Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-15
Sr'0icsC Circle
Making Plans
FwHohay !.
Christmas
To Be Gay
With Fetes
By Betty Milliken

By Betty MilIiken
Making one OF the quickest jour.
neys on record, Mrs. o. J. Phillips,
wife Of Capt. Phillips. U. S. NJ, will
be back In Washington tomorrow
from La Jolla, Calf, where she
went to attend the wedding yester-
day of her son.
Mrs. Phillips left Washington by
plane Wednesday night, arrived in
California the following afternoon,
and will leave there at noon today
to be back In the Capital tomorrow.
The reason for this breathless
trip across the continent was the
marriage Of Capt. and Mrs. Phillips
son, 1t. Comdr. Denny Powell Phil.
lips, to the former Mrs. Helen For
sythe Maxwell of Coronado and
Evanston, III. Comdr. Phillips was
granted 10 days leave and the young
couple decided that the ceremony
should take place at once.
While on the West Coast, Mrs.
Phillips was the guest of Capt. and
Mrs. Harry L. Pence, who were
stationed in Washington only short
time ago.
General Is Retired
Brig. Gen. George B. Conrad,
q. S. A., who was retired yesterday,
viii leave shortly to join Mrs. Con-
rad at the Arizona Inn in Tucson.
Gen. Conrad, who formerly was
Assistant Military Attache Of our
Embassy In London, was honor
guest at supper party given Thurs
day evening by Col. and Mrs. Sam
uel P. Walker, jr.
The Walkers are planning their
annual Tom and Jerry party Christ
mas morning. They discontinued
them during the war, but gave one
last year and we're delighted that so
many friends dropped by in spite Of
the terribly bad weather. Guests
are being asked to come after II
o'clock.
Col. and Mrs. George w. Cocheu
are planning their annual holiday
party, too, Christmas eve affair
with invitations bidding the guests
from $50 till reveille." This pleas
ant custom, also discontinued dur
ing the war, was revived again last
year when, Mrs. Cocheu says, the
last guest put in an appearance at
Ia O'Clock Christmas morning.
4 Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Floyd L.
Parks have invited guests for dinner
Tuesday evening at the Chevy Chase
i Club, and Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Virgil
Lee Peterson viii entertain a few
friends at an at home next Sunday
j after g."
4 The day after Christmas, Gen.
land Mrs. Parks and their four chill
Idren, ranging in age from 6 to Ia
years, viii set out for Cornwall oi1-
Hudson. N. T., to visit Mrs. Parks
mother, Mrs. Applebye-Robin
They probably viii return to Wash
lington the following Sunday.
Here for Holidays I
Another service couple making
/ P4dA4S III 6llC AlO11udyo Id HAdJ. NCll.
and Mrs. Charles L. Scott. Their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and.
Mrs Robert G. L. Scott, with their
2-year-old daughter Bonnie, viii ar
rive December % from Williams
College, where Mr.. Scott Is associate
professor In American history. The
junior SCOTS will remain in WASH
ington through the holidays, then
visit Mrs. SCOTS parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Harold B. Reyes, in Wilton,
Conn, before returning to school.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. James E.
CLANCY have house guest, Mrs.
Thomas D. Sloan of Delray Beach,
Fla, and Southampton, Long Island:
and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Harry h.
Vaughan are expecting guests right
after the New Year. The president
of Westminster College in Fulton,
Mo. (where President Truman and
former Prime Minister Churchill re-
ceived honorary degrees last spring.,
DR.. Franc L. McCluer, and Mrs.
McCluer viii spend a short time
with Gen. and Mrs Vaughan and
several other friends in the East
while here from Missouri.