Evening star., 1935-12-22
QuanticoGay
AtApproach
OfChristnnas
Social A c tiv ity In.
creases as Students
Return.

QUANTICO, Va, December 2l.-
With the Christmas holidays al
ready opened, students are returning
home from their respective schools
and the tempo of social activity on
the post has increased considerably
The Commanding Gen. and Mrs.
c. H. Lyman will have with them
for the Christmas holidays Lieut.. and
Mrs. G. H Lyman, jr, and their
small daughter, and Midshipman An
drew Lyman, who arrived today from
Annapolis.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Hol-
comb were hosts at dinner Thursday
evening, when they had as guests
Mrs. w. L. Mann, jr.; Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. H. L. Parsons, Comdr. and Mrs.
T. C. Anderson, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
/. H. Miller, Lieut. Col. and Mrs.
n. S. Fassett, Lieut.. Comdr. j. B.
ONeill and Maj. and Mrs. L. E.
Woods.
Mr.. Frank Holcomb, son of Gen.
and Mrs. Holcomb, returned yester-
day morning from St. Georges School
at Newport, R. l., where he is STU
dent, to spend the holidays with his
pareE1+.
me children on the post will be
entertained Christmas eve around the
post Christmas tree in the gymna-
sium. The Committee for Arrange
1nents includes Mrs. c. H. Lyman,
Mrs. H. L, Parsons and Mrs. W. T..
Clement.
The officers of the Quartermaster
Department entertained last evening
at a dinner dance in the officers mess,
when Mai. and Mrs. M. c. Gregory
acted as hosts.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. w. H. Rupertus
have as guests this week end the
1atter's parents, Lieut.. Comdr. Pat
rick HILL retired, and Mrs. Hill. and
her sister, Miss Josephine Hill OF
Washington Col. and Mrs. RupertuS
have planned an egg-nogg party to-
morrow afternoon. Mrs. j. M. B..
Howard and Miss Florence King will
be among the out-of-town guests.
Miss Beverly Mann returned
Thursday from New York to spend
her Christmas vacation with her par
ents Capt W. L. Mann, jr, U, S. NJ,
and Mrs. Mann. She is student at
the American Academy of Art in
New York.
Col. and Mrs. c. F. B. Price have
with them for the holidays their
son, Mr.. c. F. B. Price, jr-, who is a
senior at the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology and student of min
lng engineering, and Mrs. PRICES
brother and Sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Logan Cunningham, and their
small children, Logan jr., Katherine,
and Lois. Miss Mabel Cunningham
will also visit Col. and Mrs. Price for
several days during her Christmas
vacation from Holton Arms School in
Washington.
Mr.. Roy Hunt. son of Lieut.. Col
and Mrs. L. P. Hunt, returned to the
post today to spend his vacation from
Colgate University with his parents.
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. w. c. James,
accompanied by their daughter. En-
mala, a student at Hannah Moore
Academy near ReisterstoWn. Md, will
motor to Summerton, S. c., to spend
Christmas. They will visit both Col.
James and Mrs. James parents, who
reside there.
Admiral and Mrs. Reuben E. Back
enhus were honor guests at luncheon
of Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. P. j.
Halloran, who also entertained for
them at a cocktail party in the officers
mess Wednesday, December II.
Maj. Gen. C. H. Lyman, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs Thomas Holcomb. Col. and
Mrs. c. j. Miller and Miss Doris Wolf
were among the guests at cocktail
party yesterday afternoon, given for
the officers of the Junior Glass at the
Marine Corps Schools and their wives
by Capt. and Mrs. w. w. Davies in
their quarters.
Miss Wolf, who is Mrs Davies
cousin, is her house guest.
Mrs. E. F. Cockrell, with her sister,
Mrs. C. R. Lightner Of st. Louis, Mo-,
arrived Wednesday to spend month
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Maj. and Mrs. G. D. Jackson.
Chic" Jackson, student at Rec
tory School in Pomfret, Conn, also
arrived Wednesday to spend his
Christmas vacation with his parents,
Maj. and Mrs. Jackson.
Capt. and Mrs. Kenneth Chappell
will have Capt. Chappell's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Chappell Of Ken
sington, Md, as guests this week end.