Evening star., 1954-05-02
MonyDinners
Before Home
Rule Ball

WaSnlngCOnS Cop-0raWer So
ciety, members of the Cabinet,
and other personages will grace
Washington's first Home Rule
Ball in the Presidential room of
the Statler hotel 10 o'clock Tues
day night.
The ball promises to be one
of the most glittering non-off1cial
affairs of the season with sew
eral score men and women prom
inent in the city's professional,
civic and political life dancing
with their less widely known fell
low workers in the cause of local
suffrage.
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman and
Mrs. Montgomery Blair are CO.
chairmen of the ball. An extra
ordinary list of patrons and
patronesses back tn e m up.
Among them are the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Hum
phrey, Attorney General and
Mrs. Brownell, Postmaster Cen
eral and Mrs. Summerfield, Sec
retary of the Interior and Mrs:
Mckay. Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Weeks, Secretary Of
the Air Force and Mrs. Talbot,
Miss Bertha Adkins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh D. AuchinclosS, Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bartlett, Mrs. Truxtun
Beale, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bid
die, Mr.. and Mrs. William Drap-
er Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Fontaine
Bradley, Donna Julia Brambilla,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Chapman,
Mrs. Raymond Clapper, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Coffin, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Joseph Donohue, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert ElliSton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward r. FinkenStaedt, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Foster, Mrs. Arthur
Fowler and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Gardner, jr.
Among others are Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Hildreth, Mr.. Cole
man Jennings, Senator and Mrs.
John F. Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton w. King, Admiral and
Mrs. Thomas C.. Kinkaid, Mr..
and Mrs. Kent Legare, Senator
and Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman,
NSr. and Mrs. Walter c. Louch-
helm, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Mac
Arthur, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Munson, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Burke
Wilkinson, Mrs. Arthur Woods
and Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Wood
ward.
Among those who are giving,
or attending, home rule ball din
ners, preceding the dance, are
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs.
Rowan Shevlin, Secretary and
Mrs. Talbot, Mr.. and Mrs. Doug
las Macarthur, former Ambas-
sador and Mrs. George Garrett,
Mrs. Dwight Davis, Mrs. Robert
Low Bacon, Mrs. John Gross,
who has come down. from Beth
lehem for the occasion; Presi-
dent of the Board of District
Commissioners and Mrs. Sam
uel Spencer, Miss Bertha Adkins. |
Representative and Mrs. Law
renee Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Noel Macy, Mrs. st. George |
Ryan, DR.. and Mrs. Paul Mag i
nuson, Mr.. and Mrs. John Fer
guson, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Burling, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Nitzie, Mr.. and Mrs. Gates Floyd. !
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pomeroy
Hendricks. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Tay-
lor Chewing. DR.. and Mrs. B. |
Lauriston Hardin, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Desmond Fitzgerald.
The Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon, Chief of Staff of the Air
Force and Mrs. Nathan F. Twin
ing, Senator and Mrs. Lehman
and Senator James E. Murray,
will be at one or another of the
many ball dinners.
The McCrarys-Tex McCrary
and his attractive wife. Jinx
Falkenberg - not only will be
dinner guests but they also will
have prominent part in the
entertainment at the Ball. The
entertainers will include a cur
rent top ranking recording
quartette whose latest recording
is a million-sale hit. Sidney and
his orchestra will play for the
dancing.
The Presidential room will be
decorated in a red and white
scheme.