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Evening star., 1954-12-23
1t. SuviIIe
Is Married
InCupitoI

Miss Lettice Lee von Selzam,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Won Selzam of Water
vile, Wis, was married yes
terday to 1t. Edward A. Saville,
son of Gen. and Mrs. Gordon
P. Saville of Alexandria.
The Rev. Robert Stockton
Trenbath. performed the cere-
mony. which took place In st.
Adams Church. A reception
was held following the cere-
mony in the West Ballroom of
the Shoreham.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore
an ivory satin period gown
with a wide collar of rose
point lace. Her veil was of
rose point lace over tulle and
she carried a shower bouquet
of lilies-of-the-valley.
Her attendants were Miss
Ann Alfriend of Norfolk, Va;
Mrs. John Crawford Bennett
of Columbus, Ga; the Misses
Anne Bradford and Phoebe
Clark of Nashville, Tenn; Miss
: Laura Cooper of Alexandria,
Va; Miss Erika Naumann and
Miss Anne Tierney of Blue
field. w. Va; Miss Roberta
Graham of Fairfax, Va, and
Miss Julia Quarles of Ken
osha, Wis.
Mr.. John Saville served as
best man for his brother. The
uShers were Mr.. Ruediger Won
Selzam. brother of the bride;
Mr.. Augie Pabst Of Milwaukee,
Wis, Mr.. John Crawford Ben
nett, 1t. Joseph James Heed,
1t. Raynor Gary. 1t. John E.
Lawson. 1t. Emery S. Wetzel
and 1t. William NJ. Eagen.
Mrs. Saville, whose father
was formerly attached to the
German Embassy as a Secre-
tary under Baron Ago Malt
zan, attended school in Swift
zerland and Holton-Arms jun
ior College here.
The bridegroom is a grad
uate Of the United States Mill
tary Academy. His father was
formerly Deputy Chief of Staff
for Development of the United
States Air Force and was Com
mander-in-Chief for Air for
the invasion of Southern
France during World War II.
After a wedding trip to New
Orleans the couple viii make
their home in Houston, Texas.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Miss Schow
Is Bride

Miss Sandra Merrill Schow
was married yesterday to MI
William Easton. jr.. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Easton II.
of Rosemont, Pa.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun
performed the ceremony which
took place in st. Mary's Chapel
in the Washington Cathedral.
A reception was held following
the ceremony at the Washing
ton Club.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her stepfather, Mr..
Elwood Howard Seal and was
attended by Miss Lucretia K.
Phillips. Miss Lloyd Ely, Miss
Catherine L. Gore, Miss Nancy
c. Russo. all Of this city, and
Miss Betty A. Easton Of Rose
mont. Pa.
The bridegroom's father, Mr..
William Easton II, was best
man and the ushers were Mr..
Ord Alexander of this city.
Mr.. Richard Bliss Of New
Canaan. Conn,g Mr.. Lawrence
Fitch Of Rochester. N. Y. Mr..
Roland B. Mcintosh Of Mount
Clair. N. j. Mr.. Frederick
Swope and Mr.. Peter White,
both of Philadelphia.
The bride, who Is the daugh-
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Mrs. Mestu
Hostess to
Buchununs

The dinner given last night
by Mrs. Perle Mesta for the
United States Minister to
Luxembourg and Mrs. Wiley
Buchanan had all the aspects
of an old-fashioned family
Christmas party.
The renowned hostess, who
was Mr.. Buchanan's predeces-
sor as United States Minister
to the small European duchy
during the Truman admins
tration. gave the dinner in her
Sheraton-Park Hotel apart
ment.
In addition to the honor
guests, those invited included
the Australian Ambassador
and Lady Spender. the italian
Minister and Signora Luciolli.
Senator and Mrs. Russell
Long, the Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. Carl w.
McCardle, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Bergen and personal friends
Of Mrs. Mesta and Of the
Buchanans.
Twenty-four Invited
The "A guests were seated
at three tables which were
attractively decorated with
blue and white centerpieces
that contrasted with the red
and white flower and tree
decorations in the hostess
spacious drawing room.
The table centerpieces were
an interesting arrangement of
Christmas bells fashioned Of
gold wire strung with blue
Christmas balls tied with blue
net bows and placed in q bowl
with white roses and sprigs Of
mistletoe. The theme was re-
peated in the arrangement Of
bells in the same design and
white roses which graced the
overhead archway to the din
ing room.
After dinner the guests re-
tired to the drawing room.
which was festively decked
with poinsettia plants and a
large white Christmas tree
at the far end, trimmed with
red Christmas ball ornaments
and red lights.
AS q special surprise, the
hostess handed each guest a
small Christmas gift from a
pile of gaily wrapped packages
beneath the tree.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

