Evening star., 1935-10-20
Dance Holds
Interest at
q u a n t ico
Dinners Precede
Event at Officers
Club.

Capt. and Mrs. Ivan Miller enter
tanned at dinner in the officers mess
before the dance. Their guests were
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. o. R. Cauldwell,
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. A. w. jacobsen.
Capt and Mrs. T. B. White, Capt. and
Mrs. w. N Mitchell, Lieut.. c. o. Comp,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Comp. Lieut.. and
Mrs. c. r. Freeman. Lieut.. and Mrs. F.
B. Loomis, Lieut.. and Mrs. E. S. Piper,
and Capt. and Mrs C. C. jerome and
Capt. and Mrs. r. H. Ridgely OF
Washington. The guests will meet for
cocktails before dinner at the quarters
Of Capt. and Mrs. Miller.
Capt. and Mrs. Vernon Mcgee also
were hosts at dinner in the officers
mess prior to the dance. In their
party we're Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. r. S.
Geiger, Maj. and Mrs. w. T. Evans,
Maj. and Mrs. C. A. Larkin, Mai.
Robert Hale, u S. A., and Mrs. Hale,
Mai. and Mrs. l.. E. Woods, Maj. and
Mrs. Field Harris of Washington, Maj.
and Mrs. H D. Campbell, Maj. F. O..
Rogers, Capt. and Mrs. Byron F..
johnson, Capt. and Mrs. L. H. M.
Sanderson. Capt. and Mrs. Henry
Carr, Capt. and Mrs. Stuart King,
Capt. and Mrs. c. F. Schilt, Capt. and
MIS- w. O. Brice, Capt. and Mrs. w. R.
Hughes, Capt. and Mrs j. L. Thwing,
Lieut.. J. w. Jamison, u. S. N, and
Mrs. Jamison, Lieut.. and Mrs. T. B.
Millard, Lieut.. and Mrs. r. E. Hopper,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Verne McCaul, Lieut..
and Mrs. j. S. E. Young, and Miss
Marian Harvey.
A progressive dinner given this eve
ming before the dance was planned
by several members of a younger
group on the post. The guests-hosts
are to be Lieut.. and Mrs. Walter As
muth, jr.: Lieut.. and Mrs. G. c. Hern-
don, Lieut. and Mrs. NJ. T. Starr,
Lieut.. and Mrs. j. P. Berkeley, Lieut..
and Mrs. E. N. Murray, Lieut.. ana
Mrs. D. W. Torrey, jr.; Miss Mary
Lieut.. r. w. Beadle, Lieut.. H. E. Gill
lespie and Lieut. H. S. Mazet.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank Wirsig enter
tained at dinner in their quarters this
evening before the dance. They had
as guests Capt. and Mrs. l. B. Cress-
well, Lieut.. and Mrs. j. P. Julian,
Lieut.. C. L. Freeman, U. S. NJ. and
Mrs Freeman of Annapolis; the lat
ters sister, Miss Elizabeth Ridgely,
and Lieut. R. E. Hill Lieut.. and Mrs.
Freeman and Miss Ridgely are the
house guests this week end of Lieut..
and Mrs. Wirsig.
Last Saturday evening Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. E. H. jenkins were hosts at
dinner in their quarters.
Maj. and Mrs. Maurice Gregory
were hosts last Saturday evening at
surprise birthday party for Maj. Greg
ory. The guests were Maj. and Mrs.
z. M. Spencer, Capt. and Mrs. H. A.
Carr, Maj. L. e. Rea, Capt. and Mrs.
r. ]. McQuade, Lieut.. and Mrs. w. I.
Phipps, Mrs. Reginald Vardy of Alex
andria and Miss Peggy Gregory.
Mrs. c. F. B. Price had as luncheon
guests last Friday Mrs. A. j. White,
wife Of Maj. White now on duty at
the Navy yard in Charleston, S. c.,
and her daughter Grace; Col. and
Mrs. Price had as their guests over
last week end the latter's brother,
Mr.. Logan Cunningham and his small
daughter Katherine of Williamsport,
Pa.
On Saturday Col. and Mrs. Price
and Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. S. S. Lee
attended the ceremonies at Stratford
Hall held to dedicate the old Robert E.
Lee home as national shrine. Col.
Lee Is a descendant Of the eminent
Lee family.
A bayonet fencing demonstration
was given by several classes of en-
listed personnel from the 5th Regi-
ment In the post stadium last Friday
to illustrate the points of man to
man combat taught in classes con-
Quoted during the past weeks by Lieut..
Col. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, U. s..
M. c. R., of Philadelphia. Col Biddle
was assisted at this demonstration by
Lieut.. w. A. Kengla and Lieut.. j. M.
Masters.
The combined bands Of the post
gave the first concert of the Winter
season on Thursday afternoon in the
post gymnasium under the direction
, OF Capt. r. w. Culpepper.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. o. r. Cauldwell
and their children left Thursday to
motor to San Diego. Calf, where Col.
Cauldwell will report for duty. They
will visit for a short while in Craw-
xordville. Ind, en- route west.
Maj. and Mrs. w. r Clement were
hosts at dinner in their quarters last
Saturday evening. They entertained
Maj. and Mrs. Douglas Mclean of
Falls Church. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs, H.
L. Parsons. Lieut.. Col and Mrs. A. w.
Jacobsen. Maj. and Mrs. Ray Robin
son, Maj. and Mrs. S. c. Cumming,
Maj. and Mrs. W. e. Riley and Mai.
and Mrs. E. F. C. Collier.
Lieut.. Comdr. A. E. Beddoe had as
their guests last Sunday DR.. and Mrs.
George Tribe Of Washington.
Beth Davies celebrated her eighth
birthday at an afternoon party last
week given at the quarters of her
parents, Capt. and Mrs. w. w. Davies.
Inc young guests were Doris and Law
son Sanderson, Gertrude Gally; Paula,
Barbara and Helen Sue Dehaven.
Katherine Ann Pohl, Kiki Roberts.
Claudette and Cynthia Riseley, Sarah
and Nancy Cauldwell, Judy Jacobsen,
Nancy Clement, Elaine Davis, Peggy
Brice, Gertrude Lewis Of Washington,
Ann Miller, Jean Forsyth, Emma Lou
Bourne, Mary and Becky Wilkinson
and Christine Donehoo.
Lieut.. and Mrs. z. N. Murray were
hosts to the officers of A Company, 1st
Battalion, 5th Marines, and their
wives at dinner given in their quar-
ters last Friday evening. The dinner
was given for Capt. A. w. Cockrell,
who Is leaving A Company to attend
the Marine Corps Schools here, and
MrS Cockrell. The other guests were