Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Times
Thursday, March 9, 1961, page 25 (of 84)
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by helen reynolds society editor Ambassador to Ireland Grant Stockdale, 611 N. Greenway Dr., his wife, Alice, and their five children, Sally, Ann, Susan, Grant and Lee will reside in the Embassy in Dublin located in Phoenix Park on a tract of land of some 65 acres. The park was a gift to the city some 400 years ago by Queen Elizabeth and has some 1750 acres. Mrs. Stockdale, the former Alice Boyd Magruder, grew up in the Gables when her parents owned a home on Country Club Prado. An ambitious writer, she has had her poems published in such slick magazines as the Saturday Evening Post. Both Grant and Alice were graduated from the University of Miami. Alice is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association. She is sure the children will have trouble learning Gaelic, but French is taught in the Dublin public schools there. And what fun that family of five will have on their first adventure of living abroad. * * * * * DR. FOSTER AND "NAVARRE" HOUSE Mrs. Jessie L. Wadsworth of New York City happened to be seated next to us at the Fine Arts Breakfast of the Coral Gables Woman's Club, an annual event this reporter doesn't like to miss, and neither does Mrs. Wadsworth, who is enjoying her third winter here. When Mrs. Wadsworth told us she was a guest at the Musicians Club we decided to call on her. Thursday was the day, and we found Mrs. Wadsworth not at the Musicians Club but at the club's newest addition, "Navarre House", 314 Navarre Ave., which is undergoing extensive redecorating. Not only did we find Mrs. Wadsworth, who had just returned from a shopping spree in the Gables, but Dr. Bertha Foster, founder-director of the Musicians Club and Dean Emeritus of the School of Music, University of Miami, who had just returned from attending the South Miami Music Club's program where she was an honor guest. And what was Bertha Foster doing? She was busy with needle and thread, sewing a crisp white curtain, stringing the same through a half-moon rod for the half-moon window above the formal entrance door. Navarre House is colonial in design, air conditioned and practically new. Decor will be pale green and blue. Each suite contains a large bedroom and bath. Mrs. Wadsworth says she studied music all of her life and was active in church and opera as a soloist. She showed us her room in Navarre House, a comfortably large one furnished in cream and walnut furniture, a three-quarter size footless bed, large white patterened rug, desk, large comfortable looking overstuffed white chair and a cream and black rocker. The "rockers" are absolutely new and expensive, fold like a folding ck chair and are guaranteed not to tip. "Everybody like to rock," said Bertha Foster, who was merrily rocking away in a red and black number as she strung her curtain. Also at Navarre House are Mrs. Ellery Manley and Mrs. Robert McKennen, both of Elmira, N. Y., who are on their first visit to the Musicians Club but not their last, they said. The attractive Mrs. Dunne-Smith, now active director of the club, was carying out Dr. Foster's program, when she said "Let there never be a dull moment for our guests at the Musicians Club." Thursday, guests and friends enjoyed a coffee-klatch in the annex next to the Dixie Room of the club, with sewing a must. They listened to recorded music of the great masters as they worked.
Red Cross Open House Chairman
Mrs. William Cox, 5737 Riviera Dr., is chairman for the open house of the American Red Cross, 5020 Biscayne Blvd., from 1-3 p.m., Mar. 16. The Red Cross is holding the affair to allow the public to become better acquainted with the present facilities. Coffee and donuts will be served.
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Fashion Show Is A First For School
Parents of boys attending Christopher Columbus High School will stage their first annual fashion show luncheon at 1 p.m. Saturday in the new school auditorium. Mrs. E. Thompson is chairman. Mrs. Ann Heagan is in charge of decorations, and 20 girls from Immaculata Academy will be serving girls at the luncheon. Joseph Corcea, a dress manufacturer whose sons attends CCHC, will direct the show. There will be about 14 models. Among them are Mrs. J. Hickey, Mrs. Peggy Whiteside, Mrs. Evelen Shea, Mrs. Joseph Corea and Mrs. J. Keithe.
Sherry Hendrick Is 8 Years Old
Sherry Hendrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hendrick, 1426 Sopera Ave., celebrated her annual birthday Saturday with a party held at the Hendrick home. It was Sherry's eighth milestone, and 22 of her friends, both girls and boys, were invited to share the fun. Decorations followed the St. Patrick's Day idea, and ballons were in evidence in great numbers in the patio where lunch was served.
Engineers Wives To Show Fashions
Annual fashion show of the Pan American Engineers Wives Club will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Pan-air Recreational Club, 4677 NW 9th St. The public is invited according to Mrs. Joan Gansert, club vice president. Donation will $1.25 with tickets available at the door. There will be coffee and dessert served.
Britannica Contributor
Charlton W. Tebeau, professor and chairman of the Department of History at the University of Miami, is among the new contributors to the 1961 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Professor Tebeau is author of the article Shiloh, Battle Of, an article which describes the second great battle of the Civil War.
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