Evening star., 1940-03-31
West Point
Will Enjoy
Band Concert
Met Opera Stars
Will Be Heard on
Program Today

WEST POINT, March 0.-An
outstanding feature at the garrison
this week end is the concert by the
Military Academy Band, conducted
by 1t. Francis E. Resta, which will
be held tomorrow afternoon in the
auditorium. Miss Margaret Dawn,
soprano, and Mr.. John Gurney, BARI
tone, of New York, members OF the
Metropolitan Opera, and Miss Jayne
Rullman, harpist, of Fort Lewis,
WASH, will be the soloists. The
cadet glee club, augmented by the
two cadet choirs, also will sing.
Guests at the garrison to attend
the concert are Mrs. William Rull-
man and her son, Mr.. William Rull-
man, Of Hampstead, Long Island,
and also Mr.. and Mrs. George
Schoefaer Of Long Island.
The officers and ladies of the post
held a hop at the Thayer Inn last
evening. The tactical department
sponsored the dance, and in the re-
ce1ving line were 1t. Col. Charles
w. Ryder, commandant of cadets,
and Mrs. Ryder. and 1t. Col. and
Mrs. William E. Chambers.
Miss Joyce Greenwell who attends
Smith College, has joined her par
ents, 1t. Col. and Mrs. Albert w.
GreenWell, for fortnight's spring
vacation. Mrs. Greenwell, who has
been at Walter Reed Hospital for the
last three weeks, returned Thursday
from Washington.
1t. and Mrs. Philip F.. KRONER, jr.,
have as their guest for several weeks
the latter's mother, Mrs. Henry Ro-
mer OF Columbus, Ohio.
Col. Herman Beukema
And Wife Hosts.
1t. Col. Herman Beukema, profess
sor of economies. government and
history, and Mrs. Beukema are hosts
this week end to 1t. Col. Philip B.
Fleming, who is on duty in the office
OF the chief of engineers in WASH
ington, and who lectured to the
members of the first class this morn.
ing.
Guests this week end of Capt. and
Mrs Peter C. Hams, Sd, are the
formers brother and sister in law,
1t. Hamilton Hams. U. S. NJ, of An
napolis, and Mrs. Hams.
1t. Col and Mrs. Harris Jones
are entertaining as their guest for
several days, Mrs. Hayden, wife of
Maj. James L. Hayden Of Fort ANA
dor, Canal Zone, who formerly was
CT fiNnAH a. f1,ic
At christening ceremony in the
cadet chapel on Sunday, the infant
daughter of 1t. Robert H. Booth,
who is an instructor in mathema-
tics, and Mrs. Booth, was bap-
tized Constance Ralston Booth, with
Chaplain H. Fairfield Butt, Sd. Of
floating, anC Mrs. Booths sister,
Miss Betty Ralston of Washington,
Mrs. Joseph E. Hardin of Fort Sill.
Okla, and Capt. Joseph F. Trent
of West Point acting as sponsors.
Mrs. Trent was proxy in the abb
sence of Mrs. Hardin.
Capt. James r. Andersen will Join
his family at West Point this week
end. coming from Maxwell Field
Ala, where he has been a student
for the past three months at the
Air Corps Tactical School.
Mrs. Joseph w. Boone
And Children Visitors.
Mrs. Joseph w. Boone. wife OF
Capt Boone, who is a student at
the Industrial College in Washing
ton, and her children, Tommy and
Dan, are visitors at the garrison
this week, guests of Mrs. Boone S
brother-in-law and sister. Capt. and
Mrs. E. Andrew Barlow.
1t. and Mrs. Joseph H. OMalley
have as guests this week end Mrs
OMalleys parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Austin of Kansas City, who
are stopping en- route to their home
from Florida. where they have
| passed the past six weeks.
Mrs. Harriet Rogers will enter.
tain as her week end guest Miss
Maisie Young, daughter of the
Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, M
Sam Young and Nine. Young. Mis-.
Young is student at Smith Col.
lege.
1t. and Mrs. Lee C. Miller art
entertaining over Sunday Mr.. r. B
D. French, professor at Trinity Col.
lege. in Dublin, Ireland. Mrs. Miller
returned Wednesday from Balti.
more. where she spent 10 days visit.
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hor.
ace Flack.