JimBob

In the late '60's the Plantation on West Gray was the spot. Liberace visted there after one of his Houston performances. The owner, Gene Howell, then opened The Farmhouse, off Westheimer. Jerry Vanover, 'Big David', and Tiffany Jones (Ken Whitehead) danced in drag in Jerry's club on Westheimer east of Montrose. After 'after hours' it was Art Wren's restaurant on Westheimer where it was Halloween every night! Those really were the good old days!

A good friend of mine in the late 60's said she had been a patient at Hedgecroft. I think she mentioned electric shock. When the hospital closed they sold the fixtures, etc., and I bought the gram scale that had been used in the infirmary to measure out the daily doses of drugs for the patients. How cool is that? It still has the "Hedgecroft" label attached. It's never been used since.