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- From "The Hamilton County News", Vol. IV, Number 11 Section Three Historical and Trading Expansion Issue, 29 Jun 1934
Charles Curtis Baker, Jr. was born in Hamilton, March 5, 1902. His parents, Dr. C. C. Baker and Alma Nicholson Baker are well known Hamilton County people. After completing the ninth grade in the public schools of Hamilton, Charles was sent to Castle Heights Military Academy at Lebanon, Tenn. The next year he entered the New Mexico Military Institute where he completed his high school work and entered junior college. During summer vacations he worked on his father?s farms, in the Hamilton Mill & Elevator or his father?s dental office. After finishing the course offered by N.M.M.I. he received his commission of 2nd Lieutenant in the US Cavalry. In 1922 he entered Baylor Dental College in Dallas and took his dental degree in Texas Dental College of Houston. He graduated in 1926 and married the same fall. He married Marjorie Duffie, only daughter of John J. And Stella Wilson Duffie, both natives of Arkansas, but who have lived in New York City for many years. Mrs. Baker was born in California. She was educated in the public schools of California but finished high school in Roswell, N. M., where she met the future Dr. Baker. She attended the University of Arkansas for two years and then took an extensive tour of Europe and the British Isles. The following year she entered Barnard College of Columbia University. She is now on the staff on the Hamilton County News. Young Dr. Baker established his office in the same building with his father in Hamilton, the summer of 1926. Four years later he established a branch office in Goldthwaite, Texas. Dr. C. C. Baker, Jr. was Scoutmaster of Hamilton Troops of the (hole in paper) four years. The troupe is now led by Scoutmaster Virgil Santy and Dr. Baker has accepted the chairmanship of district aid of the Heart of Texas Council. He is an active worker in the Red Cross and is a registered instructor of First Aid. He is the chairman of the Life Saving and First Aid committee of the local Red Cross Council. He is a master mason of the Hamilton Rock Lodge. Dr. and Mrs. Baker have two small children, master Charles Curtis Baker, III and baby Stella. Dr. Charles has joint offices with his father, Dr. C. C. Baker in Strawn and Hamilton. Because of the wide radius in which they practice, the doctors are known from San Saba County to Palo Pinto County.
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1902 - 1975 (72 years)
