Evening star., 1950-04-30
Corps
Ladies Plan
Fete
Louis Johnsons
To Be Guests
OF BrodIeys
By HettY Murphy

once a month at lunche0n foI-
lowed by bridge or canaSta. q
fashion show. or some other form
of entertainment. But never be-
fore have they had a three ring
circus"
So Mrs, William P. Pence.
chairman Of the party to be held
Tuesday at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club, and the members of her
decided it would be .
good idea to have one at the May
party.
For six months they've been
busy making clowns. bears on
roller skates. bareback riders, ele-
plants and giraffeS. which will
parade" down the center OF the
tables in much the same manner
as real performers. And with the
help of Ringing Bros. who have
furnished banners and posters for
the occasion, the circus theme will
appear as authentic as under the
big top itself.
MAo NAt NC ID. LAWFUL. NAlOSC
husband is deputy chief signal Of
ficer, will act as hostess at the
luncheon and will introduce Nine.
Raza, wife of the Military and Air
Attache of the Pakistan Embassy.
who will give talk on My Coun-
try and Its Women"
An afternoon of fun is promised
by Mrs. Pence and her committee.
which includes Mrs. Victor A.
Conrad, Mrs. Cary J. King, jr.:
Mrs. George E. Pickett. Mrs. Ken
meth M. Gonseth, Mrs. Charles r.
Fell, Mrs. M. Duncan Harris. Mrs.
Henry J. Schneider. Mrs. John @.
Urban. Mrs. Luther j. Ross, Mrs.
Douglas H. Carter and Mrs.
Holland.
Wives of newly-arrived officers
or those who haven't yet received
an invitation may make reserva-
tions with Mrs. Albert Pige.
Porties for Admiral Ferreri
With all the parties that have
been given in Washington this
spring and all those already
planned for the next few weeks.
the city itself resembles a three
ring circus"-so much of interest
is going on all the time and in SO
many different places. Right now
the Chief of Staff OF the Italian
Navy. Vice Admiral Emilio Ferreri.
is visiting the Capital and being
wined and dined by officials.
Today Rear Admiral Felix r.
johnson will entertain at a lunch
con in Admiral Ferreri's honor
and late this afternoon the Naval
Attache of the Italian Embassy
and Signora Baslini will be their
countryman's hosts at cocktails.
Mrs. johnson has left for a
months trip abroad. so Mrs. Cara
ESpe. whose husband is Admiral
Johnson's deputy. will act as host
ess at the luncheon at the Army
Navy Country Club.
The other guests will be Rear
Admiral Espe and Rear Admiral
Ferrante Capponi. Rear Admiral
Carlo Tallarigo and Capt. Ales-
sandro Michelagnoli. who accom-.
panied Admiral Ferreri to this
country; the Naval Attache and
Signora Baslini, Vice Admiral and
Mrs. John w. Roper. Capt. and
Mrs. Floyd F. Ferris. Capt. Joy
Hancock and 1t. Jean Walker of
the WAVES. Mrs. E. G. Fullin-
wider. Capt. and Mrs. C. T. Mauro,
who recently returned from Rome
where the former had been Assist
ant Naval Attache. Comdr. and
Mrs. Peter Belin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Morton Rose. Mrs. Hamilton
Bryan and Mrs. Ruth Tarrant.
On Thursday the chairman Of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Mrs.
Omar N. Bradley will give a dinner
in honor of the Secretary Of De-
tense and Mrs. Louis johnson, and
the following Wednesday Mrs.
Alexander D. Surles will be hostess
at similar party honoring Mrs.
Perle MeSta. Minister to Luxem-
bourg. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Will
liam D. Connor have two cocktail
parties on their agenda, one on
May 8. the other May II.
CocktoiIs Todoy
Members Of the service set will
HE themselves in several direc-
tions today. for the cocktail parties
being given by Col. and Mrs.
breckenridge A. Day. Col. and
Mrs. George w. Hinman, Col. and
Mrs. Albert J. Mandelbaum and
Col. and Mrs. James s. Willis.
And on Tuesday Capt. and Mrs.
George B. Gelly will entertain at
dinner honoring Arthur Beau
mont. well-known painter who was
an official Navy artist during the
war and now is the guest of
Comdr. and Mrs. Boyd S. Brooks.
Comdr. and Mrs. Brooks and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bittineer
already have entertained for the
visitor, who is here from his home
in California.
Marty Gelly, who will be mar
ried on. May 81 to Ed Waller. will
be honor guest at a shower which
one Of her bridesmaids. Vicki
Brashear, will give today. Mr..
and Mrs. John B. Phelps will
at cocktails in her honor
on May l8 and Mrs. julien N.
Friant will give q luncheon ON
the twenty-third.
1t. Gen. w. H. H. Morris, COM
mander in chief of the Caribbean
Command. and Mrs. Morris were
guests of honor at a cocktail party
given Thursday by Col. oliver
s. Wood at the Kennedy Warren.
Capt. and Mrs. w. H. Won
Dreele gave a buffet supper last
night for Rusty and Andy Kerr.
daughter and son-in-law OF Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Louis Dreller.
who have been here briefly on
their way from Honolulu to Phila-
dPlnhia After turn y,nnrthr 10, kL~