SOCIETY SANDRA and JACK DINGLER, who did not know much about Dallas high society and the debutante set (she designed jewelry and he invested in real estate), thought they were purchasing ANN DRAPER’s iron grip on the Dallas social scene when they bought Draper’s Party Service for $500,000 last spring. What they didn’t realize was that BARBARA PASCHALL, a former deb and Draper’s right hand for five years, was the one responsible for charting the money-making deb season, the real cash cow for Party Service. Within three months of the sale. Paschall left to start R.S.V.R Inc., taking with her the old-monied men’s clubs of Idlewild, Terps, Dervish, and Calyx.
The Dinglers, who were “shocked” at Paschall’s departure, say she went on vacation and never came back. Paschall declines to respond to the Dinglers’ accusations, saying only “the men’s clubs are based on tradition. You can’t change something that’s been around since 1800.”
Maybe not. The Dinglers are left with the Social Calendar and the Dallas Social Directory, neither of which brings in much money. They’re taking “a more aggressi look” at other markets.
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