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DC. WOMEN
IN UNIFORM

EUROPEAN THEATER-First
1t. Dorothy S. Healy, former en-
ploye of the Surgeon Generals
Office in Washington. is the first
WAC officer to be assigned to the
Medical Service here and is in
charge of a staff which complies
records and statistics of war in
juries. illness and battle casualties
Before coming overseas last No.
vember. 1t. Healy served as statis-
tical officer in the Air Forces at
Orlando, Fla.
During one of the baby blitzes'
in England, an incendiary made a
direct hit on the WAC officers suit
case. She is credited with directing
the successful evacuation of more
than $50 WACS from a bombed
area Of offices, billets and shelters.
PROM S-Four women
from the Washington area have
been promoted to first lieutenant
in the Women's Army Corps. They
are First Its. Mary Theresa Wall,
4520 Georgia avenue NV; Mary
Ann Burdette, $500 w place NV;
Virginia L. Smith, 108 East Balti-
more street, Hagerstown, Md. and
Dorothy Dixon Whitworth, 1719
First street. Suitland Manor, Md.
+ APPOINTMENT-Mrs. Joan
Elaine Holmes Creighton, 1888 Mon
roe street NE, has been appointed
a physical therapy aide In the Army
Medical Department with the rela-
tive rank of second lieutenant. Mrs.
Creighton completed her training
at the Bouve Boston School OF
Physical Education, Boston, Mass.
BOILING FIELD.-Pfc. Helen K.
Clark, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles p. Clark, 400 Baltimore
road, Rockville, Md, who presides
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HUNTER COLLEGE, N. Y-Miss
Lucy Virginia Flickinger, "A, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Carrie M. F1ickinger
5l02 Emerson street, Hyattsville,
Md, and Miss Cecilia Luvenia Clark,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
F. Clark, 1903 E street NE, have
enlisted in the WAVES and will re-
port here at the Naval Training
School for their indoctrination. A
graduate of Hyattsville High School
Miss Flickinger was formerly en-
ployed by the National Bureau OF
Standards. Miss Clark, who at
tended st. Patrick's Academy, was
formerly employed as war supplies
procurement clerk.
PALM BEACH, F1a.-Miss Mary
Lee, 449l Macarthur boulevard
NV, has completed her training
here at the Coast Guard Storekeeper
School and has been promoted to
seaman first class. She has been
assigned to the Coast Guard station
Manhattan Beach, NY.
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Flyer Goes on Mission in Letter Home

Declaring that the only "unpleas-
ant" feeling in a bombing mission
comes when the plane first reaches
a low altitude, land the atmosphere
is hot and sticky again." 1t. Wesley
Flora, Army Air Forces intelligence
officer on duty in the Southwest
Pacific, describes in a letter to his
father, Charles w. Flora, 704 Third
street NV, one of the seven mis-
sions he has completed after six
months overseas service:
Taxing through the revetment
areas prior to take-off, I was struck
for the first time with the exotic
quality of the scenery. 1t wasn't
exactly beautiful, but it occurred to
me how interesting it would look in
a newsreel. Perhaps it was the con-
trast between the scenery and the
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III. Brown Given Added
Honors for va|or in Air..
|0fher Medals Awarded

