Evening star., 1951-07-08
Fete Honors
Gen. WitseII,
Bergin
By Evelyn N. Dent

A party given as a farewell to
popular Army officer and to
welcome his successor took place
Friday afternoon at Fort Lesley
j. McNair, when the officers of
the Adjutant Generals Office en-
tertained in honor of Maj. Gen.
Edwin F. Witsell and Maj. Gen.
William E. Bergin.
Gen. Witsell retired June 80
after more than 80 years in the
service. He has been Adjutant
General since 1946. Gen. Bergin,
who is succeeding him. has been
chief of personnel, Bureau of the
Adjutant Generals Office.
Several hundred guests attended
the 6 to 8 party. Assistant Sec
retaries of the Army. Karl R..
Bendetsen and Earl D. Johnson
were there and among others were
the Chief of Staff and Mrs.
j. Lawton Collins, Vice Chief of
Staff and Mrs. Wade H. Haislip.
Deputy Chief of Staff and Mrs.
Charles L. Bolte and the Comp
troller of the Army and Mrs.
Raymond S. McLain.
Also on the guest list were 1t.
Gen. and Mrs. R. Huebner, Maj :.
Gen. and Mrs. G. I. Back, Mai !.
Gen. and Mrs. A. r. Boiling. Mai
Gen. and Mrs. E. M. Brannon, :,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robinson E..
Duff, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert
H. Dunlop, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Herman Feldman, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. E. L. Ford. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Harold N. Gilbert, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Frank A. Heilman. Mai
Gen. and Mrs. Anthony c. Nc
Auliffe. Maj Gen. and Mrs. P. J.I
Mueller. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Roy
H. Parker, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Floyd L. Parks. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Lewis A. Peck. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Miles Reber, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. James Ulio, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. William E. Chickering, Brig
Gen. and Mrs. John Klein, Brig
Gen. and Mrs. B. M. McFaydenI
and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. EustaceI
M. Peixotto.
SCOTS Entertained
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stanley L.
Scott were the honor guests at al
theater and supper party given by
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Gillette onI
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gillette and their
guests took in the performance OF
Summer and Smoke" at the Nc
Lean Theater, after which they
entertained at their home. Then |
guests also included the cast Of
my Sister Eileen which will
open at Mclean on Monday.
Others in the party were Col
and Mrs. Lloyd Meilenz and their
daughter, Mrs. Roberts Pendle-
ton, Of Macon. Ga. 1t. Meilenz,
jr.. Miss Sylvia Shattuck, and |
Cadet Wilbert Scott, son of the
honorees who is here from West
Point. !
Comdr. and Mrs. Edward P.f
McLarney have taken a house
near Catholic University while /
Comdr. McLarney is here on
special assignment from his post
at st. Adams Hospital. They are
now settled here for a while with
their children. Moreland, Patricia,
Michael and Ann.
Mrs. Joseph o. Whiting and
Miss Maud Moreland, aunts of
Comdr. McLarney. gave an at
home for them to introduce them
to their Washington friends.
Among the more than 100 guests
who dropped in for the S o'clock
fete were Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Charles Brannan, Dis
trict Commissioner and Mrs.
Joseph Donohue, Judge Edward
Curran and Mrs. Curran, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. E. H. Hedrick
Representative and Mrs. George
Grant and members Of the diplo-
matte corps and residential circles.
Comdr. and Mrs. James Hamil-
ton Cruise are looking forward to
introducing their newly arrived
son, James, jr.. to his grand
parents. Brig. Gen. A. M. Prentiss,
U. S. A., retired. and Mrs. Prentiss
Of Hartford, Conn.
Read Admiral and Mrs. Herbert
Seymour Howard are not expected
back in town until some time in
The late autumn, in the meantime
their house on 36th place is occu-
pied by Vice Admiral and Mrs.
Jerauld Wright.
Mrs. Howard is in England
making the acquaintance of her
very new grandson, Howard Rob-
ert Balloch, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Balloch. Mrs. Bal
loch is the former Mary Chase