Evening star., 1935-07-07
Fort BelviOr
Officers in
New WHOnes
Quarters Are Ready.
Second r. O. T. c..
Dance Is Held.

FORT BEDVOlR, va, July o.
Nearly all of the new quarters in the
officers area are now occupied or ready
for occupancy, with the exception of
a few houses on the loop road near
the Officers Club. Others who re-
Gently moved into the new houses, be-
side the commandant, Col. George R..
Spalding, are Col. Laurence v. Frazier,
quarters No. 3; Lieut.. Col. William A.
johnson, No. 4; Lieut.. Col. Walter L..
Reesman, No. SIS; Lieut.. Col. John r.
d. Matheson, No. SO; Maj. Logan M.
Weaver, No. 60; Maj. Clarence M.
Reddig, No. ST; Maj. John r. Wright,
No. 2; Maj. Harry A. Buckley, No. So;
Capt. Morris w. Gilland, No %; Lieut..
Frederick G.. Saint, No. 9; Lieut.. Joseph
l.. johnson. No. "a, and Lieut.. Staun-
ton L. Brown, No. At.
The second of a series of informal
dances to be given by the officers of
the f. o. T. C. group stationed here
was held at Mackenzie Hall Tuesday
night, when officers and ladies of the
post and several parties of guests from
Washington attended. Sergt. John B.
McConnellS Orchestra continues TO
furnish delightful music for dancing
here. Punch was served during the
evening and other light refreshments
were served during late intermiSSion.
Lieut. Col and Mrs. William A.
Johnson left Wednesday for West
Point. N. Y, where Mrs. johnson will
spend several weeks. Col. johnson
will return Tuesday.
Maj. and Mrs. Logan M. Weaver
gave a dinner party Saturday night,
June 90. for their week end guests,
Mrs. Philips of Edgewater Arsenal,
wife of Maj. H. F. Philips of the Medi-
cal Corps, and their daughter, Miss
Betty Philips. Among the other
guests were Miss Evelyn Morris of
Alexandria and Mr. Harold GiSt. Miss
Philips is an accomplished musician,
and after receiving a bachelor Of arts
degree at Bucknel, Pa, she will con-
tlnue her studies for a master of arts
degree in music
Mr.. Glst is the son of Mai. Emory
Gist of the Medical Corps and Mrs.
Gist, who left for the Philippines last
year after the major finished a tour
of duty at the hospital here. Like
Mr.. Harold Weaver, son of Mai.
Weaver of the Medical Corps and
Mrs. Weaver, Mr.. Gist has chosen to
pursue a medical career, and recently
finished his last year Of university
premedical studies.
Miss Ethel Page MatheSon left
Thursday morning for Fort Howard,
Md. where she is the guest of Miss
Virginia Tucker, daughter of Col and
Mrs. Albert St. John Tucker, over the
holiday week end
Capt. Reginald Whitaker. who ar
rived recently from Pittsburgh. where
he has been associated with Carnegie
Institute of Technology. has been
joined by Mrs. Whitaker and their
son Joseph, who Will remain a month
at the post.
Capt. and Mrs. Chester K Harding
and their son, Chester Harding, jr,
left Wednesday to visit Gen. and Mrs.
James Jervey and Lieut.. and Mrs.
James Jervey. jr., at their home on
the James River near Richmond.
Tuesday Mrs. Harding will honor Mrs.
Reginald Whitaker and Mrs. F. Henry
Kohloff at a luncheon in her home
Among the other guests will be Mrs
KohlofT's mother, Mrs. Smith.
Capt. and Mrs. Kohloff and their
son Frederick, who recently returned
from Panama, are now visiting Mrs
Kohloff's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Smith. of Langdrum lane. in
Chevy Chase Gardens. Capt. Kohloff
Of the Corps of Engineers soon will
take up his duties at the district Of
flee at Pittsburgh.
The Pev Robert Shores and Mrs.
Shores and their daughter, Miss
MedOra Shores who make their home
at the Shoreham in Washington, were
guests of Lieut. and Mrs. Chester L.
Landaker Tuesday.
Capt. and Mrs. Robert F.. Gill and
their daughters, Miss Ruthana Gill
and Miss Harriet Gill, went yesterday
to Rehoboth Beach and will visit at
Dover, Del. Miss Marion Gill went
yesterday to Baltimore to visit Mrs.
Loper. wife of Capt. Herbert Loper
of Omaha. who, with her son, came
East to visit her parents in Mary
land. Mrs. Loper will accompany
Miss Gill to Fort Belvoir tomorrow
and they will leave Tuesday to visit
Mrs. Herbert Dunn at her Summer
home on Lake Ninigret, near Westerly,
r. I. Miss Gil. will remain in Rhode
Island until the latter part of July,
when she will join her family in New
York and sail with them for Hawaii,
where Capt. Gill will be stationed
Miss Virginia Newell of Richmond
arrived early this week to visit Capt.
and Mrs. Gill
Mrs. James F. c. Hyde yesterday
Joined Capt. Hyde and will remain
will him Of tho O#perS' (yI11Io tIroI,ob