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The original documents are located in Box 3, folder "12/19/74 - White House Press
Christmas Party" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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Digitized from Box 3 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CHRISTMAS PARTY
for
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPS
December 19, 1974
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Dress:
Business Suit
afternoon dresses for the ladies
Schedule
of Events:
7:00 p.m.
Your guests will arrive and be escorted
to the State Floor.
7:15 p.m.
You and Mrs. Ford will be escorted via
elevator to the State Floor - - proceed
toward the East Room -- pause for
announcement.
You and Mrs. Ford will proceed into the
East Room to the dance band where a
microphone will be positioned. You will
welcome your guests and introduce Mr.
Michael Carney and his Orchestra. (Suggested
remarks are attached. Tab B)
You and Mrs. Ford will join your guests
for dancing.
NOTE: Buffet and mixed drinks will be
served to your guests in the State Dining
Room.
You and Mrs. Ford will bid farewell to
your guests and return to the Family Quarters.
- 2 -
Christmas Party
for Press Corps
NOTES:
Guest list is attached. Tab C
A Marine Dance Combo will be playing in the
Grand Hall.
A Marine Harpist will be playing in the Diplo-
matic Reception Room.
Military Social Aides will be present.
White House photographer will be present.
Nancy Lammerding
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SUBJECT: Instructions for Social Aides
EVENT: Christmas Party for Press Corps
Date/Time: December 19, 1974 (7:00)
No. of Guests: 1000
Uniform: Service Dress
Parking: North Grounds
In-Place Time for Aides:
6:00 p.m. (Library)
In-Place Time for OIC:
5:45 p.m. (Duty Aide)
Duty Aide: LCDR T. S. Todd, USN
First Family Participation:
The President and Mrs. Ford
The following Social Aides will attend:
LCDR T. E. Grabowsky, USN
Major David Van Poznak, USAF
Lt Marsha A. Johnson, USN
Capt James M. Roberts, USAF
Lt F. Taney Heil, USN
1stLt Robert J. Harig, USAF
Lt(jg) Joseph R. Cherry, USCG
2dLt Thomas Morgan, USAF
Major Duncan D. Briggs, USA
* Major Henry W. Buse, USMC
Capt Janet S. Rexrode, USA
Capt Andrew N. Pratt, USMC
Capt Carl E. Linke, USA
lstLt Bowen F. Rose, USMC
1stLt George W. Flinn, USMC
*Officer in Charge
Music: USMC Harp in the Diplomatic Reception Room (6:30) (East Gate)
USMC Dance Combo in the East Room (6:30) (East Gate)
Remarks:
2 doormen from MDW
1 doorman from Garage
maCalline
Call system in effect
fort T. STEPHEN TODD
Lieulenant Commander, U. S. Navy
Naval Aide to the President
DISTRIBUTION:
MGen Lewson
Mrs. Lammerding
Usher's Office
LtCol Sardo
Mrs. Weidenfeld
White House Garage
LCDR Todd
Secret Service
White House Staff Mess
LtCol Blake
Visitor's Office
Mr. O'Donnell
Major Barrett
Band
White House Police (7)
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 15, 1974
FOR:
RONALD NESSEN
SHEILA WEIDENFELD
FROM:
NANCY LAMMERDING
nh
SUBJECT:
Christmas Party for the Members of the Press Corps
December 12, 1974
The President and Mrs. Ford have scheduled a Christmas Party for the
Members of the Press Corps on December 12, 1974. Would you please
coordinate this project and send me a list, totaling 1, 000 names ? The
compilation of the final guest list will be left to your discretion. When
you submit your lists, please include the following information, as we
will be sending formal invitations:
1. Whether or not list includes spouses or escorts, etc.
2. Correct marital status
3. Correct title and place of business
4. Current home address and phone number (include area code)
5. Current business address and phone number (include area code)
Your lists should be in my office (Room 200, East Wing) by the close of
business on November 20, 1974.
Thank you very much.
File
December 6, 1974
Dear Sheila:
Spoke with Jack Hushen the other day and
he related you were handling events for a
'Press' Christmas Party. If I may, please,
I would delight in the receipt of an
invitation.
Herewith enclosed is a copy of two letters
received relating to Dr, Mary's birthday
event. Sorry, time was too short to get
the information to you - but there may yet
be a real White House event
as
I
am
interested in having Mr. Clement Conger give
some consideration to her desk becoming a piece
of furniture. he was a mite interested a year
ago when I realized it was Chippendale-Empire,
etc.
