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The Valley settler., 1950-12-01

Several well-known Va Hey resi- dents will boer I'd the Plane on Dec enher 18th to spend the Chria tmos holidays in the states.
 On Christina eve, Mrs. Clair Stock wi Il help cele brate her father's birth hdav in Te1so, WashinGton. Mrs. Stocks son, Lorry, who att ends col1ege in Everett, will join his mother and -ren6f ther for the Chri s tmas holidays. This will be Mrs. Stocks first Chrts tma with her father since 1858. Mrs. Lou Rasmus sen plans to spend the holi days with her daurhtor in Los Anreles. Later wis itinc re- 1attves in the Middle Vest. When asked when she would return to the Valley, Mrs. Rasmussen said that she had not thought that far ahea l Mr. and grs. Pert McCool and chi Id ren vi II 2 lso board the Plane the 18th, to spend the holidars with his parcnts, in Silvert own, Oregon
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 IM PALMER or PysITEs5 Darrel Franks, Kenai, will spend the next two months in Pa liner. He says , he Is not wis itirr, he wi Il be WOrki np.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
(Top center.

Among me benefcaries OF the Thrift Shop are
children at St Johns Orphanage pictured NTH Mrs
John O. Henderson Mrs William r. Duryee and Mrs Richard
10ao!eTTo dH oodrd members. Harris E,Uig Photos
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Greek Singer
.Wi|I Appear
In Concert

Elena Nikolaidi, internationally
famous Greek contralto. will ap-
pear in concert at Constitution
Hall Monday evening, April 3,
under the patronage of the AM
bassador of Greece and Mime.
Dendramis. ...
Mrs. Charles S. Dewey has ac-
cepted as honorary chairman Of
the committee sponsoring the
concert and Mrs. George c. Nc
Ghee, wife of the Assistant Sec
retary of State. Is the active
chairman.
Following her American debut
at Town Hall a year ago, and
during her current tour of major
cities, the beautiful Greek singer
has entranced thousands with her
glorious voice.
She is contributing her talent
for the forthcoming concert be-
cause of her interest in the work
being done for young boys at
Athens College, an American
school in Greece. Many of these
boys, orphaned by the war, are
depending on the proceeds of this
concert for their chance of an
education so that in a peaceful
Greece they may make their con-
tribution toward maintaining its
dignity among nations.
A group of prominent officials,
music lovers and others interested
in Greek culture will sponsor the
benefit.
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Attorneys to Wed
AT St. Morooret's

Mr.. and Mrs. York Lowry Will
son of Washington, formerly of
Rock Hill and Bluffton, s. c., an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter. Arrah Minerva, to Mr..
Robert Taylor Andrews, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davidson An
drews of Montoursville, Pa.
Miss Wilson was graduated
from the University of South
Carolina, where she was a mem
ber of Pi Beta Phi and Alpha
Kappa Gamma Sororities, and re-
ceived her LIB. degree from the
University of Virginia Law School.
Mr.. Andrews was graduated
from Washington and Jefferson
College, attended Georgetown Law
School and received his LIB.
from Cornell University Law
School. His fraternities were
Delta Tau Delta and Phi Alpha
Delta. Both he and Miss Wilson
are attorneys with the Depart
ment of Justice In Washington.
During the war Mr.. Andrews
served as a naval officer in the
Pacific theater.
The wedding is planned for
April Is in st. Margaret's Epis-
copal Church.
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Service Wives
Plan Luncheon

