Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-11
Service News

from Malta two weeks ago, and
have found house on Mansion
drive, Alexandria. Commodore
Gretton is Chief of Staff for
Vice Admiral Cecil Charles
Hughes-Hallett. C. B., c. B.. E.
Their children. Ann. Michael
and Phillip. are spending the.
summer in Belgium with their
maternal grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. DuVivier, and are expected
here in September in time for the
opening of school. This is Com
modore and Mrs. Gretton's Sec
ond visit here. They were sta
toned in. Washington Ave years
ago with the Royal Navy Mission.
Capt. and Mrs, James Barrett,
with Mrs. Barrett's children,
Roxanne and Roscoe Good w,
arrived from Frankfurt, Ger
many, last week and are in the
throes of getting settled in their
house on Russell road. Alex
andria.
MoFried in Frankfurt
Capt. and Mrs. Barrett were
married in Frankfurt, where she
had gone following the death of
her first husband, Capt. Good,
in Korea. Admiral and Mrs.
Roscoe F. Good are delighted to
have their grandchildren so close
by while Capt. Barrett is assigned
to Quantico for duty.
The Deputy Assistant Secre-
tary of Defense (ManpoWer and
PERSONNEL, Maj. Gen. James F.
Collins, and Mrs. Collins are
leaving today for Fort Richard
son, Anchorage, Alaska, where
Gen. Collins will join the Alaskan
Army Command.
Their daughter Patricia is trav-
cling with them and will spend
the remainder of the summer
in Anchorage, returning in Sep
TENDER to William and Mary
College for her senior year.
Maj. Gen. John B. Murphy has
been assigned to relieve Gen.
Collins. He has been chief Of
staff of the 1st Army and sta
toned at Governors Island, N. Y.
Gen. and Mrs. Murphy at pres
ent are in an apartment at
harrington, Va. They expect to
visit Mrs. Murphy's mother, Mrs.
E. E. Pittman, at Elizabethtown,
KY. some time during the sum-
mer.
Feted Aboard Yocht
Gen. and Mrs. Collins have
had a full calendar ever since
their orders were issued. The
Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Manpower and Personnel,
DR.. John A. Hannah, gave a
stag dinner on Wednesday
aboard the Secretary of the
Nays yacht. Sequoia, in honor
of Gen. Collins.
Earlier in the week the Of
ficers and ranking members OF
DR.. Hannah's Office entertained
for the departing couple. The
6-to-8-o'clock party was given
in the McNair room of the Of
ficers' Club, Fort McNair.
Mrs Hannah, who, is at their
home in Good Hart, Mich, will
have Gen. and Mrs. Collins as
house guests for a few days on
their way to Anchorage. after
which the Collins plan to visit
her parents, retired Col. and Mrs.
Clenard Mclaughlin, In Port
land. Greg.
The Army Assistant Chief Of
Staff, GIL, Maj. Gen. Robert
N. Young, and Mrs. Young were
hosts at a buffet supper on
Friday in their quarters at Fort
Myer in honor Of Gen. and Mrs:
Collins.
Their guests included the
Director of NATO standing
group, Brig. Gen. John S. Up
ham, jr., and Mrs. Upham with
their house guests, Capt. and
Mrs. Frank Upham Of Glenview,
III, the generals brother and
sister-in-law; Col. and Mrs. A.
j. Thackston, Col. and Mrs.
Paul Doerr and Col. and Mrs.
Everett Epson.
Son-in-Low Visits
Gen. and Mrs. Young had an
unexpected pleasure this week
when their son-in-law, Capt.
George Hoidra. few in from
Japan. He brought first-hand
news of their daughter and
grandchildren, George, jr., and
Carolyn.
Capt. Hoidra flew plane back
to Nagoya Air Force Base, where
he rejoined his family yesterday,
Gen. and Mrs. Upham are en-
PERTAINING on Tuesday at buffet
reception in their home in honor
of Vice Admiral Roger Dick,
Royal Navy. standing group
liaison officer in Paris. who is
coming here for a short visit.
Gen. and Mrs. Upham recently
returned from Copenhagen,
where the general was advisor
to the commanding general.
Danish Army. Besides Capt.
and Mrs. Upham, who are here
for a few days, they have their
daughter Anne at home for the
summer holidays. She returns
to Wellesley College in the fall
as sophomore.
The Chief of Naval Personnel
Vice Admiral James L. Holloway
jr., and Mrs. Holloway. have as
their house guest Mrs. Holloway's
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