Evening star., 1948-10-24

When word got around that Gen.
and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
were coming to town this week it
wasn't long before their friends got
together and planned a number of
parties in their honor.
The popular Mamie will drive
down Wednesday from New York
and check in at the Statler. Her
husband will fly here later when his
duties for the week are finished at
Columbia University.
Thursday Mrs. Ruth B. Butcher
will have q small group Of Mrs.
Eisenhower's close friends for
luncheon, the following day the
George e. Aliens win entertain the
general and his wife at cocktails,
Saturday Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Ever
EFT s. Hughes will be hosts to the
bridge and mah-jong group, Of
which the Eisenhowers were active
members when they'lived here, and
after the games there will be q
buffet supper, and on Sunday Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Alfred M. Gruenther
will entertain the same group.
Friends of Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Thomas North are welcoming them
back from Europe, where they've
been since the early summer. Yes
terday their hosts were Col. and
Mrs. Ferdinand r. Gallagher. who
entertained at q cocktail party.
Gen. and Mrs. North Che Is secre-
tary Of the American Battle Mon
uments Commission) have been
abroad for three successive sum-
mers, and each year they've seen a
great improvement in conditions in
Europe. They have many friends
in Paris, where the general was sta
toned for eight years before the
war. One Of the high lights of their
recent trip was Q private audience
with the Pope. And while in Brus-
sells they visited old friends, the
Military Attache Of the American
Embassy and Mrs. Glare H. Arm
strong, who also are well known In
Washington.
Another party this week end,
which reunited old friends who
served at supreme headquarters,
Allied Expeditionary Forces, in ver-
sailles and Frankfurt, was the
cocktail gathering Col. and Mrs
Anthony j. Drexel Biddle had yes
terday.
It was housewarming in q way
too, as the Biddles recently leased
the residence Of the late Mrs. Ethel
FNoyes Lewis at 1914 Twenty-eigh
street. Like her husband, Mrs. Bid
die, who was Mrs. Margaret Atkin.
son Loughborough before her mar
riage in Frankfurt In 1916, served
on Gen. Eisenhower's staff when he
was supreme Allied commander.
Col. Biddle, who formerly was
United States Ambassador to Po-
land and recently was stationed at
European command headquarters
In Heidelberg. now is on temporary
assignment in Washington. He and
Mrs. Blddle expect to remain here
through Christmas.
Woofens to Visit Here
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Ralph H.
Wooten, who have many friends in
Washington, will, of course, be en-
tertained during their visit this week
with 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Wade H,
Haislip. They'll arrive Wednesday
from New York and Thursday will
be honor guests at a cocktail party
which Maj. Gen. and Mrs. +. j.
Hanley, jr., will give in the Oficers'
Club at Fort Myer. Gen. Wooten
was retired recently and he and
Mrs. Wooten are en- route 20 Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, to spend the
winter.
Dinner hosts last evening were
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John r. Conk-
lin, who entertained the Gov.
OF the Panama Canal Zone and
Mrs. Francis K. Newcomer, house
guests of Mrs. John I. Palmer.
Others in the gathering were Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Roscoe c. Crawford
and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Gordon
r. Young.
Wives of ordnance officers will
meet for luncheon Wednesday in
the Officers Club at Fort McNair.
Mrs. Carl Spaatz and Mrs. E. l..
Ford will be honor guests and Mrs.
James L. Massey has charge Of
arrangements.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. David N. w.
Grant left yesterday to return tol
Virginia Beach after a few days.
visit with Brig. Gen. and Mrs.