Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Fort Humphreys Drive
For Red Cross Relief
Launched by Chapter
Bridge Parties and Lunch
cons Feature Social Week
At Military Post.

FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, January
3l.-The Fort Humphreys Branch of
the American Red Cross has launched
a drive to raise the local quota of the
national drought relief fund. The off,
GERS of the branch chapter are Col. Ed
ward H, Schulz, chairman; Col. Henry
F. Pipes, vice chairman; Chaplain
Stephen r. Wood, secretary and treas
urer. The Executive Committee con-
sists of Lieut.. Wilson B. Higgins, Lieut..
Beverly c. Snow and Chaplain WOOD
while Maj. J. Moultrie Ward. is IN
charge of the relief drive.
Friday night the regular meeting OF
the officers Bridge Club was converted
into benefit bridge for the Red Cross.
Mrs. Lunsford E. Oliver and Capt. Ben
nett H. Bowley were hosts for the club.
Monday night, which is the first an
niversary of the opening OF the Engl-
neer Theater,. it is planned to have a
special benefit performance Tor the Red
Gross. All proceeds of the show in ex-
cess of the actual cost of production Will
be turned over to. the local committee.
Local members of the American
Legion were hosts to LegionnaireS from
Alexandria at a meeting in the club
room of Headquarters Company, 18Th
Engineers, Friday night. The guests OF
honor included Maj. Gen. Amos A.
Deems of Alexandria. Master Sergt.
Marcus Freeman of the 18th and MEM
bers of the Engineer Corps were in charge
of the arrangements fer the meeting.
1t is planned to make this gathering OF
the American Legion at Fort Humphreys
an annual affair.
Mai. and Mrs. Richard T. Coiner are
entertaining at bridge supper tonight
for the student officers of the Engineer
School and their ladies. They had as
their guests Capt. and Mrs. Reading
wilkinson, Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles f.
Bash, Lieut.. and Mrs. Claude H Chorp-
ening, Lieut.. and Mrs. Don G. Shingler,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Morris NJ. Bauer, Lieut..
and Mrs. James N. Kruger, Lieut.. and
Mrs. John G. B. Elliott, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Hans w. Holmer, Lieut.. and Mrs. G.
Rodney Smith, Lieut.. and Mrs. Theo.
A. Weyher, Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis H.
Foote, Miss Pauline Brown, Miss Eliza
beth Pillsbury, Miss Laura Loving, Miss
Jean Gee, Lieut.. Arleigh T. Bell, Lieut..
John r. Crume, Lieut.. Donald c. Haw-
kins. Lieut.. Arthur A. KirchhoH, Lieut..
Harold A. Kurdstedt, Lieut.. Robert H.
Naylor, Lieut.. Lee B. Washbourne.
Miss Pamela Sweeny, who is appear
ing in Americas Sweetheart at a
Washington theater, is the week end
guest of Lieut.. and Mrs. James A..
Kruger. Miss Sweeny will be homer
guest tonight at a dinner given for her
by Lieut.. and Mrs Kruger. The other
guests will be Capt and Mrs. Harry A.
Buckley, Lieut.. and Mrs. Don G..
Shingler, Lieut.. and Mrs. George C..
Reinhardt, Lieut.. and Mrs. Emil j.
Peterson, Lieut.. Arthur A. G. Kirchhof.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Horace F, Sykes were
dinner guests Tuesday OF Col. and Mrs.
H. F. Sykes at Silver Spring. Md
Mrs william E. r. Covell gave a
bridge luncheon Monday and had as
her guests Mrs. Clifford Bangs, Mrs.
Alvin Kresecker, Mrs. Charles Riker
and Mrs. p. j. OShaughnessy. Mai.
and Mrs. Covell were dinner guests
Saturday of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Frizzell
of Washington.
Mrs. L. NJ. Henshaw entertained at
bridge and tea Wednesday afternon.
Miss Frances Brady OF Washington