Evening star., 1928-12-23
.Quantico Is Planning
Program of Special
Christmas Exercises
Services Scheduled for To-
day by Chaplain Wither-
spoon-Festival for Chill
dren Set for Tomorrow
Afternoon.

QUANTICO, Va, December 22-The
Christmas services for the post will be
held Sunday, and Chaplain Wither-
spoon has arranged a special Christ
mas program. Miss Dorothy Wallauer,
soloist of the First Lutheran Church
in Washington, and Mr.. George LEIGH,
soloist of the Trinity Episcopal Church
in Alexandria, Va, are 10 be the guest
vocaliStS. There will also be three an
thems by the post choir. Miss WAL
lauer will sing again at the evening
services in the post gymnasium.
At 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon the
annual Christmas celebration for the
post children and the enlisted men
will be held. in the post gymnasium.
About 200 enlisted men and $50 chill
dren will receive gifts. Besides the mass
singing and the program put on by
the post school children there will be
several guest entertainers. "Chick"
! Godfrey of radio fame and who is an
ex-Marine will sing severa1 numbers, as
will Mr.. Montraville Wood, who is a
popular singer of Scotch ballads and
a banjo player. This being one of the
large parties of the year for the post,
it has been carefully planned and
| worked on for several weeks by vari-
Gus committees and is expected to be
one OF great success.
Chaplain Aids i'm Celebration
At Stafford Court House.
Chaplain Maurice Witherspoon was
one of the speakers at the annual
Christmas celebration held at Stafford
Court House, Va, last Monday night.
The celebration was under the direction
of Miss Murray, the county nurse, and
included the whole of Stafford County.
Mai. and Mrs Bennett Puryear jr.,
will have with them for the holidays
Mrs. Puryear's mother and father Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Hale of Richmond, Va.
Col. and Mrs. J. T. Meyers of Wash
ington are spending Christmas with
Col and Mrs. r. M. Cults.
Lieut. Stanley Ridderhof and Lieut..
c. H. Towner, who are on duty in
Nicaragua, arrived home this week to
spend the holidays with their families
Lieut. and Mrs. Albert A. l.. Ort are
spending the holidays m Norwood, Pa,
at the home of Mrs. Ort'S parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Lewis.
Among those who recently reported
for duty at the post are Capt. Jesse A.
Nelson. who arrived last week from
Haiti and is now attached to Brown
Field, and Lieut.. H. D. Boyden, who
also is at Brown Field, and Lieut.. E. G..
Kirkpatrick, who recently returned
from China Capt. A. B. Hale, who
reported here last week. has been de-
tached and will be in Philadelphia
Mrs. Laurie H. Riggs, who has been
spending several weeks here with her
sister and brother -in-law, Capt. and
Mrs. A. w. Jacobsen, returned to her
home in Baltimore Saturday.
Social Functions Noted
In Holiday Schedule.
Capt. and Mrs. j. E. Davis enter
tanned at dinner for party OF 10 on
Friday night of last week, later taking
their guests to the dance at the Off
GERS Club.
Lieut.. E. A. Poehlmann. U. S. Navy.
and Mrs. Poehlmann entertained with
several tables of bridge Monday eve-
ming.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs Russell B. Put
nam entertained party of 10 at din
ner at the Washington Club in Wash
ington last Saturday night.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. w. P. Upshur
will have with them for the Christmas
holidays Mrs. Upshur's sisters, the
Misses Munford. Col. Upshur will
spend Christmas day in Richmond,
Va, with his mother, Mrs. John Up1
shur.
Mai c. F. B. Price returned recently
from Nicaragua and is now on duty
with the Marine Corps Schools.
Lieut.. and Mrs. w. D. Bassett and
their two children left Saturday for
New Yory to spend Christmas with
Lieut.. Bassett's father.
The Friday morning speaker for the
staff and students of the Marine Corps
Schools this week was Mai. Follett
Bradley, Air Corps, U. S. Army, of
Washington last week, where he now is