Evening star., 1935-01-27
Holcombes Honor
Guests at Dinner
Given at Quantico
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Miller
Host and Hostess Prior to
Dance Event-Mrs. c. ].
LYMAN Receives.

QUANTICO, Va, January 26.-One
Of the delightful dinners of the week
was that given by Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Charles J. Miller at the officers
mess on Saturday before the dance.
The honor guests were Col. and Mrs.
Thomas Holcombe. who is the new
commanding officer of the Marine
Corps Schools. Among the guests
invited were Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Harry Lee, Mrs. Charles H Lyman,
Mrs. E. o. SaltmalSh, Col. and Mrs.
Frank j. Schwable, Col. and Mrs.
Robert Y. Rhea. Capt. (U. S. NJ;
and Mrs William Mann, Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. Paul Capron, Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. Maurice Shearer, Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. Miles Thacher, Lieut.. Col.
and Mrs. Francis T. Evans, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. De Witt Peck, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Earl Jenkins, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Arnold Jacobsen, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Henry Larsen, Mrs.
Charles F. B. Price, Mrs LIE Roy
Hunt, Mrs. Oliver Floyd. Mrs. Dun
can Waller, Maj. and Mrs. Robert
Montague, Maj, and Mrs. William
Rupertus, Maj and Mrs. Harold D.
Campbell, Capt. and Mrs. Frank
ArmStead, Lieut. Comdr Thomas v.
Cooper, Maj. Victor Bleasdale; the
guests from Washington were Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Harold Parsons and
Mai. and Mrs. E. H. Brainard
Monday afternoon Mrs. Charles j.
Lyman received at the first Of her
"at homes" for the wives OF the
officers who are on the maneuvers
with the Fleet Marine Force. Mrs.
Lyman will be at home" each sue
ceeding Monday from 4 to o'clock
until the return of the Fleet Marine
Force
Mrs. Charles F. B. Price and Mrs.
John Potts returned to the post Mon
day evening after several days in
Norfolk where they went to see their
husbands. Lieut.. Col Charles F. B.
Price and Lieut.. Col. John Potts. sail
on the maneuvers with the Fleet
Marine Force in southern waters.
Maj. and Mrs. w. P. T. Hill were
hosts at dinner at their quarters
Saturday, later taking their guests to
Their guests were Maj. and Mrs,
Robert Blake. Maj. and Mrs. William
C. James, Maj. and Mrs. Franklin
Hart and Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs.
Paul J. Halloran.
On Monday afternoon a group of
aviators. under the command of Mai
James T. Moore, left for Jacksonville
Fla. The aviators were Capt. Hayne
D. Boyden, Capt Jacob Plachta, Capt.
William L. McKittrick, Lieut.. Calvin
Freeman, Lieut.. Zebulon j. Hopkins,
Lieut.. Ira L. Kline, Lieut.. Frank M.
June, Lieut.. Horace Palmer and Lieut..
Thomas B. White From Jacksonville
they will proceed to their base at
Puerto Rico, from which place they
will participate in the maneuvers.
DR.. and Mrs. G. H. Tribe of Wash
ington spent Sunday as the guests of
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Paul ]. Capron.
A tea was given in their honor that
afternoon by Col. and Mrs. Capron.
Mrs. George Cloud has motored to
her home near Chicago where she will
be the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. SorenSen. while Lieut. Cloud is
away with the Fleet Marine Force.
Capt. and Mrs. William o. Brice
had as their guests for several days
Capt. and Mrs. William Hughes and
two children. Capt. Hughes has been
on duty at Paris Island. S. c., and is
on his way to his new station at New
London, Conn.
Among those to recently occupy
Government quarters are Maj. and
Mrs. William Rupertus, who have
taken the quarters vacated by Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Lowry B. Stephenson;
Maj. and Mrs Campbell Brown have