Evening star., 1950-12-06
Society News
President, Mrs. Truman, Mr.. Att|ee
Attend Concert by Miss Truman


Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle A. Smith.
MIR. Grahame Thomas Small
wood, jr., had a box at the concert
and his guests were his mother,
Mrs. Dorothy Smallwood, Miss
Mary Stuart Price, Miss Betty Jane
Mackenzie and DR.. Albert E. Mar
land. jr.
Mrs. Dean Acheson, wife of the
Secretary of State and the Secre-
tary Of Defense and Mrs. George
c. Marshall were in the audience
last evening and among others in
the large auditorium, where few
empty seats were seen, were the
Secretary of the Senate and Mrs.
Leslie Biffle.
New Workers Here
Coming down from New York
for the program last evening were
Mr.. and Mrs. David Sarnoff, Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Davidson, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Lyons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker and Mr..
Kenneth L. Allen, jr. They were
guests of Miss Truman and the
club, of which she is an associate
member, for the supper following.
Also in the company at the after
concert fete was Mr.. Herman AL
lison who played the accompani-
ments and solo at the recital,
and his parents, DR.. and Mrs. j. H.
Allison.
The informal party after was
limited to members of the club
who were permitted only one
guest each. Thus the company
numbered less than 200 and in
cluded in addition to those from
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Hayes. the former local manager
for Miss Truman's concert.
A number of the members and
their guests already had arrived
when Miss Truman reached the
club. She stood with Miss Arne
in the lounge to greet those at
tending the party and after shak-
ing hands for nearly half an hour
she was escorted to a table in the
dining room reserved for her and
for her guests. The long buffet
table also was in the dining room
with the bar set up in the large
front room. Guests sat about in
groups to enjoy their delicious
supper and the lively conversation.
The chairman of the house
committee for the club. Mrs.
James w. Boyer, had charge of
arrangements for the supper party
and assisting her were Mrs. Will
liam M. Candy, Mrs. Nelson P.
Hoff and others on the entertain
ment and house committees.
Miss Grace McGerr, new mem
ber of the Employees Compensa-
ton Appeals Board and a former
president of the club, was among
those assisting last evening.
The Turkish Ambassador and
Nine. Erkin, the latter a gifted
singer, were there as were the
Secretary and Mrs. Chapman,
Representative and Mrs. Clark M.
Thompson, the War Claims Com
missioner, Mrs. George L. Lusk,
Mrs. James M. Helm, social Sec
retary at the White House and
Miss Reathel Odom, secretary to
Miss Truman.
In Porty Throne
Mr.. A. Marvin Braverman was
there and others included Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas
j. Kelley, Col. and Mrs. Curt C.
Schiller, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Parker
Van Zandt, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. Mcconnell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Freer,
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Boyer,
DR.. and Fred F. Beach, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gladstone Williams, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Simkowitz and Mr..
and Mrs. Joshua Evans.
Members and guests also in
cluded Miss Eleni Sakes, Mr..
hKapsanbelis, Miss Sarah Nc
Clendon, Col. Daniel Boone, Miss
Eta Mai Russell, Miss Marguerite
Griffin, Mrs. Irene Caldwell, Mr..
John Greer. Mrs. Esther Van
Wagner Tufty, Maj. Writ Laun,
Miss Anna Burchinal, Mrs. James
Haley, Mrs. Cyrus Kitchen, Mrs.
Thorwal Solberg, Mrs. Jackson
Davis, Mrs. Joseph Graham, Miss
Jane Marielly, Miss Margaret j.
Abel, Miss Mary Blanchard, Miss
Emma Perley Lincoln, Mrs. Robert
Blackburn, Miss Norman Hazel
tine, Mrs. Nelson P. Hoff, Mrs.
Harold Strickland, Mrs. Althea
O'Hanlon, Mrs. Arthur Woods,
Miss Marion Martin, Miss Betsy
Winter. Mrs. Seymour Jesselsohn,
Miss Harriet Grifiths, Miss Mary
McGrory, Miss Margaret Davis,
DR.. LeMire, Mrs. James Mac
pherson, Mrs. Julien Gillespie, Mrs.
Mary Howard Critchell, Mr..
Homer Porteus, Mrs. Bruce
Fahnestock, Mrs. Bruce Fahne-
stock, jr., Mrs. j. Reed Bradley,
Mrs. John Guandolo, Miss Mary
Pauline Perry, Miss Patricia Oil
yer, Miss Ruth Crane, Miss Paul
inc Griffith, Miss Ellen Griffith,
Miss Sonia Stein, Mr.. Ernest Cook,
Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson, Mrs. Lucie
Eberly. Mr. Philip Robertson, Mrs.
William M. Candy, Mrs. Florence
Cooksley, Mrs. Frank B. Kaiser,
Mrs. Elizabeth Young, Mrs. John
Craig, Mr.. Joseph Shaw, Miss
Patricia McGerr and Mrs. Hazel
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