Evening star., 1952-01-13
By Evelyn M. Dent

An ancient sage wrote REST is
well and rest Is strong, but change
is fullness to the song" and that
seems to be the sum total of those
in the Armed Services nowadays.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John Ell
more have returned from Austria
where Gen. Elmore has had a
four-year tour of duty, being sta
toned for the most part in Vienna.
He will relieve Brig. Gen. Ridgely
Gather as Chief of Operations
Division, Office of the Assistant
Chief of Staff, G-3.
Gen. and Mrs. Elmore with their
daughter, Jane, arrived last week
end and have taken a house at
AIS Que street. Their son, Sergt.
John S. Elmore, u. S. A. F., is sta
toned at Rome, N. Y, and their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul L. Ryan are at Tucson.
Ariz. The family hopes to be at
home together in the early sum-
mer.
Gen. and Mrs. Gather are stay
ing at the Martinique for a few
days before Gen. Gather leaves
for his new assignment as Com
manding General, 18th Airborne
Division, Fort Campbell, KY. Mrs.
Gather will stay at their home
at West River, Md, for a while,
and join the General later in the
year.
On Friday at z to 9 o'clock re-
ception at Hop Hall, Officers Club,
Fort Myer, Gen. and Mrs. Elmore
were welcomed and Gen. and Mrs.
Gather were hidden farewell. In
the receiving line with the hon
orees was the Assistant Chief of
Staff. G-3, Maj. Gen. Rubin E.
jenkins and Mrs. Jenkins.
Among the more than 200 at
the party were Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Clyde D. Eddleman, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Herbert B. Loper, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Stanley R. Nickel
sen and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. G. j.
Higgins.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Bradley expect Mrs. William
Chickering, sister of Gen. Bradley,
from her home at Tudor City, :.
N. Y, tomorrow to spend a few
days. Gen. and Mrs. Chickering
are well-known in Washington,
having lived here a goodly number
of years before deciding to move to
New York.
Coast Guard Commandant, Vice
Admiral Merlin O'Neii and Mrs.
O'Nein have returned from a
short vacation. visiting in Pensa-
cola and Hillsboro, Fla.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Urban
Niblo were in town, arriving last
week end after five years in Japan,
where Gen. Niblo was Chief of
Ordnance. They are now at Fort
Monroe. and expect to visit in
town frequently.
They stayed with Col. and Mrs.
Thomas McGregor, who also had
Col. Hugh Elliot of Norfolk, Va,
as houSeguest. Among those who
gave a small dinner for them were
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Ernest M.
Brannon and Col. and Mrs. Sum-
ner Smith. Col. and Mrs. Russell
Duff also entertained a small
group in their honor.
1t. Gen. William M. Hoge was
in town over the week end, staying
at the Officers Club, Fort Myer.
Gen. Hoge is en- route to his new
assignment after tour of duty
with the Far Eastern Command.
He will be the new commanding
general of the 4th Army at Fort
Sam Huston, Tex.
Col. and Mrs. Arthur T. Lacey
were hosts at dinner on Friday to
1t. Col. and Mrs. Werner Aurell,
who have just arrived from Tokyo.
Their guests were all old friends
who were stationed together in
Japan. They included Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. John O'Brien of Aus
tralia and Col. and Mrs. Russell
Duff.
Col. and Mrs. Aurell have found
a house temporarily on Arling-
ton Ridge road and expect to find
more permanent quarters shortly :.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Russell B.
Reynolds entertained at dinner
last evening at the Shoreham in
celebration of their wedding an
niversary. Included in the guest