Evening star., 1947-11-02
.SbeciaI Session
Ends Vacation
|OfComgress Set
Families Coming
Back to Capital
By Margaret Germond

Congressional families, who have
been speculating for a number Of
weeks about the on-again-off -again
rumors of special session, now are
getting back to the Capital. Some
already have arrived, some have
stayed In Washington since the ad-
journment and there will be daily
arrivals of others during the next
couple Of weeks.
Just getting back into the official
and social harness would seem to
create enough activity in any family,
but wedding bells will be providing
additional excitement in the house.
hold Of Senator and Mrs. Tom
Stewart Of Tennessee. Their daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Ann Stewart, is to
be married on Thursday, November
20, to Mr.. John Walthall Dunn.
Senator and Mrs. Stewart and
their daughter arrived here about
10 days ago and Thursday Miss
Stewart was honored at luncheon
given at the Columbia Country Club
by Mrs. Pembroke Cox, Miss Vir-
ginia Cox, Mrs. Melville Joy, Mrs.
John Mcdonnell and Miss Anne
Clayton. Mrs. Stewart also was a
guest.
As Miss Stewart will be leaving
Tuesday or Wednesday to return to
their home in Winchester, there will
be no time for many festivities for
her here, but heavy schedule Of
entertainment in her honor has
been planned by her friends in
Tennessee.
Church Wedding
The wedding will take place in
the Winchester Methodist Church
at $50 o'clock in the evening and
will be on the birthday anniversary
of Miss Stewards paternal grand
father, Chancellor T. l.. Stewart OF
Winchester. Miss Annie Laurie RAN
kin, daughter of Representative and
Mrs. John E. Rankin OF Mississippi,
will sing preceding the ceremony,
and Senator and Mrs. Stewart will
entertain at reception afterward.
Miss Mary Gore of Marwood, Po-
tomac, Md, has been chosen by Miss
Stewart as her maid of honor, and
little Miss Carolyn Franklin will be
the flower girl. Mr.. Dunn will have
for his best man his brother, Mr..
Thomas Burton Dunn. They are
sons of Mrs. Thomas Burton Dunn
of Fredericksburg and the late Mr..
Dunn.
Some of the members of Congress
who went abroad during the sum-
mer for surveys and observations Of
one sort or another have returned,
but others only now are on their
way home. Senator George w. Ma
lone of Nevada is one of the latter.
He is due in from Europe about the
17th and will be greeted here by
Mrs. Malone, who will arrive here
on the 18th from their home In
Reno.
Mrs. Carl A. Hatch, wife of Sena-
tor Hatch of New Mexico, did not
accompany him when he went to
Europe in September. She has been
in Washington all summer and was
Joined here by the Senator when he
returned in October. He left last
week for visit to New Mexico and
will be back in Washington In the
next few days.
Coming From Vest
Another congressional wife who
has been in Washington all sum-
mer is Mrs. Abe McGregor Gof Of
Moscow, Idaho. Representative
Goff has been home several times
and is in Idaho now but will be
back in the Capital the end Of
this week. Their son, Timothy, at
tends Western High School and
their small daughter, Annie, Is in
grammar school here.
Mrs. Young, wife of Senator Mil
ton r. Young of North Dakota re-
mained at their home in Berlin
while he went overseas. She may
not return to Washington until after
Christmas, although he Is expected
to arrive here about the 18th.
Both Representative and Mrs.
Carl Albert of Oklahoma will be
getting here about the 10th. They
have been at their home in Nc
Alester during most of the adjourn
ment period. The Representative
will drive East, but Mrs. Albert will
come by plane.
Senator and Mrs. Elbert D.
Thomas Of Salt Lake City have
been in Washington since mid
October, following the entry of their
daughter, Miss Chiyo Thomas, as a
f1rst-year student at the University
Of Utah Medical School.
School problems may delay the
arrival in the Capital of the wife
Of Representative Jack z. Ander-
son of California and their two
younger children. Their oldest
daughter, Jean Elizabeth, Is in COL
lege in California. The other
daughters, Carol Francis and Nancy
are under college age and Mrs.
Anderson may remain in San Juan
Bautista with them until the end
of the first semester of the Cali
fornia day schools.