Evening star., 1933-07-16
Coast Guard Officers
Guests of Quantico
Dance Friday Night
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Drum
Leave for His New Post
at Savannah. Ga.

Coast Guard cutters now anchored IN
the port here we're the honor gueSts
Friday night at moonlight dance
given by the officers mess on the ten
mis- courts adjacent to the Waller Build
ing. The commanding general Harry
Lee, and Mrs. Lee were hosts at oln-
ner served before the dance in honor
of Comdr R. C. Wightman, captain OF
the Modoc: Comdr w. J. Keester. cap
tain of the Mendoza, and Lieut..
Comdr. ]. A. Hirthfield captain OF the
Pontchartrain. Included in the party
were Mrs. E. E. Saltmarsh, Miss Eve
lyn Lee. Miss Mercedes Lee, Miss Eliza
beth Barber, Lieut.. George Bellnger
and Ensign Reed and Ensign Forney OF
the Coast Guard
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Andrew Drum
left this week for Savannah, Ga, where
the colonel will be On recruiting duty.
They were honored by a number OF
farewell parties given by their nunler-
Gus friends. Thursday Capt. and Mrs.
Duncan Waller were hosts at beacn
party. Friday Lieut. and Mrs. Leonard
CressWell entertained informally IN
their honor and on Saturday Maj. Louis
Fagan entertained for Col and Mrs.
Drum. During their station in GUAM
ticO Col Drum has been in command
of the 10th Regiment.
Mai. and MIS- Charles I. Murray OF
Annapolis spent several days this week
as the guest of Capt. and Mrs. Maurice
Holmes
Mrs. Merritt Edison and children have
come from Philadelphia and are spend
ing the Summer at Whitewater While
Capt. Edison is on special temporary
duty here as captain of the rifle team.
Mrs. Melvin Fuller and daughter and
Mrs. Delmar By1eld and children have
given up their Government quarters
and gone to Lewiston, Me, for the
Summer. Capt. Fuller and Lieut.. BY
field are on duty at a Civilian Conser-
yation camp near Lewiston.
Mrs. Frank McVey and Mrs. Charles
Sniffin are motoring to Fitchburgh,
Mas. where their husbands are or
duty at Government forestry camps.
Mrs. McVey's sister. Miss Evelyn Col
Inns of Washington. is staying with the
MCVeY children curing their parents
absence.
Nal and Mrs Samuel Howard have
recently come to Quantico and moved
into quarters. Mai. Howard has just
completed a detail with the Garde
dHalti and has been assigned to the
staff of the Marine Corps Schools.
Mrs Irwin Hansen and daughter
Barbara have gone to Massachusetts, in
order to spend the Summer near Lieut..
Hansen. who is on duty with the
Civilian Construction Corps.
Mrs. Charles Hobbs and her mother,
Mrs. HedWig Patszchke entertained at
a dinner served in quarters before the
dance on Friday. their guests being
Capt. and Mrs. Carl Meigs, Capt. ana
Mrs. Robert Vowel. Dr.. and Mrs Hugh
Mauldin. Capt, and Mrs. Willard
Leut2e. Lieut.. and Mrs. James Risefey,
MIS-. Edna LAMBDA and Lieut.. Lyman
Miller
Mrs. Herbert Keimling and children
are visiting the formers mother in New
York City
Mai and Mrs. Julian Smith enter
tained a group of young people at a
beach party Thursday in honor Of Maj
Smiths nieces, Miss Mary Roth and
Miss Ann James of Havre de Grace.
Miss Cynthia James came over from
Havrn de Grace later and is now guest
in the Smith home.
The young people of the station are
taking a great deal of pleasure in the
officers swimming pool and a number
Of informal parties have been held
there On Tuesday Miss Becky Torrey
was hostess at swimming party fol-
lowed by supper served in Col. Torrey'
quarters.
Mrs. Thomas Tighe and son, Tom,
have gone to Northfield. VT, in order
to spend the Summer near Capt. Tighe
who is stationed in a nearby forest
seserve camp.
Col. Frank w. Schwable has come
from Paris Island, S. c., and been de-
tailed as post quartermaster. Col. and
Mrs. SchWable are spending fortnight
in motoring through the Allegheny
Mountains before the colonel assumes
his command and their daughter Mrs.
Margaret Towmer, and her children
have arrived and are. getting the quar-
ters in order.
Lieut.. Edward c. Ferguson has ar
rived here from Philadelphia and been
detailed as aide de camp to Gen. Harry
Lee
Miss Dorothy Smith. Miss Mary Ellen
We.t2al. Miss Mary Jane McVey and
Miss France Lewis are spending a fort
night at the Girls Scout Camp May
Flater at the National Park at Har-
risOnburg. Va.
Lieut.. and Mrs. David Cloud are
spending their vacation in motoring to
Georgia, where they will visit Lieut..
Clouds parents, after which they will
proceed to San Antonio. Tex, for visit
with Mrs Clouds relatives.
Mai. and Mrs Thomas Watson are
spending the week end as guests OF
Maj. and Mrs. Robert Blake.
Mrs. Donald Willis. widow Of the late
Lieut.. Willis, who lost his life in an
airplane crash, is here from San Diego
renewing old friendships.
Lieut.. and Mrs. J. S. E. Young and
children spent several DAYS here with
friends as they were returning from
their vacation on the New Jersey coast
en- route to the station in Pensacola.
Col John Henley and family have ar
rived and been assigned quarters; Col.
Henley was a member of this years
class at the War College and has been
assigned to the staff of the Marine
Corps schools
Maj. Louis Fag8n went to New York
Thursday to meet his. family who re-
turned from Haiti on TIE Ancon
The commanding officers and officers
of the United States Coast Guard cut
ters anchored at the dock here were
hosts to the commanding general and
officer personnel Of this post at dance
given on the decks of the Mendoza and
Pontchartrain on Thursday evening.
Capt and Mrs. Harold Major have
returned from their vacation which they
spent in cruising the Potomac and
Chesapeake Bay.
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