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Girl Scouts of America 1954 photograph

Title: Girl Scouts of America 1954 photograph
Description: photograph of Girl Scout Senior Troop 14 at the Ground Observer Post which is located at 410 South Main Street; director is Robert M. Smith, this is a picture of the girls taking training, their instructor is Sargent G. B. Sexton of the Durham Filter Center, the Ground Observer Post is composed of Civilian volunteers who serve a few hours each week as aircraft spotters and filter center specialists in local communities to supplement radar warning nets and prevent a sneak attack on United States cities, front row - left to right - Shannon Smith, Bonnie Sparger, Jane Merritt, Nancy Thomas, Mrs. Robert Smith, second row - left to right - Betty Lou Cline, Linda Bowman, Louise Morris, Vera Carl Thomas, third row - left to right - Melvina Clifton, Martha Carroll, Mrs. Lester Thomas
Subject: Mount Airy (N.C.); Girl Scouts; Mrs. J. H. Roundtree; Ground Observer Corps; Surry County (N.C.)
Date: Nov-54
Contributor: This photo was from the estate of Mrs. J. H. Roundtree; the photo was taken from a scrapbook; the photo was brought to the Museum by P. M. Sharpe; Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Format: image
Type: photograph
Identifier: Mta_GS_i17448.018_mam
Coverage: Mount Airy (N.C.)
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Is Part Of: Girl Scouts; Ground Observer Corps; Mount Airy (N.C.); Mrs. J. H. Roundtree; Surry County (N.C.)