Evening star., 1954-10-17
By EVELYN M. Dent


Mrs. Gavin. have issued in
vitations for q reception on
Wednesday October n from
z to 9 o'clock at the Officers
Club. Fort Lesley j. McNair.
Their guests will be the
American, British and Cana
dian members Of the Army
Standardization Group. and
their ladies. General and Mrs.
Gavin will entertain in the
McNair and Gold Rooms Of
the Club.
Mrs. Maxwell Taylor leaves
at the end of the month for
the Orient to join Gen. Taylor
who is on duty there. Mean
while Mrs. Taylor. whose
friends are legion. is busy f1t-
ting in all the fetes being
given in her honor.
Mrs. Taylor goes to West
Point October % for a visit
with her son Thomas who is
a Plebe, and will spend sew
eral days in New York before
returning to town october 26,
when she will be the house,
guest Of Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Gilman c. Mudget until she
leaves for San Francisco on
the 29th.
Mrs. Mark Mcclure, whose
husband Maj. Gen. Mcclure
is the Commanding General
Of the Oath Division in Korea,
will be hostess at luncheon on
Tuesday at the, Officers Club,
Fort Myer, in honor of Mrs.
Taylor.
Mrs. Mcclure, with their
daughter Lyn, has taken q
house in Foxhall Village while
the General Is away. Lyn is a
student at Mt. Vernon Junior
College this year. They moved
out of their quarters at Fort
Meyer when the General left
: for Korea.
Houseeuests Here
Gen. and Mrs. Midget have
as their houseguests Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Carmichael of
Rancho SAINT Fe. Calf. aunt
and uncle Of Mrs. Mudget and
long time friends of Mrs.
Taylor.
Gen. and Mrs. Midget en-
tertained on Tuesday at q
small dinner for their house.
guests and Mrs. Taylor, and
they expect to see her again
on the 26th when she returns
from New York.
The Army Comptroller 1t.
Gen. George H. Decker and
Mrs. Decker will be hosts at
dinner next Sunday, enter
: tanning in their quarters at
Fort Myer in honor Of Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. George c.
Stewart.
Gen.. Stewart retires at the
end of the month. after which
he and Mrs. Stewart will go
to Chicago, H., where the
General will enter private
business.
The Air Force Deputy Chief
Of Staff. 1t. Gen. Frank F.
Everest and Mrs. Everest, will
continue the series of small
dinners they have been giv-
Ing In their quarters at Fort
Myer. The fourth Of such par
ties will be given sometime in
November.
1t. Gen. and Mrs. Lemuel
Mathewson are in the throes
Of moving from quarters 28
to quarters 6b, Fort Myer.
They hope to be settled before
the coming festive season
when they expect their daugh-
ter Betsy home from her
studies at .Middlebury College.
Vermont. Meanwhile, Ellen
continues at Wakefield, and
Melissa at the Fort Myer
schools.
Mrs. Harold F. Howard, wife
Of 1t. Col. Howard, was host
ess at a coffee hour in their
quarters on the post, enter
tanning in honor Of Mrs. j.
Paul Bredon, wife Of the Fort
Myer post commander, Col.
Bredon.
Her guests were for the
most part wives Of Post Staff
Officers. Mrs. Orville Nc
Manus, wife of the post adju-
tant, assisted the hostess at
the coffee table.
Younes Hosts
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert
: N. Young were hosts>at dinner
on Tuesday entertaining for
Maj. Gen. William r. Sexton.
Gen. Sexton has, been here on
leave from his post in Pakis-
ton, and is returning there
over this week end.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John
M. Willems were hosts on
Thursday at q $50 reception
in the Gold and McNair
Rooms of the Officers Club,
Fort Lesley j. McNair. Gen.
and Mrs. Willems' guests were