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Evening star., 1952-06-17
Society News:
Dancing Background
For Debut Parties
Miss Mayo Follows Mother and Aunts;
Miss Duront Makes Bow at Tea Dance

Miss Perry Durant, also wore
white lace and tulle for her debut
yesterday, when her great-aunt,
Miss Mary Gertrude Durapt,
presented her. The senior Miss
IDurant also presented Miss Perry
IDurant's sister. Miss Mary Cert
rude Durant, now Mrs. George
Rodman Lucas, several seasons
ago. Yesterday the debutante
and her great-aunt were assisted
by the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Durant II, in receiv-
ing the 500 guests. They stood in
the Chinese room of the May
flower and dancing was in the
ballroom.
The debutante's frock was made
in f1ounces with deep bands of
Chantilly lace. the lace forming
the bodice which was made of
the shoulders forming shallow
sleeves.
Assisting during the afternoon
and early evening were the deb's
sister, Mrs. Lucas, and the Misses
zena Fleming. roommate of Miss
Durant at Stephens College;
Louise Lee of Crosse Pointe, Mich,
Dorothy Cross of Lathrop, Miss.
Ann Stanbro. of Oklahoma City,
Ann Price of Berryville. Va, Carol
Cooke of Richmond, Va. Grace
Evans of Wilmington, Del. and
Carol Murray, Carolyn Little
page, Patricia Smith and Mar
garet Osborn. Miss Osborn
will entertain at tea this aft
ernoon for the debutante in
the home Of her parents. Capt.
and Mrs. Donald r. Osborn.
Miss Perry Durant recently
Joined her parents in their
Macomb street home. having COM
pleted her freshman year at Ste
'phens College. She was graduated
"a year ago from National Cathe-
dral School. When she comes
home for her Thanksgiving holi-
day she will be a debutante at the
Thanksgiving night ball and CO.
tillion at the Shoreham.
Miss Durant will be with her
parents at The Hill, their home
at Culpeper, Va, for most Of the
summer.
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Party Is Given

Entertaining at cocktails at
their new home in Alexandria
were 1t. Col. and Mrs. j. w. Fer
guSon. Those who called on Sat-
|urday included a number of Ma
|rine Corps officers and their wives.
They were Brig. Gen. A. H. But
Ter, Col. K. B. Chapel, Col. c. G.
Muntz, Col. P. j. Speckman, Col.
E. D. Martin, Col. j. j. Mermouth,
Col. William F. Lantz and 1t. Col.
IT. w. Benson.
Also, 1t. Col. c. J. Bennett, 1t.
Col. Charles Rigaud. 1t. Col.
Water Holomon and 1t. Col. T. r.
Belzer. Others were Maj. F. j.
Spritzen. Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Newman, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Fos-
ter, Mrs. Valerie Stone and Mr..
Robert BelZer.
Evening star., 1952-06-17

ton were members Of the Army
and Air Force Women's Medical
Specialist Corps and the Air Force
Nurse Corps. also old friends of
the honor guests.
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French Visitor
Honor Guest
AT Dinner

Undersecretary Of State David
K. E. Bruce was host at dinner
last evening at Blair House, honor
ing the French Minister of State
for the Associated States of Indo-
China, Mr.. Jean LeTourneau. The
visitor Is staying with the French
Ambassador and Mrs. Bonnet, who
will entertain for him this eve
ming.
Other guests of Secretary
Bruce were Mr.. Raymond Offroy,
diplomatic counselor to Mr.. Le-
Tourneau; Mr.. Tezeman du Mont
cal, director general of the Min
istry: Brig. Gen. Pierre Allard,
chief of staff of the commander
in-chief in Indo- China; and
French Ambassador Henri Bonnet.
The party last evening Is Of
particular interest as two newly
appointed ambassadors were in
cluded. Mr.. Nong Kimny, who has
been Cambodia's minister in
Washington since June 20, 1850
has been named first Ambassador
from the King of Camodia to the
United States. The other Ambas-
sador- designate was Mr.. Tran Van
Kha who will represent Vietnam,
recently recognized by this coun-
try as a sovereign state.
Deputy Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, Allen w. Dull
les was there and others included: !:
Assistant to the Secretary of De-
fense. Frank C. Nash: Brig. Gen.
George H. Olmstead, Director of
Military Assistance; Mr.. Clayton
Lane, Director of the Far East
Program Division of the Mutual
Security Agency; and Assistant
Secretaries of State, George w.
Perkins and John M. Allison. Also
from the State Department were,
MIR. Donald E. Heath and Mr.. Will
liam S. B. Lacy.
Indion Festivity
Public Relations Attache of the
Indian Embassy and Mrs. P. l..
Bhandari entertained at a buffet
supper last evening following the
cocktail party of the Information
Attache and Mrs. Obaidur Rah-
man. The Bhandaris were hosts at
their home at 1918 Rowland place
and served a typically Indian sup
per to their guests. Their party,
like that of the Rahmans was in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Habib Rah-
man who arrived earlier in the day
from New York. Mrs. Rahman,
the visitor, has won the title of
Miss India and has come to COM
pete in the contest for Miss Uni
verse which will be held June 23-
20 in Long Beach, Calf.
Miss India is a professional
dancer in her homeland and at
the party. which the Information
Attache and Mrs. Rahman gave
at international House danced
the famous Bharat Natyam, a
classical dance of her native land.
Her husband is the chief archi-
tect to the government of Bengal
and will accompany her to Cali
fornia. They were met in New
York by the librarian Of the
Indian Consulate in New York,
Mr.. Ramial Bajpai, father of the
dancer who last met six years ago
in New York.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Lind0n7ood-BruziI
Ceren1onyHeId