Hopefully, too, the upcoming Military Medical
Academy may have the library named for her...
there are not any women M.D.'s on this very
prestigious 'Board of Regents' and fewer that
100 women M.D.'s in uniform, etc. All this plus
a stamp, a sculpture showing Dr. Mary administering
to a Confederate wounded as she was doing when
captured, etc.
Her life would make a great book, documentary,
movie or play if I had the right contacts
but there is a real paucity of information about
her life, so we keep hoping
I guess I have not recovered as well as 1 had felt,
typing is difficult, etc., and spirits often low!
I am, sincerely looking forward to seeing you again.
Cordially,
DÉRALD
FORD
Alme
LIBRARY
VANCE HARTKE, IND., CHAIRMAN
HERMAN E. TALMADGE, GA.
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, WYO.
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, W. VA.
STROM THURMOND, S.C.
HAROLD E. HUGHES, IOWA
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, VT.
ALAN CRANSTON, CALIF.
JAMES A. MC CLURE, IDAHO
FRANK J. BRIZZI, STAFF DIRECTOR
United States Senate
GUY H. MC MICHAEL III, GENERAL COUNSEL
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
November 25, 1974
Ms. Ann Walker
3025 Dunbarton Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Dear Ms. Walker:
Let me offer my congratulations to you and the Oswego County
Historical Society for organizing a commemorative day for your
great, grand aunt, Dr. Mary Walker.
From research that the staff of the Senate Veterans' Affairs
Committee has done, it is clear that your great, grand aunt was
not only courageous during the term she served as a contract-
doctor in the Union Army, but also as an outspoken proponent of
feminine rights.
Both as a doctor and feminist, she was much ahead of her time,
and, as is usual, she was not regarded kindly by many of her con-
temporaries.
Today, she appears prophetic. Many of the changes she sought
have come about. Others have not, and no doubt she would be active
in the cause of furthering women's equality that so profoundly
affects our society today.
It is, therefore, very worthwhile that we pause to honor Dr.
Walker, who was both a fighter and a visionary. Things can be
changed if people believe strongly enough, as did Dr. Walker. Dr.
Walker's example reminds us again that one person can make a
difference. I am pleased to be a part of this commemoration.
I would add that the Veterans' Affairs Committee staff is
pursuing an investigation to see if the restoration of the Medal
of Honor to your great, grand aunt is possible, or what other
courses might be open to honor her should that course fail.
Very truly yours,
Vance Harthe
Vance Hartke
Chairman
DERALD
FORD
LIBRARY
JOHN c. STENNIS, MISS., CHAIRMAN
STUART SYMINGTON, MO.
STROM THURMOND, S.C.
HENRY M. JACKSON, WASH.
JOHN TOWER, TEX.
SAM J. ERVIN, JR., N.C.
PETER H. DOMINICK, COLO.
HOWARD W. CANNON, NEV.
BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.
THOMAS J. MC INTYRE, N.H.
WILLIAM L. SCOTT, VA.
HARRY F. BYRD, JR., VA.
ROBERT TAFT, JR., OHIO
HAROLD E. HUGHES, IOWA
United States Senate
SAM NUNN GA.
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
T. EDWARD BRASWELL, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
November 22, 1974
Ms. Ann Walker
3025 Dumbarton Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20007
Dear Ms. Walker:
I certainly want to commend all the individuals
involved in the memorial service for Dr. Mary Edwards
Walker. Such a tribute is surely richly deserved and
appropriate -- especially so at this time.
In this period, which has seen an increasing
number of women taking on ever broader responsibilities
in the armed services, I cannot imagine anyone more
deserving of a warm and respectful tribute than Mary
Edwards Walker, who was, I believe, the Army's only
woman physician-surgeon and, to this day, the only woman
to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
I share in your wish to honor her memory and
recall the fine services she performed during another very
trying and difficult time in our nation's history.
