Evening star., 1952-04-21
Society News:
By Doisy Sheridan

1t is the fifth time in six genera
tions that a future debutante will
have the name Henrietta Virginia
Vandergrift. This young lady will
arrive in Washington this Sunday
with her parents, Maj. and Mrs.
James Kirwan Sullivan.
Mrs. Sullivan is the former Miss
Virginia Summerlin and is well
remembered here as a debutante
and later as one of the best
hosteSSeS of the young married
group. The Sullivans have been
at Fort Benning, Ga, where Capt.
Sullivan was stationed. They will
be visiting Mrs. Sullivan's par
ents, Col. and Mrs. Horace Ben
jamin Smith.
The reason this name missed
a generation was not due to fam
lily rebellion but to the lack of
daughter. The ladyless age was
during Mrs. Sullivan'S fathers
era. If the new f1ve-month-old
addition doesn't like her pretty
name she will have to blame the
start Of it all on her great-great-
great grandmother. who was the
first Henrietta Virginia Wander
grift.
Ceremony Moy 4
Miss Sullivan will claim herr
name officially on May 4 when she
will be chriStened. Following the
ceremony she will meet many of
her mothers and fathers old
friends at a cocktail party they
will give. The event will take
place from 6 to 8 at the Smiths
Wyoming avenue home.
The only damper to the happy
reunion is that come June 3 the
man of the family will be off for
Turkey. Mrs. Sullivan and the
baby hope to join him eventually,
however.
In the meantime summer plans
are well organized for them. Mrs.
Sullivan'S maternal grandmother,
Mrs. George Julian Zolnay, has
just bought a place up in Tuxedo
Park, N. Y, and the whole family
will journey there for the hot
months.
There is bound to be q lastl
minute furor, for making the trek
there will not only be the Smiths,
the two Sullivans, mother and
daughter, but the Smiths young
twin daughters, Melissa and Lu-
cinda.
billions Here Briefly.
To go back to this past Sunday
there were parties galore CENTER
ing around diplomats and service
folk.
Causing quite a stir in WASH
ington's social life was the arrival
in town on Saturday afternoon of
the Augusta billions of Ecuador.
He was the Ambassador to the
United States two years ago and
is now his country's envoy to the
Court of st. James.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Dillon made their visit all too
short and left for New York this
morning. While they were here
they stayed at the Sulgrave Club
as the Charge d'Affaires Of Eeua-
dor and Sonora de Moscoso had
just moved into the Embassy and
as yet were not entirely settled. |
Embassy Fete
This state of affairs did not stopl
them from giving a large recep-
ton in honor Of the billions yes
terday, however. The party was
staged from 6 to at the En-
bassy for about $50 of the billions
friends.
The hostess greeted the guests
wearing an afternoon dress of
navy lace over white pique,
fashioned with a white pique
halter collar. Her jewelry was
pearls. The residence was dressed
up in spring flowers of every
variety.
Among the diplomats expected
were the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Lequerica, the Envoy
from Peru and Sonora de
Berckemeyer, the Costa Rican
Ambassador and Sonora del
Oreamuno and the Ambassador
from Chile and Sonora de Nieto
del Rio.
Others were the Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Miller.