Evening star., 1935-11-10
Bell ILL.,,
Fort BelVOlr.
Halts Parties
Social Activities Cur
tailed on Receipt of
News From Hospital.

FORT BELVOIR. Va, November 8.
"A large private dance and several
dinner parties scheduled for this week
were Cancelled because of the illness
of Capt. Arleigh T. Bell, who was in
a highway accident near Fredericks-
burg last Tuesday. When taken to
q hospital at Fredericksburg, Capt.
Bells condition was reported so grave
that no hope was held for his life.
Transferred to Walter Reed Hospital
at Washington. he was said to be
in serious condition but another dag
nosis cheered his friends here. The
captain is a member of the Board of
Engineers.
The most amusing party given here
yet this season was the bachelors
masquerade dance last Saturday night
at the Officers Club. The ball room
was converted into haunted barn."
with bales of straw, harness, horse
collars, witches and black cats carry
ing out the decorative scheme. and
the walls were illuminated with post
Halloween jack-o'-lanterns. Sergt.
Mcconnell and his musicians, in
farmers garb, contributed gay dance
music. During the earlier part of
the evening the main entrance to the
ball room was blocked off and novel
feature of the party was children's
slide at the music room entrance. All
guests. were required to use it to enter
the ball room.
No prizes were awarded for cos
TUNES. but Judging would have been
most difficult. Lieut.. and Mrs. Brooker
w. Brady were beyond Identification
as scarecrows. Mrs. William johnson,
wife of Col. johnson, wore the deli
cate black lace mantilla of a Spanish
lady. Mrs. Chester L. Willingham
came as a Hawaiian girl in a costume
she brought from Honolulu, and Lieut..
David w. Heiman wore an EN-.
broidered Russian costume, authentic
even to headdress and footgear. Richly
embroidered mandarin robes were
worn by Capt. Karl B. Schilling and
Mai. Willingham. while Mrs. Schil-
ling appeared as a japanese lady.
with white flowers in her dark hair.
Mrs. Motley Y. Du Hamel and Capt.
Philip Garges acted as hostess and
host at the bridge party given Friday
night by the Post Bridge Club at
Mackenzie Hall.
Lieut.. and Mrs Staunton L. Brown
this week announced the birth of a
daughter Jean Delano Brown, born
at Walter Reed. Mrs. Brown before
her marriage last year was Miss
Fanny Delano Gidley of New Bed
ford, Mass.
Capt. Herman H. Pohl returned
Wednesday from nine-day absence,
part of which time he spent in New
Orleans.
Capt. and Mrs. boswell Gullatt and
their two daughters. Jean and May
Beth. arrived Wednesday and are es-
tablished in quarters 8. Capt Gullatt
will assume duty with the regiment.
Mrs M, H. Shropshire left today
for her home at Birmingham, Ala,
after spending a week as the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Rus
sell Howard, and Capt. Howard.
Mrs Shropshire was guest of honor
at small bridge party given Thurs
day afternoon by Mrs. Samuel j.
Adams at her home.
Mrs. Charles H. Cunningham sue
cessfully sponsored a benefit sale at
the Service Club Wednesday after
noon for the Post Library. She was
assisted by Mrs. Kenneth M. Moore,
Mrs Harold P. Henry. Mrs. Reynolds
j. Burt. Mrs. Harold T Miller, Mrs.
Philip F. KRONER, jr., and Mrs Ches-
ter L. Landaker.
The engineer mess gave an infor-
NAL party in the main lounge Of the
Officers Club this afternoon, when
guests listened to the radio broadcast
of the Pittsburgh foot ball game.
Light refreshments were served dur
Ing the afternoon
Mrs. Jerome j. Benjamin, who has
been visiting her son-in-law and
daughter. Lieut.. and Mrs. Chester
Landaker. left today for Nashville,
Tenn, where she will visit her niece,
Miss Josephine Ralston, before re-
turning to her home at Winfield,
kans.