Martha is in seventh grade at
Warwick Middle School. She
plays bassoon in the school band.
She is in the school sewing club
now. She is also in 4-H and Scouts.
Sallie is three and a half years
old, goes to Sunday School and is
looking forward to going to
school. She loves animals and
likes to ride horses.
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