Evening star., 1937-09-19
Many Enjoy
Parties at
Quantico
Mrs. Breckenridge
Is Among the
HOstesses.

~ UANTTCO, Va, September 18
Many delightful informally
arranged parties were given
this week by members of
the post. Among those entertaining
was Mrs. James c. Breckenridge, wife
Of the commanding general, who was
hostess at luncheon at her quarters
yesterday afternoon.
Maj. and Mrs Cyril w Martyr hon
ored their house guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry HUT and Mr.. Clarence Hutt
OF Buffalo, N. Y, at dinner Tuesday
evening at their quarters. Other
guests were Maj. and Mrs. Omar T.
Pfeiffer and DR.. and Mrs. Stenberg
OF Sioux Falls, S. Oak
Miss Joyce Geiger entertained at a
tea and cocktail party Monday after
noon at the quarters of her parents,
Col. and Mrs. Roy Geiger, honoring
her house guest, Miss Catherine Rock
well of Washington.
The Commanding Gen. and Mrs.
James C. Breckenridge and Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Richard P. Williams went
to Frederick, Md, today, where they
were guests at luncheon of Admiral
F. S. Robinson, retired, and Mrs.
Robinson at their home. The party
Is an annual reunion of the members
of Admiral Robinson's staff aboard
the U. S. S. California and the U. S.
S. Seattle.
The Commanding Gen. and Mrs.
Breckenridge, Col. and Mrs. Charles
r
l.. Larsne, Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Allen
H. Turnage and Capt and Mrs Alan
Shapley were guests at luncheon last
Sunday of Col. and Mrs. Anthony j.
Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia, who
are stopping at the Carlton Hotel in
Washington.
Miss Margaret Nutting of Atlanta.
Ga, arrived here last Sunday to visit
her brother-in-law and sister, Col
and Mrs. Samuel NJ Harrington.
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Raphael Griffin
and Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Louis r.
Jones have issued invitations to
cocktail party September "a at the
Officers Club.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs Francis P.
Mulcahy have as their guests this
week end Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Brainard
Of Washington.
Capt. and Mrs. David F. ONeill
were hosts at a dinner party at their
quarters last evening.
Miss Hazel Braddick Nurse Corps
y. S. N, who will leave here next
week for duty in Mare Island, was
the guest of honor at a cocktail party
yesterday afternoon at which the
hostesses were Miss Katherine c..
CLANCY, Miss Edna Morrow, Miss
Janet McAdie, Miss Constance Smith
and Miss Cornelia Armstrong, all
members of the nurse corps stationed
here.
Mrs. Eugene " Jobe. wife of Lieut..
Jobe, U. S. N, is visiting in Norfolk,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford E. Young, jr..
are the guests this week end of Mrs.
Young's parents. Capt. and Mrs.
Miller v. Parsons
Capt. and Mrs. Lewis L. Cover left
the post today for Portsmouth N. H..
where Capt. Cover will be stationed.
Capt. and Mrs. Ernest E. Shaugh-
nessey announce the birth of daugh-
ter at Johns Hopkins Hospital Sep
tember 8. The baby will be named
Nathalie.
Capt. and Mrs Miller V. Parsons
had as their guests at dinner Monday
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thomp-
son, Mr.. James P. Thompson, Mrs. j.
A. Englehard and Mr Teutlinger, all
Of Louisville, KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson and their
party came here from Washington
aboard their yacht, the Glenmore. and
left Tuesday for Tangier Island for a
weeks fishing trip.
The Misses Bernice and Jeanne
Ridderhof, daughters of Capt. and
Mrs Stanley Ridderhof, are visiting
their aunt, Mrs. Thomas Williamson,
and Mr.. Williamson in Philadelphia.
Capt. and Mrs. William M. OBrien
announces the birth of a daughter at
the Family Hospital last Sunday.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Henry T. Elrod
have as their guest for an extended
visit Mrs. Elrod's uncle, Admiral r.
H. jackson, retired, of Florence. Ala.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis j. Fields had
as their guests at dinner at their
quarters Monday evening Mrs. Fields
mother, Mrs. John B. Packer of
Wynnwood, Pa; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
B. Cain and Mr.. Stith Cain of Nash
vile, Tenn, and Capt. and Mrs
6ayille T. Clark.