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Evening star., 1952-10-02
Society News:
Diplomats Parties
Lead Social Scene
Swedish Envoy Returns; indians Hosts
On Ghondi's Day; German Visitors

from their homeland. The IA
women came to this country ir
the exchange program of this
Government and invited to meet
them were women writer's of news
covering this Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Krekeler received
the less than so guests, and the
visitors, most of whom speak ex-
cellent English. were nearby tc
chat with the guests as they came
in.
In the group of visitors are DR.
Paula Ahlemeyer and Miss Agnes
Schaudinn of Dusseldorpf; Mrs
Ursula Binder of Muldorpf Obj
Mrs. Eva Care of Oldenburg, Mrs
Hedda Ehlers of Baden
DR.. Imma Won Guenther o1
Bremen, DR.. Marie -Cecile Schultz
Strathaus and DR.. Ursula Diepger
of Dusseldorf Oberkassel.
DR.. Luise Haselmayr with Mrs
Else Reventlow. Miss Imogen Segel
and Miss Anneliese Steinhoff OF
Munchen were there and also
Mrs. Gerda Morberger-Krauttel
of Koln- Rickendorf and Miss An
neliese Eiserle of Frankfort Main
Another German party this
week was that which the Com
mercial Counselor and Mrs. AL
bert F. Ernecke gave Tuesday in
the Chancery at 1744 r street
NV. Their guests numbered less
than 80.
Evening star., 1952-10-02
CTcling the Countryside:
|Out-of- 7 own Guest Honored
AT Party Before Auction

listened to Chauncy before going
in to the magnificent buffet.
Among the guests at Kinloch
were Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iddings
of REQ Venado, Darlington, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Knox ano
Capt. and Mrs. w. r. Gaines. The
Iddlings, Gaines and Knoxes were
in the consular service together
and have now started farming
together. for better or for worse
Mr.. Knox. who is the retired
Consul General to the Dutch West
Indies, and Capt. Gaines both
have bought farms near Warren.
ton and are particularly interested
in stock cattle.
Comdr. and Mrs. Tim Brinn OF
Hereford, N. c., were among the
Dancers guests. Comdr. Brinn i.
interested in starting a purebreo
herd in his part of North Carolina
as there is only grade stock being
bred there now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Thamson
OF Forrest, Va; Mr.. and Mrs. e. F.
Eldridge Of Orange. Va: Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sproul Of Middlebrooke
Va; Miss Agnes Tilghman Of the
Eastern Shore, Md, and Gen
and Mrs. o. o. Niergarth ot
Washington were others at Kim
loch who attended the preview o1
the stock. Hubert Phipps, editor
Evening star., 1952-10-02
BY Dolores Phillips

Cattle Wed this week with
horses for the stage out in the
Virginia country. At Kinloch, neal
The Plains, the potential beef
steaks put ON a preview Sunday
before q select audience from
Chicago to North Carolina.
H. M. Dancer, advertising tycoon
of New York and Chicago and
owner Of Kinloch, sold his reg.
istered Hereford herd, which i,e
established some years ago with
his son-in-law, Harold Morency
at public auction Monday after
noon. But, like any good show
the critics were given a chance tc
view the cast before the actual
performance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dancer and Mr.
and Mrs. Morency entertained q
number Of out-of-state and local
breeders and those interested in
starting pure-bred herds. at 9
cocktail-buffet on Sunday after
noon. Softened with Virgins
hospitality, the perspective buyers
looked over the stock, which hac
been corraled on the grounds
around the main house, anc
gathered later on the terrace ir
back Of Kinloch. While discussins
the merits of the herd, they
Evening star., 1952-10-02

of The Eastern Breeder; Mr.. and
Mrs. Tunney Fox, who are rent
ing the Calvert home in Warren
ton, and Mr.. and Ms. George
Robert Slater of Upperville were
there representing the local group.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Langhorne
Wiley, the John Talbots. jr.. and
Reggie Vickers, jr.. were others
from around MiddIeburg and The
Plains. Reggie's father. DR.. r.. j
Vickers. sold his Hereford herd
at another auction in The Plains
on Tuesday.
The Morencys. who have been
living at Kinloch while managing
the farm for Mr.. Dancer, have
bought a farm between Marshall
and The Plains. They will move
into their new home after it has
been remodeled and the Dancers
will continue to commute between
New York and Kinloch.
The Mclean Horse Show, one of
the last in the Northern Virginia
circuit. drew a large crowd to the
Madeira School ring on Saturday
and. unique as far as horse shows
went this year, was over while the
Exhibitors and spectators could
lStill see one another. Lunch was
served on the grounds and eaten
in, or out, of the boxes. The Ed
ward Howerys held an impromptu
luncheon party in their box for
Brig. and Mrs. Richard Barry of
the British embassy. the three
little Barries. Judge and Mrs.
Charles Hamel Of Mclean and Mr..
Evening star., 1952-10-02