her debut at the New Orleans
Mardi Gras. and Miss Bres may
be presented there in a few
years.
A graduate of Madeira
School, Miss Bres likes horse
back riding and painting
Assisting Mrs. Bres yesterday
were Mrs. j. Harold De Veau.
Mrs. Homer B. Hudson. Mrs.
House johnson, Mrs. Burton o.
Lewis, Lady Lewis. Mrs. Cleve-
land c. McCauley, Mrs. Alfred
B. Quinton and Mrs. Ralph F.
Skylstead.
Miss Wallace also was pre-
sented at a tea dance, in this
case from 5 to 8 o'clock at the
Congressional Country Club.
Pink Accessories
Blond and willowy. the de-
butante wore a creamy white
nylon tulle Philip Robertson
original fashioned with a pink
rose petal b o dice with the
petals scattered down the skirt.
Pink satin slippers and long
white kid gloves completed her
costume. She carried an old
fastened bouquet of sweetheart
roses and stephanotis.
Petite Mrs. Wallace wore q
Ceil Chapman original Of pea
cock blue peau de sole. with
matching slippers and gloves.
Miss Wallace, who also was
presented at the fifth annual
Debutante Cotillion and
Thanksgiving ball. and the
Washington Assembly, is q
graduate Of Georgetown Visi-
tation Convent. She cur
rently is q freshman at Sweet
Briar. A classmate. Miss Carin
Asbach. came down for the
party and is the Wallaces'
house guest.
Members Of the floor COM
mittee were the Messrs. An
thony Koones, Thomas John
Owen. william Joseph Butler.
jrs Richard Gaffney, William
Meade. James Schuyler, James
Gaffney. Fulton Lewis III,
Hobart Baldwin, jr., David
Hickenlooper. Detlow Marth-
inson. jr., and Marine Capt.
Floyd q. Hudson.
Lote Evening Dance
Most OF the guests at the
Wallace party then went on
to the late evening dance given
by Representative and Mrs.
Dingell for their daughter.
The event was held from 10
to 2 o'clock at the Hotel
Shoreharn. Miss Dingell gave
a small dinner before the dance
for q number Of her school
friends and the Misses Nancy
Folliard and Imelda Chavez
Miller, two Of this seasons
debutantes. Also in the group
was Miss Nancy Manley, cou-
sin of the debutante from
Wheeling. w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dingell had in
their dinner party Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley M. Manley Of
Wheeling, w. Va, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Richard Kennedy Of
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
j. Santana, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
-Four Debutontes Are Presented at Dances
Photo.

Mrs. Dingell wore . black
silk taffeta gown fashioned
with a sequin bodice.
Miss Dingell, who also was
presented at the Debutante
Cotillion, was graduated in
June from Georgetown ViSita-
tion Convent and is now a stu
dent at Mount Vernon Junior
College.
The debutante'S assistants
we're Miss Suzanne Metz. who
was escorted BY Mr.. Victor
James Dingell, brother Of the
debutante: her cousin. Miss
Manley, and Miss Elise Clark
of Washington.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