Second and third Oak Leaf Clus-
ters to the Distinguished Flying
Cross have been awarded 1t. Henry
W. Brown of, SOFT Twenty y-fifth
street, Arlington, Va. for "extraor-
dinary achievement and heroism."
The 21-year-old Mustang flyer
only recently received his DFC. He
shot down II enemy planes >over
Europe before returning to his home
in Arlington.
The Bronze Star Medal was award
ed Maj. Harold B. Norwood Of
Laurel, Md, for meritorious per-
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DIS SCdlcu dS
he thought he
would be. Il feel
fine although
my nerves are
a little jumpy."
Although it
looked bad at
t / m e S." Para
t roo per Rum
baugh continu-
ed, and the ad-
vance units were
outnumbered all
the time, I'VE
stuck to 1t and
showed the Ger
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for heroism in connection with the
strafing and bombing of a Jap all
base, causing total destruction.
A graduate of Augusta Military
Acadamy in June, 1912. Staff Sergt
Berens Immediately enlisted in the
Army Air Forces and was assigned
to radio and aerial gunnery school
At the completion of his present
furlough he expects to enter q
course for pilot training.
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highly civilized atmosphere inside
the plane. There is a strong and
indescribable smell inside a military
plane of machinery and electricity.
I'VE waited our tu-n to take of
at the end of the runway, and just
as the time our engines were stepped
up until the sound and vibration
seemed to almost split my ears. we
started down the runway, faster and
faster. reaching a considerable speed
before finally lifting gently of the
ground.
"Once the plane is in the air, the
engines seem to calm down some-
what, and the noise and vibration
become bearable. I set my ear
phones to receive from outside the
plane, and was tuned in on an
Australian musical program.
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Vet Of 4 Campaigns
Jumps in France

II jumped in France and have
been in action" writes Paratrooper
Carroll C. Rumbaugh. 81, veteran
now of four campaigns.
The young technician. fifth grade
who previously had seen action In
Africa, Sicily and Italy, is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Rumbaugh
1904 M place Sc.
Please don't worry" he urged
his parents, adding that he wasn't
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Qualities in Course

Pfc. George F. Fletcher of 14O c
street Sc, has qualified on a ma
chine gunner's transition course,
built for an infantry division in
Northern Ireland. Similar to a
sub-caliber tommy gun" course
Pfc. Fletcher had to make a mini
mum of accurate hits on at least
five out of .eight targets ranging
from 400 to 800 yards.
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Mrs. Gladys H. Joyner and her
11-month-old son, Jimmie, are
looking forward to living in Vir-
shnia. Mrs. Joyner's husband and
Jimmie's father is Sergt. James H.
Joyner, now stationed at a bomber
station somewhere in England. He
has completed 26 missions over
enemy territory. The Joyners have
been married for % months and
have all their plans made for set
ting up a home in Virginia after
the war.
Sergt. Joyner is a brother of Mrs.
Mary E. Reed. 800 E street Sc, an
employe of the service department
at The Star. Their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John H. Joyner, have not seen
the baby or his mother, but are in
constant correspondence with her.
Before entering the service in
1941 Sergt. Joyner was employed in
the engineering department of the
Newport News Shipbuilding Co. His
brother, John Thomas, n, Is sta
toned at Camp Walters, Tex.
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Finds Puir Of Silk Hose

SAIPAN, Marianas Islands 'fDe-
loyed) When the first USO camp
show gets here, the most popular
Marine will undoubtedly be staff
Sergt. Francis J. Acosta, r., o COM
bat correspondent from Washing
ton. D. G. He dove into q hesx of
rubble during . Jap mortar attack
ana came up with . pair OF un-
damaged, pure silk ladies' hosa
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Surdo in Naval Crew

