Evening star., 1934-10-28
Costume Halloween
Hop Features Week
In Quantico Society
Gen. and Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Hold Reception for
Staff and Marine Stu.
dents.

QUANTICO, Va, october 27.-The
ball room at the officers mess pre-
Sented gala scene tonight at the
annual Halloween hop. Autumn leaves
combined with shocks of corn and
pumpkin lanterns formed an effective
background for the vari-colored cos
tunes of the guests.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. James Brecken-
ridge gave a reception Thursday to
the staff and students attached to
the Marine Corps Schools. Mrs. De
Witt Peck, Mrs. Robert Blake, Mrs.
Sam Woods and Mrs. Lourie Stephen
son presided at the tea table.
Col. and Mrs. Frank Schwable were
hosts at dinner Thursday, when they
entertained Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry
Lee, Mrs. E. o. Saltmarsh, Capt Will
liam N. Mann, U. S. N, and Mrs.
Mann; Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Paul Cap
ron and Comdr. w. ]. C. Agnew.
Capt. and Mrs William N. Mann
gave reception yesterday, when Mrs.
Fegan, wife of Mai. Joseph Fegan of
Washington; Mrs Panul Capron, Mrs.
Maurice Shearer and Mrs Clarence
Kress presided at the tea table. They
were assisted by Miss Eveline Lee,
Miss Mercedes Lee, Miss Elizabeth
Barber, Miss Mary Miller Kress, Miss
Priscilla Lutz and Miss Beverly Mann.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. McCubbin of
Washington are spending the week
end with Capt. and Mrs. Mann, who
gave dinner party at the officers
mess prior to the Halloween hop to-
night for their guests.
Capt Leonard Rea has reported
here for duty as quartermaster of the
Marine Corps Schools, and, with Mrs.
Rea, is at Stafford Hail. in Fredericks-
burg, until Government quarters are
available
Maj. and Mrs. Sam Woods enter
tained at dinner tonight before the
dance. Their guests were Maj and
Mrs. LIE Roy Hunt, Maj and Mrs.
Graves Erskine, Maj. and Mrs. Robert
Blake, Capt. and Mrs. William Gle
ment, Capt. and Mrs. Franklin Steele
and Lieut.. and Mrs. Stuart King.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Erwin gave a
supper party tonight and later accom-
panied their guests to the Halloween
dance. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis McBarron
Of Baltimore were among the guests.
Capt. and Mrs. Ralph w Culpepper
were hosts at a dinner Wednesday,
when they entertained Lieut.. Comdr.
and Mrs. George Dowling, Capt. and
Mrs. Robert Anthony, Capt. and Mrs.
Campbell Brown and Lieut.. and Mrs.
Robert E. Hogaboom.
Capt. and Mrs. James w. Webb
were hosts at a dinner before the
dance, their guests being Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Charles Lyman, Lieut.. Col
and Mrs. John Potts, Maj. and Mrs
Robert Blake, Maj. and Mrs. LIE Roy
Hunt, Maj. and Mrs De Woot Peck,
DR.. and Mrs. w. Dalton Davis, Lieut..
and Mrs. James Riseley, Lieut.. and
Mrs. A. T. Mason and Capt. and Mrs.
John Selden of Indian Head.
Mrs. Roy Lowell and Mrs. William
Radcliffe have returned from a motor
trip to New York and Connecticut
Capt. and Mrs Herbert Hardy were
hosts at dinner at the mess before
the dance tonight the company in
Guiding Maj. and Mrs. Harold FaSsett,
Capt. and Mrs. Bernard Dubel, Capt.
and Mrs. H. D. Linscott, Capt. and
Mrs. Ben Gally, Capt. and Mrs. John
Kaluf, Capt. and Mrs. Lyman Pass
more, Lieut.. and Mrs. Vernon Magee,
and Mrs. John McQuade, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Robert Meade and Lieut.. and
Mrs. Harold Robert.
Miss Gene Murphy of Washington
Is a guest of Miss Sveline Lee and Miss
Mercedes Lee, who gave dinner party
for her at the officers mess tonight.
Other guests included Lieut.. and Mrs.
Manly Curry, Mrs. Margaret Towner,
Lieut.. Arthur D. Ryan. Lieut.. Jack
White, Lieut.. Hugh Gordon and Lieut..
Frank Schwable.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. W. Dalton
Davis have with them the latter'S
aunt, Mrs Robert Osborne of Los An
geles. Tuesday Mrs. Davis entertained
at bridge tea for her.
Miss Margaret Sampsell, daughter
of Comdr. and Mrs. Thomas Sampsell.
was hostess at costume ball at the
officers mess last evening.
Capt. Kenneth Inman has reported
here as motor transport officer, reliev-
ing Lieut.. Orin Wheeler, who recently
was assigned to duty in Washington.
Capt. and Mrs. Inman spent two
months, since returning from Haiti,
in Northern New York. At present
they are living at Idlewild, on the
Richmond Highway.
Miss Peggy O'Neil, daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. Stuart O'Neil of Edgewood
Arsenal, is making an extended visit
with Miss Katherine Cheatham and
Miss Josephine Cheatham.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Marvin Starr and
Lieut.. Julian Humison of Annapolis
are spending this week end with
Capt. and Mrs Franklin Topping
Steel Miss Betsy Anne Steele en-
tertained informally tonight in their
honor, and later accompanied her
guests to the hop.
Capt. and Mrs. Howard S. Enyart
of Washington were among those
who attended the dance tonight.
Miss Esther Hungate, member Of
the faculty of National Park Semi
nary, is the guest over Sunday Of
Capt. and Mrs. Floyd Bennett.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Samuel Ballentine
were hosts at supper party before
the dance tonight, their guests being
Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond S. Collins,
Lieut.. and Mrs. E. j. Walker, Lieut..
and Mrs. George H. Potter, Miss
Mary Miller Kress, Miss Larrimer,
Miss Heldt, Lieut. John Letcher. Lieut..
John Coffman, and Capt. and Mrs.
Joseph Knighton. Capt. and Mrs.
William j. Hime, Lieut., Harold Rose
cranes, Lieut. Thomas Perrin and Lieut..
Arthur Ellis, all of Washington.