Evening star., 1954-05-15

Members Of the State Depart
ment in the gathering were Mr.
Thruston Morton, Philander p
Claxton and John A. Jernegan
Golfer Honored
The Uruguayan Ambassador
and Sonora de Mora gave a
party yesterday in honor o1
Miss Fay Croker, the famous
champion professional golfer of
Uruguay. Miss Crocker Is here
to compete against Mrs. Babe
Zaharias, Miss Louise Suggs
Miss Betty Jameson and other
top golfers in the country in the
Women's National Capital Open
tournament
Around so guests dropped by
the Embassy for the $50 to $3.50
affair that drew sports figures,
country club presidents and
members of the Ladies Profess
sional Golf Association.
Born in Montevideo of Amer
ican and British descent, Miss
Crocker began playing golf at
the age of six and won che Uru-
guayan National Women's
Championship at the age of Is.
Her mother has won it six times.
Her father, Mr.. Fred Crocker,
has won the Mems Champion
ship in Uruguay 81 times. So
she comes by her championship
golf naturally. She didn't turn
pro until this past January.
Author Feted
Mrs. Lali HorStmann, author OF
the brand-new book, 1--WE Chose
to Stay" has been a guest Of
Danish Ambassador and Nine. de
Kaufman for the past two
days. Mrs. Horstmann is a Ger
man who has. written the horror
story of the Russian as con-
que"c-' '!ar husband was an
anti-Nazi who died in q Russian
concentration camp.
Yesterday she luncied at the
No -onal Gallery Of Art with the
Director of the Gallery and Mrs.
David Finley who included in
their small group the Danish
Ambassador and his wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles WrightSman
Of New York and MFR. and Mrs.
Chauncey Mccormick of Chi
cago. Mr. Mccormick is in and
out of town frequently in con-
nection with the Hoover Com
missions work. Last evening she
was a guest at the dinner given
Nv Mr.. and Mrs. Andre Visson.
Diplomatic Notes
The Norwegian Ambassador,
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgen-
Stierne, left Washington yester-
day morning to go on a To-day
speaking tour Of the Midwest
He will make addresses in Mil
waukee, Fargo, N. D., Moorhead
and Minneapolis, MINI. and Chi
cago.
The Ambassador of Honduras
DR.. Rafael Vale, as president OF
Ateno, was host at a lecture last
evening at the Institute of Lin
guistics Of Georgetown Univer-
sity, Ateno is made up of peo-
pie interested in literary discus
sion in Spanish. They heard a
talk bv Peruvian Minister Coun-
Selor Gonzalo Pizarro on AS
poets of Contemporary Painting
in Peru"
The South African Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Jooste entertained
all members of their embassy
staff at cocktails yesterday after
noon. The envoy and his wife
will sail for South Africa on
Wednesday and after a three
months vacation will take UP
their new post in London. Am
bassador JooSte will become his
country's high commissioner in
England.
The Polish Ambassador and
Nine. WinieWicz were hosts at a
musicale in the Embassy last
evening. The Spring Concert OF
Polish Music" featured Giorgio
Ciompi, violinist: Sidney Ed
wards, cellist, and Brooks Smith,
pianist.
The daughter of the Neither
lands Ambassador, Tina Van
Roijen, and some of her young
embassy contemporaries will at
tend the dinner and dance at the
Naval Academy this evening
The party is for the So mid
shipmen of the Dutch Cruiser
De Zeven Provincien.
More parties have been added
to Miss Esme Munro's pre-wed-
ding calendar. Mr.. and Mrs,
Frank Mellor will entertain next
Saturday evening for the New
Zealand Ambassadors daughter
and her f1ance, Mr.. Charles
Dettor: on the 23rd Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Anderton Burke will
give a cocksail gathering for
members of the wedding party;
and on the 29th Miss Munro's
sister and brother-in-law, the
A. B. Harlands of Philadelphia,
will be hosts at a party at the
Embassy here.
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