Evening star., 1950-12-10
Officials Here
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AreHOnored
Parties Arranged
By Mission Heads;
Staff Changes
By Katherine M. Brooks

The South African Ambassador
and Mrs. G. P. Jooste are in Wash
ington for the week end and were
accompanied from New York by
their Minister for the Interior and
Mrs. Donges who are their guests
at the embassy. Last evening the
Ambassador and Mrs. Jooste gave
a dinner party in honor of the
visitors and their other guests in
cluding the Norwegian Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Munthe de Morgen-
stierne, the Australian Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Norman j. o. Maxim,
and the Canadian Ambassador and
Mrs. Hume Wrong.
The Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. George w. Perkins were
there and others in the company
were the President of the Export
Import Bank and Mrs. Eugene r.
Black, the Chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission, Mrs. Gordon
Dean; the former United States
Ambassador to South Africa and
Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, the Chief
Ceremonials Officer of the State
Department and Mrs. Raymond
D. Muir, Mrs. B. j. Jarvie, wife of
the Counselor of the South Afri-
can Embassy and the First Secre-
tary and Mrs w. Dirkse-van-
Schalkwyk.
Another visitor who will be in
Washington for only a day or so
Is the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Ethiopia, Mr.. Alto Aklilou
Hapte-Wold. The official will ar
rive tomorrow and will be the
honor guest at a reception tomor-
row evening from 6 to o'clock
for which the Ambassador Nine.
Imru have issued invitations.
Conodion Fetes
The Canadian Ambassador and
Mrs. Hume Wrong will give their
Christmas party for members of
the embassy staff and their wives
Tuesday. December 19, from 6 to
7:30 o'clock in their home on
Rock Creek drive.
Another party among those at
the Canadian Embassy will be
that of the Second Secretary and
Mrs. L. H. LaVigne who will en-
tertain at Kymulga, their home at
Herndon, Va. The party will be
given Sunday. December II, from
4 to o'clock.
The Swedish Ambassador and |
Nine. Bohemian were hosts to the
members of their embassy staff /
and their wives entertaining them
very Informally to celebrate the
birthday anniversary of the new
King Gustav VI on November IL.
chiIeon Embassy Changes
Members of the Chilean en-
bassy staff are among the diplo-
mats planning travels-all OF them
homeward. The very popular Min
lister Counselor and Sonora de
Rodriguez and their children will
leave early in the new year for
q several months stay in Chile.
Their trip, fortunately, is only al
vonatioy HIT q number of others
at the embassy are returning to
the Foreign Office for duty.
The Counselor, Senor Juan Guz-
man-Cruchaga, with Sonora de
Guzman-Cruchaga, will sail the
latter part of the week for San
tiago where he has been assigned
to duty in the Foreign Office. They
will be accompanied by their chill
dren and will celebrate Christmas
aboard ship.
Also leaving this week will be
Miss Leila Walbaum, personal
secretary to the Ambassador, who
will make the trip by plane. She
will join her family on their ranch
near vina del Mar for Christmas
and two months or more vacation.
The First Secretary of the En-
bassy and Sonora de Prieto have
set Friday for their departure for
their South American home where
the former will assume his new
dI,tias IN the Fnrnion Office