Evening star., 1952-02-03
Last Farewell
Said byEnvoy;
Other Parties


Mrs. M. AZ. n. Ispahani said their
final fareWells to the officers andl
.non-gazetted members of their
embassy staff yesterday afternoon.
The informal cocktail party wasl
given In the home Of the Ambas-
sador and he and Mrs. Ispahanii
and the others of their family will
leave tomorrow for New York enl
route to his new post as High
Commissioner In London.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Ispa-l
hani were given Al similar party
the afternoon before when the
non-gazetted members Of theI
stad called to wish them well and
present the Ambassador with al
bronze desk set fittingly engraved.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Sonora de Berckemeyer will bel
hosts at dinner Thursday evening, |
February II.
The YugoSlav Ambassador andl
Mime. Popovic gave the last Of
three dinner parties last evening"
when those in the company were
Senator and Mrs. Hubert H.
Humphrey. Representative and
Mrs. Eugene j. Mccarthy, Deputy
Undersecretary of State and Mrs.
Carlisle II. Humelsine, the Execu-
tive Vice President of the Ameri-
can Red Cross and Mrs. James T.
Nicohon, the Press Counselor of
the embassy and Mime. Drndic
and the Commercial Counselor
and Nine. Nikezic.
The Ecuador Ambassador and
Sonora de Penaherrera will be
hosts at cocktails this evening
from 8 to 8 o'clock entertaining .
group OF State Department ofn-
cials and diplomats.
The Indian Ambassador and
Mrs. B. II. Sen will be the guests
Of honor at o buffet supper
Thursday evening when the Public
Relations Attache and Mrs, p. L.
Bhandari will be hosts.
MIR. and Mrs. Bhandaria gave a
similar party last Thursday for
the new chief Of the Information
Services, Mr.. O. Rahman and Mrs.
Rahmam, The Rahmans renewed
q number ot acquaintances made
seven years ago when Mr.. Rah-
man was head of the Indian
Agency General. .%s Ii
Mr.. and Mrs. RahmaR have
taken q house in the 3400 block
Of Eturdevant street. +
The Philippine Ambassador
designate and Mrs. Romulo. who
are In their home on Garfield
street until tomorrow or Tuesday,
were guests of honor at an after
noon party yesterday. The hosts
were the Charge d'AffaireS and
Mrs. Melquiades J. Gamboa and
the members of the embassy staff.
The party was given in the en-
bassy on Sheridan Circle which is
in readiness for the new Chief of
Mission and Mrs. Romrlo.
The Ambassador designate and
his wife win leave later this week
for Paris where the fermer will
attend the closing sessions of the
United Nations. On his return he
will be received by President Tru-
man.
Two very popular members OF
corps have returned from vaca-I
tions in other 1andstlie First
Secretaries cf the N0rNegiAn and
the Panarnanian el11bassiest Mr..
Elovius Maneof and Eenorita
Anita Ramirez -Duque. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hangor have been absent for
two months, spending the time IN
Paris, Switzerland and Norway.
Senorita Ramirez, who was
charge d'affaires here for her
country during the summer. spent
six weeks on the Isthmus, going
home in time for Christmas with
her family.
Greek Envoy Host
The Greek Ambassador. Mr..
Athanase Politis, honored his
countryman, Mr.. Constantin Kara
manlis, who is a Deputy in the
Greek Parliament and a former
minister of defense, at dinner last
evening. Sharing honors with
the Deputy were two other natives
of that country, Lady Cresfeld.
now of London and Nine. Dora
Stratou, all visiting the Capital for
brief stays.
Mr.. Karamanlis is staying with
the Ambassador. Lady Cresf1eld
is with the Greek Minister and
Nine. Lambros over Sunday and
Mime. Stratou came to Washing
ton as o State Department guest
and will be OF Monday for Holly
wood. She is a leader in the
theater and has come here toll
study methods Of production and
staging.
The Ambassador ranking guests
were Secretary of Agriculture andI
Mrs. Charles r. Brannan, Senator
and Mrs. George Malone, Under
secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Edward II. Foley, jr.