Evening star., 1951-12-30
Winnings Will Honor
Hoyt Vondenbergs
Corps Members Arrange Other Parties;
Many Families Together for Holidays
By Evelyn M. Dent

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Where ever possible families
and old friends will meet together
to mark the passing year. and
members Of the armed services
always mark 1t as a happy occa-
sion when they can do SO.
The Vice Chief Of Staff, Gen.
Nathan r. Twining, U. s. A. F.,
and Mrs. Twining will be hosts on
Friday at small dinner in their
quarters at Fort Myer. Their
honor guests will be the Air Force
Chief Of Staff and Mrs. Hoyt s.
Vandenberg.
The Twining family were home
together this past week. 1t.
Richard Twining came from Reese
Air Force Base. Tex, and will
return there tomorrow. Miss Olive
Twining is at Woodrow Wilson
High School, and Mr.. Nathan
Alexander Twining. who has been
at Stuyvesant School, Va, will re-
main at home after the holidays
and attend Western High School.
The Assistant Deputy Chief Of
Staff, Development. u. 8. A. F.,
Maj. Gen. James E. Briggs. and
Mrs. Briggs came from March Air
Force Base, Riverside, Calf, Gen.
Briggs last post and are at home
at 5013 Sherrier place. NV. They
got settled in time to have their
son, Cadet Briggs. jr., down for
the holidays from West Point,
where ne is a second year man.
Mrs. Briggs mother. Mrs. F.
Siedel of Rochester. N. Y, arrived
on Sunday and will return home
early in the New Year.
! CobeIIs Plan Fete
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles P.
Cabell will see the old year out
| in company with their friends
and Mrs. Cabell's sister. Mrs
Donald Dunford, whose husband
Col. Dunford, is still In Korea.
| Col. Dunford took time out to
see that Mrs. Cabell and his wife
received q beautiful orchid lei to
wear tomorrow evening when they
attend the annual dinner dance
at the Army Navy Country Club.
Included in their party also viii
be Col. and Mrs. Walter Bright
and Capt. Kenneth Hampshire.
OF much interest in Marine
circles here is the expected visit OF
1t. Col. Douglas Drysdale, Royal
Marines, who arrives in this coun-
try at the end of the week to spend
six months or longer as an in
structor at the Marine Corps
School, Quantico.
| Col. Drysdale holds a Presiden-
tial citation as well as the British
D. S. o. for his part in stopping
the attempted development of the
Marine Division in Korea. Nc
doubt members of the Corps in
Washington will entertain him be-
fore he is received by Gen. and
Mrs. Clifton B. Gates at Quantico
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Richard C
Lindsay are expecting their SON.
in-law and daughter, Pfc. and
Mrs. Robert P. Palioca from West
over Field, Mass. today.
Gen and Mrs. Lindsay returned
from Europe Christmas eve. Gen
Lindsay attended the N. A. T. O
conferences in Naples, while Mrs
Lindsay visited friends in France
England, Germany and Italy. In
London she was with Maj. Gen
and Mrs. c. v. r. Schuyler, who
recently left Fort Myer for their
new post, and Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Munroe McCloskey.
On her way through Germany
Mrs. Lindsay visited Mai. Gen. and
Mrs. Truman Landon and their
son, Perry Dwight. And in Weis-
baden she was the guest Of Brig
Gen. and Mrs. Millard Lewis.
Before joining her husband in
Naples. Mrs. Lindsay visited Maj
Gen. and Mrs. David Schlatter In
Florence. where they are stationed
and their daughter Ann and he1
friend Nancy Foulks are attending
school. and Col. and Mrs. Edward
Suarez, who have one Of the most
beautiful houses in Florence.
Fomily Reunion
The Chief Of the Bureau o1
Ordnance, Rear Admiral Malcolm
Francis Schoeffel and Mrs. Schoef.
fel for the first time in three year.
had their family together oyI the
holidays. Miss Marianne Schoeffe.
arrived from Wave Officer Train.
ing School at Newport, R. l., anc
has received orders to report or
Wednesday to the Navy Depart.
ment here. Miss Sally Schoeffel
came from Montana, where she
has been training horses, anc
their son. Midshipman Peter Var
Ruyter Schoeffel, a second year
man at Annapolis, came home fol
the festivities.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John Week
erling had their son. Mr.. John H.
Weakening with them over the
holidays. He will return to the
University Of Virginia on Wednes-
day. Mrs. Weckerling expects to
leave this week end for Dexter,
Mo-, to spend some time with their
lson-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and