Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25


Homer Gruenther of the White
House staff, and Mrs. Alben
Barley accompanied by Mr..
Henry Depping and his daugh-
ter Janet, home from Vassar.
Admiral Laurence Frost was
telling friends about the arrival
this week end of his first
grandchild--a little girl named
Sarah Covington born to his
son and daughter-in-law, 1t.
and Mrs. Laurence w. Frost.
Also seen were Vice Admiral
James Holloway. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Waugh, Judge land
Mrs. Homer Ferguson, Gen.
and Mrs. Robert Schow.
Representative Joseph w.
Martin, jr., Deputy Chief Of
Protocol Victor Purse, Coun-
selor Of the State Department
Frederick Reinhardt. Mr..
Kenneth don, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eric Kocher. former Am
bassador and Mrs. Myron
Cowen and Mr.. Merle Cochran.
Among the first diplomats to
arrive we're the Liberian Am
bassador and Mrs. Padmore.
Austria's Ambassador Gruber,
the Czech Ambassador and
Mrs. Petrzelka and Ambassa-
dor Romulo Of the Philippines.
The Soviet Am b ssador
walked in just behind Senator
Alexander Smith, and others
attending were the dean Of
diplomats, Ambassador Nor
genstierne, Afghanistan's
Ambassador Najib-Ullah. the
Dutch Ambassador and Nine.
Van Roijen, the Ambassador
of Burma and Mrs. Win, the
Ambassador Of Wet Nam and
Nine. Chuong, the AmbaSsa-
dor Of New Zealand and Lady
Munro. Ambassador Mates Of
Yugoslavia, Ambassador de
Kaufman Of Denmark. Am
baSsador Eban of Israel, Am
bassador Notowidigdo of In
donesia, the British Minister,
Sir John Coulson, and from
the French Embassy. Counselor
Jean de la Grandville.
Guests also had a chance to
meet the newest arrivals at the
Thai Embassy, Naval Attache
Savad Pavanarit, and his
beautiful wife who wore a
stunning pink and gold dress
of Thai silk fashioned as a
sheath with strapless top.
THE SILVERFISH, that
amusing and imaginative
group Of embassy press coun-
selors who recently banded to-
gether to form a club dedi-
Gated simply to fun, last night
said farewell to two Of their
members.
Such is the diplomatic life.
that nothing is permanent
and so the membership of the
Silverfish will now be chang
ing.
Mr.. E. K. Tandem, Public
Relations Attache for the In
dian Embassy, was one of the
guiding lights Of the Silver
fish. but he leaves today after
only two years in Washington.
He will go back to India to
take over the important job Of
head of the Indian Informa-
ton Service there. His sue
cessor at the embassy is his
deputy. Mr.. Shahane.
Also saying goodby was Nigel
Gaydon Of the British En-
bassy, who leaves in four days
for Chicago where he will be
with the British Consulate
there.
incidentally. Mr.. Gaydon's
successor, Jim Foote. was in
troduced at a party Sunday
evening given by Ted Eyers Of
CBS).
But back to the Silverflsh.
For last nights party they
took over the Desert lima
restaurant in st. Mathews
Court specializing in Arab
cuisine. In addition to saying
goodbys, the group also took
this occasion to welcome new
member, Mr.. John Tzounis. the
handsome bachelor press at
tache Of the Greek Embassy.
The 80 or so guests were
primarily newspapermen and
their wives, but also spotted in
the group were Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Cafritz, Senator and
Mrs. Estes Kefauver, Senator
and Mrs. Karl Mundt. the Ray
Henles and others.
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UNDERSECRETARY OF
STATE Christian Herter was
host yesterday at a reception
at Blair House in honor of a
visiting Indonesian Parlia-
mentary Delegation. Mr.. Herter
will again be host today at
a stag luncheon in honor Of
the group.
Also entertaining tonight are
the Liberian Ambassador and
Mrs. Padmore who will give a
6-to-8 reception in honor Of
the visiting Vice President Of
Liberia. Mr.. William r. Toll
bert. ir. The party will be at
the Embassy.