Evening star., 1947-09-07
Varied Euents
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Parties Given
For Cresswells
By Betty MilHken

round of parties in their honor. The
most recent was the buffet supper
Col. and Mrs. Harold D. Hansen
gave last evening at their home.
The guest list was made up en-
tirely of Marine officers and their
wives, with the exception of Mrs.
Lea Cowles of Tuscaloosa, Ala, who
is visiting Col. and Mrs. Hansen
over the weekend, and Navy Capt.
and Mrs. Andrew Mack, brother-in-
law and sister of Mrs. Cresswell.
who are here from New York, where
Capt. Mack is Chief of Staff to the
Commandant, Third Naval District.
The Quartermaster General of the
Marine Corps and Mrs. William P.
T. Hill were ranking guests and
others were Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
William Capers James, who drove
up from Quantico, where he COM
mands the Marine Corps Air Sta
ton; Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Fred S.
Robillard, Brig. Gen. Robert Blake,
Col. and Mrs. Albert D. Cooley, Col.
and Mrs. Alfred R. Pef1ey, Col. and
Mrs. Randolph McC. Pate, Col. and
Mrs. Clayton c. Jerome. Col. and
Mrs. Henry r. Paige and Col. and
Mrs. Jack P. Julian.
Col. and Mrs. Cresswell shared
honors with 1t. Col j. A. Ander-
son, new executive officer at Ma
rine Barracks, at a cocktail party
and buffet supper given Friday in
BOG by officers on duty at the
barracks.
The Cresswells and their young
daughters, May, Emilia and Julia,
recently arrived from Guam, where
Col. Cresswell was planning officer on
the staff of commander, Marianas
area, and are in quarters at Marine
Barracks. Col. Anderson, who Is a
bachelor, came here from duty at
Camp Pendleton. Calf.
Visiting Here From Vest
The new Assistant Chief of Air
Staff for Personnel at Army Air
Forces headquarters, Maj. Gen. ID
wal H. Edwards, and Mrs. Edwards
expect to move into quarters at
Boiling Field in about a week.
Meantime they are in an apartment
at Fort Myer. Their daughter,
Katharine, will enter the senior
class at National Cathedral School
this fall and their Son-in-law and
daughter. 1t. Comdr and Mrs. Will
liam A. Robey. are here from Chi
cago for a visit until the 18th.
Gen. Edwards, who recently re-
turned to the United States after
commanding our air forces in
Europe, succeeds Maj. Gen. Fred L.
Anderson, who is on terminal leave
preparatory to retiring September
80. Gen. Anderson now is associat-
ed with the Hodges Research and
Development Corporation in San
Francisco, and Mrs. Anderson and
their daughter, Mary Winn, will
join him after young Travis, their
son, has been placed in school in
New York.
Mrs. Charles H. Royce and her
small son, Jimmy. left Friday morn
ing to drive to Fort Benning, Ga,
following a months visit with Mrs.
Royee's parents, Maj Gen. and Mrs.
Walter l.. Reed The former Daisy
Reed was entertained extensively
during her stay here and left to
join her husband, Col. Royce, who
is in command of the 37th Infantry
Regiment at Benning.
Ends Duty abroad
Col. Royce returned this summer
from two years duty in Japan. where
Mrs. Royce and their son had join
ed him in July, 1916. This will be
their first tour of duty at the Fort.
since their marriage in 1881 when
Gen. Reed was stationed at the
post.
The wedding of their niece, Miss
Gwendolyn Irene Duvall, and Mr..
William Henry Kaiser, jr., took
Capt. Marion Russell Kelley, u S. NJ,
and Mrs. Kelley to Boston for the
weekend. Mrs. Kelley drove up
Wednesday with Comdr. Frank Ver-
non Rigler, U. S. NJ, retired, and
Mrs. Rigler and their son, Douglas.
who came up from Lynchburg for
the ceremony, and Capt. Kelley
flew to Boston Thursday to be in
time for the wedding Friday. They
are the guests of Capt. and Mrs. H.
c. Fitz at the Navy Yard and Capt.
and Mrs. Kelley are expected back
in their apartment at 210o Con-
necticut Avenue on Tuesday.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon Franklin Duvall
and the bridegroom is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaiser of Needhan,
Mass.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Lunsford e.
Oliver and their daughters, Mary.
a medical student at Columbia
University, and Rachel, will be back
tonight from Virginia Beach where
they spent the weekend.
Wedding Anniversary
Col. and Mrs. Max B. CARRIER
are celebrating their 40th wedding
anniversary today and this evening
after 6, they will entertain very in
formally at their home on Ordway
street.
Mrs. Arthur B. Pearce, jr,, leaves
tomorrow to join her husband in
Durham, N. c., after visit with
her brother-in-law and sister, Maj.
and Mrs. George P. Hilderbrand, in
Arlington. Mrs. Pearce flew here
from San Francisco, where she
landed aboard a Navy transport
from Guam. The Rev. Mr.. Pearce
had been stationed there as lieu
tenant colonel in the Army. Since
his separation from the service he
mas entered Duke University to
study for his ID. degree. With
him in Durham are their three
sons, Arthur, Charles and David.
Mrs. Pearce came here primarily
for the christening of her nephew,
James Ronald Hilderbrand, who
was five months old Tuesday. The
christening ceremony Is being held
this morning at the II o'clock sery-
ice in Mt. Olivet Methodist Cnurcn