The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-23

Military uniforms in shades of blue and khaki and the full dress attire of men blended colorfully with the brilliant array of evening gowns at the eighth annual military ball of the Reserve Officers Association held last evening at the Hotel Elton About one hundred couples were in attendance and the affair was one of the most successful social func- tions of the season.
 Among those in attendance r'ere:
 Colonel and Mrs. George Free man, Hartford; Colonel and Mrs Lloyd P. Horsfall, Hartford; Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Robert Duenner, Bos- ton, Mass; Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Ben net Bronson; Lieut.. Col. and Mrs Harry l.. Perkins, Hartford; Lieut. Col. Harry Beardsley and Miss Vir. ginia Wills; Lieut.. Col w. J. Shan ahan and Miss Ellen Shanahan Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Roy Rice; Mir and Mrs. Paul Wilson; MT. ant Mrs. Chris Crane; MT. and Mrs James Croft, MT. and Mrs. Walter lily, MT. and Mrs. William Kurtz Major and Mrs. Newton Alexander Major and Mrs. Michael Galullo Major and Mrs. Leslie Lathrop Bridgeport; Major and Mrs Frank German, Major J. Joseph Smith, Washington, D. C.; Major B. A. O'Hara and Miss Mildred Hayes, Major and Mrs. H. E. F. Tiesing, West Hartford; Major and Mrs. Roger Whitman, New Britain; Cap tain J. A. Hackett and Mrs. Hack cit; MT. and Mrs. Edward Bake we'll.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Brew: MT and Mrs. Herbert Coe; Harold Der win and Miss Helen Mccarthy; Kenneth Downey and Miss Jo- sephine Pope; Thomas Lyons and Miss Helen Murphy; MT. and Mrs David Gilyard; Captain and Mrs, c. Arthur Dubois; Capt. Carl An derson, Naugatuck; Capt. and Mrs J. Peter Costigan; Captain and Mrs. Charles E. Kelley; Captain Vincent Miller and Miss Helen McNiff; Cap tain and Mrs. William Slator;; Capt. Max Traurig; MT. and Mrs. Jerome Carroll; Joseph Cunningham; MT. and Mrs. Frank Daly; R. Graham Dugan, New Haven, and Miss Mil- dred Welch;; MT. and Mrs. Philip Dinova; Alfred Davidson, Ruther- ford, N. J., and Miss Mary Mcclure, Manchester; MT. and Mrs. Ambrose Egan; MT. and Mrs. H. V. Brennan; Captain and Mrs. J. Farist Penfield, Bridgeport; Lieut.. and Mrs. William Deadly; Lieut.. Joseph Van derman; MT. and Mrs. George Grady; MT. and Mrs: Carl Hunger ford.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Lowell, MT. and Mrs. Frank Kelley, MT. and Mrs. Clifford Mertlemeyer, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph McGrath, Dr. and Mrs. Rene Messier, MT. and Mrs. Raymond Tanning, Joseph Membrino, Lieut.. and Mrs. Joseph Hackett, Lieut.. and Mrs. George Scott, MT. and Mrs. Paul Munroe, MT. and Mrs. Michael O'Brien, MT. and Mrs. Louis Ran dall, MT. and Mrs. Ebert Richmond, MT. and Mrs. Robert Treat Jr., Lieut.. George Heris, Hartford; Lieut.. and Mrs. Edward Huling, East Haven; MT. and Mrs. George Ryan, Richard Cotter, MT. and Mrs. John Scadden. MT. and Mrs. Clarence Shader, MT. and Mrs. Arvid Sunblade, Lieut.. Richard Gilyard and Miss Joan Ad- ans, Watertown; Lieut.. and Mrs. Walter Hall, Bernard Lindahl and Miss Mae Maloney, Harold Slattery and Miss Elenita Boyan, Everett Welch and Miss Madeline Callahan
 MT. and Mrs. J. E. Schwabacher, Bethlehem; B. E. Hoffman, New Haven; Albert Herman, New Ha- ven; MT. and Mrs. Fuss, MT. and Mrs. Mason, Watertown: MT. Schneider, MT. Fields. Lieut.. and Mrs. R. c. Pinney. Cheshire: MT. and Mrs. Carlson, MT. and Mrs. H. Burnham. Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert Pride, Thomaston; Lieut.. Walter Monagan, Lieut.. Morrissey, Thom- aston; Lieut.. and Mrs. Ralph S. Munger. Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank Mc- Cue, Lieut.. and Mrs. Cal Marsella, Lieut.. B. A. Berman, Lieut.. Harry Levine, Lieut.. Walter Kolhagen, MT. and Mrs. Ben Lavallee.
 Committees who arranged the event include:
 General committee: Lieut.. Rich- ard T. Gilyard, chairman: Major Michael '. Galullo, Major Newton W. Alexander. Captain J. Peter Cos tigan, Captain Max R. Traurig. Captain c. E. Kelley, Captain Wil- liam J. Slator, Lieut.. Ralph s. Mum