Evening star., 1953-07-27

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latter is the new Ambassadors s
cousin Senator and Mrs. James
H. Duff and another summer
bachelor" Senator Edward Mar
tin.
Still others were Senator and
Mrs. George Malone, Senator
and Mrs. Burnet r. Maybank
Representative Marguerite Stitt
Church, Representative and Mrs
Charles A. Halleck, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Dewey Short and
Representative and Mrs. Clark
w. Thompson.
CluFks Full of Plons
Also expected were Associate
Justice and Mrs. Tom Clark.
They are very busy getting ready
for their daughters wedding,
which will take place on the
seventh. That evening at $3.50
in the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament Miss Mimi Clark will
become Mrs. Thomas Richard
Gronlund and a new Navy bride,
Her finance is an ensign.
The wedding reception will
take place at the Chevy. Chase
Club. Mrs. Clark's sister is
already in town to help out
with many last minute chores
that always come up when there
is a big wedding in the family.
She is Mrs. Delaney Walker of
Dallas, Texas.
Another couple from the off,
cial ranks Of Washington who
said "yes" to their invitation
were Undersecretary Of Com
merce and Mrs. Walter Williams.
Representative Albert Thomas
came by. alone. He and the host
have their bachelor status in
common. Mrs. Thomas and her
two daughters are also in Europe
for the summer and Joined forces
with the MacCrackenS on sew
eral jaunts. The younger mem
berS Of the clan are the Misses
Ann and Lera Thomas.
Group in Nice
Word received over the week
end was that they were all to-
gether in Nice, France. The
Mac Cracken mother and daugh-
ter will go on to Paris and the
ThomaSeS to Rome this week. II
Nell Mace Cracken loses her battle
Of keeping her mother over
longer or staying by herself, they
will sail for home on the s. S.
United States.
Also at the party were the
hosts son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis MacC Cracken.
Ladies, this might be your an
Swer. Mrs. MacCracken, the
former Francine Whitten, is one
Of the towns most accomplished
young hostesses and she just
might have had a hand in her
father-in-law's party.
When asked about their young
son, Whitten, age 3, who broke
his leg in a freak accident, Lewis
Mac cCracken said that he was
home from the hospital but still
in a cast.
Mrs. Fitch Hostess
The Guggenheims were the
cause of another party on Sat-
urday evening. This time they
had to share honors with Mr..
Horace Smith, who is leaving
soon to go to his new post in
Madrid. He will be the economic
counselor at the United States
Embassy there.
The party was a dinner given
by Mrs. Rahel Davies Fitch at
her residence.
Among those there were the
Peruvian Ambassador, the Costa
Rican Envoy and Sonora de
Oreamuno and Assistant Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Thruston
B. Morton.
Mrs. Fitch has been visiting
her father and stepmother, for
mer Ambassador and Mrs. Jo-
seph Davies at their place, Top
ridge in the Adirondack Noun
tains. She came back to town
about a week ago to meet her
daughter, Miss Suzanne Walker
who just got back from Europe
and the coronation. She did a
grand tour" of France, Italy
and Switzerland and had the
time of her II years.
Mrs. Fitch left yesterday to
finish her visit in New York State
and will be back on the 5th or
9Th for the rest of the summer.
While her mother is away Miss
Walker will visit Miss Sheila
Reybold here. Miss Walker will
finish her last year at Holton-
Arms this winter and make her
debut the following season.
The Guggenheims will leave
Washington tomorrow for New
York and on Wednesday will
sail for Portugal. They are be-
ing entertained at dinner tonight
by 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Anthony