Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: RAY, Roy (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 410-411



	ROY RAY.

	Roy Ray, editor and proprietor of The Poudre Valley at Windsor, 
Colorado, was born in Villisca, Iowa, October 19, 1877, a son of J. S. 
and Alice (Moore) Ray, both of whom were natives of Missouri. The 
mother died in 1879, when her son Roy was but two years of age. The 
father was a brick moulder and burner by trade and worked along that 
line until 1885, when he turned his attention to farming in western 
Kansas and devoted a number of years to general agricultural pursuits 
there. About 1903 he removed to Weld county, Colorado, where he has 
since engaged in farming.

	Roy Ray was reared and educated in Kansas and after his textbooks 
were put aside he learned the printer's trade. He was twenty-one years 
of age when he came to Colorado and in 1900 he established the Phillips 
County Republican at Holyoke, Colorado, which paper he conducted for 
ten months. He then sold and in August, 1901, came to Windsor, where he 
purchased the Windsor Leader, changing its name to The Poudre Valley. 
This paper is known all over the country as the P. V. Mr. Ray has 
continuously published it during the intervening years and has made it 
a most popular journal in this section of the state. He has a 
splendidly equipped plant, including a linotype machine, and his is one 
of the largest newspaper offices in the county. In addition to 
publishing his paper he does a general job business and is accorded a 
liberal patronage in that connection. His paper has a large circulation 
all over northern Colorado, notwithstanding county papers are usually 
little read outside of their own territory. The Poudre Valley, however, 
is circulated all over the northern part of the state and its 
editorials and general news are read with interest in every home into 
which it enters. Mr. Ray keeps in touch with the most advanced methods 
of newspaper publication and displays a spirit of initiative in all 
that he undertakes.

	On the 9th of March, 1904, Mr. Ray was united in marriage to Miss 
Ethel Dumas and to them have been born three children: Wayne D., Sylva 
L. and Leslie. Mr. Ray is a member of the Christian church and his wife 
belongs to the Methodist church. Both are people of the highest 
respectability, enjoying the confidence, goodwill and warm friendship 
of those with whom they have been brought in contact. Mr. Ray gives his 
political allegiance to the democratic party and fraternally he is 
connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the 
World, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Benevolent Protective 
Order of Elks lodge at Greeley. His public spirit and devotion to the 
general welfare have been recognized by his fellow townsmen, who have 
called him to public office. He has served as trustee of his town for 
two years, also as town clerk and is the present mayor of Windsor, in 
which connection he is giving to the city a businesslike and 
progressive administration, seeking to bring about needed reforms and 
to promote progress along every possible line.