Evening star., 1947-11-02

Army and Navy Club; FRIDAY tney
were guests of honor at a similar
party at the Chevy Chase Club,
where Mrs. Holcomb's sister, Miss
Eudora M. Clover, was hostess, and
on Thursday Mr.. j. Frederick Roy,
who was Gen. Holcombs aide while
serving as a major in the Marine
Corps, entertained the former Ma
rine Corps commandant and his
wife at a dinner at the 1925 F Street
Club.
The present commandant and
Mrs. Alexander A. Vandergrift head
ed the list of Mr.. Roy's guests, and
other prominent service people at
the party were Gen. and Mrs. Hill,
lit. Gen. and Mrs. Wade Haislip,
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Clifton Gates
and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Conger
Pratt.
The Hills were ranking guests at
Miss Clover'ss party, and others in
this group were Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Ezra Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter Barnett, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Graves, Mrs. John B. Cochran, Mrs.
Draper Boncompagni, Mrs. Calvin
B. Matthews, Mrs. George H. Mof-
fett, Miss Carolyn Nash, Prof. Oh
|gerd de Sherbowitz-Wetzor, Mr..
Clarence Hewes, Mr.. Arthur Rich
ards, Mr.. James O'Grady, Mr.. Ed
ward Flather and Mr.. Carlyle Coch-
ran.
Army Medical Center
Surg. Gen. Raymond w. Bliss is
back from a six-week inspection
trip to the Far East, where he went
with the Pacific group of the Con-
gressional Armed Service Commit
tee. In Japan he had a short visit
with Mrs. Bliss and their daughter,
Mrs. A. Kendall Whitehead, whose
husband, Maj. Whitehead, is COM
manding officer of the 1st Squad
ron, 9th Cavalry. The general re-
ports that Mrs. Bliss will be back
home the middle of November after
being in Tokyo all summer. She's
returning to San Francisco by Army
transport and will fly from the
West Coast.
The commanding general of the
Medical Center and Mrs. George c..
Beach had guests for a week, the
Harry M. Harrisons, who left Thurs
day for San Antonio after round
of parties in their honor.
Col. and Mrs. William w. Nichol
had guests for cocktails in their
quarters last night, then enter
tanned them at dinner at the OFF,
GERS Club. Col. and Mrs. Frank
Cole (the latter celebrating her
birthday anniversary were in the
throng, and others were Col. and
Mrs. Frank Hamilton, Col. and Mrs.
Augustus Splitter, Col. and Mrs.
Phillip Mallory, Col. and Mrs.
Charles Mudgett, Col. and Mrs. John
Coates, Col. and Mrs. Austin Low
rey, Col. and Mrs. Allan Bracher,
Col. and Mrs. Samuel Cooke, Col.
and Mrs. Harold Amory and DR..
and Mrs. Lloyd Mousel (formerly OF
the Mayo Clinic.
Mai. and Mrs. w. Todd De Van
have invited friends. for cocktails
and a buffet supper next Sunday
from until 7 o'clock at the Ohicers'
Club.
Informal Parties
1t. Gen. Robert l.. Eichelberger,
commanding general Of the 9th
Army, and Mrs. Eichelberger will
be honor guests at a cocktail party
to be given Wednesday by Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. William D. Connor. The
gathering will be held in the Of
ficers' Club at the Army War Col
lege.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. David Nc
Coach were hosts Friday at sim
| liar party at the Army and Navy
Club. In the group of more than a
hundred guests were Gen. Nc
fCoacrs sister. Mrs. Mabel B. Mon
ahan, and Miss Carrie Quig, who
are visiting thep over the. week
end.
| Wives of officers in the Ordnance
Department of the Army will inau-
gurate their winter season with a
luncheon November IL at the War
College Officers' Club. Mrs. Everett
is. Hughes, wife Of Maj. Gen.
Hughes, chief of ordnance, will pre-
lside; and Mrs. Russell Hardy Is
(see MILLIKEN, Page D-lo.)