Evening star., 1934-09-09
Marine Corps Schools
Formally Opened at
a.. Quantico Tuesday
26 Officers Are in Field
Officers Class and 80
Are Taking Company
Officers Course.

QUANTICO. Va, September 8.-The
Marine Corps Schools were formally
opened Tuesday. Maj. Gen. James
Breckenridge, commandant of the
schools, presiding, and Brig. Gen.
Charles Lyman made the address.
There are 26 officers enrolled in the
Field officers School for the term,
and 80 in the Company officers
School.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Charles F. B.
Price spent last week end at Win
chester, Va, guests of Admiral and
Mrs Clark H. Woodard.
The dance last night given by the
officers mess attracted large COM
pany, as the weather was most
favorable. Among those who had
dinner guests before the dance we're
Capt. and Mrs. Edward Farrell, who
motored from Washington to attend
Lieut. and Mrs. M G. Brown are
entertaining the latter's brother, Mr..
r. D. Focht, and sister, Miss Jane
Focht and Miss Billie Focht of Day.
ton. Lieut.. and Mrs. Brown were
hosts at a dinner before the dance
for the visitors.
Capt. and Mrs. Bernard Dubel gave
a dinner party before the dance last
night, their guests being Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Charles Lyman, Capt. and
Mrs. William L. Mann, Col. and Mrs.
Edward Banker. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs
Charles F. B. Price, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Robert Denig, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Paul Capron, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Maurice Shearer, Maj. and Mrs.
Dewitt Peck, Maj. and Mrs. Allen
Simon, Maj. and Mrs. Arch Howard,
Maj. and Mrs. Leander Clapp, and
Capt and Mrs. H. D. Linscott
Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. w. Dalton
Davis and young Billy Davis have
returned from their vacation, which
they spent at Gallatin, Mo.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond Scollins
and their small daughter have gone
to Saranac Lake for month.
Col. and Mrs. Robert Rhea, re-
Gently at Portsmouth, Va, have ar
rived and are occupying Government
quarters.
Col. and Mrs. Charles Fay Williams
we're recent guests of Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Charles F. B. Price on their way
from Mare Island to Portsmouth, Va,
where Col Williams relieved Col
Rhea as commanding officer of the
Marine Barracks at the Navy Yard.
Lieut. and Mrs. Robert Rhodes and
their children spent the Labor day
holiday with Lieut.. and Mrs. John
Strother.
Mrs. Perry Parmelee and Mrs. Will
liam McKittrick have returned from
Norfolk, where they went to meet
Mrs. Glenn Britt, who arrived by
plane from the West Coast Friday,
having been called East by the illness
and subsequent death of Lieut.. Britt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Ozabal were
hosts at dinner at the officers mess
before the dance last night. the COM
pany including Mr.. William Cole,
Capt. and Mrs. Ery Spencer. Capt.
and Mrs. Floyd Bennett, Capt and
Mrs. A T. Lewis, Capt. and Mrs.
Maurice Gregory. Lieut.. and Mrs. Her
bert Niemlink, Lieut.. and Mrs. Hugh
Mauldin, and Miss Peggy Gregory.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Arthur Bleisner and
their children are visiting Mrs. Bleis-
ner's parents, Lieut.. and Mrs. Brown
low Bird, at Columbia, S. c., before
they leave for their new duty in the
Asiatic Station.
Miss Betty Price has returned from
Williamsport, Pa, where she visited
her grandfather, Mr.. S. K. Cum
ningham.
Capt. Frank Creamer and Miss
Dorothy Creamer of Paris Island,
S. c., spent Tuesday at Quantico
en- route to New England, where they
will spend their vacation.