Evening star., 1934-12-23
u. S. Naval Academy
Closes for Holidays
After Officers Hop
Comdr. and Mrs. Odendorf
Honor Rear Admiral and
Mrs. McNamee at Lunch
PARTY.

The Christmas hop given by the ON
GERS OF the Naval Academy was held
last evening in Mahan Hall. The
Naval Academy will be closed Off
cially until after the holidays. How.
ever, there always are q number Of
midshipmen who remain in Annapo-
lis. Christmas carols were sung in
front of Bancroft Hall before the
leave began Friday, following the
custom of many years.
Comdr. and Mrs Jesse B. Oldendorf
gave a lunch party Sunday in honor
of Rear Admiral Luke McNamee
retired, and Mrs McNamee, who were
their house guests over the week end
Other guests were Commodore and
Mrs. Edward Lloyd, Capt. and Mrs
Ralston S. Holmes, Comdr. and Mrs
George A. Rood and Mai. and Mrs
Coulter. Mrs. Coulter is a niece OF
Admiral McNamee. Maj. and Mrs
Coulter were also guests Of Comdr
and Mrs. Oldendorf
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Alfred w
johnson were the guests this week
Of Comdr. and Mrs. Laurance T. Du
Bose.
Lieut.. Comdr. John F. Walsh. who
recently returned from China is the
guest this week end of his brother
and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs
Charles Walsh. Lieut.. Comdr. Walsh
expects to 90 TO New York for duty
soon.
party, followed by tea, Thursday, in
honor Of Mrs. Shoemaker, wife of
Capt. Harry Shoemaker, who was the
guest of Mrs. Carryl H. Bryan. Mrs.
Shoemaker left yesterday for New
York, where she will spend the
Christmas holidays with her son and
daughter -in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Offett. After a visit to her former
home at New Orleans, Mrs. Shoemaker
will join Capt. Shoemaker in Cali
fornia, where he is in command Of
the U. S. s. Northampton.
Mrs. John Bowers gave small
lunch party Wednesday at the Officers
Club and Thursday Comdr. and Mrs.
Bowers gave an eggnog party in their
home on Charles street.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Rogers and
the latter's brother-in-law and sister,
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. William P. o.
Clarke. will give an eggnog party
tomorrow at Belvoir, the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Rogers, at Arth, near An
napolis.
DR.. and Mrs. Frederic Cotton have
issued invitations to an afternoon
Christmas party Thursday, December
81, at San Rocco, their home at
Waterbury, near Annapolis. DR.. Cot
ton will arrive from Boston soon and
Join Mrs. Cotton for the Christmas
holidays
Mrs Van Nagell, wife of Lieut. John
r. Van Nagell, and their young son,
Woodward Phelps, who spent the
Autumn with Mrs. Van Nagell's
grandmother, Mrs. Cotton, at San
Rocco, will come to Annapolis after
Christmas and occupy a house on
Hanover street.
gave dinner at their quarters last
evening in honor Of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. David F. Sellers. Their other
guests were Capt. and Mrs. Harold v.
McKittrick, Capt and Mrs. Robert G.
Giffen, Capt. and Mrs Bryson Bruce,
Capt. and Mrs Dallas G. Sutton,
Capt. and Mrs. Lewis B. Mcbride and
Comdr. and Mrs. Jules James.
Mrs. George Mentz, mother of Lieut..
George Mentz, is spending the Winter
in Annapolis and is the guest of Lieut.
and Mrs. Charles D. Whiteford
Mrs. Robert L. AnSon, who was the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. Walter r.
Dorsey, at Cedar Park, has returned
to her home in Washington.
Capt. John B. Pollard and Mrs.
Pollard gave dinner party Wednes-
day evening in honor of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. David F. Sellers. Others in
the company were Capt. and Mrs
Ralston S. Holmes, Capt and Mrs
Charles M. Oman and Capt. and Mrs
Guy E. Baker.
Miss Elizabeth Marsden Smith of
New York, flancee of Lieut.. John
Hooke Griffin, U. S. NJ, son Of Com
modore and Mrs. Thomas D. Griffin
of this city, has arrived in Baltimore
and is visiting her grandmother. Mrs.
r. Manson Smith of Guilford. A
number Of parties are planned for the
bride-to-be before her wedding which
will take place Saturday, December 20,
at o'clock in Christ Protestant Epis-
copal Church, in Baltimore Following
the ceremony there will be a small
reception in the home of Mrs. r. Man
son Smith.
Mrs. Griffin gave a tea Wednesday
in honor of Mrs. Lawrence Bailliere
of Baltimore, who was her guest.
Mrs. Bailliere formerly lived in An
napolis at the Peggy Stewart house
now owned by State Senator and Mrs.
Ridgely p. Melvin.
Mrs. Wood, wife of Lieut.. Lester o.
Wood, who was the guest Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Fox,
has left by motor for California, where
she will join Lieut.. Wood. now on
duty on the U. S. S. Saratoga.
Lieut. and Mrs. Robert BrOdle, jr.,
and their son, Robert Brodle, have
returned after a visit to Mrs. Brodle's
(retired) and Mrs. Hill in Washington.
Comdr and Mrs. James A. Logan
gave dinner party Saturday evening,
December IS.
Dr. Thomas Fell, president emeritus
of St. Johns College, was the guest
of honor Thursday at luncheon at the
Blackstone Hotel in Washington, given
by the Washington alumni of ST.
Johns Dr. and Mrs. Fell are spend
ing the Winter in Washington.
Rear Admiral David F. Sellers,
superintendent of the Naval Academy,
gave q luncheon Thursday in the
Officers' Club in honor of the
civic and business organizations Of
Annapolis.
Representative James M. Beck,
<orp,ar .oIicitor CeperaI of the Tinted
States. was the luncheon guest of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Sellers Tuesday,
following the address that Mr.. Beck
gave to the midshipmen of the second
class at the Naval Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wise Of Balti-
more have been the guests Of Mr.. and