The Washington herald., 1921-02-06
Tod's Father
Dead inOhio

Duty at Annap-
oils.
Information has been received here
of the death of Frederick H Wick,
of Youngstown, Ohio, father of Mrs.
Tod. wife of Comdr. 4. W. Tod, U.
S. N, now on duty at the Naval
Academy
Surgeon John Steele, U. S. N, and
family have closed their home in
Green Spring Valley, Baltimore
County, Nd, and have taken up their
residence in Annapolis for the win
ter.
Surgeon Steele has son in the
Naval Academy.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. John Ran
kin were in Annapolis recently and
were entertained by Comdr. and Mrs.
John S. Abbott. Mrs. Rankin's
| brOther-in-law and sister.
COmdr. J. J. Hannigan, L. S. n,
COmmandant Of the naval station,
| Guantanamo Bay. Cuba, and DR.. and
Mrs. NJ. A. Stuart entertained at a
dancing party on the station ten
mis- court at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
January 15, for Admiral Wilson and
Rear Admirals Jones. Eberle and
| Simpson and other officers Of the
Atlantic fleet. Music was furnish
ed by Admiral Wilson's orchestra
and the station band.
Laddie. the little son OF Comdr
I Damon Z. Cummings. u. S. n. and
Mrs. Cummings, who suffered frac
tured skull and cOncussiOn of the
brain following a fall with his pony
at the RoCkaway Air Station, Long
| Island, n. Y has recovered suff1-
GENTLY to be removed from the sta
tion hospital to the commanding Of
| ficer's quarters, Belle Harbor, l. 1.
Lieut.. Arthur Langheld. U. s. N,
has returned to Annapolis from a
visit to Detroit. Mrs. Langfeld, who
went with him. will remain two
weeks longer.
Rear Admiral Benson spent the
weekend with his daughter, Mrs
Herman Kraft, wife of Instructor
Kraft. Naval Academy, at Wardour,
near Annapolis.
| Information has been received at
Annapolis of the approaching mar
riage of Lieut.. Floyd Stewart Cros-
| ley, L. S. n, and Miss Elizabeth
| Seymour. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Kent Seymour, of Mills Valley, Cal
! The wedding will take place at the
| brides home on February 10.
Capt Edward H. Durell L. S. N
and Mrs. DurelI, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
| Doris Durell. to George Gardner An
| dersen, of Brookline, Mass. Miss
/ Durell, who is a member Of the Ju
nior League, is spending the win
ter with relatives in Brookline, 1863
Beacon street. Mr.. Andersen is a
member of the class of 1919 of Am
herst and during the war was in
naval service. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Mrs. Charles Churchill Slayton,
wife of Commander Slayton, is con-
fined to her bed suffering from a
severe attack of laryngitis and
bronchitis.
The engagement of Miss Ruth
! Johnson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James W. johnson, of Small Acres,
near Binghamton, y. Y, to Lieut..
/ Charles A Nicholson, I'd Construc-
ton Corps, L. S. n, son of Mr.. and
/ Mrs Walter w. Nicholson, of Syra-
| cuse, y. Y, was announced at Bing-
hamton recently.
Maj Clarke H. Wells, U. S. NJ c.,
who has been some time in Wash
| ington, has been ordered to Phila-
delphia, where Mrs. Wells will join
! him later.
Mr and Mrs. John GemmeIl, Of
London, Ontario, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
| Margaret Allen, to Urban Tigner
| Holmes, jr., son of Comdr. Urban T.
! Holmes, L. S n, retired, and Mrs
| Holmes. Mr.. Holmes, a graduate of
! the University of Pennsylvania,
class of 1920, is now at Harvard
| University.
Lieut. Comdr Alva D. Bernhard,
| L. S. n, and Mrs. Bernhard have
returned to washington after eigh-
| teen months spent in California and
are with Mrs. Bernhard's mother,
Mrs. Edward H. Gheen, at her home
on New Hampshire avenue. Mrs.
Bernhard was formerly Miss Mary
| Gheen-
Lieut.. Royal X Joslin. Medical
Corps, U. S. N, who has been sta
toned at the hospital at Fort Lyon,
Colo, has come to Washington on
duty and he and Mrs. Joslin are at
the Bancroft Hotel on H and Eigh-
teenth streets.
legitimate instead Of from an lille
gitimate son OF a British monarch.
MERWYN HERBERT TO WE'D
MISS WILLARD.