The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
White House Entertainments This
Year Add Many New Thrills

ed into her new nome Nidt very
morning gave one of the most
|glamorous fetes to honor Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Gardner. Mrs. Walk
|er's picturesque new home belongs
to the Minister to Switzerland and
Mrs. Harrison, who have leased it
to her for four months. and it is
well worth a visit just to see the
unusual arrangement. Steps lead
from a center hall into a long cir
cular gallery which is lined with
beautiful old portraits and at the
end of the gallery in front of the
house, is the long drawing room
with its dull gold walls and rose
hangings. Here the hostess and eel
honor guests received. In the pine
panelled dining room. which was
lined with portraits of United
States presidents were the Chief
Justice and Mrs. Fred Vinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Biffle. Mrs.
George Mesta. dozens of North
Carolinians and State Senator
Ralph Gardner who will accompa
ny his parents to England.
Entertaining at luncheons for
Mrs. Gardner recently were Mrs.
Paul Brown. Mrs. Walter F.
George, Mrs. Ollie James,, Mr..
David Finley. Mrs. James Davies
and a number of her Tar Heel
friends.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Albert L.
Cox, MI. and Mrs. George Maurice
Morris and Vice-Admiral and Mrs,
Emory S. Land were among the
guests when Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Mosier were hosts at a double
birthday party for Mrs. Minta Mar
tin and her son, Glenn L. Martin.
The Ladies dined together in the
Blue Room, while the men were
seated at tables in the Quezon
Apartment. Later the two groups
met over the coffee cups.
Entertaining at their annual mid
winter cocktail party, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Clarendon Smith we're hosts
to about a hundred friends early
this week at their home On Ma.
CONF street. The guest list includ
ed members from Cabinet, diplo
matte and congressional circles
and residential Washington Society,
Among those attending were Chief
Justice and Mrs. Vinson. the IN
d~ersecretary and Mrs. Kenneth c
Royal, Attorney Gen. Tom Clark,
and the Lamar Caudles. Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Biffle, Undersecretary
and Mrs. William Clayton, Mrs
James Soub and Mrs. John Borden,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Walden.
The Commandant of the Marine
Corps and Mrs. Alexander A. Van
dergrift have returned from a trip
to Camp LeJeune, where the Gen.
eral combined business with pleas
ure. He and Mrs. Vandergrift jour
.neyed down in their car, taking the
boat as far as Norfolk on the way
down. After the Commandant in
spected the camp, the command
ing General and Mrs. Watson en-.
tertained more than a thousand
guests at a reception in their hon
or. Following their return from
Tar Heelia. the General and his
wife we're hosts at a small lunch
con in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Walmsley. Mrs. Walmsley is
a sister Of Mrs. A.. H. Turnage,
wife of the %personable Maj. Gen.
Turnage, who is now on duty in
Honolulu.
Mrs. P. c. Register, who was
one of a pleasant party driving
over from Lower Montgomery to
Alexandria for a luncheon given
by Mrs. Christine Adams. by Mrs.
Walter E. Perry, was full of news
and plans concerning the christen-
ing of her little 2-months old grand
son, David Register Lozupone. Da-
vid, the son Of Mrs. Registers
daughter, Patricia Royster Lozu-
pone is the fourth generation mem
Der of the Register family to 5ea1
the name David Register. He is
named for his great great-grand,
father, David Royster of Raleigh
known all over North Carolina for
his interest in States Rights.
Tar Heels in Washington will
fete their Congressman and their
wives next Saturday evening with
a series of entertainment in the
large ballroom Of the Shoreham
hotel. There will be card games
on the mezzanine starting prompt.
ly at $3.50 o'clock a reception at
which the guests may greet their
congressman and dancing at 10
pm. to music provided by Dave
McWilliams' orchestra. Following
custom of many years the mem
bers. of the North Carolina Delega-
ton and their wives will be guests
of honor in the Shoreham's Blue
Room at a dinner given by the Of
ficers and members of the Board
of Governors, as a prelude to the
reception. Mrs. Fred w. Morrison
is chairman of the reception COM
fnittee and Mrs. Mary c. Murphy
is in charge Of reservations for the
card party "A number of the young.
er set will serve on the floor com.
during the evening.
Mayor Graham Andrews and his
bride, Mr.. and Mrs. William Carr
H. H. Baxter, and a number of
others from North Carolina joined
the group of officials from more
than 200 cities for the three day
annual conference of Mayors, held
at the Statler Hotel. Mayor Ed.
ward J. Kelley of Chicago presid-
ed over the sessions. Also here
from the State were Haywood Rob-
bins, Mr.. Page, CASTOR Galloway,
and former Governor ]. Melville
Broughton.
DR.. c. c. Crittenden, secretary
of the North Carolina State De.
partment Of Archives and History,
was the guest speaker at a meet.
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