Evening star., 1952-05-03
Final Benefit
Is Given by
Black Tie

Vienna and cafe Mozart"
turned the Sulgrave Club into a
vertible Austrian city last evening
when the BLACK Tie held its final
charity affair of the season.
Proceeds from the dance. at
which 400 were expected, will go
to the D. C. Society for Crippled
Children.
The colorful murals. depicting
street scenes in Vienna and into
which caricatures of the COM
mittee members were painted,
were executed by Christa Kabitz
Won der Oder, recently of Ger
many.
The "Cafe Mozart" was on the
right. off of the foyer. The tables
were covered with gay red and
white checked table cloths and
decorated with wine bottles. Ap-
propriately garbed walters served
breakfast to the guests at 1890.
From that hour until the 2::3O
ending. beer and wine were served.
A beautiful lavender Viennese
clock. with jeweled pendulum and
face. stopped on the dot of IL mid
night. and the waltz contest got
underway. Judges for the contest
were former Austrian Minister
Edgar Prochnik, DR.. Wilfried Plat
!, zer, Counselor of the Austrian
Embassy. who substituted for the
Ambassador, DR.. Loewenthal, who
had to go to New York last eve
ming, and Mrs. Morris Cafritz. The
latter arrived just in time from
her home. where she and her hus-
band had entertained at dinner
for the Vice President and Mrs.
) Barkley. There were "a in the
|, dinner party.
u To Devron's lifting music, $50
couples took the floor for the
waltz contest. Winners of the
first prize-bottles of Kirschner
wine-were Christa Kabitz Won
der Oder, dancing with Parr John
son. More wine went to winners
of the second place. Mrs. Judson
BoWles and Hal Crowell. Third
prize-a beautiful book of Aus
trlan SceneS-Was won by Betty
Baker, one of the Baker twins"
who tWirled with Bob Schmirtz.
All of the prizes were donated by
the Austrian Embassy.
Among those entertaining be-
fore the dance were Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Spencer Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Preston Wire and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Nakasian, the latter the
former Patty Prochnik. Among
the Nakasians guests were DR..
and Mrs. Platter, Austrian Coun-
selor and Mrs. Lemberger and the
Venezuelan Minister Counselor and
i Sonora de Otanez.
i The Davis guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Buckingham, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Stieffel, Comdr.
: and Mrs. Conway Hunt, Mr.. Larry
Helm, the Davis two houseguests
from Pittsburgh. Mr.. Lee Lord
Chandler III, and Mrs. Brown
Berkeley; and Mrs. Davis brother-
: in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
, E. Frederick Mechlin.
j Mrs. Wire came from her Ocean
Beach, Fla, home so that she and
her husband could entertain the
: spinsters, bachelors and married
couples making up the BLACK Tie"
committee. The scene of this large
gathering was the Wires Spring
Valley home.
Among the spinsters invited for
the 1880 o'clock party were Juliet
Ansberry, Lyn Cooley. Christa
Cabitz Won der Oder. Eleanor Bur-
ton. Margret Thors, Elizabeth
Mckenzie, Joan Exnicios. Patsy
Bride, Gloria Gilman. Libby Nc
Guire and Stevie Watt.
; Bachelors included on the list
were 1t. Comdr. John Arlington.
Eugene Owens. James F. Nichol-
son, Eugene Barnes, James Cam
pion, George Cole -Toomey, Bow
doin Craighill. Alfred Nelson.
Randolph Rouse, G. Anderton
Burke and Al Blaine Clarke.
Young marrieds in the group in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rond-
enberg. Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory
Aires, the John F. Jordans, Mr..
and Mrs. Meade c. Patrick, the
William Rodenbergs, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Merriam and Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Mahoney.