Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
BY EVELYN NJ. DENT

The Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy and Mrs. William
Birrell FRANKIE will entertain
at dinner on Wednesday
aboard the Secretary of the
Nays yacht, the Sequoia.
Their honor guests will be
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Roscoe
F. Good, who leave this sum-
mer for the Far East.
Admiral Good relieves Vice
Admiral William M. Callaghan
as commander, Naval Forces
Far East. The Goods leave in
July and will drive across
country, sailing from San
Francisco. August rs for Yoko-
suka. Japan, where they will
live.
Admiral Callaghan has not
yet received orders, but their
friends hope they will be sent
close to home again.
Mrs. FRANKIE will also enter
tain, giving a luncheon at
nome on Tuesday. May !. in
honor of Mrs. Charles s.
Thomas. wife Of the Secre-
tary of the Navy.
Anniversary Meeting
The American Society of
Naval Engineers meet here this
week for its 68th anniver-
Sary. Organized in 1888, it is
the seventh Oldest Society of
Engineers in the country.
United States Coast Guard,
Engineer-in-Chief Capt. Ken
meth K. Cowart, President of
the organization. will preside
at the annual stag dinner on
Friday at the Sheraton Park
Hotel. Invitations have been
sent to the more than 1900
members who are coming here
from all four corners of the
United States.
Assistant Secretary of De-
Tense Wilfred j. Mcneil. is to
be the guest of the Society at
the dinner with retired Ad-
miral Robert B. Carney as
guest speaker.
To Fete Engineers
The Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Thomas will be the
ranking guests at the $50 to
8 O'Clock reception on Thurs
day which the officers of the
Bureau of Ships will give for
the visitors at the officers
Club, National Naval Medical
Center.
The Chief of the Bureau,
Rear Admiral Albert G.. Mum
ma, and Mrs. Mumma will
head the receiving line which
will also include the Deputy
and the assistant Chiefs of
the Bureau and their wives.
More than $50 guests from
industry have accepted the in
vitation. Other guests include
the ranking members of the
Naval. Military, and Defense
Secretariat.
The honor guests will be the
induStrialiStS whose voluntary
contributions have aided the
Navy in developing and i'm
proving Navy ships.
Parties for Wives
The distaff side is not for
gotten either. Many parties
are planned for them. Mrs.
Wilson Durwood Leggett and
Mrs. Thorvold Solberg will be
hosts at luncheon on Friday at
the Army Navy Club for out
of-toWn visitors.
Admiral Leggett is coming to
town from their home in Sche-
nectady. N. Y. and Mrs. Leg
gett. who has been visiting in
Tarboro. N. c., will meet him
here. They will be the house
guests of their Son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
B. SeWell, jr.
Mrs. Austin Kuhns and Mrs.
Franklin Terrell III of West
port, Conn. who entertain
each year for the wives of the
visiting engineers, will again
give a dinner on Friday at the
Shoreham.
Mrs. William G. Lockwood
of Atlantic Beach, Fla, will
also entertain for the engineer
wives. She has issued invita-
tions for luncheon at the
Army Navy Club on Thursday.
Admiral and Mrs. Mumma
will have as their house guests
the shipyard commander, Nor
folk Navy Yard, Rear Admiral
Logan Mckee, and Mrs. Nc
Kee. They arrive on Thurs
day and will stay until next
Sunday.
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Rob-
ert P. Briscoe have a very tight
schedule from now until they
leave the first week in May
for a short vacation prior to
sailing for Italy. where Ad-
miral Briscoe takes over from
Vice Admiral William M.
Fechteler.
They plan to spend a few