Evening star., 1951-12-24
|Pre-Christnus
Parties Held
Around Town
BY lsobelIe Shelton

Christmas trimmings twinkled
brightly In several sections Of
town yesterday. as Capitalites en-
tertained their friends at pre-
Christmas parties
Two large Christmas trees-one
in the living room, the other in
the basement recreation room
set the holiday note at the cock
tail-buffet dinner given by Capt.
Ciriaco Montana, Philippine AS
sistant Armed Forces Attache,
and Mrs. Montana in their at
tractive Leesgate road home. The
party was an extension Of the
celebration Of Philippine Armed
Forces Day, with officers and en-
listed men Of the Philippine
Armed Forces as guests Of honor.
Lighted Christmas trees and q
wooden Santa Claus in the front
yard greeted friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Thomas Clagett before
they even entered the front door
|of the hosts Chevy Chase home.
The buffet supper was planned in
honor Of Miss Betty Burton. due
to arrive home on leave from her
position with ECA in Paris. But
lit had to proceed without her
because the lie de France was two
days late in docking in New York.
Another large Christmas tree
this one covered with white snow
and decorated with blue and
American beauty red lights and
ornaments-was the center Of at
tention in the Connecticut avenue
apartment Of Mrs. Parker w.
West. who entertained about $50
friends at afternoon tea.
Decorated trees, both outside
and inside the house, welcomed
about 40 friends of Mrs. Kelley
Ansberry, who were invited to drop
by any time between 4 and 10
o'clock and sample the hostess
exotic "Guatamalan punch" Here,
too. the party proceeded without
it's intended guest Of honor, in
this case, Mrs. Frederick Spencer
of San Diego, Calf. Mrs. Spencer,
the former Katharine van Wart
OF Washington, had to postpone
her proposed trip East because
Of illness.
Another party on yesterdays
crowded calendar was a buffet
lunch given by Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Clay at their attractive
Hunting Towers apartment in
Alexandria. Mrs. Clay marked the
Christmas season by attaching all
the Christmas cards she and her
husband had received to two large
Chinese silk squares on the wall.
A native Greek dish, "dolmads"
small bite-sized confections of
rice, meat and onions wrapped in
grape leaves and covered with a
white sauce-prepared by the
Clay's excellent Greek cook. were
the main food attraction. The
hosts also served eggnog.
Among those invited by the
Clays were the First Secretary Of
the Spanish Embassy and Sonora
de Espinosa, Mrs. vladimir Rybar,
Mrs. Lee Murphy. Mr.. Dimitri N.
Lambos, Minister Counselor of the
Greek Embassy. and Mrs. Lam
bros: Admiral and Mrs. Thomas
j. Kelly. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy st.
Lewis. and Capt. and Mrs. Gale
Gregg. Capt. Gregg was United
States Naval Attache in Greece
when Mr.. Clay was there as Dep
uty Chief Of the ECA Mission to
Greece. Mr.. Clay is now a special
adviser to ECA.
Another exotic dish-this time
from the Philippines-was the
piece de resistance at another of
the Sunday fetes. this time the
Montanos party marking Philip
pine Armed Services Day. The
special treat was "adobo" (pork
and chicken mixed. with q sauce
OF vinegar. pepper and garlic). In
addition there was shrimp curry
and the traditional turkey and
ham.
The Philippine officers and en-
listed men for whom the party
was given are in this country
military questions at