Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07
Army, Navy
Sets Are
Active
MIR. Edison Away
On Cruise Down
The Bay.
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guests were Capt and Mrs. r. c.
MacFall. Capt. and Mrs. W.. c. Wick
ham, Capt. and Mrs L. E. Lindsay,
Comdr. and Mrs. w. E. Doyle, 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. r. M. Huebl, 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. T. E. Boyce, Miss
Barbara MacFall, Mrs. Sara K. Bige-
low. Mr.. Lawrence d. Conner and Mr.
Lee Poe Hart.
The party was in the nature of a
reunion Of the naval officers who have
served on ships together or been sta
toned at various posts together.
Comdr. and Mrs. r. E. Sampson
have with them for fortnight's visit
at their place in Country Club Hills
Mrs Simpsons brother and his FAM
lily. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Adams,
and their daughters, the Misses Vir-
ginia and Marjorie Adams, and young
son, Frank Adams, of New Orleans.
Mrs Reed, wife of Maj. Gen. Wal
ter L. Reed, entertained a small COM
pany at luncheon Wednesday at the
Army-Navy Country Club in honor of
Mrs. John F. Preston. who with her
husband, Maj Gen. Preston, retired,
Of San Antonio, Tex, is making
visit in the Capital
Maj. and Mrs. Joseph L. Ready,
with their children, Joseph, Helen
and Barbara, have come from Fort
Meade, Md. and have taken house
at 419 North Oxford street, in ArliIg-
ton. while Maj. Ready attends the
Army War College.
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur j. Sheridan
entertained guests at dinner last eve
ming at their residence in Arlington.
Mrs Sheridan recently returned from
q vacation at Hot Springs, Va.
1t. and Mrs. Donald H. Johnston
and family of South Oakcrest road,
Arlington, have left for a two-week
vacation in Vermont, stopping en- route
for brief visit with relatives on Long
Island.
1t. j. H. Nevins, jr., U. S. N, re-
turned Thursday to his residence in
Aurora Hills from Campobello. Me,
where he passed a fortnight with his
family there.
Mrs Nevins and the children will
stay at the Maine resort until the first
Of next month.
Mrs Braun, wife of 1t. William
Braun, U. S. NJ, was hostess at lunch
con Friday in her apartment in Har-
ward Hall, entertaining in compliment
to Mrs. Combs, wife of Comdr Louis
B. Combs, U. S. N, and her niece,
Miss Kathleen Sheldon of New York,
who is their house guest. Others at
luncheon were Mrs. James Curran of
Westminster and Philadelphia, Mrs.
Williamson, wife of 1t. Francis Will
hanson, now at the Post Graduate
School at Annapolis, and Miss Claire
Biting of Woodmere, Md.
1t. Col. Howard Eager, U. S. A., and
Mrs Eager again are in their house
at 1913 Rodman street after spending
q month at Virginia Beach.
Capt. Albert c. Wedemeyer, U. S. A.,
and Mrs Wedemeyer, will leave to-
morrow for the formers new post at
Fort Benning, Ga. Capt and Mrs.
Wedemeyer recently arrived in Wash
1ngton from Germany, where the
former has been military aide to the
United States Embassy in Berlin. For
week or 10 days they have been
guests Of Mrs. Wedemeyer's parents.
the deputy chief of staff, United States
Army, and Mrs Stanley D. Embick.
Gen. and Mrs. Embick are planning
to leave Washington the end of this
month en- route to the generals new
post as commander of the 4th Corps
Area, with headquarters at Fort Nc
Pherson
Comdr. Matthias B. Gardner, u S. N,
and Mrs Gardner, who arrived in
Washington recently from Coronado,
Calf. have taken the house at Ball
North Fifteenth street in Arlington,
Va. Comdr and Mrs. Gardner were
accompanied to Washington by their
5-year- old son Bennett.
Col William P. Upshur, U. S. M. c.,
and Mrs. Upshur. who planned to
leave this week for a motor trip
northward, have postponed their de-
parture until the first of next week.
They will go to Cape Cod to remain
several weeks, returning the latter
part Of September.
Maj. Joseph l.. Ready, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Ready have moved into the
house at 419 North Oxford street in
Arlington, Va, which they have leased.
Maj. and Mrs. Ready, with their three
children, Joseph Leo, Helen and Bar
bara, came to Washington from Fort
George G. Meade, where Maj. Ready
was on duty before his transfer to the
Army War College.
Comdr. John S. Phillips, U. S. N,
and Mrs Phillips. who are staying at
Wardman Park Hotel, will move the
end of this month to the apartment
in the Westchester which they have
leased. Comdr. Phillips has been chief
navigator of the u s. S. Astoria and
has come to Washington for station
in the Chief of Naval Operations
Bureau.
COL and Mrs. Albert w. kenner
were hosts at dinner last evening,
having among their guests Maj. and
Mrs E. D. Cowan, 1t. and Mrs. A. E.
Dennis and 1t. William Cook.
Maj. and Mrs A. w. Roffe have as
their guests Maj. and Mrs. ]. G. Shore
and their small daughter Virginia,
who are en- route to Maj. Shorts new
post at Fort Clark, Tex. Maj. Short
is a graduate of the Army War COL
lege and has just completed q five
week course at the Edgewood Arsenal.
Maj. and Mrs. Short will spend
month in Miami before going to Fort
Clark.
1t. and Mrs. o. F. Naquin Of Airing
ton have as their house guests 1t.