Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Society and Club News
Friday Coti|Iion Dance
At SuIgruve Draws $50

with DIR. and Mrs. John Pea
cock, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Addi-
son, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Bogley and Mr.. and Mrs. George
De Franceaux.
Mr.. Luttrell's guests included
Miss Louise CuShwa, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burdette Wright, jr., Miss
Mary Jane Cahill and Mr.. Camp
bell Schmitt.
Engaged Couple Feted
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilson
Davis entertained at a small
cocktail party yesterday after
noon in honor of Miss Polly
Norment and her fiance. Mr.
Anderton Burke, whose wedding
will take place on March 6. The
party was held in the Davis
home in Marian Forest which
is just below Alexandria.
Among those who dropped by
were Mr.. and Mrs. Howard w
Smith, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
.erick Marsteller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Barry Freer, DR.. and Mrs. Ben
Jones, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Jones, jr., Miss Esme Munro. MI.
and Mrs. Clarence F. Norment
III, the Robert Werlichs, , the
Paul N. Crockers, Mr.. Charles
Dettor. the Misses Anne and
Lucy Lonergan and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Harris.
Benefit Plonned
Patrons for the benefit con-
cert performance of noted Greek
born contralto. Nine. Elena
Nikolaidi, have been named. The
concert, which will take place
March 2 at Constitution Hall.
will swell the building fund of
the new st. Sophia Greek Ortho-
dox Church going up on Massa-
chusetts avenue just below the
Washington Cathedral.
Mrs. Eisenhower heads the
list which also includes Arch
bishop Michael, the Bishop Of
Washington and Mrs. Angus
Dun, Greek Ambassador Atha-
nase Politis, the French Ambas-
Sador and Nine. Bonnet, the
Yugoslav Ambassador and Nine.
Popovic, Mrs. Douglas Mckay.
Mrs. George M. Humphrey. Mrs.
Arthur Summerfield. Mrs. Arthur
Radford, the Chief of Naval
Operations and Mrs. Robert
Carney, Senator and Mrs. Dwight
GriSWold and Senator and Mrs.
Homer Ferguson.
Mrs. George McGhee, wife of
the former United States Ambas-
sador to Turkey, heads the gen.
eral committee in charge of the
affair assisted by the Messrs.
Emmanuel Deoudes and Peter
KoutSandreas, as co-chairmen.
Ticket order forms may be
obtained from the st. Sophia
Greek Orthodox Church. North
7-7753. or from the Hayes Con-
cert Bureau. If obtained from
the Hayes Concert Bureau. sales
will be credited to the new St.
Sophia Church Building Fund
at the request of the purchaser.
japanese Tee Planned
Members of the Washington
Tokyo Women's Club met yes
terday afternoon in the Army
and Navy Club for tea. The
group Is composed of wives of
United States Foreign Service
officers and those of the armed
services who have had duty in
Japan. There are Is members
and each has assisted the wife
of member of the japanese
Embassy in finding a home or
whatever else she and her family
may have needed. Thus the
stranger within our gates has
been made to feel more welcome.
Mrs. Richard M. Herndon is
president of the group and
serving with her are Mrs. Os-
borne Hauge. vice president;
Mrs. Joseph HARRISON, secretary.
and Mrs. Richard B. Appleton.
treasurer.
Mrs. Horton D. White is pro-
gram chairman and Mrs. Rich
ard Brown membership chair
man. Members Of the program
committee also include Mrs.
Frank Allen and Mrs. Don Gal
loWay.
Nine. Takeuchi, wife of the
japanese Charge d'Affaires, was
the ranking guest at the tea and
the ta'ee was centered with a
japanese dolls house with ap-
propriately miniature occupants.
The day being so close to the
anniversary of Washington's
birthday, the dainty cakes were
in the form of hatchets. and
cherries also were in evidence.