Evening star., 1954-11-21
Service News
By Evelyn M. Dent

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and Mrs. Robert T. Stevens
will head the receiving line on
Monday November 90, when
the Secretariat OF the Army
entertains at q reception for
the Army Commanders, who
will be here for a two-day con-
ference.
The 8 to 8 o'clock party will
be held in the ballroom Of the
Officers Club. Fort, Lesley j.
McNair. and the receiving line
will have two ar three of the
top ranking members of the
Army group in line throughout
the reception. The Undersec-
retary Of the Army and Mrs.
John Slezak will take a turn as
will the Assistant Secretary
and Mrs. George Holmes Rod
erick.
Also present win be Assists
ant Secretaries and their wives
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Finu-
cane, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c.
Higgins and Gen. and Mrs.
Hugh M. Milton.
The Army commanders are
1t. Gen. Withers A. Burress,
Fort Totten, New York. 1t.
Gen. Floyd L. Parks, Fort
George G.. Meade, Md; Lit.
Gen. Alexander r. Boiling,
Fort Mcpherson, Augusta, Ca;
1t. Gen, I. D. White, Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Tex;
1t. Gen. Hobart r. Gay, Chi
cago. H.; and 1t. Gen. Willard
G. Wyman, The Presidio, San
Francisco, Calf. They are the
commanding generals of the
1St to the 9Th Armies. Other
guests will be of the Military
District of Washington, head
ed by Mai. Gen. John H.
Stokes, jr.. and Mrs. Stokes.
Finance Corps Entertoins
The Army Chief of Finance
Maj. Gen. Bickford e. Sawyer
and Mrs. Sawyer will head the
list Of Finance Corps guests
at the reception and dinner on
Tuesday November 30, at the
Sail Loft. Naval Gun Factory,
when the Army Finance Asso-
citation entertains.
A reception is planned for
6:45 o'clock preceding the din
ner when guests will be intro
duced to the Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Army for Financial
Management Charles C. Finu-
cane, who has been made
honorary president of the AS
Sociation, and Mrs. Finucane.
The Under Secretary of the
Treasury for Monetary Af-
fairs w. Randolph Burgess is
the guest speaker at the dinner
and will also be at the recep-
tion, together with Mr.. Ed
ward F. Bartlett, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury.
The party will also afford
the Corps a chance to welcome
the Assistant Chief of Financ,
Brig. Gen. Harry Wells Gran
dali and Mrs. Crandall, who
arrived in town last week from
West Point. N. Y, where Gen.
Crandall had been on duty as
treasurer of the Military
Academy.
The Crandalls have taken q
house at Parkfairfax and are
looking forward to having
their family together during
one Of the coming holidays.
Stephen is a student at the
Charles Barret School, and the
only one at home. Cadet Harry
w. Crandall is a I'd Classman
at Barret School, and the only
one at home. Cadet Harry w.
Crandall is a I'd Classman at
West Point and their son-irl-
law and daughter, Air Force
1t. and Mrs. Preston Maddocks
are at Stewart Field Air Force
Base, Newburg, N. Y.
Poris Visitor
Retired Vice Admiral and
Mrs. Calvin H. Cobb has is
sued invitations for a 6-to-S
o'clock party at home on
Thursday, December 2, In
honor of Countess de Ma
renches of Paris.
The Countess, will be at the
Sulgrave Club during her stay
here. At the moment she lis
in Wilton, Conn.,, visiting her
sister, Mrs. Henry Downe. The
visit of the Countess, who is
well known in Washington,
Is sure to touch off a round
Of entertaining.
The deputy director. Gen.
trail Intelligence, 1t. Gen.
Charles Pearre Cabell and Mrs.
Cabell are taking q party of
young people with them to
the Army-Navy game on Sat-
urday. They will 60 to Phil
adelphia on "The Special" and
are looking forward to seeing
their son Cadet Cabell, jr..
who is q plebe at West Point.
In the company will be their
son Ben; daughter Catherine
and Mrs. Cabell's nephew John
F. Marx, Also Melise Ross,
Mary Montgomery and Marion
Knappen.
They will join Col. Walter
Bryte at the game and after.
wards will attend the party
at the BENJAMIN Franklin Ho-
tel.
Royors Awoy
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Muir
rey L. Royar are In Beckley.
Va. until Tuesday staying with
their son-il1-law and daugh-
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