Evening star., 1936-03-15
Dance Is
Given at
Quantico
Number of Delightful
Dinners Precede
Officers Affair.

QUANTICO. Va, March l4.-The
dance at the Officers Mess this eve
ming was preceded by a number Of
delightful dinner parties.
The commanding general and Mrs.
C. H. Lyman entertained Col. and
Mrs. j. j. Meade Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
r. S. Geiger Capt. and Mrs. w. l..
Mann, jr.; Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. E. H.
jenkins and Maj. and Mrs. S. c.
Cumming as dinner guests In their
quarters last evening.
Before the dance this evening
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. P. ]. Halloran
were hosts to the commanding general
and Mrs. C. H Lyman, Admiral and
Mrs. Norman M. Smith, Capt. and
Mrs. Dewitt c. Webb. Capt. and Mrs.
Walter H. Allen, Capt, and Mrs. Ralph
Whitman, Capt. and Mrs. Greer Dun
can. Capt. and Mrs w. L. Mann, jr.,
and Lieut.. Col and Mrs. L. P. Hunt
at dinner in the officers Mess.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. L. w. Whaley
entertained at a dinner in the OFF,
GERS Mess this evening in honor OF
the latters sister, Lady MacBrien Of
Ottawa, Canada, who arrived last
week to visit here. Lady MacBrien
is the wife of Sir James MacBrien,
commandant of the Canadian Royal
Mounted Police The dinner guests
were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas
Holcomb Lieut.. Col and Mrs. w. c.
James. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. w. H.
Rupertus, Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Ra-
phael Griffin, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
M. E. Shearer, Lieut. Col. and Mrs.
John Arthur of Washington, Maj. and
Mrs. L. E Woods. Maj. and Mrs. S.
C. Cumming, Maj. and Mrs. c. H.
Brown. Mai. and Mrs. w. E. Riley,
Mai. and Mrs. E. F. C. Collier, Maj.
and Mrs. c. M Ruffner and Maj.
Victor Bleasdale.
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. NJ. E. Shearer
were hosts at a cocktail party Monday
afternoon in their quarters in COM
pliment to Lady MacBrien.
Another charmingly arranged din
rer in the officers Mess this evening
was that at which Lieut.. and Mrs. j.
w. Jamison were hosts. Their guests
were Col. and Mrs. c. J. Miller, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs H. L. Larsen, Mr.. j. M.
Spriggs of Smithfeld, Va; Maj. and
Mrs o. T. Pfeiffer of Falls Church,
Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. A. E. Beddoe,
Capt. and Mrs. R. M. Cults, jr.; Capt.
and Mrs. H. C. Roberts, Capt. and
Mrs. George Esau, Capt. and Mrs. S.
B. ONeill, Mrs. Natalie O'Neill, Capt.
and Mrs. V. E. Mcgee and Lieut.. and
Mrs. R. H Meade.
Capt. and Mrs A. T. Mason had as
dinner guests tonight in their quar-
ters prior to the dance in the OFF,
GERS Mess Lieut. Col. and Mrs. A. w.
jacobsen, Maj. and Mrs. Richard Liv-
ingston, Mai. and Mrs. Prentiss Geer,
Capt. and Mrs. R. E. Forsyth and
Lieut. and Mrs. j. P. Julian.
Lieut.. and Mrs. H. r. Paige were
hosts to Lieut.. and Mrs. L. r. Lamp
man. Lieut.. and Mrs. r. s. Ford,
Lieut.. and Mrs. G. E. Cortner, Lieut..
and Mrs. j. w. Earnshaw and Lieut.
and Mrs. S. c., Taxis at a buffet. sup
per in their quarters this evening
before the dance.
Capt. and Mrs W. M. Mitchell,
Capt. and Mrs. w. j. Wallace, Lieut..
and Mrs. r. F. Crist, Lieut.. and Mrs.
r. M. Victory, Lieut.. and Mrs. G. P.
Van Ness, Lieut.. and Mrs. w. o.
Thompson and Lieut.. J. H. Griebel
were the dinner guests this evening Of
Lieut.. and Mrs. A. r. Pef1ey.
Lieut.. and Mrs. S. C. Stetson had
as guests at dinner this evening Maj.
and Mrs. c. A. Larkin, Capt. and Mrs.
~ L I'll, n n
Weir, Capt. and Mrs. T. B. Millard,
Lieut.. and Mrs. T. L. Altman, Lieut..
and Mrs. j. S. E. Young, Lieut.. and
Mrs. R E. Hopper. Lieut.. and Mrs.
NJ T. Starr, Miss Mary Miller KreSs,
Lieut.. H. T. Elrod, Chaplain and Mrs.
A. F. Hohl and Lieut.. H. E. Gillespie.
Mai and Mrs. S. C. Cumming were
hosts at an informal dinner Tuesday
evening.
Col and Mrs. C. F. B. Price re-
turned Thursday from visit of sew
eral days with the latters brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Logan
Cunningham. at their home, in Will
Transport, Pa. They made the trip
by motor.
Following the regimental review this
morning, Mrs. G. D. Jackson enter
tained at breakfast party. The out
of-town guests were Miss Mary Kenna
and Mr.. Richard Kenna of New York
City, who are the house guests of Maj. !
and Mrs. Jackson; Col and Mrs. |
Ralph Keyser, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. L,
C. Shepherd, Lieut. Col L. B. Hernle, |
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. c. B. Gates. Maj. |
and Mrs. F. D. Hart, Mrs. Harry |
Baldridge, all of Washington, and |
Maj. Jackson's sister, Mrs. Richard |
knight of Bryn Mawr, Pa, who ar
rived yesterday for visit of several
days.
Miss Muriel Forster was hostess at |
a dinner and dance at the officers
Mess last evening, when she had as
guests Miss Esther Allen, Miss Martina
Allen, Miss Betty Jane Onley. Miss
Marian Montague, Miss Barbara
Hemphill and Miss Jewel Darr of