Evening star., 1941-04-06

land, and later in London, where \
Mr.. Wrong, who is now second
tion, and Mrs. Wrong have leased
director of the Phillips Art Gallery
and Mrs. c. Law Watkins, on Hamp-
den lane, Edgemoor. Mr.. and Mrs.
Watkins will be in Washington for
few weeks before leaving for their
summer home at Chatham, Cape
Cod, Mass.
The Watkins residence is not far
from the home on Edgemoor lane
which the former Counselor of the
Canadian Legation and Mrs. Walter
E. Riddell occupied while DR.. Riddell
was on duty here
DR.. Riddell is now the Canadian
High Commissioner in New Zea-
land, to which post he was trans
ferred several years ago.
Admiral j. w. Wilcox, U. S. N,
and Mrs Wilcox have recently
pying their new home on Kennedy
drive. Admiral Wilcox was on duty
In Panama before he was trans
ferred to Washington last fall.
From Puerto Rico have come DR..
and Mrs. James J. Griffith, who are
now living at 49O9 Hampden lane
DR.. Griffith is connected with the
National Institute of Health.
From the opposite side of the
globe have come 1t Comdr. and
Mrs. Milton E. Miles to take up
their residence in KenWood Mrs.
Miles, a former Washington resi-
dent, is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H Jerman. She and
Condr. Miles are living in the Jer-
man home on Shadow road.
While in China, Mrs Miles taught
a class of Chinese women to cook
American foods and she learned
some of the Chinese cooking meth
ods from them. At her parties she
frequently serves Chinese foods and
entertains her guests with stories
of her life in the Orient.
When they left China about
year ago, Comdr. and Mrs. Miles
travelled over the Burma road, fol-
lowing the same route that Mr..
Nicol Smith and Mrs. Snith-the
former Miss Mora Archbold-took
and about which Mr.. Smith wrote
in his book, "The Burma Road"
Another newcomer to lower Mont
gomery County who has spent much
time in China Is Mrs. Charles C.
Cook. Mrs. Cook, who is a native
Texan, plans to visit relatives in
Pampa, Tex, sometime this month.
Her daughter, Mrs. c. E. Gooding,
is with her temporarily while Capt.
Goodi.ig is stationed in Fort Hua-
chuca, Ariz. Another daughter, Mrs.
Christine Galliher, is also with her
mother in Bethesda.
Maj. and Mrs. K. L. Hastings have
recently come to Washington from
the Ogden Ordnance Depot in Og-
den. Utah, and are located on
Hampden lane, Bethesda. Maj. Hast
ings is on the staff of the quarter
masters Office in Washington.
1t. L. B. Switzerland, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Switzerland, who recently
came to Bethesda from Newport, Va,
have been joined by Mrs. Souther-
lands mother, Mrs. E. F. MacFad-
den, Spokane, Wash, who will be
here for fortnight's visit. 1t. and
Mrs. Switzerland leased the former
residence of 1t. Carl Aslakson on
Wilson lane when he and Mrs. As
lakson left for Lit. ASlakson's new
assignment in Peru.
Representative Carl Curtis of Ne
braska and Mrs. Curtis recently
leased a house on Worthington drive,
in Yorktown Village, and are resi-
dents of Montgomery County for the
second time during Representative
Curtis term in Congress.
Representative and Mrs. Curtis
are planning a trip to Southwestern
Virginia during Easter week end to
visit Mrs. Curtis brother-i -in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. George Sibley,
jr. Later in the month they hope
to return to Nebraska for few days.
The former Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs. Brien Mcmahon
of Kenwood are in New York for the
week end. On their return they will
DE JOII16o Dy MI. MCMdllOtl . lllOGi1Ci,
Mrs. William Mcmahon, and his two
sisters, Miss Eileen Mcmahon and
Mrs. Eugenia Burr, and the latters
daughter, Nola Burr, all of Norwalk,
Conn, who will be with them
through the Easter holidays. Later
In the month Mr.. McMahon's
brother and sister-in-law, DR.. and
Mrs. William Mcmahon, also of Nor
walk, will be in Kenwood for weeks
visit.
Col. and Mrs. Edward H. Brooks of
Battery Park will have Mrs. Brooks
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leigs S. Hall of Concord, N. H.,
with them for the week. Col. and
Mrs. Brooks daughter, Miss Betty
Brooks, will have as her guest Miss
Barker of New York, who will come
to Washington on Wednesday with
her father, DR.. j. Warren Barker,
who is the dean of engineering at