Evening star., 1935-02-24
Holcombs Entertain
At Two Receptions
At Quantico Base
New Commander and Wife
at Home on Wednesday
and Thursday Afternoons.

QUANTICO. Va. February 3d.
The new commanding officer of the
Marine Corps Schools, Brig. Gen.
Thomas Holcomb. and Mrs Holcomb
gave receptions Wednesday and
Thursday afternoon, in their quarters
when they were at home to the
instructors, student officers. and
their wives, and few members OF
the post. Mrs. Lee, wife of Maj. Gen.
Harry Lee; Mrs. Blake. wife Of Maj
Robert Blake; and Mrs. Rupertus,
wife of Lieut.. Col. William H. Rupertus,
presided at the tea table Wednesday,
while Mrs Lyman. wife of Brig. Gen.
Charles H. Lyman; Mrs. Miller, wife
of Lieut.. Col. Charles j. Miller, ana
Mrs. Larsen, wife of Lieut.. Col. Henry
L. Larsen, assisted Thursday.
Maj. and Mrs William P. T. Hill
entertained Thursday evening at din
nef in compliment to Brig. Gen. and
MIS-. Thomas Holcomb. Their guests
also included Col. and Mrs. Frank J.
Schwable, Mrs. o. Saltmarsh, Comdr.
W. J. C. Agnew, and Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. William H. Rupertus.
Miss Peggy Lewis and Miss Leslie
Lewis, daughters Of Comdr. and Mrs.
Roy L. Lewis, gave very delightful
Washington's birthday dance at the
oficers' mess last evening, when they
were hoStesSes to about so of their
friends.
The regular bi-monthly dance held
at the officers mess this evening
brought forth more than the usual
number of dinner parties preceding
1t. Among those entertaining were
Mai. and Mrs. William c. James, who
took their guests later to the dance.
The company included Maj Gen. and
Mrs. Harry Lee, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Thomas Holcomb, Mrs. o. SaltmarSh,
Col. and Mrs Frank ]. Schwable,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. De Witt Peck,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Paul Capron,
and Maj. and Mrs. William p. T. Hill.
Capt. and Mrs. Ivan Miller were
hosts at dinner. when their guests
were Mai. and Mrs. Louis E. Woods,
Maj. and Mrs. Field Harris, Capt.
and Mrs. Wyman F. Marshall, Capt.
and Mrs Henry Carr. Capt. and Mrs.
William o. Brice. and Capt. and Mrs.
James H. Strother.
Another party before the dance was
that given by Capt. and Mrs. Vernon
Mcgee, who entertained % guests at
dinner at the officers mess.
Lieut.. and Mrs. ST. Julian r. Mar
shall had as guests at dinner in their
home this evening Maj and Mrs. Roy
c. Swink, Maj. and Mrs. Robert c..
Anthony, Capt and Mrs. William F.
Brown, Capt. and Mrs. Amor Sims,
Capt. and Mrs. William E. Maxwell
ter of Washington.
Capt. and Mrs. William L. Mann
gave a dinner party this evening in
compliment to their week end guests,
Comdr. and Mrs. A. C.. Smith OF
Philadelphia Their guests were Lieut.
Comdr and Mrs. Paul w. Yeisley,
Lieut. Comdr and Mrs. Ernest Ward,
Lieut. and Mrs. Milton r. Wirthlin.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Thomas Altman and
Comdr. w. j. C. Agnew.
Lieut.. and Mrs George H. Potter
also entertained, preceding the dance,
at dinner party at the officers mess,
their guests being Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Maurice Shearer, Maj. and Mrs.
Lyman PasSamore, Maj. and Mrs.
william N Best. Capt. and Mrs. Ralph
Culpepper, Capt. and Mrs. Randolph
Pate, Lieut.. and Mrs. Samuel Ballen-
tine, Lieut.. and Mrs. William F. Parks,
Capt. and Mrs. Howard N. Kenyon,
Lieut. and Mrs. Chandler w. johnson,
Lieut. and Mrs. George O. Van Orden,
Lieut. and Mrs Frank J. Uhlig, Miss
Nancy Vane of Haverford, Pa. Miss
Florence Cronin of Woodcliff on the
Hudson, NJ j.; Lieut.. Joseph Earn
shaw and Lieut.. and Mrs. Earl Piper.
Lieut.. and Mrs. John w. Jamison
were hosts in compliment to their
guests, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Cor
don B. Sherwood of Washington.
Their other guests included Maj. and
Mrs. Clifton B. Gates, Maj. and Mrs.
Robert Blake and Lieut.. and Mrs.
George H. Bahm.
Miss Dixie Bell Ancrum, daughter
of Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Calhoun An
crum, is the week end guest in An
napolis of Miss Anna Catherine Boots,
daughter of Col. James T. Boots,
U. S. M. c., retired, and Mrs Boots.
Mr. Calhoun Ancrum, Jr., VINO Is
student at Duke University. spent the
Washington birthday holiday with his
parents. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Ancrum.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank E. Sessions
are receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a son, Richard Hillman, Sat-
urday, February 16, at the Quantico
Family Hospital. Also receiving con-
gratulations upon the birth of a son
Wednesday are Lieut.. and Mrs. Ed
ward A. Montgomery.
Comdr. and Mrs. Roy L. Lewis have
as their guest Mrs. Lewis mother, Mrs.
I. e. Bowers, from Trenton, N. j.
Mrs. Rowell, wife of Lieut.. Col.
Ross E. Rowell, and Mrs. w. Hale,
sister of Capt Ford o. Rogers, left
by motor Thursday morning, en- route
to Savannah, Ga, to spend the holi-
days.