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Note: 1. Remebrances by granddaughter Cheryl Paulson Haas (November 1997): Pop-Pop was a quiet man with a cute sense of humor. He had a favorite chair in the living room where he sat and read the paper. Above his chair was a window that had various colored pitchers and bottles on it. They looked so pretty when the sun shined through. I can remember sitting in Pop-Pop's lap when I was very young. Pop-Pop worked for the telephone company and was able to provide for his family during the depression when many others were out of work. He was well respected at his work and was disappointed to have to retire early when he had a heart attack when he was about 60. He had to stop smoking after his heart attack, but instead he would chew and hid it from Gram by going down in the basement after dinner to indulge without getting nagged. Some might have said Pop-Pop was "henpecked" but I think he just went along to keep the peace. Gram took very good care of him and I think they were happy in their own fashion. 2. Remebrances by granddaughter Karen Paulson Saenz (October 1997): Pop-Pop had Parkinsons Disease so his hands shook when he drank his coffee. Later in his life he used a glass straw to drink which I thought was pretty neat. Pop-Pop was special to me because I was named after him. His name wasn't Pop-Pop (Ellie gave him that name) it was Ray and my name is Karen Rae. I'm the only sister that was named after a relative and that was special to me. Pop-Pop was a tall man (over 6') slender, had blue eyes, and, as long as I can remember, was bald. He used to tell us girls that the reason he was bald was because he didn't eat his vegetables or salad or whatever it was that Gram wanted us to eat. Pop-Pop was a quiet man with a cute personality. He had little sayings like "She's got gloves, but she won't wear them." He pretty much let Gram "run things", but he had his special place down in the basement where he went to smoke and, after his heart attack, to chew. This was his place where he could do what he wanted. Although Pop-Pop was quiet, he loved people and enjoyed talking to them. He would meet someone and know all about them - their name, where they lived, what they did for a living and how much money they made - within a few minutes. I remember going camping in Yosemite with Gram and Pop-Pop. They would save their change all year and it would pay for their vacation in Yosemite each year. One year when I went with them (they took turns taking their grandchildren with them - one at a time) I had gotten some new red tennis shoes and Pop-Pop told me that I had better hide them under my sleeping bag or a bear might get them. I forgot and left them outside the tent and, sure enough, they were gone in the morning. I knew for sure that a bear had taken my new red tennis shoes until Pop-Pop came up with a smile and the shoes behind his back! 3. Remebrances by granddaughter Eleanor Paulson Foust, November 1997: "Eat your vegetables or you'll lose your hair like me" Pop Pop used to say. Of course I wasn't too fond of becoming bald, so I would eat my vegetables. And when I would want a cup of coffee, Pop Pop would say it would make hair grow on my chest...I didn't drink coffee until I was in college. Some of my fondest childhood memories were going to Yosemite with Gram and Pop Pop. They would save their quarters all year and we would spend two weeks in Camp Curry in a tent cabin. Gram did all the driving, but Pop Pop always backed the car out of the garage,,,it was a very narrow garage and a very steep hill. That was Pop Pop's contribution to the outing. Pop Pop quit smoking, but he enjoyed his chew and to hide it from Gram he had a "hideout" in the basement where he could read, relax and chew to his heart's content. 4. From a taped interview of Merna Hawes (Ray's sister) by her great-niece Linda Hartanov: Ray whistled a lot and was mischievious. He got in trouble at school one time and the teacher smacked his fingers with a ruler causing bruising. My mother was very upset about it. He was tall and so he and his shorter friend were called "Mutt" (Ray) and "Jeff" (his friend). Ray attended college and was studying to be a pharmicist, but he didn't graduate. His first job after he married was in a chair factory. Altha worked in a dry goods store. They then moved to a farm in Nashville and he became a farmer. But in 1923-24 he decided to move to California after Altha's folks had moved there because of the job opportunities. He got a job with the telephone company which he kept until he was about 60. Ray and Altha may have met at a group picnic at Thornapple Lake as that was a frequent activity in those days. Ray lived in Vermontville and Altha lived in Nashville which was about 10 miles away. 5. From taped interview with Phyllis Hawes Paulson Frazier (Ray's daughter) by Linda Hartanov, 1989: The Hawes family moved to California in 1923 (when I was 4 years old) and we stopped in Iowa on the way to California and visited with Gram's half-sister, Hazel. 6. From WWI Draft Card: Ray B. Hawes, age 23 Address: RD2, Vermontville, Mich. Date of Birth: Aug. 12, 1894[sic-1893] Birth place: Parma, Mich. Occupation: farmer, self-employed in Kalamo Has wife and child Height: Medium; Build: slender Eyes: blue Hair: brown *From WWII Draft Card: Ray Benn Hawes Address: 1733 Woodhaven Way, Oakland, alameda, CA Date of birth: 8-12-1894 [sic-1893 per birth record] Age: 47 Born: Parma, Michigan Person who will always know your address: J. C. Clifford, Walnut Creek, CA Employer: Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co. Employer's Address: 140 New Montgomery, San Francisco, CA June 5, 1917 7. Census information: *From 1930 census, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, ED 127, Sheet 2A, dated 3 April 1930, 114 Woodhaven Way: Hawes, Ray B., head, owns home, $6,000 value, m, w, 36, married at 22, b. MI, father b. MI, mother b. MI, appraiser for Telephone Co. Altha, wife, f, w, 34, married at 20, b. SD, father b. OH, mother b. Canada-English Kendall R., son, m, w, 13, single, attended school, b. MI, father b. MI, mother b. SD Phyllis, daughter, f, w, 9, single, attended school, b. MI, father b. MI, mother b. SD *From 1940 census, Oakland, alameda Co., CA, 1733 Woodhave Way: Hawes, Ray B., head, m, w, 45, married, b. MI, supervising foreman, public utility Altha Mary, wife, f, w, 43, married b. SD, hosewife Kendall, son, m, w, 23, single, b. MI, student
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