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Show Cedar Service Man Visits With Kelativ es in Wales Relatives of Sit. Fm.n V. it. rley, who .s now stall. n-d with th annt-cl f,ne;s scinewherj in r-iighuiU iff. ntly reivi.ed it very interest ng ktur mm iii.ii m liun lie told of having m.uie a tii;) to South Wales to visit w.Ui iel.it.ves of his giandtatner. Pcien.mi Wii-li.tii.s. Wii-li.tii.s. Sr. Sit. Tiior.ty .s tlie son ot Mr. aul Airs. Sttwart Ttio:U: of O.-trten, former iv.i.irnu ci C-'-dar Cily. In desciiblng lus vlsi:. he saii: "I couldn't have b-.en lec-.ived Iwllh more splendor and ir.cu.lliiu-ss had I been the P.i.ic; oi Wales himself. I hfdn't wnt'eu the'.o pro-i pro-i le since 1 st fa.l. but they i;-lud ioia picture cf m, si l sent one to 'them. Anywu;., M:s. DadUy lecogniEod me Li'Mriiati-ly ai:.i seemed overjoyed to see me. In I conforn.ity with ttif usiia! tradition, tradi-tion, she rusl ed around t:e tin tw. rome 'tea a3 soon as 1 hit Uu house . . . Mrs. Dudley is tlv you:--: est daughter cf Fdnaind i n1 E.is.i' Williams, he being tlie Iro.her cf Grandfather's father, Evan W.l-liams. W.l-liams. Mrs. Dudle;. lives In t!:e house that grandfather lived In 64 year.-, rgo in No. 6 Row's Raw; in Inn .-es No. 4 and 5 lives tw,) of lyr hlsteis . . . she also has o.ie brother llv;;. ...14 l. 1 1.. . .. A I nun utT in ro. it. Mrs. D.idley then escorted me a-rotpid a-rotpid to each qf tie other houw in the town of the i-Q,:le who re-iong re-iong to the family. Jn the first house we went lo, the people were clescenderits of Thomas Williams, another brother to Ean Williams. "All of these people seem to remember re-member Uncle Even ''Red" Williams better th;n anyone cl-e Lpjaue li was over here to visit thrm on two different occasions, The first house had a p et lire of Uncle Dick In hh Scottish Unlfoun. Just ike the picture pic-ture Oranduvaiicr u-cd to have c the old organ, They re ncm'.er hi'ii when he w.s here on a mission a-bout a-bout 15 years ago. At another hou ;.e they had A p.ctttre of Aunt Jane Williams Hutitrr and her husband and whole f. mlly. They also l:t trc lead the last letter they ha i icce.v-ved icce.v-ved from Ameri.a. It wa3 from Sar-ah Sar-ah Ptrkhis, Grandfather's slner, who lives In Montlccllx S n Jar.n. The letter was written 12 :cnrs ago. They also had pictures of Unci? Edmund Williams of Osisii, Utah. : t "There was one man, B mjLr! V Willi, nis, who U nbo.it 72. 1, the. only one w'.'.a n hU'.nlei s ( ;i..a.i-fathir ;i..a.i-fathir when he was a boy. ' j 'David Edmund. siMi of Tlu.nas Williar.is. told me c f h yoi;n . nt.s-.'.loiiary nt.s-.'.loiiary n-om Cvi'.ui- C.iy who wa;' there in i:4) or mil. He d d:fl n-me:n':er n-me:n':er his n me. I j 'Vif:rr we had ii:ilsiu-d th: r.ui:-.a.' (the town is built o.i the y ,.j ,, ' hill and we went up and d yxn -.-oi hills than Jack i.n.l .hi e.i.' tlio-i-.i.t cfi v.o came fcc. to o.u r.f the1 sister's houes far di: in r. i j to mention t'lat I had ',e . in e rry home I vi-itrd, end is I inve already al-ready told you. 'Ua' coivNt, of fver.vthln.? edibl; they ha-,v i;i the house. 1 was r ,11 by Hi t;:n . t weir ready to e t cl ir.r;-. hut can't refuse them. ilia:, v. Ul i . a .h"r ins. lt in this covnt-y. ". . . Everyone, did ever; I! i .1.1 a m:.kc n.e comfortab'?. 1 ii :e :-.;r t have b en about 17 irol in the house, r.t least more t'nn Dry h:.l chiiirs f'ir. but would they i,"-t me. Stand u Tti.-y b:i .n(. m th" softest chair In tlie h ti:- . :ii rj-.j.j, hi front cf the fireplace. ."f was fo hwt r,ti-i.v I ,. , ,. come iy ue r ,'xtrr .i. Ii. -it 1 1; - ' that I didn't know q titP h w ul -take It, especially after bein- In the' army so lo:ig. They di ln't ? n v. nice Just letau e I had !.:;: -r I in j on them (,r Leeatt.se I was a !onel, jsol'ler tufiiy n-Jles f-ctn home - It; w-as the mcst s ne: re a'tituie I have ever met up with. ' "Mr Cu 'h-y 1 a very c,o.t . er. He belongs to some wll k i .Wi. Welch Choir and h is be-n on n fev, sln;lng tours. He nave mt n n;,:V knife th t In- hid R,,t;f., j.,-.,, Holland for f iii.'lnn. He w-,s nK. ,,, entertainer for th - evenim, w.fi on -of tlie girls jl tying the :r.v ,t-ter'that ,t-ter'that we had an ojirn ses:.lou. " Vo, shottlj have s-Ml i. i bed I hlept l:i. it w.s (),. f ,1,,,,, , o'a f.'bhK-.vl oi, ii;;.,. cviu.d- moiiicrs. j Kr.,t n x v. , ufr.dd I was gali.g to drown. 1 sank so far. When I cli.iibej in m sack the next night, it fell. lik(! a slab In the loci 1 morgue. "I was escorted to tlie trMn station sta-tion by Mrs, Dudley, her sster ana I'cr soil, and they even vnt one cf the family with nie as far . Cardiff, ihcy wint n:e to ci.;u ack. They want hhow me. throu ;ii the mines tnd show . me the? mine Grandfather used to work In. The name of th? mine is LettvMieuki Colliery.'' |