Evening star., 1952-01-20
Two Parties Hosted
By the SiIverthorns
Bride-Elect Potricio Hickey Is Feted;
Col. Williams Gets lndo-Chino Duty

ton in the ballroom >at the Of
|flcers Club. Fort Lesley j. McNair. :.
Their guests will be the officers
and their wives of the foreign
liaison branch Of the general staff
The round of parties for Miss
Patricia Ann Hickey continues.
The daughter of the Chief of In
formation, U. S. N, Rear Admiral
Robert F. Hickey. and Mrs. Hickey
is to be married on Saturday tot
I'd 1t. William Bruce Cook,
U. S. M. c., son Of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Sterling Cook Of Boston.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. John B.
Pierson, jr.. will give a 6-to-8I
O'Clock party on Thursday for
members of the wedding party
and close relatives of the young
couple in their Spring Valley
home.
Admiral and Mrs. Pierson have
had as their house guests Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Wendell Switzer,
who came up from Norfolk
Tuesday to be on hand to greet
Capt. and Mrs. George Anderson
who few in that day from Paris.
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Switzer
are sisters. The Switzer's re-
turned to Norfolk on Thursday.
but will be in town again on Fri
day, and will attend Miss Hickey's
wedding Saturday.
Capt. and Mrs. Anderson are
presently at the Hotel Shoreham
for a few days before returning
to France where Capt. Anderson
is on Gen. Eisenhower's staff.
Capt. and Mrs. Richard H. Phil
lips will entertain the bridal party
and out-of town guests at an after
rehearsal supper. Miss Suzanne
Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Phil
lips is bridesmaid, also Miss Sue
Mcguire. Mrs. Alden Yates is
matron OF honor. Out-of town
guests include Mrs. Jefferson D.
Beard of New York, sister Of Mrs.
Hickey; Rear Admiral and Mrs.
John P. Whitney of Norfolk, Va:
DR.. and Mrs. Harold Hirshland of
Portsmouth, Va: Mrs. william
Ball of Long Island, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth L. Rawson of New York
and Mrs Barton Meyers Of Nor
folk, Va.
On Tuesday, Mrs. John D. Price,
wife of 1t. Comdr. Price enter
tanned at tea for Miss Hickey.
Comdr. and Mrs. Price have also
had as their house guest Mrs. A.
K. Morehouse. mother of Mrs.
Price. who arrived on Monday
from visiting in New York and
Connecticut and left on Thursday
to join her husband, Rear Admiral
Morehouse at Pensacola, Fla.
Williams to Leave
Col. and Mrs. Norman T. VIII
liams are looking forward to Col.
Williams new assignment in
Indo-C China. Meanwhile, Col.
Williams will arrive tomorrow
from the Quartermaster School
at Fort Lee and will stay at the
Army and Navy Club for 10 days
while he is at the Pentagon. Mrs.
Williams and her daughter, Miss
Anita Fletcher are remaining at
Fort Lee.
Col. and Mrs. Williams have
many friends here and at Fort
Lee and no doubt their going will
touch off a round Of parties. The
Quartermaster Board held a re-
ception and buffet supper for
them on Friday and last evening
1t. Col. and Mrs. Robert l.. Har-
ley, Maj. and Mrs. George w.
Backus and Mai. and Mrs. John
w. Irving we're hosts at fare
well party in their honor at the
Oficers' Club, Fort Lee. ~s,.'
On February 16, Col. and Mrs.
Williams will be hosts themselves
lat a farewell party at the club.
Col. Williams will leave March S
for his new post. Mrs. Williams
and Miss Fletcher will stay in
Washington until suitable quarters
have. been found in Saigon.
Mr.. Nigel Mathieson enter
tanned at supper Friday in the
home of his parents, Brig. Gen
and Mrs. Sorry Smith. Among the
guests were Miss Mona Bohemian,
Miss Sheila Smith. Miss Jean
IWigglesworth and Miss Eleanor
Kenny. Also there were David
lKnollys, George DENLY and An
thony Bethel.