63961 I l Volume 5 January 1, 1951 No.1 Hotel Mayflower is still one of the lighter subjects of conversation in the Bank. In the belief that pictures speak louder than words in describ­ ing the party we show you SOme of the candid shots taken by Gretchen Van Tassel. Maria l Bar eon ie nett M ' Mary If' from th 'N r. lOUis G etch, AI ' f rom No e ewy' ·Mu ' rs R ' , , li15e and ,. . Ork off aYmond rway lCe ror B . andGud . arnett run Ii ogseth Mrs. Black, Mr. Black and Mr. Diez, Ex­ ecutive Director from Panama. At Left: Mr. Sam Anderson, Mr. Robert Garner and Mrs. Michael Lejeune from EnBland. At left: Mrs. Eugene R. Black Be low: Mar ion Dougher ty of Office Services with her fiance,Frank Abbott. They were married December 26. Below: Edith Kesterton Geolot from England and Swit zer land. Mr. Howell and Mr. Alexander in light-hearted conversation. At left: Graham Jackson, the versatile musician from Atlanta, Ga., delighted the guests with his playing. Below: He fascinates the crowd by playing the piano and electric organ simultaneously. NEW YEAR'S EVE IN VIENNA By Sue Butler, Administration Department I'm glad you are coming with us tonight. Vienna is such a nice place to be on Sylvester. You don't know who or what Sylvester is? Why, it's New Year's Eve, of course. Since you've never been here before on New Year's Eve, I'll tell you what we'll see and do. We'll spend the first part of the evening in the home of my friends, Dr. and Mrs. Schuhmacher. I've known them well for many years. As soon as we enter the house, Dr. Schuhmacher will offer you a glass of II punch." This isn't ordinary punch as you know it, but strong tea heavily laced with "Well! - I know we are making a lot of loans but isn't rum and lemon juice and smoothed with sugar. Just a lending Mr. Parker to Germany going a bit too far?" word of warning: be careful: It's much stronger than it tastes. After we finish the punch, we'll have the big New MR. CHAUNCEY G. PARKER GOES TO GERMANY Year's Eve treat, pig's head. Now don't turn up your We shall miss Mr . Parker while he is on leave of nose, it's really good. The meat will be cold and absence from the Bank filling the position of Assistant wonderfully seasoned with spices. We'll top this off High Commissioner of Germany. with "Indianerkrapfen." They're small, individual sponge cakes filled with whipped cream and topped with chocolate icing. Then we'll have more punch and some fish-shaped cookies. And let me warn you, be HOLIDAY GREETINGS F R OM ABROAD sure to eat them tail first. It's extra bad luck to eat Greetings for Christmas and the N ew Year have been them any other way. received by the Bank from: Bank of France, Reserve In the meantime, Dr. Schuhmacher will be preparing Bank of India, Banco Central de Bolivia, International the" Bleigiessen." We'll all go to the kitchen where Meteorolog ical Organization, Union Bank of Burma, he will have a dishpan of cold water, an iron ladle and Bank Deuts cher L::I.nder, N ederlandsc h e Handel-Maat­ small chunks of lead. The lead will be melted in the schappij N.V., South African Reserve Bank, Federal ladle over the gas fire and thrown quickly in the water. Reserve Bank of New York, Banco di Sicilia, Tl When it cools, everyone will try to interpret from its Company of Cuba, Bank of Japan, Guaranty Bank shape what the next year holds for the person who Turkey, the Bank for International Settlements, and poured it. Everyone takes his turn. I remember one El Credito Minero y Mercantil, S.A. year I poured and everyone guessed it meant a wed­ ding band for me in the next year. My boy friend was greatly embarrassed and I haven't seen him since. To the Executive Directors and all members of the About half pa st eight, we'll be off to the opera to Staff: hear Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus." This operetta has become a New Year's Eve tradition in Vienna. My warmest thanks to all of those who worked for Exactly at midnight, the cur.tain will fall, a soot­ the success of the 1951 Community Chest Campaign covered chimney sweep will rush on the stage with in the Bank and to all of those who contributed to it in a tiny pig under his arm and shout .. Prosit N eujahr:" order that the needy in Washington might receive help. If you'd prefer it, we could leave the opera a little Our goal was $6,900.000 and we raised $8,012.68 ­ early to be in the streets when the bells begin ringing 115.9810 of our quota. at midnight. As the bells start, st"'eet lights go off all over the city and while it's dark, everyone hugs and kisses the nearest person. No one objects, and my advice is to pick the one you like best just before the lights go off. Eugene R. Black We'll top off the evening with a visit to a "Cafe" for coffee with whipped cream, a Viennese specialty. There we'll see the chimney sweeps at close range as they come by the tables wearing top hats and car­ INTERNATIONAL BANK NOTES - - - - - - - - . . , rying little pigs under their arms. It's good luck to Harriet French - Editor touch a pig and if you can pull a couple of bristles Reporters from the sweep's brush, keep them. They'll bring Marion Abbott AdoIini.trahon Dept . Maria Leone Ne. Yor_ Office Muriel Eddy &cretary', Dept. Agnes Maher Public Relations Dept. you luck in the New Year. Alice Foley Lesal Dept. Vir ginia Nemeth Econoaic Dept. Francoise Goupy Pari. Office Myrtle Timmins lreasurer ', Dept. Ready? Let's go. Dorothy Lawton Adaini.tration Dep:. J . Van Gasse Loan Dept . BANK EXCHANGE Jeanne Wells t ... cutive Directors Edited and Published on the 1st of each month For sale: Ski Boots, size 7 1/2 ; call ext. 736. by the Staff Relations Office, Personnel Division INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 1818 H Street, Waahington ZS, D.C. 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