The Transportation Corps Wom-
ems Club will honor the wives of
the chiefs Of technical services at
a luncheon Wednesday in the Fort
McNair Officers Club. A program
by Dorothy Githers- -Eley will
follow.
In the receiving line with Mrs.
Frank A. Heileman, wife of the
chief Of transportation, will be
the guests of honor. Mrs. r. w.
Bliss, Mrs. S. B. Akin. Mrs. Her
man Feldman, Mrs. Lewis Pick,
Mrs. A. C. McAuliffe and Mrs.
E. M. Foster, wife of the chief of
finance.
Mrs. Owen r. Marriott and Mrs.
Harry e. Owens are in charge of
arrangements for the party and
are being assisted by wives Of
officers in the personnel and rail-
way divisions.
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Air Force Wives Plan
Unusual Fair in March
Mrs. Kuter to Honor Three Brides;
Patty Moore, Fionce Feted Daily
By Betty Murnhv
By Betty Murphy

for Patty and the George Horkans
entertained the engaged couple al
cocktails and a bar shower Thurs
day. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Cort-
landt VanR. Schuyler and their
son-in-law and daughter, 1t. and
Mrs. Edward S. Saxby, gave a
cocktail party and shower Friday
and Dooley Timberman. daughter
of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas
S. Timbernan, was hostess at .
buffet supper, followed by dancing
in the Fort McNair Officers Club
last night.
Col. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Web
ber will be the couples hosts 40
cocktails today; Nancy Jennings.
sorority sister and bridesmaid
to-be, will give a shower tomor-
row, and 1t. Comdr. Harry c.
Allendorfer. Maj. Irving B. Hayes
and Comdr. A. Bruce johnson
will be joint hosts at cocktail
party Tuesday. That party also
will honor Mr.. and Mrs. John
Horton, the latter formerly Drucie
Snyder.
On Tuesday, too, Patty will give
tea at which she'll display all
her lovely wedding presents and
on Thursday she'll entertain her
bridesmaids at dinner. The same
night, of course, Jim's bachelor
dinner will be given. The last
party for the pair before their
wedding will be the buffet supper
which Col. and Mrs. Raymond j.
Williamson will give on Friday
following the rehearsal.
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Fashion Show
To Benefit
Thrift Shop

Each month approximately $50
volunteers from the Thrift Shop S
six member boards appear at the
shop at 800 Ninth street NV. to
do their share to keep the enter
prise running. Some of them
serve as Salesladies under the
guidance of Mrs. T. Percy Myers,
who has been with the shop for
IA years. Others change the win
dow display each week and still
others sort the clothes and other
articles that come in and put
prices on them before they go out
to be displayed and sold.
The devotion of the volunteers
to the work of the Thrift Shop
enables the enterprise to be run
at very low operating cost and
allows every penny of profit to
go toward providing for the needs
of Washington's small and i'm
poverished children. Each year
the Thrift Shop distributes to the
six children's charities thousands
of dollars from the sale OF ar
ticles contributed by board men,
bers and their friends and well
wishers in the community.
To help keep the shelves Of the
shop well stocked the Thrift Shop
holds a white elephant party each
year. This year It will be held
at the Hit Mansion, 1901 New
Hampshire avenue. on Tuesday,
February 21. from 4 to s o'clock
and will include a fashion show
presented by the Julius Gar
finckle Co.
Mrs. Truman will be the guest
OF honor as she has been for the
past few years and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson will also be honored.
Admission to the affair will be
by ticket plus an unwrapped
white elephant, which will be put
on sale later at the shop. Mrs.
D. Lawrence Groner is president
of the board of the Thrift Shop
and Mrs. William A. Morgan is
chairman of the benefit, assisted
by Mrs. J. William Fulbright.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Diplomatic Calendar
Filled Before Lent
French Envoy and Nine. Bonnet to Homo,
Chief Justice and Mrs. Fred Vjnson
By Kotharine M. Brooks

