Evening star., 1947-02-26
COL, Mrs. Johns
Feted at PARTY
Before Leaving
By Betty MiUken

Mrs. John A. Chapman was hostess
at an informal party yesterday fol
Col. and Mrs. Dwight F. Johns who
will leave Washington shortly. Col
Johns served with Gen. Chapman
in Australia during the war, and
after duty in Washington has been
assigned as division engineer of the
South Pacific Division in San Fran
cisco. He and Mrs. Johns are busy
packing their belongings prepara-
tory to leaving for the West Coast
for which they'll set out this week
end.
Just last Saturday their daughter
Elizabeth was married to 1t. Robert
M. Rufsvold, an engineer officer sta
toned at Fort Belvoir, and their
son, 1t. Dwight F. Johns, jr., a
Marine officer on duty at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard, and his wife came
down for the wedding and to say
good-by to the formers parents.
Mrs. Chapman knew that her hus-
band could not be in Washington
for the party yesterday, since he is
in Greece serving as military adviser
to the Australian delegation at the
United Nations Balkan Commission.
But her real disappointment was in
her son, Capt. Austin Chapman's
inability to reach here from San
Francisco. He arrived there last
night from Tokyo and because 1t is
his first trip to America, he Will
travel 1eisurely from the West Coast
and arrive in Washington the early
part of next week.
It will be happy reunion for
the young officer who has been
stationed in Japan since the Allies
occupation, and who nasn't seen his
parents for the past two years.
But it will be nip and tuck" as
to whether he and his father will
meet this time, as the latter expects
to be absent a few more weeks and
Capt. Chapman has only 28 days
to spend in this country.
Mrs. Chapman had singular ex-
perience recently. She was enjoying
a film at the Trans-Lux Theater,
when suddenly picture of her hus-
band appeared on the screen. He
and the other delegates to the
Balkan Commission had been pho
tographed as they were debarking
from a French cruiser, and the wife
of the Australian Military Missions
Chief admits she returned several
times Just to see her husbands s
image.
At the informal party yesterday,
the Chapmans' daughter, Betty,
who has had an interesting job at
the Australian Embassy for the past
three months, assisted her mother
in dispensing their special brand of
hospitality.
Guests invited to say goodby to
Col. and Mrs. Johns included the
Australian Ambassador and Mrs.
Norman Maxim, the South African
Minister and Mrs. Harry Andrews,
the Australian Counselor and Mrs.
John Oldham, the Naval Attache
and Mrs. S. H. K. Spurgeon, the
Air Attache and Mrs. M. o. Watson,
the First Secretary and Mrs. L. R.
Mcintyre and the Third Secretary
and Mrs. Harry Bullock: the Air
Attache of the New Zealand Lega-
ton and Mrs. J. L. Findlay, Field
Marshal and Lady Wilson, Admiral
Sir Henry Moore, his daughter, Mrs.
Farnol, and his aide, Second Officer
Mary Sharp; Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Cary Jones, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Larkin, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs Stephen j.. Chamberlin,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. William H.
Hoge, Maj. Gen. A. w. Lee, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Gordon r. Young,
Col. and Mrs. N. D. LuploW, Col.
and Mrs. Douglas Cordiner, Col. and
Mrs. E. S. Irvine, Col. and Mrs. A. D.
Chaffin, 1t. Col. and Mrs. Maurice
Austin, 1t. Col and Mrs. L. Y. c..
Rank, 1t. Col. and Mrs. B. D. Farm
ham, 1t. Col. B. F. A. Brown, Maj.
and Mrs. M. R. Buring, Maj. I. D.
Lloyd and his flance, Miss Dimelo
Mcleod; Maj James Plimsoll, Wing
Comdr. and Mrs. William Faint. Mr..
and Mrs. E. H. Parry, jr.; Mrs. Betty
Squire and Miss Katherine Shoe
maker.