Ney Evans. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam C. Murphy, Mrs. Preston
Eugene Wire, Mr.. and Mrs,
John d. Dingell. jr., Of Detroit.
Also at the dinner we're DR..
and Mrs. E. E. Ruebush and
Col. and Mrs. Charles Chris
tianSon.
For the dance Miss Dingell
wore a floor length gown of
gardenia white fashioned with
a portrait neckline which fea-
tured medallions of princess
lace" The bouffant skirt was
scalloped nylon with lace fans
over pleated tulle. She car
ried a bouquet of pink carna-
tiof1s and stephanotis.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

Four more denutanteS made
their bows yesterday at parties
resplendent with Christmas
trimmings.
The four are Miss Elsie Jane
Holmes. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius c. Holmes; Miss
Julie Constance Bres, daugh-
ter Of Comdr. and Mrs. Allen
Vincent BreS:: Miss Elizabeth
Ann Wallace, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Edward Wal
lace; and Miss julie Jane Dim
gell. daughter of Representa-
tive and Mrs. John D. Dingell.
Miss Holmes, who also bowed
Monday at the Washington
Debutante Ball at the Metro
politan Club, was presented
again last evening by her
parents at q late evening dance
at the Sulgrave Club.
The tall, blond debutante,
who is the granddaughter Of
former Governor and Senator
Henry j. Allen and Mrs. Allen
of Kansas, wore a white frock
with full-skirted tulle skirt and
a grosgrain bodice.
Former Minister
Mr.. Holmes, q career foreign
service officer now assigned to
Washington. whose most re-
cent post was as United States
Minister to Britain, stood in
the receiving line with his wife
and daughter. Mrs. Holmes
wore q gray chiffon full -skirted
evening dress. The debutante
and her mother both chose not
to wear corsages.
Guests at the dance included
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Holmes, q few post-debutantes
as well as many of this sea-
sons group Of debutantes. The
latter group included all the
girls who bowed Monday night
with Miss Holmes.
vossor Student
The debutante, a freshman
at Vassar, is particularly In
terested in painting and dra-
matics.
Out-of-town guests included
the United States Ambassador
to Panama and Mrs. Selden
Chaplin.
Miss Bres. another Vassar
freshman, was presented by
her parents at q S to Z o'clock
tea dance at the 1925 r Street
Club. The hazel-eyed brunette
wore a ballerina-length white
brocade gown with round neck
line, tiny cap sleeves and full
skirt. She carried an old
fashioned bouquet.
Both Of her parents stood
with her in the receiving line.
Mrs. Bres wearing q Hattie
Carnegie black lace gown and
white orchids.
Moy Bow at Mordi Gros
The debutante is q descend
ant on her mothers side Of
George Mason of Gunston Hall.
Her uncle is Maj. Gen. Ed
ward Sedley Bres. U. S. A., re-
tired, OF Washington. Her
parental grandmother. the
former Ellen Hughes, made
Evening star., 1954-12-23
olosau Photo.

--dlogau Photo.
MRS. WILLIAM EASTON, Jr.
The former
Miss Sandra NJ. SchOw.
ter Of Mrs. Elwood Howard
Seal. is q graduate Of Holton-
Arms School. Mr.. Easton was
graduated from Lawrenceville
Preparatory School and Yale
University.
After q wedding trip the
couple win make their home In
Venezuela.
Evening star., 1954-09-21
By Mary [. Vouehon

A careful use Of color
blended with a French in
flavor" motif is featured in
the new fall model rooms ex-
hibit which opened this week
at Woodward & Lothrop's
main store.
The French court rooms.
the most formal of the entire
showing, were designed color
wise around a luxurious an
tique Aubusson rug, dominat-
ing the model boudoir.
The decor, presented as "The
Washington China Look" was,
designed by Miss Lois Faye
Reed, AID. co-ordinator of
home furnishings who used
fine china patterns to set the
trend in three moods-town,
country and transition.
A eur-de-lis china pattern
dictated the French furnish
ings for the drawing room.
dining room, boudoir and
morning room in the French
decorated town group.
In the transition mood sec
ton a one-room apartment
designed for the newly wed
couple uses watermelon, dove
gray and gunmetal as color
ingredients for successful dec
Grating on a budget.
The country mood setting
built on the ivy and grape
motif of a well-known china
Is presented in dining room,
study and bedroom.
Imported French MORE wAil-
Evening star., 1954-09-21
Color Dominates Fall Decor

