Dr. Marc Cathey (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Dinah Shore (center), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right) on the set of the Dinah Shore Show. Paul Ecke Jr. promoted poinsettias on national television shows during Christmas. The Paul Ecke Ranch…
Paul Ecke Jr. promoting poinsettias on the Dinah Shore Show. The Ranch had to bloom poinsettias out of season to be featured on holiday shows as most Christmas shows were filmed in the preceding summer or fall.
Picture taken in front of the Ecke Ranch house on Saxony Road. Front row, left to right: Crix Dealy (Paul and Magdalena's daughter), Elisabeth (Jinx) Ecke (Paul Ecke Jr's wife), ?. Second row, left to right: ?, Paul Ecke Sr., kneeling, Magdalena…