The last ten days preceding Ash
Wednesday and the forty days of
Lent are filled with entertain
ments for the diplomats. The
French Ambassador and Mime.
Bonnet are among those giving
dinner parties and have invited
number of the high ranking off,
cials to meet the Chief Justice and
Mrs. Fred M. Vinson at dinner
Saturday evening.
The Norwegian Ambassador and
Mrs. Munthe de Morgenstierne
will entertain at dinner Shrove
Tuesday. February 81. Also they
were hosts at luncheon yesterday
when their guests were members
Of the Norwegian Military Mission.
Others from the Scandinavian
countries planning parties are the
Swedish Ambassador and Mime.
Bohemian who will give a dinner
party Tuesday evening. They had
20 guests dining with them Friday
evening.
The Canadian Ambassador and
Mrs. Hume Wrong went to New
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Mr. oWnsend
Engaged to
Miss 0Wynne

News of interest to older Wash
ingtonians is contained in the an
nouncement of Maj. A. Evan
Gwynne, U. S. A. F., of Falls
Church of the engagement of his
sister. Miss Josephine Claypoole
Gwynne of New York, to Mr.. Ed
ward Davis Townsend, also of New
York. Mr.. Townsend, member of
an old Army family, spent his
youth in Washington and was
graduated from Friends School
here.
Miss Gwynne, who attended the
Misses Anable School in New Jer-
sey, is the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Evan Gwynne
and the niece of the late Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and the late Mrs.
Edgar Shepherd, both we'll known
here. She is the sister of Mrs.
John Reid Dilworth of Philadel-
pfia and of Mr.. H. Collins Gwynne
of West Orange, N. j.
MI. 4OWllcCud Wdo Sld0OotSo
from Princeton University in 1905
and served with the American
Field Service in World War I. His
father was captain in the Army;
his grandfather was adjutant gen.
eral of the Union Army during the
Civil War, and he is a descendant
of Elbridge Gerry, signer of the
Declaration of Independence. An
other ancestor was founder Of
the Society of the Cincinnati, Of
which Mr.. Townsend is a member.
His sister, Mrs. Annette Townsend
Phillips of Newport. R. l., and his
brothers, Mr.. Herbert Pell Towns
end and Mr.. Roger Claiborne
Townsend, all grew up in Wash
ington.
No wedding date has been Sc
1ected.
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| YORK rTlday 10 aCCenQ the Qlnnef
that evening of the Canadian So
ciety of New York. The organiza-
tion is the largest of it's kind in
New York, also the oldest and
Friday gave its SD annual dinner
in the Biltmore Hotel.
The Prime Minister of Canada,
the Right Hon. Louis S. st. Lau-
rent, was the principal speaker,
and the Counselor of the United
States State Department. MIR.
George r. Kennan, was among
others addressing the assemblage.
Mr.. Kenneth C. Bell. vice president
of Chase National Baf1f, Is presi-
dent of the society.
Conadion Embassy Lunch,
Mrs. Wrong came back yester-
day and was accompanied by Mr..
Arnold Smith. member of the
Canadian delegation to the United
Nations, and Mrs. Smith. The
Smiths are guests at the Embassy
over today.
The Ambassador will return the
middle of the week and with Mrs.
Wrong will be host at dinner Fri
day evening. another in the series
of informal fetes they have
planned.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Sonora de Berkemeyer are plan
ming two Of their small and in
formal dinner parties before Ash
Wednesday and will be hosts Tues
day evening and again Thursday
evening.
The Thai Ambassador and Prin-
cess Wan Waithayakon will give
a dinner party tomorrow evening
in honor of the Director of the
ONCE of Philippine and Southeast
Asian Affairs and Mrs. Charles
S. Reed II.
The Swiss Minister and Nine.
Bruggmann gave a buffet supper
last evening for young people en-
tertaining for a group of visitors
from Switzerland who are staying
with them for few days.
The Commercial Counselor of
the Canadian embassy and Mrs.
John H. English will entertain at
dinner Saturday evening preced-
ing the dance of the Canadian
Club of Washington. The dance
will be given in Wardman Park
Hotel but the Englishes will enter
tain in their home on Fulton
street. Their guests will be Ca
nadians and will include Air Vice
Marshall Campbell of the Cana
dian Joint Staff and Mrs. Camp
bell, the Air Attache of the en-
bassy and Mrs. Hendrick. the
Naval Attache and Mrs. Lay, the
Commercial Attache and Mrs.
Maddox, the Financial Counselor
and Mrs. Parkinson, and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. T. Lackey, the latter
president of the Canadian Club
and Mr.. Lacky, treasurer of the
VA Se%AAAL0bA014s
Absent From CopitoI
The Australian Ambassador and
Mrs. Norman j. o. Maxim will be
In New York for another fortnight
as the former is attending the ses-
sions Of the Social and Economic
Council of the United Nations.
The Danish Ambassador, MIR.
Henrik de Kaufman is expected
back this week from a short stay
in his homeland. After few days
In Washington he and Nine. de
Kaufman will have a vacation.
The Egyptian Ambassador and
Mime. Abdul Rahim left Friday by
plane for Cairo and expect to re-
turn the latter part of March.
The Attache of the Swedish EN-
bassy, Miss Berit Stiernstedt, will
leave the end of next week by
plane for a two-month vacation
in Sweden.
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Miss Fritsche
| And Miss Erwin
lFeted at Dance

