Ray Thomas, 1924 - 1996 |
 Ray Thomas, circa 1950. Ray went to work in 1949 to temporarily help out Herbert Vincent, his father-in-law, who was having to deal with some serious health issues. It was to be a fill-in job, but it instead became a career that continued on for several years after the death of Herbert Vincent, in 1966. Notice the trademark pipe in his mouth. Ray had a collection of about fifty pipes, and he always had one in his mouth, whether lit, or not. During one of this author's visits to the shop Ray showed me how his teeth were significantly worn down in the area where he held the pipe's stem. |
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