Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
Dinner Party Precedes
Meeting of Humphreys
Officers Bridge Club
Mrs. William N. Thomas.
Jr., Is Hostess at Tea
Mrs. Richard T. Conner
Entertalns.

FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, April 10.
The meeting of the Oflcers' Bridge
Club Friday night was made the occa-
sion for very attractive dinner party
in Harris Hall, at which Lieut.. and
Mrs. John C. B. Elliott, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Theodore A. Weyher and Lieut.. and
Mrs. c. Rodney Smith were hosts. The
list of guests included Col. and Mrs.
Edward H. Schulz, Col. and Mrs. Henry
A. Finch, Maj. and Mrs. William e. r.
Covell, Maj. and Mrs. Lunsford z. Oil
yer, Maj. j. Moultrie Ward and Mrs.
Sam Lockwood, Capt and Mrs. William
N. Thomas, jr.: Capt. and Mrs. Albert
C. Lieber, jr.; Lieut.. and Mrs. Don G..
Shingler, Lieut.. and Mrs. Henry Ber-
bert, Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles F. Baish,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Herbert B. Roper, Lieut..
and Mrs. Charles w. Stewart, Lieut..
and Mrs. Emil j. Peterson, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Keith r. Barney, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Morris M. Bauer, Lieut.. and Mrs. Joseph
w. Cox, jr.; Lieut.. and Mrs. James N.
Kruger, Lieut.. and Mrs! Harold A.
Kurstedt, Lieut. and Mrs. Horace F..
Sykes, Lieut.. and Mrs. Hans w. Holmer
and Lieut.. and Mrs. Carl r. Jones.
Another dinner party, before the
meeting of the bridge club Friday night,
was that given by Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis
H. Foote, who had as their guests Maj.
and Mrs. Richard T. Coiner, Capt. and
Mrs. Frank H. OK
Col. Elliott j. Dent, accompanied by
Miss Katharine Dent, went to Norfolk
Monday where he attended the meeting
of the National Beach Erosion Board
and the meeting of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers.
Mrs. William N. Thomas, jr., gave a
tea Saturday afternoon and had as her
guests Miss Virginia Arthur, Miss
Earlyne Finney, Miss Charlotte Grey,
Miss Dorothy Carter, Mrs. William Poin-
dexter and Mrs. Nell Clement.
Col. and Mrs. Edward M Markham
and Miss Grace Markham of Cleveland
were dinner guets Friday Of Capt. and
Mrs. Thomas.
The Monday Night Bridge Club met
at the home Of Col. and Mrs. Henry F.
Pipes. The club had as its guests Mai.
and Mrs. Edwin A. Bethel.
Mai. and Mrs. Richard r Coiner and
Lieut.. and Mrs. Beverly G. Snow at
tended the opera in Washington Tues
day night.
Mrs. Coiner had a small tea last Fri
day afternoon, to meet Mrs. Edward NJ.
Markham.
Capt Harry Latson has received or
ders to Fort Leayenworth, Kans., where
he will be student at the Command
and General Staff School. He and Mrs.
Latson will leave in August. Lieut.. and
Mrs. William B. Higgins and Lieut. and
Mrs. Don G. Shingler are leaving for
Panama in July.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Thomas of New
Haven. Conn, are visiting Capt. and
Mrs. William N. Thomas, jr Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas are en- route to Havana,
Cuba.
A combined maneuver. EMPLOYING
troops from Fort Washington, Fort
Myer and Fort Humphreys was held
wednesday under the direction of the
faculty of the Engineer School. Lieut..
G. 3. Barth and Lisut. P. w. Thomp-
son who accompanied the troops from
Fort Myer were dinner guests Wednes-
day of Col. and Mrs. Henry A. Finch.
Capt. and Mrs. Harry A. Buckley
were dinner guests Tuesday night of
Gen. and Mrs. John M. Jenkins of
Washington.
Maj. and Mrs. Lunsford e. Oliver had
as their luncheon guests Friday Maj
and Mrs. Earl E. Gesler Of New York
Maj. and Mrs. GeSler were recent house
guests of Col. and Mrs. Henry A. Finch
Mrs. j. T. Wade of Montclair, N. j.,
Is the week end guest of Lieut.. and Mrs.
Morris M. Bauer.
Mrs. James N Kruger arrived home
Friday from a six weeks trip to Florida
Mrs. Joseph w. Cox, jr., and Mrs. L.
Fl. Hedrick attended the authors break
fast at the Willard today
Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank H. OK at
tended the opera in Washington We'd
nesday.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Don G. Shingler gave
luncheon Wednesday and had as
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Henry II. Mondell
and Mrs. Devillo c. Foote OF Cleveland,
Ohio; Mrs. John ]. Shingler of Wash
ington and Mr.. H. c. Craig Of Devon,
Pa.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Shingler have as
their week end guests Lieut.. and Mrs
John r Vance of Washington and Mrs