Mrs. Richard Dear, wife of Brig.
Gen. Dear, and their daughter.
Miss. Frances Dear. were hosts at
a tea dance from to 8 yesterday
in honor of Miss Hope Erwin.
whose marriage to Mr.. Macdonald
Goodwin will take place Saturday.
Miss Margaret Fritsche, whose
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Fritsche, recently moved to Wash.
ington, shared honors with the
bride-elect and members of the
bridal party were included In the
list of guests. The dance was
given in the Officers Club at Wal.
ter Reed Hospital.
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Garden Pigrinooge
Is Set for ApriI

The annual Georgetown Garden
Pilgrimage will take place April Is
and Is. On each day, 10 different
gardens will be opened to the
public for the benefit of George
town House, settlement for chill
dren at 1924 N street. 49,.
Mrs. Warren Ege will be chair
man of the event and among those
serving on the committee will be
Mrs. Llewellyn Nicolson, Mrs. John
Only. Mrs. Burton Oppenheim and
Mrs. Gerard Reilly.
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Cocktail Porty

Col. and Mrs. Harold C. Don
nelly will give a small cocktail
party Friday at their apartment
in Alexandria.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. A. c. Dali
ton were the guests in whose
honor Col. and Mrs. Thomas H.
Lowe entertained at dinner Thurs
day.
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zone for the money,
TDo for the slloW,
Three to get ready
And four to co."

