Evening star., 1938-09-11
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Busy
Officers Engaged
In Settling
For Winter.
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for his vacation. They are in their
house at s42s Quebec street, which
they have leased. Col. Miles sue
ceeded Col. Harry B. Jordan. who has
been transferred for duty At the Ord
nance Depot at Nansemond. Va,
where he and Mrs. Jordan went yes
terday.
Marine Corps Commandant
Joins Family Today.
The CommAndant Of the Marine
Corps, Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb,
will Join Mrs. Holcomb and their son.
Mr.. Frank Holcomb, today after . hy-
ing trip to Camp Perry, Ohio. Mrs.
Holcomb was in New York the middle
Of the week to meet her son when he
arrived from Germany. Mr.. Holcomb
took short course at the University
OF Heidelburg and later this month
will enter the School Of Foreign
Service.
Maj. Gen. William J. Snow, U. 8. A.,
and Mrs. Snow, have opened their
apartment at 240O Sixteenth street
after spending the late summer at
Atlantic City.
1t. Col. William A. Snow, assistant
chief Of Engineers, U. S. A., son Of
Gen. and Mrs. Snow, and his son,
Bill, returned yesterday from New
Hampshire where the latter has been
through the summer. COL Snow Joined
his family in August for several weeks
vacation and Mrs. Snow and their
daughter Peggy, who were in New
Hampshire for the summer, went to
Edgartown to visit Mrs. Shows
mother, Mrs. Charles Lester Payne, in
her summer home. Mrs. Snow and
her daughter will join Col. Snow and
Bill later in September.
Maj. Charles w. Christenberry, U.
S. A., and Mrs Christenberry, will
have as their guests in their Arlington
home this week, Mrs. Vincent J. Con-
rad and her young daughter Dorothy
Diane, who will arrive from New York,
where they have visited for a fort
night. They will remain a week and
return to New York preparatory to
sailing to join Capt. Conrad, U. S. A.,
In the Canal Zone where he is on
duty. Maj. and Mrs. Christenberry
and their children recently returned
from visit in Oklahoma City
Maj. Thomas w. Blackburn, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Blackburn will be Joined
Wednesday by their niece, Miss Vir-
ginia Hedges Of Los Angeles. who will
arrive in New York today from Europe
where she has been visiting on the
Continent and in England through
the summer. Miss Hedges will remain
10 days and return to New York to do
special work at Columbia University.
Admiral and Mrs. Rossiter
Back in Alexandria.
The Surgeon General of the Navy,
Rear Admiral P. S. Rossiter and Mrs.
Rossiter returned last week from
Headtide. Me. where they have been
through the summer They were ac-
companied to Washington by Mrs.
Rossiter's sister, Mrs. James Hull of
Santa Barbara, who has been with
them in Maine. After several weeks
visit here, Mrs. Hull will return to
her California home
The chairman Of the General Board,
U. S. N, Rear Admiral Thomas c. Hart,
Is again in his apartment at the
Shoreham after spending several weeks
with Mrs. Hart at their summer home
at Sharon, Conn. Mrs. Hart will
Join Admiral Hart later in the autumn
Comdr. Anton B. Anderson, U. S. N,
I've Az
house at 1919 Twenty-sixth road south
in Arlington which formerly was
occupied by Comdr. L. K. Swenson,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Swenson. now en-
route to the West Coast and Comdr.
Swensons' new station.
1t. Col. w. G. Hawthorne, U. S. M.
c., has left for China. where he will be
executive officer of the 4th Regiment,
U. S. M. c., stationed at Shanghai
Midshipman W. G. Hawthorne, jr.,
is with his mother at their place on
the Arlington ridge road, and will be
here until the twenty-third of this
month when he will resume his studies
at the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
During the past week Mrs. Haw-
thorne and her son entertained as q
house guest Miss Esther Allen of
Huntington Valley. Pa, who has since
returned to her home
Comdr. and Mrs. Clinton B. Braine
who have been in Shanghai. China,
for the past two years where the
former has been stationed, arrived
in Washington last week and took
up their residence at the Wardman
Park Hotel. Their son, Clinton Braine,
jr., is with them in their apartment.
Comdr. Braine has been transferred
to the Bureau of Ordnance in the
Navy Department.