My Turn Theyre Big on The Author Luncheon Circuit
The author circuit around Gore Vidal Amory and Auchincloss is examined with wit and social satire. The writer recalls Vidal’s White House encounters and the appeal of the literary set to Washington society, noting snobbery, celebrity access, and shifting prestige among intellectuals and the Johnson era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Saul Bellow
Gore ‘Vidal
Stewart Udall
The
Interior
Bellow
Udall
Vidal
Mr. Vidal
Happes
Amory
Maury H. B. Paul
Cholly Knickerbocker
Louis Auchineloss
Auchincloss
Groton
John Guenther
William L. Shirer
James Baldwin
Dick Gregory
Adlai-Eleanor
Christmas Day Guests Across High Prairie Area
A flurry of holiday visits from High Prairie to Letts features Mr and Mrs Glen French and family, the Eichelberger and Hitchcock families, the Hoben and Seiler households, and many others sharing Christmas Day dinners and gatherings. Recurring names include French, Eichelberger, Hitchcock, Hoben, Seiler, Johnson, Hotle, Kennedy, Ranshaw, Borgstadt, and Reedick, with locations spanning North Liberty, Maynard, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Prairie
Glen French
Adam Starkweather
L. N. French
Richard Eichelberger
Linda
Kenneth
Susan
Sharon
Donald
Timmy
George Patterson
B. Hl. Hitchcock
Stewart Hitchcock
Bion
Neil
Burdette Hitchcock
John
Skip
Vickie
Harold van Zandt
Gini
Bill
Joe
Louis Eisner
Lois
Randall Oben
William Hoben
Bryan
Jennifer
Marlin Eichelberger
Duane
Randall
Myron
Warren Dickinson
Scott
Lansing
Afis
Frank Seiler
James Seiler
Robert Johnson
Sandy
Thomas Hotle
J. G. Hotle
Vernon
Bill Gilpin
Pat
Vicki
Becki
Bradley
Jay
Dean
Beth
Iowa City
Anne Kennedy
Ken
Ruth Shadle
Maynard
Paul Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Neva Kayser
New Hampton
Kennedys
George Ranshaw
North Literly
Virgil Eichelberger
Milton Borgstadt
Ranshaw
Nort Liberty
Mer
Jim
George
Harry Harmon
Levi Eichelberger
Jack
Blair
Dean Schelberger
Harry Quick
Cedar Valley Christmas Program Held
Cedar Valley held its annual Christmas program on Wednesday night December 29. Beverly Blair and Donna Blair played the prelude. Rev. Marvin Ceynar gave the invocation and benediction. The beginners, primaries, intermediates, and junior and senior choirs contributed with recitations, songs, and a play. Program chairmen were Mrs. Jack Meyers and Mrs. Dwain Hooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley
Beverly Blair
Donna Blair
Marvin Ceynar
Jack Meyers
Dwain Hooker
Anniversary of Dedication Set at Pleasant Prairie Church
The Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian church schedules its 42nd formal dedication on December 31 at its present site. Originating as Nolo Presbyterian church, it was first dedicated December 41, 1922 to a 300 member congregation with Rev. Norman Kunkel as minister. The current pastor since 1953 is Rev. Henry Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church
Letts Christmas News Entertains Local Families
Christmas visitors and dinners fill Letts area with a long list of guests from Madrid Des Moines Ottumwa Hallsville Marshall town Clinton Muscatine and Columbus Junction. Families hosted include Gipple Crist Cochran Lowe Harbison Hafner Dodder and Lintner with many relatives joining in holiday meals and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Carlson
Madrid
Harry Gipple
George Crist
Letts
Ernest Cochran
Des Moines
Harry Crist
Todd
Dean Dodder
Joe
Mrs
David Dodder
Herbert Harbison
Columbus Junction
Obituaries and Funerals for Rinnert Gray Harmon
