Evening star., 1955-01-30
Service News
BY Evelyn N. Dent

tions Admiral Robert B.
Carney and Mrs. Carney have
as their houseguests for a few
days Mrs. Forrest Sherman and
her daughter, Mrs. John Fitz-
patrick. They arrived late Fri
day evening rom Puerto Rico.
Mrs. Sherman has been visit
ing her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Comdr. and Mrs. Fitz-
patrick. The ladies are now en-
route to Battle, Me-. where next
Friday Mrs. Sherman win
christen the newest Of the
Navy's fighting craft, USS
FORREST SHERMAN. in
honor of her late husband,
Admiral Sherman.
Dental Chief Is Host
Chief of Army Dental Corps
Mai. Gen. Oscar P. Snyder,
with his sister Mrs. Grace
Snyder Warnes, who acts as
hostess for her brother, will en-
tertain at a buffet supper on
Thursday evening. February II,
at their home in Somerset, Md.
The honor guests will be the
visiting dental surgeons from
Europe, the Far East, and the
six Army areas in the United
States. The doctors will be in
town to attend the annual
Dental Surgeons Conference in
the Office Of the Surgeon Gen.
eral Of the Army.
The Air Force Chief Of
Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twining.
and Mrs. Twining will be hosts
at a small dinner on Friday.
February 18. They will en-
tertain in their quarters for
the former Undersecretary
for Air and Mrs. Roswell L.
Gilpatric.
On Monday Gen. and Mrs.
Twining gave a dinner in
their quarters for Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Atwood. of Alaska.
ltolion General Feted
The Assistant Air Force
Deputy Chief Of Staff, Mai.
Gen. William D. Eckert, and
Mrs. Eckert will be hosts this
evening at a reception and
supper in honor of Maj. Gen.
Giuseppe Casero. of the Ital-
ian Air Staff, at the officers
Club, Boiling Air Force Base.
Gen. Casero has been in this
country on a two weeks tour
of Air installations. He leaves
tomorrow for his homeland.
The Italian Air Attache,
Brig. Gen. Enrico Cigerza, and
Sonora Cigerza will entertain
a small company at dinner
tomorrow evening to bid well
come to the new Air Attache,
Brig. Gen. Felice Santini. and
Signora Santini.
The Cigerzas are leaving for
Rome about the middle of the
month. and are being much
entertained before they depart.
Gen. and Signora Santini
arrive early tomorrow from
Italy aboard the Cristoforo
Colombo, and will come
straight to Washington where
they will stay at 2100 Connec-
ticut avenue until they find q
house.
Col. Walter Adrower and
Air Force Maj. and Mrs. Will
liam Caboli, left on Friday for
New York. Col. Adrower will
meet the Santinis and return
to town with them.
The commander, Military
Air Transport Service. 1t.
Gen. Joseph Smith and Mrs.
Smith, entertained at buffet
supper on Friday for their
house guests, the commander
of the armed forces Staff Col
lege. Norfolk, Va, 1t. Gen.
David M. Schlatter, and Mrs.
Schlatter, and their daughter
Ann.
The Schlatters came from
Norfolk to attend the wedding
Of Miss Sally An Baehr, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
A. Baehr to Mr.. Delmar B.
SpiTey, son of Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Delmar Taft Spivey, of
Maxwell Air Force Base,
Montgomery. Ala.
Aero MedicoI Plons
Plans are well under way
for entertaining the foreign
visitors to the Aero Medical
Association meeting which
this year comes on March 81
through % at the Statler. 1t
is their 26th annual affair,
Brig. Gen. Otis o. Benson,
president, announces.
The Wives Wing is in it's
third year, not SO old but very
active. and with 27 countries
participating last year they
expect many more out-of-
country members to this affair.
The guests had such a good
time here last year that they
voted to return again.
Mrs. Langdon C. Newman.
wife of Navy Capt. Newman,
is chairman of general ar
rangements. Mrs. Sheldon S.
Brownton. wife of Air Force
Col. Brownton, has charge of
the welcoming tea March 81,
at the Statler. Mrs. Theodore
C. Bedwell is chairman Of the
luncheon March % at the Ma
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