{ i | | | | \ Page 8 | by the Rev. Charles H. Gilbert In my diary for June 30, 1928 I made this entry: “Went to Castle Creek and married Viola Nothing much extraordinary about that? But the fact was that Viola Dotter was my wife's niece and I ‘was. “Uncle Charlie,” the minister conduct- ing his wedding ceremony. Catherine says that Viola was the first of the cousins to be married. Which brings me down to the event of Sunday when Viola Kiley with her husband and some descendants gathered with us at dinner time at the Mt. Zion church which made an occasion for us all to get caught up on our family history a little bit. The occasion was really to baptize a new baby in the family. She was’ a tiny lady about three months old and was to be baptized Michelle Tonia Church. Her father, James Church, was married to Kathy Harris, daughter of Joan and Frank Harris. Joan is daughter of Viola and Alton Kiley. Michelle Tonia just fitted into the crook of my right arm as I baptized her. A white haired minister great-great-great uncle of course could not resist cheek after he had said ‘Amen.’ How beautiful she was in her dainty white dress, fixed up as ‘babies usually are for such a great occasion! Viola’s daughter, Joan was there with her husband Frank Harris whom I had married handy the date of that wedding. Also present was Frank Harris’ mother, Helen Harris of Bing- hamton. So you see Michelle Tonia had two grandmothers there besides her great-great grandmother and her great- great grandfather Kiley! Very attentive at the side of the parents of the baby was the honored god-father, a very dear friend of the family, Chet Rusil- oski. And speaking of others at this baptism there were also two cousins of grandmother Viola, namely Dorothy Gilbert, fresh home from Africa on a brief vacation, and her sister Katherine Gilbert. 1 guess you great, grand-cousins--or some- thing like that. 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For I had heard some of them talking among themselves how they were going to have a speech from the minister in the family. I told Viola how I felt and suggested we slip out of the gathering and/go out to see how Uncle Tommy's pigs were get- ting along. Viola remembers this with a twinkle in her eyes, and she and another of the cousins helped “Uncle Charlie” duck the speechmaking part and out we went. The pigs were doing real well, and they could at least go oink-oink at the men- tion of a reunion. Don’t think they thought I could be much of a speech maker to be running out on the program. But the kids and I remember that escape, as’ I say, with a twinkle! Well, the baptism ceremony went off with pleasure and the baby will surely turn out well, for she has a good lusty voice. Then what a clicking of cam- eras followed, as one camera after another got a picture re- cord of this historic occasion of important people! 'In fact, it took some urging to get the great-great-greats all headed downstairs where food from New York State and food from up here around the corner in Pennsylvania had been col- lected and placed on the table and blessed by the great uncle and served, poured and passed by cousins and cousins and eaten to the groaning point by all. And then this great, great, great grandmother said as she went into the kitchen, ‘Now I'm going to do the dishes!” At which labor of love she was ably assisted by all the cousins and cousins. As we were all driving away from the church I headed the line by taking them through the cemetery long enough to pause at Aunt Ruth’s grave, and then on over to our house so they all had a chance to see where we live, and then on their way home by Route 92. Viola and Alton who used to live at Castle Creek recently have moved into a trailer park at Kirkwood where Alton Kiley is making himself a good citizen by joining the Kirkwood hose company and has some official capacity in its affairs. Yes, Dotty got home last night on the bus from New York. She had left Zaire, Africa, Thursday by jet and arrived in New York at 4 a.m. Called us by good old Commonwealth Telephone Co. at 6:30 and then we knew she had crossed the ocean safely in the dark and had swooped down on our Atlantic coast into Kennedy by morning lights. ." Telephone 654-9508 Showroom Hours s 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 933 Wyoming Ave., W. Pittston menos WALLPAPER Traditional . . . Contemporary... Modern. Many with matching fabrics. Do-it-yourself—or have us do it for you, LIVING IDEAS IN PAINTING Professional workmanship guaranteed. HOMES... ROOMS , . . APARTMENTS. 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