Evening star., 1947-07-13
Vacation Time
Dra1Vs Nearer
For Congress
Families Plan j..
For Summer
By Margaret Germond

Vacation time draws nearer for
the Nations lawmakers and their
families as members Of both Senate
and House put bit of speed behind
legislation that must be considered
before the first session of the
Eightieth Congress comes to an end.
II all goes well there should be
a general exodus in about two weeks.
But congressional wives have
learned not to count too much on
a date set for recess or adjourn
ment, so plans for the summer are,
for the most part, still nebulous.
Most families, of course, want to
go back home for the between ses-
sions season. Some are going to
go vacationing elsewhere first, and
others will stay here or 60 to nearby
resorts for the summer and leave
for home later.
Mrs. KEN, wife Of Senator KEN
of Missouri, is among those who will
leave before the session ends. She
will be off to Kansas City in a few
days but their daughter, Miss Evelyn
KEN, who was graduated last month
from Vassar and arrived here a
week ago, will stay in Washington
with her father until the end of
July. She plans then to go to
Fishers Island, where she will be
the guest of Miss Elizabeth Hub
bard, and at the end of her visit
taere will go to Madison, Conn, to
be the guest of Miss Sally Skinner.
Both girls were classmates OF Miss
KEN at Vassar. Toward the end
OF summer Miss KEN will visit her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
: Mrs. Virginius Randall Shackelford..
jr., in Orange County, Va, and
then Join her parents here for the
winter.
VIII Go to Beach
A seashore vacation Is being
planned by Mrs. Charles H. Russell,
wife OF Representative Russell of
Nevada. He will be going to Alaska
when the session ends and she and
their children will spend the rest
Of the summer over at Ocean City,
Md. There are three boys and a
girl In the Russell family, Clark,
Virginia and Craig and David, twins
of 21s years.
Senator Albert w. Hawkes., of New
Jersey. has a liking for fishing, but
as it is not favorite recreation for
Mrs. Hawkes. she may go out to
Pasadena, Calf, to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Morgan Padelford,
and her children, Frances Ann, who
is named for her grandmother, and
Charles.
Representative and Mrs. Toby
Morris, of Oklahoma, will leave to-
gether at the end of the session for
their home in Lawton, but will stop
en- route for q visit in Cloverport,
KY, with Mrs. Morris parents, Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Claycomb.
Senator and Mrs. Tom Connally,
of Texas, have no specific plans but
will take a short vacation some
where before leaving for their home
in Marlin.
Texas also will call Representative
William r. Poage when he can leave
Washington. This is campaign year
for him, but Mrs. Poage, who has
been Ill, recently returned from
Waco and will spend the summer
here recuperating. She hopes her
mother, Mrs. B. F. Wilcox, Of East
land, Tex, will come up to spend
the month of August with her.
Representative and Mrs. Daniel
Reed, of New York, have not de-
cided on the place as yet, but as soon
as he is free from legislative duties
they will be off for long rest and
will not go to their home in Dunkirk
until early fall.
Their home in Yankton, S. OAK,
appeals to Senator and Mrs. Chan
Quincy, who are waiting for the
1See GFRMOND, Page D-9.)