Evening star., 1949-01-30
Parties Cr01Vd
Service Sets
Date Book
McAuliffes and
Kastens HOnOred
By Betty Murphy

M. Lilly, Cne oCner DuHeC supper
at which Col and Mrs. A. N. Will
lians, jr., will be hosts. And on
Wednesday Mrs. Robert E. Lee, III,
will honor them at a reception. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. John w. Roper
feted the McAuliffes at a cocktail
party during the week, and Col. and
Mrs. Francis A. March entertained
a few friends in their honor at
similar party.
The retiring Chief of Finance of
the United States Army and Mrs.
William H. Hasten are being extern
sively entertained by friends in the
Finance Department. Yesterday the
Assistant Chief of Finance and Mrs.
Eugene M. Foster were hosts at
large cocktail party in their honor
at the Fort McNair Officers Club.
TOP Officials Honor Kasfens
The impressive-looking guest list
included the. Secretary Of the Army
and Mrs. Kenneth Royal, the Chief
Of Staff and Mrs. Omar Bradley,
Gen. and Mrs. j. Lawton Collins,
Senator and Mrs. j. Howard Nc
Grath, 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Leroy
Lutes, 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Raymond
A. Wheeler, 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Ed
win w. Rawlings, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. William Howard Arnold, Mai.
Gen. and Mrs. Edmond H. Leavey,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Henry B. Sayler,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs Edward F. Wit
sell, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George ].
Richards, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Green, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. H. X. Loughry, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Roland Walsh and Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. J. A. McCallam.
Senior officers on duty In Gen,
kasten's office also were invited.
rs were Mrs. Frederick Coleman,
widow of the former chief of A.
nance; Col. and Mrs. William z.
Schooley. Col. and Mrs. william E.
Schiff, Col. and Mrs. John Elsback,
Col. and Mrs. Rufus L. Holt, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Frank Richmond, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis T. Breuninger, Mr..
and Mrs. 8. N. Eben, Mrs. Lois
Ransome. Mr.. Harold Crooks and
. number of others. Gen. and Mrs.
Fosters daughter Pat, who is presi-
dent Of the Junior Army Daughters,
was on hand, too, to assist at the
party.
Dinner-Dance This Week
Thursday night Gen. and Mrs.
Hasten will be honor guests at q
dinner-dance to be given by officers
Of the finance department and their
wives at the Fort McNair Ofiicers'
Club. And last Thursday Mrs.
Hasten shared honors with Mrs.
Edmond II. Leavy, wife Of the Army
controller, at the finance ladies'
luncheon. Both received gardenia
corsages and Mrs. Hasten was pre-
sented with dozen beautiful
sterling sherbet cups.
The departure soon Of Capt. and
Mrs. Albert G. Mumma for San
Francisco and Capt. and Mrs. Hugh
p. Webster for Bremerton has
started furry Of parties in their
honor. Capt. and Mrs. Mumma
dined with Col. and Mrs. William M.
Breckenridge at the Army and Navy
Club Friday night and with Capt.
and Mrs. Webster were honor guests
at dinner which Capt. and Mrs.
Thomas Burrowes gave last night.
Today the two couples will share
honors with Rear Admiral and Mrs.
j. w. Ludewig at Capt. and Mrs.
Victor D. Longs cocktail party, and
on Tuesday will be honored at din
ner by Capt. and Mrs. S. N. Pyne.
Officers in the Bureau of Ships and
their wives, numbering about ITS,
were hosts at dinner-dance We'd
nesday night for the Websters and
Mummas.
Prenntfial Parties
There's furry of parties, too, for
. Betty and Emily Arnold, daughters
of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. William How
ard Arnold. Joan Nicholl, daughter
of 1t. Col. and Mrs. Maynard C..
Nicholl, will give an everyday
china" shower Tuesday for the sis
ters; Mr.. and Mrs. Ogle r. Single
ton will fete them at cocktails today;
1t. Col. and Mrs. Frank Mears gave
q dinner last night, and Mrs. Cort-
landt VanR. Schuyler and her
daughter, Shirley, were hostesses at
mother-and-daughter tea and sur
prise kitchen shower yesterday.
Mrs. Schuyler's and Shirley's
other guests were Mrs. Arnold, Mrs.
Nicholl and Joan, Mrs. Jesse Mat
lack and her daughter, Barbara,
who incidentally will be married in
June; Mrs. E. A. Routheau and her
daughter, Jody; Mrs. James F.
Moore and Patricia, Mrs. T. s. Tim
herman and Dooley, and Mrs. AL
fred M. Gruenther who acted as
"mother by proxy for Frances
Dear whose parents are on the West
Coast.
Col. and Mrs. Mears' guests last
night were Emily and her f1ance,
Parkman Clancy, who will be mar
ried on February 26; Betty and her
f1ance, Howard Dallman, whose we'd
ding is slated for April 18; 1t. and
Mrs. John c. Theys, Edwina Pou
Walden. Capt. William Bowers,
Frances Dear and Russell Scott.
Fefe Selection Board
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Field Harris,
who are here from Cherry Point,
N. c., while the former serves on
the Marine Corps Selection Board,
will be honor guests at small din
ner to be given tomorrow night by
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Brainard. On
Friday they and several other Sc
lection Board members were enter
tanned at coctails by Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. William Oscar Brice.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Ray A. Rob-
inson will be cocktail hosts today
and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Andrew E.
Creesy Che. too, is member Of the
board will give a similar party
Tuesday.
Navy Capt. and Mrs. Howard Col
Tins will have large cocktail party
Wednesday, February 16, for Army,
Navy and Air Force officers and
State Department officials with
whom Capt. Collins is associated at