avocado green background Is
relieved only by q wide floral
antique wallpaper bord er
above the dado which makes
use Of cranberry red and mus
tard golds-all from the Au-
busson rug.
Green butterflies embroi-
dered on bisque curtains sill
houette a silver leaf French
writing desk.
Interest in the transition
mood setting of the one-room
apartment is centered on black
and white lanterned wallpa-
per and real lanterns placed
on the painted paneling of the
fireplace.
Watermelon side walls offer
contrast to a gunmetal carpet
and watermelon and gunmetal
checked linen upholstery.
Hammered copper bases and
candy jar lamp bases add q
sparkling note.
A hand-carved cornice Of
former Chinese room dividers
tops the windows in the coun-
try mood dining room. Other
touches are MILDLY blue walls,
willow green carpet and six
handsome ormalu SconceS
aabove the mantel punctuated
with service plates in the ivy
and grape motif.
Prim blue and white striped
wallpaper in the country bed
room forms a subtle backdrop
to a white four-poster bad
hand decorated in the ivy
motif.
Evening star., 1954-09-21

paper in mist green in the
town drawing room shimmers
above paneling painted to
match carpeting Of the same
color. Blending in are formal
valances of Empire design in
lilac and avocado green silk
stripe over carnation pink an
tique satin draperies.
An over-scale French sofa
upholstered in mist green
quilted silk features a frame
painted the same shade.
Accent notes are furnished
by a pair of plum pull-up
chairs in the French court style
behind which carnation pink
silk shades set off column base
lamps.
Sophisticated plum walls
dramatize a clover pink car
pet in the town setting dining
room. The clover pink and
plum coloring theme is car
ried out in draperies and up
holstery with fruitwood furni-
ture.
Contrasting with the dark
walls are twin antique white
commodes dominated from
above by twin French mirrors.
Focal point of the boudoir
is a French caned daybed be-
meath q crowned canopy of
antique gold silk drapery.
The Aubusson rug. color
guide to the rooms,e is COM
plemented by q f1euf-de-lis
designed wallpaper Of lilac
and plum on d gold ground.
In the morning roos1a, The
, 1954-04-03
Confidence Of official Washington

In all that grand experience, which / shall always cherish,
particularly noteworthy-and in this sense l speak personal
Twas my appointment by our former President Harry S.
Truman as the first native Government Secretary and as the
first native Governor Of the Virgin Islands. It is because of
this personal vein that I should like to share with you just
two sentences taken from a letter which I have just received
from MI. Harry S. Truman of independence, Missouri:
Il am certainly sorry to hear that you won't have another
term as Governor. You have done a wonderful job"
continued in the next issue
, 1954-04-03

will remain here as / transfer my residence from Government
House to Garden Street and my office from Government
Hill to Main Street. I do not ever expect to be active in gov
eminent again, but shall never, can never as long as live,
be separated from those interests to which the better part of
my life has been dedicated.
One much better verse;, than / am in the philosophy of
Life once penned this adage: "The only permanent thing is
Change" Ny friends, this statement stood out before me in
full significance during the past weeks of the process of rest
ing down my years of public office for a striking change in
lifes work.
, 1954-04-03
FAREWELL sUPPERTIME CHAT