Obituary notices list Fred B. Rinnert 7 route 2 Mercy hospital death after illness. Survived by wife, daughter, brother, two sisters, two grandchildren. Funeral 10 am Tuesday at St Mathias Church. rosary 8 pm Monday at George M Wittich Funeral Home. Ida Gray 85 died Dec 22 Janesville Wis services held at Gorge M Wittich Funeral Home. Burial Oakdale Wilton. Rev E W Frohardt, organist Mrs Floyd Scott. Bearers named. Harman 71 Park Avenue died Friday afternoon. services 2 pm Tuesday Fairbanks Funeral Home. Rev Lelard Enke officiant. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation after 10:30 am Sunday. Survived by wife and sister Mrs Mable Janes. two brothers deceased. Married Aug 7, 194? Newton. veteran World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B
Ida-Gray
Ida Gray
Janesville
Wis
the Gorge
M. Wittich
Oakdale Cemetery
Wilton
E. W. Frohardt
Floyd Scott
Lindsey Gray
Paul Norton
Gale McClean
John McClean
David McClean
Joe McClean
Harman
Park Avenue
Fairbanks Funeral Home
Lelard Enke
Greenwood Cemetery
Harmon
Leroy
Emma Fogelsong Harmon
Muscatine
Edna Melvier
Newton
Mable Janes
Grand Junction
Cola
Semi-Truck Jacknifes At Grandview Corners
A semi-trailer driven by Lloyd Howe of Daws Iowa jackknifed at Grandview corners near the Muscatine junction of Highways 61 and 2 this morning. Howe was not injured. The truck struck a utility pole and dam age occurred to the vehicle, with the incident occurring about nine o’clock at Grain Processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Lloyd Howe
Daws
Iowa
Muscatine
Grandview Corners
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Gore Vidal
Virginia Woolf
Jim Tully
Congress
Washington
John F. Kennedy
United States
O'Hara
High Prairie Christmas News
Richard Paine
Tess Pearson
Donald Pearson
Jerry
Clarence Kaufman
Ainsworth
Lenana Kaufman
Wayland
Ellen Notimen
Laura ‘Reddick
Louis Reddick
Burlington
Ted Small
H. N. P. Small
Lester Beckman
Medicapolis
Arthur Thompson
Jack Carter
Hallsville
Mary Lou Thompson
Marshalltown
Otha McCoy
Ottumwa
Burt McCoy
Batavia
Mildred ‘Thompson
Hampton
James Thompson
Haze, Thompson
Ralph Lowe Jr
Clinton, Mo
George Masonholder
Nelle Shellabarger
Vinnie Lowe
Fredonia
Ralph Lowe
Myron McClusky
Ralph Harvey
H. J. Austin
Huron
Kansi
Aura Hafner
Atteriday
Vernon Hafner
Thomas Maxwell
Max Hafner
Jack Estle
Dora Crumly
U. W. Lintner Home
Harry Noete
Margaret, Wilton
Lelia Linter
Harry C, Hamon
Bob Montana
Archie
Ole
Iss Irdale
Biane
Henry
By Carl Anderson
Barney Google & Snuffy Smith
BY Fred Lasswell
Cadburn Woods
Mie
Joan Lowall
Tutte
Herrero & Hyde Suudion
Daily Report
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New Hampshire
Frans Hazelwood
Pearl
Paul Miller
Nebraska
Joanne Bradley
Walters
Susan. Wheeler
Columbus City
Rex
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Ian Robert Longhurst
W. Highth
J. 2. Bieffman
W. Third
Laura Tice
E. Seventh
Ernest Fuller
Thomas Huttenstine
Charles Bierman
Mary Bierman
Ruth
Arthur
David Titus
Breeker
Thomas Stauffer
Charles Dusenberry
Wilton Junction
Raymond Lincoln
New Boston
Danny Holmes
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George Rick
Eugene Mclntyre
Waukegan
Thomas Carlisle
Atalissay
Susan Wheeler
Jerry Hathaway
Probe
Mississippi
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Ohio
Oberlin College
Duane Goodken
Richard Leroy Staats
East Fifth Street
Harry Flake, Jr
Leslie R. Hahn
Chester Carriker
Kansas Street
Justice Court
Harvey Abbee, Jr
Craig Carmeron Morgan
Iowa Avenue
Rainbow Advisory Board
Masonic Temple
Stan Willee
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FRY Electric
McKee Farm
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