The Right Places (40 page)

Metropolitan Opera,
52

Mexico,
5
,
131–143

Miami Beach,
48
,
115

Miami
Herald
,
52

Michael's Pub,
153

Michigan, University of,
166

Milland, Ray,
118

Miller, Ann,
48

Miller, Hap,
117
,
124

Miller, Henry,
29–33

Miller-Lux heirs.
See
Miller, Henry

Mill River Club, Long Island,
236

Milwaukee
News
,
204

Mismaloya, Mexico,
136

Mission Hills, Kansas City,
13

Mission Hunt, Kansas City,
21

Mississippi River,
9

Missouri Pacific Railroad,
15

Missouri River,
9

Mitchell's Esso Station,
59
,
69

Modesto, California,
25
,
26
,
36
,
39

Mont Blanc, Switzerland,
89

Montecatini, Italy,
247

Montgomery County, Maryland,
95

Montreux, Switzerland,
88

Moore, Arch,
58

Moore County Hunt, North Carolina,
76

Moore, Dan Tyler,
175

Moore, Henry,
98

Moore, Marcia,
183

Morgan, Charley, Jr.,
223

Morgan, J. Pierpont,
221
,
234

Morgantown, West Virginia,
64

Morgenthau family,
110

Morissey, Paul,
181

Morning Telegraph
,
204
,
208

Morton, Thomas,
77

Mosbacher, Emil (“Bus”),
221

Moss, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ozell,
76

Mountain Artisans,
66

“Mrs. Oppenheim Syndrome,”
181–182

Mundt, Karl,
198

Munson, Charles Sherwood,
105

Murphy, Mrs. James (Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller),
122

Museum of Natural History, Mexico City,
203

Nabokov, Vladimir,
89

Nader, Ralph,
167

Namath, Joe,
43
,
48

National Association of State Racing Commissioners,
208

National Club Association,
229
,
235
,
236

National Golf Links,
236

Neal, Patricia,
192

Negroes: in Fort Lauderdale,
51
,
83
; in Southern Pines,
83
; in Fairfield County,
98
,
102
; in clubs,
233
,
236

Neiman-Marcus,
160
,
167

Nelson, William Rockhill,
12

Nelson (William Rockhill) Gallery of Art, Kansas City,
12
,
13
,
14
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
22

New Canaan, Connecticut,
96
,
101
,
106

New Haven branch, Penn Central Railroad,
104
,
106

Newman, Paul,
148

Newport, Rhode Island,
215
,
220
,
222
,
258

New School for Social Research,
236

New York, New York,
145–173
,
188
,
191

New York Board of Trade,
236

New York
Daily News
,
154

New York
magazine,
10

New York Stock Exchange,
104

New York
Times
,
154
,
176
,
208
,
209

New York Yacht Club,
216
,
218
,
219
,
221
,
236

New Yorker Club,
236

New Yorker
magazine,
100
,
148
,
171

Niarchos, Mrs. Stavros (Charlotte Ford),
122

Nichols, J. C.,
13
,
14
,
15

Nichols, Miller,
14
,
17

Nickel, George,
33

Niehans, Dr. Paul,
86
,
248

Night of the Iguana
,
136

Niven, Mr. and Mrs. David,
88
,
89
,
92

Nixon, Richard M.,
197
,
199
,
208

Norbert's (beauty salon),
250

North Carolina,
73–83

Norwalk, Connecticut,
96

Oakes, John B.,
208

Oakwood Country Club, Kansas City,
19

Oaxaca City, Mexico,
140

Oberon, Merle,
88
,
142

Obolensky, Serge,
259

O'Brian, Hugh,
48

Ocean Manor, Fort Lauderdale,
48

Oceano Hotel, Mexico,
136

Ogilvy, David,
234
,
236

O'Hara, John,
227
,
229
,
232
; novels of,
5

Old Oaks Country Club, Westchester County,
233

Old Guard: of California,
27
; of Alpine Set,
85
,
92
; of skiing,
119
; of yachting,
215
; of Society,
259

Olivier, Lawrence,
92

Onassis, Aristotle,
17
,
56
,
148
,
154
,
259

Onassis, Mrs. Aristotle (Jacqueline Kennedy),
17
,
77
,
118
,
122–123
,
124
,
125
,
141
,
142
,
148
,
154
,
239
,
240
,
259