Joseph E. Sardo III, chief phar-
macists mate, USNR, of 402e
Southern avenue Sc, was a men,
ber of naval crew in the American
assault force which invaded France
Before entering the Navy, Sardo
was funeral director of William H.
Sardo & Co.
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! q T III b II Z z OI
duties at the
Fills Islands,
q u a d a l canal.
New G e org / a
and Bouganville.
Commander of a
combat engineer
c o m p any, he
p ! a n n e d and
built the Army
General Hospi-
tai, and on Bou-
ganville he de-
veloped q sys-
tenn Of supply
roads. bridges
and other In
sta1IbfiOpS
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over the pilots
map and chart
ing room here
at the Army Air
Base, is believed
to be the only
w AC in the
Army Air Forces
doing that type
of work.
A graduate of
the National Art
S c h o o !, Pfc.
Clark formerly
was employed by
the Army Map
Service, W here e
she made maps
] for the Army
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Storey, Marine
Corps Women's
R e S erve, 1908
Thirty = seventh
street NV, op-
crates the gun
airStructor" here
at the Marine
Air Base. The
l n S t r u ment, a
mock plane, Is
used for aerial
gunnery instruc-.
ton and Pvt.
Storey maneuv-I
ers the plane"
in position for
tha etrdArt fn
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NV, T e c entIy
W a S graduated
from the Army
Air Forces Sta
tistical School
at Harvard Uni
versity and COM
missioned a sec
ond lieutenant.
He has been
assigned to the
Sd Air Force
W | tn h e a d =
O u a r t ers in
Tampa, Fla. He
W as formerly
employed as an
industrial an
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Jnan a years
service as radio
g up n er of a
bombing group.
After complet-
ing SIS combat
missions, which
| n c l u d e d the
sinking of a Jap
cruiser, he re-
ceived the Air
Medal with nine
Oak Leaf Clus-
ters. He also has
a citation from
the War Depart
m ent W hic h
1~~ l.
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son, jr., OF the
AAF declared to
an Evening Star
reporter on his
furlough home
recently.
Wearing the
D S t / nguished
F y ing Cross,
Air Medal. Presi-
dental Citation
W ith two Oak
L e af Clusters
and the Good
| Conduct Medal,
t he form e I
Eastern Hi G h
School football
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macnlnlSL mate,
third class, of
Jellico. Tenn,
teamed up re-
Gently to bring
home a Lock-
h e e d Ventura
Sc arch plane
after, the pilot
had been killed,
both the radio
man and plane
captain wound
ed and part Of
the controls de-
stroyed by a
single antiair-
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Back From the Wars
BUCK from the WdTs
D. c. Flyer Wants to Avenge
Friend Lost in Philippines

II lost good friend in the
Philippines and want to be there
when we start hitting Toxic for
keeps" Staff Sergt. Alfred E. john
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DISTRICT AREA FIGHTING PACIFIC-These six men
the Washington
transport in the Pacific They Cleft to gh Pfc Glenn A.
Murphy Marine 1401 Faion
Elmer Cofren u NJ 586 First sE
Cornelius F. Moore Glass; Joseph
Baldwin tr, chief yeoman Sgt
nad Thompson t446 Rhode Island
erick, Navy hospital apprentice, 40 North
Bedford street, Arlington, Va .|M8S#
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bsiens Back for Training
AHer Service in Pacific

Staff Sergt. F. H. Berens, jr., sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Berens of 324 East
West highway, Chevy Chase, is back
from the South Pacific after more
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Plane Brought Back
By Green FIyersAfteI
jap She'll Kills Pilot

(By Sergt. Theron J. Rice. 1879
FdrrGgut street NV, marine
combat correspondent and for
mer Star employe.
SOMEWHERE IN THE CEN.
TRIAL PACIFIC DelayeO Ensign
Kenneth j. McNatt of Loveland
Colo, and Thomas Reed, aviation
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Poqlino Commissioned

Ameglio j. Paglino. son of Mrs.
Novella Paglino, 926 Hamilton street
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Tor the Army Engineering Corps.
She enlisted In the WAC in June,
Evening star., 1944-12-28

'Tis not for us to question why
tbs but for us to buy and buy-the
Sixth War Loan drive,
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Fme1VeU Fetes
For MuuiIIas

Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph p. Buquor
will be hosts at . cocktail party
Wednesday, January 3, from $50 to
8 o'clock in the Pan American Room
Of the Statler. entertaining in honor
Of the retiring Military Attache OF
the Cuban Embassy and Sonora de
Munilla.
Col. Munilla was guest of honor
at mems luncheon given today at
the Mayflower by 1t. Col. O. T.
Jamerson, foreign liaison officer of
the War Department..
Others in the company were the
Military Attache of the Venezuelan
Embassy, Col. Juan Jones PARA; the
Military Attache for Air of the Uru-
guayan Embassy, Col. Medardo R
Farias; the Military Attache of the
Colombian Embassy, Col, Rafael
Sanchez-Amaya; the Air Attache OF
the Peruvian Embassy, Col. Ar
mando Revoredo; the Military At
tache of the Peruvian Embassy, 1t
Col. Jorge Sarmiento, and the Chief
of the Brazilian Military Commits
sion, Col. Stenio c. A. Lima.
Also present were Col. Robert B
Richards, Col. Harry H. Mole, Col
Charles Ennis, 1t. Col. D. o. Har-
rington, 1t. Col. Enrique Canova
Maj. Gustave Pabst, jr., and Mr.
Charles William Kempter of the
Foreign Economic Administration.
Mrs. William Theophilus enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday al
the Washington Club in compliment
to Sonora de Munilla, the company
numbering II.
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Elizabeth Tallman
Becomes Bride

Miss Elizabeth Wolcott Tallman
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Chester
Tallman Of Arlington, became the
bride OF Mr.. Harvey Graham Knott
U. S. N, yesterday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock in st. Mary's Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Robert o. Kevin
officiating.
The bride wore a gown of white
orocaded satin, with a finger-tip-
length veil held by a coronet of
pearls which belonged to the bride
groom's mother. She also wore a
gold and diamond cross made from
her grandmother's wedding ring
and carried a white satin PRAYER
book to which was attached a white
orchid and shower of lilies of the
valley.
Miss Ann Coffman of Arlington
was the maid of honor, wearing pale
blue satin with matching veil. Mr.
Claude Knott was best man for his
brother, and the ushers were the
Messrs. Alvin E. Fitzhugh and A. c.
Moran
A reception followed at the home
OF the brides parents, when assist
ing In receiving were Mr.. and Mrs,
Harvey E. Knott, parents of the
bridegroom. The bride and bride
groom left after the reception for a
wedding trip through the South,
and will make their home in Pen
sacola, where the latter Is stationed
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Mrs. Jesse Yankey
Plans Address
To Arts SOcietv

Mrs. Jesse Yaukey will be guest
speaker at meeting of the Chevy
Chase Chapter of the National So
ciety of Arts and Letters at pm.
Saturday at the home of the pres
ident, Mrs. Dorothy Nicholson
Bates, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Yaukey, whose professional
name, Cornelia Spencer, Is well
known in literary circles, will re-
view her book, "The Exile's Daugh-
ter" a biography Of her sister,
Pearl Buck, also nationally known
authoress.
Mrs. Yaukey, like her famous sis
ter, was born and reared in China,
the daughter Of an American mis-
sionary. She was educated In the
United States, returning to China
after completing her education,
where she was married and lived
for many years
A distinguished biographer, one OF
Mrs. Yaukey's best-known works Is
the story of the present Queen Of
England, entitled Elizabeth, Eng
lands Modern Queen"
The National Society of Arts and
Letters is an organization Of pro-
fessional women engaged in crea-
tive work in art, music and litera-
ture. Objectives Of the society in
clude promotion Of literary, musical
and artistic activities among its
members; rendering mutual benefit
to women engaged in creative work,
stimulation Of production, publicity
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leszyI aky|
-WOman's Council
To Hear Missionary

Americas Future Relations With
Asia" will be the subject of an ad-
dress by Edwin Marx at meeting
of the Woman's Council of National
City Christian Church at l pm
Tuesday in the Social Hall, 1908
Vermont avenue NV.
Mr.. Marx. a missionary of the
Disciples Of Christ in Marking
China. served in the Orient until
the japanese occupation. Following
destruction Of mission property, he
left Nanking and travelled to Shang-
hal, where he was interned in a con-
centration camp, remaining there
from 1912 until he was released to
return to America on the second
voyage of the Gripsholm in 1943.
The speaker is a graduate of
Pennsylvania College and College of
the Bible, Lexington, KY; the
Union Theological Seminary and
Columbia University, New York City
The program will follow a lunch
con at IL noon and a business ses-
sion at II am. The public is in
vited to attend the program.
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By the Way
BETH BLAINE

