Evening star., 1947-03-23
Many Parties
In Service :
Circles
Vandegrifts
To Be Hosts
Saturday
By Betty MHiken

The Deputy Chief of Naval Oper-
Iations, Vice Admiral Forrest P.
Sherman, and Mrs. Sherman are
busy planning nursery, the rea-
son being that they're expecting
visit from their first grandchild
early in April. Little Elizabeth
Diane Fitzpatrick, who was born
January 20 in Rio de Janeiro,
will be brought here then by her
parents, the Assistant Naval At
tache of the United States EN-
bassy in Rio, 1t. Comdr. John P.
Fitzpatrick, and Mrs. Fitzpatrick.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who will be re-
membered as the former Ann Sher-
man, was married on her fathers
birthday anniversary, October 30,
in 1945, the wedding taking place in
Fort Myer Chapel. And this will
be more than just a visit with her
parents, as Comdr. Fitzpatrick has
been assigned to Washington for
duty, though his exact position here
has not been determined yet. And
until the. young couple find their
own apartment, Admiral and Mrs.
Sherman's residence in Kenwood
will be their headquarters.
Marine Generals Hosts
The commandant of the Marine
Corps and Mrs. Alexander A. VAN
degrift are arranging another in
the series of informal parties they
have been giving during the winter.
This time the guests will be mostly
officers in the Marine Corps and
their wives, including a few who
have been invited from Quantico.
The cocktail party will take place
Saturday from $50 to 7:30 in their
quarters at the Marine Barracks.
Gen. and Mrs. Vandegrift were
ranking guests at the dinner given
last evening by Maj. Gen. Lemuel
C. Shepherd. jr., assistant COM
mandant of the Marine Corps. and
Mrs. Shepherd. The other guests
were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. w. Arthur
Worton, Col. and Mrs. David S.
Barry, Miss Madeleine Austin and
Mr.. j. Frederick Roy.
Other Marine Corps hosts this
week will be Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
William E. Riley, who have invited
friends to cocktail party Tuesday
'after g." And in Army circles, Maj.
Gen. Robert M. Littlejohn, War
Assets Administrator, and Mrs. Lit
tlejohn are planning cocktail party
for Saturday. April 5, from to
o'clock at the Army War College.
The Navy set will be we'll represented
at the cocktail party Capt. Rex l..
Hicks, U. S. NJ, and Mrs. Hicks will
give Friday from $50 to 8 o'clock
at the Army Navy Town Club. Capt.
and Mrs. Hicks also plan to leave
Washington the middle of April to
drive to Williamsburg for a weeks
stay.
| A dmirai and Mrs. Ingiis Hosts
| The Chief of Naval Intelligence,
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Inglis,
and Mrs. Inglis were hosts at a
cocktail party Friday in their Chevy
Chase residence The rooms were
decorated with bouquets of yellow
and white flowers, Mrs. Inglis' ia
vorite color combination. and the
hostess, herself. wore a gown of
dubonnet crepe.
Prominent among the guests were
the New Zealand Minister and Lady
Berendsen, the Naval >Attache of
the Brazilian Embassy and Nine.
de Medeiros. the Naval Attache Of
! the Netherlands Embassy and Nine.
Meier Ranneft, the Military and
Nayal Air Attache of the Turkish
Embassy and Mime. Ariburun, the
Assistant Naval Attache of tht Brit
ish Embassy, Comdr. F. G. S. Bow
ring. the Naval Attache of the
Greek Embassy, Comdr. Leon Kaler-
gis; the Naval Attache Of the Swed-
ish Legation and Nine Angelin, and
| Air Marshal and Mrs. Robert v.
Goddard.
The Undersecretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. John L. Sullivan also were
on the guest list and others in the
Navy set who accepted the Inglis'
informal invitation were Vice Ad-
mfral and Mrs. w. M. Flechtler,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Marshall R.
Greer, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Roger
w. Paine, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
j. A.. Snackenberg, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Earl Stone, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Jerauld Wright, Capt. and
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