Evening star., 1952-09-28
By Evelyn NJ. Dent

The Army Quartermaster Cen
eral. Maj. Gen. George A. Horkan,
and Mrs. Horkan will be the
honor guests on Thursday at a
reception in the ballroom at Fort
Lesley J. McNair Officers Club
The 6-to-8-o'clock fete serves
a twofold purpose. It viii give
members Of the QuartermaSter
Corps an opportunity to greet
their chief as well as a chance
to welcome those Of the corps
who are newly arrived on the
Washington scene.
Joins Porents
Miss Katherine Horkan joined
her parents in the middle of the
week after four years spent
abroad, and is expected to at
tend the party. Miss Horkan di-
vided her summer between Italy
and Vienna. She more recently
was in Berlin. Much of her time
was spent during college terms
in the study Of dramatics at Held
elburg and she plans to continue
studying in this country.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Kester l.
Hastings, recently returned from
Tokyo. will be among those who
will be warmly greeted at the
QuartermaSter reception on
Thursday. Well-known in Wash
ington before their tour of duty
in the Far East, they are now
settled in their home. Their son.
James, is a senior at Western
High School and David Is a STU
dent at Gordon.
Mrs. Hastings returned on
Thursday from Eglin Air Force
Base. Pensacola, Fla. where she
has been for the past week assist
ing the Red Cross in setting up
their volunteer Office. Mrs.
Hastings did a great deal of
volunteer Red Cross work in
Tokyo, and so successfully that
the Red Gross asked her aid in the
Florida area.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert D.
Powell have had as their house
guests Col. and Mrs. T. A. Seely
and their son, William. who
arrived from Tokyo ten days ago.
Getting Settled
Col. Seely, is the new Assistant
Chief of Staff, Ga, General Staff
of the Military District of Wash
ington. The Seelys have found
an apartment at Bancroft and are
busy getting settled.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Sorry Smith
have sold their house on Massa-
chusetts avenue and have taken
an apartment at $500 Q street,
where they expect to remain for
the winter.
1t. Gen. and Mrs. Lyman Lem
nitzer expect to occupy Quarters
4. Fort Lesley j. McNair about
October. Gen. Lemnitzer re-
placed 1t. Gen. Charles L. Bolte
as Deputy chief of Staff for Plans
and Research.
Miss Lois Lemnitzer, their
daughter, returned home short
while ago from Fort Campbell
KY, where she was hobby direc-
tor at the Fort Hobby Shop. Her
special hobbies are photography
and ceramics, ones which she ex-
poets to continue here.
Capt. Louis Poisson Davis
q 8. N, retired, and Mrs. Davis
are again in their apartment at
The Dresden after a summer spent
In Europe.
They returned to town by way
of Schenectady, N. Y, where they
attended the wedding September
Is of their son, Mr.. Shethar Da-
Wis and Miss Jane Barstow, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Doug
las Barstow of Scotia, N. Y.
Following their wedding trip to
Chatham, Mass. the young couple
plan to visit Capt. and Mrs. Davis
for q few days before returning
to their own home in Schenec-
tady.
Arriving Next Month
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. George j.
Davis with their children, George,
jr., and Christine are expected
from Bahrein, Persia, about the
middle Of October. Comdr. Davis
and his family will be the house
guests Of his parents here. Later
they win go to Annapolis to visit
Mrs. Davis parents, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Roger w. Payne.
Capt. and Mrs. Richard F. j.
johnson left on Thursday for