Evening star., 1947-07-27
Vacation Plans
MateriaIize
Congress Set
Leaving Capital
By Margaret Germond

Yesterday ended happily for O
large group of official Capitalites.
After a tough grind of legislative
work on Capitol Hill, the sesson
actually adjourned on the date
agreed upon, and by the end Of
this week the exodus from Washing
ton of congressional families will
be almost complete
Senator and Mrs. Lister Hill will
leave in a few days for Alabama.
They will be off, in fact, as soon as
Mrs. Hill gets the packing done.
Experience has taught most of the
wives of veteran members of Con-
gress that adjournment or recess
dates are as changeable as the
March winds, and Mrs. Hill is one
Of those who waits for the actuality
before tucking the family's ward
robes into suitcases and trunks.
En- route to Montgomery the Hills
and their daughter and son, Henri
eta and Lister, jr., will stop for
a vacation at one of the beach
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South Carolina or Georgia.
Another veteran in the congress
sional set who has learned not to
pack until the final fall of the
gavel is Mrs. j. William Fulbright,
wife of Senator Fulbright of Arkan-
sas. She's adept at getting ready
in a hurry for the trip home and
in a few days they will leave for
Fayetteville. Sometime in August
they will make vacation trip for
which they have not yet made
definite plans, and then will be
joined by their two daughters,
Roberta and Elizabeth, who have
been in camp in New Hampshire
since the first of July
A trip to Panama is in store for
Representative and Mrs. William G.
Stratton of Illinois. They will be
sailing Wednesday with their two
daughters, Sandra and Diana and
will spend about two weeks in
Panama. They will come back here
for few days and then leave for
their nome in Morris.
Panama Trip
Representative and Mrs Raymond
S. Springer also will take vacation
trip to Panama before going to
Indiana. They will leave Washing
ton the 5th or 6th of August. spend
two weeks in Panama. come back to
the Capital and then leave for Con-
nersville.
Senator and Mrs. Harlan j. Bush
field will leave in a day or two for
their home in Miller, S. D., where
they will spend several weeks and
then go for a vacation in the Black
Hills.
No particular vacation trip Is
planned by Representative and Mrs.
Orville Zimmerman of Missouri un-
til next fall, when she will 60 to
California for a visit with her
brother-in n-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. B. Suddarth. They will leave
in q few days for their home IN
Kennett and later will have q visit
from their son, DR.. Joe A. zlmmer-
man, who has just completed his
internship at Garfield Hospital. He
Is areserve lieutenant in the Army
and in September will report In San
Antonio for assignment, perhaps
to duty overseas.
Mrs. Eugene .. Millikin, wife OF
Senator Millikin of Colorado, left
two weeks ago for Rehoboth Beach.
where she will spend the summer.
The Senator will join her there for
a vacation and when the resort sea-
son closes they will go to Denver to
remain until the Congress convenes
again.
There will be family reunion for
Representative and Mrs. Karl Stefan
of Nebraska during the summer.
When they leave here for their
home in Rapid City they will join
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Askren and their
two children, Junior and Elizabeth,
and then will be off for Seattle.
where they will visit their son and
daughter in law, DR.. and Mrs. Karl
Stefan, jr.
Heading southwark in a day or
two will be Representative and Mrs.
Arthur Winstead of Philadelphia,
Miss, and their young son, Arthur,
jr. They like to be South in summer
and expect to spend some of their
time on the Gulf Coast.
Mrs. Saltonstall, wife OF Senator
lreyerett Saltonstall of Massa-
chusetts, left about two weeks ago
with their daughters, Susan and
Emily. for Maine. They will be
ioined there by the Senator as soon
as he can leave Washington, and in
the autumn will go back to their