ZOA@A&4
Of Governor Norris ]. de 4 Castro Of the Virgin Islands
at the Emancipation Garden, Charlotte Amalie, ST. Thomas,
on March 81, 1854
broadcast over radio station VISTA at St. Thomas and radio
station WIN at ST. Croix)
Mr.. Chairman, members Of the Committee, distinguished
guests:
In this my closing broadcast in the series of suppert1me
chats which I have, until recently, delivered weekly from
the Government House at Charlotte Amalie and from the
Government House at Christiansted; | want-for the last
time-to address my audience with the familiar greeting l
have always used on that past Wednesday evenings:
Fellow. citizens of the Virgin Islands
in st. Croix, st. Thomas, and ST. john
Let me say, first, that Mrs. de Castro, Raymond, and /
have experienced much heart-Warming satisfaction from the
many evidences of goodwill which have been rendered to US
during the past few weeks and particularly tonights never
to-be-forgotten demonstration Of the support and friendship
Of the people of our homeland.
Farewell ceremonies and leave-taking are deep, moving
experiences. This program tonight runs true to that form.
! do not hesitate publicly to admit that w have had and that
we continue to ~erience-partcularl as | address you now
-ponderouss Wave-shock of emotion as | prepare to leave
the tasks to which I have dedicated almost a lifetime Of
energy and of devoion. Nor do I hesitate publicly to say, be-
cause you are all aware of the facts, as am; that my life here
intounIslands has been centered around. two specific, alien
gagng, all absorbing interests namely: my family and my
public service. Now that / am about to let 60 Of one of these
two deeprooted joys, I give thanks to Almighty God that !
have my family here with me to share in my satisfaction as
as well as in my emotion.
These Islands are my home and have been the home of
my family for generations. AS lay down the burdens Of gov
eminent, / derive considerable satisfaction from the know
ledge that these Islands will continue to be our home. I am
happy in the hope, too, that / may be able to render a con-
tinu6d contribution to the further development of our home.
land from the vantage point Of business rather than from the
focal point Of Government.
Unlike my distinguished predecessors in office, whose
legal domicile was not in the Virgin Islands, my donicile
, 1954-04-03
A
By the Governor
of the
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
INAUGURAL DAY
By the Governor

BY virtue of the authority vested in me, I do hereby pro-
claim Friday, April 8, 1854, a public holiday within the NUM-
|cipahty of ST. Thomas and st. John, Virgin Islands OF the
United States, for the purpose of affording the inhabitants
of that Municipality an opportunity to participate 1.-The m
augural ceremonies of His Exeeneney Archie A. Alexander
Governor of the Virgin Islands.
l also hereby proclaim Saturday, April 10, 1854 a public
holiday within the Municipality of St Croix, Virgin Islands,
for the purpose of a~ffording the inhabitants of hat Municipal
ity an opportunity to participate in the presentation Of His
Execlency, Archie A. Alexander, Governor Of the Virgin IS
lands.
Witness my hand and the Seal Of the Government of the
Virgin Islands of the United States at Charlotte Amalie, ST.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, this seventeenth day of March, a. D,
1854. IS
MoRRI F. DE CASTRO
Governor
(SEAD
ATTEST:
DANIEL w. AMBROSE
..a4- 1e H. yirc;n Tn1on5
, 1954-04-03

sTRGHoTn
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-23

cd white and Negro workers In
their factories. international HaF-
vester Co. for example. uses both
whites and Negroes for skilled
work In its plants at Memphis,
Tenn, and says this program has
worked out satisfactorily.
Negro women win be employed
as machine operators and junior
supervisors At the Wentworth
dress factory. Mr.. sopkins says.
Only the chief supervisors win be
white. Wages win be the same
as those paid white workers do
ing comparable jobs at the COM
panys Lake City min. The
Florence plant win have a payroll
Of about 100000 annually when
1t gets into full operation, COM
pany officials say.
Editors Note; Labelling the So.
Carolina factory "an-NegrO" Ii n
mlsnomer because the supervisory
employees are white persons n
the story indicates.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-23

