Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Fetes
Given for
Diplomats
De Bianchis and
O'Neals HOnOred
By Katharine M. Brooks

The Venezuelan Ambassador -des.
ignate and Sonora de Carnevali will
group of young people
this evening for the naval cadets
from their country who are on a
training cruise and docked at An
napolis few days ago. Guests have
been asked from to 8 o'clock and
will include the Venezuelan Charge
d'Affaires and Sonora de Falcon
Brinceno, other members of the En-
bassy staff and the young people and
their families. The Ambassador and
Sonora de Carnevai have been in
Washington week or 10 days and
the former is expected to present
his credentials this week.
Other parties being planned for
early next week include some in
formal festivities for the officers Of
Squadron GIT of the Royal Air Force
who will arrive at Andrews Field.
July %. The visiting flyers will
take part in the celebrations of Air
Force Day August and will fly over
New York and Boston with pilots Of
the Army Air Forces. They will be
back at Andrews Field shortly after
s o'clock in time to attend the dances
being arranged there for both officers
and enlisted men. Staff officers of
the squadron will be guests at the
banquet marking Air Forces Day.
The Chief of the Air Forces, Gen.
tn will H. h.
guest at the banquet which will be
held at the Mayflower.
Following their stay here tbs
visitors will leave the end of this
month on a tour of other air fields
in this country and will return to
Andrews Field late in August. On
their second visit there will be adj
ditional entertaining and perhaps
the largest of the parties will be
that of Air Marshall, Sir Victor
Goddard. The Air Marshall will be
host August 81 in the imposing En-
bassy on Massachusetts avenue and
weather permitting the fete probably
will be in the charming and extern
sive garden.
FareweH Parties
Farewell parties for the retiring
Portuguese Ambassador and Nine de
are still bit tentative but
one of the first of the series will be
the luncheon Wednesday which the
Undersecretary of State. Mr. Robert
o. Lovette will give in Blair House.
The Ambassador and Nine. de
Bianchi have set no date for their
which will be in the early
autumn.
The Philippine Ambassador, Mr..
Joaquin NJ Elizalde, is planning an
other party in honor of the newly
appointed United States Ambassador
to the Philippines and Mrs. Emmett
ONeal. The date will not be set
until the Philippine Ambassador gets
back from short stay in New York
the end of the week.
Meantime members of the En-
bassy staff are giving a series Of
parties in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
ONeal. This evening the Minister
and Mrs. Ramos have invited a small
group of guests to meet them at
dinner and last evening they were
honor guests at buffet supper
which the Second Secretary and
Mrs. Benitez and the Assistant Com
Attache and Mrs. Teodoro
gave. The fete last evening was given
n the charming home on Woodland
drive which the Benitezes and the
Teodoros share. The First Secretary
and Mrs. Gamboa were hosts Friday
at dinner entertaining IA guests in
honor of the newly appointed AM
oassador and Mrs. O'Neal.
There were several very informal
little gatherings about the lunch and
dinner tables last week for the New
Zealand High Commissioner to Can
ada, Mr.. James Thorn. He reached
Ottawa fortnight or more ago and
after getting settled there came to
for a brief visit. The
High Commissioner was accom-
panied by his daughter, Miss Anne
Thorn, a young lady in her late
Teens, and the Second Secretary
If the High Commission, Mr.. Laurie
The travellers now are
IN New York where Mr.. Thorn
heads the New Zealand delegation
20 the economic and social council
Of the United Nations.
More formal will be the reception
for which the Polish Ambassador
and Nine. Winiewicz have issued in
Vitations. The reception will be held
evening and will mark the
third anniversary of the creation of
The Polish Committee for National
Liberation. Guests are invited from
to II o'clock in the charming En-
oassy on Sixteenth street
The New Zealand Minister and
Lady Berendsen took off the end Of
the week for the South where they
are guests of Mrs. Robert E. Lee.
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