Christmas was over, but the
Christmas decorations still re-
NAMED in the hospital dressing
room assigned to the Red Cross
Nurses Aides. There was still
some of the Christmas candy in
the big box which the sisters had
left for the aides-on the bulle-
tin board were notes of gratitude
for the work the aides had done.
Notes from the supervisors, the
nurses and the sisters.
The aide reporting for duty ad-
justed her crisp blue cap on her
trim blond head and went briskly
to the floor to which she was
assigned. The hospital halls still
bore the signs of Christmas and
the private rooms and wards still
had gay Christmas plants and
miniature trees, tinsel-and-snow-
bedecked, placed here and there.
There were friendly smiles
everywhere for the little aide,
The patients kindly offers to
share in their Christmas goodies.
Under and above all there was
the feeling that Christmas this
year had been far different
one from most. There was
scarcely patient or member OF
hospital personnel who did not
have some loved one in the serv-
Ice. There was scarcely a heart
that did not beat more anxiously
for news from overseas.
But everywhere the aide went
In the hospital that day-every
service she performed, every
soothing word she gave to the Ill
people lying there helped and
comforted her as much as it did
them. The patients told her
about their men overseas-about
the letters they had gotten. Some
showed her snapshots. All Won
dered about the Christmas boxes
had the men gotten theirs?
Were the things in good shape?
Were they getting cigarettes?
Had those warm handmade and
lovingly made sweaters gotten
there in time to help them
through those blizzard cold
battles in the snow? Unasked
and yet so deeply felt was the
same question in every ones
mind. When will it be over and
our men safely home again?
Part of that question had been
answered for the little aide. The
day before she had cotton tele-
gram from the War Department
which began with those dreaded
worGs-the War Department re-
grets to inform you
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THE EVENING STAR. Washington D. c. g.:
THURSDAY. DEcEMsEk

pied Children's Clinic have been
sponsored by the club during the
past week. One for 10 children was
given last Wednesday and two par
ties at which more than 100 chill
dren were guests were held last Fri
day. Each child received a gift
from girls employed at the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, while gifts,
tree, ice cream and cake were pre-
sented by club members. In addi-
ton, each child in Gallinger Hos
pital received a filled stocking from
the club of Christmas Day. Enter
tainment also was provided by a
puppet show at each Of the parties
The Crippled Children's Clinic has
been a special ward" Of the Twen-
tieth Century Club for several years
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Young People Take Lead at Fetes
MISS Er1Vi1z Is Entertained; );
Miss Lv0m Also H0n0red

Following pleasant giving holiday
generation
debutane the ladies will
debuante daughter Of
the
Glard entertained dinner last
Galard the
of the bud those at table numbering H.
their attractive
the Galard the South
overlooking the
calling
Shepherd
gate avoiding the hill
evening
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Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Russell
jenkins of Takoma Park announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Anna Mae Jenkins, to Mr.
Rollin Wesley Rittenhouse, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Rittenhouse
of Lancaster, Pa.
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10Th Century club
Plans Musicale

The annual musical program OF
the Twentieth Century Club will be
held following business meeting at
II am. next Thursday IN Barker
Hall, YWCA.
The program will include two
groups OF songs, one modern English
music, the second Spanish, presented
by Marie Olive, mezzo-soprano, ac-
companied by Elva Brooks. Irene
Lerch, pianist, will entertain with
music between the two groups of
songs.
Three Christmas parties for the
children at Ga1linger Hospital Grip
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Reciprocity Lunch

