Evening star., 1953-03-03
Society News
EisenhoWers Guests
At Dinner oniqht
Secretary Dulles Is Host to Dr. Lonee;
Brazilian Ambassador Also Entertuins

ming also will include other high
officials and officers of the mill
tary.
Dr.. lonee Feted
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles entertained at dinner last
evening in honor of Norway's
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hal
ward Lange. DR.. Lange is in this
country for the sessions Of the
United Nations to which he
heads his country's delegation.
The visitor came to Washington
Saturday in time for the brilliant
and very lovely dinner and re-
ception which Norway's Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Munthe de Nor
genStierne gave for Secretary
and Mrs. Dulles.
Ambassador and Mrs. Nor
genStierne were hosts again Sum-
day evening, entertaining small
company informally at dinner
for DR.. Lange who is their guest
until Wednesday.
Secretary Dulles entertained
in the Blair House, recently re-
stored to it's historic Colonial
beauty. Dinner was served in the
dining room as there were only
IL at table. More than that num-
ber would have to be entertained
in the Blair Lee House adjoining.
Mrs. Victoria Gainey, who has
cared for the house and its fur
nishings since some time before
the death of the last private
owners, Maj. and Mrs. Gist
Blair, and cherishing them now
that the property belongs to the
Government.
Seated about the beautifully
appointed table were, in addition
to the host and his honor guest
Ambassador Morgenstierne and
Counselor Torfinn Oftedal, of the
embassy.
United States officials in the
company were Assistant to the
President Harold E. Stassen, Sen
ator Alexander Wiley, Senator
Edward T. Thye, Representative
Robert B. Chiperfield, Represen-
tative James P. Richards, Deputy
Undersecretary of State H. Free
man Matthews, Chief of Protocol
John F. Simmons and Director of
European Affairs G. Hayden
Raynor.
Brazilian Ambassador Walther
Moriera SALES had a small num-
Der of guests dining with him in
formally last evening at the en-
bassy and took them later to the
Schubert Theater.
Austrions ,Entertoin
The Economic Counselor of the
Austrian Embassy and Mrs. Will
helm Goertz entertained $50 or
more guests at cocktails early
last evening entertaining in their
apartment at 2540 Massachusetts,
avenue.
Guests yesterday included dele
gates attending the conferences
on wheat as well as officials of
the international Bank and
Monetary Fund. There also were
officials of the State Department
and numbers from the diplomatic
corps.
The Philippine Ambassador
awarded the Philippine Legion
Of Honor to six Americans on
Saturday, one of them posthu-
mously. Following the presenta-
ton, he and Mrs. Romulo enter
tanned at cocktails at the EN-
bassy at 5 o'clock.
Recipients of the award were
Representative Bernard w. Kear-
ney, Maj. Gen. Thomas j. Cross,
U. S. A., Rear Admiral Louis
Dreller, U. S. NJ, Capt. James
Anderson Moore, U. S. N. and
Capt. William A. Dolan, U. S. N.
The Military Merit Medal was
posthumously awarded to Rep
resentative Karl Stefan and was
received by his widow.
Among those expected were
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. John M. Allison, Senator
and Mrs. John Sparkman, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Michael A..
Feighan, Representative and
Mrs. John Taber, Representative
and Mrs. Laurence H. Smith,
Representative and Mrs. Albert
Thomas, Representative and
Mrs. John L. Mcmillan and Rep
resentative and Mrs. Walter
Judd.