Evening star., 1935-12-01
DinnerSAre
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AtQuantico
Thanksgiving Noted
at Marine Post
in Virginia.

QUANIICO, va, november SU.-
The Thanksgiving holidays have been
the occasion for much social activity.
The officers mess was the scene
Wednesday evening of the annual
Thanksgiving dance and several din
ner parties. Many of the officers and
their families are entertaining house
guests and relatives for the holiday
week end and many are away visiting
friends and attending the Army Navy
game and parties attendant to the
annual service foot ball meet.
The commanding general and Mrs.
c. H. Lyman spent Thanksgiving in
Annapolis, visiting their sons and
daughter-in-law, Lieut.. and Mrs. c.
Huntington Lyman and Midship2nan
Andrew Lyman. Today Gen. and
Mrs. Lyman were in Philadelphia to
attend the Army-Navy game.
Maj. and Mrs. C. E. Fuffner enter
tanned as guests at dinner party in
the officers mess before the dance
Wednesday evening the commanding
general and Mrs. G. H. Lyman, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Col
and Mrs. F. A. Barker, Lieut.. Col
and Mrs. S. S. Lee, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. H. L. Larsen, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
c. J. Miller, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. L. w.
Whaley, Lieut.. Col. w. H. Kingman,
Maj. and Mrs. Ery Spencer, Maj. and
Mrs. L. r. Jones, Maj. and Mrs. w.
P. T. Hill. Maj. and Mrs. Richard
Livingston, Maj. and Mrs. R. A. Rob-
inson, Maj. and Mrs. w. E. Riley,
Maj. and Mrs. D. R. Nimmer, Maj.
and Mrs. S. C. Cumming, Maj and
Mrs. j. A. Mixson, Capt. and Mrs.
j. M. McHugh Of Fredericksburg, Capt.
and Mrs. w. M. Mitchell, and Capt
and Mrs. J. T. Seldom, Capt. and Mrs.
E. G. Hagan, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Moncure and Miss Ilah Stephens, all
of Washington. Miss Stephens, Mrs
Ruffner's cousin, is her house guest
for the holidays.
Another charming dinner in the
officers mess Wednesday evening was
given by Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. A. E.
Beddoe. They had as guests Comdr
and Mrs. T. C. Anderson. Comdr. and
Mrs. A. c. Smith, Comdr. and Mrs.
o. M. Forster. Lieut.. Col and Mrs
H. S. Fassett, Lieut.. Comdr. and
Mrs. D. T. Hunter, Lieut. Comdr. and
Mrs. P. J. Halloran. Lieut. and Mrs.
j. w. Jamison, Capt. and Mrs. L. H
M. Sonderson, Capt. and Mrs. r. W.
Culpepper, Capt. H. B. Liversedge,
Lieut.. Pheron Hartung, U. S. NJ, and
Mrs. Hartung of Annapolis; Mrs
Marion Law, jr.: Lieut.. and Mrs. R. A.
Lowry and Lieut.. H E. Gillespie.
Lieut.. and Mrs. HaStung are visiting
comdr. and Mrs,s sdoe during the
holidays.
Lieut.. and Mrs. ]. P. Berkeley were
hosts Wednesday evening at dinner in
their quarters given in honor Of the
Misses Jane. Betty and Susan Fowler,
three daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Fowler of Oak Park, Ill, who
have been visiting Lieut.. and Mrs
Berkeley this week. The other dinner
guests were Maj. Victor Bleasdale,
Lieut.. and Mrs. j. B. Hendry, Lieut..
r. L. Denig, jr., and Lieut.. r. E. Hill.
Monday evening the officers mess
was the scene Of another of the weekly
bridge tournaments. The winners this
week were Mrs. T. 3. White and Mrs.
J. w. Jamison for East and West
teams and Lieut.. and Mrs. j. G..
Hopper for North and South teams.
The bridge meetings will be held every
Monday for the remainder of the
Winter.
Gen. Michael ]. Lenihan, q. S. A.,
retired, arrived from Philadelphia
Wednesday to spend THANKSGIVING
with his son-in-law and daughter,
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. P. ]. Halloran.
This week end Comdr. and Mrs.
Halloran are visiting the latter's sis
ter. Mrs. D. T. Greene, and Lieut.. Col.
Greene, U. S. A., at Drexel Hill,
Pa. They all attended the Army
Navy game in Philadelphia this after
noon. Comdr. Halloran returned to
Quantico this evening, but Mrs. Hal
loran will remain with her sister for
o week.
Leiut. Col. and Mrs. w. H. Rupertus
will have as their guest next week
Mrs. j. M. B. Howard of Washington.
Mrs. Clifton Gates, wife of Lieut..
Col. Gates Of Washington, was the
guest Of Mrs. L. B. Cresswell at the
luncheon given last week by the
ladies of the Quantico Golf Associa-
ton in the officers mess.
Maj. and Mrs. c. H. Brown had as
their guests at the flag hunt and
breakfast last Sunday the formers
cousin, Mr.. George Gale, and Mrs.
Gale, Of Nashville, Tenn, and Wash
ington. Mr.. and Mrs. Gale have also
been house guests of Maj. and Mrs.
Brown over the Thanksgiving holi-
days.
Miss Billie Howard, daughter of