Evening star., 1951-01-07
Speaker Feted
On Birthday
Anniversary
Dale MiIIers Hosts
At Annual Gathering
Bv Ann Cline

A very pleasant event that has
become an annual affair took
place last evening when Mr.. and
Mrs. Dale Miller entertained in
honor of fellow Texan, Speaker
Sam Rayburn.
The 5 to 7 o'clock party, to
which around $50 people were in
vlted, was held at the Women's
National Democratic Club. Incl
dentally. the gathering was in Gel
ebration of the Speakers birth
day-this being his 69th.
The buffet table had an attrac-
ton this year that has been lack
ing IN the past. Arriving just in
time fol Mrs. Miller to arrange it
was a set of ceramics depicting a
scene of Texas ranch-cow-
hands. steer. and all. 1t occupied
the center of the table, which was
ladened with all sorts of tempting
food that Texas hostesses are not
ed fer.
Assistants at Party
Lending the hostess an able as
sist were five ladies, all Texans
and all mutual friends of Mr.. Ray
burn and the Millers. They were
Mrs. Tom Clark, Mrs. Lyndon
Johnson, Mrs. Eugene Worley,
Mrs. Clark w. Thompson and Mrs.
S. Raymond Wire. A final de-
lightful touch was added by
sUrolling musician.
Among those on the invitation
list, which included members of
Congress, Army and Navy and
residential circles, were of course
all of the Texas delegation and
their wives-Senators Tom Con-
nally and Lyndon B. Johnson, and
Representatives Wright Patman,
j. M. Combs, Lindley BeckWorth,
j. Frank Wilson, Olin E. league,
Tom Pickett, Albert Thomas, Clark
w. Thompson. Homer Thornber-
ry, w. R. Poage, Wingate H.
Lucas, Ed Gossett, John E. Lyle,
jr., Lloyd M. Bentsen, jr.. Ken
Regan, Omar Burleson, Walter
Rogers, George H. Mahon, Paul J.
Kilday and o. c. Fisher.
OF course the honoree's sister,
Miss Lucinda Rayburn, was en-
hand for the festive occasion and
others asked to drop by were the
Secretary of the Army and Mrs.
Frank Pace, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Lewis A. Pick, Associate Justice
and Mrs. Stanley Reed, the AS
sistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. George C. McGhee, the
Chairman of the National Security
Resources Board and Mrs. W.
Stuart Symington, Senator and
Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson, the Ad-
ministrative Assistant to the Pres !
ident and Mrs. Donald S Dawson
and Senator and Mrs. A. S. M. |
Monroney.
Congressman Attend +
Also invited to drop by were
Senator and Mrs. John L. Nc
Clellan, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ash,
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Barnes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T. BARLEY,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Bifne, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Hale Boggs,
Representative and Mrs. Frank
Boykin, Mrs. Fred A. Britten, Mr.. |
and Mrs. James H. Purdy, Mrs. o. |
Max Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Buchanan, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Muth, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Carroll
Cone, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Markell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Morris, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Parker, the
Special Counsel to the President
and Mrs. Charles S. Murphy, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Tompkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sherrod.
Still others were Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy st. Lewis. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert j. Smith, the Assistant to the
President and Mrs. John Steel
man, Mr.. and Mrs. David Stowe,
Mr.. Baskin Timmons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Westbrook, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Bergman, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Considine, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sherlock Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Freer, Mr.. and Mrs. C. j.
Mack, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
John B. Pearson. jr.; Mr.. and,
Mrs. Fred Morrison, and MANY
others.