As a young man Ray traveled to Kansas where he met the Brunhoeber family of Wichita. He was a dashing young man and soon married Katherine. Ray's father had decided to finally settle in Oregon. He traveled ahead by train and Ray followed him across the country in a Model A Ford touring car with the rest of his family, including his new wife. Travel was on gravel and dirt roads, and it must have been quite a tight squeeze! (passengers: Ray, Katherine, Ray's brother Rex, and his sisters Axa and Katy)
At night they camped along the roadside in a tent, and cooked over an open fire.
After settling in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon Ray worked as a professional glazer.
In the late 1940's Ray and Katherine purchased a small motel in Lakeside, Oregon. Eel Creek Resort, affectionately known by the family as "the Court", was at that time the only lodging for miles along the coast highway. It was frequented by traveling salesmen and fisherman. Ray liked to tell the story about when all the cabins were full a salesman stopped and was desperate for a room. He offered Ray money to sleep in his recliner! The court flourished until about 1950 when the coast highway was rerouted and the motel was no longer visible from the roadway.
As a young man Ray traveled to Kansas where he met the Brunhoeber family of Wichita. He was a dashing young man and soon married Katherine. Ray's father had decided to finally settle in Oregon. He traveled ahead by train and Ray followed him across the country in a Model A Ford touring car with the rest of his family, including his new wife. Travel was on gravel and dirt roads, and it must have been quite a tight squeeze! (passengers: Ray, Katherine, Ray's brother Rex, and his sisters Axa and Katy)
At night they camped along the roadside in a tent, and cooked over an open fire.
After settling in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon Ray worked as a professional glazer.
In the late 1940's Ray and Katherine purchased a small motel in Lakeside, Oregon. Eel Creek Resort, affectionately known by the family as "the Court", was at that time the only lodging for miles along the coast highway. It was frequented by traveling salesmen and fisherman. Ray liked to tell the story about when all the cabins were full a salesman stopped and was desperate for a room. He offered Ray money to sleep in his recliner! The court flourished until about 1950 when the coast highway was rerouted and the motel was no longer visible from the roadway.