A reciprocity luncheon will be
held by the PEG Sisterhood at 1890
pm. next Wednesday at the YWCA
Building, Seventeenth and K
streets NV. with Chapter T as
hostess chapter.
A round table meeting at II am.
will precede the luncheon. Mrs.
Celia c. Chatelain, 6101 Fifth street
NV, is In charge of reservations
which should be made by calling
Georgia 2184 before noon Monday.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Arts Club to Stage
Gala Ball Saturday

A gala ball will be given by the
Arts Club Saturday from 10 pm.
until / am. Sunday. The affair will
be held instead of the customary
New Year reception, which has been
dispensed with this year because of
the war. according to the Board Of
Governors.
The clubhouse will be decorated
by artist members of the club.
Patrons include Warren Grimes,
president of the club, and Mrs.
Grimes; Mr.. and Mrs. Bedford
Brown Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Muth, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller,
jr.: DR.. and Mrs. r. Stevens Pen
dexter, Miss Elizabeth Baldwin,
chairman of the Auxiliary Commit
tee, which will serve as hosts for the
evening, and Charles Lownsbery, in
charge of decorations, assisted by
Mrs. Maude Williams, Miss Janice
Gould and Miss Marjorie Davis.
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with Miss Barbara Stanton, daugh-'
ter of the Rev. and Mrs. John H.
Stanton of JohnstoWn, Pa, who is
a house guest of Col and Mrs. Gail
lard. The Gaillards had quite a
little family reunion for Christmas,
their three children all being home.
Lit David du Bose Gaillard II, had
been graduated from Officer Can
didate School two days before
Christmas and now is on furlough;
his younger brother, Cadet Peter
Gaillard, came home from his
studies at The Citadel. and their
sister, Miss Monica Gaillard, a stu
dent of the Madeira School, is home
for the holidays as she is many
week ends through the school year.
Another party on the calendar
yesterday for a deubtante was the
luncheon given by Mrs. John Web
ster Bowman in honor of Miss Eliz-
abeth Moore Lyon, daughter OF DR..
and Mrs. James Alexander Lyon.
Mrs. Bowman. who is the former
Miss Eleanor Moves Hempstone, is
spending the winter in Washington
with her parents, Capt. and Mrs.
Smith Hempstone.
Among the subdebutantes feted
last evening was Miss Jocelyn Freer,
whose parents, the chairman OF the
Federal Trade Commission and Mrs.
Robert E. Freer, gave supper party
~, Lojr Ioo,,n in KnnUnnd
Among those in the group were
Senorita Mora, Miss Eileen Erwin,
Miss Katherine Elkins, Mr.. Tomas
Caiigas, Senor Gonzalo Garland,
Midshipman L. A. Snead, Mr.. Neal
Rutledge, Mr. Davis Elkins and
Senor MIGUEL Trudela.
Miss Freer and her friends later
in the evening attended the annual
midshipmen's dance at the Army
Navy Country Club.
A New York bud shared In the
social spotlight yesterday when Mrs,
Henry Shepherd and her daughter,
Miss Mary Mclean Shepherd, en-
tertained at luncheon in honor OF
Miss Eleanor Potts, daughter of Mr..
Llewellyn Potts of ShepherdstoWn,
W. Va. Guests at this affair were
Miss Mary Beirne Echols, MISS
Eloise Richberg, Miss Nancy Need
ham, Miss Jean Ferrier, Miss Westry
Boyce, Miss Jane Miller OF Pasa-
dena. Miss Marion Morreel, Miss
Elizabeth Alvord and Miss Mccall
Henderson.
Evening star., 1944-12-28

and public performance: association
of workers whose interests are re-
lated, conducting centers for mar
keting material In large cities; es-
tablishing workshops in each chap
ter; sponsoring radio time and press
space for arts and letters and fur
nishing . scholarship in each OF the
three classifications, art, music and
literature
Evening star., 1944-12-28

In addition to which library for
children also has been established
by the organization.
Mrs. Richard Fay jackson is
chairman Of the Gallinger Hospital
Project Committee, which is one Of
the most active in the club, function
ing throughout the entire year.