Walter Shappell. The Howerys,
who returned several weeks ago
from Europe to their place in
Fairfax county, are back in the
swing of activities with Fairfax
Hunt. Fairfax has started their
clubbing and, according to Jack,
(Howery), has had excellent luck
in stirring up foxes. The Howerys
will be co-hosts with other men,
bers of the hunt at q dinner party
to be given Saturday night in the
hunts new club house ct Sun
set Hills. De Long and Smith
Bowman, with the Hamels, How
Ierys, Carl McCardles and c. D.
Todds were among other box
holders at Madeira. Mr.. and Mrs
Bayard Evans gave a dinner after
the Mclean show for the judges
and committees.
Evening star., 1952-10-02

very well keep three active young
boys cooped up in a Chicago
apartment all summer long,"
So they began spending Their
summers in New Mexico, at q
spot not far from Taos, and last
year they took the big plunge and
started building their own adobe
house on their own four acres oi
land in Taos. There is a simple
cottage now on the property
where they lived this summer
while the work was going on. The
new house should be finished by
next summer.
Boys Helping Build House
It isn't much of an exaggera-
ton to say the Mitchells are
building their own house." Ma
tives, who are also their neigh
bors, and who are old hands al
adobe construction. are doing
much Of the work. But all three
Mitchell boys helped out this
summer, among other things haul
ing so tons of mud to be used
for the 24-inch-thick walls.
Michael also laid the brick floors
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Activities
At Corcorun
Gallery

The Corcoran Gallery Of Art will
inaugurate its season tomorrow
when the officers and board of
directors will entertain at tea
Although there will be no formal
receiving line the Director of the
Gallery and Mrs. Hermann
Warner williams. jr.. and the as
Isistant Director and Mrs. Henry
B. Caldwell are expected to act
as hosts
The tea will be given in the
Atrium of the Gallery and taking
IA turn at the tea table will be
Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr.,
wife of the president of the board
and wives of other members OF
the board including Mrs. Corcoran
Thorn, Mrs. John Oliver LaGorce
Mrs. Rudolph Max Kaufman
Mrs. George E. Hamilton, jr. and
Mrs. Robert Vedder Fleming.
The tea tomorrow also will in
|augurate two exhibits. Mr.. Andrea
Pietro Zerega will show his paint
ings and there will be an exhibit
of Parties in Power" which is 9
collection Of cartoons and "politi-
cal prints" from 1920 to 1860. Mr.
zerega, who is a graduate of the
Corcoran Gallery School of Art
and has been a teacher at the
Catholic University, will be present
tomorrow.
Assisting through the tea hour
will be Signora Luciolli. wife OF
the Italian Charge d'Affaires;
fSignora Ortona, wife of the Coun-
ISelor of the embassy, and Signora
Paresce. wife of the Press Attache
Others from the diplomatic circle
who are expected tomorrow are
Nine. Demont. wife Of the Tech.
nical Adviser Of the French EN-.
bassy; Mrs. Sydney D. Pierce
wife Of the Canadian Minister
and Mrs. George Ignatieff, wife
OF the Counselor. and Mrs. j. A
McCall-Judson, wife Of the First
Secretary of the British embassy
Invited to assist also are Mrs
Henry Cabot Lodge, Mrs. Estes
Kefauver, Mrs. William Bundy
daughter of Secretary of State
and Mrs. Dean Acheson, Mrs
James T. Bergman, Mrs. Petel
Belin, Mrs. Christian Herter. Mrs
McCook Knox, Mrs. Newbolc
NoyeS, Mrs. William Creighton
Peet. Mrs. Samuel Biddle. Mrs
Norman Hitchcock, Mrs. Franklin
K. Lane, jr.. Mrs. Berkeley Sim.
mons and Mrs. Gerhardt val
Arkel.
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Miss WMhoite
Becomes. Bride

The Shrine Of the Most Blessed
Sacrament was the scene recently
of the marriage of Miss Manila
Jane Willhoite. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Ray Willhoite
of Chevy Chase, to Mr.. Charles
Early Potts. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. c. Orie Potts of Airing
ton. The Rev. Charles D. German
performed the ceremony after
which a reception was held at the
home of the brides parents.
Miss Mary Margaret Wade was
the maid of honor and serving Mr.
Potts as best man was his cousin
Mr.. James T. Baker. Ushers were
William Potts, brother of the
bridegroom and Mr.. Larry Baker.
The couple went to Canada or
their wedding trip and will reside
in Paris where Mr.. Potts is EN-.
ployed by the State Department.
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Mary Baldwin
|AIunnue Tea

