Evening star., 1934-05-27

last of this week and the first of mex
marks the gayest season of the year IL
Annapolis. The presence of man!
=! strangers for the hop tonight and tn,
- large gathering In the afternoon from
!, many nearby cities for the base bal
+, game played here against the Unitec
~ States Military Academy of West
~ Point made brilliant afternoon here
X The hop tonight will be held at Dahl.
n gren Hall and will be attended BY
. members of the first, second and thirc
=, classes Of midshipmen and also BY
q the West Point base ball team.
Tuesday of this week the Oficers
Club gave a large reception at the
newly done over club house in the
Naval Academy. The reception was
attended by the officers, civilian pro.
fessors and many guests from the
town, and also by visitors here for the
commencement exercises at the Naval
Academy next week. Tomorrow a
luncheon will be held at the club.
Capt. and Mrs. Guy E. Baker enter
tanned today at their quarters on Por-
ter road at a luncheon party, taking
their guests later to the base ball
game played between West Point and
the Navy.
Friday afternoon Capt and Mrs
John B. kaufman entertained at the
second of two large teas given at their
quarters at the Naval Hospital.
Much regret is expressed here over
the departure on Wednesday of Comdr
and Mrs. Robert D. kirkpatrick, who
left their quarters and are motoring
across the continent to California,
where Comdr. Kirkpatrick will join
the U. S. S. Dobin as executive officer
Their son, Robert D. Kirkpatrick, jr.,
will remain in Annapolis for several
weeks as the guest of Capt. and Mrs
John Henry Newton and their son
Jack Newton, and at the conclusion
of the school year will join his par
ents in California.
Capt. Roland Schumann, Supply
Corps. left on Sunday after tour OF
duty at the Naval Academy and will
later go to China. Mrs. Schumann
and their children are spending the
rest of the month and part of June
as the guests of Mrs. Donald Cam
eron Bingham. wife of Capt. Bing-
ham, at their home on Duke of
Gloucester street.
Mrs. Bingham and her young
daughter. Miss Catherine Clement, are
leaving today for Old Point Comfort,
Va, where they will join Capt. Bing-
ham, who is in command of the U. S.
S. Maryland, and who is with the
fleet. While at Old Point Mrs. Bing-
ham and daughter will be guests at
the Vanderbilt Chamberlain Hotel.
They will later go to New York City
and be there while the feet is being
reviewed by President Roosevelt. Mrs.
Bingham while at New York will be
joined by another daughter, Mrs. Rob-
ert N. Allen. wife of Lieut.. Allen, the
latter now on sea duty with the feet
on the U. S. S. Louisville.
Mrs. Charles r. Brown. wife of
Lieut.. Brown. and daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Nicholas Green, gave large
tea this afternoon in the garden at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. John
Bowers, wife of Comdr. Bowers,
U. S. N. (retired). in honor of
Mrs. Walter c. Holt, wife of Lieut..
Holt. and daughter of Mr.. John dep.
Douw of Annapolis, who is the guest
of her father at his home on South
gate avenue. The guests were re-
ceived by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Holt,
who were assisted by Mrs. John Bow
ers, Mrs. Nicholas Green, Miss Glare
Green, sister of Mrs. Brown; Mrs.
Wallace ]. Miller, wife of Lieut.. Mil
ler and Mrs. E. M. Jackson.
Mrs. Howard Atterbury will give a
luncheon on June at her home,
Maidstone Farm on the Chesapeake
Bay, and on June Mrs. Atterbury
will entertain in the afternoon at a
large garden party.
Wednesday Mrs. A. G. Cooke and
Mrs c. Columbus Baldwin gave a
large luncheon at their home, Spring
Hill, at Waterbury. near Annapolis.
Mrs. Alexander M. Tyree gave a
luncheon Wednesday at her home on
Franklin street in honor of Mrs.
Walter Holt, wife of Lieut.. Holt, who
is the guest of her father, Mr.. John
dep. Douw, and Mrs. Douw at their
home on Southgate avenue.
Tomorrow Lieut.. and Mrs. Win
field S. Cunningham and Lieut.. and
Mrs. John M. Greer will give tea
at the home of Lieut.. and Mrs. Cum
ningham at Wardour in honor of the
Misses Elizabeth and Dorothy Cum
ningham, sisters of Lieut.. Cunning
ham of Chicago. The Misses Cum
ningham are the guests of Lieut.. and
Mrs Cunningham.
Capt. and Mrs. W. Taylor Smith
gave a dinner Wednesday evening in
honor of Capt. Ralston Holmes,
commandant of midshipmen. and Mrs.
Holmes, at their quarters on Porter
road. The guests, besides the guests
of honor, were Comdr and Mrs. Jesse
B. Oldendorf, Capt. and Mrs. John
w. Wilcox, jr.; Comdr. and Mrs.
Walter Riedel, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs
Stephen B. Robinson, and others.
Mrs. Robert Valentine Massey of
Philadelphia is the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Ralston Holmes. wife of
Capt Holmes, at the commandments
house at the Naval Academy.
Mrs George w Emmerich of West
River has announced the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Priscilla En-
merich, to Mr.. Thomas Vernon Wal
then of Bel Air, Md The wedding
plans will be announced later.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Melvin Stewart
and their daughters, the Misses Doro-
thy and Peggy Stewart, have returned
from Raleigh, N. c., where they have
been spending the Winter, and have
reopened their home on the Grain
Highway, where Mrs. Stewart and
daughters will spend the Summer.
Saturday afternoon, following the
dedication of their home, the BIRTH
place of Johns Hopkins, founder of
Johns Hopkins University, Mr.. and