Evening star., 1948-12-17

and MRS. !. 5. Cnopra entertalned
diplomats, State Department officials
snd Embassy officers in their honor.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Tom Clark topped the list at the
dinner given by the new and al
ready very popular Egyptian couple,
Ambassador and Nine. Rahim.
Their second dinner this week, the
envoy and his lovely looking wife
entertained 1t. Gen. and Mrs.
Albert c. Wedemeyer, former Am
bassador and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, former Ambassador and Mrs.
Stanley Hornbeck, the Chief of
Protocol and Mrs. Stanley Wood
ward, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Conger
Pratt, Miss Carolyn Nash. the
Egyptian Air Attache, Brig. Gen.
Mohamed Bey Khalifa, and three
couples from the State Department
circle, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mer-
riam, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Wendell
Cleland and Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian
Colquitt.
Mr.. Geoffrey Jones is the reason
why Miss Howry gave her attractive
party from 6 on. Mr.. Jones, who
recently came from New York to
be associated with the State De-
partment, is the son of MIR. and
Mrs. Andrew Jones of New York
who formerly lived In Baltimore
and also had place on the Riviera.
The hostess, who has known his
family for years, said that the party
was inspired, too, by the fact that
he recently was decorated with the
Order of the British Empire for
extreme gallantry in service be-
hind the enemy lines in France,
where he parachuted to head an
underground unit.
Among the younger set invited to
meet the guest of honor were
the Misses Kiki Rowe. Anne Peter.
Leila Dickey, Marilynn Hines and
Peggy Glassford. Two more new
Capital bachelors who have just ac-
quired houses in Georgetown were
on this list, MIR. David McKillop
and Mr.. Wickham Moore.
Others included the Second Sec
retary of the British Embassy and
Mrs. D. C. Tebbit, the British Naval
Air Attache and Mrs. F. H. E.
Hopkins, the Assistant French Mill
tary Attache and Nine. Leguay, the
Second Secretary of the South
African Legation and Mrs. H. H.
Woodward. Belgian Attache and
Nine. Paul Hubert, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Portner and Messrs. William
Oliff, Frank Luther, Pete Vogel
and Randall II. Hagner, jr. Mrs.
George Barnett, Mrs. Buchanan
Merryman and Mrs. Randolph
Huntington Miner, friends of the
Andrew Joneses, were also on hand.
British Host
Squadron Leader Stacey's $50 to
$50 cocktail affair at the Admiral
Club drew so many friends that
some one asked him how long he
had been in Washington to have
met SO many people. About O.
year." he replied, adding, I'm a
bachelor"
Gen. and Mrs. Hoyt VandenbergI
were in this military minded gather
ing that also included the Danish
Military and Air Attache and Mrs.
C. c. j. Forslev, the Canadian Air
Attache and Mrs. r. c. Gordon,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. H. Rutherford,
Navy Capt. and Mrs. Floyd Ferris
and Brig. Gen. c. A. Brandt. Also
dropping by were Undersecretary
of Commerce for Aeronautics John
Alison, Sir Alwyn and Lady Grove
and Lord and Lady Jellicoe, who had
the Chopras' party on their schedule
yesterday as well as their own
dinner.
Guests at the latter in the
Jellicoes' house on 46th street were
Mr.. and Nine. Jean-Claude Winck-
Ter of the French Embassy and four
members of the British Embassy,
Miss Irene Boyle and three new
arrivals. They are the new Second
Secretary and Mrs. Tim Marten and
the new Military Attache, Col.
Windsor Lewis, who will be Joined
by his wife in January.