Evening star., 1952-11-27
Society News:
By Katharine M. Brooks


Thanksgiving, the holiday for
home celebrations with family and
close friends this year. finds the
President and members Of his
official family spending the day
in typically American fashion.
President and Mrs. Truman with
their daughter, Margaret, said
their thanks in st. Thomas
Church this morning when the
rector, the Rev. Harold Sedgwick,
led the service. st. Thomas is the
church where the late President
Roosevelt was a member of the
vestry when he was Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy. and where he
attended services frequently dur
ing his administration.
The Truman family. with few
of their close friends. will have
their Thanksgiving dinner this
evening in the State dining room.
Dinner ot Hospitol
Vice President Alben w. Bark
ley is rapidly recovering from the
operation on his eye in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, where he went two
weeks ago. Mrs. Barkley will be
with him through most of the day
and will have dinner with him
there.
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son probably is spending the day
at work as the United Nations
does not recognize our national
Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Acheson
is with him in New York.
Secretary of the Treasury Sny-
der and Secretary of Defense
Lovett are exceptions to this Gus
tom of family celebrations for
Secretary Snyder is out of town,
leaving Mrs. Snyder here at home.
This is reverse with the Secretary
and Mrs. Lovett as she is in her
New York home and he is staying
here.
Postmaster General and Mrs.
Jesse M. Donaldson are having
their Son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer S. Carpenter,
and the Jesse M. Donaldsons, jr..
with the three grandchildren.
Visiting Friends
Interior Secretary and Mrs
Oscar L. Chapman are spending
the day with close friends in
nearby Maryland and Agriculture
Secretary and Mrs. Charles F
Brannan. who are neighbors OF
the Chapmans in the Westches-
ter, are spending the day al
home preparatory to their trip tr
Mexico.
Secretary of Commerce anc
Mrs. Charles Sawyer are in theil
Westchester apartment for the
day and Secretary of Labor anc
Mrs. Maurice Tobin have gone tc
their Boston home for the holi-
day and week end.
Secretary of the Army and Mrs
Frank c. Pace, jr., are out Of
town for the holiday and over
Sunday. They are planning to
move to their recently acquired
farm near Vienna, Va, by the
very early spring and perhaps
even by Christmas.
Secretary of Navy and Mrs. Dan
A. Kimball are here but will
spend Christmas in their family
home in Los Angeles.
Secretary of the Air Force and
Mrs. Thomas K. Finletter are
having home Thanksgiving din
ner but are preparing to return
to their New York home in
January.
Von Roijens Hosts
Netherlands Ambassador anC
Nine. van Roijen were hosts al
dinner last evening, entertaining
in honor of the Prince of the
Netherlands, who arrived in Wash.
ington late in the afternoon
Prince Bernard came from Mexico
where he spent a short time fol.
lowing a tour of South America
He will have a physical check-ur
at Walter Reed Hospital and plan.
to be in New York over Sunday
with his brother and sister-in law
the curator of the metropolitan
Museum and Mrs. Ashwin Lippe
The Prince will fly home to bt
with his children and family fcl
st. Nicholas Day, December 4.
Guests at dinner last evening
included Director of the Mutua
Security Agency and Mrs. w
Averell Hartman. Secretary o.