The 1955 Junior League Ball - a lovely event with beautiful debutantes

5/27/2022 01:06:00 AM

During her first year at Briarcliff Junior College, when other girls in her class were having their debuts, Diane Carroll Jones decided it was too much trouble to come out. One year later, in 1955, her mother prevailed and Diane made her debut not just once but half a dozen times. She came out in New York at the Debutante Cotillion with 103 other debutantes, at the Junior League Ball with 47 others, at the Grosvenor Ball with 11 others and in Miami Beach she came out with nine. She was also honored alone at dinner dances given by her grandmother in St. Louis and by her parents in New York.

Although she was presented more widely than any other debutante of the season, the pert brunette managed to avoid the inevitable glasses of imported champagne - she doesn't like the taste. Asked how she got through all these coming-outs and goings on Diane mused, "Well, I lost 12 pounds and that's lovely."