Evening star., 1949-12-25
Services Sets
Calendar Full
Of festivities
Young Set Hov ing
A Lively Time
During Holidays
By Betty Murphy

Years to each and every one of
you in the service set who so
graciously and generously have
contributed bits of news for this
column through the past few
years and helped tremendously to
make it serve its purpose as a.
clearing house for social news of
the Army, Navy. Marine Corps.
Air Force and Coast Guard.
Now that the fun of buying,
wrapping and giving presents for
Christmas is over. almost every
one is breathing a sigh of relief
that the job is done. But there's
still the important business of
getting together for bit of
Christmas and New Year cheer
Judging by the huge number of
parties scheduled for the coming
week. New Years eve will be Just
q wonderful climax to the crowd
ed holiday program.
Today. of course, will be given
over almost completely to family
parties, but starting tomorrow
there's the eggnog party that
Marian Allen, daughter Of Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Leven C. Allen. is
having for a few of her young
friends. Tuesday gains in pace
somewhat. with at least three
parties scheduled. Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Frederic w. Mcmahon
have labeled theirs an at-home
for their daughter. George, who's
vacationing from Principia Col
lege, and their son Fred, who's
here from Bowdoin. They're hav-
ing about 40 young people.
Supper Party
The younger set will claim the
spotlight that day, too, at the
supper party that Virginia Tim
herman Dooley) is giving at the
quarters Of her parents. Brig
Gen. and Mrs. Thomas S. Tim
herman. The Timbermans, in
cidentally. divided things equally
this Christmas. Mrs. Timberman
and Tommy, aged 9, flew out to
San Diego to visit his grand
parents, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. H.
B. Fiske, and Gen. Timberman
and Dooley are up in Jamesburg.
N. j.. spending the day with
Grandfather Timberman, Aunt
Anne and Uncle Vincent. They'll
be back tonight. and Mrs. Tim
herman and Tommy will return
Friday so as not to be late for
the New Years Eve party the
Timbermans are giving in the
Officers Club at Fort McNair.
But back again to Tuesday and
the cocktail party that Capt. and
Mrs. Howard H. Montgomery are
giving at their home, and We'd |
nesday. which fairly bulges at
the seams with parties. Maj
Gen. and Mrs. Albert w. Kenner
have sent out cards for an at
home on Wednesday from 4:30
to 1880, Capt. and Mrs. Deane H.
Vance and their daughter, Mrs.
Eulalie v. Coleman, are giving a
similar party the same day. Capt.
and Mrs. William Dwight Chand-
ler will dispense eggnog at their
party honoring their two sons
and their wives, Comdr. and Mrs.
Charles r. Chandler and Ensign
and Mrs. William D. Chandler
III, and Capt. and Mrs. Melville
j. Aston have the same idea.
Their two sons are here for the
holidays, too. incidentally. Mel
vile, jr., who's a lieutenant In
the Air Force, flew down from
Mitchell Field. and Midshipman
William j. Aston is home from
the Naval Academy.
Other Fetes
Then as if that weren't enough
parties for one day. Col. and Mrs.
James Kinbrough and Col. and
Mrs. Virgil Cornell are entertain
ing jointly at cocktails in the
officers Club at the Army Medi-
cal Center.
Thursdays schedule. which isn't
nearly as crowded, boasts the
luncheon which Mrs. Wade Haislip
is giving in honor Of Kathryn
Holmes, daughter Of Mrs. George
Holmes, and jeanne Holbrook,
whose parents are Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Willard A. Holbrook. And
on Fridays calendar is the cock
tail party that Comdr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Henderson are giving
for a number of their friends in
the Medical Corps.
On New Years Day, Gen. and
Mrs. Clifton B. Gates will have
their annual reception in the
morning and Rear Admiral and
Mrs. George w. Calver will be
hosts at their annual eggnog
party, considerably later in the
day, however. from 4 until q
O'Clock. The Calvers are just back
from a months vacation on an
island of Fort Myers. Fla. "Just
swimming and fishing, and with
out even a telephone" said Mrs.
Calver. They'd had to put of their
trip till Congress adjourned, be-
cause the admiral is attending
physician to the Senate and
House.
Capt. and Mrs. Philip J. Nc
Namara planned not one but
three parties for the holidays.
They've just moved into a. set of
new quarters at the Navy Medical
Center from an apartment in Sill
yer Spring. so they're really hav-
ing a series of housewarmings.
The first was Thursday, the Sec
ond will be Wednesday. Janu-
ary 4. and the third, at the end
Nf January