Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 50

THE Quantico Ceremonies Held for Gen. Butler As He Leaves Corps Mrs. K’s TOLL HOUSE TAVERN Colesville Tike, Silver Spring, Md. | Informal Reception Precedes Dcparm.—e for New Home in Pennsylvania. QUANTICO, Va, October 3.—Gen. Smedley Butler retired Wednesday from the Marine Corps after 33 years of ac- tive service, the last three having been spent at Quantico. The ceremonies started at 11 o'clock, outside post head- quarters. Several companies of Ma- e st ath s Enngess L] | ESOL e AT e R orive 16th 8 2 i || stationed around the flag pole. Or Four Corner Bug ent, besides the post school children. Phone Silver Spring 5 | Gen. and Mrs. Butler arrived and the children sang a song composed in honor Phillip-Louise ved by he Halls Connecticut Avenue and L Streets How Much Better THE GOOD DINNER. | fined and gracious manner” Tavern” is as well known for its charm- ing service as the excellence of its food. Afternoon Teas Luncheons, Dinners Every Day—Noon to 8:30 Sunday Morning Breakfast, 9 to 12 - |of the general, followed by of Montezuma.” Esther Allen, niece of | Capt. and Mrs. Campbell Brown, pre- | sented Mrs. Butler with a_bouquet of irom their gardens. Capt. |the “band played a flourish and a | major general's 17-gun salute was fired |from the parade ground. His (wo- | starred flag was lowered from the Ad- | ministration Building by his aides whi | presented it to Mrs. Butler. . | Brig. Gen. Randolph Berkeley was | initiated into office as commandant {of the post, and a salute was fired to him. He immediately introduced Gen. | Butler, who said a brief, informal and heartfelt farewell. Both he and Mrs. Butler were feeling keenly the severing of their ties from the Marine Corps. “Sweet Adaline,” Gen. Butler's “theme song,” was sung by all, were given him and the e: es we over officially. However, Gen. and Mrs, Butler held an informal recsption and half an hour latar they 1:ft for their new home at Newtown, near Philadel- phia. Tuesday evening the members of the Fire Commission of Baltimore gave a banquet in the Emerson Hotel in honor of Gen. 'and Mrs. Butler. A large number of officers and their w Quantico were among the guests included the new command Quantico, Brig. Gen. Randolph Berke- ley and Mrs. Berkeley: Lieut. Col- and —is now showing authentic Paris styles in new Fall merchandise priced to suit current conditions. Gowns for All Occasions $15.75 to $79.50 Millinery $5 to $25 Knitted Suits $16.50 to $45 New Fall Costumes Jewelry and Hosiery 1727 L St. N.W. A large | flowers which the children had brought | Norman | Shaw then read Gen. Butler's orders, | three cheers | Mrs. James J. Meade, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Andrew B. Drum, Maj. and Mrs. Karl I. Buse, Maj. and Mrs. Maurice Berry, Maj. and Mrs. Russell Davis, Maj. and Mrs. Arthur White and Miss Grace White, Maj. and_Mrs. Roy S. Geiger, Maj. and Mrs. Willlam Haw- thorne, Maj. John Q. Adams, Capt. and Mrs. Norman 8. Shaw, Capt. and Mrs. Leland Swindler, Capt. and Mrs. John Martenstein, Capt. and Mrs. Theodore Cartwright, Lieut. d Mrs. Lucien Whittaker, Lieut. and Mrs. George McHenry, Lieut. and Mrs. Ed- win Pollack, Lieut. and Mrs. Charles Chapel, Lieut. Keith Willard, Capt. Reynolds Hayden (M. C.), U. S. N, and Mrs. Hayden; Comdr. Wilford Hall (C. C), U. 8. N, and Mrs. Hall; Lieut. Edwin Miller (C. E. C.), U. 8. N., and Mrs. Miller; Lieut. Vincent Gorski (C. C), U. S.'N; Lieut. Wiliam Sihler (C.E. C), U.'S. N, and Mrs. Sthle Maj. George Clarke, U. S. A, and M Clatke of Washington. Capt. and Mrs. Earle Campbell and their daughter Anne spent last week end in Baltimore with Capt. Campbell's parents. Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Reed of Fredericks- burg visted Capt. ana Mrs. Houston | Noble during the week. Mrs. Falge, wife of Licut. Comdr. John Falge, and her house guest, Mrs. Turner Glasscock of San Diego have gone to New York for several days. Mrs. Glasscock will return to San Diego through the Canadian Rockies. Capt. and Mrs. Calvin Cumming have | as their house guests the former’s par- ents, Rev. and Mrs. C. K. Cumming of | North Carolina. Also visiting them are | bis aunt, Mrs. John Caldwell, and Miss Lenorz Patterson of North Carolina. |Mrs. Hugh Cumming, wife of the surgeon general of the Public Health | Service, and Mrs. Maxwell Hamilton had lunch with Capt. and Mrs. Cum- | ming Wednesday. Licut. and Mrs. Walter Ansel have | had with them this week Mrs. Albert | Wright of Norfolk. Lieut. Wright, who | |is stationed on the cruiser Chester, | joined Mrs. Wright in Quantico Satur- | day. Mrs. Brown, wife of Comdr. Ernest | Brown (M. C), U. S. N.. Mrs. Alex- ander, wife of Comdr. T. T. Alexander, both of Washington, and Mrs. James | O Bobbitt of San Diego, Calif., were the guests of Mrs. Ansel for tea Thursday. | | Comdr. and Mrs. Brown are well known | in Quantico, as they were here last year and left in June, when Comdr. Brown was transferrea to the Naval Hospital in Washington. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON Wesley Heights Club Preparing for Yearly Dinner ‘The annual dinner of the Child Study Club of Wesley Heights will be held in | the Wesley Heights Club House Tues- day at 7 pm. Mr. Will Hutchins, pro- fessor of art at American University, will give an inspiration talk to the parents present. ‘The club is composed of mothers in Wesley Heights, and once each year at the opening dinner the fathers are in- vited to be present also. The dinner this year is under the co- chairmanship of Mrs. Wesley M. Gewehr and Mrs. Walter Davidson. Mrs, Byers M. Bachman is in charge of decora- tions and will be assisted by Mrs. John H. Yates and Mrs. John Gardner Ladd. Mrs. Max J. Proffitt is in charge of serving, and young girls of the com- munity who will assist her are Miss Margaret Woods, Miss Erva Pardoe, Miss Martha Frances Roth, Miss Mil- dred Heinemann, Miss Ellen Coward, Miss Ann Whitney, Miss Mary Eliza- beth Hand and Miss Evelyn May Lan- caster, Mrs. Frank W. Ballou and | Mrs. Herbert A. Howell are in charge | of cakes, Mrs. Howard G. Nichols in charge of salacs and Mrs. Franklin D. Jones of the dinner course. Mrs. Clh;rles Woodward is pgesident of the club. | Y. W.C. A, Arranging for | Series Of Dinner partiesn The Young Wemen's Christian Asso- | ciation of Washington invites young| business and professional women of the | Capital City to join one of their several recreation groups which will hold a| joint “Fall opening” in Barker Hall, | Tuesday evening, October 6, when the Winter series of monthly dinners will be | inaugurated, followed by a musical pro. gram. The artists of the evening will | be Miss Mary Apple, contralto; Mis Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Miss Edith Dawson, pianist. On Thursday, October 8, an evening of fun and comradeship will be staged by the Blue Triangle and Silverelle Clubs, which will join in a foot ball party, which they call “The First Kick- f1.” ' This party will also begin with a dinner at half-past 6 o'clock in Barker Hall, for which reservations should be made in advance. The series of bridge parties to be held weekly at the Y. W. C. A. will begin Tuesday, October 13, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Henry Haase, who will give OCTOBER 4, instruction in both auction and contract Pensonality talks will also be- October 13, with Miss Mary E. Dashiel) as the, lecturer; a Glee Club will be organized for those who love to sing, under the direction of Miss Mary M. Burnett. Many other interesting things to do on Autumn and Winter evenings are being planned by a committes of well known business women, headed by Miss Elizabeth Haney, as chairman, and Mrs. Elizabeth White, as vice chairman, and all young women are invited to take part in some of the activities whether belonging to any organized Y. W. C. As clubs or not. Among the members of the committee which is arranging for the Winter's recreational activities, and for the pop. ular series of monthly dinners for bus ness and professional women of Wi ington are included Miss Edith Da son, Miss Ann Paul, Mrs. Lucy Herbert, Margaret Ferris, Mrs. Henry Stein. mef Miss Mary O'Connor, Miss Bo- neita Sweet, Miss Emily Raynor, Miss Frances Boss, Miss Martha Shiver- decker, Miss Lois Spencer, Mrs. Lois R. g;l]l. Miss Elsie Perry and Miss Eulala acy. Capifal Society Folk At Whitemarsh Hall | An interesting company from Wash- ington is in Philadelphia to attend the | buffet luncheon which Mr. and Mrs. | | Edward T. Stotesbury will give today at Whitemarsh Hall, their home at Chest- nut Hill, to introduce Mrs. Stotesbury's granddaughter, Miss Louise Brooks, debutante daughter of Mrs. Lionel At- will of Baltimore. Among those who will attend the brilliant fete are Miss | Mary Elizabeth MacArthur and her | mother, Mrs. MacArthur; Dr. and Mrs. William C. Gwynn and their debutante 1931—PART daughter, Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn, nd their son, Mr. Henry Beall Gwynn; | Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman and | thelr debutante daughter, Miss Elsie Tuckerman, and Rear Admiral and Mrs, | GOWNS REMODELED By an Expert All Kinds of Alterations For Time Reservation Address Box 360-D, Star Office THREE. Historic Maryland Church To Benefit From Card Party There will be a card party in the parish hall of St. Barnabas' Church at Leland, Md., Saturday afternoon, Oc- tober 10, at 2:30 o'ciock. St. Barnabas’ Church is one of the oldest Colonial churches in Southern Maryland. The first Imlldlnf on the resent site was a chapel of ease of . Plul"!s‘:’lrlhlalln l‘fi In 1704 the new parish of Queen Anne's was cre- ated.%.! which this is the parish church, and in 1708, by subscription of both money and tobacco, the first church building was erected, the furnishings of which were brought from England. The present structure was begun in 1772 and completed in 1776. A belfry was erected in 1930 in mem- ory of John Contee Fairfax, eleventh Baron of Cameron, and of Mary Kirby Fairfax, his w'fe, and Caroline Snow+ den Sanders, his mother. Lord Fair- fax was a vestryman of this church. Free transportation will be furnished Ads in Classified Section PIANOS . %5 w. Homer L. Kitt Co. 1330 G St. Tomorrow! Our Great Annual Event ‘LUSTRA” RUGS Reproductions of the Finest Orientals At a Mere Fract 13 .50 Size 9x12 Last Year’s Price Was $175 Bundhar Imperial Lustra Rugs in a wide selection of fascinat- ing designs. 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