Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-24
LuncheOns
AndDinnerS
Of Capital
Members of Official
Groups Entertain
Many Guests.

Representative and Mrs. Chester
G. Bolton will entertain at dinner in
their home on Wyoming avenue this
evening.
Representative and Mrs. Ralph o.
Brewster entertained at dinner last
evening in the patio of the Carlton
Hotel in honor of Mr.. Dexter P.
Cooper, the father" of the Passama-
quoddy tidal power project Thirty
eight covers were laid. Mrs Dexter
p. Cooper came from Eastport,
Me, for the occasion and Maj. Philip
B. Fleming, who has been designated
by the Engineer Corps of the War
Department to have charge of the
construction, was also a guest of
honor with Mrs. Fleming,
Among the other guests were Sen
Ator and Mrs. Wallace H White, jr;
Representative and Mrs. E. c. Coran,
Representative and Mrs. Simon NJ
Hamlin. Miss Amelia Earhart, who
new from Chicago to be present;
DR.. Ernest Gruening, director of in
sular possessions. and Mrs. Gruening:
Mr.. Henry T. Hunt, general counsel
for P w. A: Mayor Roscoe C. Emery
of Eastport; Mr.. Thomas Corcoran,
Maj. and Mrs. Brehom Somerville,
Capt. Lucius D. Clay, Capt and Mrs
Hugh J. Casey, Lieut.. R D. Lord,
Lieut.. Donald Leehey, DR.. H. T.
Cory. Mrs. James NJ Knox, Mrs.
Harold M. Marsh, Mrs. William
lockwood. Mrs. Samuel Shartle
of Portland, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Solomon, Mr.. Paul Collins, Mrs. E.
M. Whitcomb, Mrs. C. E. Dustin, Mr..
and Mrs Herbert Little and Mrs
Elisabeth M. Craig.
Mrs. Thurston, wife of Represent
ative Lloyd Thurston of Iowa was
one of the hostesses at the Thursday
luncheon at the Congressional Club
She entertained in honor of Mrs
Horace M. Towner, wife of former
Representative Towner of Iowa and
other Iowa ladies in the Capital Mrs
Towner has been attending the meet
ings of the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association.
Mrs. George Earle, wife of the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, was the guest
In whose honor Mrs. William Jen-
nings Price entertained at luncheon
yesterday at the National Woman's
Country Club. Among the other
guests were Miss Pauletta Guffey
Miss Ida Guffey, Mrs. Emil Hurja
Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Mrs Thomas
H. c. Reed. Mrs. Samuel Herrick
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs
Harry Baxter. Mrs Marie Mccormack
Mrs. Royal T. McKenna, Mrs.
Bailey Browder and Miss Mary Willis
Mckenzie
Mrs. Earle arrived in Washington
yesterday by motor. accompanied by
Miss Mckenzie. They will spend
several days with Mrs. Browder, Mrs
Earles mother.
Maj Gen and Mrs. George S
Simonds were guests of honor at
a dinner given last evening at the
Mayfower by Col Kenji Matsumoto
military attache of the japanese En-
bassy, and Nine. Matsumoto. The
company included Maj Gen and Mrs
Edward Croft, Maj. Gen. Leon B
KRONER, U. S. A.; Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Hugh Matthews, Brig Gen. and
Mrs. Perry l.. Miles, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Dion Williams, Col. John r
Brewer. U. S. A.: Col. and Mrs.
Charles Burnett. Lieut. Col and Mrs.
Barton K. Yount, Lieut. Col. and Mrs
S. F. Mashbir. Lieut.. Col and Mrs
Charles K. Nulsen, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Edwin Watson, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Martin F. Scanlon, Comdr and
Mrs. Ellis M. Zacharias. Maj and Mrs.
William Freehoff, Maj Albert S
Kuegle, U. S. A.; Maj. and Mrs.
Parker w. West, Maj. and Mrs. Edgar
z. Hume. Capt. and Mrs. Frank A.
Allen and Mrs. John Allan Dougherty
Members of the Japanese Embassy
staff present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Takemi Miura. Mr.. and Mrs. Shun-
tchiro Kawahara, Maj. Y. Miyoshi
and Capt. Yasuto Nakayama.
Mrs. Horace G. MacFarland enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
Chevy Chase Club in honor of Col.
and Mrs. de Vriest Larner. The COM
pany included Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Bruce, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Waring,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fulbright, Mr..
and Mrs. John N. Hudgins. Mrs. John
H. Iden, MIR. Charles F. Guerin and
Mr. Daniel Waters.
Preceding the dinner. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudgins entertained the company at
0 cocktail party.
Mrs. Boutell. widow of former