That's the theme of the man.
moth fair to be staged by the
Air Force Officers Wives Club in
the Fort Myer gymnasium on
March 8. Proceeds will go to-
ward dedicating an airmen's room
at the Soldiers, Sailers'. Marines
and Airmen's Club at 1015 I
street, and each of the 800 mem
bers of the officers wives club has
been asked to donate something
that can be sold and something
to be exhibited.
= The lone for the money" items
may be homemade foods, crafts
needlework or other articles that
would attract customers at the
fair. And the "two for the show
idea. which originated when the
club decided at first to give a
hobby show, can be all sorts of
interesting things designed or COL
lected by the members themselves
or by any one in their families.
The husband of one member has
an interesting collection of trains
which he'll exhibit. Another Of
ficer will add glamor to the scene
with his home grown orchids.
and numerous paintings in water
color and oil will be not only on
view, but for sale too, at the ben
eft.
The gymnasium doors will be
opened promptly at 2 o'clock, and
for an hour every one will have
an opportunity to look around and
make purchases. From 3 until
4 there will be an Air Force Band
concert. and from 4 until 5 the
Air Force "fedglings" show
youngsters between the ages of
2 and II years..
Teen-Aee Show
The Air Force Orchestra will
give a concert between and 6
o'clock, and between 6 and 7 the
teen-agers will put on a show.
The final auction and distribu-
tion of door prizes is scheduled
for the hour between 7 and 8
o'clock. when the fair closes. Mrs.
Laurence S. Kuter, whose husband
is commander of the Military Air
Transport Service, is chairman of
the Program Committee for the
fair mrs. Hoyt Vandenberg is
honorary president of the Air
Force Officers Wives Club and
Mrs. Merrill D. Burnside is pres
ident.
In between plans for the benefit,
Mrs. Kuter is busy with arrange
ments for another event which is
to take place this week. Every
third Wednesday of the month
she receives the wives of officers
newly-assigned to the Andrews
Air Force Base or the Military Air
Transport Service. This month
she's enlarging the party so as to
not only the newcomers
but all the wives whom she hasn't
entertained. The guests
will number about $50 and honor
guests are to be three young
brides. Mrs. Baylus B. McKenney,
daughter of Mrs. Howard Ramey
and the late Gen. Ramey; Mrs.
r. D. Sims and Mrs. F. c. Shef-
deld.
Refreshments and decorations
will carry out the valentine motif |
and pouring between the hours of
; and 5 o'clock on Wednesday will
De Mrs. Caleb v. Haynes, Mrs.
Paul hartman. Mrs. Chester Moo
nav, Mrs. William Jones and Mrs.
Julius Kolb.
'renuptioI Parties
Two of the busiest people in
Washington these days are Patty
Moore. daughter of Brig. Gen.
md Mrs. James E. Moore and her
lance. Jim Shanahan. In between
arrangements for their wedding,
which is SCHEDULED for next Satur-1
lay. there's been a party almost
every day for this popular young
couple.
Mrs. Charles L. Bolte gave
arge kitchen shower Wednesday
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Birthday Dinner

The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Omar N.
Bradley, and Mrs. Bradley will
celebrate the formers birthday an
niversary today at a dinner in
their quarters at Fort Myer for q
group Of close friends.
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Upper centerD
Rainy ,oeather doesn't Keep Gray from doing
her share in operating the Thrift Shop OF
the Board OF ST. Johns Orphanage of the charities to
benefit from the shotU at Hit Mansion
Evening star., 1950-05-30

quitoes, he says. We have
checked with old Collingwoodites
all of whom assure us there are
no mosquitoes. I hope this is cor
rect. Personally, I am skeptical
We had mosquitoes in Connecticut
last summer. but this is not Con-
necticut. Besides, people do not
worry too much about insects
Come to think of it, the summer
theater has always been referred
to as the citronella circuit and
it has grown larger year after
year. Mosquitoes are no worry,
really. But the rain :"
If the latter will only go away
for tonight's opening of Strictly
Dishonorable" with film actress
Gloria Jean. Collingwood will have
a first night to lay away against
the next rainy day-which it hopes
will be in August.
AS the first of the areas sum-
mer drama spots to open, Col
lingWood is planning a nine or ten
weeks season, with a resident stock
company playing principally to
audiences drawn from the North
ern Virginia suburbs.
If the weather is favorable and
that nylon cover works out, it
may decide to hold on longer.
X y
A memo from ParamnlInt'S Ri
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showino

