Evening star., 1935-11-24
Girl
Is Visitor at
Quantico
Miss Helen Defrees
Guest of Lieut.. and
Mrs. Starr.

Miss Helen Defrees, daughter OF the
commandant of the navy yard and
Mrs. Joseph r. Defrees, is the guest
this week end of Lieut.. and Mrs. M. T.
Starr, with whom she attended the
dance at Fort Belvoir, Va, last eve
ming.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Hol-
comb were hosts at reception for
the officers of the Junior course at the
Marine Corps School and their wives
in their home on Monday afternoon.
On Wednesday evening Gen. and
Mrs. Holcomb entertained at dinner
in their quarters the commanding gen.
eral and Mrs. c. H. Lyman, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Hugh Matthews, Col. and
Mrs. j. ]. Meade, Col. and Mrs. F. A
Barker and Mai and Mrs. r. E. Davis
Col. and Mrs. H. L. Larsen, Col.
and Mrs. c. j. Miller, Comdr. and
Mrs. o. M. Forster, Mrs. L. P. Hunt,
Lieut.. Col. NJ H. Kingman. Maj. and
Mrs G. D. Jackson, jr., and Capt. and
Mrs. F. r. Armstead we're guests of
Gen. and Mrs. Holcomb at dinner
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper. wife of the
Secretary of Commerce, and Miss
Janet Richards, noted Washington
lecturer, were guests of honor at a
luncheon given here Thursday by
Mrs. r. E. Davis. The other guests
were Mrs. Edward Keys. Mrs. Hugh
Matthews and Mrs. William Willard,
all of Washington; Mrs. c. H. Lyman,
Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Mrs. J. j.
Meade, Mrs. F. A. Barker, Mrs. H. E.
jenkins, Mrs. w. P. T. Hill. Mrs. C. A.
Wilkinson, Mrs. r. M. Cults, jr.; Mrs.
M. l.. Shiveley and Mrs. Ery Spencer.
Col. C. F. B. Price and his daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Hendry, motored to VIII
Transport, Pa, last week end to join
Mrs. Price and attend the funeral
of her father, Mr.. S. K. Cunningham.
On the return trip they were accom-
panied by Mrs. Prices mother, Mrs.
Sarah Jane Cunningham, and Mr..
Logan Cunningham and his daughter
Katherine. Mrs. Cunningham will spend
the remainder of the Winter with Col.
and Mrs Price. Mr.. Logan Cunning
ham and his daughter returned to his
home in Williamsport Monday after
noon.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. D. T. Hunter
was the guests this week end of the
latter's aunt, Mrs. Aldah Pearcy. at
her home. Clover Forest. the historic
estate of Gen. C. C. Walker at Penn
berton. Va, on the James River, near
Richmond.
Mai. c. A. wilkinson, U. s. A., and
Mrs. Wilkinson had as their guests at
the Cavalry dinner in the Army and
Navy Country Club on Tuesday Lieut..
Col. L. w Whaley and Maj and Mrs
c. H Brown. The dinner was given
for the United States Army Cavalry
officers stationed in and near Wash
ington and their guests.
Mai. and Mrs. Brown were dinner
guests last evening of Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. William Hawthorne at their
home on Arlington Ridge road, near
Alexandria, Va. Other guests were
Capt. and Mrs. C. C. Jerome of Wash
ington. Mr.. Halleck and Lieut.. Ris-
seur. U. S. N, now stationed on the
U. S. S. Portland.
Miss Mary Miller Kress, daughter
of Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. c. c. Kress,
entertained a group Of friends at a
cocktail party last Sunday afternoon
in honor OF Lieut.. Ferdinand j. Tate
and Lieut.. Simrosky of Fort Bel
voir, Va.
Miss Kress left the post on Friday
afternoon for Utica, N. Y. where she
will be the guest of Mrs. c. w. Frame,
the former Rosalind Kress, for sew
eral days.
Capt. and Mrs. L. H. M. Sanderson
entertained in their quarters on Tues
celebrate their son Lawson's 9th BIRTH
day anniversary. Thanksgiving favors
and decorations were used. The young
guests were John Beddoe. Jay Riseley,
Jimmy Hardie, GuSsie and Lille
Young, Helen Sue, Barbara and Paula
Dehaven, Beth Davies, Kiki Roberts,
Judy Jacobsen, Ann Miller. jeff White,
GLtllily bOu oOuIIlC, AdIiClAAiC ~AAAA
Pohl and Doris SanderSon.
Lieut.. and Mrs. A. D. Abel enter
tained last Sunday evening at dinner
in the officers mess In honor Of the
latter's parents. Capt. and Mrs. John
Talbot. and Miss Marguerite Talbot.
The other guests were Capt. and Mrs.
A. T. Mason and Lieut.. and Mrs. w.
o. Thompson.
Capt. and Mrs. Talbot and Miss Tai
bot left on Monday to motor to San
Francisco, Calf, where they plan to
make their future home in one of the
suburbs. They will spend month in
Arizona en- route West.
Lieut.. and Mrs. j. P. Julian have
as house guests this week end Mrs.
Rosa Hooper and her son, Lieut.. S. G.
Hooper, U. S. NJ, of Annapolis, Md.
Sonny FaSsett. son of Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. H. S. Fassett, was host to
number of his young friends on the
occasion of his birthday anniversary
Monday. His small guests were Dick
and David Halloran, Bobbie Meade,
Kiki Roberts, Joan and David Pef1ey.
Bobbie Miller. Christine Donehoo, Jef