Sincerely,
John C. Stennis
LIBRARY
Anne Walker
3025 Dumbarton Street, NW
Georgetown, D. C., 20007
WAS. NOTON. & 6 DEC IVI in
We hold these Truths
200
1974
UNITED STATES 10c
Mrs. Sheila Weddenfeld
Press Secretary to Mrs. Gerald R. Ford
White House
Washington, D. C.,
20500
Happy Christmas
HOLY CHILDHOOD
Date Issued 12/10/74
By P. Howard
Revised
FACT SHEET
Mrs. Ford's Office
Event Christmas Party
Group Members of the Press Corps
DATE/TIME 12/19/74 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Contact Ron Nessen/Sheila Weidenfeld
Phone 2100/2164
Number of guests: Totalapprox. 1, 000 Women
x
Men
x
Children
Place State Floor
Principals involved President and Mrs. Ford
Participation by Principal
yes
(Receiving line)
no
Remarks required
yes
Background The President and Mrs. Ford's Christmas Party for the Members of
the Press Corps
REQUIREMENTS
Social:
Guest list yes
Invitations yes
Programs no
Menus
no
Refreshments yes (buffet, cocktails and mixed drinks)
Entertainment no
Decorations/flowers yes
Music yes (Marine Dance Band)
Social Aides yes
Dress business suit
Coat check yes
Other
Press:
Reporters (Party is for members of the Press Corps)
Photographers no
TV Crews
no
White House Photographers
Color
yes
Mono.
yes
Other
Technical
Support:
Microphones
yes
PA Other Rooms
no
Recording
yes
Lights
no
Transportation cars and taxicabs
Parking
South Grounds
Housing
Other
(Risers,stage,platforms)
?
Project Co-ordinator Pat Howard
Phone 2927
Site diagrams should be attached if technical support is heavy.
The President and Mrs. Ford
request the pleasure of your company
ata Christmas Party tobe/held at
The White House
on Thursday evening, December 19, 1974
from seven until nine o'clock
Regrets only 456-2510
Dress
To a White House Party
was constantly passed. The State Dining
Room boasted another bar and a room-
length table featuring two giant rounds
of steamshin beef gigantic
The Press 'Makes It'
By Ymelda Dixon
Star-News Staff Writer
"I made it, I made it, I finally made
UP-049
(WHITE HOUSE X-MAS)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARE PLANNING TO HOLD
CHIRSTMAS SEASON.
TWO PARTIES FOR THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS AND FAMILIES DURING THE
THE FORDS WILL INVITE SOME 500 MEMBERS OF THE REGULAR WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CORPS AND THEIR SPOUSES, AN INVITATION-ONLY EVENT TO A 7 P.M.
TO 9 P.M. OPEN HOUSE GATHERING ON DEC. 19 WHEN THE EXECUTIVE MANSION
WILL BE DECKED OUT IN ITS YULETIDE ARRAY.
ON SATURDAY, DEC. 21, THE WHITE HOUSE DOORS WILL BE THROWN OPEN
AGAIN TO REPORTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. THOSE
REPORTERS NOT HOLDING REGULAR WHITE HOUSE PASSES MAY CALL THE PRESS
OFFICE FOR ADMISSION.
THE FORDS EXPECT TO BE ON HAND FOR THE PARTY ON DEC. 19 BUT THEY
MAY BE HEADING FOR VAIL, COLO., FOR THEIR ANNUAL SKIING HOLIDAY BY
SATURDAY, DEC. 21, DEPENDING ON WHETHER CONGRESS IS STILL IN SESSION.
THE FORDS WILL NOT DEPART FOR VAIL BEFORE CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
THEY HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THEIR CHRISTMANS PLANS A BLACK-TIE
BALL AI THE WHITE HOUSE THE EVENING OF DEC. 17, A DAY AFTER THE
PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD RETURN FROM MARTINIQUE.
THE FIRST LADY WILL UNVEIL THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AFTERWARDS SHE WILL DISCUSS
FAMILY PLANS.
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MRS. FORD WILL ENTERTAIN THE CHILDREN OF
WASHINGTON'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AT: A 4:30 P.M. PARTY.
THE FORDS' CHRISTMAS CARDS WILL BE DROPPED ON FRIDAY, SOME 40,000
STATE AND FRIENDS.
TO MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, CONGRESS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, HEADS OF
THERE ALSO WILL BE SOME CHRISTMAS PARTIES FOR THE STAFF IN THE
GUESTS. COMING DAYS, AND THERE WILL BE AN HISTORIC GIFT FOR EACH OF THE
UPI 12-09 11:32 AES