Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Society News

Retiring YugoSlav Ambassador
and Nine. Popovic. who returned
a few days ago from a trip to
the West coast and shortly will
leave for their homeland, have
a full calendar of parties planned
in their honor. They were enter
tanned last evening by the In
dian Ambassador and Mrs.
Mehta. who gave dinner for
them. and earlier Nine, Popovic
was honor guest at tea Of Nine.
Lekic. wife of the Yugoslav
Military Attache.
The dinner was given in the
handsome Indian embassy on
Macomb street and in the COM
pany were Israeli Ambassador
and Mrs. Abba Eban. Neither
lands Ambassador and Nine.
van Rotten. Indian Minister and
Mrs. S. N. Haksar, DR.. and Mrs.
William C. tombstone and Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Markell.
leo for lodieS
Nine. Lekic was hostess to a
group of ladies at tea for Nine.
Popovic, the party being given
from 4 to o'clock in the home
of the hostess on Edmonds street.
Mrs. Munthe de MorgenStierne,
wife of Norway's Ambassador. re-
Gently back from Florida vaca-
ton. was there and also in the
company were Nine. Bohemian,
Mrs. Abba Eban. Mrs. Mehta
and Nine. Deressa, wife of the
Ethiopian Ambassador.
Others in the company were
the wives of Military Attaches of
a number of the embassies as
we'll as officers on the Standing
Group of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Mrs Homer Ferguson called to
say Eau revoir" and also Mrs. J.
William Fulbright and Mrs.
Ralph Harvey from the Con-
gressional group. Others in Of
fetal circles who called yester-
day were Mrs. Sherman Adams,
Mrs Walter B. Smith. Mrs. John
F Simmons. Mrs Allen Dulles
Mrs William Rand, Mrs. Haw-
thorne Arey. Mrs. Dean Acheson.
Mrs Francis Biddle and Mrs
Howard Mitchell
Thoilond Porty
Thai Ambassador and Mime
Sarasin entertained at dinner
last evening in honor of the
Chief of Protocol and Mrs. John
F. Simmons. Others in the COM
pany we're Viet-Nam AmbasSa-
dor and Nine. Tran Van Kha.
Philippine Charge d'Affaires and
Mrs Emilio Abello. Maj. Gen.
H. ( Rutherford and his daugh-
ter Miss Dorothy Rutherford.
and Mr.. Francois-Bier Greth of
tht International Bank.
The Ambassador and Nine
Sarasin will give a welcome par
ty March II for the new Air
Attache. Group Capt. La-erb
PinSuvana and Nine. Pinsuvana
The party will be held from 6
to o'clock in the embassy on
Kalorama road. !
German Ambassador Heinz
Krekeler was host at dinner last .
evening entertaining for a group
of members of the Berlin Bundle :
stag-or Legislature. The visi- |
tors are DR.. Carlo Schmid. the
MeSSrs. Fritz Erler and Will |
Brandt and DR.. Guenther Klein. |
The visitors are here for brief !
stay and the party last evening
was informally arranged.
Netherlands Officer Feted
The Netherlands Naval At
tache, Rear Admiral G. Koudijs
was host at a delightful early
evening party yesterday honor
ing Admiral H. Schafer of the
Netherlands Navy who is visit
ing here. The party was given
in the Westchester where the
host has an apartment and the
ranking guests were the Am
bassador and Nine. van Roijen.
Others included the Comman-
dant Of the Marine Corps and
Mrs. Lemuel c. Shepherd, jr.,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Air and Mrs. James H. Smith,
Deputy Chief of Naval Opera
lions and Mrs. Matthew B. Gard