Evening star., 1936-12-13
Dinner Party
At Quantico
This Evening
Col. and Mrs. Samuel
Cumming Will Be
Hosts.

~ UANTICO, Va, December IL.
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Sam.
uel c. Cumming will enter
tain at dinner tomorrow at
their qnarters. Their guests Will be
the major general commandant and
Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Senator and
Mrs. Joseph O'Mahoney, Gen and Mrs.
Hugh s. Cumming and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh S. Cumming, jr., of Washington.
and Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Henry L.
Larsen.
Mrs. Cumming was hostess at
luncheon Monday at the Officers Club
in honor of Miss Mary Clapp, Miss
Halle Jane Dill and Mrs. Alexander
Macmillan.
The major general commandant and
Mrs. Holcomb were guests Of honor at
at small dinner which Maj. and Mrs.
william T. Clement gave Wednesday
evening in their quarters. The other
guests were Admiral H. H. Christy,
of Washington, who is Mrs. Clements
father; Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Henry L.
Larsen, Maj. and Mrs. William P. T.
Hill, Mrs. Eleanor Hitler and Capt.
and Mrs. Randolph McC. Pate.
The major general commandant and
Mrs. Holcomb, the commanding gen.
eral and Mrs. Charles H. Lyman, and
Comdr. and Mrs. Otto NJ Forster were
guests Of Maj. Gambler A. Wilkinson,
u. S. A., and Mrs. Wilkinson at the
annual United States Army Cavalry
dinner which was held Tuesday even
ing at the Army and Navy Country
Club.
The commanding general and Mrs.
Lyman entertained at dinner Sunday
in honor Of their house guests, the
Minister of the Dominican Republic
and Sonora de PaStoriza and Gen. and
Mrs. James T. Buttrick. Their guests
included the major general comman-
dant and Mrs. Holcomb, Mr.. Stanley
Hornbeck, Senor Eduardo Grenos of
Havana, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Louis
w. Whaley and Maj. and Mrs. William
r. Clement.
Capt. Francisco Lajous, eomman-
dant of the Argentine Naval Academy;
Comdr. Horatio Smith, the naval at
tache Of the Argentine Embassay, and
Maj. Maurice Holmes were visitors on
the post Friday and luncheon guests
of the commanding general and Mrs.
Lyman.
Following the parade and review Of
the 1st Marine Brigade and Air
Forces, which was held on the occa-
sion of Admiral Wilson Browns visit
to Quantico Tuesday, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. James j. Meade entertained at
reception and dinner in honor Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Brown. Ad-
miral and Mrs. Brown stayed over
until Wednesday as guests of Gen.
and Mrs. Meade. Admiral Brown
commands the Training Squadron,
United States Scouting Force, of the
United States Fleet.
Those who were invited to meet the
Admiral and Mrs Brown were the
major general commandant and Mrs.
Thomas Holcomb, the commanding
general and Mrs. Charles H. Lyman,
Capt. William L. Mann, jr., q. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Mann, Col and Mrs. Charles
j. Miller, Col. and Mrs. Roy S. Geiger,
Soi. d4lo MILO. F1CuCl1CA odIkCf NOl.
Edward A. Ostermann, Comdr. and
Mrs. Otto M. Forster, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Lyle H. Miller. Lieut.. Col. Thomas
E. Bourke, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Glider
D. Jackson, jr.; Maj. and Mrs. william
E. Riley. Lieut.. Comdr. John B. O'Neill,
Lieut.. Col. Harold Wirgman, Lieut..
c. c. Wood, U. S. N, and Mrs. Wood,
and Capt. and Mrs. Gale T. Cum
mings.
Miss Mary Heath Clapp, daughter
OF Col Leander A. Clapp, U. S. M. c.,
and Mrs. Clapp, was married We'd
nesday afternoon, at o'clock, to Lieut..
Alpha Lyons Bowser, jr., U. S. M. c..
son Of Mr.. and Mr.. A. L. Bowser, OF
Grafton, Pa. The ceremony was per-
formed in the Post Chapel by Chap
lain Alfred dec. Voger, and was at
tended by about two hundred guests.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore q gown of
ivory satin with long formal square
train, cut on princess lines. Her ivory
tulle veil, which extended beyond the
train of her dress, was fashioned In q