Evening star., 1936-03-01
Mournin g
Stills Society
At Quantico
Events CanceledAfter
Death of Assistant
Secretary.

OUANTICO. Va, February 90
With the post in mourning Tor the
late Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Henry L. Roosevelt, there has been
no social activity of formal nature
during this week. A number Of people
have had house guests and one or
two families have left for new sta
tions.
Capt. and Mrs. j. G. Mcqueen left
the post Wednesday for Portsmouth,
Va, where they will remain until the
u. S. S. Quincy is commissioned and
Capt. Mcqueen reports aboard to COM
mand the Marine detachment. When
the Quincy leaves port Mrs. Mcqueen
plans to motor to her home in Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, to be with her
parents there for some time.
Mrs. J. D. O'Leary entertained a
small company for tea in her quarters
Monday afternoon to meet her sister,
Mrs. Charles c. Broy, wife of the
American consul at London. Mrs.
Broy has been visiting here and in
Washington with her other sister,
Mrs. Colder Kimmel.
Maj. and Mrs. S. C. Cumming were
hosts at an informal supper in their
quarters Tuesday evening before the
movies. Mrs. Cummings father, Mr..
G. c. Williams. of Cheyenne, Wyo,
spent Friday on the post with his
daughter and son-in-law. Miss Dora
Williams of Boston, Mass, also made
. short visit here at the same time.
She is Mrs. Cummings aunt.
Mai. and Mrs. w. T. Clement also
entertained informally this week at
q supper in their quarters Wednesday
evening, when they had as guests
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. E. H. jenkins,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. H. L. Larsen,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. w. H. Rupertus,
Mai. and Mrs. j. w. Knighton, Maj.
and Mrs. w. P. T. Hill. Capt. and
Mrs. H. G. Roberts and Lieut.. and
Mrs. A. R. Pefley.
Capt. and Mrs. Carlson
Entertaining Week End Guest.
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson Roberts Of
Washington Is the house guest this
week end of Capt. and Mrs. E. F..
Carlson. Capt. and Mrs. Carlson had
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. L. c. Sheppard
of Washington as dinner guests
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. r. F. Cults entertained
Wednesday and Thursday at luncheons
in honor of her house guest, Mrs. j.
Edward Palmer of Ventnor, N. j., who
arrived Tuesday afternoon.
Capt. and Mrs. r. w. CulpeppeI
had Capt. Clyde Hartzel of Washing
ton and his nephew as dinner guests
Monday evening.
Announcements have been recently
received here of the birth of second
son, Rhodes Clay, to Lieut.. H. H. Bull
lock. U. S. M. c. R.. and Mrs. Bullock
at Detroit, Mich. January 81. Lieut.
Bullock was stationed here last year
with Aircraft /.
Mrs. E. A. Montgomery returned
last week from St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, where she had been visiting
Capt. and Mrs. H. D. Boyden while
Lieut.. Montgomery was on duty with
Aircraft l on Winter maneuvers ir
the Caribbean. She spent one week
end in San Juan as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Work and stopped al
the Belleview Hotel in San Juan or
her return trip. Mrs. L. H. Delano
who visited in San Juan for several
weeks while Lieut.. Delano was on ma.
neuvers, accompanied Mrs. Montgom.
cry when she returned.
Mrs. D. P. O'Connor, Mrs. Mont.
gomery's mother, joined her daughter
here Tuesday when she arrived with
her three small grandchildren from
Augusta, Ga, where they had beer
visiting her during Lieut.. and Mrs
Montgomery's absence.
Mrs. P. o. Parmelee has with her
her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Beckley OF
Caldwell, N. j., who arrived by motor
early this week with Mrs. F. G. DALEY
and her small son Jack. Mrs. DALEY
has been with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Revell, in Philadelphia dur
ing the maneuvers.
Mrs. j. w. Earnshaw and her small
daughter Joan returned SATURDAY..
February %, from Philadelphia, where
they have been visiting for tv. months
with Mrs. Earnshaw's parents, Capt.
II. F. Craft, U. S. NJ, and Mrs. Craft.
Lieut.. P. S. Brunk, U. S. M. C. R..
and Mrs Brunk left late this week for
Pensacola, Fla, where Lieut.. Brunk
will report for duty at the naval air
station.