. past six months. The local plant
win get into commercial produc-
ton on q limited scale this week.
Payroll Of 800 Foreseon
Mutually, between 80 and 20 Ne
gro women viii be on the payroll,
but. Mr.. s0pEinS says the division
eventually will hire more than 800.
The plant Is being opened In a re-
modelled warehouse. and work Il
sim in progreSs to convert $4,000
square feet OF floor space TO the
garment-making operation.
New Labor Source
The local move has been cited
by businessmen interested in the
states industrial development az
the first large-scale effort TO
crack the employment color line"
here in the Deep South. II the
move works out successfully. II
could open up a large new labor
source in South Carolina, whose
total population In more than $3.50
Negro.
The Wentworth plant will have
1000 Negro production line. be-
cause a state law prohibits the
employment OF white and Negro
women side by side in the same
mill or factory, Largely for this
reason, only the white portion Of
the states total labor force up 10
now has been considered as an
employment pool for established
or incoming industries.
The South Carolina law on
segregation In textile enterprises
applies TO both men and women.
II makes II illegal for anyone en-
gagged in textile manufacturing
who employs persons OF different
races TO let them use the same en-
frances and exits at the same
time. to let them use the same pay
windows at the same time and TO
let them use the same stairways
at the same time. II also forbids
them TO work together in the
same room at the same time and
forblds them 10 use the same fac
Titles. although equal toilet fac
ilities must be provided.
A Larger Plant
Two smaller garment firms --
the Louis Samet plant at Charles
ton and Hampton Underwear at
Greenwood use Negro produc-
ton workers. but on a smaller
scale than that contemplated at
the new Wentworth mill. The chief
jobs heretofore open TO Negro
workers In this states industrial
plants have been as yard workers,
jRnitors, or maids inside the plant.
Some big industrial concerns in
other states south Of the Mason
Dixon line have successfully mix
%ShSSHSIS.SHA-S
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-23

the white AfrikAner uses his In
dependence 70 worSsn the welfare
Of the black African, while else
where In colonial Africa, the gen
eral trend II towards improved
conditions and, In some areas on
the West Coast. toward complete
freedom.
COIOnIaIIam On Way Out
ColonIalism, with It's color bars,
say world leaders, II on the way
out. Everywhere but In the Union
OF South Africa, the end Of big
power rule over little countries Is
admittedly In sight. Indeed. men
are already making book on the
number Of years II will take TO
wipe out the vicious system.
France and Portugal have Of
ficially removed the word colony
from the administrative vocabu-
larry. In the British-nIled Gold
Coast and Nigeria, where there
are no white settlers, black men
are on the threshold Of seIf-rule.
The days Of the European in
Africa are numbered" wrote au-
thor John Gunther upon his re-
turn from n tour there. Even the
most rabid white settler realizes
that some day soon the African
will re-inherit his own country.
An awakened world consciousness
coupled with the Negroes refusal
any longer 10 accept an inferior
status viii inevitably cause the
collapse OF colonialsm. With II
will disappear the myth Of racial
superiority.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-23

this colonies and In other non-sslf-
governing territories. affects
many more people and In far more
int0lerable than the segregation
and discrimination practicSd In
Mr.. BLENDERS Louisiana and
other areas Of our deep South.
The colonial powers impose their
rule upon millions Of helpless sub
Jects. They force them into slave
labor, They seRregats them into
native quarters" They deny them
political rights and fRir-if any
representation In government,
Much Of the best land. such as the
mineral and farm rich areas Of
Africa, has been taken away from
the black Africans by white set.
tier groups from European eoun.
tries.
CoIoniallsm has not only de.
privod Negroes OF their right 10
vote, 10 work, 10 u decent life. but
also taken away thsir right TO be
citizens Of thsir own country.
This has been accomplished by the
white powers Of the world through
sheer force and violence.
Pot Calling The Kettle
When European powers express
wide-syed AmAzemsnt at the UNI
democratic treatment accorded
the Negro IN the United States, II
ia n case Of the pot calling the
kettle black. They would do we'll
10 look 20 their own backyards,
and the treatment OF their black
tenants by those sent out 10 rule
them. The United States II stead
lily improving the conditions Of It's
10 million Negroes. has roduoted
its few col0nials TO less than =
million people.
Britain alone has 10 million
subjects In her colonial territories.
10 million Negroes has reduced
The remaining 10 million live In
such British territories A. Jamaica
uulnia, Trinidad and the Fiji H.
lands,
France, which has long enjoyed