Evening star., 1939-07-23
Visitors Add
to Life
AtAnnapolis
Mrs. @. w. Simpson
Hostess at arty;
Other News Notes

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 22.-Mrs.
George w. Simpson, widow of
Comdr. Simpson, gave a mint julep
party Sunday afternoon at her
apartment on King George street in
honor of Mrs. Vincent Conroy of
Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Conroy and
her two young daughters are at the
home of Mrs. Samuel Bryan on Col
lege avenue for several weeks. Mr..
Conroy, formerly of the Navy, now
in business in Kansas City, will join
his family here after a trip to Cali
fornia.
After tour of duty here for three
years, Capt. Walter D. Sharp is leav-
ing the Naval Academy at the end
of July. Capt. and Mrs. Sharp and
their son, Willoughby Sharp, will go
to Warm Springs, Va, for the month
of August and in September will go
to Washington, where Capt. Sharp
will have duty. They have taken
house in Cleveland Park.
Miss Anne Morrisey, daughter OF
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Earl Morrisey
of Larchmont, N. Y, is the guest of
Miss Louise Simpson. Friday after
noon Miss Simpson gave an informal
tea in honor her guest.
Comdr. Wolcott E. Hall, U. S. N,
retired, and his son, Roger Hall will
leave early in August for jamestown,
R. I. Capt. and Mrs. Charles C.
Soule have cottage there and
Comdr Hall and his son will be their
guests.
1t. Ward Bronson, who is attached
to the Naval Postgraduate School,
has returned from leave and is at
the apartment of Comdr. and Mrs.
Archibald Stirling on King George
street for the remainder of the sum-
mer. Mrs. Strings son-in-law and
daughter, 1t. and Mrs. George M.
Day, who have been at Manchester,
will shortly 60 to Newport, R. l.,
where 1t, Day will have duty.
Comdr. Crutcher Joined
In Norfolk by Family.
Mrs. c. R. Crutcher and her
daughters, the Misses Pat and Sally
Ann Crutcher, accompanied by Miss
Martha Ann Cummings, have joined
Comdr. Crutcher in Norfolk. Comdr.
Crutcher will be detached from his
ship and will return with his family
Wednesday for duty in Annapolis.
Mr.. William Zachary Childs an
nounces the engagement of his sis
ter, Miss Helen Eldridge Childs, to
Mr.. Frank Mezick Corner. son of
the late Mr.. Theodore M. Corner of
Eastern avenue, Eastport. The we'd
ding will take place in the early
fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Norton John
son have taken the house of Capt.
and Mrs. Theodore johnson on Ac-
ton place. after living for seve->.
years on Hanover street. They have
been for short time guests of Mr..
Johnsons parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Johnson of Washington, at
their summer home at Blue Ridge
Summit, Pa.
Miss Josephine Riordan has re-
turned from a months trip to New
York, where she went to attend the
ordination of her nephew, the Rev.
Giles Riordan Gardiner, at Esopus.
After the Esopus exercises she Wis
tied at Mount Vernon, N. Y, and
attended the Worlds Fair.
Miss Winifred Bush, daughter of
Mrs. James Bush, is spending the
summer in New York City.
Capt. and Mrs. Theodore Johnson
are spending several weeks at Tu-
dor, the home of Miss Mary Estes,
at Lothian, Anne Arundel County,
and will leave later to spend the
month of August at Deer Island, Me.
They also will visit their daughter,
Mrs. Henry Larum, at Scarsdale,
N. Y.
Dr. Paul Allen, jr., who for
number of years has been connected
with the faculty of st. Johns Col
lege and at one time was dean of
the college, will leave Annapolis in
the early fall. He has accepted the
position as head of the department
of chemistry at Lynchburg College,
Lynchburg, Va. DR.. and Mrs. Allen
and their children live on Murray
avenue.
Mrs. Houston L. Naples, wife of
Comdr. Naples, and her daughter
Sally Ann are visiting Mrs. Naples
brother-in-law and sister, 1t. Comdr.
and Mrs. E. I. McQuiston, in Detroit,