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Cincinnati Socially Shaken and Burdened by Gossip
A 1942 Cincinnati social column details Burdette Avenue and Gilbert Avenue neighborhoods with wealthy residents, bars, clubs, and elite families. It lists notable locals, professionals, and social pairings, noting divorces and gossip amid defense workers and wartime budgets, reflecting a lively urban social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette Avenue
Strivers
The
Urban League
J. Harvey Kerns
Gilbert Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Fifth Street
Lenox Avenue
South Street
Philadelphia
Fifth
John Streets
Smaill’s
Murrains
Dick Wheatden
Cotton Club
Duffy’s Tavern
Kentucky
Q. T
Dayton
Columbus
Wilberforce
Springfield
Harlem
Times Square
Marcus Rambo
Douglas Jr. High
Moss Sweeney
Medicos
E. B. Gray
Godfrey Nurse
Lee Payne
Oklahoma
L. R. Breedlove
Cincy
R. E. Clark
General Hospital
Breedlove
de Hart Hubbard
Valley Homes For Defense
Raymond Bennett
Lancaster Home For Boys
Lester Granger
William N. Lovelace
Elmer Carter
Marguerite Isley
Alta Douglas
Allen Davis
Breckinridge Crittendin
Verna Greene
Camille Hood
the Courier
J. M. Childs
Frank Foster
Fred Keith
Norfleet Lowe
Cleveland Turnell
Persor Lucas
Glenna Douglas
New York
Emmitt Cardoza Goodwin
Reginald Goodwin
Laura Knight Turner
Darwin Turner
Darwin, Jr