The Right Places (38 page)

Castro, Mrs. Bernard (Theresa),
43
,
44
,
47
,
53

Central Valley of California,
25–40
; agriculture of,
25–26
,
31–32
,
33–37
,
38–39
; “image” of,
27
; “special language” of,
28
; topography of,
28
; weather in,
28
,
29
,
38–39
; irrigation of,
29–32
,
33–34
,
36–37
,
38
; oil companies in,
32
; labor problems and economy in,
34–36
; politics of,
35
; property values in,
36

Central Valley Project (irrigation),
31
,
34

Century Club, New York,
234

Century Country Club, Westchester County,
233

Cerralvo, Mexico,
133

Challenger Inn, Sun Valley,
117
,
125
See also
Sun Valley Inn

Chapin, Roy,
234

Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles,
88
,
89
,
92

Charlestown, West Virginia,
66

Chasen's (restaurant), Beverly Hills,
193

Chavez, Cesar,
35

Chennault, Mme. Claire,
176

Chevreux d'Antraigne, Mme. de,
88

Chicago
American
,
204

Chico, California,
25
,
37

Chilton Club, Boston,
231

Choate,
165

City Island Harbor, New York,
222

Claiborne, Craig,
153–154

Clarke, Charlie,
150

Clarke, Patrick Joseph,
149
,
156–157

Clarke (P. J.) family,
149–150

Clarke, Richard V.,
236

Clarke's, P. J. (bar),
5
,
145–157
; clientele of,
146–148
,
150
,
155–156
; as New York landmark,
148–149
; sale of,
150
; zoning conflict in regard to,
52
; food at,
153–154
; dogs at,
156–157

clubs,
227–237
; in Kansas City,
18
,
19
; drive for new members in,
228–229
; rapid growth of,
229
; women in,
230–231
; tax status of,
232
; racism and anti-Semitism in,
233–234
; in London,
237

Cohan, George M., estate of,
204

Colbert, Claudette,
118

Colby, Anita,
164

Colony Club, New York,
230
,
231
,
236
,
258

Columbia
(yacht),
218

Colusa, California,
5
,
25
,
26
,
37
,
38

Conklin, Roger,
181

Connecticut Turnpike,
104

Consolidated Edison,
236

Cook, Peter,
26

Cooper, Gary,
90
,
117
,
124

Cooper, Mrs. Gary,
117

Cooper, Wyatt,
188–190

Cooper, Mrs. Wyatt (Gloria Vanderbilt),
188–190
,
244

Coral Ridge Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale,
47
,
51

Cornfeld, Bernard,
93

Corning, California,
39

Cortes, Doña Elena,
137–138

Cortés, Hernando,
132
,
142

cosmetic surgery,
241–244

cosmetics,
239–240
,
244–245
; for men,
245
,
246

Cosmopolitan Club, New York,
231

Costello, Tim,
149

Costello's, Tim (bar),
147
,
148

Countess of Dufferin
(yacht),
218–219

Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst,
79–80

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City,
13
,
14

Court of St. James's,
199
,
206
,
209

Coward, Noel,
85
,
88
,
89
,
92

Cowles, Gardner,
234

Cozumel (Island), Mexico,
141–142

Craven, Craig,
14

Crawford, Joan,
203
,
249

Creek Club,
236

Crosby, Bing,
133
,
134

Crosby, Charlotte (Mrs. William T. Kemper),
15

Crown Center, Kansas City,
18

Crowther, Bosley,
176

Crystal, David,
168

Curran, Jim,
115

Dallas, Texas,
21

Dalrymple, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart,
92

Dalzell, Briggs,
223

Danbury, Connecticut,
96

Darien, Connecticut,
96
,
101
,
106
,
108

Darrow, Whitney, Jr.,
100

Daughters of the American Revolution,
236

Davis, Bette,
99
,
108–109

Davis, Mayor (Ilus W.) of Kansas City,
22

Deauville, France,
247

Debs, Eugene,
206

Defender
(yacht),
219

de Havilland, Olivia,
247

Delano, California,
35

Delray Beach, Florida,
46

De Vries, Peter,
100

Diamondhead Corporation, Pinehurst,
78

Dickerson, Nancy,
48

Dillon, C. Douglas,
234

Dior “gang,”
167

Disney, Walt,
19

Dixon, Jeane,
52

D'Ornanon, Count and Countess Hubert,
168

Draddy, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent,
167–168

Dropsie College,
209

Duchin, Eddie,
118

Duke, Doris,
244

Dullea, Keir,
192

Dumaine, Betty,
76

Dunes Club, Pinehurst,
80–81

Dunraven, Earl of,
219
,
221

du Pont family,
193
,
194

Dupree, Jeffery,
190

Durham, England,
210

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
190
,
210

Elizabeth II,
179–180
,
199–200
,
201

El Morocco, New York,
259

Emmons County, West Virginia,
65

Engl, Sigi,
123–124
,
126

Erie Canal,
219

Esso,
69

Fairfield, Connecticut,
96
,
100
,
101
,
104

Fairfield County, Connecticut,
95–110
,
249
; topography of,
96
; Jews in,
98–99
,
103
,
109
; zoning in,
101–104
,
109
; Negroes in,
102
,
109
; taxes in,
103–104
; commuting from,
104–107
; youthful delinquency in,
107–108

