Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
SERVICE NEWS
By EVELYN M. DENT


invitations sent out this week
by the governing body Of the
Inter-American Defense Board
were q subtle compliment to
the discoverer of America. The
text was entirely Spanish.
The chairman of the board.
Vice Admiral Edmund T.
Woodbridge and Mrs. Wool
bridge will head the receiving
line on Wednesday for the
annual reception in honor Of
Columbus Day. With them
will be the social chairman.
Brig. Gen. Jose Machado
Lopes, and Mime. Machado
Lopes. 1t. Col. Theodore j.
McAdam will make the In
Productions.
The 8 o'clock reception will
find the hosts in the library
of the handsome headquarters
of the board at $500 Sixteenth
street.. Guests win 60 through
the music room and out to q
buffet set up In the assembly
room.
Many old friends will meet
again as the new arrivals on
the board attend their first
reception. The newly appointed
vice chairman Of the board.
Rear Admiral Contra Almi-
rante Albfredo Aguiar, and
Sonora de Aguiar are no
strangers though. as they have
been here for some time. Ad-
miral Aguiar has been chief Of
the Uruguay delegation TO the
Inter American Defense Board.
Aguiars Move
The Aguiars are In the
throes Of moving. They viii
be well settled in their new
abode ct Cleveland House by
October Is. Their children,
Alfred and Julio, will continue
at Annunciation School.
The new Vice Director OF
staff, Col. Ruben Ortiz. ar
rived here from Paraguay on
Tuesday. He was formerly
Military Aide to President
Tomas Romero-Pereira Of
Paraguay.
Sonora de Ortiz has not ar
rived as yet. She will come
from their home in Asuncion,
Paraguay, as soon as Col.
Ortiz has found q house for
them. At the moment he is
staying at the Hotel 2400.
Two new members OF the
board from Chile are Col.
Horacio Arce. and Col. Anibal
Solminihac. The former is
also Military Attache and the
latter is the new Air Attache
from Chile.
Col. and Mrs. Arce have
recently moved into q house
at 2l28 Bancroft place, Col.
and Mrs. Solminihac are
presently at the Windsor Park
Hotel.
Army Maj. and Mrs. AM
thony r. Mattos have bought
q house in Alexandria, and
with their children. Virginia.
Anita and Daniel, are getting
well settled. Mai. Mattos Is
assistant liaison officer to the
Defense Board.
Col Alberto Garcia has q
dual role. He is Air Attache
of Uruguay and his country's
delegate to the Inter- American
Defense Board. The Garcias
recently arrived here from
their homeland and found a
house on Military road. where
they are getting settled.
Their children. Vivian and
Laura, attend the. Murch
School, while Alberto goes to
the Lafayette Nursery School.
Espes to Entertain
The Chief of Naval Opera
tons, Admiral Arleigh Burke.
and Mrs. Burke, will be the
guests Of honor on Thursday
at the reception for foreign
naval and air attaches ac-
credited to the Department Of
the Navy.
The Director of Naval In
telligence Rear Admiral Carl
F. Espe, and Mrs. Espe. with
the Deputy Director Rear Adj
miral r. w. Cavenagh, and
Mrs. Cavenagh. will receive
with the honor guests from
$3.50 to $3.50 at the Oficers'
Club, National Naval Medical
Center.
The party affords an oppor-
tunity for the foreign visitors
and their wives to meet the
ranking members Of the Navy.
and, the military officers OF
NATO. More than 800 are
expected to attend.
The Commanding General.
Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir,
Mai. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss.
and Mrs. Prentiss will be hosts
at luncheon on Tuesday fol-
lowing the dedication cere-
mony at the north gate Of the
post.
The north gate will be ded-
icated in honor Of Mai. Gen.
Albert Lieber, following which
Mrs. Lieber will be honor guest
at the luncheon.
Last Thursday a similar
ceremony and luncheon was
held when the south gate OF
the post was dedicated to the