Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
BY EVELYN M. DENT
star Special Writer

Air Force Academy game on
Saturday with . group Of
friends. They viii also attend
the Army-Air Force game Of
November 2 In Chicago. III.
Assistant Secretary Of the
Air Force Neil E. Harlan and
Mrs. Harlan are taking
their children-Lindsey. Nell.
IT,, and Sarah-for q two
day visit to Williamsburg on
Thursday.
The family viii return to
town in time for the Harlans
to Join the Air Force contin-
gent going to the football
game on Saturday.
Mai. Gen. Jack @. Merrell,
Air Force director Of the
budget, and Mrs. Merren
gave q dinner party last
evening In their Arlington
home.
1t. Gen. David A. Burchi-
nal, Air Force deputy chief Of
staff for plans and opera
tons, and Mrs. Burchinal are
planning q formal dinner on
October 80 at the Boiling Air
Force Base Officers Club.
Their guest Of honor will
be Maj. Gen. Greger Falk,
chief Of the Air Board OF
Sweden, who will arrive in
Washington October Is for a
private tour.
Mai. Gen. Oliver K. Mess,
Air Force surgeon general,
and Mrs. Mess, will entertain
on November 4, for the for
eign visitors who will be here
for the Association Of Mill
tary Surgeons meeting.
The late evening reception
viii be given at the Army
and Navy Club and will be
one Of the last large parties
this popular Air Force couple
will give before Gen. Mess
retires at the end Of Novem-
Der.
Gen. Mess is presently Wis
iting the Pacific Air Com
mand and will attend the
PACAIR Medical Conference
in Baguio, Philippines. before
returning home.
Numerous Parties
The social calendar Is sure
to be crowded for Gen. and
Mrs. Mess from now on.
Their many friends here
hope their future plans will
not take them too far away
from Washington.
Capt. Robert o. Canada,
commanding officer Of the
Bethesda Naval Hospital, and
Mrs. Canada will have
house guests for the last
week end In october. Capt.
and Mrs. Frank T. Norris are
coming from Camp Lejeune.
N. c., and Capt. and Mrs.
Lewis Haynes from Beau
fort, s. c. The couples will be
in town for the officers to
attend the Association Of
Military Surgeons 10th
meeting.
The Royal Thai Army
Chief of Staff, Gen. Chitti
Navisthrira, is coming to the
United States on October 81
at the invitation of the Army
Chief Of Staff, Gen. Earle G.
Wheeler.
Gen. Chitti will arrive In
San Francisco. Calf, and
viii make a tour Of military
installations throughout the
country en- route to Wash
ington. He will arrive here
November 5.
Mrs. Chitti is coming with
her husband, and others in
his party will include 1t.
Gen. Tanom Putmanonda,
Maj. Gen. Serm Nanakorn,
and the generals aide, 1t.
Prayudth Kosolyuthasaran.
Several social events are
being planned for them. The
Office Of the Army Chief Of
Staff will entertain for them,
as viii the Thai Military At
tache, Col. Sltthi Chiraro-
chana, and the Royal Thai
Embassy.
The Vice Chief Of Naval
Operations, Admiral Claude
v. Ricketts,, and Mrs. Rick
etts, will entertain at a din
ner on Friday in their E
street quarters.
Their ranking guest will be
the Ambassador of Germany,
Heinrich Knappstein and
Mrs. Knappstein.
Ranking Guests
The Army Surgeon Gener-
al, 1t. Gen. Leonard D. Hea-
ton, and Mrs. Heaton, will be
the ranking guests at q re-
ception and dinner on
Thursday when members Of
the Advisory Council on Re-
serve Affairs to the Army
Surgeon General entertain.
Retired Brig. Gen. James
n. Kidder will act as host for
the group, at the Fort
McNair Officers Club. All the
council members are doctors
as well as Army Reserve brig
adler generals.
Chairman of the council is
DR.. Frank z. Wilson, execu-
tive director, Association of
Military Surgeons. Coming
here for the two-day meeting
which opens on Thursday
morning are DR.. Joseph NJ.
Bosworth, Atlanta, Ga; DR..
John B. Lagen, San Francis