Evening star., 1954-10-31
By Evelyn M. Dent

Invitations have been issued
for the annual dinner dance
of the Coast Artillery on Sat
urday, at the Officers Club,
Fort Lesley j. McNair. Brig.
Gen. Charles S. Harris, Editor
of the Antiaircraft Journal,
formerly the Coast Artillery
Journal, has charge Of ar
rangements and has contacted
artillery men everywhere. If it
is at all possible most Of them
will be in attendance.
One of the oldest branches
Of the military establishment,
the Coast Artillery in World
War I had an antiaircrafr bat
talon as part of its compile
ment. After World War II the
Coast and Field Artilleries
merged. They became the
antiaircraft mission, which
now in turn is designated as
The Artillery.
The Army Deputy Chief of
Staff for Operations and Ae-
ministration 1t. Gen. Walter
L. Weible and Mrs. Weible and
The Deputy Chief of Staff for
Plans and Research, 1t. Gen.
Lyman L. Lemnitzer and Mrs.
Lemnitzer are among the top
ranking guests expected for
the z O'Clock dinner. Mrs. Har-
ris will also be among the more
than 200 who will find their
way to Fort McNair.
MiIburn's House Full
The Special Assistant for
Reserve Components>Maj. Gen.
Bryan L. Milburn and Mrs.
Milburn, will have a house full
of Coast Artillerymen. Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Nathaniel A.
Burnell with their daughter
Anne, are expected on Tuesday
from Fort Totten, N. Y. They
will be here for about a week.
Col. and Mrs. William H. Dun
ham. of Charlottesville, Va,
will arrive later in the week
for the celebration.
1t. Gen. Leroy Lutes will
also find many old friends
waiting to greet him when he
arrives on Friday from his
home in San Mateo, Calf. He
will stay with his son and
daughter-in-law, Col. and Mrs.
Lutes. jr.. in their home at
Falls Church, Va.
Lowtons in New Home
The Army Budget Officer
Maj. Gen. William Steven
Lawton and Mrs. Lawton. who
recently bought a house on
North Randolph street, Arling-
ton. arrived here in the late
summer from Hampton, Va.
where Mrs. Lawton stayed
while the General was in Ko-
rea. They are looking forward
to greeting many old friends.
at the dinner dance on Satur-
day.
Gen. and Mrs. Lawton are
spending this week end at
Thayer Hall, West Point, Wis
iting their son George Carr
Lawton who Is a Plebe.
They are hoping that their
son and daughter-in-law with
their children William III and
Mary Angela will soon be COM
ing home from Southern Japan
to visit them. Capt. Lawton is
on duty with the 188th Air
borne Infantry.
Gen. and Mrs. Lawton's
daughters Mary and Jane are
students at Mary Mount Col
lege, Arlington.
Air Force Entertain
Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward
Barber and Mrs. Barber are
also making plans to entertain
old friends in their Chevy
Chase home while they are
here for the annual Coast Ar
tillery party on Saturday. Col.
and Mrs. Harry w. Lewis of
Hampton, Va, arrive on Friday
and will be their house guests
for the week end. Also arriving
to stay with the BARRIERS are
Col. and Mrs. Frank B. Kane
and Col. and Mrs. O. Thomas
Forman of North Serverna
Park. Md.
Maj. Gen. Stanley Nickel
sen, Commanding General,
Antiaircraft Defense Com
mand, is coming from Colo
RADIO Springs. Colo, for the
annual dinner. He expects to
fly here, and there will doubt
less be many who will want
the General as their guest.
Maj. Gen. John L. Homer
OF Chicago is also among
those expected at the dinner.
Others planning to attend are
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. w. F.