Brownie Troops tour Russellville

By Staff
A local Brownie Troop toured downtown Russellville to earn their Listening to the Past badge Saturday, Oct. 21.
Sixteen girls from Brownie Troop 227 began touring he town at 9:30 am, and went home around 2p .m.
The tour started at the McIntosh House, located on Jackson Ave.
The girls visited Sadler Cemetery, the town's oldest cemetery, located on Jackson Ave., Julianne Riley, troop Co-leader, said.
"We talked about there only being one Sadler buried in the cemetery, and about who the last person to be buried there was," Riley said.
The girls learned about the city's churches, the courthouse, the history behind the town's solider statue, and many other things on the tour. They even found a house with a window in the chimney, located next to Fiver Star Pizza, Riley said.
The girls also visited the Russellville Library, where three of the girls got their library cards.
The group also talked about how the downtown streets were once lined with trees, and how there are still a few of those trees downtown, Riley said.
The troop's badges were completed during their regular troop meeting held after school on Tuesday.
Riley showed the girls old photographs of downtown Russellville that belonged to her grandfather.
Brownie Troop 227 has 28 members, and is the largest brownie troop in West Mississippi, North Alabama, and South Tennessee. The average troop size is around 15 girls, McNutt said.
McNutt has been involved with the Girl Scouts for nine years.
Her co-leaders are Riley, who has been with the troop three years, and Amanda Hovater, who has been with them two years.