Evening star., 1933-01-08
Annapolis Has Gay Week
With New Year Events
Reception Held by Gov. Richie and At Home Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hart
Both Well Attended

from their home at Williamsport, Md,
and have taken an apartment at No. 3
Maryland avenue for several months.
Commodore and Mrs. Edward Lloyd
entertained Saturday, December 81, at
an informal luncheon in their home,
the Brice House Wing.
Col. and Mrs. Murray Cheston, the
former on duty in Baltimore. and their
son, Cadet Murray Cheston, jr.. of
West Point were guests this week OF
Mrs. Cheston's brother-in and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ridgely P. Melvin,
at Aberdeen on South River.
Mr.. and Mrs Sylvannus Stokes, Jr.
spent New Year and the remainder
of the week in Connecticut with Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilbert Stone OF
New York spent the holidays at Carvel
Hall.
Mrs. Jennie Tinges of Baltimore spent
the week with Mrs A G. Cooke at
Spring Hill in Waterbury.
Mrs. Winebrenner and her son, Mr..
David Winebrenner, secretary of State,
spent this week at the executive man
sion with Mrs. Winebrenner's nephew,
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kent Worthing-
ton, who since their marriage last
Spring have resided in Washington,
have come to Annapolis and have
taken a house on Fifth street.
Mrs. j. Wilmer Biddle of Philadelphia
and Baltimore, mother Of DR.. D. Hunt
ley Gordon of st. Johns College, An
napolis, gave a dinner party in Balti-
more Monday evening in honor of Miss
Natalie c. Whiting, debutante daugh-
ter of Mr.. George w. G. Whiting of
Baltimore. The dinner preceded the
second of the Monday Germans.
DR.. William Gaver of Newberry Col
lege in North Carolina, spent several
days of this week with his sister-in-
law, Mrs Harry Gaver. Mrs. Nelson
King, who spent the holidays as the
guest Of her sister. Mrs. Gaver, has gone
to her home at Forest Hills, Long
Island.
Mrs. Carryl H. Bryan was the guest
of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas w. Boykin, in the
Green Spring Valley for the New Year
holiday and few days Of this week.
Lieut.. and Mrs. James c. Landstreet
gave a tea Sunday afternoon
Lieut.. and Mrs. Preston v. Mercer
have as their guest Mrs. George w. En-
gel of Washington.
Prof. and Mrs. William E Olivet gave
dinner party Saturday evening and
later with their guests attended the
officers hop at Luce Hall.
Mrs. Thomas Gott and her daugh-
ter, Miss Shirley Gott, are spending
two weeks in Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. w. B. F. Wright of Norfolk, Va,
spent the holidays with her son-in-law
and daughter, Lieut.. and Mrs. Edwin
A. Taylor. at st. MargaretS
Lieut.. Comdr. Joseph H. Durrett,
Marine Corps, and Mrs. Durrett gave a
dinner party Friday evening, December
80, in honor of Mrs. Charles Godfrey
OF Philadelphia, who was the guest OF
her son and daughter -in-laW for the
holidays, and Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Purdy Of Olean, N. Y.
Lieut.. Comdr George Shields and
Mrs. Shields entertained Friday eve
ming at dinner at the Naval Hospital
Reservation.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Franklin D. Karns
gave a supper party New Year eve in
honor Of Mrs. Walter Hinckley of
washington and Lieut.. Robert Camp
bell of Newport, r. l.
Mrs. Armstrong, wife of Lieut.. Justal
Armstrong, has returned to her home
in Acton Court from the Graduate
Hospital at Philadelphia, where she has
been for some time following a serious
automobile accident.
Miss Louise Woodruff, a student at
Smith College, was with her parents,
Comdr. and Mrs. George L. Woodruff,
for the holidays, and had as her guest,
Miss Virginia Crisp, daughter of
Comdr. Frederick G. Crisp of Quincy,
Mass.
Those who received Wednesday at
the reception given by Comdr. and Mrs.
Harry w. Hill in the home of Mrs.
Hills aunts, the Misses Stockett, were
Mrs. William w. Smith, Mrs. George
S. Bryan, Mrs. D. Claude Handy Mrs.
William G. Greenman, Mrs. Ridgely
Nevin, Miss Laura Steele Mrs. Tully
Shelley, Mrs. L. Dorsey Gassaway and
Mrs Alexander S. Wolfe.
Lieut.. and Mrs r. S. Quackenbush
spent the holidays at CornWaI-on-the-