Evening star., 1954-01-17
Service Wives, Clubs
Neither Snow Nor Rain
Stays These. Programs
By WinzoIo MeLendon

Undismayed by the past weeks
snow storms and ice-encrusted
roads, the program chairmen Of
the various military wives clubs
have gone right ahead with lively
plans for sessions which promise
to be highly entertaining and
informative.
Netherlands Role In World
Affairs" will be discussed by Mr..
Hinry RoSkam. Of the Neither
lands Embassy, on Thursday,
when he is the guest speaker at
the January meeting Of the Of
ficerS' wives Club Of the Finance
Corps Of the Washington area.
The meeting. which starts with
q luncheon at 1890 pm. is being
held at the Fort Lesley ]. Nc
Nair OficerS' Club. To decorate
the club and the luncheon tables.
the committee. which includes
Mrs. Charles w. Schudt. chair
man. Mrs. B. j. Tullington and
Mrs. j. r. Duffy. will use a pro-
fusion Of United States and
Netherlands flags.
Highlights Of Mr.. Roskam's
talk will include information
about Hollands position in
NATO Holland today as COM
pared with the post war years.
and the part The Netherlands is
playing in world trade. He win
also discuss the differences Of
this country and Europe. the
unity of Europe and the Euro
pean viii to be independent.
An informal discussion of va
rious places of scehic interest in
Holland-illustrated with colored
slides-will also be presented by
Mr.. Roskam.
Reservations for the luncheon
may be made by calling Mrs.
Schudt, at JE. 4-0731, or Mrs.
Duffy. at so. 8-8187.
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On Tuesday a musical pro-
gram will highlight the JANGO
luncheon at the Army Navy
Country Club. The new pro-
gram chairman. Mrs. H. T. Mil
Ter, wife of Brig. Gen. Miller.
assistant chief Of transporta-
ton traffic. has arranged for
the Off1cers' Candidate School
Choir, of the Engineer Center,
Fort Belvoir. to present pro-
gram Of secular music. Under
the direction Of Chaplain Conner
S. ReeS, the choir will feature
numbers by Fred Waring and by
Geofrey O'Hara. The soloist.
David Robinson. a tenor. will be
accompanied by Lee c. Dunkle.
Guest Of honor at the lunch
concealed for 1890 pm. by
the president. Mrs. j. Robert
Ryan-will be Mrs. Nathan F.
Twining, wife of the chief of
staff for the Air Force.
And speaking of JANGO. this
is the month the Army Engineer
Oficers' Wives Club will conduct
their JANGO Bargain Shop
drive. The shop. which operates
as a fund-raising enterprise for
local charities, sells clothing,
dishes, kitchen wares. costume
jewelry-just about everything
except shoes and furniture.
In their last drive the Engi-
neer Wives supplied the Shop
with more than 1900 articles in
one month. So. the shelf stock
is expected to be considerably
increased by February 1.
Directing the drive are mem
bers Of the Engineer Wives hos
tess organization headed by
Mrs. Maximiano Janairo, chair
man Of the hostesses, and the
area chairman. Mrs. s. A. Ar
mogida. Of Falls Church. Mrs.
j. U. Allen, of Arlington, Mrs.
e. B. Butler, of Alexandria, and
Mrs. William Whipple, Of the
District.
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The lavish use Of banners.
dags and ballot boxes will trans
form the Army Navy Country
Club into . lively campaign
headquarters Thursday, when
the Air Rescue Ofiicers' Wives
gather for their first election Of
officers.
The members Of this new club
which has just recently been
organized under the direction of
Mrs. Thomas j. DuBose, wife of
the commanding general Of the
Air Rescue Service-will vote on
the, following slate: Mrs. John
M. Wilson and Mrs. Robert r.