Evening star., 1951-03-01
By Katharine M. Brooks

The Minister of Religious Affairs
of Israel, Rabbi Yehuda l.. Mai
mon, was the guest in whose honor
the Israeli Ambassador and Mrs.
Abba Eban entertained early last
evening, The reception was held
in the home of the Ambassador
and Mrs. Eban at 1878 Myrtle
street and the guests numbered
about 125.
Rabbi Maimon received with the
Ambassador and Mrs. Eban. the
latter wearing black taffeta with
a coral necklace set in gold. The
buffet table was laid in the dining
room and customary delicacies
were to be found on the buffet
table.
The guests invited to meet Rabbi
Maimon were unlike the usual
company at Embassy receptions
as there were so many members
of the clergy. These included
Mai. Gen. Roy Parker. chief of
Army chaplains; Army Capt. Louis
Barrish of the Chaplain Corps,
the Rev. DR.. Edward L. r. Elson,
pastor of the National Presby-
terian Church; Chaplain Donald
C.. Beatty, the Rev. DR.. c. Leslie
Glenn, rector of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church on Lafayette Square:
Mr.. Robert Van Deusen of the
National Lutheran Council. Mr..
Frank A. Hall of the National
Catholic News Service and Mr..
Frank Reissig of the National
Council of Churches.
The Assistant Secretary of
State, Mr.. Burton Y. Berry, in
charge of Near Eastern. South
Asian and African Affairs. was
among those from the State De-
partment at the reception. Also
among the guests were the rabbis
of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregations.
Venezuelan Honors Given
The Venezuelan Ambassador
and Sonora de Araujo were hosts
at late afternoon party enter
tanning about $50 guests at 6
o'clock. The occasion was the
presentation of the award of the
Order of Francisco de Miranda by
the government Of Venezuela to
five men of outstanding attain
mentS.
The Ambassador made the
presentation to the Nicaraguan
Ambassador, DR.. Guillermo Sevilla
Sacasa; the Honduran Ambassa-
dor, DR.. Don Rafael Heliodoro
Vale; the Rev. Joseph F. Thorn
ing and former Postmaster Gen.
eral James A. Farley. Father
Thorning is pastor of st. Joseph's
Church at Carrolton Manor, Md,
and recently was awarded an
honor by the Spanish government
for his part in the re-establish-
ment of diplomatic relations be-
tween that government and the
United States.
The Mexican Ambassador to the
Organization of American States,
DR.. Luis Quintanilla, who until
recently was chairman of the
Council of the OAS. also was
presented an award. The presen-
tation was made by the Ven
ezuelan Ambassador to the OAS,
DR.. Rene Lepevanche Parparcen.
Invited to witness the ceremony
and remain to congratulate the
recipients were Assistant Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Edward
G. Miller, jr.: Chief of Protocol
and Mrs. John Farr Simmons. the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Thomas c. Mann,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren S. Atwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kring and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bainbridge C. David.
The British Ambassador and
Lady Franks had a small group
of guests at the tea hour yester-
day honoring members of the crew
of the British jet bomber which
recently broke the Atlantic record
The Ambassador will leave to-
morrow for England, his first trip
home in nearly two years. He
will be absent several weeks and
will join Lady Franks and their
daughters in time for Easter.
Guests of the Ambassador and
Lady Franks at dinner this eve
ming will number 18 and will in
clude the Greek Ambassador, Mr.
Athanase G. Politis, and the head