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Bice wns about $4 year.1: old when he was killed while asleep in his New York apartment. He had made wills and written other legal instruments directing thathis vast estate he used to endow the William M. Rice Institute for Advancement of Literature Science and Art.Rice received a charter for the school in 1391. but the death ofDRIVE IN THEATRE $TONITE-PRINCE VALIANT « SAILOR OF KINGTHURSDAY ONLYFEATURE NO. 1 -GEORGE J5EXTAFFAIRS OF MONTE CARLOI-EA'IYUF, NO. *’ -JOHN WAYNE • inPALS OF SADDLEthe Goose Creek oil field. During a brief oil boom three years aRo, six or seven producing wells were located near the old family home-steach Although not considered, wealth. .Tones was regarded as very well-to-do b\- his neighljors.lie was a familiar figure on Ihc si rods of Baytown. Chiidren in his neighborhood knew hima.s -‘the old gentlemen who buys us ice cream.”At Christ mas time, he gave theneighborhood children a dollar eachfor spending money.Eccentric in his personal habits, he would not employ servants and did his own housework, cooking and other domestic chores. After, his health failed, Mrs. Knox provided his meals.Almost stone deaf, and in very serious condition many times in the past year, he still refused tohave anyone spend the night with him or cam for him at home during the day. When ho could no longer care for himself. he* went to a hospital and remained until he felt able to rare for himself.Neighbors who had taken his meals to him. sniff they would ‘’look in on him occasionally, but seldom offered to do more for him because he was ‘’independent and resented any suggestion that he might he helpless or needed assistance of any kind.”He paid for his meals, and was not hard to please, the neighbors said.
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Baytown Sun
Baytown, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 17, 1954
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