Miss Joyce Ann Brazil, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j.
Brazil of Arlington. was marie /
June 4 to Sergt. Charles EdWc q
Lindamood, son of Mr.. and MIS-.
George Lindamood, also of Arlirg-
ton. The ceremony took place 1T
the Woodside Methodist Church in
Silver Spring, with the Rev. j.
Milton Rogers officiating.
The couple will reside at Hunter
Field Air Force Base in Savannah,
Ga, where Sergt. Lindamood is
stationed.
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Announcement

Miss Nancy Corwin, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward P. Cor
win, was married on June Z, to Mr..
Theodore A. Thoman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Todd Thoman of Land
over Hills. Md. The ceremony
took place at the Cheverly Com
munity Church with the Rev
Roy Stetler officiating. A recep-
ton was held in the Fireside
Room of the church.
Following wedding trip tc
Rehobeth Beach, Del, the couple
will make their home in Jackson
vile, Fla.
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Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. L. H. Peterson of Tampa,
Fla, of the engagement of their
daughter Barbara Jean to 1t
Arthur H. Blair, U. S. A., son of
Capt. and Mrs. Roswell H. Blair
of Gotham, Va.
Miss Peterson was graduated
from Stephens College and is now
an associate of American Airlines,
Inc, in Washington. Her fiance
is a graduate of the United States
Military Academy and is pres
emily stationed at Fort Belvoir.
The wedding is planned for fall.
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st. Thomas More's Church In
Arlington was the scene on June
IA Of the wedding Of Miss Betty
Jean Holmes. daughter Of Mrs.
Mary L. Holmes, and Mr.. Paul C..
Kollmeyer. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. A. Kollmeyer. Father
Joseph Wingler ofhciated at the
ceremony. after which a recep-
ton was held at the Penn-Daw
Hotel in Alexandria.
Following a two-week wedding
trip the couple will make their
home in Arlington.
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Miss Joyce Kathryn Keller.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
w. Keller, was married on June
IA to Mr.. William Leo Szanyi, son
of Mr.. Joseph Szanyi and the late
Mrs. Szanyi of Odgensburg, N. j.
The ceremony took place at st.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Father
John H. Rhys officiating. There
was a reception in the Palm Room
of the Hotel 2400.
After a wedding trip to the
Pocono Mountains, the couple will
reside in San Antonio, Tex.
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Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Gwynn Gar
diner, jr., entertained at dinner
last evening at the Sulgrave Club
for their daughter. Miss Teresa
Saul Gardiner. The guests. num-
bering 18 were contemporaries Of
Miss Gardiner.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Elaine English
To Be Married

Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson English of New
Castle, Pa, of the engagement OF
their daughter, Elaine. to Mr.
Frederick. j. Darnell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick w. Darnell.
Miss English is a graduate OF
Mount Mercy Academy and ot
the Margaret Morrison College
of the Carnegie Institute of Tech
nology. She is a member oi
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
Her fiance is an alumnus Of Yale
University and is now working or
his doctorate at the Carnegie
Institute Of Technology. He is q
Of Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma XII honorary fraternities
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Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Cilinski of Alex
andria, of the engagement of their
daughter, Helen Elizabeth, to Mr..
Leo j. Sheehy, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sheehy of Takoma Park.
The bride-elect was graduated
from st. Mary's Academy in Alex
|andria and is now employed by
the State Department. Mr.. Sheehy
Is at present a pre-medical
student at Montgomery Junior
College.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Religious Books Reviewed

