Evening star., 1934-12-09
325 Guests Attend
Supper Dance at
Fort Humphreys
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Mark
ham Hosts at Brilliant So.
cial Event at Engineer
Post.

fFORT HUMPHREYS. Va. Deem
ber s-More than 40 officers and
members Of their families attended the
Afmy-Navy game at Philadelphia last
Saturday, and for those who did not
attend the game. foot ball party was
held at the Ofiicers' Club Saturday
afternoon. .
THREE hundred and twenty-five
guests, attended one of the most bril-
liant social events of the early Winter
season Tuesday evening, when sup
per dance was given in Mackenzie
Hall. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham,
chief Of Engineers, U. S. A., and Mrs.
Markham, their son and daughter-in-
law, Lieut.. and Mrs. Edward M. Mark
ham. jr., and Gen. and Mrs. Mark
hams son-in-law and daughter, Lieut..
and Mrs. w. j. MatteSon. were hosts
and hostesses for the occasion and
the guests were received by them in
the music room.
Music for dancing in the ball room
was furnished by the Fort Humphreys
orchestra. Supper was served in the
main lounge, which had been cleared
ava
many small tables. Vases and bowls
Of yellow and purple chrysanthemums
decorated the club rooms and the
tables in the south room, where punch
was served throughout the evening.
A large number of distinguished
quests were among the company, in
cluding Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Amos A.
Fries, and their daughters, Miss
Marbara Fries and Miss Carol Fries;
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. G. B. Pillsbury,
Brig. Gen. Charles w, Kurtz, retired,
former District Engineer Commits
sioner. and Mrs. Kurtz; Col. and Mrs.
George R. Spalding, Col. and Mrs.
Laurence V. Frazier, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Cleveland C. Gee. Lieut.. Col.
Daniel I. Sultan. District Engineer
Commissioner and Mrs. Sultan; Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Augustine w. Robins,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs John R. D. Mathe-
SON and Lieut.. Col and Mrs. William
A. johnson.
Miss Alice Spalding, assisted by her
mother. Mrs. George R. Spaldlng,
entertained company of Is at lunch
con Thursday as a farewell comph-
ment to Mrs. Charles Keller, jr Mrs.
Smith Brookhart, jr., of washington
was among the guests. Lieut.. and
Mrs Keller will leave December IA
for Panama, where the former mas
been assigned to duty.
Capt. and Mrs. James c. Marshall
returned to the post Monday from
New York, where they had spent the
holidays visiting Mrs. Marshalls par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Wolff.
Mrs Charles jefferson of Delaware
City. Del, left Tuesday for her home,
after having spent Thanksgiving
week with her SON. law and her
daughter, Lieut.. and Mrs. Reynolds j.
Burt jr. Lieut.. and Mrs. Burt enter
tanned Capt. and Mrs. Heath Twichell
and Lieut.. and Mrs. Warren N. IN
derwood at supper last Saturday night.
Mrs. Burt and her mother were enter
tanned at a small luncheon Monday
by Mrs. Jeffersons sister, Mrs. Lin
coin. wife of Col. S. S. Lincoln of
Washington.
Mr.. Felix Thurman Davis of New
York and Miss Ada Mullen of Wash
ington were guests of Mr.. Davis
brother-i in-law and his sister, Lieut..
and Mrs. Chester Lavaughn Landaker,
at Sunday night supper
Lieut.. and Mrs. Arleigh T. Bell
returned recently from New York
where they spent 10 days as the guests
Of Mrs. Bells mother, Mrs. Frank
Hearns.
MAJ. John r Wright and his
daughter. Mise Evelyn Wright. who
attended the ~lyNavy foot ball
game. dined after the game with the
majors son, Cadet John r. Wright,
jr.. who will be graduated from West
Point next June. at the Pennsylvania
Athletic Club in Philadelphia.
Capt. and Mrs Kenneth NJ. Moore
entertained group n children with
. party at 7 O'Clock Saturday evening
to celebrate the ninth birthday ami
versary of their son, Carlisle Moore.
Following the horse show Friday.
November 80. a childrens party was
given by Maj. and Mrs. Daniel Noce
for their daughter Milhe, to celebrate
her birthday anniversary. Millie Noce
is one of the best riders in the local
junior set, and was leader of one
Of the drill groups at the horse show,
as well as a participant in other
events Of the evening. AS her week
end guest she entertained Jane Har-
den Of Washington,
Mrs. E. NJ Reddig, who spent
Thanksgiving with her son and
daughter -in-law, Maj. and Mrs. Clar-
ence NJ Reddig, left Tuesday for her
home at Mount Holly Springs, Pa.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Chester w. OFT
have been entertaining Lieut. Otis
mother. Mrs Charles J. OFT, who left
the latter part of this week for her
home at Erie, Pa.
Capt and Mrs. Kenneth M. Moore
were hosts at a dinner last evening,
when their guests were Capt. Moore's
West Point classmates, who were
graduated in August, 1917, and who
are members of the Corps of Engi-
neers, and their wives The company
included Capt. and Mrs. T. D. Stamps
and Capt and Mrs. Ed Levy of
Washington; Capt and Mrs. Herman
H. Pohl and Capt. and Mrs. Robert
j. Hoffman. Following the dinner
Capt. and Mrs. Moore and their guests
attended the dance at the Officers
Club.
A dance for officers and ladies of
the post was held at Mackenzie Hall
last night, with music furnished by
the post orchestra. A number of