Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28
By EVELYN M. Dent


the honor guests, on Friday.
April 8, at the Marine Barracks |
when the first of this seasons |
sunset parades followed by re-
ception is held. Acting as their |
hosts for the Corps will be the
Commandment and Mrs. Lemuel
c. Shepherd, jr.
Gen. and Mrs. Shepherd will |
receive with the honor guests |
and will review the troops with
them at Sis.
It has been a time honored
custom down through the years
since the establishment of the
Corps to hold these parades
from April to October, or even |
into November, weather permit
ting. It is the one remaining |
thrilling exhibition of the Armed |
Forces since the diScontinuance
of the colorful cavalry drills at
Fort Myer.
The actual opening event of
this series will be this coming
Friday when parade will be
held at 4:30. No reception will
follow. Retired Marine Maj. Gen.
Merritt A. Edison will act as host
to the officers Of the National
Rife Association, of which he is
the director.
Parties Galore
This weekend finds the party
calendar well filled for members
Of the Armed Services with Wis
itors from abroad arriving for
the 25th meeting of the Aero
Medical Association, which opens
tomorrow at the Statler.
Air Marshal Sir JarAeS Kilpat-
rick, Director General Medical
Service, Royal Air Force, arrived
yesterday from England and is
the house guest of Wing Comdr.
and Mrs. E. Bruce Harvey. They
will givesa $50 to $3.50 party on
Tuesday in their apartment at
Alban Towers for their distin-
guiShed countryman.
Sir Harry Nottingham, chief
medical officer, British Overseas
Anyways, who arrived with Sir
James, will also be among the
guests. Comdr. Harve1 is the
r. A. F. medical staff officer here
with the British Joint Services
Mission.
To Honor Visitor
Wing Comdr. and Mrs. r. H. |
Lowry are entertaining at home
on Tuesday from to 9 O'Clock |
In honor Of Air Commodore A. G.
Corbet. director Of medical serv-
ices Royal Canadian Air Force,
who arrives today from Ottawa
for the conference.
The Australian Air Attache and
Mrs. D. w. Kingwell are to be
hosts at noon today at a brunch |
party In honor Of Air Vice Mar
shall C.. A. Daley, director gen.
eral Of medicine, Royal Austral-
ian Air Force.
Air Marshal Daley arrived on
Thursday from his homeland
and Is staying at the Statler I'M
til the end Of the week.
Gen. Miguel Lafont, chief Of
sanitary service. Spanish Air
Force, was the honor guest ct q
dinner last evening. His hosts |
were the Spanish Air Attache
and Sonora de Salvador. Gen.
Lafont Is also intensely inter.
0sted In aero medicine.
Groesbecks Here
Retired Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Bertram e. Groesbeck, IT,, are
here from their home In Indi-
annapolis, Ind, and are at the
Statler. Admiral Groesbeck is
president Of the Aero Medical
Association. Their many friends
In town are sure to make their
stay here q busy one socially.
They will share honors this
evening at a 6 to 8 o'clock party
that DR.. and Mrs. Norman Lee
Barr are giving. The guests, for
the most part. will be members
Of a group interested in aviation
medicine. Other honor guests
will be Capt. and Mrs. Leland
Holland and Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Winfred P. Dana.
Navy Capt. and Mrs. Langdon
G. Newman have issued invita-
lions for an at-home on Tuesday
at O'Clock in honor Of their
house guests, Capt. and Mrs.
Holland, who are from Pensa-
cola, Fla.
Capt. Holland is chief Of the
Navy School Of Aviation Medi-
cine, and arrived yesterday with
Mrs. Holland to attend the Aero
Medical Conference. Guests at
the Newman party will be mostly
those attending the conference.
Dr.. Hormon in Town
DR.. Vachelle e. Harmon Of
South Bend, Ind, one Of the first |
members Of the Aero Medical
Association, arrived yesterday |
with his daughter, Miss Marian
Harmon. They are staying for
several days at the Statler.
DR.. Harmon will be host at |
dinner on Tuesday at the Army |
and Navy Club. and with his |
daughter acting as hostess, they |
will honor DR.. and Mrs. w. r. |
Stovall. Their guests have been
asked for z o'clock.
Last evening, DR.. and Mrs.
Ludwig G. Lederer were hosts at |
dinner, entertaining at the Stat
Ter for many Of the out-of- town |
visitors. Among them were Mrs. |