Evening star., 1935-03-24

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 23.-This
week end at Annapolis is quiet, for
although the athletic events which
will take place are interesting they
are not as numerous as Saturday
afternoon usually affords. The SWIM
ming teams will be in New York
City, where they will compete in the
intercollegiate meet. Fencing will take
place here between the Navy and
st. Johns University of Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Friday evening Capt and Mrs.
Ray Spear gave a dinner party at
their home on Porter road.
Comdr. and Mrs. Lawrence T.
Du Bose gave a buffet supper on
Friday evening, having as guests
Capt. and Mrs Harold v. McKittrick
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. John B. w
Waller, Comdr. and Mrs. George
A. Rood, Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. AL
bert H. Rocks, Comdr. and Mrs
Stephen G.. Robinson, Mrs. Ragland
Capt. and Mrs. Alfred w. Brown
Mrs. Robert Hilliard and Mr.. Forbes
Colhoun.
Capt. Alfred Brown is spending 9
leave of absence in Annapolis with
his family at their home on Hanover
street. They will leave here shortly
for Portsmouth, N. H., where Capt
Brown will go for duty.
Saturday afternoon, Comdr. anc
Mrs. Du Bose gave small tea al
their quarters, when the guests in
cluded Commodore and Mrs. Edward
Lloyd. Capt and Mrs. Ralston S
Holmes, Capt. and Mrs. Kent Hewitt
Mrs. Richard Baldwin, Capt. and Mrs
Russell Wilson, Mr.. Tench Thigh
man and Mrs. Forbes Colhoun.
Mrs. Richard Baldwin and Mrs
L. Craven Bruce are on motol
trip to Pinehurst, N. c., and Charles
ton, S. C. At Pinehurst they will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George H. Maurice at their home
Eagle Nest.
Mrs. John r. Van Nagell, wife o.
Lieut.. Van Nagell, who spent few
days in Savannah lately. returned tt
her home here on Hanover street
Tuesday with her young son, Wood
ward Phelps, jr., for Savannah. where
they will be the guests of Mrs. Var
Nagell's grandmother and mother
Mrs. Frederic Cotton and Mrs. Rich
ard Whitall. who have a house there
for the Winter and Spring.
Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. ]. Harrison
Colhoun, who have been abroad since
the early Autumn, arrived in New
York Wednesday, having spent tht
Winter in Florence, Italy. Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. Colhoun are ex.
pected in Annapolis soon and will bt
at Windsor Farms, their home or
West River
Mrs. Richard Morton and hel
daughter, Miss Evelyn Byrd Morton
and Mrs. John Fell. have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvannus
Stokes. jr, at White House Farms
their home on South River. Miss
Morton has returned to New Jersey
and Mrs. Fell to Blue Ridge Summit
Pa. Mrs. Morton will remain longer
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William H
STANDBY and Capt. and Mrs. Julius
Townsend of Washington we're guests
Friday night of Rear Admiral anc
Mrs. David Foote Sellers at the super
intendent's quarters at the Naval
Academy.
Rear Admiral Harley H. Christy
vas also a guest at Annapolis on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E. After
bury gave a dinner Monday evening
at Maidstone Farm. their home on the
Chesapeake Bay, in honor of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. David F. Sellers,
and Capt. and Mrs. Ralston S.
Holmes. Their other guests were Dr.
and Mrs. John H. Janney.
Capt. Frank j. Fletcher, aide to
Secretary of the Navy Claude Swan
son, and Mrs. Fletcher, were the
week end guests of Capt. and Mrs.
at the Naval Hospital. On Sunday
Capt. and Mrs. Oman gave a lunch
con party in their honor. Last Fri
Gay Capt. and Mrs. Oman gave tea
at their quarters and this week they
spent several days in New York, where
Capt Oman will go for duty about
the middle of April,
Mr.. Samuel Hamilton has returned
TO his home at Rochester, N. Y, after
a visit to Capt. and Mrs. Anon Bron-
son at their home at Wardour.
Mr.. PaullWilstach of Washington,
author, was Sthe week end guest of
Capt. and Mrs. Ralston S. Holmes at
the commandments quarters at the
Naval Academy.
Capt. and Mrs. Franklin D. Karns
have returned to Annapolis after
spending the Winter in California
While there they were the guests OF
their son-ln-law and daughter, Lieut.
and Mrs. William G. Schultz Lieut.
Schultz is attached to the U. S. S.
Argonne. Capt. and Mrs. Karns, who
have been the guests Of Mrs. Frank
Bartlett, widow of Commodore Bart
lett, and her son and daughter, Lieut.
Bradford Bartlett and Miss Marjorie
Bartlett, nave reopened their home on
Maryland avenue.
Mrs. George Bryan, wife Of Capt
Bryan of the U. S. S. Reina Merce-
des, gave a tea dance on board the
ship on Saturday afternoon for the
midshipmen who are members Of the
varsity boxing team and also fol
the members of the team of the fourth
class. Those assisting Mrs. Bryan
were Mrs. Ray Spear, wife Of Capt
Spear: Mrs H Kent Hewitt, wife OF
Capt. Hewitt; Mrs. Charles l.. Murray
wife of Maj. Murray, U. S. VI. c.
Mrs. Will F. Roseman, wife Of Lieut.
Comdr Roseman, and Mrs. Albert H
Rocks, wife of Lieut.. Comdr. Rocks.
Capt. and Mrs. Bryan had as theil
guests over the week end Misses
Jane and Patsy Russell of Baltimore