The Washington Alumnae Assoc
citation of Mary Baldwin College
will hold a founders day tea on
Saturday afternoon in the studio
of John j. Greer, interior deco
|rator, at 1912 Potomac street NV.
The program feature will be .
showing Of interiors for fall.
Out-of-town guests expected in
clude Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Day Of
the Art Department at Mary Bald
win; John Daffln. business man
ager of the college: Miss Mary
Moore Pancake. publicity director,
and Mrs. Dorothy Bridges. alum.
nae secretary.
Edmund D. Campbell, president
of the Board of Trustees, and Mrs.
Campbell. former dean Of the col.
lege. also are planning to attend.
Taking turns at the tea table
will be Mrs. John w. Browning.
Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Clifton b.
Gates. Mrs. Andrew B. Evans, Miss
Mary Evans, Mrs. Charles r. Fen.
wick, Mrs. Mish Ganong. Mrs.
Francis w. Hill. jr., Miss Nancy
Kirchner and Mrs. John H. Lyons.
The tea hours are from 4 to
Is pm.
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Stephen MitcheIIs Building Adobe House

Furnishings very simple. The bed
rooms will have built-in adobe
beds, while the main pieces in the
living room will be "bancos. /"
These are a type of bench made
of adobe mud which serves as a
sofa or divan.
10th Century Kitchen
The kitchen and bath will be
strictly Goth century. however,
Mrs. Mitchell says. The kitchen
cabinets may be of natural colored
wood instead of cleaning white,
the bathroom floor and shower
walls will be of brick, and the
bathroom fixtures will be in a
'suntan" color. But functionally.
these two rooms will be strictly
modern.
One Of the things she likes best
about an adobe house is the small
number of windows and the conse-
quent huge uncluttered wall area
for pictures. The windows are few
in order to cut down on heat pene-
tration, and with 24-inch walls
the window frames are of course
tremendously deep. Mrs. Mitchell
thinks she will use the beautiful
fringed Mexican shawls, rebezos,
for curtains.
She hopes eventually to fill the
large wall areas with paintings
from some of the many artists
who have moved to Taos such as
Ward Lockwood, Barbara Latham
and Thomas Benrimo.
In the distant future the
Mitchells would like to retire to
their Taos home, although they
figure that is mahy years of, after
their boys are married and gone.
Stephen is junior and Michael a
freshman at Cornell University
this year. while Tony attends
Loyola University in Chicago.
Young Tony is presently being
cared for by a housekeeper. All
is going splendidly. his mother
reports, except that he wrote hel
the other day complaining that
1T isn't like when you are here
We had red cabbage the other
night"
l You'd think it was poison" she
said.
Mrs. Mitchell's favorite hobby
is reading French. II do it all the
time. but I never seem to make
much progress" she says. when
someone speaks to me in French
I am just struck dumb"
I She is a native of Waterloo
Pa, where her father was a coal
and ice dealer. A graduate of the
University of Colorado, with an
English literature major, she took
advance work in teaching at Co.
lumbia University. She taught
elementary school for four years
in the rural district near Santa
Barbara, Calf, and then married
Mitchell, whom she had originally
known in high school in Waterloo
and met again while at Colum-
bia.
Evening star., 1952-10-02

The German Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. Heinz L. Krekeler gave
a party yesterday afternoon in
their home on Woodland Drive
for a group of women journalists
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Double Weddinu

At the Takoma Baptist Church
recently. Miss Joyce Hopper and
Miss Levine Hopper, daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hopper of
Takoma Park, became the brides
of Mr.. Troy w. Waldron and Mr..
James w. Drury, respectively. The
double wedding was performed by
the Rev. Herbert w. Baucom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldron will make
their home in Washington after
their return from a Florida honey
moon. After a Bermuda wedding
trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Drury also will
reside in Washington.
Evening star., 1952-10-02
SocietyNews:
By Kothorine M. Brooks

