Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Social Events Listed
In Quantico Record
NJ Varied and Colorful
Dinner Parties and Lunch
/ cons Popular Form of
Entertainment - Visitors
/ Honored-Special Notes
4 of Week End.

OUANT1CO, Va, May 17.-One OF
the most attractive parties at the post
this week was tea dance given at the
Oficers' Club on Friday afternoon by
lieut. Col. and Mrs. e. w. Sturdevant
for the staff and students of the Marine
Corps Schools. Col. and Mrs. Sturde-
want left Saturday for the Virgin Is
lands, where the former will be on duty.
Assisting Mrs. Sturdevant In receiv-
ing the guests at the dance were Mrs.
\ Henley, wife of Maj. John r. Henley;
Mrs. Price. wife Of Maj: c. F. B. Price.
H. Jeschke. Those invited to attend
other than the school officers were
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. S. D. Butler, Col.
and Mrs. r. l.. Bradman, Capt. r. @.
Heiner, Medical Corps. U. s. N, and
Mrs. Heiner; Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. G.
r. Williams, Maj. and Mrs. J. l..
Underhill and Mrs. r. L. Denig. Dane
ing from to o'clock.
Maj. and Mrs. G. D. Barrett enter
tanned at dinner Friday night at the
Mansfield Hall Country Club in Fred
ericksburg and had as their guests Capt
and Mrs l.. c. Shepherd, Capt. and
Mrs. G. H. Brown, Capt. and Mrs. A.
H Noble, Mai and Mrs. John B.
Sebree, Maj. and Mrs. j. L. Underhill,
Capt. and Mrs l.. D. Hermle, Maj. and
Mrs A. H. Turnage, Lieut.. and Mrs.
GOIuou r1dlt MAJ anu NAs' w. "
Hawthorne, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Pyke.
Mrs. Grant G. Hemenway, Mrs, Charles
S. Miller and Mrs r. Linzee Hall.
Mai. and Mrs. C.. L. Gawne enter
tanned at dinner Thursday night and
had with them Capt and Mrs. H. S.
Fassett, Maj. and Mrs. j. L. Under
hill, Mrs. Charles S. Miller, Mrs. r..
Linzee Hall, Col. and Mrs. F. L. Brad
man and Mai. and Mrs. A. w. Jacobsen.
~ inforocfirU dinner marty last urnek
for the younger set of the post was
given by Miss Mary Putnam, daughter
of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. r. B. Putnam.
when she entertained for the children
of the seventh and eighth grades Of the
post children's school. Miss Putnam
had as her guests Betty Hull, Joyce
Geiger, Ann Disken,. Rita Hine, Mar
Raynor, Knowles Henley, Thomas
Joyce, Roy Hunt and Bulge Hawthorne.
The children later attended the movies
Col. and Mrs. Putnam leave next month
for duty on the West Coast.
A luncheon of note this week was
given Tuesday afternoon in honor of
the v. M. I. base ball team that played
here Tuesday afternoon. Those from
here who formerly attended v. M. /.
and who were at the luncheon were
Capt. j. M. Balm. Capt L. G. Shepherd,
Capt, Raphael Grimm, Lieut. E. c. Fer
guson, Capt. c. H. Brown, Lieut.. @. D.
Chapelle, Capt. L. L. Leech, Capt. P.
c. Geyer, Lieut.. Comdr. G. T. Hull,
U. s. NJ; Capt. j. G. Ward and Lieut..
Alexander Gait.
Mrs. Potts, wife of Mai. John Potts,
entertained with an attractive luncheon
at the Mansfield Hall Country Club
Tuesday afternoon. For her house
guests Mrs. Clarkson Clothier of Phila-
~ THANr
Mrs. Potts had as her other guests Mrs.
8. D. Butler. Mrs. r. l.. Bradnan, Mrs.
r. G. Heiner, Mrs. Leroy P. Hunt, Mrs.
w. @. Hawthorne, Mrs. L. C.. Shepherd,
Mrs. s. A. Woods, Mrs. G. D. Barrett,
Mrs, John B. Sebree, Mrs. A. H. Page
OF, Alexandria, Va, and Mrs. M E.
Shearer.
Mrs, Hunt, wife Of Capt Leroy P.
Hunt, entertained with three tables of
contract bridge Wednesday afternoon
for Mrs. Grant Hemenway of Colorado
Springs, who is visiting here with Mai.
and Mrs. Hawthorne.
Maj. and Mrs. j. l.. Underhin have
with them Mrs. Underhill's mother, Mrs.
Charles S. Miller Of Philadelphia, and
her aunt, Mrs. r. Linzee Hall of Boston.
Mrs. James Beddell of Atlanta, Ga,
Is the guest of her son-in-law and
daughter, Lieut.. and Mrs. w. s. Fellers.
Capt. and Mrs. A. H. Noble had with
them for several days this week Mrs.
Mobiles sister, Mrs. L. A. Dorsey OF Bal
timore.
Capt. and Mrs. r. H. Jeschke had as
their guests for luncheon on Tuesday
Mrs. Jeschke's parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Devereaux of Washington.
Capt. and Mrs. .. r. Pfeiffer had
Mrs. Helen McShane of New York as
O guest several days this week.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. r. B. Putnam
have with them for the week end Mrs.
Frederick Wise of Washington. Miss
Alice Virginia Backstron1, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. T. E. Backstrom Of Wash
tngton, Is spending the week end with
Miss Edwina Putnam.
Comdr. and Mrs. G. B. Platt left the
post this week, and Comdr. Plat will
be with the U. S. S. Houston. Mrs
Plat plans to take an apartment In
Washington later in the season and Is
now with her mother, Mrs. Steele, In
Maryland. Comdr. Plat has been on
duty with the staff OF the Marine Corps
Schools the past two years.
Capt. and Mrs. L. D. Hermle will sail
on the U. S. S. Kittery, May 81, for
Haiti, where Capt. Hern1le will be on
duty with the Guarde d. Haiti.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. e. Belts attended
Q house party at Edgewood Arsenal
last week end as the guests OF Comdr.
and Mrs. Leslie C. Davis. Capt. and
Mrs. Belts left Friday for HOLLYWOOD,
Pa, to spend the week end with Capt.
Belts brother, Mr.. Rupert Hughes Belts.
An interesting base ball game hera
this week was one held Monday after
noon by the post team and the ALL
Marine team. Other games this week
were All-Marine team playing v. M. l.,
Tuesday afternoon: All-Marine team
playing Catholic University team,
Wednesday afternoon, and on Friday and
Saturday afternoons the All-Marine
team played the Washington College
team. These. are the last games
scheduled to be played here this season.
The New England schedule starts May
"a with a game played In Burlington,
Vt, against the University Of Vermont.
Several interesting base ball games
Tor the Post youngsters were played
Friday afternoon in the stadium and
were participated in by the Post School
children In the grades from the second
TO the eighth Saturday afternoon the
Post School children held field track
meet in the stadium.
Wednesday afternoon the Girl Scout
troop held its court of award at which
the second tests we're given and merit
badges awarded for work done by the
members of the troop.