Evening star., 1952-04-21
Society News:
James Su||ivons to Visit
Col, Mrs. Horace Smith
Child to Be Christened While Here;
billions Honored; Other Parties

Mrs. John F. Simmons (Mr.
Simmons. Chief of Protocol, is
still with the Queen of the Neither
lands party touring the United
|States), Senator Green and Sec
|retary of the Senate and Mrs.
Leslie Bif1ie.
More were Gen. and Mrs. Wade
H. Haislip, British Counselor and
Mrs. Gerald Meade. Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Wilmotte, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney c. Graves and Mr.. George
Williamson.
Earlier in the day Mr.. and Mrs.
Graves gave a small luncheon for
the popular diplomatic pair. The
guests Of honor didn't have far
to go as this gathering took place
at the Sulgrave.
Those included were the Mos
cosos, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Jones
OF Summit. N. j., who are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves; Mr.. and Mrs.
Christopher Bramwell (the latter
is the sister of the hostess); Mrs.
Thomas Richard Cowell. and Col.
William L. Rich Of New York.
Dinner First Porty
To start this frantic 36-hour
stay. Ambassador and Sonora de
Dillon were first honored at small
dinner on Saturday night given by
Mrs. Cowell. This event took place
at the 1925 r Street Club.
Another large Sunday afternoon
gathering was staged by the for
mer United States Ambassador to
Chile and Mrs William Culbertson.
It was given at their lovely Con-
necticut avenue apartment. also
from 6 to 8, and was the last one
for them this spring.
Former Ambassador Culbertson
will be off on the oath for Turkey
on business. He will be there for
several weeks. and if for any
definite time Mrs. CulbertSon will
join him.
The guests numbering some 200
represented diplomatic, official,
congressional and residential So
ciety. The hostess wore an off,
white lace afternoon dress, which
had stole, and her jewelry was
garnets and her shoes the same
deep red shade.
Mrs. Joseph harrington, wife Of
the Delegate from Hawaii. had
sent Mrs. Culbertson some lovely
baby orchids which were all tones
of red and were placed in the
center Of the dining room table.
PIons for Summer
Summer plans for this family
will center about their lovely
Charmain (Pa.) place. It is only
a little over 60 miles from door
to door and boasts of 700 acres
of farm land. Evidences of this
were the ham and turkeys which
came from the farm as well as
the lovely spring flowers.
The house is called Charmain
Manor and is about IS years old.
It was originally Of the Victorian
era but that has al. been changed
and now the clapboard house
claims the charm Of the Colonial
period.
There is plenty of activity in
the vacation months as the whole
family gathers. The Culbertsons
have three daughters and as of
II days ago. they have five grand
children.
The daughters and sons-in-law
are Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Pendle-
ton, jr., Of Washington: Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas David Luckenvile
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Foster,
all of New York.
General Honored
The Navy honored the Army
at dinner time last night when
Capt. Charles Moon, U. s. N, and
Mrs. Moon entertained in honor
of retiring 1t. Gen. and Mrs.
Raymond S. McLain. The party
took place at their residence, with
the time set for z o'clock.
Among those invited were Mr..
and Mrs. M. C. Nolan, as the
only civilians, and the rest were
Navy. They were Capt. and Mrs.
w. E. Kellum, Capt. and Mrs.
G. N. Raines and Capt. and Mrs.
Donald Frazier.
The McLains were entertained
earlier at a luncheon given by
Brig. Gen. Harry H. Semmes,
U. s. A., retired, and Mrs. Semmes.
This took place at the Chevy
Chase Club.