Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Music Club Program
Charms Big Audience
At Fort Humphreys
Committee In Charge Scores
Success in Selecting Fea-
ture Numbers - Society
News Notes in Weeks
Record.

FORT HUMPHREYS, Va. November
i5.-The Music Club met Tuesday night
at the home Of Col. and Mrs. Henry A.
Finch, where an interesting program
was arranged by the committee COM
posed of Mrs. Henry Berbert, Mrs.
Beverly G. Snow and MRS. Joseph w.
Cox. The flrst number on the program
vas q group Of Negro spirituals, sung by
members Of the Woodlawn colored
church choir. Lieut.. Wilson B. Higgins
gave a reading; Lieut. Beverly G. Snow
played piano solos and Mrs. Lunsford E.
Oliver sang several soprano solos. ac-
companied by Mrs. Hubert s. Miller at
the piano. Mrs. Miller also played
piano solos. The program ended with
song medleys by q stringed orchestra
composed of Lieut.. Higgins, Lieut.. Snow,
Lieut.. Herbert B. Lopez, Lieut.. Frank H.
OK, Lieut.. Lewis w. Prentiss and Lieut..
John C. B. Elliott. The orchestra fea-
tured q medley of war songs in COM
memoration Of Armistice day.
Maj. and Mrs Richard T. Coiner
motored to West Point to spend the
week end with their son, Cadet Richard
Maj. and Mrs. Henry C. Johannes
returned Monday from a leave of abb
sence which they spent in Canada and
the Middle West.
Mrs. M. A. Finch arrived Thursday
from Pasadena. Calf, TO spend month
as guest of Col. and Mrs. Henry A.
Finch.
Lieut.. and Mrs. N. L. Hemenway, en-
route from Fort Dupont, Del. to jack
sonville, Fla, were guests Of Lieut.. and
Mrs. Beverly G. Snow Wednesday and
Thursday. Lieut.. Otto s. Tinkel was a
dinner guest Of Lieut.. and Mrs. Snow
Thursday.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Don @. Shingler,
Lieut.. and Mrs. John r. Vance and
Miss Erin Clark spent the week end at
Fort Meade, Md.
Miss Martha Dinwiddie of Blacks
burg, Va, Is the guest Of Capt. and
Mrs. r. Russell Lyons over the week
end.
Maj. Donald A. Davidson of WASH
ington was q recent luncheon guest OF
Maj. and Mrs. William E. r. CoveI.
Mai. J. Moultrie Ward motored to
New York for the week end to see the
Georgetown-New York University foot
ball game.
Mrs G. M. Seaman of washington is
spending the week end as guest Of Lieut.
and Mrs. Claude H. Chorpening.
Mrs. william E. r. Covell attended
the luncheon given Monday by Mrs.
x. H. Price at Wardman Park. Thurs
day Mrs. Covell was luncheon guest Of
Mrs Clifford Bangs in Washington.
Capt. and Mrs william N. Thomas.
r., have as week end guests Mr.. and
Mrs George M. Moen Of New York. :.
Lieut.. and Mrs Herbert b. Lopez and
Lieut.. and Mrs. Claude H. Chorpenlng
were dinner guests Thursday OF MAJ.
and Mrs Mackenzie Dawson in Wash
ington.
Mr. vesper A. Schlenker Of New York
was q guest of Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis w.
Prentiss Monday
MRS. C. Rodney Smith entertained at
bridge Thursday afternoon in honor OF
Miss Margaret Lyons Of Wilmington,
Del. Her guests were Mrs. Keith r.
Barney, Mrs. Norman A. Matthias, Mrs.
Theodore A. Weyher, Mrs. John @. B..
Elliott, Mrs. Hans w. Holmer and Mrs.
MRS. joseph W. Cox returned Friday
from New York, where she has been
visiting since the middle Of october.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Maynard Of
Richmond, Va, were luncheon guests OF
Capt. and Mrs. James L. Alverson on
Wednesday.
Maj. Edwin A. Bethel has reported
for duty with the l3th Engineers at
this post. Maj. Bethel has just COM
pleted . detail as student at Ecole
Superieure de Guerre, France. Since
his arrival at Fort Humphreys he has
been guest Of Capt. and Mrs. William
" mrs Wiiiliann Z. r. Coven was q
luncheon guest Tuesday Of Mrs. ]. 9.
Davis of Foxhall Village.
Mrs. Herbert B. Lopez returned We'd
nesday from Baltimore, where she has
. been the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Opie.