Evening star., 1936-01-12
Dance Held
AtQuantico
ByOfficers
Week Is Quiet With
Fleet Marine Force
Absent.

week has seemed quiet one socially
with the First Brigade of the Fleet
Marine Force away on naneuVerS
the Caribbean. This evening the Of
ficers' mess was the scene Of one OF
the regular dances of the Winter sea-
son.
The Commanding Gen. and Mrs.
c. H. Lyman entertained as dinner
guests Sunday evening Col. and Mrs.
j. j. Meade, Col. and Mrs c. F. B.
Price, Col. and Mrs. H. l.. Parsons.
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. L. P. Hunt, Lieut..
Col. NJ. H. Kingman, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. H. S. Fassett and Capt Thomas
Ryan.
comb had as dinner guests Thursday
evening Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. A. w.
jacobsen. NAL and Mrs. r. A. Rob-
inson. Maj. and Mrs. w. P. T. Hill,
Mai. and Mrs D. R. Nimmer, Capt.
and Mrs James McHugh, and Lieut..
j. w. Jamison, U. S. N. and Mrs.
Jamison.
Mrs. Holcomb was hostess at
luncheon Wednesday afternoon at
The Parrott in Washington given in
honor of Mrs. Francis Nash and Miss
Caroline Nash, formerly Of Washington
and now living in Nice.
Before the dance in the officers
mess this evening Capt. and Mrs. D.
R. Fox were hosts at dinner in the
club. The guests who met for cock
tails first in their quarters were Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Col.
and Mrs. c. j. Miller, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. H. L. Larsen, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
S. B. Kennedy Comdr. and Mrs 0.
NJ Forster, Maj. and Mrs. G. D. Hat
field, Mai and Mrs. c. A. Wilkinson,
Mai. and Mrs S. c. Cumming, Maj.
and Mrs r. E. Davis, Maj. and Mrs.
H. D. Shannon. Capt. and Mrs. r. w
Culpepper, Capt. and Mrs. T. c. Per-
rim. Capt. and Mrs. c. w. Pohl Capt.
and Mrs. w. F. Brown, Lieut. c. o.
Comp U. S. N. and Mrs. Comp, and
Lieut.. M. E. Little, U. S. NJ, and Mrs.
Little.
Mrs. F. E. Cockrell and Mrs. c. r.
fightner of St. Louis, Mo. were guests
of honor last Saturday evening at a
dinner given in the officers mess by
Maj and Mrs. r. A. Robinson.
Mrs. Cockrell and Mrs. Lightner,
who are the mother and aunt of Mrs.
G. D. Jackson. and at present their
house guests we're honor guests again
Friday afternoon at bridge-tea at
which Mrs. F. r. Armstead was
hostess.
Lieut. Col and Mrs E H. Jenkins
have as their guest Col. jenkins
mother, Mrs. W. A. Jenkins of Ports
mouth, Va.
Mrs. B. w. Gally entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss
Margaret Landon of Bordentown.
N. j., who is at present the house
guest of her uncle and aunt. Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. F. L. Bradman in
Washington. The other guests were
Mrs Bradman, Mrs. r. A. Robinson
Mrs. c. A. Wilkinson, and Mrs w. T.
Clement.
Maj. and Mrs. Davis Left
For New Post at Savannah.
Maj. and Mrs r. E. Davis left the
post Monday with their daughters
Audrey and Layne. Maj Davis has
be on duty as recruiting officer in
that district.
Col. and Mrs. r. L. Derig, Mai. and
Mrs. w. T. Clement, Maj. and Mrs.
S. c. Cumming, and Mrs C. H. Brown
will be guests Of Capt and Mrs j. H.
Fellowes at an informal supper tomor-
row evening.
Capt. and Mrs L. B. Cresswell have
as guests Capt. and Mrs T. A. Holdahl
and their infant daughter. Capt Hol-
dahl has recently reported here for
duty.
News las been received here of the
marriage of Mrs. Ann Cloud and Capt
c. T Bailey December 81 in the home
OF DR.. and Mrs. D. L. Cloud in Green's
boro. S. C. Capt. and Mrs. Bailey are
making their home in Alexandria.
Mrs. N. H. True is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Peleomar Besanson in
Newport, r. L, where she will remain
about a month.
Mrs. R. S. Lytle, wife of Lieut.. Col
Lytle, U. S. A., arrived this week from
Sanford. Fla, to be with her son-in-
law and daughter, Lieut.. and Mrs.
E. N. Murray, for several weeks.
Mis-. j. M. Greer left the post this
week to be with her mother, Mrs.
Katherine Chance in Annapolis, while
Cap. Greer is away on maneuvers.
Mrs. G. c. Herndon and her small
children, Ann and Dale, returned last
week from Knoxville, Tenn, where
they made a holiday visit with her
parents, Col. R. w. Collins, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Collins.
Mrs. j. P. Berkeley is in Philadel-
phla, where she will remain with her
parents during Lieut.. Berkeley's ab-
sence for maneuvers.
Other wives who will be away from
the post while the, 1st Brigade of the
Fleet Marine Force is on Winter
maneuvers are Mrs. j. H. Cook, who
will be with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
g. Regendahl, in Philadelphia, until
February /, when she will return to
Quantico; Mrs. F. H. Wirsig who with
her small daughters, rrury Francis and
Betty Ann, is with her parents, DR..
and Mrs. R. H. Ridgeley, in Annapolis;
Mrs. A. r. Pefley and her children,
Joan and David. who are visiting
Mrs. Pefley's parents. Capt. j. D. Rob-
net. U. S. N, and Mrs. Robnett, in
washington; Mrs. C. H. Shuey, who
has taken her infant daughter, Lois.
to Chattanooga. Tenn, to be with her
aunt while Lieut.. Shuey is away, and
Mrs. j. M. Masters, who is with her
father, Mr.. A. J. Kengla. in Washing
ton.
Miss VIOLA O'Connor and Mrs. Leak
Daniel of Augusta, Ga. have been
house guests of their sister, Mrs. E. A.
Montgomery. Mrs. Daniel and her
baby daughter, zola Benson Daniel,
will remain with Mrs Montgomery
for some time while Miss O,Connor