Evening star., 1961-07-12
Mt. Vernon Comes to Life
For Presidents Dinner

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Clamart; Framboises (straw-
berries) a Ia creme Chan
tilly, Petits-Fours Secs, and
Demi-tasse.
The fluted-edged pearl
green marquee was entirely
lined with bright yellow with
center and side poles of yellow
complementing the white
daisies and yellow carnations
of the spring bouquets that
conferred every one of the 16
small tables and their yellow
tablecloths. There were blue
delphinium and blue bach
elor buttons too in the center
pieces that matched the blue
cushions on the dainty, black
iron chairs.
Tremendous wheels of
huckleberry, smilax and water
oak interspersed with yellow
flowers and holding white
candles in hurricane lamps
circled the center poles of the
marquee to form soft over
head lighting. The guy ropes
OF the tent were heavily gar
landed with Smilax, huckle-
berry or water oak and so
were the side rails that were
wrapped in white ribbon.
THE GOLD AND WHITE
PLACE PLATES with the
gold presidential seal in the
middle, temporarily hidden
under the folded napkins,
were flanked with two gold
forks and two gold knives
and three crystal glasses,
one for water, two for wine.
Seated around the tables
were Senator Richard Rus
sell, Senator and Mrs. Styles
Bridges, Senator and Mrs.
]. William Fulbright, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Mike Mans
field, Senator Stuart Sym
ington, Representatives Rob-
ert Chiperfield, Walter Judd,
John Rooney, Thomas Nor
gan and Carl Albert and their
wives, and another House
member Otto PaSsman.
OUT OF TOWN SOCIAL
TIES attending the party in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
F. du Pont of Wilmington,
Mr.. Charles W. Engelhard,
jr. of Newark, Mrs. John R.
Fell, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Hoving and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Dowling of New York.
Budget Director and Mrs.
David Bell were there, as
were Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs and Mrs. Lyman
Lemnitzer, Air Chief of Staff
and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay,
Chief of Naval Operations
designate and Mrs. George
w. Anderson, Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs.
Phillips Talbot, Deputy As
siStant to the President and
Mrs. Walt Rostow, Chief of
Protocol Angler Duke and
Deputy Chief Clement Con-
ger and their wives, the
Misses Tish Baldrige. Pamela
Turnure and Anne Lincoln,
Naval Aide to the President
and Mrs. Tazewell, Air Force.
Aide Col. Godfrey McHugh,
and Military Aide to Presi-
dent Ayub, Mai. Gen. Louis
Truman and his wife.
In the Pakistan party were
External Affairs Minister
Manzur Qadir, Finance Min
lister M. Shoaib, Shahzada
M. F. K. Aurangeb, Son-in-
law of the President; Ex-
ternal Affairs Secretary S. K.
Dehlavi, and other advisers
and members of the Embassy
staff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Kimball
he is president of Aerojet-
Mr.. Austin Mason of Boston,
president of the Ludlow
Corp, and his wife; Special
Assistant to the Attorney
General and Mrs. James
Reed, Special Consultant to
the President on Youth Fit
ness Charles B. Wilkinson
and his wife, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Tempelsman of
New York City were others
present.
After dinner "a pieces of
the National Symphony Or
chestra, led by Lloyd Geisler
and playing on a green stand
erected for the occasion,
played American Salute"
by Gould, Allegro con spirito
from Mozart's Symphony No.
35 in D Major; Debussy's
Dialogue Between the Wind
and the Sea from lie Mer,"
and Gershwin'S American
in Paris"
Then with the music still
filling the darkness, the COM
pany re-embarked at Gen.
Washington's dock and
cruised back to the Capital.