Evening star., 1935-08-18
Ft. Belvoir
Welcomes
Officers
18th Engineers Return
From Curtailed Trip
to Mount Gretna.

| The post this week welcomed the off,
GERS Of the 18th Engineers, who re-
turned Wednesday and Thursday
from Mount Gretna, Pa, where the
regiment had been engaged in the
Summer maneuvers. Although there
Is none OF the dread infantile paraly-
sis here, the officers were required tc
withdraw the regiment from Penn
sylvania because Of the epidemic
The Engineers, who were TO have
spent a month at Mount Gretna, re-
mained only week.
Col. and Mrs. John r. D. Matheson
are spending the week end as guests
of Lieut.. C. H. Mason at West Point
N Y, and are visiting their sons
Cadet David Matheson. who is in his
plebe year, and Cadet Donald Mathe-
son, who is a third classman. Col
and Mrs Matheson will return Mon
day evening to the post.
Mrs. Matheson's mother. Mrs. Ed
ward Murphy of New York, b visiting
the Mathesons here.
Maj. Charles H. Cunningham left
Wednesday for New York to welcome
Mrs Cunningham upon her return
Thursday from a two-month sojourn
in England Mai. and Mrs. Cunning
! ham will return to the post Sunday
evening after spending few days In
| New York.
| Mrs Daniel Noce, wife of Maj Noce,
and their daughter, Miss Millie Noce,
have spent the last 10 days visiting
Mrs. Noce's sister, MRS. Cavanaugh,
at Fort Dupont, Del, and Mrs. Au-
gustus Gurney, wife of Maj. Gurney,
at Fort Monmouth. N. J.
| Maj. Douglas H. Gillette of the
! Corps of Engineers arrived Tuesday
to join the post and has been assigned
to quarters 81. Maj Gillette will be
q member of the staff of instructors
Of the Engineer School here. Mrs
| Gillette, who is now at Seattle, Wash.
will join the major later
Mrs. James c. Marshall and her
children returned Wednesday after
spending several days as guests OF
Maj and Mrs. Russell NJ Harrington
of Washington at their Summer home
on Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.
Capt. Chester X. Harding, t., re-
turned Tuesday from Vineyard Haven
Mass, where he had gone Friday
with Mrs. Harding and their son
Chester Harding. Sd, to visit his par.
ents, Gen. Chester X. Harding, re.
tired, and Mrs. Harding. The young
Mrs Harding and her son are re-
naming at Vineyard Haven for q
longer visit.
Mrs. Gano Fairbanks, wife of Capt
Fairbanks. and their daughter, Miss
Lorena Fairbanks, left Monday fol
their home at Fort Dupont, Del, after
visiting Capt. and Mrs. Karl B
Schilling several days.
Capt. and Mrs Homer Petit and
their little son David went to Byron
Ill, Monday. where they will spend
three weeks visiting Capt Petit:
parents. Young Homer Petit, jr
who has been visiting his grandpar-
ents, will return to the post with
Capt and Mrs Petit.
Mrs. Thomas Russell Howard, wife
of Lieut. Howard, and their little son
Thomas Howard, jr, are at Rochester
MINI.
Capt. Robert J. Hoffman went tc
Sea Girt, N j., Friday, where Mrs
Hoffman and their little son, Bobbie
are visiting Mrs Hoffman's sister
Mrs. James F. Norton, at her Sum
mer home. Capt. Hoffman will spend
the week end there, while Mrs Hoff-
man and her son will remain at the
resort until later in the month.
Lieut.. T. M. Osborne. C. E.. and
Mrs. Osborne, who returned recently
from Honolulu we're entertained at
Fort Belvoir by several friends. Dur
! ing a leave of absence, pending q
change of station, Lieut. and Mrs
| Osborne have been at Alban Towers
in Washington. Lieut.. Osborne soor
will begin a tour of duty at Fort
teavenworth. Kans.
Lieut.. John r. Wright, jr., son oi
Maj and Mrs. Wright. went Tues.
day to New York, where he stopped
briefly before continuing on to Man.
chester, N. H., where he now Is visit.
ing a classmate, Lieut.. John Kemper
Lieut.. Wright was graduated from
West Point last June He will re-
turn to the post late next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude M. Baker oi
Winnetka, Ill. and their daughter
Miss Betty Baker, were house guest.
of Lieut.. and Mrs. Philip r. KRONER
| jr., last week end.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Edmund K. Daley
entertained Lieut.. Daley's brother
Mr.. Don Daley, and Mr.. Paul Nys
and Mr.. John Yount. all Of st. Louis
Mo. a few days this week.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Reynolds J. Burt
| jr., returned last Sunday after visit.
ing Mrs. Burt's mother. Mrs. Charles
Jefferson, at Delaware City. Del.
and spending several days at Re.
hoboth Beach, Del.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Henry G. Dougla,
and their two small children will
leave Monday for New Haven, Conn.
where Lieut.. Douglas will be sta
toned.
Mrs. Stephen R. Hammer was the
guest of Maj. and Mrs. Emil w
Leard of Washington last Sunday.
Mrs. Edward M. Markham. jr.. and
Mrs. Philip KRONER. jr. were the
guests Of Miss Susan Thomson Of
Rosemont, Va, at a dinner party
last Saturday evening
Lieut.. Robert Des Islets. c. E., and
Mrs. Des Islets left Monday for Ala.
bama. where the lieutenant will b
associated with Auburn College. Lieut.
and Mrs. Des Islets returned recently
from Hawaii, and spent two week,
at the Officers Club, during which
time they renewed old Friendships
among officers and their familie.
here.
Mrs. Frederick G. Saint, wife O
Lieut.. Saint, returned to Fort Bel
voir Thursday after spending q fev
days at New York.