Evening star., 1953-05-19

Massachusetts, avenue home of
Venezuelan Ambassador and
Sonora de Gonzalez, and vice
versa. ae
In the first category were Mrs.
John D. Hickerson and Mrs.
Livingston j. Merchant, whose
husbands are Assistant Secre-
taries of State-Mrs. Hickerson
said her husband had been put
ting in a lot of working hours
and was unable to make it;
Ceylon Ambassador Sir Claude
Corea. who reported that at one
time during the planning Of the
coronation celebration June 2 at
the British Embassy, at which
all eight Commonwealth am
bassadors will be hosts, there
was talk of making an opening
between the British and New
Zealand gardens, which adjoin
each other; and Mrs. Ivar
Rooth, whose husband, the.
Managing Director of the In
ternational Monetary Fund, is
in Europe.
On to Another Party
Early arrivals who had to
hurry off to the Venezuelan En-
basSy were Chief of Protocol and
Mrs. John F. Simmons. Not too
long after they left, the Deputy
Chief and Mrs. Raymond Muir
arrived. They came in about
the same time as Associate JUS
tice and Mrs. Harold Burton, the
Commandant of the Marine
Corps and Mrs. Lemuel c. Shep-
herd, jr.-he in his summer
whites; Associate Justice Felix
Frankfurter, who at one time
was chatting with Senator Lew
erett Saltonstall, while Mrs. SAL
tonstall was engaged in conver-
sation elsewhere, and Senator
and Mrs. Homer Capehart.
Other Capitol Killers there
were Senator and Mrs. Bourke
Hickenlooper-she managed to
get her husband into the dining
room to partake of the excellent
foo<: Senator and Mrs. Homer
Ferguson, Senator Theodore
Green and the Secretary of the
Senate and Mrs. Mark Trice.
Lady Makins,, wife of the Brit
ish Ambassador, arrived alone.
Since, as previously mentioned.
their adjoining gardens do not
open onto one another, it was
necessary for her to be chauf-
feured to the party. Mrs. Her
bert Brownell apparently came
by herself, too.
Common Interests
Mr.. Andrew B. Foster, Deputy
Director of the State Depart
ment's Bureau of European AZ
fairs, and Embassy Counselor G.
r. Laking seemed to find mutual
interests to discuss. Others en-
joying the food. atmosphere and
company were Admiral and Mrs.
Thomas c. Kincaid, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Clifford Folger. Rep
resentative and Mrs. Dewey
Short and the Commercial At
tache at our Embassy in yelling
ton, New Zealand, Mr.. Roy KIM
mel, and Mrs. Kimmel. They
were with Mr.. John Michael
Kavanaugh, who is on the New
Zealand desk at the State De-
partment, and Mrs. Kavanaugh.
1t was very pleasant surprise
for Mr.. Holland to see Mr.. Kim
mel. whom he, of course, knew
in Wellington. Mr.. Kimmel is
back here temporarily at the
State Department and his wife
joined him in Washington.
Two of the ladies had reports
on their daughters. During the
party Mrs. Shepherd said that
her son-in-law and daughter,
Marine Capt. and Mrs. James B.
Ord, were going to have a few
days vacation in Greenwich. And
when Mrs. Munro had an OPP
portunity to sit down, as the
party was about over, and relax
for moment, she remarked that
her daughter Christine, now Mrs.
Bruce Harland. and her husband
are very happily settled in To-
ronto. Canada. She gives a lot of
the credit for their happiness to
Mrs. Wrong, wife of the Ca
madam Ambassador, who con-
tacted Toronto friends about
their arrival.
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