Evening star., 1928-04-08
|Ouantico Social Set
Foresees Gay Season
Following Holy Week
Festivities Outlined for Early
Spring Unusually Elabo-
rate General and Per-
sonal Notes of Week.

! OUANTICO, Va, April with the
advent of Holy week the social activities
of the post were very quiet, but numer-
Gus parties have been planned for this
week. and the Spring season promises
to be a very gay one.
| Mai. and Mrs. Harry G. Bartlett have
opened their country place near Balti-
more. Md, for the Easter holidays, and
will have with them for that time their
! son, Harry, jr., who attends Gilman
Country School. in Baltimore.
! Lieut.. and Mrs. Byron F. Johnson
left the post Thursday for Pensacola
Fla, where Lieut.. johnson will enter
| the next class in aviation. Mrs. john
son entertained the Tuesday Club this
week at the Officers Club and had two
additional guest tables.
Mrs Miller, wife Of Capt. Lyle Miller,
entertained with six tables of bridge
| Thursday afternoon in her quarters,
and had additional guests in for tea.
| Mrs Sanderson. wife of Lieut.. L. H.
McP. Sanderson, who is with the Mica
ragua expedition, was hostess at three
tables of bridge last week for Mrs. L. n
Medaris. Lieut.. Medaris has been
| ordered to Haiti for duty and will leave
in the near future
| Capt. and Mrs. Oliver P. Smith and
! their daughters Dorothy and Virginia.
spent Sunday at Quantico as guests of
Capt. and Mrs. l.. D. Hermle. Capt
Smith is on duty at Marine Corps head
quarters.
Capt and Mrs. C. G. Hicks had as
| their guest this week Mrs. Vandergrift,
wife OF Maj. Alexander A. Vandergrift
Mr.. d. G. Pond, who is general secre-
| tary for the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps Y. M. c. A., spent the week end
at Quantico as the house guest Of Chap
lain and Mrs. Maurice M Witherspoon.
Mr.. Pond was on tour of inspection
One OF the visitors of note to the
| post for several weeks Is John H. Cliff
| ford who served with the Marine Corps
| during the war and who now serves
as an honorary chaplain in the corps.
| DR.. Clifford has given several talks
while here and officiated at the serv-
ices at the post chapel Sunday Chap
lain and Mrs. Witherspoon entertained
| at dinner recently for DR.. Clifford and
Mr. Clark. who arrived short time
ago to take charge of the post Red
| Cross.
Mrs Dunlap, wife of Col r. H. Dun
| lap, and Mrs. Larsen, wife of Mai
! H. L. Larsen, spent Tuesday with Lieut.
| lap and Mai Larsen are in Nicaragua.
Mrs. Gather. wife Of Lieut.. Alfred l..
| Gather. Medical Corps, u. s. N. enter
tanned the Tuesday Club at her quar-
| ters this week
| Lieut.. F. w. Webster. Medical Corps.
/ u. S. N, and Mrs. Webster have as
| their guests over the Easter holidays
| Miss Elsie Morley. who is associated
with the hospital staff of the Pennsyl-
vania Military Academy, and Capt.
Charles Knight of London, England.
On Saturday, March 81, Jack Dwyer.
| son of Capt. Richard b. Dwyer. cele-
brated his sixteenth birthday anniver-
| Sary with dinner party at the Oficers'
| Club. having as his guests nine of the
| younger set of the post.
| Capt. and Mrs. Paul Reed, u. S. NJ.
| of Washington were the guests last
| Sunday OF Maj, and Mrs. Harry G..
| Bartlett.
Mrs. Ort, wife of Lieut.. Albert A. L.
! Ort, C. K. c.. u. S. NJ and their daugh-
| ter Jean are spending the Easter holi-
days in Philadelphia.
Mrs Frazier. wife of Lieut.. Comdr
George M Frazier, Dental Corps,
u. S. N. attended the bridge luncheon
in Washington given by her aunt, Mrs.
| Edith Pardoe.
Lieut.. Col. w. F. Upshur spent the
| Easter holidays in Richmond with his
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| The Book Club met Monday after
| noon to select new books for the COM
! ing month.
Mrs Montague. wife of Capt. Robert
Montague, was hostess for her small
| daughter Marion Wednesday after
noon. at birthday party, to which 80
of the post youngsters received invita-
tions.
i Capt and Mrs. william M. Radcliffe.
who have been living in Quantico, have
| taken quarters at the pf'st.
Capt Stephen c. Rowan, U. S. N,
Of Washington. was the lecturer for the
| staff and students of the Marine Corps
Schools Friday morning Of last week.
Capt Rowan was accompanied 70 Guam
| tlco by Mrs. Rowan and Lieut. James
L.. Denham, u S. NJ. c.. also OF WASH
| ington Lieut. Col and Mrs. w. p. Up
shur entertained at luncheon for Capt.
| and Mrs. Rowan, Lieut.. Col. Tracey and
| his sister. Miss Carolin Salter Tracey.
and Lieut.. Denham.
Mrs. Nettekoven, wife OF Capt. Jo-
Seph l.. Nettekoven, who Is now IN
! China, has given up her quarters at the
| post and taken house in Quantico un-
] til the date for her departure for China
/ some time during the Summer.
Miss Harriet Workman, who has
been spending some time at Daytona
Beach, Fla. arrived Friday to be with