Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-18

Finds ManV
Activities
Fleet Marine Force
Honors Gen. Lyman
With Parade.

QUANTICO, Va, August 17.-1n
spite of the intense Summer heat
there have been many activities both
official and social during the week.
Thursday afternoon the Fleet Marine
Force gave sunset parade in honor
of Mai. Gen. c. H. Lyman. Thurs
day morning Gen. Lyman reviewed
the Platoon Leaders Class which is
on the post for six weeks Summer
training.
The Commanding Gen. and Mrs.
c. H. Lyman were hosts last Monday
at luncheon to Col. and Mrs. j. j.
Meade of Washington. Col. Meade is
to report here within the next few
weeks to assume command of the
1st Brigade of the Fleet Marine Force.
Saturday Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Ly-
man and a party including Capt. and
Mrs. w. L. Mann, jr.; Col. and Mrs.
c. F. B. Price, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
H. L. Parsons, Comdr. and Mrs. T. G.
Anderson, Lieut.. Col and Mrs. w. C.
James, Capt. w. M. Mitchell, Lieut..
Col. D. Silard and Lieut. N. K. Brown
went to Baltimore to attend the an
nual Marine Firemen base ball game.
Many other officers and their families
also drove to Baltimore to witness the
game and be guests of the Baltimore
firemen.
The social activities of this week
end were increased by two dances at
the officers mess, one given Friday
evening by the Platoon Leaders Class
for themselves and their guests and
another Saturday evening, which was
one of the regular bi-monthly dances.
Col. and Mrs. Walter g. Sheard en-
tertained Saturday evening, August
10, at dinner in the officers mess.
They had as their guests Maj. and
Mrs. r. E. Davis, Maj and Mrs. c. H.
Brown, Maj Harvey Miller, U. S. M
c., r., and Mrs. Miller, Comdr. D S.
Knowlton, U. S. N, R.. and Mrs.
Knowlton, Capt Ralph Dewitt, U. 5.
M. c., r., and Lieut.. Leon Brusilof,
U. S. M. c., R., and Mrs. BruSiloff.
Last Tuesday evening Maj. and Mrs.
Campbell H. Brown entertained at
buffet supper in their quarters in
honor of Lieut. and Mrs. John Burton
Hendry. Among the guests was Mrs.
A. M. Archibald of Washington. D. C..
Mai. and Mrs. Brown were hosts
Friday afternoon at a cocktail party
for the officers of the 5th Battalion of
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve which is
at present on duty here for Summer
training.
Capt Oregon A. Williams and Mr..
Jimmie Denig, son of Col. and Mrs.
r. L. Denig, left on Monday for a
motor trip to San Diego, Calf. On
his return trip East, Mr. Denig will
join his father at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Miss Betty Hull, daughter of Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. C. T. Hull of Crom-
well Forest, Norfolk, Va, has re-
Gently been the guest of Mrs. R. l..
Denig. She returned to her home in
Norfolk last week.
Mai. and Mrs. Benjamin Gally and
their children returned this week
from two months leave spent motor
ing to the West Coast and back.
While in California the Gallys Wis
tied in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco.
Lieut. and Mrs. j. w. Jamison have
also recently returned from leave
which they spent visiting in Illinois
and Pennsylvania.
Another family which has recently
returned from a Summer vacation
leave is Lieut.. and Mrs. E. A. Mont
gomery and their children. They
have been in Georgia visiting first
with Mrs. Montgomerys parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. P. O'Connor, in Atlanta
and then with Lieut.. Montgomery's
mother, Mrs C. J. Montgomery. Lat
er the Montgomerys went to their
cottage at Tyoee Beach, Ga.
Lieut.. G. C. Herndon and his
young daughter, Ann, returned to the
post last Sa turday from Norwood
Colo, where Lieut.. Herndon spent his
leave with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Herndon. They made the trip
to Colorado and back by motor.
Lieut. and Mrs. Herndon have Wis
iting them Miss Betty Marston,
daughter of Col and Mrs. John Mars
ton OF Washington, D. c.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Chap
pell and their children are away on
vacation visiting in Washington and
Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Grif1s of
Philadelphia have been visiting re-
Gently with their son-in-law and
daughter, Lieut.. and Mrs. j. P. Berk-
eley. Saturday Lieut. and Mrs. Berk-
eley drove back with them to their
home and spent the remainder of