Evening star., 1948-02-01
Service Groups
Enjoy Monthly
Get-Togetbers
Gen. Kutz Wed
To Mrs. Brooks
By Betty MiWken

One OF the most popular IOrmS Oh
entertainment in the service is the
periodic together when officers
in the various branches of the serv-
ice meet at luncheon, cocktail par
ties and dinners. Their wives, too,
meet frequently at similar gather
ings, for the purpose of becoming
better acquainted with one another
and with any newcomers.
This week there seems to be more
than the usual quota of such parties.
Starting Tuesday, the Chief of Staff
of the United States All. Force, Gen.
Carl Spaatz, will be. host at stag
reception at the Army Navy Coun--
try Club in honor OF the Adjutants
General of States and Territories
who are coming to Washington for
the meetings of the Adjutants Cen
eral Association. The meeting, which
opens tomorrow and continues
through Wednesday, will be held at
the Statler and will be attended by
all general officers of the United
States Air Force headquarters.
Tuesday also will find the wives
of Signal Corps officers meeting at a
luncheon at 1890 o'clock in the Of
f1cers' Club at Fort Lesley j. Nc
Nair. Mrs. Spencer B. Akin, wife of
the chief signal officer, will preside
at this monthly gathering, for which
Mrs. c. H. Arnold is in charge OF the
arrangements. Mrs. o. K. Sadtler
and Mrs. j. M. Nicholson are on the
iatter's committee and reservations
should be made with Mrs. Sadtler at
Woodley 1948.
Wives of officers in the Army
Medical Department will meet at
their monthly luncheon Wednesday
at / o'clock in the Officers Club at
the Medical Center. Mrs. George c.
Beach, wife of the commanding gen.
eral, Mrs. George E. Armstrong and
Mrs. Thomas L. Smith will act as
hostesses, and bridge and bingo will
be played in the afternoon.
Gen. and Mrs. Beach were honor
guests at large and formal recep-
tion given Friday evening at the
center by members of the generals
command. The party was in cele-
bration of his recent promotion to
ma jor general.
Oficers at the Medical Center,
their wives and dates" attended
leap year dance at the club last
night. Officers were asked to wear
vegetable corsages, and huge bas-
ket of fancy fruit and nuts was given
as prize for the most unusual. An
orchestra from the Army Air Force
Band. under the direction of War
rant Officer Samuel Kurtz, played
from until O'Clock. Mr. Louis NJ
Butler is the club manager.
| Among those entertaining before
the dance were Maj. and Mrs. Ralph
w. Bum who were hosts at buffet
supper. Their guests were Maj. and
Mrs. Frank Blanton, Maj. and Mrs.
Stanley Carpenter, Maj. and Mrs.
Frederick Whittemore, Capt. and
Mrs. Robert Traub, Capt. and Mrs.
Theodore Blakeslee, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Reed and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Easter.
Cabinet Officer TO Attend
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Tom Clark will be honor guests at
a dinner dance to be given Friday
at the Army Navy Country Club by
Officers of the Judge Advocate Gen.
erals Department. The Judge Adj
vocate General and Mrs. Thomas H.
Green will be present at the gath
ering, arrangements for which are
bieng made by 1t. Col. Curtis l..
Williams, Maj. Marion H. Smoak
and Capt. Milton T. Quinton.
The newly appointed deputy
chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the Munitions Board, 1t.
Gen. Leroy Lutes; the Commanding
General of Fort Bliss. Maj. John l..
Homer, who is coming to Washing
ton on six weeks assignment, and
the Deputy Commandant of the
National War College, Maj. Gen.
Lyman L. Lemnitzer, with their
wives will attend the dinner-dance
to be given Saturday at the Army
Navy Country Club by officers of
the Coast Artillery Corps. About IT'S
couples are expected.
The officers attached to the Once
(see MiLLTKEN, Page DAD