Swedish Ambassador Erik Bo-
heman returned to Washington
Tuesday from his homeland where
he has been through the summer
Nine. Bohemian Is visiting her Sis
ter. Nine. Raucher on the French
Riviera and will join him the
middle of the month. Their young
son Anders is returning to Wash
ington within the next week and
will resume his studies at
st. Adams School.
Miss Mona Bohemian, daughter
of the Ambassador and Nine
Bohemian is remaining in Stock
holm where she passed sixth in
the 400 contestants for admission
to the School of Fine and Applied
Art.
Farewells were said yesterday at
the party which the First Secre-
tary and Nine. Backlund gave in
their home on Corey place. The
guests of honor were the retiring
Cultural Attache and Nine. Tall
roth who will leave next week to
sail aboard the Swedish liner for
their homeland. Mr.. Tallroth will
fill an important post with
Sweden's participation in the Point
4 Program.
DR.. Marten Liljegren, professor
of art at the University of Lund,
who will succeed Mr.. Tallroth, will
arrive next week accompanied by
Nine. Liljegren.
Guests yesterday numbered
about 50 and were invited from
6 to s o'clock.
Burmese Porty
Burmese Ambassador and Mrs.
James harrington gave a recep-
tion last evening honoring the
Burmese Minister of Labor and
Housing, Mr.. M. A. Raschid and
the members of his mission. Min
lister Raschid and his II techni-
clans, who form tie mission, have
been here since Tuesday and will
remain for another fortnight.
Guests last evening included Of
ficials of the United States Labor
Department and Federal Housing
Administration as well as labor
leaders.
lndion Envoy Host
The new Indian Ambassador
and Nine. Mehta will give their
first large party this afternoon
when they will be hosts to about
200 guests in celebration OF the
anniversary of the birth Of Ma
hatma Ghandi. The company will
be mostly Indian residents in
Washington with a few others
closely allied to that country and
friends of the late leader, one OF
the great men Of his generation.
The Ambassador and Nine.
Mehta arrived in Washington
about two weeks ago and the
former was received by the Presi-
dent September "a.
KrekeIers Entertoin
The German Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. Heinz L. Krekeler gave
a party yesterday afternoon in
their home on Woodland Drive
for a group of women journalists
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Star Stah Photos.

in the kitchen-dining room. Those
and the living room floors will be
made of common house brick,
while the ceiling of the living
room is made of lattais. small
aspen poles laid in herring
bone pattern between long rafters.
Traditiona1ly, the native men
do the outside work. making the
main walls, while the women apply
the inside coating of adobe mud
which is white and somewhat re-
Isembles plaster, Mrs. Mitchell ex-
planned. Women also make the
Ifreplaces. of which there will be
lone in each room. Some are cor
Iner fireplaces which are particu-
Ilarly typical of that type of hous-
ling.
The house is small, containing
two bedrooms, a living room,
|kitchen-dining combination and
bath. Eventually the Mitchells
plan to fix up the small house now
on the property as a gueSthouse.
which will give them extra bed
rooms.
Mrs. Mitchell plans to keep the
Evening star., 1952-10-02

st. Georges Episcopal Church
in Arlington was the scene on
September 81 of the wedding of
Miss Elizabeth Hawes Lacy and
Mr.. Glen s. Faxon, jr. The Rev.
Hedley James Williams was the
officiating clergyman, and the re-
ception was held at the home Of
the brides aunt and uncle, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. j. Van Acker of
Arlington.
The bride is the daughter Of
Mr.. Arthur Lyle Lacy and the
late Mrs. Lacy Of Arlington and
Mr.. Faxon is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen S. Faxon Of Alexan-
dria.
The couple will reside in Airing
ton.
Evening star., 1952-10-02
By IsobeIIe Shelton

A genuine adobe house which
she and her family are building
in TAGS, New Mexico. is currently
the main enthusiasm of Mrs.
Stephen A. Mitchell, wife of the
new chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
At least. it is her chief enthu-
siasm next to the election of Gov.
Adlai Stevenson as President of
the United States and her hus-
bands part therein. -
Mrs. Mitchell has never her.
self been active in politics. But
she is completely sympathetic to
her husbands endeavors. and right
now she regards it as her job to
stand by and "see that Stephen is
taken care of and gets a home
cooked meal once in a while i"
Pursuit of this objective brought
her to Washington last week from
her home in Chicago, and will
keep her here until after the elec-
tion-eXcept for such times as
she and her husband may accom-
pany Gov. Stevenson on campaign
trips.
The couple has a small, very
attractively furnished apartment
on a quiet street across from a
park in the northwest section of
town.
Her own political career" lasted
for about 10 minutes, Mrs. Mitch
ell says. It was one day this sum-
mer, in Taos. shortly after her
husband had been named Demo-
cratic chairman. She was attend
ing neighborhood Democratic
meeting with her three boys,
Stephen. 20. Michael. Is, and
Tony, Is. and was asked to say a
few words. which she did.
Right then and there the boys
nipped in the bud any political
aspirations she might have been
nurturing.
No Nancy Kefouver
With the frankness of youth,
they told her she was a reverse
Nancy Kefauver," and had made
absolutely the worst political
speech" they had ever heard.
It was her first and last politi-
cal speech. the chairman's wife
says with finality.
Turning. then, to the house in
which she is so interested, Mrs.
Mitchell related how it happened
that a Chicago lawyer and his
family should be building an
adobe house in New Mexico.
1T goes back 20 years." she
said. stephen and I were driv-
ing back from a California va
cation. We decided to detour in
order to see Taos, because we
had heard so much about it. We
fell in love with it right away"
Several years elapsed before
they again saw Taos. But about
seven years ago "the time came
when we realized you couldn't
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Moved to ArIinoton

