Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
BY EVELYN M. DENT

A4Ct4bCAO VI tllC NAVY Altll
Engineer Corps who shortly
will retire. They are Rear Ad-
miral Harold w. johnson,
Capt. John J. Chew, Capt.
Carl w. Porter. Capt. Walter
T. Eckberg. Capt. F. Dams
ford, Capt. William H. God
son. Capt. Arthur /. Flaherty,
Capt. George K. Brodie, Capt.
Richard L. Mann and Comdr.
Kenneth M. West.
The civil engineer officers
and their wives will be enter
tanned at a formal dinner
dance to be given on the roof
of the Army Navy Country
Club Thursday evening. The
party is a first" in the way Of
such a tribute to be given to
retiring officers in the corps.
The dinner dance will be
preceded in the afternoon by
q colorful military ceremony
also a first" in the annals
Of the corps.
Rear Admiral Robert H.
Meade, chief of the Bureau
of Yards and Docks and chief
OF the Navy Civil Engineers,
will act as host receiving with
the honor guests.
Comdr. Charles A. Reilly is
chairman Of the committee in
charge of arrangements and
has assisting him Comdr.
James D. Castances, Comdr.
Edward C. Bamberg, Comd.
Lawrence p. Frate and 1t.
Robert H. Miller.
Cocktails will be served from
Al to 8 o'clock, dinner from
8 to 10, followed by dancing.
The ceremony in the afternoon
will include the honor guests
being "piped over the side"
with color guard and appro-
pirate ceremony during a pro-
gram scheduled for 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
Military and civilian person.
mel Of the bureau will be
among the large group attend
ing the ceremony to be held
at the Bureau of Yards and
Docks.
Farewells Today
Another retirement party is
being given this afternoon in
honor of Col. Verena M.
Zeller, chief of Air Force
Nurses, and Col. Miriam E.
Perry. chief Of Medical
Specialists. Both are retiring
June 80 after 20 years of &C
tive service. The party will
be given in the Officers' Club
at Boiling Air Force Base and
the hostesses are 1t. Col.
Frances Lay, 1t. Col. Grace
Hayden, Maj. Ethel Kovach,
Maj. Alice Montgomery and
Capt. Vivian Gersema, Of the
Nurse Corps and 1t. Col.
Audrey Underko1er, Mai.
Mary Langlein and Capt. Bar
bara Hodgkins, medical spe-
cialists.
Guests at the party will in
clude officers In the Surgeon
Generals Office and other Air
Force officers and their wives
and the company will num-
Der between 200 and 225.
During the reception the
nurses and medical special
lists will present a portrait to
each Of the retiring officers.
MendenhalIs Leave
Rear Admiral and Mrs. VIII
liam Kavanaugh Mendenhall,
jr., will 60 to Brownsville, Tex,
within the next few weeks.
Admiral Mendenhall has been
transferred for duty in Nor
folk and will have q short
leave before assuming his new
duties. Brownsville is home
to both Admiral and Mrs. Men
denhall and when there they
will be guests Of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Russell.
Before going to Norfolk they
plan to rent their home at
1401 South Twenty-second
street in Arlington. which they
purchased when they came to
Washington for his present
station.
The Mendenhalls will miss q
visit with their son-in-law and
daughter before going to Nor
folk as Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Frazer are working in the ra-
diation laboratory at Liver
more. Calf, and will be unable
to get away to join them in
Brownsville.
Morrows TO France
Another popular couple in
Service circles who are leaving
Washington are Air Force 1t.
Col. and Mrs. John j. Morrow.
Their household effects were
shipped last week and Col. and
Mrs. Morrow, accompanied by
his sister, Miss Amy Morrow.
went to Altoona, Pa. where
they are visiting the latter.
Miss Morrow has been with
her brother and sister-in-law
and had a part in the family
reunion just before packing
began. Col. and Mrs. Morrow's
son. Philip Morrow, U.S.A.,
with his wife joined the fam
lily. He is geologist and after
his Army duty is completed
two years from now he and
Mrs. Morrow will go to Alaska
to live.
Miss Jane Morrow also
spent a few days with her par
ents from her studies at the
University of North Carolina
for her masters degree in
physical education.
Col. Morrow will be attached
TO NATO with headquarters at
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