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Item
Title
T1006-1
Date(s)
- 1936-02-16 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On February 16, 1936, Lou Henry (Mrs. Herbert) Hoover, wife of the former President and honorary national president of the Girl Scouts, met with the scouts of Tacoma-Pierce County. She presented the Golden Eaglet badge, the highest award in scouting, to Dorothy Bachelor during a ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel. Helen Cannon (left) and Dorothy Hitchcock of the Mariner ship "Spray" were guards of honor for the ceremony. (T. Times, 2/17/1936, p. 9).
Presidents' spouses; Hoover, Lou Henry, 1875-1944; Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor, Dorothy; Cannon, Helen; Hitchcock, Dorothy;