Evening star., 1954-01-24
Service Wives
Newcomers to Be Honored
At Coffee Party Tuesday
BY WinzoIo Mclendon

Outstanding among this weeks
many colorful and attractive
events for military wives Is the
newcomers coffee being staged
Tuesday by the Armed Forces
Hostess Association at the Fort
Myer OfficerS' Club.
Invited to the informal affair
listed for 10 a.m.-are all Serv-
ice officers wives who have ar
rived in the Washington area
within the last three months.
The Armed Forces Hostess
Association is q volunteer or
ganization Of officers wives from
all the ServiceS-Army, Navy,
Marine and Air Force. From
their Office in the Pentagon the
hostesseS give all sorts Of helpful
information to the officer and
his family. They contact each
new arrival and tell them about
housing. schools, doctors, baby
sitterS-just about anything q
newcomer would be interested In
knowing. They also operate an
overseas file for the benefit of
families leaving the area for
duty in foreign lands.
During 1853 the office con-
tacted 1896 officers to welcome
them to Washington. These
calls, for the most part, were
followed up by a visit to the wife
by a neighborhood hostess.
The honorary president Of the
club is Mrs. E. K. Wright, wife
of Maj. Gen. Wright, the COM
manding general of the Military
District of Washington.
Tuesdays coffee is planned as
a "get-acquainted" party for the
newcomers. The chairman for
the affair. Mrs. L. c. Lewis, is ue-
ing assisted by Mrs. r. F. Della
mar. III, who will greet the new
wives; Mrs. Gerald Wenner and
Mrs. B. L. NARROW, name tags
and tickets. and Mrs. Samuel c.
Hill and Mrs. John Peters, ta-
bleS.
Also assisting will be the new
officers who were elected at an
executive board meeting this
past week; Mrs. H. A. Fravel,
president; Mrs. M. D. Willis, vice
PRESIDENT: Mrs. r. j. Schofield,
seretary-treaSurer: Mrs. L. G.
Mcdonald, corresponding secre-
tary, and Mrs. w. L. Hunter,
Office manager.
A program which sounds espe-
cially interesting is the one listed
by the Fort Myer Women's Club
for Thursday. at Patton Hall.
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, the chair
man of the Gen. Lucius Clay
Fund for German Youth Activi-
ties. will be the clubs guest
speaker. In 1948, following a
trip to Germany, Mrs. Shouse
organized the Gen. Clay Fund.
And. in August, 1853, she re-
ceived the patriotic civilian serv-
ice award from the Secretary of
the Army for her outstanding
work in connection with GYA.
On Friday she returned from
q trip to Germany where she in
spected the GYA centers which
have now been turned over to
the German people. In her talk.
Thursday, she will describe her
trip. the purpose OF the GYA and
the need for assistance from the
people of the United States.
A luncheon-called for 1890
pm. by Mrs. Kermit Davis, presi-
dent of the club-will precede
Mrs. Shouse's talk. Assisting
Mrs. Davis with the days activi-
ties are Mrs. Rupert Raschke,
chairman Of the hostesses: Mrs.
Clyde Martin, Mrs. Patrick j.
Mackey. Mrs. w. R. Vivian and
Mrs. D. G. Shepp.
Also on this weeks agenda
for the Fort Myer Women's Club
is meeting of the Bridge Group
tomorrow night, at 8 pm. in
the game room of the officers
Club. Mrs. John r. Swee heads
the committee in charge.
And on Tuesday, members of
the club will gather in the chapel
to make surgical dressings for
the Red Cross. The hours are
from $50 am. to / pm. with
a coffee bread" in mid-morning.
The surgical dressing group is
under the direction of Mrs. Ber-
nard D. Cullather.
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