Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
Annapolis Week End Is Gay
Due to Variety of Events
Hop Given BY Officers Preceded by Several Din
ner Parties-Amateur Performance
l. Presented

the sudden death of Condr. Grafton
Heall, IT., which occurred Friday,
March II, at Summerville, s. G. The
p7Iests had been invited In honor OF
can't. and Mrs. Arthur B, Cook and
Cofndr. and Mrs. Frank Slingluh OF
Washington
The last of the concerts given sun
day afternoons during Lent took place
in the chapel last Sunday. Tomorrow
Palm Sunday-the choir Will sing
Stainers "Crueifixion." The concerts
have been conducted by Prof. Crosley:.
The assignment of Capt. Ralston B.
Holmes to relieve Capt. Henry D. COOKE
was received here by the many friends
of Capt. and Mrs. Holmes with great
satisfaction. The departure OF Capt.
and Mrs. Cooke during the Summer
has caused deep regret. Capt. Cooke
will command the U. S. s. Oklahoma.
Comdr. and Mrs. Samuel s, Payne
have been for q short time in Newport,
where they went to take a house for
the coming Summer and where Comdr.
PAYNE, who is now attached to the
u. s. s. Dobbin, will go for duty at the
Naval War College. MRS. Payne ana
their daughter, Miss Lavinia Payne,
and Mrs. Payne's mother, Mrs. II. 9,
Ward, are living at the Cooper Apart
ments on Maryland avenue while m
Annapolis.
Prof. and Mrs. William e. Olivet en-
tertained II guests in their home on
Gloucester street last evening before
the officers hop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick J. Flanagan OF
Portsmouth, N. H., have announced the
engagement Of their daughter Anne to
Lieut., Charles A. Ferriter, son OF Capt.
and Mrs. John p. Ferriter, the former
of the Signal Corps, U. 8. A. Miss Fan
nigan Is q graduate of Miss gibbs
School In Boston and also ives q stu
dent at the University of New Hamp-
shire. Lieut.. Ferriter Is graduate OF
the Navy Academy in the class Of 1924.
and at present is an instructor in the
Naval Reserve at Yale University.
Condr. Guy Baker has been ordered
to the Naval Academy to relieve Comdr:
Augustin T. Beauregard. Comdr. and
Mrs Baker have many friends in An
ously had duty here.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick Howat of Baltimore
has been the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
H. H Wnoeh.
State Senator Ridgely Melvin OF
Aberdeen, South River, and State SEN
ator LanSdale SaSScer of Prince Georges
County sailed last week on the Vul-
cania for a West Indian cruise. They
will visit Cuba, Porto Rica, Venezuela,
Jamaica and Panama and will return
the end of March.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Wild were hosts to q small company ct
dinner this evening In their quarters on
Bowyer road. Their gests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr.; Lieut. Comdr.
and Mrs. Lynde D. Mccormick and
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Harvey z.
OvereSch.
Mr.. Tench Tilghman, who is con-
nected with the English department at
the University Of Virginia, will spend
next week in Annapolis.
Mrs. William +. Halsey and Miss
Margaret Halsey arrived In Annapolis
this week from Norfolk. Va. where
they have been staying with Mrs. VII
liam Old at Meadowbrook. William
Halsey, IT., son Of Capt. and Mrs. Hal
sey, who Is student at Lawrence
Vile School, Lawrenceville, N. j., will
join his mother and sister here next
week for the Spring holidays.
Mrs. Holmes, wife of Ensign Mer-
rill Holmes. left last week on the trans
port Republic for California, where
tached to the u. S. S. Concord.
Lieut.. George Good, U. S. M. c., and
Mrs. Good spent few days last week
as the guests Of Maj, and Mrs. Pedro
de Vale at Quantico, Va. Lieut.. Good
recently returned from duty at Mica
ragua, and joined his family, who are
spending the Winter in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Baldwin on Col
lege avenue.
Miss Virginia Angel Of Roanoke, Va,
has been the guest of Mrs Daniel
Banks in her home on Prince Georga
street.
Lieut.. Conadr. Hugh c. Eldredge,
who recently was assigned to the Post
graduate School, and his family and
Mrs. Eldredge's mother, Mrs. F. M.
Gilliland, are at the Peggy Stewart Inn
Much pleasure is expressed here over
the appointment of Mrs. Boise Penrose
Of Philadelphia to the faculty Of St.
Johns College.
Coindr. and Mrs. Robert Hinckley en-
tertained tonight at dinner in their
quarters on Upshur road. Their guests
were Representative and Mrs. William
r. Coyle Of Pennsylvania and Capt.
and Mrs. Henry d. Cooke.