Farber, Ann Goodman,
161

Farber, Herbert J.,
236

Farmington, Connecticut,
31

Fay, Eddie,
148

Feller, Bob,
176

Ferrer, Mel,
90

Ferry Seed Company,
59

Fine, Mrs. William (Susan Payson),
161

Firestone, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond,
81–82
; head stable man of,
81

Firestone family,
204

Fish House, Philadelphia,
230

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
5
,
260
; characters of,
6

Flynn, Errol, in
Robin Hood
,
37

Folsom Dam, California,
32

Forceville, Countess de,
164

Ford, Charlotte (Mrs. Stavros Niarchos),
122

Ford, Henry,
234

Ford, Mrs. Henry,
122

Ford Foundation,
60

Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
81

Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
43–53
,
215
; conservatism of,
44
,
47
; land development in,
44–46
; Easter vacation crowds in,
46
,
47
; ecological problems of,
46
; yachting in,
46–47
,
49
; Younger Set in,
47
; cruise business in,
50
; Jews in,
50–51
; Negroes in,
51
,
83
; the arts in,
51–53
; “voice” of,
52
; new attitude in,
53

Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts,
52–53

Fort Lauderdale Yacht Club,
47
,
51

“Four Hundred,”
234

Four Seasons, New York,
191

Fox, Sonny,
101
,
108

Foxcroft,
258

fox-hunting,
75–77
,
258

Foy, Mrs. Thelma Chrysler,
164
,
172

France
(yacht),
222–223

Francis, Arlene,
148

Franciscan Club, San Francisco,
231

Franklin, Benjamin,
198

Frederick (dining-room captain at Sun Valley),
117

Fresno, California,
5
,
25
,
26
,
33
,
39

Freuchen, Peter,
183

Friede, Robert,
206

FTC (Federal Trade Commission),
159
,
167
,
173

Fulton, Richard,
182

Funston, G. Keith,
104

Gabel, Martin,
148

Gabor, Jolie,
240

Galanos, Jimmy,
167

Gallo family, Modesto,
26

Gardiner, Mrs. David Lion,
60

Gardner, Leonard, his
Fat City
,
25

“Gateway to the West,”
11

Gault Ocean Mile, Fort Lauderdale,
45

Geneva, Switzerland,
91
,
92
,
93

Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dow,
235–236

Giffen, Russell,
26

Giffen family, Fresno,
26

Giralda Tower of Seville, replica of,
13

Glennon, Jimmie,
150–151

Goldberg, Arthur,
236

Golden Gate,
28

Golden, Harry,
176

Goldwater, Barry,
176

golf: Pinehurst the capital of,
75
; start of in America,
230
; popularity of,
231–232
; Links Club formed to promote,
235

Goodell, Charles E.,
236

Goodman, Andrew,
159–161
,
162
,
164–169
,
172–173

Goodman, Mrs. Andrew (Nena),
161
,
165
,
166
,
167–168

Goodman, Edwin (the elder),
160
,
163
,
164
,
165–166
,
168–169

Goodman, Mrs. Edwin,
160

Goodman, Edwin (“Eddie”),
160
,
162
,
165
,
167
,
169–171
,
172
,
173

Goodman, Mary Ann (“Minky”) (Mrs. Gary Taylor),
161
,
171–172
,
173

Goodman, Pammy,
162

Goodman, Vivien (Mrs. Harry Malloy),
166

Goodman's Store, Lockport, New York,
162

Gould family,
118

Graham, Mrs. Patrick,
16

Grand Central Canal, California,
38

Gray, Carl,
126

Graziano, Rocky,
146

Green, Will S.,
38

Green Berets,
63

Greenbrier Hotel,
58
,
64

Greenhouse (beauty “farm”), Texas,
240

Greenwich, Connecticut,
95
,
96
,
97–98
,
99
,
101–105
,
106
,
109–110
,
151

Greenwich Academy,
104

Greenwich Country Day School,
104

Gregory, Dick,
176

Grenadier Restaurant, New York,
192

Gretel II
(yacht),
222
,
223

Grey Fox (horse),
76

Gridley, California,
35

Grimes, Tammy,
192

Grosvenor Square, London,
197

Gstaad, Switzerland,
123

Gurdin, Dr. Michael,
242

Hacienda Cabo San Lucas (hotel), Mexico,
133

Hailey, Idaho,
118
,
126

Haines, William,
209
,
210

Hall, Mr. Joyce C.,
17–18

Hallmark (corporation),
18

Halsman, Philippe,
176

Halston (designer),
258

Hamlin, West Virginia,
69

Hammerstein, Mrs. Oscar (Dorothy),
88

Hampton, Hope,
150

Hankin, Leonard,
164
,
168–170
,
171
,
172
,
173

Hannagan, Steve,
115–116

Harkey, Mrs. William,
35

Harmonie Club, New York,
233

Harriman, Averell,
114–116
,
117
,
119
,
122
,
125
,
234