Books recently received by The
Star include the following:
The Temptation to Be Good.
BY the Rev. A. Powell Davies.
(Farrar, Straus & Young; $2.50.)
DR.. Davies, pastor Of ALI Souls
Unitarian Church, presents a
series Of 81 sermons to guide men
to an understanding of religion
and morality. The book is for
men Of good will who, because of
human respect or other reasons,
feel need for encouragement in
the effort to lead a meaningful
life.
Six O'Clock Mass.
BY the Right Rev. Maurice S.
Sheehy. (Farrar. Straus g. Young;
$2.75).
Msgr. Sheehy's delightful style
in Head Over Heels" is here re-
produced in his first novel. The
story centers around the parish
mass and, appropriately enough,
just about every parish type is
represented.
Religion and the Modern Mind.
BY w. T. STAGE. Uippincott, $3.75.)
w. T. STAGE. professor of philos-
ophy at Princeton University,
Evening star., 1952-09-27

treats the eternal fight between
|naturalism and supernaturalism.
His orientation is in the 18th
century scientism which he feels
dominates so much contemporary
theological thought.
The Lord Of All Life.
BY the Rev. A. Ian Burnett.
(Rinehart; $2.50.)
Mr.. Burnett, minister, st. An
drew's Presbyterian Church, OF
tawa, has selected 81 of his
sermons for distribution in this
book. They are all infused with
the conviction and enthusiasm of
the sincere Christian. Christ is
the Lord of all, according to Mr..
Burnett and the Gospel is for
men of all stations and walks of
life.
Readings From the Bible.
Selected and edited by Mary Ellen
Chase. (MacMillan; $3.50
Miss Chase is professor of Bible
literature at Smith College. In
this volume she has set down the
inspiring message of the Bible
amply illustrated with choice pas
sages from the Old and New
TestamentS.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Dr.. Hastings to Review
New Bible Version

DR.. j. Warren Hastings, minis
ter Of National City Christian
Church, will speak at the 1850
am. service tomorrow at the
church. Thomas Circle. The asso-
ciate minister, the Rev. Richard
G. Smith, will take part.
DR.. Hastings will talk on the
new Revised Version of the Bible
at a dinner at 6:15 pm. in the
church's social hall, 1903 Vermont
NV.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Dedication Service
To Be Held Tomorrow
At First Evangelical

Members and friends of First
Evangelical and Reformed Church
will attend a dedication service
for their new $4,000 building at
4 pm. tomorrow at 1900 New
Hampshire avenue. Takoma Park,
Md. This is the first unit of the
church plant. which later will have
sanctuary seating 500 persons.
DR.. Arthur w. Newell, vice pres
ldent of the Potomac Synod, Evan
gelical and Reformed Church, will
speak. An open house will follow
the service.
The new structure has a chapel
seating $50 persons, 13 classrooms,
a fellowship hall accommodating
800 persons, a parlor. kitchenette,
pastors study. church office, hob
by room and small apartment for
the custodian. Elmer Cappelmann
of Arlington, Va, was the archi-
tect. ,...
The Rev. F. Nielsen Schlegel.
pastor, will speak on Virtues
That Build the Church" at the
II am. service tomorrow.
First Church was organized on
Christmas Day. 1867, in Miller's
Hall on N between Sixth and
Seventh streets NV. The congre-
CATION subsequently worshipped in
several places before building a
church at Thirteenth and Monroe
streets NV. in 1917. The men,
bers moved into the new church
from there on Palm Sunday, April
6, 1852.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
'2-Week PouIist Mission
To Be Conducted Here

A two-week mission for parish
toner's of the Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament will be con-
Quoted by priests from the Paulist
Mission Band in New York start
ing at 7:45 pm. tomorrow in the
church at Chevy Chase circle.
The Rev. James Finley and the
Rev. John Reynold will conduct
the mission. The Rev. Edward H.
Roach is pastor of the local church,
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Rev. Horace Cromer
To Hold Outdoor Service

