Evening star., 1950-09-17
Gay Benefit
To Be Given
For Club
Gen., Mrs. Pick to
Receive at Event.;
Sin7ons Have Guests
By Evelyn M. Dent

Members OF the armed forces
stationed for a while on the home
front are always on duty and
ready to do their full share in
helping out in any civic project.
They are keenly aware that one
of the most effective weapons in
the hands of those at home is to
carry on as normally as possible.
With this thought in mind, the
Chief of Engineers Maj. Gen.
Lewis Andrew Pick, and Mrs. Pick,
will head the receiving line at the
reception and dinner to be given
Saturday, September 80, at Fort
Belvoir. The officers Wives Club.
Corps of Engineers, will stage the
affair for the benefit of the Sol
dier, Sailor, Marine and Air
mans Club. Already there is much
doing and offers of help have been
gratefully received. The plans are
to give western party. with bar
becue and all the trimmings COM
plete with camp fire.
Cowboy and girl outfits, blue
jeans and calico will be the uni
form of the evening and there will
be dancing and many novel at
fractions. Mrs. Douglas Weart
and Mrs. Gordon Young are among
those who have signified their in
tentions to help push the business
on.
The gymnasium at Fort Belvoir
will be renamed "The Barn" for
the duration of the party, which
will begin at 7.
Beck From Honolulu
Admiral and Mrs. Frederick C.
Greaves welcomed home their
on-in-law and daughter, 1t. and
Mrs. Edward w. Cooke, who ar
rived Friday from Honolulu. Well
known here, this popular young
couple will, no doubt, be enter
tanned by their many friends be-
fore they depart next Sunday for
San Francisco, 1T. Cookies next
post.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Alexander
r. Boiling entertained a small
company at dinner on Friday at
the Shoreham in honor of Gen.
A. c. Shortt.
Gen. Shortt, formerly of the
Royal Engineers and one-time
Attache at the British Embassy
in Athens, is here for a few weeks
before returning to England. Mrs.
Shortt did not accompany her
husband.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. L. E. Simon
have as their house guests Gen.
Simon's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Simon of Nashville, who ar
rived yesterday and will be here
until Thursday. Mr.. Simon is
the department chief of staff of
the Spanish War, Veterans Of
Nashville and is on his way to
the national encampment at
Atlantic City.
Miss Carolyn Simon, who has
been staying with her parents
here all summer has returned to
the University of Pennsylvania,
where she Is in her senior year.
Her grand parents will visit her
there.
Mrs. Boone Is Back
Mrs. Joel T. Boone, wife of Ad-
miral Boone, returned on We'd
nesday from Pittsburgh, Pa, in
time to greet her sister Mrs. M.
K. Hood of Pottsville, Pa, who
will be her houseguest at the
Westchester for a week or 10
days.
The many friends of Capt. and
Mrs. C. c. Myers have been en-
tertaining informally for them
before their departure for GUAM
tico. Capt. Myer will take up his
new duties there as executive of
f1cer of the hospital about Sep
tember 81. Their daughter, Miss
Marjorie Jean Myer will take an
apartment in town and visit her
parents over the week ends.
Mrs. Floyd C. Devenbeck, wife
of Col. Devenbeck, will be az
home this afternoon from to 6
o'clock to the young service jun
iors who will enter Skidmore COL
lege this month. Mrs. Deven-
beck has also asked the mem
bers of the Skidmore College Club
of Washington to come and
meet some of their future con-
ferees.
Among those who have accepted
the invitation to tea are the
Misses Elaine Budacz and Betty
Ann Strasburger of Baltimore.
Margaret Rudolph, Mary Eliza
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