A tree was planted in Seymour Lake Township Park Sunday to memorialize a woman who dedicated 80 years of her life to the Girl Scouts.
Members of the Oxford Girls Scouts Service Unit planted a small lilac tree in the Kids Kingdom area to honor the late Lucinda Hargrave, who was an active Girl Scout from 1924 right up until her passing in July 2004 at the age of 92.
Hargrave’s daughter Lucinda Bellairs and granddaughter Cindy Bellairs are Oxford residents and took part in the memorial ceremony.
Lucinda Hargrave was born Lucinda Hadsel in 1912, the same year the Girl Scouts organization was founded, and grew up in Oxford, Ohio.
She joined Girls Scouts when she was 12 years old, beginning a lifelong journey with the organization,
From 1930 to 1936, she spent every summer as a Girl Scout camp counselor.
In 1937, Girl Scouts held their national convention in Cincinnati, Ohio and celebrated their 25th anniversary. Hargrave helped with the ceremonies and program.
When her daughter was in the second grade in 1955, Hargrave organized her Brownie troop and continued as her Brownie and Girl Scout leader.
Hargrave served as a volunteer worker at Girl Scout Roundups in Vermont in 1962 and Idaho in 1965.
She remained registered as a Girl Scout and performed in the Cincinnati Girl Scout Alumni Chorus throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Following her retirement from the Cincinnati Public Library, she moved north to Rochester, Michigan to be close to her daughter and granddaughters.
From 1988 to 2004, Hargrave was a registered committee member of her granddaughters? Oxford troops ? 497, 610 and 1356. She helped out at day camp and even camped with the troops.
Hargrave served as a delegate to the North Oakland Girl Scout Council and was active in their alumni group. Every year through 2003 (when she was 91), she camped with the alumni.