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Preston
Sommero and their children,
Robert James and Linda Anne,
have recently moved to Arlington
Village. Mr.. Sommero's mother,
Mrs. r. j. Sommero Of Abingdon,
Va, has been visiting him for the
lpast month.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-06
For Wesley Briggs

Elsewhere in this issue of The Sentinel brief obituary
appears which says that Wesley Briggs 49, Gathersburg
volunteer fireman died of injuries received in collision
February 81 while he answering fire CALL
Tragic you say? Yes it Tragic to read about, but
sheer and out tragedy to the wife, the three children
and the widowed mother whom Wesley Briggs left behind
You know everyone liked Wesley Briggs. He
steady going, hard worker-held the job at the
canning factory in Gaitherburg for IL He grew up
in Gathersburg, too went to school there and married
local gir-Myrte Phoenix Their three children H. r.
and g. They buying home Chestnut Street.
Aside from his home and family, Wesley Briggs-ever
since he kid-had one overwhelming urge-to fight
fires wherever tongues of flames licked out to destroy homes
and property of the hometown folks Why last year,
of the 233 calls made by the department, Wesley
hand for $50 of them He high in the depart
ment. He first captain too. Hewas proud of that 1t
sort of fitting climax for II years of service with
the boys who the fire engines in Gaithersburg
He active in the Gaithersburg Athletic Cuba
charter member in factand outfelder the baseball
team.
But ire-fghtng and family and baseball - all ended for
Wesley Briggs February Fl when he hand to
put out brush fire. Such small thing to die for
brush fire. Such waste brush fire. Except no
knows when brush fire will be wndanned into something
else No one knows that we'll as trained in fire.
fighting
Wesley Briggs neck was broken when he went out to
his last CALL Until he died Monday he had lain
in Suburban Hospital for ten days parayzed People who
knew him best think he would have rather gone his way
just he did than to have lived in world where there
could be movement.
Now there remains the problem of the family of Wes
ley Briggs the wife, the mother the three youngsters
Someone has to give them helping hand-a lift over th
rough places The Gathesburg Volunteer Fire Department
collecting funds to the hospital bills that piled up
to pay the funeral to smooth the way-a
bit-for Wesley Briggs family.
fund-for Wesley Briggs service to the community
Checks may be made the Wesley Briggs Fund or to
Gaithersburg Fire Chief Charles P. Fox. fund and
salute!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-06
Sgt. Fink Home
After Korea Duty

Sgt. LIST class Otha R. Fink, as
signed to the Military Police Corps
and son of Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge
Fink of Boyds, arrived home on
March after a tour of duty in
Korea.
Sgt. Fink was recently awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for "Meri-
torious Service in Connection with
Military Preparations Against the
Enemy during the period Novem-
Der l, 1851 to January go, 1852"
The award was presented by Maj
Gen. l.. l.. Lemnitzer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fink lost their
son, Robert, in Korea on August
6, 1850. They have three other
sons who saw service with the I'm
tied States Forces during World
War II. They are Paul +. Fink,
Gaithersburg; Talmadge G.. Fink
Fulton; and Lloyd w. Fink of
Boyds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-06
Senator O'COnOr to
Address Democrat
Club Next Week

The Hon. Herbert Il. O'Conor
U. S. Senator from Maryland, will
be the guest speaker at a meeting
Of the Young Democratic Club of
Montgomery County at the Glen
brook Club, Rockville Pike, Beth
esda, Monday, March 10 at 800
pm. Senator O'Conor's topic will
be "Your National Government"
with special reference to the youth
problem Of the nation.
The meeting Is one Of a series
Of programs planned to stimulate
interest in the problems Of govern
ment and to encourage the average
citizen to actively participate in
his government at all levels.
Senator O'Conor will be intro
duced by Mr.. Schell Hoye, Silver
Spring, who is vice-chairman Of the
program committee of the club.
The public is invited and refresh.
ments will be served following the
meeting.