Evening star., 1950-05-07
Envoy
Be Feted
AtLuncheon
Other Diplomats
Are Travellers
Here and Abroad
By Katherine M. Brooks

The retiring Greek AmbaSSa-
ior, Mr.. Vassili G. Dendramis. will
De the guest Of honor at luncheon
tomorrow Of the Turkish Ambas-
;ador. Mr.. Feridun c. Erkin. Gen.
.ral regret is felt at the retirement
If the Ambassador and Nine. Dem
iramis from the social scene in
he Capital. Had time permitted.
here would have been parties
iaily to bid them gay au revor.
However. farewell calls and super
gising packing have taken their
lime and they will be leaving be-
tore the end Of another week.
The italian Ambassador and
Signora Tarchiani will give a fare
we'll dinner party Friday evening
for the chief of the Italian Navy.
Admiral Ferreri. The admiral will
be here for a few days the latter
part Of the week. after a tour
Of the country. before taking Off
for his homeland.
Reception for Visitor
The Ceylonese Ambassador and
Mrs. G. c. S. corea are planning
a 6 to O'Clock reception for q
official from their home
land. The Minister of Transport,
Sir John Kotalawela. will stop
here a few days on his way to
an International Conference on
Civil Aeronautics, which will be
held in Montreal the end of the
month and early June.
The visitor will arrive May 23
and the following day the AM
and Mrs. Corea will en-.
tertain in his honor. Other par.
ties for him are in the planning
stage with no dates definitely
settled,
Another traveller viii come from
the other direction. Sir Patrick
Abercrombie will arrive this week
from England. He is making tho
trip to receive the gold medal OF
the American Institute of Archi-
,ects, the presentation to be made
during the organizations annual
meeting in Washington this week.
Sir John will be accompanied to
Washington by his daughter. Mrs.
Michael Ferry, and they will be
guests Of honor at a cocktail
party which Lady Hoyer-Miller
will give tomorrow. She is acting
as hostess in the absence Of the
and Lady Franks.
who are in the West and are not
to return before the lat
ter part Of next week. Sir Derrick
Hoyer- Miller is at home on a
brief business trip and will be
back in a few days.
Porties PIonned
Sir Edward Lutgens, who was
the architect for the present Brit
ish Embassy. also was awarded
the medal Of the Architects In
stitute.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Sonora de Berkemeyer are others
in the corps planning parties and
will be hosts at dinner tomorrow
and again Tuesday, May 16.
Also on the calendar is the
party which the Paraguayan Am
bassador and Sonora de Boettner
will give Sunday. May IA, to cele-
brate the independence Of their
country. The Ambassador and
Sonora de Boettner also will be
hosts Thursday evening, when
their guests will be some 40 mem
bers Of the Club Americas.
There will be other parties in
the near future which the Costa
Rican Ambassador and Sonora de
Jimenez will give for the
latter's mother and sister, Sonora
de Bice Benedictis and Sonora de
Vera Franco. The visitors ar
rived Friday from Central Amer
lea and plan to spend several
weeks at the Embassy.
At last there Is word of the
return Of the Uruguayan Ambas-
sador and Sonora de Dominguez-
Campora. who have been in their
South American home for four
months or more. They will sail
Friday from Uruguay and are ex-
pected to arrive in New York
about the goth.
The Swedish Ambassador. Mr..
Erik Bohemian. will be back to-
morrow or Tuesday from his
homeland where he has been for
q comparatively short time. He
will join Nine. Bohemian In Wash
lngton and they hope to move into
their new Embassy before the end
Of the week.
The retiring Burmese Ambassa-
dor has improved In health enough
TO leave the hospital and return
10 the Embassy. He and Nine.
So Nyun expect to leave Wash
ngton for their homeland early
next week. The Ambassador has
resigned his post here because of
MS Ill health.
In Switzerland
The Dominican Ambassador and
Sonora de Thomen have arrived
n Geneva. Switzerland, where the
former will be his countrys dele
gate to the World Health Confer
ence. Following those sessions.
he Ambassador and Sonora dc
rhomen will motor through sew
.ral European countries. They
Will be absent until about the first
If July.
The Indian Ambassador, Mrs.
9andit. Is In New York for this
week. and the Irish Ambassador.
Mr.. John j. Hearne, will be back
;oday from a short stay In that
,ity.
The Finnish Minister and Nine.
Iuttla. with their daughter Vappu.
are in Ithaca, N. Y, where they
vent Friday. The Minister will
make several speeches at Cornell
University and they plan to be
back In the Capital the middle