Evening star., 1954-01-17
Service News
Service News
I Wo Couples Plan
Buffet Supper Party
Gen. and Mrs. Collins to Entertain;
Other Fetes to Be Given by FomiIies
By Evelyn M. Dent

By EyeIy
Members of service circles,
used to carrying on under all
conditions, are undaunted by q
mere snowstorm and entertain
ing goes on in spite Of inclement
weather
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert NJ.
Webster and Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Frank A. Allen. jr.. already have
laid plans for q buffet supper
atwhich they will be hosts, ask
Ing their guests for 6:3O o'clock
on Wednesday. January '27. at
the Officers' Club. Fort Lesley J.
McNair.
It will be something of a
hemisphere party because the
guests will include diplomatic
representatives of countries ia
this hemisphere, as well as
members of the Inter- r-American
Defense Board and the Cana
dian joint staff.
At Quarters 8. Fort McNair,
one is sure to find a warm greet
ing, when Gen. and Mrs. Lawton
Collins entertain on Monday,
January Is.
To Soy ForewelI
Their 6 to 8 o'clock reception
In honor of Air Chief Marshal
Sir William Elliot and Lady
Elliot will afford the Elliots'
many friends another chance to
bid them farewell before they
depart for England.
The Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations, Vice Admiral Mat
thias B. Gardner. and Mrs.
Gardper will entertain again on
Saturday at a 6 to 8 o'clock re-
ception in their quarters at
$500 E street.
Yesterday Admiral and Mrs.
Gardner were hosts at q similar
fete. choosing to receive their
friends at smaller gatherings in
their home rather than at one
large party. They were partic-
iIlarly pleased to have Nine.
Marc Rainaut Of Cannes, France.
among their guests, and are
hoping that M. Rainaut, who IS
In California, will be able to be
at the party next Saturday.
Nine. Rainaut is the house guest
Of Capt. and Mrs. George An
derson. The visitors expect to
spend about 10 days in Wash
ington.
Moss Hosts
The commanding officer of
Fort McNair, Col. Joe David
Moss, and Mrs. Moss were hosts
last evening at a 6 to 8 o'clock
reception at the Officers Club.
Spring flowers were used
throughout the ballroom. where
Col. and Mrs. Moss stood to re-
ceive their guests. The flags OF
the regiments and air units sta
toned on the post formed the
background. The long buffet at
the end of the room had an ex-
quisite centerpiece Of flowers in
al the pastel spring shades.
Oficers living on the post. to-
gether with their ladies, and
0 service and civilian friends OF
the hosts made up the more
than 200 guests who found their
way to McNair last evening.
1t. Gen. and Mrs. Howard A.
Craig have had as their house
guests Col. and Mrs. Frederick
Prasse of Ramey Air Force Base,
Puerto Rico. They were here
for 10 days and were much feted
by their many friends.
Open House for Presses
Gen. and Mrs. Craig held open
house for them and were sorry
to see them depart earlier this
week. Col. Prasse left directly
for Ramey Air Force Base. but
Mrs. PraSse went to New York
to meet Mrs. Prasse, ST.. who
will return with her daughter
in-law to Puerto Rico for a visit.
Col. and Mrs. Ralph Burr en-
tertained at dinner in their
quarters at Fort McNair on Fri
day. Their guests of honor
were 1t. Col. and Mrs. Townsend
Anderson, who are leaving at
the end of the month for Col.
Anderson's new post at Preside,
Calf.
1t. Col. and Mrs. Stanley A..
Young, who recently returned
from Japan, where Col. Young
had been on duty, are now in
quarters at Fort McNair. They
have as their house guests Mr..
and Mrs. Reidar H. Winther of
San Carlos. Calf. and Mrs.
Walter H. Saunders. The three
ladies are sisters.
Fete for Visitors
Mrs. Robert G. Lawrence. wife
Of Maj. Lawrence, is arranging
o coffee at To- o'clock on Tues
day morning in honor of the Wis
itors. Mrs. Lawrence'S other
guests will be, for the most part.
the ladies living on the post.
1t. Gen. and Mrs. Ralph j.
Canine saw their son, 1t. Edwin
A. Canine, of by plane ON
Wednesday for his new assign
11ent In the Far East. Last
Sunday, Gen. and Mrs. Canine