Evening star., 1931-06-21
Tea Dance in Honor
Of Visiting Aviators
Is Given at Quantico
Maj. and Mrs. Roy Geiser
Invite Entire Post to At
fair at Officers Club.

QUANTICO, Va, June 20.-The
largest Of the weeks festivities was q
tea dance given at the Ofhcers' Club
by Maj and Mrs. Roy Geiger. The
| whole post was asked to meet the Wis
iting avlators in this charming manner.
A string orchestra played during the
afternoon, the club was beautifully deco
rated in red rambler roses and foliage
and q delightful tea was served.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank June enter
tanned at dinner followed by bridge
at their quarters Monday. In the party
we're Lieut.. and Mrs. Lemuel Haslup,
in whose honor the party was given,
and their house guest, Miss Webb Of
Ohio.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Allen Koonce were
hosts at dinner to Lieut.. and Mrs,
Haslup, Lieut.. and Mrs. June, Lieut..
Daniel Torrey and~Miss Webb.
Mrs. Andrew Drum, wife Of Col.
Drum, has as her house guests for two
weeks her father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Cass of Warsaw, N. Y.
Mrs. Carl Miegs, wife of Lieut.. MiegS,
had bridge lunch of three tables at
her home Tuesday.
Mrs. Roy Geiger, captain OF the Girl
Scout Troop No. 80, took the entire
troop to Mount Vernon Monday in avia-
tion trucks. The girls took their lunch
and had a picnic.
Miss Catherine Del Vale, daughter
Of Maj. and Mrs. Pedro Del Vale, a
student at Notre Dame. Baltimore, has
Joined them at the post and had as a
guest Miss Olga Blondet of Porto Rico.
The two girls have left for Porto Rico,
Miss Blondet to remain for the Sum-
mer with her family and Miss Del Vale
to visit her grandmother for a month.
Miss Yvette Baker, daughter of
Comdr. Virgil Baker, U. S. N, retired,
was the house guest of Col and Mrs.
John Henhe9 for few days before
leaving for l.er home in Porto Rico.
Mrs Walter Ansel, wife of Lieut..
Ansel, U: s. N, has as her house guests
her mother, Mrs. Abbie G. Dyer, and
Mrs. NJ. G. Hulme, both of San
Francisco.
Gen. Logan Feland, u S. NJ c., was
the week end guest of Gen. and Mrs.
Randolph Berkeley. He and some
friends came to Quantico for a fish,
ing trip. During the course of his visit
many of the officers who served with
him in France called to pay their re-
spectS.
Gen. and Mrs. Butler. Miss Ethel
| Butler and Tom Dick Butler have re-
, turned from Boston, where they at
lIlc VI MI. oI1ltulGN
Butler, jr., who has been attending the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
Miss Olmstead and Miss Reeves have
been the house guests of Lieut. and
Mrs. Frank June. The visitors are from
Omaha.
Maj. George Clarke, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Clarke have had as their house
guest for the last few days Lieut.. Rich
ard Chase, U. S. A, who has been TAX
ing the company officers course at Fort
Benning, Ga, and is now en- route for
duty in Panama.
In honor of Miss Barbara Adams. who
soon will leave for Washington, where
her father, Capt John Porter Adams,
will be stationed, and Misses Hazel
and Dorothy Vogt. who are going to
Norfolk, Mary Jane and Margot McVey
gave a straw ride Tuesday. The chill
dren. after a ride and swim, had ice
cream and cake at Capt. John McVey's
quarters.
Maj. and Mrs. Lowrie Stephenson.
who recently returned from brief
visit in Philadelphia. were hosts at a
dinner given before the officers dance
at the club Saturday night.
The Marine Corps School held its
graduation exercises in Building 1161
Friday at IL o'clock The opening
prayer was offered by Chaplain Vincent
! Gorski This was followed by an ad-
dress by the director of the school,
Gen. Randolph Berkeley. The speaker
of the day was Representative Melvin
Mas of Minnesota. The major gen.
eral commandant, Gen. Ben Fuller,
gave the presentation address and
handed out the diplomas. This was fol-
lowed by a benediction by Chaplain
Gorski. After the exercises an informal
l,al1 ond tho
went to the Officers' Club, where a
luncheon was given by the combined
student body of the Field and Company
officers Schools for their wives, the
staffs of the schools and their wives.
the commanding general and Mrs. But
Ter and Gen. Buffers staff and the
major general commandant and MS
staff.
MIS-. Thomas Thrasher, wife OF Maj.
Thrasher. who has just completed the
field officers course, IS in Quantlco. AS
Miss Mary McCord she is a we'll known
singer of French and English songs in
various night clubs in New York and
abroad
Chaplain and Mrs. Wilford Hall and
their daughters have driven to Mrs.
Halls home. in Macon, Mo-, where Mrs
Hall will be for the Summer while
Chaplain Hall takes a three months
course at the University OF Cncago.
The older Hall girls, Alice, Helen and
Mary will attend girls camp, Cedar
Ledge, in the Ozark Mountains. The
family will return to Quantico the mid
die of September.
Mai. and Mrs. Charles Barrett have
as their house guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Wollcott of Darlington, Ill.
They all went on an overnight trip to
Williamsburg, Va.
The Horse Wranglers, the polo team
composed of Lieut.. Duncan Waller,
Sergt Novak, Sergt. Enloe and Privt.
Davies, won the years polo cup Sat-
urday, when they played the Spare
Parts, Capt Potter. Lieut.. Stillman, DR..
Boaz and Mr. Cornell. The scn-e was
5-1. Gen. Butler presented the cup to
the winning team Sunday night before
the movies.
Capt. and Mrs. Breckenridge Day,
u. s. A., of Fort Bragg. N. c., have been
the guests Of Capt. and Mrs. Campbell
Brown.