The Rev. Horace e. Cromer,
pastor Of McKendree Methodist
Church, will speak at an outdoor
service at 3 pm. tomorrow on the
grounds of the Masonic and East
ern Star Home. 5000 New Hamp-
shire avenue NE.
District Commissioner Renah F.
Camalier is expected to attend.
The service is sponsored by the
Grand Chapter. Order of the East
ern Star. District of Columbia, and
the Grand Lodge Of Masons of the
District.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Dr.. Culbertson to Talk

DR.. William Culbertson. presi-
dent Of the Moody Bible Institute,
will speak at an interdenomina-
tional Bible conference to be held
at 8 pm. Wednesday in Wallace
Memorial United Presbyterian
Church. New Hampshire avenue
and Randolph street NV. DR..
Culbertson has recently returned
from a visit to Palestine and the
Near East.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
PubIicist to Speak

The Rev. John Kavasch of We
roma, N. j., president of the
American Lutheran Publicity Bu-
reau Of New York. will address a
meeting of the Sunday School
Workers Association Of Washing
ton, Lutheran Church-M Missouri
Synod. at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in
Pilgrim Lutheran Church. James
town road and Flint drive, West
gate, Md.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Polish Club Service

The Polish Club of Washington
will sponsor its monthly mass at
II am. tomorrow in the Shrine
Of the Immaculate Conception,
Catholic University. The Rev.
Boleslaw Jakimowicz, of the Ma
rian House of Studies. will deliver
the sermon in Polish.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Keller Anniversary PIonned

Members of Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church will observe the
congregations Goth anniversary
with special events on October
and IL. DR.. Samuel T. Nicholas
pastor emeritus, will participate
in the october 5 service and the
Rev. John G. Butler of Hartford,
Conn.,, son of the church's first
pastor, in the October IL worship.
DR.. Carl r. Simoh is the present
pastor.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Pastor Emeritus to Speak

The Rev. Albert J. Mccartney,
pastor emeritus of National Pres
byterian Church, will be guest
speaker at the II am. service to-
morrow in Gunton-Temple Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church, Six
teenth and Newton streets NV.
Evening star., 1952-09-27

1882 Connecticut Avenue NV.
l4th 6 6 SITS. NV. tColo. .Bldo.)
18th g Park Rood NV.
riggs Blde.)
1926 Wisconsin Avenue NV.
1902 Rhode lslond Avenue NV.
1901 Eye Street NV.
tChristion Science Bido.)
All Are Cordially Ispifel to An
The ReaiiNf
Evening star., 1952-10-08

up. "Well. naturally. I can only
cover these things roughly from
memory. but if I've left anything
out why you just ask me specific
Questions and I'll tackle them one
by one, but I believe I've hit the
main points"
1T was a very thorough and
complete answer, thank you,"
Greenwald said. He drew two
glossy black photostats from a
folder on his desk. Commander,
I show you authenticated copies
Iof two fitness reports you wrote
on 1t. Maryk. Do you recognize
them as such?"
Queeg took the papers and said
grumpily, glancing at them, Eyes,
I do"
please read to the court your
comment on Maryk of January
1914"
Queeg read in a choked voice a
highly laudatory' description of
Maryk.
THANK you. Commander. That
was January. Now by July, six
months later. had the Caine al
ready been through the Kwajalein
and Saipan invasions?"
"Yes."
Had the following incidents
ALREADY occurred: The water short
age. the coffee investigation, the
Stillwell court-martial, and the
suspension of movies, among
others2"
Queeg hesitated. "Well, by then,
yes. I think"
please read your comment of /
July on Lieutenant Maryk."
Queeg stared at the photostat
for a long time. hunched over, and
began mumbling, This officer
has if anything improved in his
performance Of duty since the last
fitness report. He is consistently
loyal, unflagging. thorough, cou-
rageouS, and efficient. He is con-
sidered at present fully qualified
for command of 1200-ton DMS.
His professional zeal and integrity
set him apart as an outstanding
example for other officers, reserve
and regular alike. He cannot be
too highly commanded. He Is
recommended for transfer to the
regular Navy"
Thank you Commander. Nc
further questions"
Copyright. 1851 BY Herman Wouk. Dis.
tributed by Doubleday syndicate.)
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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The Cuine Mutinv
By Herman Wouk

