Evening star., 1962-05-20
PALM BEACH REPORT
Liz Plans a "Paradise"
BY BERNARD O'BRIEN
Contributing Writer

Contributing Writer
PALM BEACH, Fla. - A
Virginia socialite and turf
fan. well known in the Ma
tion's Capital, is planning a
2,000-acre "horSeman's para
disc"
The plans are under way
for the paradise" at nearby
Palm Beach Gardens with
Mrs. Cloyce Tippett, better
known as Liz Whitney, de-
veloping the project.
Associated with Mrs. Tip
petit in the undertaking is
John D. Macarthur Of Palm
Beach and Chicago, manu-
facturer. philanthropiSt and
brother Of the late author
Charles Macarthur.
Mr.. Macarthur is founder
OF the new city Of Palm
Beach Gardens. Mrs. Tippett,
one of Virginia's outstanding
turf fans. feels the proximity
Of the Gardens to the major
South Florida race tracks
would be advantageous to
breeders and owners.
Mrs. Tippett will move
some Of her thoroughbredS to
Palm Beach Gardens from
her Llangollen Farm at Up
perville, Va, and from her
Will Rogers Ranch in Cali
fornia.
Plans call for the estab-
liShment of complete horse
breeding and training facil-
tiles. including barns, sta
bles and training tracks. The
area will serve as wintering
headquarters for farms far
ther north. There will be such
things as swimming pools"
for horses undergoing hydro
therapy for tendon and leg
trouble.
All breeds Of horses, repre-
senting every nation, will be
sought. John Ringing North
has agreed to send all of his
circus horses here as soon as
facilities can be built. Mrs.
Tippett said.
A horsemen's museum will
be founded plus a horse Hall
Of Fame" in which will be
displayed many items. some
of them already obtained,
such as a stagecoach in
which George Washington
rode. shoes of famous race
horses, trophies, etc.
There will be an authentic
Western town, complete with
blacksmith shops, stage
coaches, silvered saddlery.
firearms and other memora-
bilia of the Nations early
days. At least one producer
of Western teleESion movies
has indicated an interest in
using the village as the To-
Gale for film-making. There
will be horse shows for chill
dren and an Indian village.
Plans also call for about
20 miles of bride paths, me-
andering through the pines
and palms with "bunkhouse
motels" providing dude ranch
facilities.
Dale Robertson of TV fame
proposes to build a Wells
Fargo Inn" and will send his
best quarter horses to the
paradise"
I'VE will create" said Mrs.
Tippett. "one of Florida's
finest residential and recre-
ational communities, attrac-
tive both to permanent and
part-time Floridians."
A plat is being prepared
which will provide for small
horse ranches and several
have been spoken for by Mrs.
Tippett and friends of hers.
HOneymOOner
Look magazine earlier this
month called her a pretty
prosecutor" but at the Col
ony Hotel in Palm Beach,
Joan Odell, assistant States
attorney in Dade (MiamiD
County, was a honeymooner.
The former Washingtonian
and Paul Fransella were mar,
ried in Cocoanut Grove, near
Miami, and spent a brief
honeymoon here. Mrs. Fran
sella was with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
in the Capital before return
ing to her native Florida to
become a prosecutor.
A preview of the works of
three Fort Lauderdale artists
has been presented there by
a bank in its plush lobby
where the gentry met the ex-
hibiting artists, including
Marie Kresge.
Among those present was a
Washingtonian, Frank Over
carsh, right-hand man to
Volt Gilmore, director of the