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Married. Geneviéve (born Ginette Marguerite Auger), thirtyish, sometime singing Paarvenu; and Ted Mills, 43, TV producer, whose credits include the original Garroway at Large and the now defunct Patti Page Show; he for the second time; in New Canaan. Conn...
...income"), status eking ("If the price was down around $17,000-in Darien that meant one room and an outhouse on a twenty-by-twenty lot under the New Haven Railroad tracks") and nostalgic concupiscence ("There hasn't been an organized wife-swapping party in Darien or New Canaan for five years. All we do is grow gardens, take the kids sailing, and drink"). Author Ham has pluck, as his Keats-cribbed title shows, but perhaps he should have changed it to "A Peek...
...doubt that he was indeed the devoted disciple of Mies van der Rohe. But for all their austerity of line, there was a special elegance that was Johnson's own. His famous private houses, like the Rockefeller guest house in Manhattan and his own glass house in New Canaan, Conn., were graced with pavilions, pools and inner courts. Simplicity and luxury went together, and the houses lent themselves to both casualness and ceremony...
...chairman of the National Board of Young Life Campaign, I wish to comment on your Jan. 4 report of the action against Young Life taken by five New Canaan ministers. Eight charges were made in what was described as a "stern denunciation." Having been closely associated with Young Life for more than 19 years, I can sincerely testify that most of the charges are without foundation and that the implication of all of them is unjustified. We urge the New Canaan ministers to take time to look into Young Life, delve into its activities and to check carefully...
Last week Founder Rayburn faced a stern denunciation of Young Life. Its authors: five of the leading Protestant ministers* in exurban New Canaan, Conn, (pop. 11,200). Over their names appeared a public statement warning parents against Young Life...