Evening star., 1950-02-14
Society News
Thai Ambassador and Wife Hosts;
Indian Dancer Guest at Embassy
By Katharine M. Brooks

A variety of entertaining occu-
pied Washington society yester-
day, the largest of the festivities
being the concert at the Pan
American Union. One of the
smaller fetes was the dinner which
the Thai Ambassador and Prin-
cess Wan Waithayakon gave in
honor of the Director of the
Philippine and Southeast Asian
Division of the State Department.
and Mrs. Charles s. Reed II.
Other guests included the
French Minister, Mr.. Jean Dari-
dan. and the Counselor of the
British Embassy and Mrs. II. A.
Graves. Also there were several
from the State Department cir
Gle, including Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam F. Lacy, Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth P. Landon and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tee C. Grondahl. From the Thai
land Embassy there were the First
Secretary and Nine. Kridakon, the
Air Attache and Nine. Aphakorn
and the Second Secretary Mr..
Prasong Pibuldonggram.
Lody Franks Going South
Lady Franks, wife Of the British
Ambassador, will go to Gastonia,
N. c., for the wedding Saturday
of Miss Betty Dixon and Mr.. Cor
don Huson, former Secretary of
the British Embassy here and now
Chief of the Ottawa Office of the
United Kingdom Information
Service.
Mr.. Huson will arrive in Wash
ington tomorrow by motor on his
way to Gastonia and will stay
over night with the Second Secre-
tary Of the Embassy, Mr. Peter
Casson. who will accompany him
south and be his best man at
the wedding.
Lady Franks will be among the
guests Of Mr.. Casson when he en-
tertains tomorrow evening for Mr..
HuSon. The guests will be limited
to a small group of the prospec-
tive bridegroom's friends and
colleagues in Washington.
lndion Embassy Supper
The Indian Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. B. r. Sen gave buffet |
supper last night honoring the
famous dancer Uday Shankar, the
greatest living exponent of Indian
dances. The party followed his
performance in Constitution Hall,
for which the Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. Sen entertained several |
guests In their box including the
Ceylonese Ambassador and Mrs. |
G. C. S. Corea and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Lippmann.
Mr.. Sen is the newly appointed
Indian Ambassador to Italy and
with Mrs. Sen will leave by plane
for Rome February 27 or %. The
Indian Ambassador, Mrs. Pandit,
is expected back March from
her homeland where she went to
be present at the ceremony when
India became an independent ma
ton.
Heads Of other diplomatic mis-
sions at the supper were in addi-
tion to the Ambassador and Mrs. |
Corea. the Afghanistan Ambassa-
dor and Princess Zof1ra Naim,
Lady Franks, the New Zealand
Ambassador and Lady Berendsen,
the Polish Ambassador and Nine.
Winiewicz, the Philippine Am
bassador, Mr.. Joaquin M. Elizalde,
the Swiss Minister and Nine.
Bruggmann and the Finnish Min
lister and Nine. Jutila.
A rather large group Of the |
guests were from the State De-
partment circle and included Mr..
and Mrs. e. q. Watson, Mrs. |
Stanley Woodward, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Parks, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam L. S. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
William A. Allen and Mr.. and
Mrs. C.. r. Chartrande.
BroziIion Pianist Heord
The Brazilian Ambassador to
the Organization of American
States and Senhora de Accioly
were hosts to a large company