Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Humphreys Reception
Honors National Guard
And Engineer Class
Officers Club Is Host at
First Of Series Of Meetings
In Bridge Tournament.

FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, March II.
The officers and ladies of the post
held reception in Harris Hall Sunday
Guard and Reserve Oficers' Glass of
the Engineer School. In the receiving
line were the Commandant and Mrs.
Edward H. Schulz. Col. Elliott J. Dent,
Col. and Mrs. Henry A, Finch and
the faculty of the Engineer School and
their ladies. Mrs. Richard T. Conner,
Mrs. Lunsford Z. Oliver, Mrs. Morrill,
| w. Marston and Mrs. Harry A. Buckley
poured. Officers in the class are Capt.
Alfred o. Hamlin, Capt. Daniel H.
owen, Capt Emery j. Close, Capt.
Richard E. Froiseth, Capt. Hensley P.
zoza, Capt. Adolphus L. Helwig, Capt.
Martin w, Jones, Capt. Edwin w. Jones,
Capt Lawrence w. Vadner, Capt.
Alfred. A. Williams, Capt. G. e.
smithsen, Lieut., William H. Bell,
| jr.; Lieut.. Thomas j. Berke, Lieut..
William w. Brotherton, Lieut. Harold
E. Greenlee, Lieut.. John H. Hatton,
Lieut.. Thomas A. Leary, Lieut.. George
B. Mebus, Lieut.. Edwin L. Miller, jr.;
Lieut.. Fred L. Miller, Lieut. John L.
Ross, Lieut.. Frank j. Soutar, Lieut..
Raymond B. Bates, Lieut.. Leo j. Battle,
Lieut.. Robert Bell, Lieut.. Kenneth /.
Boggs, Lieut. Norton j. Osborn and
Lieut.. Garland H. Whitener. These Of
flcers arrived at the post last week and
will be here until graduation in June.
The Officers' Club entertained at a
bridge party Friday night in Harris
Hall, the first of a series of seven
meetings in the annual bridge tourna-
1 ment. Mrs. Frank II. OK and Col.
Elliott ]. Dent were hosts for the club
for the evening.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis w. PrentisS
gave q buffet supper before the bridge
party and had as guests Maj. and
| Emery H. Gist, Capt. and Mrs. James
L. Alverson, Capt. and Mrs. Bennett
H. Bowley, Capt. and Mrs. Reading
wilkinson, Lieut.. and Mrs. Henry Ber-
bert, Lieut.. and Mrs Frank H. OK,
Lieut.. and Mrs Oscar A. Saunders,
| Lieut. and Mrs. James N. Kruger, Mrs.
Michael G. Grenata and Capt. Brom
r. Whitthorne.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Harold A. Kurstedt,
who were married last week in Rock
vile, Md, are making their home at
Fort Humphreys. Mrs. Kurstedt is the
| former Miss Joan Balm and is the
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Jarvis j..
Balm of Pittsburgh, Pa. Lieut.. and
| Mrs. Kurstedt left Friday to spend
the week end with her parents.
Mrs. Kurstedt was the guest in
whose honor a tea was given Thurs
| day afternoon by Mrs James N. Krue-
ger. The other guests were Mrs.
George O. Reinhardt, Mrs. Carl r.
| Jones, Mrs. Harry A. Buckley, Mrs.
| Emil j. Peterson Mrs John G. B.
| Elliott, MRS. Louis w. PrentisS, Mrs.
| Henry Berbert, Mrs. Charles W..
| Stewart, Mrs. Wilson B. Higgins and
! MRS. Joseph w. Cox. Mrs. Buckley
I and Mrs. Reinhardt poured.
-E sl-ssa
and Mrs. Mildred Saunders of Balti-
more we're tea guests Wednesday of
| Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles +. Baish.
Col. Elliott j. Dent and Capt. and
| Mrs, Harley Latson were dinner guests
| of Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles w. Stewart
before the bridge Friday night.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Wilson B. Higgins
had as their guests Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Watson of Kansas
City.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Harold A. Kurstedt
we're dinner guests Thursday Of Lieut..
| and Mrs. Joseph w. Cox.
Mrs. Cox attended the shower
| given Wednesday afternoon for Miss
| Beverly Rittenhouse by Miss Lila La
| Garde of Washington. Miss Rttten-
house will be married on March 19.
| Capt. and Mrs. Reading Wilkinson
entertained at dinner Saturday night
| Mr.. ana MIS-. FTeQ GubHrIe OF wash
ington, Miss Mary Heath Of Port Glib
son, Miss, and Capt. Adolphus L.
| Helwig.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Herbert B. Lopez are
| weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
| N. Opie of Baltimore.
Mrs. George Henry Southland, Sd Of
Washington and Capt. Lawrence 8.
| Vadner were dinner guests Sunday of
Lieut.. and Mrs George G. Reinhardt.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Reinhardt had as din
ner guests Tuesday, Lieut.. and Mrs.
| Harold A. Kurstedt and Lieut.. Arthur
/ A. @. Kirchhoff.
Maj. H. F. Merely of Palo Alto,
| Calf. the guest of Gel. and Mrs. Henry
| A. Finch. Col. Finch has been ap-
pointed engineer of the San Francisco
district and will sail for the coast via
! the Panama Canal June %.
Lieut.. and Mrs. John r. Vance or
Washington were guests over the week
end of Lieut.. and Mrs. Don q. Shing-
| Ter.
Capt. and Mrs Morrill, w. Marston
were dinner guests Friday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morton Milford of Washington.
Among the officers who have been
| ordered away from Fort Humphreys
are Lieut.. Frank H. OK and Lieut..
Harold A. Kurstedt. Lieut.. OK is or
dered TO Panama and will sail in
June. Lieut.. Kurstedt viii leave about
the same time for Juneau, Alaska.
Mrs. Richard T. Conner gave 4 tea