STAGE.
New Gayety-"Brigadoon";; $50
pm.
SCREEN.
Ambassador-"Colt .45";; 1:25,
$3.50. $50, 7:35 and GAS pm.
Capitol-"Ma and Pa Kettle Go
to Town; II am. 1:45, 4:30, 7:15
and 10 pm. Stage shows; /, 3:45.
$50 and 9:15 pm.
Columbia - "The Kid From
Texas; 1885 am, lis, 8, 4:4o,
6:25. $40 and $50 pm.
DupOnt-"City Lights: 1880
am, 1880, $3.50. $50. 7:35, s:40
and 1885 pm.
Keith's-"Wagonmaster":: 11:4o
am. LAS. 3:45, 5:45, tbs and $50
pm.
Little "City Lights; 1880
am. 1870, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan - Kill the Um-
pre-: 11:15 am, 1:50, 4:35. 7:15
ana you pm.
National "A Woman of Dis
tinction"; 1885 am, 1885, 3:35,
5:35, 1880 and $50 pm.
Palace-"The Big Hangover:
11:40 am, lao, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45
and $50 pm.
Playhouse-"No Sad Songs for
Me-; II am, 1925, 1928, 5:25,
7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Plaza I'll Trovatore"; 1915
am, 1925. 2:45. sos. 7:25, e:25
and 1885 pm.
Pix-"Sands of Two Jima";; $3.50.
$50 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux THE Bicycle
Thief; II am, l, 2:40, 4:25, $3.50,
$40 and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"Colt .45";; 11:40 am,
1:40. 3:45, 5:45. 7::50 and $50 pm.
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drama departments eyes. He
merely answered a question to
the best of his ability and. as
every one knows, this so often
raises another question. Usually
an unanswerable one.
What are you going to do when
1t rains?" Mcneil was asked.
WELL" said Mcneil, who has
watched it rain almost steadily
ever since Collingwood decided to
60 summer theaterish, that's a
problem. In fact, it never lets up
either raining or being a prob
lem. We keep hearing of things
we might do. Just today. we heard
Of something in nylon. had never
heard of nylon as a summer thea
ter covering. Everything else, but
not open-alr theater roofing. May.
be it does this, too. don't know.
I only know I'm getting neurotic
with the rain. However, I will look
into this nylon thing. We've got
to do something"
A man worrying about enough
nylon to keep 400 theater GUS
toners dry naturally should be
spared even one more plaguing
question. He should have been.
but he was not.
What about mosquitoes?" he
was asked.
well, we have investigated mos
Evening star., 1950-05-30

fus Blair, who writes regularly and
calls most irregularly these days,
brings this department the in
telligence that the film- title prob
lem is infinite in its complexity.
Even as between English speaking
counties, one title frequently will
not serve.
The specific case he cites is that
of Paramount's race relations
screenplay, tagged in this country
THE Lawless." That would not do
for London, which would have re-
garded the picture as one more
out-and-out gangster film. Over
there, THE Lawless" became THE
Dividing Line"
For r. BIS information, we like
the London title better.
X X
Speaking of London-there are
any number of ways to fill a holi-
day column-it will be the scene
tonight of "Brigadoon's" 500th
performance before still-capacity
audiences. 1t will also be the 10th
of the "a performances for the
sensational musical at the Gayety
which company, incidentally, has
the two original London male
leads. These are Phil Hanna and
James Jamison.
If anyone has not read, or heard,
"Brigadoon" is the happiest book
ing the Gayety has had, and to
miss it is to make a wretched mis-
take.
{ X X X X
You never realize how time
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marches on more sharply than
when the eye falls upon such a
small, out-of-the-way item as that
Noel Coward has been in show
business for nearly IS years. He
made his first movie. believe it or
not, in 1917, for D. w. Griffith. It
was called Hearts of the World" "
and except for '"The Scoundrel'
was Coward's only American ap-
pearance before a camera.
Coward, whose latest film, 1.-The
Astonished Heart" will be COM
ing to Washington shortly, has
achieved the ripe middle-age of
so.
The Theater Guild in the per-
sons of Lawrence Langner and
Teresa Helburn can spend the
summer concentrating on their
rural production center at West
port, Conn. BY next Saturday
night the Guild will have fairly
we'll ended its current operation on
Broadway. with three closings
within the space of eight days.
Last Saturday marked the dis
appearance of Arms and the
Girl" the single Guild musical of
the season, and II Know My Love"
and LAS You Like It" will suspend
for the summer at the end of this
week.
Both productions, the former
with "the Lunts," and the latter
with Katherine Hepburn, will
launch road tours in the autumn.