Ray worked with photographers a great deal. I know one I especially liked because he was tall and I could find where Ray was when I was with him. Ray liked to take the family along with him when he could on a Saturday. I have many pictures on my hallway of stories with either Ray or the kids in. One picture we were at the auto show and we all got into a convertible. The photographer told the city editor it was the only group he could find. The editor ignored it but the photographer gave Ray a copy of the picture. I have one with the group and Walt Disney and, the second time we were at Disneyland, with the stars of a show. Ray has pictures of him with President Nixon, Truman, McGovern when he was running for President. One of Sally and Ray with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kennedy. We had our exchange student with Sally and Susan at Lawrence when the Kennedys were there and Ray asked the photographer to take our exchange student with them but the photographer always thought Norwegians were blonde so took Sally who was blonde. Ingrid had dark hair.
Every Christmas we sent out a card with the children's pictures. For awhile we had a friend who was a good photographer but he left town so we tried ourselves. One year just before Christmas the doorbell rang and one of the Star photographers was there and he said. "You take terrible pictures of those kids. I am here to take the Christmas picture." He did it for a few years. One year he took them on the staircase at the Star.
Along with those pictures we have our brides and graduating grandchildren. I have one with Ray and Eisenhower in Abilene but it had never been framed and Sally is framing it for me.
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