Evening star., 1937-11-28
Thanksgiving
Events at
Quantico
Members of Post
Entertain Guests
In Homes.

~ cocktail parties were given
early this week. while
Thanksgiving itself found many
members of this post away for the
hiliday and equally as many enter
tanning out-of-town guests here.
Col. and Mrs. Leander A. Clapp
spent Thanksgiving and this week
end with friends at Williamsburg, Va
Maj. and Mrs. Lucian w. Burnham
have as their house guests this week
end Col. Macker Babb, U. S. M. c.,
retired, and Mrs. Babb of WASH
ington.
Maj. and Mrs. Burnham also have
visiting them Mrs. Burnhams mother
Mrs. c. w. Dyson. widow of Admiral
Dyson, who arrived here this week
from Long Island
Maj, and Mrs. Burnham had as
their guests at Thanksgiving dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Geoghegan of
Washington and Mrs. Burnham's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Dyson and their son
Robert, jr., of Forrest Hills. Long Is
land
Maj. and Mrs. Burnham had as
their guests at Thanksgiving dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Geoghegan of
Washington and Mrs. Burnham' S
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Dyson and their son,
Robert, jr., of Forrest Hills, Long
Island.
Maj. and Mrs William Bassett and
Capt. and Mrs, Ralph E. Forsyth mo-
tored to Philadelphia for the Army
Navy game and are the guests over
this week end of Maj. and Mrs. Galen
Sturgis.
Capt and Mrs. Newton Guests
OF Maj and Mrs. Creesy Thursday.
Capt. and Mrs. Miles S. Newton
and their daughter. Dorothy Newton
were the guests of Maj. and Mrs. A
E. Creesy of Washington for Thanks
giving dinner.
Capt and Mrs Newton went to the
game in Philadelphia this afternoon
and will remain for the week end as
the guests of Maj and Mrs. E. P
Simmonds.
Miss Mary Monson. daughter of Maj
and Mrs. George E. Monson. came to
Quantico Wednesday to spend her
Thanksgiving vacation with her par
ents. Miss Monson is a student at
Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore
Miss Monson has as her guest her
classmate, Miss Joan Hayes of Chi
cago
Lieut. R. H. Wilkinson. U. S. N, and
Mrs Wilkinson, of Norfolk, Va, are
the guests this week end of Capt. and
Mrs. John c. Mum.
Capt. and Mrs. Lewis r. Tyler had
as their guests at Thanksgiving dinner,
Representative and Mrs. Phil Ferguson
and their daughters, the Misses Sharon
and Phyllis Ferguson of Oklahoma,
and Miss Margaret Tyler of Wash
ington
Mrs. John H. Cook, wife of Capt.
Cook. will go to Philadelphia next week
to be matron of honor in the wedding
OF her sister, Miss Jessie Hale who
will be married December 4 to Mr.
William McNinch, in the Bethesda
Methodist Episcopal Church in that
city.
Maj. and Mrs. Clement
Visiting in New Haven.
Maj. and Mrs. William T. Clement
and their children, Nancy Clement and
David Clement, are spending the
Thanksgiving holidays in New Haven,
Conn, as the guests of Mrs Clements S
sister, Mrs, A. B. Crawford.
Mr.. John Clement, who attends the
Choate School in Wallingford, Conn.
Joined his parents in New Haven for
his holiday vacation
Maj. and Mrs. Edwin J. Mund had
as their guests at Thanksgiving dinner
It. Comdr. F. P Fields, M. c., U. S. N,
and Mrs Fields Of Paris Island, S. C.
From Quantico DR.. and Mrs. Fields
went to Philadelphia to attend the
football game this afternoon.
Following the Army Navy football
game this afternoon, Comdr. and Mrs.
Clifford G. Richardson attended a
reunion of the class of 1915, United
States Naval Academy, held at the
cocktail hour at the Pennsylvania
Athletic Club.
Maj. and Mrs. John Kaluf were the
guests at dinner Thursday of Mrs.
Kaluf's mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Ran
dali Connor in Washington
Maj. and Mrs Kaluf were among
the Marine contingent at the game in
Philadelphia this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Ditton and
their small son, Terrence Ditton, of
North Platte, Nebr, are the guests
OF Mrs. Ditton's brother and sister-in-
law, Capt. and Mrs Harold w. Bauer
Capt. and Mrs. Ernest E. Shaugh-
nessey were hosts at a cocktail party
at their quarters Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. George B. Waterman of Poueh-
keepsie. N. Y, is the house guest of
her son, Capt. Hawley c. Waterman
and Mrs. Waterman.