Evening star., 1952-09-07
Service News:

The new deputy commandant OF
the Industrial College Of the
Armed Forces, Brig. Gen. Burton
M. Hovey. and Mrs. Hovey will be
hosts Friday at a reception and
buffet supper. The $50 pm. party
will be the first in their new home
Quarters 5, at Fort Lesley J..
McNair.
Gen. and Mrs. Hovey. with their
daughter Sandra, recently re-
turned from Buenos Aires. Argen-
tina, where for three very interest
ing years Gen. Hovey was senior
Military and Air Attache. Wash
ingtonians find them no strangers
though, as prior to the foreign
duty they were at Boiling Air Base,
where Gen. Hovey was command
ing general of the Air Force Head
quarters Command. Young San
dra hopes to enter immaculate
Seminary this fall.
The reception and buffet supper
has been planned in honor Of the
officers of the staff of the Indus
trial College and their wives and
the faculty members and their
wives. This will be the first IN
series of such affairs the Hoveys
will give this coming season.
The deputy chief Of naval opera
kione Wire Admiral Francis S, Low.
and Mrs. Low were hosts Friday at
a 6 to 8 pm. party in their quar-
tiers at 1900 E street.
Guests were asked to meet the
new head of the British Naval
Staff, Vice Admiral Cecil C..
Hughes-H -Hallett. c. B., c. B. E..
who has replaced Admiral the
Honorable Cyril Douglas-Pennant.
Admiral Hughes-Hallett expects
his family to arrive from England
Saturday next, when they will find
he is well established. having
taken the house Of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. John Bartling Pearson.
ir.. on Rodman street. Mrs.
Hughes-Hallett, with their chill
dren. Deborah and Andrew, will
come to town directly from New
York.
Admiral Hughes-Hallett was
host at dinner Thursday enter
tanning the Commander Of the
Military Sea Transportation Serv-
ice, Vice Admiral William M. Cal
laghan, and Mrs. Callaghan. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Richard F.
Stout, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Gore
Booth, and 1t. Hugh Guy Cubitt,
his aide.
Other Admirols Entertain
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clark
L. Green have as their house guest
for ten days, Miss Barbara Locke
of Long Beach, Calf. Their
daughter, Mrs. Warren F. Brown
of Oxnard, Calf, is visiting her
parents for a short while during
1t. q. g. Browns tour OF duty IN
the Philippines.
This week their sons, Ensign
Green, Jr., and Ensign Richard
Green, are here from their station
at Newport. r. I.
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Laurance
r, DuBose are entertaining this
week end Mr.. William McNevln
of Tampa, Fla, who arrived Fri
day for a short visit. Mr.. McNevin,
while he was in the Navy, was
Admiral DuBose's aide.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Walter
e. Moore have gone to San Diego.
Calf, where Mrs. Moore will stay
for part of the time that Admiral
Moore is at sea.
Capt. and Mrs. Bernard F..
Roeder have received word that
Mrs. Roeder's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Fitch Of Coronado.
Calf, will arrive in town Sep
tember IS. Well known in Navy
circles and with a host Of friends
In town the Fitch's have decided
to stay at the Mayhower. Mrs.
Roeder is planning several parties
in their honor, one of the first will
be for her parents own very close
friends and the family.
Comdr. Kenneth G. Beggs en-
tertained Wednesday at a 6-to-8
o'clock party in his home for