Osler, William, quoted,
207

Owens-Corning Fiberglas,
15

Pacific Union Club, San Francisco,
27
,
229

Pacifica Radio,
170

Packer, Frank Newson (“Big Daddy”),
222–223

Page family, Pinehurst,
78

Palm Beach, Florida,
3
,
4
,
44
,
48
,
216
,
242
,
256

Palm Beach
News
,
3

Palmer, Lilli,
89

Palmilla (hotel), Mexico,
133

Palm Springs, California,
203

Paris (beauty treatments in),
248

Paris Review
,
154

Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale,
47
,
52

Parrish, Mrs. Henry (“Sister”),
66

Parson, Mrs. Donald,
83

Patou, Jean,
166

Payson, Susan (Fine, Mrs. William),
161

Peace Corps,
63

Peddie School,
207

Pendergast Cement Company,
14

Pendergast, Thomas J. (“Big Tom”),
14
,
15
,
16
,
22

Penn Central Railroad,
104

Pennsylvania, University of,
207

Pepperidge Farm,
100

Percudani, Fred,
148

Percy, Charles H.,
56

Percy, Sharon.
See
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. IV

Percy, Valerie,
65

Petatlán, Mexico,
142

Peters, Charlie,
64
,
68

Philadelphia,
187
,
189
,
192
; Main Line of,
203

Philadelphia Art Museum,
207

Philadelphia Club,
230

Philadelphia
Daily News
,
205

Philadelphia
Inquirer
,
204
,
205
,
207

Phillips Petroleum Company,
49

Pictorial Life
,
52

Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale,
49–50

Pierre, Hotel, New York,
202–203

Pierrepont family,
118

Pillsbury, Joan (Mrs. Jeffery Dupree),
190

Pinehurst, North Carolina,
73–83
; golf in,
75
,
78–80
; development of,
78–79
; origin of name of,
79
; discrimination
in, based on “state of health,”
79
; clubs in,
80–81
; conservatism of,
81

Pinehurst County Club,
75
,
78
,
79
,
80

Piping Rock Club,
236

Playa del Calvario, Mexico,
142

Playboy
magazine,
83

Plaza Hotel, New York,
191

Plimpton, George,
154
,
176

Pocahontas County, West Virginia,
55–57
,
60

Pocantico Hills, New York,
59

Point of Americas, Fort Lauderdale,
46

Polo Club, Kansas City,
21

Pope Pius XII,
86

Port Everglades, Florida,
46
,
50

Portrait of Jennie
,
150

Post, Mrs. Merriweather,
122
.
See also
May, Marjorie Merriweather

Power, Tyrone,
117

Program Corporation of America,
177

Puerto Angel, Mexico,
140

Puerto Escondido, Mexico,
140

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,
136–138
,
141

Pulaski, Eddie,
245–246
,
250

Queen Elizabeth
(ocean liner),
50

Queen
magazine,
209

Rabbit Club, Philadelphia,
230

Racing Form
,
153
,
204

Racquet Club, Philadelphia,
229

Racquet & Tennis Club, New York,
236

Rauschenberg, Robert,
16

Reagan, Ronald,
26–27

Reagan, Mrs. Ronald (Nancy),
26–27
,
32

Red Bluff, California,
39

Redding, California,
25
,
39

Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Verner,
98
,
101

Reid, John,
230

Revlon (cosmetics for men),
245

Rio Vista, California,
26

River Club, Kansas City,
18

River Club, New York,
236

Rivington's Royal Gazette
,
229

Robinson, C. Ray,
33

Rockefeller, “Bobo,”
157

Rockefeller, David,
57
,
61

Rockefeller, John D.,
60
,
70

Rockefeller, John D. III (“John D. Three”),
57–58
,
60
,
61
,
62

Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. III (Blanchette Ferry Hooker),
59
,
62

Rockefeller, John D. IV (“Jay”),
56–70
; West Virginia gubernatorial candidate,
56–59
,
61
,
65
,
67–69
; ambitions and education of,
62
,
63
; in Peace Corps,
63
; in State Dept.,
63
; “image” of,
67
,
69–70

Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. IV (Sharon Percy),
56–60
,
65–67
,
68–70

Rockefeller, John D. V (“Jamie”),
69

Rockefeller, Laurance,
57
,
61

Rockefeller, Nelson,
57
,
61
,
234

Rockefeller, Mrs. Nelson,
122

Rockefeller, Mrs. William,
122

Rockefeller, Winthrop,
57
,
61

Rockefeller Center,
152

Rockefeller family: as property-holders,
59–60
; philanthropy of,
60–61
; “conspiracy theory” concerning,
61–62
; Greenwich branch of,
104

Rodgers, Richard,
96
,
99
,
105

Rodgers, Mrs. Richard (Dorothy),
96
,
99
,
105

Rodin's
Eve
,
203

Rodríguez, Abelardo,
132–133

Rogers, “Pappy,”
119
,
120

Rolle, Switzerland,
92

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
178

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
205
,
233

Roscoff, Brittany,
247

Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Julius,
206

Rosenstiel, Lewis S.,
102

Rosenstiel Foundation,
102

Rosita Hotel, Mexico,
136

Roszak, Theodore,
198

Rothschild, Baron Edmond de,
89

Round Hill Club, Greenwich,
98

Royal Canadian Yacht Club,
218

Ruark, Robert,
149

Rudkin, Margaret,
100

Ruggoff, Donald,
227

Rumania,
248

Rumanian ambassador in London,
211

Rye, New York,
106
,
168

Saarinen, Eero,
197
,
198

Sachs, Gunther,
89

Sacramento, California,
25
,
27
,
28
,
32
,
36
,
37
,
39
; Operations Control Center in,
31

Sacramento River,
28
,
29
,
39

St. Andrews Golf Club, Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York,
230