Evening star., 1954-05-03

partment were Mr.. and Mrs
Francis j. Colligan, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Riley and Miss Mary
French. Those from the ballet
company who were at Mrs. Ba.
cons were Miss Lucia Chase, vice
president Of the Foundation and
director of the Ballet Theater;
Alicia Alfonso, Igor Youskevitch
John Kriza. Melissa Hayden anc
Lame Plane.
Small Party Follows Service
Responsible for another party
given yesterday were two very
youthful boys. Mr.. and Mrs. w
Lewis MacC cCracken entertained
for a few close friends and mem
bers of their families following
the christening Of their sons
William Patterson MacCracken
III, aged 2, and Avery Carter
MacCracken, 6 months.
The ceremony took place ir
the Bethlehem Chapel of the
Washington Cathedral with the
Rev. Albert Joseph Mccartney
and the Rev. Frank Blackweldel
officiating. The service tool
place at 8 o'clock and guests
were asked to drop by to drink 8
toast to the two young men al
4::30.
Godparents for William. who
is better known as Pat, are Mrs
Neil Gillian of Richmond, Va.
Mr.. John Hoy Kaufman and
Mr.. Chester MacCracken OF
Bronxville. N. Y, cousin of the
baby's grandfather.
Those for Avery are Miss Anne
Heard. who since she was out-of-
town was represented by Mrs
Howard Worth Smith, jr.; Mr.
George A. Horkan and Mr.. Bill
Magee.
Grandparents There
The proud grandparents there
were Mrs. Francis Whitten and
Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Mac
Cracken, jr., and aunt. Miss Nell
MacCracken, was also there.
Among the guests expected
were Mrs. Kaufman, Mr.,
Smith, Mr.. Gillian, Mrs. L. B.
Gillian. Mr.. Fred Gillian, Mr.
and Mrs. Burdette Wright, jr.,
Mrs. John Waggaman and Mr.
and Mrs. Ethan Stroud.
The hostess, the former Fran
cine Whitten. chose a beige and
blue silk print afternoon dress
for the occasion.
Another afternoon party yes
terday was given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert w. Dudley. They
entertained at a 5 to 8 party in
honor of the new Ambassador
from the Dominican Republic
and Sonora de Moya.
Old Family Friends
Mrs. Dudley, the former Ar
gentina Anselma Copello, is the
daughter of the late Ambassa-
dor Copello from Dominican Re-
public. and the guests of honor
are old friends of hers and her
family. The purpose of the
party was to introduce them to
friends of the Dudleys, mainly
young residential society.
The whole Gould clan was ex-
pected at the party including
Mrs. Kingdom Gould. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kingdom Gould, jr.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Martin (the
latter is the former Edith King
don Could. Another family
accepting enmasse were Mrs.
Robert A. Dyer and her daugh-
tiers, Miss Dorothy Dyer and
Mrs. James H. Bate, and 1t.
Col. Bate.
Others were the Panamanian
Ambassador and Sonora de
Heurtematte, Dominican Minis
ter and Sonora de Vicioso (the
former is q cousin of the hos
tess); Mr.. and Mrs. Mccullough
Darlington. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos
Gibson, the Marshall Hornblow-
ers and the Charles Kaplers.
Others Expected
Also expected were the Tim
Gibsons, Mr.. and Mrs. Jean
Pierre Gabriel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Sweeney, Mr.. and Mrs.
John c. Schroeder. DR.. and Mrs.
Hilbert Sabin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley M. Rumbough, jr., Mrs.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert LeBaron. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee O'Brien, DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Norment, jr., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Anderton Burke.
Senator and Mrs. Kefauver
had said that they would try
and drop by and others were Mr..
and Mrs. Blake Clark and Mr.,
and Mrs. Lawrence Spivak. Mrs.
Clark had been the moderator
of the television program Meet
the Press" earlier and of course
Mr.. Spivak is a permanent men,
hers of the nannl