Evening star., 1948-12-19

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Embassy and Nine. van Hemert will
celebrate the Yuletide season Christ
mas eve according to the custom OF
their native land. There will be
a gaily decorated tree with presents
for the two children of the house.
hold-Cornellia, AZ, and Anita, i, the
baby, who is past 2.
After the celebration around the
tree there will be q dinner with
Nine. van Hemerts brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Fitchett Of Hampton, Va, as guests.
Also at the dinner will be Miss
Rita Liepina and her mother, who
is here from Boston and who will
be the guest Of the van Hemert' S
for holiday week.
The Christmas party will be the
second the children will have en-
joycd, for their real celebration was
held on December 6 in honor of
their good st. Nicholas. At this
party there was tree and presents
for the children.
Admiral Morton Willcutts, medical
officer in command at the Naval
Medical Center, and Mrs. Willcutts
will have a dinner Christmas Day
for their children, Morton Will
CUTS, jr., who is coming home from
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. and their son David a
student at Georgetown Preparatory
School. and their two little daugh-
ters, Dianne and Anne Elizabeth,
who attend Country Day School of
the Sacred Heart.
Maj. Sen. Lewis Hershey, ma
tional director of selective service,
and Mrs. Hershey will have With
them as their special Christmas
dinner guests their son, 1t. Gilbert
Hershey Marine Corps, and his
bride of a week. 1t. and Mrs
Hershey will spend a little time
here before they leave for his new
post at Fort Benning.
The Hersheys' other guests will be
their son-in-law and daughter, It.
and Mrs Sam Barth, who will come
from Fort Riley for Christmas week,
and another son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Layne.
DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor
will have their children and grand
children with them for the Christ
mas holiday. This will be the last
of the Grosvenor family gatherings
at Wild Acres for several months as
Dr. and Mrs. Grosvenor will be leav-
ing soon for their winter home In
Coconut Grove, Fla.
Over a long period of years. DR.
and Mrs. Francis M. Murray have
given a Christmas morning break
fast after the midnight church serv-
ice to which their young daughters,
Miss Genevieve Murray, q Rosemont
College student, and her sister, Ann,
have usually invited a few of their
friends. This year the order of their
breakfast Is being reversed. Instead
of entertaining they are being enter
tanned at that most delightful of all
Christmas celebrations-a breakfast
on Maryland farm.
Sometime during the late after
noon of the day before Christmas
the Murray family, all four Of them,
will drive out to Green Meadows
Farm near Rockville to be dinner
guests of Mrs. Murray's nephew and
niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Veirs.
From Rockville they will go on to
Olney for midnight mass at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church and from
there to Laytonsville for breakfast
with Mr., and Mrs. George Quirk who
have recently moved to the former
Small place, Green Lane Farm.
The party at the Alvin Veirs' place
will be a family affair with Mrs.
Veirs' father and mother, DR.. and
Mrs. Charles Smith. as guests in
addition to DR.. and Mrs. Murray.
Also at the party will be Mrs. Veirs'
sister. Miss Jane Smith, and Mr..
Chase Fielding, whose engagement
recently was announced, and an
other sister, Miss Joan Smith, and
her two brothers. Mr. Charles Smith,
jr., and Mr.. Jerry Smith. Additional
guests will be Mr.. Veirs' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Clifton Veirs. and
Mr.. c. Clifton Veirs. jr., of Rock
vile, and Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
Mudgett and their children, Carol
Ann and William Chase Mudgett
of Reading. Pa.
Dinner will be served buffet style
and there will be a Christmas tres
with presents for the adults. The
children will be served from a small
er table and then hustled of to bed
to await Christmas morning and the
presents that Santa Claus has left
for them.
There will be 40 guests at the
breakfast at Green Lane Farm.
Standing on the wide lawn, Santa
Claus with his sleigh and reindeers
will greet the guests Is they turn
Unto the lane leading to the house