Evening star., 1933-01-29
Officers at Quantico
Bid Commandant and
Mrs. Russell Farewell
General to Assume New Du-
ties at Headquarters We'd
nesday-Consress Mem.
bers Pay Visit.

QUANTICO Va, January 2S-The
officers and their wives convened at
the club Friday and bade farewell, with
extreme regrets, to their commandant,
Gen. John H. Russell, and Mrs. Rus
sell. Gen. Russell has been detailed
as assistant to the maj jor general COM
mandant and will assume hiE new du-
ties at headquarters Wednesday. Mrs.
Russell expects to make a l5-day cruise
OF the West Indies, sailing from New
York February on the Vulcana Her
itinerary includes one day in Port au
Prince, where she has many associa-
tons, due to the years she spent there
when the general was high commits
sioner Of Haiti.
Col. and Mrs Charles Lyman enter
tained Gen. and Mrs Russell at din
ner after the reception at the club
Maj. and Mrs Chester Gawne have
left the post and expect to sail from
Norfolk February for their new sta
| ton in Shanghai. Today they were
guests Of honor at dinner Of Col. and
Mrs. Charles Lyman and Monday Mai
and Mrs. Harold Parsons gave dinner
party in their honor, for which Maj.
and Mrs. Thomas Thrasher motored
from Washington.
Lieut.. Hayne Boyden has been de-
tached from the aircraft squadron and
assigned to similar duty in Haiti. Lieut..
| and Mrs. Boyden will sail from New
York Tuesday on the Cristobal.
| DR.. and Mrs Thomas Arnett are re-
! ceiving congratulations on the birth
of son, Clarence Thomas. January l3.
! Lieut.. and Mrs. H. z. Mauldin re-
Gently arrived from Norfolk. Dr. Maui
din to relieve Lieut.. w. r. Burns. who
/ has gone to the Naval Training Station
in Norfolk for duty.
| Capt. Harold Whitney and Lieut.
! James Strothers, who recently arrived
! from Nicaragua, are living in Wash
/ ington and Alexandria, respectively.
due to the fact that all Government
! quarters are occupied.
Mrs Mary Collier has come from
| Washington and plans to spend the
Winter with her son, Capt Eugene Col
lier, and his family.
Mrs. James Bishop of Washington
spent Thursday with her niece, Mrs.
Kenneth Chappell.
Lieut. and Mrs Theodore Holdahl
spent last week end in New York City.
Capt. Stuart ONeil and his daugh-
ter Peggy have gone 10 Charleston,
S. c., to visit Capt O'Neils mother.
Miss Dorothy Larrick of Washington
is the guest Of Lieut.. and Mrs Gale
Cummings
Capt and Mrs John Martinstcin and
Lieut.. Harry Stadler spent the week
end in Annapolis as guests Of Maj.
and Mrs. Charles Murray and Lieut..
and Mrs. Clayton Jerome. Mrs Muir
ray and Mrs. Jerome returned with
them Monday.
Mrs Charles Hobbs gave a bridge
luncheon Monday. when her guests
were Mrs Allen Simon, Mrs. A. T.
Lewis. Mrs. Fry Spencer. Mrs Maurice
Gregory Mrs. w. Warren Barnabr, Mrs
Carl Meigs, Mrs. Robert Vowel. Mrs.
Fred S. Chappelle. Mrs. Willard Leutze,
Mrs. William Sihler and Mrs Emory
Ozabal
Mrs. Thomas Monroe of PHILADELPHIA
is visiting her sister. Mrs. Raymond
Coffman.
Capt. and Mrs D. E Campbell have
as their guest Mrs Campbeiis rlcther.
Mrs. Hendricks of Baltimore.
Miss Esther Hungate. Mis- Ter thy
Burnett and Mr.. William C11tren CT
Washington spent Sunday a. rucsts o.
Capt and Mrs, Floyd Bennett,
Young David Potter celeb etcd his
ninth birthday anniversary b. enter
tanning IA guests at party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wclfe Ct Wash
mgton were guests over Sunday OF
Capt. and Mrs. Eugene Collier