Evening star., 1947-02-23
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Farewell Fetes
Included Among
Entertainments
By Ann Cline

They come and go on Embassy
row, and this time of year is no
exception. One new Ambassador
and one new Military Attache havs
come to this city, three staff MEM
bers will leave Washington within
the next month and one already
has gone.
The first Ambassador from India
to the United States, Mr.. Asaf Ali,
arrived this week and has taken
up residence at the attractive In
dia Embassy on Macomb street.
The first entertaining to be done
for him will be the reception to
be given Wednesday evening at the
Mayflower Hotel by the National
Committee for India's Freedom.
Another party is on this weeks
date book, with the newly appointed
Mexican Military Attache and
Sonora de Ruiz as the honor guests.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Espinosa de los Monteros will be
hosts at this function Tuesday at
the Embassy.
1t. Gen. Leobardo C. Ruiz pre-
ceded his wife here, the latter ar
irving Wednesday with their two
daughters, Ofelia Guillermina and
Eva. The family will make their
home in Bethesda.
The Counselor of the Chilean
Embassy, DR.. Hum5erto Diaz-Casa-
nueva, one of the best-known poets
Of Latin America, will return to
Chile the middle of March to fill
an important position in the For
eign Ministry. He will be accom-
panied by his wife. Leaving at the
same time will be the Commercial
Attache of the same Embassy and
Sonora de Lacunza. Senor La
cunza also will occupy a position
in the Foreign Ministry.
Farewell Party
Among the first of the numerous
farewell parties that will be given
for the two couples was given Fri
day night by Senor Emilio Var
gas of the general controllers Office
of Chile. Senor Vargas is in Wash
ington at the invitation of the
State Department and he enter
tanned Is guests at dinner at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Another staff member leaving to
fill a post in the Foreign Ministry
Office of his country is the Third
Secretary of the Italian Embassy.
Signor Mario Mondello. He and
Signora Mondello and their son will
depart by plane tomorrow for Italy.
Already en- route is the First Sec
retary of the Irish Legation, Mr..
Denis Devlin, who left Thursday
for London where he will be in the
Office of the high commissioner for
Ireland. He has been replaced by
Mr.. Joseph Brennan, who, with his
wife, is already here. incidentally.
the new First Secretary is no rela-
tion to the Irish Minister.
Mr.. Walter Nash. who established
the first New Zealand Legation in
Washington and who served as his
country's first Minister, is leaving
Sidney today to come to New York
and will arrive in the big city
Thursday. He has been named the
leading New Zealand delegate to the
Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations. The Council will
hold it's opening meeting on Friday.
Mr.. j. S. Reid, First Secretary Of
the New Zealand Legation, has
been appointed as the alternate
delegate and he will leave Tuesday.
His secretary, Miss Beryl Foster,
will 60 up with him.
After the Council finishes it's ses-
sions, Mr.. Nash will go to Geneva,
where he will attend the trade and
employment conferences.
Var Relief Benefit
The wife of the Charge d'Affaires
of the Greek Embassy, Nine. Econo-
mou-Gouras, has issued invitations
to a reception Thursday evening in
honor of the Greek War Relief AS
sociation. It will be held at the
Embassy from to o'clock.
One of the features of the eve
ming will be the showing of the
film, "Out of the Ruins" which
was produced by the National Film
Board of Canada for UNRRA. The
film shows how the people of Greece,
with the help of UNRRA, are striv-
ing to bring order out of chaos
wrought by the war.
Over at the Costa Rican Embassy
Friday evening the Ambassador and
Sonora de Gutierrez were hosts at
small dinner. The guests were
the Nicaraguan Ambassador and
Sonora de Sevilla Sacassa and
Senorita Lottie de Gonzales, new
Attache at the Costa Rican EN-
baSsy.
Sonora de Vallarino, wife of the
Panamanian Ambassador, left We'd
nesday to join her daughter
Hilda in California. She will be
away for about three weeks.
Visiting in town is the Chilean
Ambassador to the Soviet Union and
Sonora de Faivovich. Their weeks
stay here will be filled with enter
tainment.
Back in town is the Belgian AM
bassador, Baron Silvercruys, who
has been in his homeland. He ar
rived in New York Tuesday on the
Queen Elizabeth and came down to
Washington that evening. And oc-
cupying his new residence at 2253
Sheridan Circle is the Philippines
Ambassador, Mr.. Joaquin M. Eli