Evening star., 1962-05-06
SERVICE NEWS
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ish Chief Signal Officer and
his wife, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Michael Whistler, at Bag
shott near Windsor.
On Tuesday the Signal
Corps Wives Club gave q
farewell luncheon In honor
Of Mrs. Nelson at the Army
Navy Country Club. The
members had evolved q skit
presenting the highlights
Of the various happenings Of
the Nelson's Joint Army
Careers" Gen. Nelson en-
joyed 1t as much as Mrs. Mel
son. Among the guests was
their daughter. Mrs. Albert
r. Plantz Of Pittsburgh. Pa.
The Army Chief Of Engi-
neers. 1t. Gen. Walter K.
Wilson, jr., and Mrs. Wilson
are giving q reception on
Saturday, May 10. Enter
tanning in their quarters ct
Fort Belvoir, Va. Their
guests will be ranking mem
bers Of the diplomatic and
military circles In Washing
ton and nearby Virginia.
Gen. and Mrs. Wilson are
looking forward to q sum-
mer with all their family at
home. Their daughter Ellen,
who Is at Mary Washington
College, is due home at the
end Of the college term. 1t.
Wilson III, has Just been
transferred from Fort Devens,
Mass, and with his wife is
now on post at Fort Belvoir.
Margaret Wilson is at
home and will enter Shen-
andoah College in the fall:
Freddy will stay at home for
a few more years.
Last evening Gen. and Mrs.
Wilson headed the receiving
line at the reception before
the famed Castle Ball. which
was held at Mackenzie Hall,
Fort Belvoir.
Oversubscribed
The Engineers Wives Club,
were the hardworking COM
mittee for the ball, which
was oversub scribe d and
brought many guests from
out Of town. Among them
were Col. and Mrs. Edmund
Kirby-Smith, Carlisle Bar
racks, Pa; Col. and Mrs.
Houton Hallock, Harrisburg.
Pa; Maj. Gen. Thomas Lip
scomb, New York, and Brig.
Gen. Carol Dunn, Dallas.
Tex.
Also, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Howard Ker. Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo-, who stayed with
friends at Fort Belvoir, and
Brig. Gen. jackson Graham,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
With Gen. and Mrs. VIII
son in the receiving line
were Mai. Gen. and Mrs.
James Lampert, Mai. Gen.
and Mrs. Alden Sibley, Col.
and Mrs. Harry Skinner (she
is the outgoing president Of
the Wives Club, and Col.
and Mrs. Daniel Richards
(she Is the incoming presi-
dent).
The annual spring recep-
ton and dinner dance Of the
j 8, division Of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff has been
scheduled for May 26, at the
Officers Club, Fort Lesley ].
McNair.
Mai. Gen, and Mrs. Fred
M. Dean will act as hosts for
the party, and receiving with
them will be Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Paul j. Fontana and
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Edwin
H. Burba.
The reception Is planned
for $50 to be followed by
dinner at 8 pm, after which
Mrs. William II. flanagan
will entertain at the piano.
and play her own accompai-
ments for q selection Of
songs. Later there viii be
dancing.
Gen. and Mrs. Dean and
the officers Of the generals
staff entertain in this manner
twice each year. The other
formal party takes place near
the Christmas holidays.
The former Surgeon Gen.
eral Of the Navy, retired
Rear Admiral Bartholomew
w. Hogan and Mrs. Hogan
left on Thursday for Toronto.
Canada, where DR.. Hogan
win attend the l18th annual
American Psychiatric Associ-
alton meeting.
The association meets from
May z to II ct the Royal
York Hotel in Toronto. DR..
and Mrs. Hogan and DR.. and
Mrs. Harvey J. Tompkins,
Of st. Vincent's Hospital,
N. Y, will stay at the Royal
York until May 13. The
Hogans will return to Wash
ington in time to attend the
military reception at the
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