Evening star., 1953-10-01


wife Of the Korean Ambassador.
Cabinet members and their
wives attending the dinner given
by President Remon for Presi-
dent Eisenhower who came on
to the reception were Treasury
Secretary and Mrs. Humphrey
and the Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Weeks.
Music for Doncing
After the receiving line dis
perSed - near 1880 - guests
turned their attention to the
lively Latin American music
being played by Jack Morton and
his orchestra in the Hall of the
Americas and did what any one
would do, danced. The orchestra
included a few less vigorous
numbers in their selections, too.
Although the evening was not
as warm as was expected. still
a number of people took to the
large room on the first floor that
opens onto the formal Aztec gar
den. In this room, completely
lighted by candles, were two "a
foot buffet tables. Individual
tables, centered with bowls of
flowers, had been set up.
Enjoying the food were the
Chairman of the Inter-American
Defense Board and Mrs. Howard
A. Craig, Mr.. and Mrs. Eric
Johnston, Admiral and Mrs. Tom
Fort and their daughter Betty;
Gen. and Mrs. Wade Haislip,
Mrs. Davies Fitch and former
Panama Ambassador to Wash
ington who is a member of his
Presidents party, DR.. j. j. VAL
larino, and Sonora de Vallarino.
They also were guests at the
dinner.
Fun for All
DC. Engineer Commissioner,
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
found many friends at the re-
ception, and other enjoying the
festivities were the former Gov
ernor of the Canal Zone and
Mrs. Maurice Thatcher, Mrs.
William D. Wrightson, daughter
Of the late Gen. William c. Cor
gas, who was chairman of the
sanitary Office during the build
ing of the Canal, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wrightson Hofheinz:
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Mrs.
Randall Hagner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Conger and their son
Edward, jr.; Chinese Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Koo and the Gu
ban Ambassador to the. OAS
and Sonora de Baron.
Still more there were Associ-
ate Justice and Mrs. Stanley
Reed, who also had been dinner
guests; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Waller, 1t. Col. and Mrs. Rod
erick O'Connor, the Financial
Counselor of the Panama EN-
bassy and Sonora de Heurte-
matte, brother and sister-in-law
of the host; 1t. Col. and Mrs.
George Gaydash and Mrs. Lar
ranga HortenSia of Peru, who
brought her two daughters, Maria
and Rosa, to Washington. to re-
turn to Visitation Convent.
Dinner Guests
Others at the o'clock dinner
in addition to those already men
toned were Vice President and
Mrs. Nixon, Secretary of State
and Mrs. Dulles, Norwegian AM
bassador Morgenstierne; the
brother of the visiting president,
Senor Alexandra Remon and
Sonora de Remon; Panama Min
lister of Finance Alfredo Aleman,
Attorney General and Mrs. |
Brownell, Comptroller General
OF Panama ana Sonora de Obar-
rio and the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Summerfield.
Also, the Secretary of Welfare,
Mrs. Hobby. and former Gov.
Hobby, Senator and Mrs. HickA
enlooper, United States Ambas-
sador to Panama and Mrs. Wiley,
the Ambassador of Panama and
Sonora de Heurtematte, two
Panamanian Ambassadors on
special missions to Washington,
DR.. Octavio Fabrega and Senor
Carlos Sucra; the Assistant to
the President and Mrs. Sherman
Adams and the Undersecretary
Of State and Mrs. Smith.
Former President of Panama