Evening star., 1947-09-26
Diplomats
Colleagues and
Officials
Early Evening
Parties Given

Two early evening parties were
given yesterday by members Of the
diplomatic corps. The Counselor of
the Greek Embassy and Mime.
Economou- Gouras entertained In
their home on Garrison street and
the Naval Attache of the Neither
lands Embassy and Nine. STAN were
hosts in their apartment in Hotel
2400. Both fetes were set from s
to 8 o'clock. Guests Of the Coun-
selor and Nine. Economou- Gouras
numbered about $50 and included
many Of their colleagues in the Dip
loratic circle as well as officials of
the State Department and others
from resident groups.
The Greek diplomat and his wife
had planned to entertain in their
garden but because of the rain they
received m the drawing room and
the attractively appointed buffet
table was laid in the dining room.
Many Of the guests however braved
the damp grounds and strolled out
on the terrace as the sun was set
ting.
The Turkish Ambassador, Mr..
Huseyin Ragip Baydur, was there
answering many questions on the
forthcoming visit Of Gen. .Salih
Omurtak chief of the Turkish Gen.
eral Staff.
The Presidents Military and
Naval Aides, Maj Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan and Rear Admiral James
H. Foskett, were accompanied to
the party by Mrs. Vaughan and
Mrs. Foskett. Others from the
United States armed forces who
were present were Fleet Admiral
and Mrs. Chester w. Nimitz, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Harry j. Maloney,
and Col. and Mrs. Frank Morrow.
Nine. Economou GoLfas was
dressed in a becoming street length
frock Of fowered crepe. she stood
close to the door of the drawing
room most of the reception hours
although she frequently Joined
groups of guests for a bit Of con-
versation.
The Secretary of the Army and Mrs.
Kenneth c. Royal were among the
officials of this Government who
called early last evening and from
the State Department group were
the Protocol Officer and Mrs. STAN
ley Woodward, the Chief Cere-
monial Officer and Mrs. Raymond
D. Muir, the Director of Near East
ern and African Affairs and Mrs.
10y Henderson and the Deputy Di-
rector and Mrs. Henry S. Willard
and the Chief of the Near Eastern
Division and Mrs. Gordon P. Mer-
riam.
The former Yugoslav Ambassador
and Nine. Fotitch were others at
the party and the company also
included the French Minister and
Nine. Lacoste,. the Italian Minister,
Signor Mario di Stefano; the Egyp-
tian Minister, Mr.. Anis Aver; the
Counselor Of the French Embassy
and Nine. Charles-Roux, and the
Third Secretary of the Egyptian
Embassy, Mr.. Anwar Niazi. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, Mrs. Wal
ter p. Tuckerman and Miss Carolyn
Nash were among those from un-
official circles who were guests of
the Counselor and Nine. Economou-
Gouras.
Capt. and Nine. STAINS party was
something OF welcome home fete
as the hostess returned to Washing
ton only last week from five weeks
visit in her homeland. She chose
q lovely dress OF rose color crepe
for the party. Their guests were
naval attaches and assistant naval |
attaches Of other embassies and le-
cations and their wives as well as
a small number CT officers Of the
United States Navy. The company
numbered about 100.
Another party given recently by a
Netherlander was that of Jonkheer
r. Steengrach van Moyland, who
recently was demobiliZed from the
Netherlands Navy after serving at
the Embassy here for some time
Jonkheer van Moyland spent 10
days in Washington and his party
was farewell as he will sail the
middle of next week for a two
months cruise in the Caribbean.
He will be guest Of Mr.. G. Meizgas
Of New York on the latter's. yacht. |
Jonkheer van Moyland, who was a
lieutenant in the navy, probably will
make another visit in Washington
in December before going West |
where he plans to enter business in
Hollywood. |