Evening star., 1935-05-12

regular Saturday dance at the Waller
Building was the scene of several at.
tractive dinner parties, number al
the officers mess with others al
homes. guests attending the dance
later In the evening.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Henry Lar
son were hosts to a number of friends
at a charming dinner at the officers
mess before the dance. Those invited
were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas
Holcomb, Col and Mrs. Edward Bank
er, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. C. ]. Miller
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. M. E. Shearer
Lieut. Col and Mrs. M. E. Thatcher
Maj. and Mrs. F. A Hart, Maj and
Mrs. w. P. T. Hill, Capt and Mrs. D
r. Fox, Capt. and Mrs. Walter w
Wensinger, Lieut. and Mrs. Earl Piper
Lieut. Comdr and Mrs. T. D. Cooper
and Mrs. Larson's mother, Mrs. e. M
Anmons, and DR.. and Mrs. L. W.
Franks of Denver, Colo.
Another attractive dinner party
given at the club was entertained
by Capt. and Mrs. Hayne Boyden
Among the guests were Lieut.. Col
and Mrs. Ross Rowell, Mai. and Mrs
Louis Woods, Capt and Mrs. Jacob
Plachta, Capt. and Mrs. James A.
Nixon, Capt. and Mrs. Ivan Miller
Capt. and Mrs William o. Brice
Capt. and Mrs. Ira Kimes, Lieut. and
Mrs. Frank LeJeune, Lieut.. and Mrs
Perry o. Parmlee, Lieut.. and Mrs
Frank Daley, and Lieut.. William D
Saunders. jr
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Albin H
Cecha entertained number of their
friends at the officers mess before
the dance. Guests were Capt. and
Mrs. William Mann, u. S. N, Comdr
and Mrs. William Anderson, U. S. NJ,
Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Arthur Beddoe
U. S. NJ. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs Hugh
r. Alexander, U. S. N, Lieut.. Comdr
and Mrs. George Dowling. U. s. N,
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Ernest Ward
u. S. N. Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. C.
c. Kress, U. S. N, Lieut.. and Mrs
Hugh E. Mauldin, U. S. N, Lieut. q
G. Ralph Fielding, u S. N, Lieut. q
O. and Mrs. Thomas L. Altman. U. S
N, Lieut.. q. G. and Mrs. Guy E
Stair, U. s. N. Lieut.. u. G) and Mrs
Milton r. Wirthlin, U. S. N. Lieut.. q
g. and Mrs. Raymond A. Lowry, U
S. N; Miss Mary Miller Kress and
Miss Jane Conelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hodge of
Pittsburgh. Pa, were guests OF Mai
and Mrs. George c. Hammer. Satur-
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Hodge had motored
down from Pittsburgh TO Fredericks-
burg to attend the re-enactment of
the Battle of Charlottesville While
at Fredericksburg they stayed at
Mansfield Hall Country Club
The members of the Belle Haven
Country Club of Alexandria. Va, were
guests of the Officers Golf Club in
Quantico, Sunday May 5. They played
an 1s-hole tournament, which was
won by the Marine officers. A de-
lightful Dutch luncheon was served
at the club house for the visiting club.
Lieut.. and Mrs. ]. F. Stammn of
Portsmouth, Va, are staying in
Quantico while Lieut.. Stammn is firing
on the rifle range with the Marine
Corps rife team.
Lieut. and Mrs. Walter Asmuth
whose wedding took place April o.
have Just returned to the post and
have taken quarters, after spending
the past two weeks in New York
on their wedding trip.
Miss Constance Young of Fred
ericksburg and Ensign E. w. Taylor,
who is on the U. S. S. Hull, which is
at present at Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, N. Y, spent last week end
as guests of Miss Elizabeth Price,
daughter of Col. and Mrs. c. F. B.
Price.
Mrs. w. N. Best, wife of Maj. w.
N. Best, gave luncheon at the Of
f1cers' mess. Saturday, May II. in
honor Of her mother, Mrs. c. c, Nick
erson of the Eastern Shore of Mary
land. who is making her home with
her daughter and son-in-law.
Capt and Mrs. William L. Nc
Kittrick, have returned to the post
after spending several weeks in Par
ris Island. where Capt. McKittrick
was on special duty. They are
making their home temporarily at the
Hostess House
william Peck and Miss Elizabeth
Peck. son and daughter of Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. Dewitt Peck, were recent
hosts at the Waller Building, where
they entertained a number of their
friends at a dance.
Col. and Mrs. George Van Orden,
retired, are spending a week with their
son and daughter law, Lieut.. and
Mrs George o. Van Orden, at their
home at Gunston Manor. Lieut. and
Mrs. Van Orden expect to leave
shortly for Long Beach. Calf, where
Mrs. Van Orden will make her home
while her husband is on the u s.
8. Oklahoma, which is to be his
new station.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Calhoun
Ancrum have left the post to 60 on
two months leave, which they will
spend visiting in Hendersonville, N. c.,
where they will be joined by their son,
Calhoun Ancrum, jr., of Duke Uni
versity. Mr.. Ancrum is paying last
visit with his parents before leaving
for Europe. He won a scholarship
at Duke University, where he has
been attending school the past three
years, and is leaving this Summer for
Heidelburg University. where he will
study the German language.
Col. and Mrs. Ancrum have been
stationed on the post for the past two
years and at the expiration of their
leave they will go to Boston, Mass,
where the colonel has been ordered
for duty.
Lieut.. r. c. Orrison of Washing
ton was recent house guest OF Capt.
and Mrs. Walter w. Wensinger.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) August F.
Hohl few to Copley, Pa. Saturday,
May S. where he spent the day visit
ing his brother and sister-in-law, DR..