j Commander, the Caine. took a
Kamikaze hit at Lingayen, and
yet Maryk brought the ship back
safely. Was that likely in a man
given to panicky mistakes?"
well, I understand it was a
glancing hit. practically a miss
Anyway, for all I know, Keefer
took charge in the pinch. Keefer
is an outstanding officer, best on
the ship. relied more on him
than on Maryk."
Commander Queeg, during the
period when the Caine was tow
ing targets at Pearl Harbor did
you ever steam over your own tow
line and cut it?"
"Objection!' Challee was on his
feet again. Blakely gave him a
frankly irritated look and or
dered the court cleared, motionine
to the two lawyers to remain be-
hind.
There was a f1fteen-minute
wait. Blakely and the other court
members looked grim when the
parties returned. "The objec.
tion is overruled. The witness will
answer the question. Challee ap-
peared stunned, sitting down
slowly. The stenographer read the
question about the towline from
the record.
Story Called ISLANDER"
Queeg answered promptly
"Well. here's the story on that
particular slander. I saw some IA
bursts close aboard to starboard
I was gravely concerned that my
ship might be within range OF
somebody's firing. We were in a
gunnery area. was watching the
bursts. This same sailor Stilwell
very dreamy and unreliable man
was at the helm. He failed to
warn me that we were coming
around the full $50 degrees. I saw
what was happening, finally, and
instantly reversed course, and
avoided passing over the towline
to my best knowledge. However
the line parted during the turn
Greenwald nodded. "You were
distracted, you say. by AA bursts
Did anything else distract you?'
"Not that I recall"
"Can you name any officer who
will testify that he saw those IA
bursts?"
Maybe all Of them did and
then again maybe none of them
did. 1t was fifteen months age
and we've been fighting a war ane
we've had much more on oul
mind than few AA bursts of
Pearl"
Did you drop a yellow dye
marker off Jacob Island on thu
first morning Of the invasion O.
Kwajalein?"
Il may have. I don't recall"
DO you recall what your frs
mission was during the invasion?'
Eyes. To lead a group Of at.
tack boats to the line of depart.
ure for Jacob Island"
did you fulfill that mission?'
eyes"
"Why did you drop the dy,
marker?"
II don't know for sure that
did drop one"
Commander, did you run
mile ahead of the attack boats
drop your marker. and retire q
high speed. leaving the boats t
grope to the line of departure a
best they could?"
!, Challee leaped to his feet. 9TH
Question is abusive and flagrantl
, leading"
II am willing to withdraw tn
: question" said Greenwald wearily
"in view Of the commanders dir
memory, and proceed to more re
, cent events"
, Court desires to question tn
/ Witness" said Blakely. Green
wald retrcated tn HE deSk uyotrh
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any factual comments on the
episodes in the log. sir"
Queeg's Version.
"Well, now. starting right with
that strawberry business the real
truth is that I was betrayed and
thrown and double crossed by my
executive officer and this precious
gentleman Mr.. Keith. who be-
tween them corrupted my ward
room so that was the one man
against a whole ship without any
support from my officers-now,
you take that strawberry busi-
lness-why, if that wasn't a case
lof outright conspiracy to protect
IA malefactor from juStice-Maryk
carefully leaves out the little fact
that I had conclusively proved
by process of elimination that
some one had a key to the icebox.
He says it was the stewards mates
who ate the strawberries. but if
! wanted to take the trouble
could prove to this court geomet-
rically that they couldn't have.
It's the water business all over
again. like when the crew was
taking baths seven times a day
and our evaps were definitely on
the fritz half the time and ! was
trying to inculcate the simplest
principles of water conservation,
but no, Mr.. Maryk, the hero of
the crew wanted to go right on
mollycoddling them and-or you
take the coffee business-no. well,
the strawberry thing first-it was
a constant battle, always the same
thing, Maryk and Keith under
mining my authority always argu-
ments. though personally liked
Keith and kept trying to train
him up only to get stabbed in the
back when"
Comdr. Queeg passed to dis
cussion Of the failures of the laun-
dry. the sloppiness of the mess
statements and ships service in
ventories, and went on from sub
ject to subject in this way, cata-
loguing his grievances against his
officers, mainly Maryk and Keith
He hardly paused for breath
Greenwald strolled to his desk and
leaned against it. listening re-
Spectfully. The court members
stared at the witness. Challee
Slouched, biting his nails. Blakely
began to glance at the clock.
Queeg went on for eight or nine
minutes in this way, and endec